COHEN'S CORNER SPORTS

 So, can we panic now Yankees fans? Can we take this slump seriously?  The Yankees offense was once again limp, and Jazz Chisholm left in the fourth inning under concussion protocol as the Yankees lost to the lowly Detroit Tigers 7-3 at Yankee Stadium.   New York managed only three hits on Monday night as Tigers veteran pitcher Casey Mize matched a career high with 10 strikeouts as he totally bedeviled the Yankees the entire evening.  In the last four games the Yankees batting average has been .098.  They clearly miss both Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, which is a heck of an indictment for a team that can't keep relying on two aging and brittle superstars.  Meanwhile the Tigers teed off of Yankees starter Ryan Weathers, who was charged with five runs (two earned) on seven hits over an inning and two-thirds of work.  What had to add insult to injury for the Yankees was the fact that Chisholm collided with outfielder Jasson Dominguez on a pop ...

 The Mets might have a new skipper, but it doesn't mean they are exempt from further embarrassing themselves. Quiet the contrary, as the Mets bumbled their way to a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays up in Ontario.  New York has now lost three of their last four since Andy Green took over on an interim basis. What fun!?! The Jays scored in the opening frame when George Springer lined a base hit that bounced off the turf and past Juan Soto and skipped to the wall. A.J. Ewing then bobbled the ball on the relay throw, allowing Spring to touch 'em all. Springer was credited with a triple, and scored on the error by Ewing. There was no inside the park homer.  Toronto tacked on another run later in the contest to make it 2-0, before Francisco Lindor cracked his first home run since returning from a long stint on the Injury List in the seventh inning to make it 2-1.  MEANWHILE... Former Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez, who has made no bones about having no love for Mets Presi...

 One of the major contributors to the Knicks NBA Finals run this Spring will be back long term, with an eye at potentially repeating next season.  Landry Shamet and the Knicks came to terms on a four-year $24 million deal a day before free agency opened up in the NBA.    This signing is HUGE for the Knicks. Shamet averaged six points per game in the playoffs and shot around 47.5 percent from downtown. He proved to be a valuable piece off the bench for the Knicks in the playoffs, and knocked down several important three-pointers during their run. In the Eastern Conference Finals, Shamet connected on 11-of-12 shots from beyond three.  Shamet is the second Knicks bench player to re-up with the team. The other being Jose Alvarado who resigned over the weekend.  The question is going to be what will the Knicks do with Mitchell Robinson. He is expected to hit free agency, and chances are he is going to cash in on a major contract.    Knicks owner James ...

 There is something wrong with these 2026 New York Yankees.  No, it's just the fact that Aaron Judge has been missing from the lineup for over a month.  It's much deeper than that.  While the crosstown New York Mets have been in the short-hairs of the New York media's wrath this season, which kicked into high gear this week with the firing of manager Carlos Mendoza, the Yankees have basically gotten away free of heavy criticism.  Again, we get it, it's the Yankees. It's about October.  But if this weekend's series up in Boston proved anything, it's that nobody fears this Yankees team.  And there is no greater indictment of a team when the teams in its own division look at the Yankees as an opportunity to put together a winning streak.  The Red Sox are pretty much left for dead in the AL East race, but as far as the wild card is concerned? After their sweep of the Yankees this weekend, they are very much alive and well. Boston won all four games ag...

 Can't say nobody saw this one coming.  The New York Mets fired embattled manager Carlos Mendoza amid the team's current six-game losing streak, highlighted by a four-game sweep at the hands of the Chicago Cubs at Citi Field.  When a team is as bad as the Mets are, which is 13-games under .500 (34-47), and 10 games out of a wild card and 16 out of the division, the manager, typically is the one that goes first especially if that team has a payroll as high as the Mets.  While you can debate Mendoza's lineup strategy, or his earnestness to run to the bullpen at the drop of a pop-up, this debacle that was the 2026 season was not his fault.   Mendoza was a decent manager (206-199), and a better man. He deserved a better fate, and hopefully for him he can land elsewhere as a bench coach and rebuild his rep. In many ways he's the lucky one as he departs with the seventh highest winning percentage a mong Mets skippers , and is one of seven managers to take the fra...

 The New York Knicks are back on top of the basketball world.  After 53 long years; five decades of broken promises and shattered dreams, fans of New York's preeminent basketball team were allowed to shed some tears.  Tears indeed. But tears of joy.    As they have seemingly all series long, and all postseason long, the Knicks fell behind by double-digits to the young, athletic and potent San Antonio Spurs in the early stages of the first half, only to storm back by the fourth quarter to snatch away victory by a score 94-90 while capturing the franchises first title since 1973.  Leading the way was Jalen Brunson, an easy MVP recipient on this night, because he put his team on his back when it needed him the most.  Sure it would be easy to shrug at a loss in Game  5. The Knicks were up 3-1 in the series, and who wouldn't want to celebrate a championship in front of the home fans. Only thing is don't tell that to these Knicks, and don't tell that to...