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David Cone climbed a mountain of doubt when he surprised the Mets, and even himself, by winning a job in the starting rotation at the outset of the season. But […]

Jesse Orosco leaped off the mound and hurled his glove into the air the last time the Mets won a World Series. That was 17 years ago, but the way […]

Jim Fassel posed for pictures several times with defensive tackle William Joseph during the Giants' rookie minicamp this weekend, the coach and the first-round draft pick grinning together. Fassel punctuated […]

The rest of the world has trouble spelling and pronouncing the name of Visanthe Shiancoe, the tight end drafted by the Giants in the third round last weekend. But not […]

David Tyree blocked five kicks for Syracuse, a skill that requires an explosive burst at the line of scrimmage and an ability to quickly beat the man in front of […]

Like every other draft prospect, William Joseph received the petri-dish treatment. He was measured, weighed, timed, tested, interrogated, interviewed, examined. But the Giants still did not know what they really […]

New York is the place to do things if you want to do them big, Mo Vaughn said cheerfully when he was introduced as a member of the Mets 16 […]

There are no more secrets in the N.F.L. draft, some executives claim, but the players picked by the Giants in the second and third rounds are at least highly classified, […]

Scouting report on the Giants' draft picks. ROUND 1 William Joseph DT, Miami, 6-5, 308. He will be pressed into the rotation of defensive tackle immediately, spelling Keith Hamilton and […]

Scouts for the Giants forecast a raid on defensive linemen after the outset of the draft today, and club executives had boarded up their emotions, preparing for the worst. But […]

Almost everyone wearing a uniform, from Trey Junkin to Jason Sehorn to Jeremy Shockey to Matt Allen, had a chance to stop the hemorrhaging when the Giants blew their 24-point […]

The Giants' draft board might as well have been adorned with rosary beads and rabbit feet last year. They wanted Jeremy Shockey, they needed Shockey, they pined for Shockey, believing […]

The Giants need defensive linemen, yet the key to their first-round selection may turn out to be a quarterback who never wears their uniform. The Giants are picking 25th in […]

The use of muscle-building drugs and amphetamines remains commonplace in Major League Baseball, current and former major leaguers say, even as players are being tested for steroids for the first […]

Ernie Accorsi makes himself available to reporters before the college draft every year, and every year he reveals almost nothing about what his draft strategy will be. Accorsi, the Giants' […]

There have been 627 days in the career of Roger Clemens when it was his turn to pitch, his turn to stride in from the bullpen after warming up, walking […]

The National League Football League draft may be in its sixth hour by the time the Giants make their selection on April 26, plenty of time for emotions to ebb […]

Running back Ron Dayne, who wants to be traded and has declined to participate in the Giants' off-season workout program, spoke with Coach Jim Fassel on Saturday after weeks of […]

The Shea Stadium elements conquered Tom Glavine on opening day, the wind buffeting his fastballs and changeups as if they were puddle-jumper planes. But after five days of reloading emotionally, […]

David Cone postponed life after baseball to come back to the Mets at 40 years old last night, but he has embraced middle-age reality, grooming the gray hairs of his […]

On one of the many frustrating days for Giants running back Ron Dayne last season, he sat on a chair at the west end of an otherwise empty Giants Stadium […]

Tom Seaver has spent most of his lifetime signing autographs and grinning for cameras, but this week Seaver, a Hall of Fame pitcher, had a request of his own and […]

Sammy Sosa's body recoiled from the force of his swing in the sixth inning last night and he hopped out of the batter's box, the way he always does when […]

The Giants determined that a special teams renovation would be a priority this off-season, and they could complete their overhaul in the next week if they sign Mike Hollis, a […]

PERFECT I'M NOT Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball. By David Wells with Chris Kreski. Illustrated. 414 pp. New York: William Morrow. $25.95. DARRYL STRAWBERRY talked incessantly about Mark […]

David Wells had something to tell Roger Clemens in the clubhouse the other day, but Clemens was in the middle of an interview. Wells leaned back in a nearby chair, […]

Rain drove away the fans, the other players and the umpires, but Mike Mussina wanted to pitch a game this afternoon. The Yankees' exhibition against the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland […]

The time had come for damage control, and when Mel Stottlemyre, the Yankees' pitching coach, climbed the mound during the sixth inning today, he reached out to Jose Contreras and […]

The baseball players union warned its members yesterday to be 'extremely reluctant' to use products containing ephedra, the substance linked to the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler 18 […]

The Giants continued to pour money into the special teams holes that cost them so much at the end of last season, agreeing to terms yesterday with punter Jeff Feagles […]

The Giants saved money with their special teams players last year, filling crucial roles with rookies, unproven players and hangers-on. Ultimately, they got what they paid for -- cheap imitation, […]

Ike Hilliard had said for months that he wanted to stay with the Giants, but there was some doubt in the organization about whether this was really the case. The […]

The vision haunting the Giants this off-season is of San Francisco quarterback Jeff Garcia standing in the pocket in their playoff game on Jan. 5, waiting for a receiver to […]

Emmitt Smith still believes he can play football and he wants to reach 20,000 yards, but he won't achieve that goal with the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys yesterday cut ties […]

Players under minor league contracts can no longer take ephedra, according to a new Major League Baseball directive that stems from the death last week of the Baltimore Orioles pitcher […]

Kordell Stewart already knew that the Pittsburgh Steelers would grant his wish to become a free agent, so when the Steelers' owner, Dan Rooney, and Coach Bill Cowher phoned him […]

Lawyers representing the Minnesota Vikings filed court papers last Friday linking the stimulant ephedra with the death of offensive lineman Korey Stringer in 2001. Their supposition, however, has not been […]

The Giants will resume shaving their roster at the end of the week as they put themselves in position to bid for free agents. The agent for left tackle Luke […]

The Giants cut punter Matt Allen, who served as the holder on their failed field-goal attempt at the end of their playoff game against San Francisco on Jan. 5. The […]

A couple of the Oakland Raiders insist they will never again play alongside center Barret Robbins, in the aftermath of the Super Bowl XXXVII blowout, and undoubtedly, some of his […]

Giants executives are early in their contract negotiations with their primary free agent, left tackle Luke Petitgout. According to a person familiar with the discussions, the Giants have made an […]

Doctors told Giants defensive tackle Keith Hamilton that surgery last October on his torn Achilles' tendon was successful, but he thought about retiring anyway. The pain in his right leg […]

Steve Mariucci might have felt like an outsider as the coach of the San Francisco 49ers, but he has been embraced by the Detroit Lions, who signed him yesterday to […]

The Tampa Bay defense that routed Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII will be copied so often in the years to come that you might start looking for a paperback edition. […]

Ron Dayne carefully veiled his unhappiness during the season, but it was always there, betrayed in bits and pieces of sagging body language and obliquely worded remarks about his lack […]

The world might have been a quieter, more peaceful place if Oakland had humbled Warren Sapp today. But Sapp and the Tampa Bay defense buried the Raiders, and now Sapp's […]

The jaw of Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon was slack by the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXVII today. From play to play, Gannon had mere milliseconds to solve the riddle […]