Hot Topic: March 16
You talkin' to me? That was the sentiment at Yankees camp on Tuesday after Cliff Lee's "some of the Yankee guys are getting older" comments circulated through the Tampa clubhouse.
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You talkin' to me? That was the sentiment at Yankees camp on Tuesday after Cliff Lee's "some of the Yankee guys are getting older" comments circulated through the Tampa clubhouse.
Move over, Babe Ruth. Derek Jeter is New York's all-time favorite athlete, according to a Siena College poll released on Tuesday.
So this is what a simulated game looks like. CC Sabathia and Bartolo Colon both threw to minor league hitters at Steinbrenner Field, a 10am start time, game over in barely over an hour.
Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain has undergone an MRI exam for a strained muscle near the rib cage and, according to Joe Girardi, will not pitch for at least the next few days.
It wasn't Fenway Park in September, but pitching against the Red Sox on Monday night was a good test for Yankees youngster Manny Banuelos -- and he was up for it.
The Red Sox showed off their much-improved bullpen Monday night, shutting down the Yankees 2-1 in their second and final meeting of spring training.
A surer sign of spring you will not find than Mariano Rivera making his first appearance of the exhibition season.
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera struck out all three batters he faced during his first spring training appearance, New York's 9-2 loss to a Minnesota Twins spilt-squad on Sunday.
Burnett retired the Nationals in order three times, but also allowed Mike Morse's two-run homer in the second. The right-hander struck out four and walked none.
New York Yankees pitcher Kei Igawa has spoken with his family in northern Japan and is returning home after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the country.
The 85-year-old Hall of Famer was at George Steinbrenner Field on Friday for the Yankees spring training game against Atlanta, one day after he tripped and fell in the clubhouse.
Roy Halladay and CC Sabathia both pitched like aces Thursday and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Yankees 7-0.
The Yankees say Yogi Berra has been released from a hospital after tripping and falling in the clubhouse before a spring training game.
The Library of Congress has obtained about 10,000 complete radio broadcasts of baseball games involving the Dodgers, Yankees, Giants and Mets recorded over more than 20 years by an upstate New York man.
Rafael Soriano made his initial spring training appearance, allowing one hit in a scoreless fifth inning of the Yankees' 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
Freddy Garcia tossed three scoreless innings to help the Yankees beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 in front of a packed house at Disney World's Champion Stadium on Tuesday.
Sergio Mitre is doing everything he can to answer one of the Yankees' questions about its rotation. "I'm trying to make their decision as hard as possible, as difficult as I can do it," he said.
Joba Chamberlain learned this offseason that his fate was in his hands. No, the fist-pumping reliever didn't take a self-help course. He just realized he needed to start his delivery from the stretch with his hands at his waist instead of his chest.
Does Brett Gardner have what it takes to usurp Derek Jeter as the Yankees' leadoff man? According to the Daily News, there "continues to be a push from some inside the organization" for Gardner to take over the leadoff spot from the Yankees' captain.
"Do I wish I had done it more in the past? Do I wish I was better at it? Absolutely." Brett Gardner asked those questions during a conversation I had with him late last week. What was he talking about? Bunting.
Quick, somebody buy Cameron Diaz season tickets. With Diaz cheering from a front-row seat near the Yankees dugout, Rodriguez hit his first home run of the exhibition season in New York's 10-8 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
Alex Rodriguez hit his first home run this spring and the New York Yankees outslugged the Houston Astros 10-8 Sunday.
New York ace CC Sabathia struggled in his second spring training start, allowing five runs and six hits over 2 2-3 innings.
Freddy Garcia is so confident about his chances to make the Yankees' rotation that he feels if he doesn't earn one of two openings behind CC Sabathia, Phil Hughes and A.J. Burnett that he will have no one to blame but himself.
A little quality time with Johnny Damon is always fun. While he'll always be remembered as a key member of the 2009 World Series Champs, he has also led a bit of an itinerant lifestyle as a baseball player.
Starting Monday, big changes to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles point system will result in steeper penalties for dangerous drivers.
The Portal North Bridge in New Jersey is nearing completion, and when done will mark a major milestone for commuters along the Northeast Corridor.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
The Diocese of Brooklyn says it wants to settle roughly 1,100 sexual abuse cases and compensate the remaining survivors, but it may not be their preferred form of justice.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed an executive order that bars federal immigration agents from launching or carrying out operations on state property.
Starting Monday, big changes to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles point system will result in steeper penalties for dangerous drivers.
