Neil Best

Neil Best 7/10/13 McCarver has long All-Star history

Tim McCarver's friends at Fox are well trained never to utter the r-word, respectful of ... Read more »

Neil Best 6/27/13 Twitter has its place, but it should be far away

Twitter will celebrate its seventh birthday July 15, so perhaps it should be forgiven for ... Read more »

Neil Best 6/25/13 NBC hopes to provide full Sebonack experience

Those of us who have never been to Augusta National hear it every April: It ... Read more »

Neil Best 6/17/13 Wheeler's arrival a boost to SNY, too

It has come to this: Even when the Mets win, they are a punch line ... Read more »

Neil Best 6/10/13 NHL Finals rich in tradition

No sport does tradition quite like hockey does, and no tradition touches hockey fans -- ... Read more »

Neil Best 6/6/13 Cosmos hoping to build up soccer in New York

At first glance it was a scene out of the go-go 1970s, with Pele, Shep ... Read more »

Neil Best 6/3/13 Super Bowl's Supovitz ready to 'embrace the cold'

The calendar last week showed 250 days remaining until what figures to be the most ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/30/13 SNY's Burkhardt changing the field reporting game

3:15 p.m. Wednesday ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/27/13 Best: Fowler is Most Outstanding Player

It was 20 minutes after the season ended, time enough for the Most Outstanding Player ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/23/13 Yanks, Mets' TV ratings swing and miss

Here we are on the doorstep of Memorial Day and of the truncated, four-game Subway ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/20/13 Knicks' No. 1 issue: What to do with Amar'e?

Turns out Amar'e Stoudemire was right three summers ago when he famously promised, "The Knicks ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/19/13 Melo running out of time for a title

Carmelo Anthony turns 29 on May 29, in case you want to send a card. ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/19/13 Carmelo can't keep Knicks afloat long enough

History someday will judge Carmelo Anthony's playoff legacy. But for now, there is more than ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/17/13 Game 5 win nice, but Knicks not 'special' yet

Let's get this in type right now before the events of the next day -- ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/17/13 Carmelo gets help solving Knicks' puzzle

Everyone understood before the playoffs began that Carmelo Anthony would get much of the blame ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/15/13 Woodson says all the blame should be on him

Mike Woodson literally was backed against a wall by reporters here Wednesday, talking about the ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/15/13 Same old script for Knicks in Game 4

There would have been no shame in losing a long, tough, close series against the ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/13/13 Knicks don't need Chandler's 'Melodrama'

The Knicks have played one game in six days, but who says basketball teams need ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/12/13 Woodson takes responsibility for Knicks' play

Frank Vogel first appeared on national TV at age 13, doing a "stupid human trick" ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/12/13 Knicks need to find more offense

When last we saw the Knicks, they were running the Pacers out of Madison Square ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/9/13 J.R. Smith: From Sixth Man to Sit Man?

J.R. Smith is in a deep, poorly timed shooting funk, but it could always be ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/8/13 Knicks in need of long series break

The three-day chasm in the Knicks-Pacers series is an affront to common sense, common decency ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/8/13 Carmelo finds scoring touch just in time

The Knicks' season was on the brink. The Garden crowd was muttering nervously to itself. ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/6/13 Knicks villain Miller returns as analyst

Reggie Miller was on the phone from LAX yesterday, preparing for a business trip to ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/5/13 Melo, Smith slumps could prove fatal for Knicks

The Knicks' best two players in the first playoff round were Raymond Felton and Iman ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/4/13 Camelo Anthony has dazzled under pressure

For those of us who enjoy a side of psychological drama with our sports feast, ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/4/13 That first step can be a doozy

Before getting into the messy particulars, let us pause briefly to appreciate the moment. ... Read more »

Neil Best 5/1/13 Knicks lay an egg at Garden

It has been two months since we last heard from the doubters who had been ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/30/13 Was Knicks' Game 4 loss a blessing in disguise?

This one is for you, Knicks fans, because goodness knows you have earned it. ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/29/13 Van Gundy: 'I am still a huge New York Knicks fan'

It has been more than a decade since Jeff Van Gundy coached the Knicks, ancient ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/28/13 Did J.R. Smith's suspension cost Knicks sweep?

