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Joe DeLessio

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Joe DeLessio has been covering sports for New York since 2006.

  1. spectacles
    Baseball Will Never Be As Fun As Banana BallThe sport’s wildest experiment comes to New York.
  2. the sports section
    One of the Last Negro League Ballparks Has Been SavedThe restored Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, reopens next month.
  3. the sports section
    To Get to the Pro Hockey Game, Turn Left at Sunglass HutThe Metropolitan Riveters are playing their home games this season at New Jersey’s American Dream mall.
  4. the sports section
    Steve Cohen’s Midnight MiracleThe billionaire owner’s transformation of the Mets continues with a blockbuster deal for Carlos Correa.
  5. the sports section
    The Yankees Averted Disaster by Signing Aaron JudgeBaseball is entertainment, and Judge is an entertainer. The Yankees simply had to keep him.
  6. the sports section
    The Yankees Can Return to Their Rightful Place As Baseball’s Premier VillainsThe Yankees take on the hated Astros with the AL pennant on the line.
  7. the sports section
    The Mets Didn’t Collapse. So Why Does It Feel Like They Did?A messy end to a charmed season.
  8. the sports section
    Aaron Judge Is Even Better Than His Home Run TotalThe Yankees slugger hit his 62nd homer, breaking a still-sacred baseball mark. He’s also having a pretty good season in other categories.
  9. the sports section
    Roger Maris’s Son Is Rooting for Aaron JudgeKevin Maris believes 61 is still the real home-run record, and he has some thoughts about Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds.
  10. museums
    After 14 Years, the Jackie Robinson Museum Is Finally OpenThe 2008 Recession, Hurricane Sandy, and COVID all slowed down the project, but the athlete’s 100-year-old widow finally got her wish.
  11. the sports section
    The Mets Are Great. They’re Also Great TV.SNY’s creative broadcasts are matching the excellent vibes of this year’s team.
  12. interview
    Meet the Man Who’s Selling Beer at Every Big-League Ballpark in AmericaReginald Duvalsaint would really like to give you a Bud.
  13. the sports section
    The Rangers Are Done Being UnderdogsWhat is lost when a team gains the weight of expectations.
  14. the sports section
    Legendary Rangers Announcer Sam Rosen on the Team’s Incredible Playoff RunThe longtime voice of the team breaks down the Eastern Conference Final, why the Rangers are hitting their stride now, and the calls he nailed.
  15. the sports section
    Pro Darts Is a Raucous Party Now, and It’s Finally Coming to New YorkCan colorful characters and wrestling-style intros get Americans to embrace another European import?
  16. sports
    A Graphic Designer (and Mets Fan) Is Keeping Shea Stadium’s Neon AliveNext stop: Citi Field?
  17. the sports section
    Advanced Analytics Hate the Rangers. They Keep Winning Anyway.The Conference Finals–bound team has defied the numbers so thoroughly that it seems to exist outside the realm of sports expectations.
  18. the sports section
    The Rangers Have the Best Vibes in New York SportsAs the Stanley Cup playoffs begin, Rangers fans have a lot to celebrate.
  19. the internet
    The Best Moments in Twitter HistoryWhat makes Twitter great? Chaos, madness, hilarity.
  20. the sports section
    Kershaw’s Perfect-Game Hook Isn’t What’s Wrong With BaseballIt’s too bad the Dodgers ace couldn’t finish what he started, but let’s not go overboard.
  21. march madness
    A Night With the Basketball Team That Shocked the WorldThe last St. Peter’s home game in Jersey City drew 577 fans. Now the Peacocks are a win from advancing to the Final Four as a No. 15 seed.
  22. the sports section
    Mayor Adams Hints at ‘Solution’ for Unvaxxed New York AthletesAs opening day and the NBA playoffs approach, the pressure to make a change is only going to build.
  23. hoop streams
    How to Watch March Madness Without Going MadWhether you have a cable log-in or desperately need one.
  24. the sports section
    Former Brooklyn Borough President Fails to Recognize Brooklyn Dodgers CapEric Adams could use a baseball history lesson.
  25. the group portrait
    Plunging Into the Atlantic With Coney Island’s Ice PatrolThese winter bathers have been swimming (and shivering) for decades. They swear they enjoy it.
