Mike Woodson has been linked to a handful of great defensive coaches, learning in college from Indiana’s Bobby Knight, as a rookie forward from Knicks legend Red Holzman and as a defensive assistant in winning an NBA championship with Hall of Famer Larry Brown in Detroit. It is a...

The next step of the “Tebow Takeover” in Jets Nation comes today when the media get to see Tim Tebow on the field for the first time. Tebow and the Jets began organized team activities (OTAs) on Monday, but today’s is the first session open to the media. That...

Join Post writers Mark Hale and Brett Cyrgalis live from Madison Square Garden today at 1 p.m. Hale and Cyrgalis will break down what the Rangers need to do to beat the Devils at home and move within one game of reaching the Stanley Cup Finals for the first...

Join Post writers Mark Hale and Brett Cyrgalis live from Madison Square Garden today at 1 p.m. Hale and Cyrgalis will break down what the Rangers need to do to beat the Devils at home and move within one game of reaching the Stanley Cup Finals for the first...

Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving of Cleveland is the lone unanimous choice to the NBA’s All-Rookie team. Irving received 58 points Tuesday in voting done by the league’s 30 head coaches, who could not vote for their own player. Joining him on the first team were Minnesota...

There was no message, no forethought, no metaphorical fire that Mike Rupp was trying to spark on Monday night when he decided to throw a straight left hand to the chest and head of Devils goalie Martin Brodeur. Instead, with 6:18 gone in the third period of what would...

Your eyes tell you that the Rangers are all but finished, outplayed decisively one period after another, one game after another. You see them on the ropes, taking punches from a fresher opponent growing more confident by the moment, you watch them trying to follow the game plan, grimly trying...

Here’s the scoop: Selecting at No. 45 in next month’s NBA Draft, the Knicks aren’t going to find a point guard on par with Jeremy Lin. But the Knicks are sure going to see if 6-foot-2 Syracuse point guard Scoop Jardine can give them depth at a...

The Knicks are expected to announce Mike Woodson’s new contract as coach sometime “this week,” according to a source familiar with the situation. Lawyers began hammering out details on the pact last week and are committed to getting it done before Memorial Day weekend. Woodson could get a three-year...

With Mike Woodson on the verge of officially having his “interim’’ tag removed as coach of the Knicks, his predecessor, Mike D’Antoni broke his two-month silence. D’Antoni said he was not forced to resign, said “an obstacle had to be removed’’ and did not deny Carmelo Anthony was...