Jonathan Lehman

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jonathan Lehman

Gotham FC are all-in on their head coach. Juan Carlos Amorós is signing a five-year contract extension that runs through 2029, the team announced Thursday, signaling a massive commitment to the Spaniard who has overseen Gotham’s rise from the NWSL cellar into one of the league’s powers. AdvertisementThe terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Juan has played an enormous role in shifting the culture at this club over the last two years,” general manager Yael Averbuch West said in a statement.

Dec 25, 2024 | nypost.com | Jonathan Lehman

Mikal Bridges spent much of this Knicks season before the holidays — too much, probably — as the “but.”As in, yes, the new-look Knicks are shaping up to be a legit contender with an unreal offense and a defense that’s creeping into the top half of the league, and yes, the Karl-Anthony Towns trade has worked out even better than imagined, but what’s up with Mikal Bridges? Bridges’ Knicks debut on opening night in Boston was a horror show. There seemed to be something weird going on with his shot.

Nov 10, 2024 | nypost.com | Jonathan Lehman

Defending champions Gotham FC’s offseason was marked by the free-agent additions of four USWNT standouts. Rose Lavelle has had her moments of mastery, and Emily Sonnett and Tierna Davidson have helped solidify the back line. But there’s so much more that makes Gotham hum, including the team’s signature high-pressing defense and “the amount of attacking players who can score goals,” according to former captain Ali Krieger.

Nov 2, 2024 | nypost.com | Jonathan Lehman

For all of the changes in women’s college basketball, it’s status quo at the top. South Carolina remains the sport’s preeminent program under Dawn Staley, and it will try to follow last season’s undefeated national title campaign with the school’s first repeat — which would make it four crowns in the past eight tournaments.

Nov 2, 2024 | nypost.com | Jonathan Lehman

How does women’s college basketball replace a transcendent superstar who became a new kind of household name, a buzzy rivalry between commercial-ready personalities and their respective teams’ quest to dethrone the reigning titan of the sport?