Peter Botte

2 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Peter Botte

It wasn’t quite a Shedeur Sanders free fall, as Rutgers wing Ace Bailey only slid a couple of spots in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft following his controversial strategy during the lead-up process. The polarizing Bailey, who bypassed workouts with multiple teams near the top of the draft — including an initially projected landing spot with the 76ers at No. 3 — was snapped up by the Jazz with the No. 5 selection.

2 days ago | nypost.com | Peter Botte

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2 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Peter Botte

There was little drama or intrigue surrounding the first pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, with Cooper Flagg going wire-to-wire in practically every prediction for the past year until he finally was selected Wednesday night by the Mavericks. In having his name called first by NBA commissioner Adam Silver at Barclays Center, the freshman forward became the sixth player from Duke to be tabbed at No. 1, which is twice as many as any other NCAA program in league history.

3 days ago | nypost.com | Peter Botte

The Knicks don’t presently own a first-round selection in Wednesday night’s NBA Draft in Brooklyn. That means they likely will have to wait until the event’s second day to make the first offseason addition to their roster, barring a trade. While they wait for their current position at No. 50 overall in Thursday’s second round, the Knicks will watch the outcomes of the first two of the five first-rounders they shipped to the Nets in the Mikal Bridges deal last summer.

5 days ago | nypost.com | Peter Botte

Fernando Cruz refers to his splitter as his “gift pitch.”When it’s diving effectively, that gift translates to swings and misses by opposing batters in bunches. The righty reliever and his heavy splitter delivered three key strikeouts with two runners aboard in the eighth inning Sunday, and his lights-out performance with a one-run deficit gave the Yankees a chance to post three runs in the bottom half for a 4-2 win over the Orioles at the Stadium.