The 1994 Conn Smythe Trophy playoff MVP remembers “We’ll Win Tonight.” How could he forget his buddy’s guarantee? Hall of Famer Brian Leetch said it took the Rangers’ minds off other major issues. “We were already dealing with Game 4, when Mike [Keenan] sat me and Mark for...

Back then he wasn’t yet the greatest goaltender of all time, he wasn’t the holder of statistical records nor had he spent three separate days with the Stanley Cup as his personal play toy. Back then, in the spring of 1994, he was hardly even a starter. “Nobody...

He was relentless from his first shift to his last at the Garden on Wednesday, nothing less, and that was nothing less than is ever expected of and from Ryan Callahan. And though Game 5 became a 5-3 defeat that leaves his team one misstep away from extinction, it simply...

Organized team activities — OTAs as they’re termed in NFL vernacular — are usually non-events. They are voluntary pad-less practices, lost in the soft part of the league’s offseason calendar between the April draft and June veteran mini-camp and long before the arrival of training camp in late July. Yet...

Sure, if you sat around and thought about it, you could summon the image of Jerry West’s halfcourt shot and Endy Chavez’ catch and, yes, why not, Valeri Zelepukin’s goal, all the times we’ve been taught through the years that nothing is inevitable in sports, no matter...

This is not so much about the Rangers recreating history that never truly can be recreated. It is more about staying alive by winning one hockey game tomorrow night. This is not about what happened on May 25, 1994, in Game 6 at the Meadowlands, neither is it about Mark...

Andy Pettitte missed a season? Really? He looks like he hasn’t missed a beat. After pitching eight scoreless innings against the Reds in his second start of the season on Friday, the 39-year-old followed it up last night with his second straight win, allowing two runs over seven innings...

David Robertson could be back from the disabled list next Friday in Detroit, but the closer’s job he got after Mariano Rivera tore his ACL might not be waiting for him. Joe Girardi said yesterday he was unsure who would have the role, since Rafael Soriano has done well...

Tonight — 7:10, SNY LHP Eric Stults (0-0, 2.70) vs. RHP Jeremy Hefner (0-1, 2.25) Tom. — 7:10, WPIX RHP Anthony Bass (2-4, 2.89) vs. RHP Dillon Gee (3-3, 5.44) Saturday — 1:10, WPIX LHP Clayton Richard (2-5, 4.63) vs. LHP Johan Santana (1-2, 3...

Jonathan Niese looks to improveo on his 7.94 ERA in May when he takes the mound for the Mets against the Pirates this afternoon. The two teams have split the first two games of the series in Pittsburgh...

Mariano Rivera still hasn’t been able to set a date for surgery to repair the torn ACL in his right knee he suffered in Kansas City earlier this month, because the blood clot doctors discovered following the injury hasn’t dissipated. “We’re trying to work out the clot...

Ah, amid the sucker punches, elbows, spears and crosschecks, there is dewy-eyed, supermarket-tabloid romance in hockey, after all. Besides a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals, the Rangers and Devils are playing for the trophy donated by the royal who later stepped down as King of England to become Wallis...

PITTSBURGH — Ike Davis wasn’t about to get specific yesterday about his meeting with manager Terry Collins the previous day. The struggling Mets first baseman was succinct when asked what was discussed. “The same [bleep] I’ve been talking about for days,” Davis said before the Mets beat the Pirates...

Ilya Kovalchuk, Zach Parise and Brad Richards are guys you would expect to see at the top of the 2012 NHL playoff scoring leaders. But Bryce Salvador? Not so much. The Devils defenseman had no goals during the regular season, but his 10 points in the playoffs tie him for...

After blowing a 4-0 lead last night, the Mets will attempt to bounce back with R.A. Dickey starting against the Pirates...