The Knicks will have at least three days now to ponder how different their week ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/27/13 Raymond Felton is one happy point guard

Raymond Felton was smiling, as he often does these days, when I asked just what ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/27/13 Knicks stay in a zone to beat Celtics

The Celtics had not played at home since April 10, an eon ago in these ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/25/13 Knicks would love to sweep Celtics

Let's face it, the only things the Celtics have going for them now are their ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/24/13 King on Melo: He's better than I ever was

Bernard King, recently minted Basketball Hall of Famer, was talking yesterday about the differences between ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/24/13 Extra defenders can't slow down Carmelo

There seems to be a pattern developing here, and if it keeps up the Knicks ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/22/13 Woodson, Smith have a winning relationship

Time will tell whether Mike Woodson makes a historical dent in New York sports, or ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/21/13 Burden in playoffs falls squarely on Melo

You could almost feel the coils tightening, set to spring into a three-day frenzy of ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/20/13 MSG sounds like the old days again

The old place has been gutted and rebuilt -- much like the Knicks' roster -- ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/15/13 Connolly tells ex-Isles owner's tale in 'Big Shot'

Kevin Connolly is excited -- about how his Islanders are playing, and about the fact ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/11/13 A night with Bobby V on the set of SNY

If it were anyone other than Bobby Valentine, it would have been easy to paint ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/8/13 Frazier, Monroe look back at last Knicks' title

By modern standards, the reaction was shockingly low-key for a team that had just won ... Read more »

Neil Best 4/4/13 It's the final Final Four shot for Big East teams

Television and sports are tough, tenuous businesses, a reality that will be on full display ... Read more »

Neil Best 3/27/13 Announcer Gary Cohen bleeds Mets blue

Even after more than a decade, Gary Cohen never took for granted where he was ... Read more »

Neil Best 3/18/13 Mad rush of activity on ESPN's tournament website

The last of the teams in the NCAA Tournament was announced at about 6:39 p.m. ... Read more »

Neil Best 3/14/13 CBS, Turner a slam dunk for tournament coverage

This will be difficult to believe for those among you under age 10 or so, ... Read more »

Neil Best 3/11/13 Sean McDonough happy to return to MSG

It was one of the lowest moments for Sean McDonough: This time last year he ... Read more »

Neil Best 2/28/13 ESPN still the MVP of live sports

We begin today's look at the wacky world of sports media by borrowing another writer's ... Read more »

Neil Best 2/21/13 Ojeda doing live analysis from Mets camp

Let's face it, "pitchers and catchers" always has been an overrated harbinger of spring. ... Read more »

Neil Best 2/18/13 Isles need to surround Tavares with help

Hey, stuff happens, especially with young teams. Sometimes it's two steps forward, then one step ... Read more »

Neil Best 2/15/13 Piazza's new book insightful, but does it tell all?

Mike Piazza emerged from the post-career shadows this week, first in his new autobiography, "Long ... Read more »

Neil Best 2/7/13 For kicks, Fox to give Johnson a soccer tryout

Many soccer fans already consider it a joke or an insult or both, and maybe ... Read more »

Neil Best 2/4/13 Recent Super Bowls have been close, dramatic

Even after all these years, viewers of a certain age -- let's call us over ... Read more »

Neil Best 2/4/13 Simms' coverage was somewhat in the dark

No major analyst is as willing as Phil Simms to change his mind and/or admit ... Read more »

Neil Best 2/2/13 Chill out! Next year's Super Bowl is a cool idea

Thank you, Joe Flacco, for having the courage to attach precisely the right word to ... Read more »

Neil Best 1/31/13 Plenty of buzz already for Super Bowl XLVIII

Recent NFL history suggests that it is unlikely that the Ravens will return to the ... Read more »

Neil Best 1/28/13 Chris Nilan opens up in documentary

Chris "Knuckles" Nilan has not punched people for a living for more than two decades, ... Read more »

Neil Best 1/24/13 Jets fumble ball on Revis on GM's first day

Rex Ryan was on his way to work yesterday when he learned of reports that ... Read more »

Neil Best 1/21/13 Nets vs. Knicks provides exciting hoops for big city

This was what we were promised back in October, when the Nets mostly were a ... Read more »

Neil Best 1/20/13 Faithful park it in their primary color

'If you want to get the opinion of the real fans,'' Harvey Kaufman of Queens ... Read more »

Neil Best 1/17/13 Isles' move not an issue, yet, for broadcasters

Fans have had nearly three months to digest the news of the Islanders' status as ... Read more »

Neil Best 1/17/13 Embarrassment for media and Te'o

The big winners in the Manti Te'o affair -- other than sports talk radio hosts ... Read more »

Neil Best 1/14/13 Networks are primed for start of NHL season

This won't make NHL fans feel any better about another lost autumn, but know this ... Read more »