Neil Best

New York, United States

Reporter at Newsday

Enemy of the people

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Jets defensive end Gerry Philbin dies at 83

2 days ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

Gerry Philbin, a defensive pillar of the Jets’ lone Super Bowl-winning team, has died at age 83, the team announced on its website on Wednesday. The report did not specify an exact date or cause of death. A third-round AFL Draft pick by the Jets out of the University at Buffalo in 1964, Philbin spent nine seasons with the team, including 1968, then they won their only Super Bowl, a 16-7 upset of the Colts.
Yankees' Gerrit Cole to join YES Network booth as guest

1 week ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole will join the YES Network booth as a guest analyst for Tuesday night’s game against the Angels. Cole, who is out for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, said on the Yankees News & Views podcast with Jack Curry that was posted on June 10, “Yes, I am going to be on the air. I’m excited for that. I’m very excited. “It was brought to me and offered to me, and I think it will be a really cool experience, so I’m going to check it out and see what it’s all about.”
Club World Cup might not have much buzz, but hey, it's soccer

1 week ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

These things can be true at the same time:First, the FIFA Club World Cup has so far failed to generate significant mainstream buzz in the United States, including for five group stage games at MetLife Stadium. Second, that has absolutely nothing to do with the state of soccer in the United States, where the sport never has been more popular. The latter will be demonstrated again when North America hosts the World Cup that features national teams next June and July.
Chris Kreider captured the hearts of Rangers fans, and some team records along the way

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

Chris Kreider has not won a Stanley Cup. He has not led the league in goals or assists or points. He has not won a major NHL award. He has made only two All-Star games. He has not been a captain. He never crossed over into mainstream celebrity, like Henrik Lundqvist did. He spoke softly, sometimes cryptically, always philosophically. On paper, he was just a guy who spent parts of 14 seasons with the Rangers, a good but not great player who became part of the New York sports furniture.
Rob Manfred isn't surprised that reaction to Pete Rose's reinstatement to baseball is mixed

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

It has been three weeks since Rob Manfred reinstated Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and other deceased players who had been banned from baseball, making them eligible for election into the Hall of Fame. What has the reaction been like since then? “I think it is what I expected, to tell you the truth; it was mixed,” he told a small group of reporters on Wednesday after a day of meetings with owners at MLB headquarters in midtown Manhattan.
Knicks in NBA Finals? Mike Breen wants to see it someday

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

Mike Breen will call his 20th NBA Finals on ABC starting on Thursday, a record that will not be broken, if ever, until after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton are long retired. But even after all these years, Breen has not gotten a chance to work a Finals on national TV involving the Knicks, whose games he has called on local radio and television for more than 30 years and whom he rooted for as a kid in Yonkers.
Three takeaways from the Knicks' Game 5 win over the Pacers

4 weeks ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

The Knicks still are on the ropes in the Eastern Conference finals, but their 111-94 victory over the Pacers in Game 5 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden breathed new life into the series. Three takeaways from a somewhat rare home-court victory for the Knicks in these playoffs — and a comfortable wire-to-wire victory at that. 1. Josh Hart is not done yet, thank youCoach Tom Thibodeau removed Hart from the starting lineup for Game 3, and his recent play seemed to prove the coach right.
Islanders' Mathieu Darche off to great start on day 1 as GM

4 weeks ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

It was May 29, and the Islanders did not have a hockey game to play in or prepare for, which was part of the reason Mathieu Darche found himself at UBS Arena in the first place. But there Darche was, and as non-playoff moments in late May go, Thursday was as good as it gets for the Islanders. Yes, their new general manager, executive vice president and head of hockey decisions eventually will be judged as all general managers are – by how much his teams win. But so far, the guy is undefeated.
Knicks-Pacers Game 5 tickets ranging from $394 to $150,376

1 month ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

The bad news for Knicks fans is that their team lost Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Pacers on Tuesday night and now trails the series, 3-1. The tiny sliver of good news for those who wish to attend Game 5 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden is that prices on the secondary market are falling. That is natural, given that the Knicks could be eliminated or at best simply survive to play another day in Indianapolis on Saturday night.
Richard Neer's Saturday WFAN program ends

1 month ago | newsday.com | Neil Best

Richard Neer’s long-running Saturday early morning show on WFAN is over, the station announced on Friday. Starting next weekend, the Saturday lineup will feature Joe Benigno from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., followed by Chris McMonigle from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Evan Roberts announced the new lineup on his afternoon show on Friday, and Neer acknowledged the change in signing off on Saturday. “This was my anchor for 27 years, doing this particular show,” Neer told listeners.