New York Jets what?! When you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way. When I'm a Jet Fan I never give up…read morehope. It's my favorite New York Professional Football Team. There's been a lot of my favorite players over the years. While I haven't been to a game there's still hope. You support your own team and I'll support mine win or lose!

The most god awful franchise in the NFL. A horrible owner (Woody Johnson), clueless management,…read moreterrible head coach (pretty much every year), mainly inept group of players year in and year out with few standouts, 15th year in a row with no playoff experiences, 10th straight losing season, and the future looks bleak. Plus, they play in one of the worst sports stadiums, MetLife. Woody needs to sell the team and move it to another city to start anew and wipe the stench of losing off this organization.

National Hockey League is very fan conscious. In the end if we aren't going to the games or buying…read moremerchandise they lose. Since I'm well known in the community as an avid hockey fan I have the opportunity to get a lot of my favorite teams merchandise. You can also buy in the store or online at NHL.com. I do that frequently. Plus you get the latest player & team data, scores, hockey news, team schedules, tickets, and more! It's still Five Stars in my opinion.

I love hockey but what was NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman thinking putting the Stanley Cup Finals on…read moreTNT instead of an over the air broadcast network like ABC. The short answer as it always is... money... fans be damned. Gary, post season professional sports is all about attracting the casual viewer, so playing hide and seek with your television partner is professional malpractice. Was The Food Network not available? Admittedly, the match-up wasn't exactly an "Original Six" classic pitting Las Vegas against Florida but the NHL got the lowest rated Stanley Cup Final in history that it deserved. No disrespect whatsoever to the Golden Knights or the Panthers. Shaking my head. Two stars.

My prolific Yelp buddy Marianne W's post on our beloved New York Rangers hockey club (named…read moreinexplicably after the law enforcement Texas Rangers) reminds me of the final pre-Covid game that I attended last March 7 before the world went crazy days later. At that point Covid was a faint whisper trying to attract the attention of a Roaring 20's America and an orange-coiffed government in deep denial. No masks at the game or on NJ Transit to and from MSG. Eighteen thousand maniacs sardined together shouting, stomping and spitting with the synchronized madness of a Germanic mob in rabid exaltation of our boys. Victory was not to be had as the Rangers slept through a 6-4 defeat at the hands of the Devils and I suspect no one made it to the Billy Joel show on August 3, 2020 that they kept pushing on the scoreboard. Given the hysteria that unfolded a few days later as Mayor de Blasio banished everyone to the cornfield (by way of the Hamptons,) I was paranoid for two weeks that I brought this pestilence home. Idiot me. Sing it Billy... "...They turned the power down, they drove us underground and sank Manhattan out at sea..." Billy Joel (lyrics "Miami 2017")

The storied Rangers. I watched them play the Sabres today. I am usually not a fan of ice hockey but…read morei do enjoy watching it live. Rangers lost but despite that, it was a fun evening.

Major League Baseball International on Park Avenue would have events outside the building…read more Sometimes it would be a celebrity ball player. I remember enjoying the activities and then going to Grand Central for lunch. During Covid my walks to this neighborhood were less frequent. I'm wondering if they will ever resume the enjoyable activities prior to the pandemic. Things sure have changed for the worse. I won both of the hats I posted at MLB promotional events.

I'm currently ticked with Major League Baseball International. I don't know if it's the owners or…read morethe players - I'm sure there's an argument to be made that they're both at fault - but I am missing out on Spring Training! I am visiting family in Southwest Florida and extended my trip for a week so that my brother and I could catch a Red Sox https://www.yelp.com/biz/boston-red-sox-boston?hrid=xFEYND5UKPtAzEw8ORLI4Q game at JetBlue Park https://www.yelp.com/biz/jetblue-park-fort-myers-2?hrid=YTc96as1ndrjJy2Fhwr39A with my brother like we did four years ago. Sadly, the start of Spring Training has been delayed by at least two weeks. On the plus side, Stubhub https://www.yelp.com/biz/stubhub-san-francisco-14?hrid=6DVK-vhmsmEbkPiSiGJHRQ was fabulous by offering a 100% cash refund or if you would let them hold on to the money, a 120% credit towards a future ticket purchase. I opted for the refund as I have no idea when I'll next be needing tickets. I'm sure other people are just as ticked as me, especially the concessionaires and the employees and the local businesses (hotels!) who are missing out on the income while baseball is experiencing this lockout. Get your stuff together, MLBI. It's supposed to be about the fans! [Review 16765 overall - 320 in New York - 278 of 2022.]