The Portal North Bridge in New Jersey is nearing completion, and when done will mark a major milestone for commuters along the Northeast Corridor.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
The Diocese of Brooklyn says it wants to settle roughly 1,100 sexual abuse cases and compensate the remaining survivors, but it may not be their preferred form of justice.
Nineteen people died in New York City during a recent snap of brutally cold weather that lasted more than three weeks, according to officials.
New Yorkers felt much better on Tuesday as a warm front moved toward the region. But, snow and ice could make for a potentially dangerous evening.
A Cold Weather Advisory is in place through 10 a.m. on Monday for the entire Tri-State Area. As a result, a First Alert Weather Day will be in play for at least part of the day.
A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk in the Bronx and hitting pedestrians on a sidewalk Friday.
Parts of New York and Connecticut could see snow Friday into Saturday. A First Alert Weather Day is in effect for the weekend due to dangerously cold temperatures.
Bundle up — New York City and the Tri-State Area's stretch of dangerously cold weather continues, and it's sticking around longer than anyone would like.
The Portal North Bridge in New Jersey is nearing completion, and when done will mark a major milestone for commuters along the Northeast Corridor.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed an executive order that bars federal immigration agents from launching or carrying out operations on state property.
The deadline passed for an appeals court to allow President Trump's funding freeze for the Hudson River Tunnel project to continue.
A public meeting was held on Tuesday night in Morris County, New Jersey, after shots were fired earlier in the day in Roxbury Townshp during an ICE operation.
President Trump pulling funding from the Gateway Tunnel project has led to backlash from New York and New Jersey elected officials.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
It has been a brutal viral season, but as RSV cases surged in New York, Northwell Health doctors say infant hospitalizations remained down, thanks to a fairly new vaccine.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman accepted the Republican Party's nomination for New York governor on Wednesday at the GOP convention in Garden City.
An arrest has been made in the 2021 acid attack on Long Island college student Nafiah Ikram. Prosecutors said Terell Campbell had numerous incriminating and shocking web searches and rapped about burning someone with acid.
New Yorkers felt much better on Tuesday as a warm front moved toward the region. But, snow and ice could make for a potentially dangerous evening.
Nineteen people died in New York City during a recent snap of brutally cold weather that lasted more than three weeks, according to officials.
The deadline passed for an appeals court to allow President Trump's funding freeze for the Hudson River Tunnel project to continue.
Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota is concluding, with a drawdown of federal immigration officers set to occur over the course of next week.
The Pride flag is flying once again at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City after National Park Service staff took it down earlier this week.
The Trump administration says greenhouse gases emitted from sources like cars, trucks and power plants will no longer be regulated by the federal government.
The longest and largest nurses strike in New York City history is set to end after over three weeks as NYSNA says it has a tentative agreement.
Mount Sinai Health System and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield failed to reach a contract agreement by Dec. 31, which means about 9,000 physicians are no longer considered in-network.
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.
The goal is to get patients drunk and high at a new research lab on the border of Nassau County and Queens.
The Patchogue-Medford School District said in a letter that the Suffolk County Department of Health alerted them about an infectious person in the school community.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection said there was a "significant reduction in water usage" throughout the Big Apple during his show. That changed as soon as his performance ended.
Catherine O'Hara, known for her roles in "Home Alone," "Schitt's Creek" and "Beetlejuice," died on Jan. 30 at the age of 71.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet.
The short-handed Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-110 on Wednesday night.
Jose Alvarado scored a season-high 26 points and Mikal Bridges added 22 points as the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 138-89 Wednesday night.
Pascal Siakam scored 30 points and the Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the Knicks with a 137-134 overtime victory on Tuesday night.
Nic Claxton scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Nets to a 123-113 win over the Bulls on Monday night.
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John's outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
Edward R. Murrow High School's new boiler system cuts emissions while doubling as a hands-on sustainability lesson for students.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
After their building managers were arrested on fraud charges, tenants in Queens say their apartments were left in chaos.
Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture centennial anniversary began last year, and 2026 marks 100 years since the library became owner of its namesake's personal collection, making it a full-fledged research center.
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
Shoppers were given a tote bag and told to fill it to the brim at the prediction market's pop-up grocery store in Manhattan.
Six dogs were killed and 37 survived the fire that destroyed the kennels at One Step Closer Animal Rescue in Andover.
The Bethpage mosque leaders can now build a 16,000-square-foot mosque in the Town of Oyster Bay.
Federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel Project is expected to resume after a deadline passed for an appeals court to uphold the Trump administration's freeze.
Some say you find love where you least expect it, and that's the case for some New Yorkers who found the one on the subway. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian introduces us to couples who say they wouldn't have met if not for the MTA.
