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The Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Nets, Giants, Jets, and the Bills upstate, followed through the team blogs that actually cover them. What happened last night and what it means for the season, without the national-TV gloss.

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  1. October 7, 2026 The Yankees have to win three straight Four errors, three unearned runs and a 5-2 loss in Tampa left the Yankees down 0-2 to the Rays, with Game 3 at Yankee Stadium tonight. Citywide
  2. October 5, 2026 Deonte Banks's 98-yard pick-six puts the Giants first in the NFC East Four plays after a pass-interference call gave Arizona the ball at the 4, Deonte Banks intercepted the last pass of the game and ran it back 98 yards... Manhattan
  3. October 4, 2026 Yankees one-hit in ALDS Game 1 Drew Rasmussen held the Yankees hitless until two outs in the eighth, and the Rays won Game 1 of the Division Series 1-0 at Tropicana Field. Citywide
  4. October 1, 2026 Yankees sweep the Red Sox The Yankees beat Boston 9-2 Wednesday to finish a two-game Wild Card sweep and open the ALDS at Tampa Bay on Saturday. Citywide
  5. September 30, 2026 Yankees shut out Boston 9-0 in Game 1 Cam Schlittler struck out 10 over 6.1 scoreless innings and Ben Rice drove in six runs, including a grand slam, as the Yankees took Game 1 of the... Citywide
  6. September 28, 2026 Yankees and Red Sox, October again The rained-out finale left the Yankees at 93-68 after 161 games, and Cam Schlittler opens the Wild Card Series against Boston at 8 p.m. Tuesday in... Citywide
  7. September 27, 2026 Yankees host Boston in the Wild Card Series The Red Sox clinched the AL's No. 5 seed Friday, so the best-of-three Wild Card Series opens Tuesday in the Bronx with every game at Yankee Stadium. Citywide
  8. September 25, 2026 The nor'easter The city issued a travel advisory through Sunday morning, with gusts forecast at 40 to 50 mph on Saturday and coastal flooding at each high tide. Citywide
  9. September 21, 2026 Howie Rose signs off Howie Rose, 72, called his last Mets game Sunday, a 7-2 loss to the Phillies at a rainy Citi Field. Queens
  10. September 19, 2026 Belmont Park reopens Belmont Park ran its first races in three years on Friday, in a new $455 million glass grandstand with 10,000 seats, down from 27,000. Queens
  11. September 14, 2026 The Giants beat Dallas 28-20 in Harbaugh's debut The Giants converted 9 of 11 third downs and outgained the Cowboys by 150 yards, their first season-opening win at MetLife Stadium since 2010. Citywide
  12. September 13, 2026 Rybakina takes Sabalenka's crown in Queens Elena Rybakina beat two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 at Arthur Ashe Stadium and takes the world No. 1 ranking Monday. Queens
  13. September 13, 2026 The Knicks banner night costs $1,346 to walk in The cheapest resale seat for the Knicks' Oct. 20 home opener against the 76ers costs $1,346 with fees, up 526% from last year's opener. Manhattan
  14. July 20, 2026 The World Cup Made New York Car-Free. Mamdani Wants to Keep It That Way. For six weeks, pedestrians beat cars in New York. Whether that outlasts the confetti is now Mamdani's call. Citywide
  15. July 19, 2026 Flash floods swamp the five boroughs, a day before the World Cup final Soho went underwater in the time it takes to watch a soccer half, and the storm still had a second act coming Sunday. Manhattan
  16. June 28, 2026 Mets fire Carlos Mendoza, Andy Green takes interim role, immediately loses Seven games into the losing streak, the Mets swapped managers. Eight games in, still losing.

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