Ok .. my first experience here watching a NBA match . As a first timer, it was good.. the match was…read morebetween Nets and Dallas Mavericks . My son loves NBA and was super excited . Parking was a few blocks away . Except the match tickets everything was super damn expensive... parking was about $66 .. yes you heard it right!!! Very very expensive .. Getting to this venue is also very difficult if you come from New Jersey.. traffic is crazy and it takes a long time.. unfortunately we will not be able to take a train to this venue.. food is also super expensive.. a bottle of coke is about 8-9$ ! Try to eat outside before coming to the match . Seating up high in the second floor.. this was the only stand which had tickets for less than 45$ .. We didn't want to spend too much on the tickets... the view was good though. Very clear views .. kids enjoyed the game too . Good experience overall from a game perspective .. but everything else release super expensive and not comfortable .. 3 stars .

I remember the Nets best for their back-to-back appearances in the NBA Finals in 2002, against the…read moreLos Angeles Lakers, and 2003, against the San Antonio Spurs (my favorite team). Back then, they were the New Jersey Nets (1977-2012). Their stars were Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin, Kerry Kittles, and Keith Van Horn. Martin, Kittles, and Van Horn all started their careers with the Nets. Martin and Kittles were drafted by the Nets in 2000 (1st overall pick) and 1996 (8th overall pick), respectively, and Van Horn (1997 2nd overall pick) was acquired by the Nets in a draft-day trade with the Philadelphia 76ers. Kidd, who's now head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, is one of the sport's all-time great point guards. He ranks 6th in NBA triple-doubles, behind Russell Westbrook (1st), Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, Nikola Jokic, and LeBron James. Kidd was the cover athlete of one of my favorite basketball video games, EA Sports NBA Live 2003. Unfortunately, the Nets got swept by the Lakers in the 2002 Finals and lost, 4-2, to the Spurs in the 2003 Finals. I was really rooting for the Nets to beat the Lakers in '02, but that Shaq-Kobe threepeat team was too good for even the best Spurs, Sacramento Kings, and Portland Trail Blazers teams at the time (great teams). Former Nets, like Kidd (2011 Mavs) and Richard Jefferson (2016 Cleveland Cavaliers), ended up winning NBA championships with other teams. Since starting out in the ABA as the New Jersey Americans (1967-68) and New York Nets (1968-76), and merging into the NBA starting with the 1976-77 season, the Nets have bounced around New York and New Jersey. The Nets teams I grew up watching played in Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team moved from Newark to Brooklyn in 2012. The Nets' court at Barclays Center is distinct because of its gray color. It was unveiled ahead of the 2019-20 season and stands out visually. Per the Nets/NBA: "The colors of the floor, weathered wood and concrete gray, represent the numerous playground courts found throughout the borough; the brownstone-lined streets and Brooklyn's industrial foundation." Also, "[t]he baselines proudly display 'Brooklyn Nets' in typeface inspired by subway signage, with a subway tile pattern running across the apron perimeter." https://www.nba.com/nets/news/2019/09/23/brooklyn-nets-unveil-new-court Since moving to Brooklyn, the Nets have been a near-perennial NBA playoff contender. However, they've only advanced past the first round two times since 2012 (2014, 2021) and have yet to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals. The 2020-21 team has been the most successful of the Brooklyn Nets teams so far. That team lost 4-3 in the Conference Semis to the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks, who had Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Nets were stacked during the '21 playoffs with Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden, along with complementary pieces like Joe Harris, Blake Griffin, and Jeff Green. They were coached by Steve Nash, another point guard great and Jason Kidd's contemporary. Nash was only in his first year as an NBA head coach. Disappointingly, the star-studded Durant-Irving-Harden era ended with no title. Harden asked to be traded and was, in February 2022, to the 76ers. Early in the 2022-23 season, Nash was fired and Jacque Vaughn became head coach. In February 2023, Irving asked to be traded and was, to the Mavericks. Durant then asked to be traded and was, to the Phoenix Suns. At the time of writing this, Ben Simmons is the Nets' highest-paid player at $37.9 million this season (2023-24), followed by Cameron Johnson ($25.7 million), and Mikal Bridges ($21.7 million). Simmons, who was the 1st overall pick in 2016 and a 3-time NBA All-Star (2019, 2020, 2021), has been a letdown since joining the Nets in 2022 as part of the Harden trade. Simmons has had a lot of back issues. The Brooklyn Nets haven't had an All-Star selection since Durant in 2022. Durant, Irving, and Harden were all selected in 2021.

