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Former New York Giant Blake Martinez retired somewhat quickly earlier this season, but now, we have more clarity about the incredible reason for his early exit.

Tigers don't change their stripes. Just like selfish people don't often change. It happens but not often. So, when former New York Giant, Odell Beckham Jr. was kicked off a plane on Sunday morning for nothing more or less than complete selfish behavior, red flags should have been flying for Big Blue general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll.

Some may say that dishing out a record contract to your closer days after the conclusion of the World Series isn't playing your hand slowly. As New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler heads into his second off-season at the helm of Steve Cohen's team, he is well aware that one has to move fast at times and be patient at others to be successful. Eppler made some key acquisitions last winter, like right fielder Starling Marte, left fielder Mark Cahna and third baseman Eduardo Escobar. Those three moves, along with Eppler's hire of Manager of the Year, Buck Showalter, changed the culture of the Mets. Now it's time to continue the improvement. That is what Cohen expects.

Sports scandals: they don't happen often, but when they do, they can rock a team, and its fans, to their cores. These ten New York sports scandals did just that.

Something bigger than sports happened in Buffalo over the weekend, as a rival team's player leaned in to ask...something...to Sabres' star Tage Thompson.

For the first time since 2013, NY Rangers' forward Chris Kreider is looking to move homes. Peak inside his current sweet apartment, before it's off-the-market.

Alek Manoah has been known to have a lot to say during his brief MLB career, and now, he's back in the news for comments made about the New York Yankees' ace.

Carlos Castro may have celebrated a bit too much after hitting home run, but that still wasn't enough to justify what ex-New York Met Asdrubal Cabrera did next.