Mika Zibanejad is staying in New York! The Rangers announced that they signed the 24-year-old center to a five-year deal worth an average $5.35 million per year. In his first season on Broadway, Zibanejad skated in 56 games, recording 14 goals and 23 assists for 37 points. He also had two goals and seven assists […]
Whenever I’d bump into Bob Wolff at a baseball game, I’d greet him with “Hi, Bob. First game?” Being the kind and humorous and selfless man that he was, he’d giggle and nod. Of course, this was a fellow who had a photograph of himself, as a lad, with Babe Ruth and had covered Ted […]
The assumption was that Bob Wolff would go on forever. That was reasonable enough since at the age of 95 — last February — he still was contributing essays for News 12 Long Island; a mere 78 years after he broke in behind a microphone. At times one suspected that there really were three Bob […]
Bob Wolff, a sportscasting legend, died Saturday night at the age of 96. For those of you asking ‘Bob Who?’ you have just paid him the ultimate compliment. For although Wolff is one of only two broadcasters to be honored by the Baseball and Basketball Hall of Fames, he never forgot who he was – […]
Exactly a month ago we all were sitting around wondering about a lot of uncertain hockey things and beings. The Big Three questions followed: 1. Which Met Area sextet would woo the hottest free agent defenseman in Kevin Shattenkirk? 2. How would Devils General Manager Ray Shero make his team better? 3. And what about John […]
Lindy Ruff’s brief tenure as a Rangers defenseman was hardly memorable, his legs by then almost gone. But the way Ruff thought of the game made enough of an impression on then-Rangers coach Roger Neilson to start Ruff on a long coaching career. When Neilson was fired by the Rangers in 1992-93, he landed on […]
It’s not often a pro athlete arrives with such low expectations and departs with almost universal respect. The Rangers’ Kevin Klein is one. The defenseman officially announced his retirement at age 32 on Friday after battling a series of injuries, most notably a bad back that helped limit him to 60 games last season. Klein’s […]
By Leo Scaglione Jr., pinch-hitting for The Maven Kevin Klein is calling it a career. After totaling 154 points (38 goals, 116 assists) and a plus-22 rating in 627 regular-season games over parts of 12 NHL seasons with the Nashville Predators and New York Rangers, and 19 points (4 goals, 15 assists) with a plus-5 […]