Steve Novak
Kenyon down: Knicks win game, lose center (again)
For the past three weeks, the New York Knicks have been following a pretty simple script. More
The mysterious logic of Mike Woodson's starting lineup
You've got to hand it to Knicks coach Mike Woodson: when he decides someone isn't a starter, he really sticks to it. More
Without Carmelo Anthony the Knicks are perfectly stoppable, it turns out
It was misleading, it turns out, when the New York Knicks crushed the Miami Heat by 20 points on the road without Carmelo Anthony. More
Yankees still missing offense, and now may be too late to find it
You have to hand it to the 2012 New York Yankees: they've certainly been consistent. More
Has Steve Novak learned how to play defense too?
The New York Knicks returned to the court on Thursday night, but extrapolating much from a 108-101 preseason win over the Washington Wizards would be silly. More
The night Pedro Strop beat the Yankees
The New York Yankees still have a good chance to advance to the A.L.C.S. on Friday, with CC Sabathia on the mound and home field advantage in the decisive Game 5 of their series against the Baltimore Orioles. More
Knicks add John Shurna, hoping for another Steve Novak
The New York Knicks agreed on Monday to a partially guaranteed contract with John Shurna, a sharp-shooting rookie forward out of Northwestern. More
Knicks keep J.R. Smith and Steve Novak, and it was an easy call
Two critical components of that team depth agreed to return to the Knicks on Monday. J.R. Smith, the mercurial shooting guard, agreed to a one-year deal with a second-year player option, at $2.8 million per season. And Steve Novak, whose three-point shooting electrified Madison Square Garden and near-Linsanity levels, signed a four-year, $15.6 million contract. More
Dwight Howard can get to Brooklyn, but the road's a mess
We don't know yet how the Dwight Howard saga will end, but we do know now what the sequence of events will look like if he's to end up on the Brooklyn Nets.
It's not a simple one. More
Knicks win, getting Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak and a roster upgrade to be named later
A surprising ruling by an arbitrator on Friday night on the status of Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak will allow the Knicks to keep both players, and make other potentially meaningful upgrades to the roster. More
A nearly unhittable R.A. Dickey manages to do himself one better
R.A. Dickey entered Wednesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 2.44 E.R.A. on the season, including a scoreless inning streak of 24 2/3 innings. So it took some doing to produce his best game of the season. More
The Knicks have their first Jeremy Lin drama, and it's not even the off-season yet
The Knicks will fight no more important battle this year, in all likelihood, than the arbitration hearing between the National Basketball Players' Association and the league Wednesday. More
(1)Albert Pujols returns in time to crush the Yankees
Too bad for the Yankees that they didn't play the Angels last month.
Back then, the Angels were in disarray. Albert Pujols, the huge free-agent signing, wasn't hitting. The team sported early records of 6-14, then 14-19. The hitting coach was fired. More
Ruling may free the Knicks to build around Jeremy Lin, or replace him
The news broken by Howard Beck of The New York Times Monday night—that the N.B.A. players' union will bring a case before an arbitrator that could allow the Knicks to easily retain both Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak—has enormous ramifications for New York's offseason. More
Carmelo leads and Steve Novak and J.R. Smith follow, overwhelming the Celtics in an almost-playoff game
In Sunday's loss to the Miami Heat, the New York Knicks came up against the limitations of a formula that consists of stiff defense and utter reliance on Carmelo Anthony for offense.
Tuesday night, playing what amounted to an elimination game for home-court advantage in their first-round playoff series, they found out something about how far they might go if Anthony is surrounded by scorers. More