  26. the group portrait
    Yeshiva University’s Basketball Team Can’t Stop WinningHow the Maccabees became the hottest squad in the NCAA.
  27. podcasts
    This Podcast Asks: Is the Kevin Costner–Cal Ripken Jr. Urban Legend True?The Rumor investigates one of baseball’s most salacious conspiracies.
  28. reopenings
    How a Shuttered Islanders Bar Was Reborn Inside the Team’s New ArenaIslanders die-hards will get another chance to visit Offside Tavern when it reopens in the team’s new arena this weekend.
  29. sports
    As a New Arena Opens in New York, the Steinbrenner Stadium Strategy Is FinishedThe opening of UBS Arena on Long Island marks the end of a longtime New York sports phenomenon: teams threatening to leave town.
  30. the sports section
    Steve Somers’s Final SchmoozeThe eccentric WFAN host on retiring after 34 years, his favorite callers, and talking New York sports when the teams aren’t very good.
  31. the sports section
    ‘The Amount of Times I Got Bing-Bonged in My Face Was Hysterical’Jordie Bloom said “bing bong” in a video outside Madison Square Garden. Now it’s the Knicks’ rallying cry.
  32. the sports section
    Baseball Teams Should Get to Pick Their Playoff OpponentsIt’s much more fair-minded than the current system — and much more fun.
  33. the sports section
    Just Buy the Damn Championship AlreadyAfter another early playoff exit, it’s time for the Yankees to embrace their biggest advantage.
  34. streamliner
    New England’s Prodigal Son Returneth, Here’s How to Watcheth“Hello from the other siiiiiiiiiiide.”
  35. sports
    What Makes a Team Name Quintessentially ‘Staten Island’?A new minor-league baseball team is coming to the borough, and it needs a name that reflects its community. What does that mean, exactly?
  36. sports
    Yankees Fans Were Worried About the Wrong ThingsThe team is fighting for its playoff life. How did we get here?
  37. the sports section
    The 2021 Mets Season As Told Through 15 Steve Cohen TweetsThe team’s owner has learned in public that rebuilding a benighted franchise isn’t so easy.
  38. superstars
    The Only Thing That Can Stop Jacob deGrom Is Jacob deGromThe Mets ace is dominating hitters like no one in baseball history. If he can stay healthy, it’s the best show in town.
  39. sports
    When Your Central Park Softball Teammate Is a Former Yankees StarC.C. Sabathia is playing rec-league softball this season and mashing the ball all over Central Park’s North Meadow.
  40. the sports section
    Uh-oh, Jim Dolan Found a New Team to Meddle WithThe widely reviled Knicks owner had mostly left his hockey club alone. Not anymore.
  41. the office
    Remember the Office?A look back at 150 years of cubicles, corner offices, all-nighters, and the holiday party.
  42. sports & money
    One More Thing Bernie Madoff Helped Ruin: The MetsAuthor Devin Gordon on Madoff’s effect on the Mets and their tortured fanbase.
  43. the sports section
    Why Did Someone Pay $5 Million for a Baseball Card in 2021?The pandemic isn’t the only reason the sports-card market has been booming lately.
  44. obits
    Tom Konchalski Was the Last of the Old-School Basketball ScoutsThe legendary high-school basketball talent evaluator died Monday at 74.
  45. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to the Places That Made New York What It WasSaying good-bye to Gem Spa, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, the Staten Island Yankees, and more.
  46. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to My Go-toRuth Reichl, Rumaan Alam, Jiayang Fan, and more on losing the place where they were a regular.
  47. sports
    Staten Island’s Ballpark Is Too Nice to Go to WasteThe Staten Island Yankees are no more. Here’s hoping their ballpark survives.
  48. bars
    New York’s Best Baseball Bar Has Closed. What Will Happen to Its Memorabilia?Foley’s leaves behind more than 4,000 signed baseballs. We may not have seen the last of them.
  49. just asking questions
    This Is What It’s Like to Watch Live, Professional Baseball Right NowA conversation with Lotte Giants staffer Sung Min Kim.
  50. my favorite places
    74 of Our Favorite New Yorkers on Their Favorite Places in New YorkFrom a 24-hour Ukrainian restaurant to biking in the Rockaways.
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