A Post writer from 1981-88 who returned in 1997, Kevin Kernan has been covering baseball since 1999. He also covered the Knicks, Nets, Giants, college basketball and boxing. An author of five books, he’s won the Excellence in Journalism Award presented by the New Jersey Sportswriters Association. A member of the Ramapo College Hall of Fame, he was presented with a Distinguished Achievement in RV Journalism Award for his RV journey to Super Bowl XLII.
BOSTON — I’m in the belly of the beast. In Copley Square I see a Patriots fan wearing a “Peyton S---s Too’’ shirt and ask him who is going to win the Super Bowl. He smiles and says, “You know who’s going to win.’’...
February 05, 2012 12:00 AM
BOSTON — What a Super letdown once again for Mike D’Antoni and the Knicks. D’Antoni, with his coaching job possibly hanging in the balance, watched the Knicks again fail to execute in the final minute last night in an...
February 04, 2012 12:00 AM
One superstar point “card’’ trumps all the Knicks’ stars. All-Star guard Derrick Rose was spectacular last night, leading the undermanned Bulls to a 105-102 victory over Carmelo Anthony (a fellow East All-Star), Amar’e...
February 03, 2012 12:00 AM
These are the cold, hard facts. A coach’s No. 1 job is to win. His No. 2 job is to get the players to play together. On both accounts, Mike D’Antoni has failed. There must be more nights like last night for D’Antoni....
February 01, 2012 12:00 AM
This wasn’t just about watching Giants players get on three team buses at the Timex Performance Center to begin the journey to Indianapolis and the Super Bowl. This was about making dreams come true. About 25 diehard...
January 31, 2012 12:00 AM
Paint the town Big Blue. As for the Jets and their fans, they’re feeling blue once again and have to be green with envy over the Giants’ Super success. The Giants have given their fans an amazing ride with one more big...
January 24, 2012 12:00 AM
SAN FRANCISCO --Kickers have dreams, too. And nightmares. Lawrence Tynes dreamed on Saturday night that he would kick the game winner in the NFC Championship last night and, again, his Super dreams have come true....
January 23, 2012 12:00 AMSAN FRANCISCO — These 49ers are in severe attack mode. They’re not just looking to beat the Giants and knock them out of the playoffs — they are looking to knock them out of the game, starting with running back Ahmad...
January 22, 2012 12:00 AMSANTA CLARA, Calif. — For 49ers right tackle Anthony Davis, a Giants-49ers NFC Championship showdown is no big deal. He lived it as kid. “Growing up, my grandmother was a 49ers fan and my granddad was a Giants fan,...
January 21, 2012 12:00 AMSANTA CLARA, Calif. — All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis is the 49ers’ defensive weapon of choice and winning the NFC Championship game Sunday against the Giants would write another incredible chapter in his amazing life...
January 20, 2012 12:00 AM
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The keys to coaching are the two Cs: commitment and competition. No one knows that better than Mike Ditka, who lives and breathes those qualities every day of his life. First-year 49ers coach Jim...
January 19, 2012 12:00 AM
SAN FRANCISCO — This is what makes the 49ers so challenging: They don’t just want to beat you physically, they want to punish you. In their own words, they want cruelty to rule the day on defense. That is what the...
January 16, 2012 12:00 AMOAKLAND, Calif. — Like any serious tailgate party, this one started with the toss of a football. Four youngsters raced down the parking lot about 35 yards away. The father of one of the children, wearing an Oakland...
January 15, 2012 2:23 AMSAN FRANCISCO — The 49ers are not about to let the Saints go marching into Candlestick Park tomorrow and turn out the lights on their season. The Saints and Drew Brees have the high-powered offense, but the 49ers are...
January 13, 2012 12:00 AM
This was the Hall of Fame calm before the Steroid Storm. Barry Larkin, the much deserving shortstop of the Reds, sailed into Cooperstown yesterday with 86 percent of the vote. Consider it one last beautiful sunset...
January 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Jorge Posada made the right call. The man who spent so many years calling pitches for championship Yankees teams is calling it a career. Posada is going out on his own terms, and he is going out in pinstripes. That’s...
January 08, 2012 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON — This is an easy move, one that Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni should have made last night but did not pull the trigger on until the second half. Start young Iman Shumpert at guard. Don’t outthink yourself,...
January 07, 2012 12:00 AM
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why, Sandy’s Mets are coming to town. Sandy Alderson and his elves, John Ricco, Paul DePodesta, and J.P. Ricciardi, have been busy trying...
December 14, 2011 12:00 AM
If Ryan Braun’s 50-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance is upheld, there should be a re-vote for NL MVP. And he should change his name to Ryan Brawn. Or maybe even Ryan Fraud. The dirty little...
December 12, 2011 12:00 AM
Dream teams only work in your dreams. Ask the Miami Heat, the Red Sox and the Eagles how their dream teams worked out this year. And, yes, the Jets can sometimes be a nightmare but, for the third straight season they...
December 10, 2011 12:00 AM
This is our time. That was the message from coach Rex Ryan yesterday. His Jets, he said, are built to fly high at the end of the season and into the playoffs, that is how they gear their entire year. The late season...
December 09, 2011 12:00 AM
The future is not bright for the Mets, but it is glowing for David Wright. Sure, this upcoming season is a year in baseball purgatory for Wright, if the Mets keep him the entire season. Perhaps, though, the Mets...
December 07, 2011 12:00 AM
Giants coach Tom Coughlin knows what is at stake so yesterday he broke down into his best pass-blocking technique to get his point across to his defensive line. As each member of the line made his way down the field...
December 03, 2011 12:00 AM
BOSTON — Game on again, Yankees. That message came across loud and clear last night from new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine and club president Larry Lucchino. Lucchino and his Boston crew wanted a “battle-tested’’...
December 02, 2011 12:00 AM
BOSTON — The Red Sox are back to being all-in with Bobby Valentine at the helm. Just listen to three people who played huge roles in Valentine’s baseball life — Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda, who knows about the art of...
December 01, 2011 12:00 AM
Ex-Met Jeff Francoeur admits he is not a good hunter, but he is one heck of a salesman. Francoeur recently went bow-hunting with free-agent closer Jonathan Broxton in Georgia on the property of comedian Jeff...
November 30, 2011 12:00 AMThe look in Joe Girardi’s eyes said it all as he sat in a recording studio in Manhattan this past week, watching and listening intently as his daughter Serena read her lines for the part she plays in the upcoming...
November 20, 2011 12:00 AM
Love the Mets new/old uniforms; will love them even more if Jose Reyes is wearing No. 7 again next season. The Mets unveiled their 50th anniversary uniforms yesterday at rainy Citi Field with David Wright, Ike Davis...
November 17, 2011 12:00 AM
Mark Sanchez is no Elite Eli. Eli Manning showed last week how you beat the Patriots. Sanchez showed last night how you get humiliated by the Patriots while Tom Brady once again showed he is Tom Brady. It wasn’t all...
November 14, 2011 12:00 AM
CC Sabathia sees the big picture. That’s his greatest gift. Sabathia just got back from a trip to Europe and today in Manhattan will kick off the inaugural “CC Challenge’’ that is modeled after TV’s “The Amazing Race,”...
November 12, 2011 12:00 AM
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