New York City FC is among MLS' newer teams, but not among the newest. The team and Orlando City SC…read morejoined the same year: 2015. Since that time, the team has done well. They've qualified for the playoffs every year but one, highlighted by a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference standings in 2019. Generally, a fairly good showing for such a new club. The team primarily plays its games at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. When configured for MLS games, the stadium has a capacity of about 29,000-30,000. Like other MLS teams, average attendance has been good. Official attendance records show roughly 24,000 fans per game (80-82% capacity). Over the years, several various plans for a dedicated soccer stadium designed specifically for the team - from Manhattan to Elmont (Belmont Stakes) - have been proposed, but nothing has materialized yet. In the club's short history, Spanish striker David Villa has been, by far, the club's best and most popular player. He played for New York from 2015 to 2018 and holds the club records for most appearances (126) and goals (80). He was a forward on the Spanish national team that won the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Etihad Airways, of the United Arab Emirates, has been the team's main sponsor during its existence so far.

Not to be confused with that naked team (Nude York City FC), this is a soccer team that plays in…read morethe Bronx... what could be cooler? Well, maybe Queens. And word is they may end up moving to Queens. Can you imagine. My fave borough and one of my least fave teams. I mean they're affiliated with Man City and play in the same colours. How disgusting. So considering I've been a fan of Red Bull NY since back when they were Metrostars... then it follows that I wouldn't love NYCFC, their rival. Of course I'm not a fan of NYCFC, who are the rich kids of the East Coast, think Galaxy but worse. They get a lot of good players piped in, and they do have a few good people behind them, but they're basically the Manchester City of North America. So not my favourite by any stretch of the imagination. Red Bull will always be the heart and the soul of the NY area football for me. These guys play at Yankee Stadium and they have been looking for a place in Queens to play, but for me the team of people from Queens is always going to be Red Bull even though they're over New Jersey. I'm so not a fan of the Manchester City Style kit or the ownership, and I'm hoping that they continue middling around and don't really go anywhere. But it's good to have a two-team New York area rivalry for sure. And it's definitely one of the classic legendary stadiums for baseball and as a baseball Arena it would get 5 stars and is second to none. As a soccer arena it gets three stars and just doesn't seem like a good home for this team or the sport, and it's no coincidence that they've been largely struggling in it. So the stadium that Ruth built is amazing and it's been renovated recently and it's just way too expensive - that's the main problem. If you live in this part of the Bronx you'd have to probably spend a week's wages just to come and see a game here. And a watery beer that is American of course, is going to cost you between 12 and $20. So forget it.

Making strides is a wonderful organization to support those with breast cancer. My first time…read morewalking and donating. I will continue to walk for the boobs. I highly recommend walking in Central Park, mostly for the scenery, as there are more sponsors. It was a great show of support and unity. Great job guys, see you all next year.

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