By Lenn Robbins The worst thing about a Game 6, if you’re the team that held a 3-1 series lead, is that it can lead to a Game 7, where one fluke […]
Overtime Loss Puts Isles in a Precarious Position – The New York Extra/TheNYExtra.com
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The Islanders Are Flirting With Destiny – The New York Extra/TheNYExtra.com
ROBBINS NEST By Lenn Robbins The mystery and wonder of a group of players and coaches coalescing into that hallowed entity known as a team of destiny is this: We aren’t aware […]
A Win is a Win for Struggling Yankees
By Lenn Robbins Every teammate is a great one, every manager makes all the right move, and every GM is a savant until the wheels start coming off, which is what has […]
Isles Beginning to Assert Their Dominance – Again
One couldn’t fault the Philadelphia Flyers if they’re starting to think they’ve seen this show before. They have. The Islanders are dismantling No.1-seed in the Eastern Conference just as they methodically took […]
Mets Have a Chance To Kick Yankees When They’re Down
By Lenn Robbins Mets fans must be salivating. Salivating. Since the day the franchise opened for business in 1962, the Mets have been second-class baseball citizen’s in this town. Heck, every baseball […]
No Justice, No Games, the Bucks Make a Statement – The New York Extra/TheNYExtra.com
ROBBINS NEST By Lenn Robbins One of these days, years from now, we will look back on August 26, 2020 as the day NBA players, in one grand voice shouted without a […]
Series Tied 1-1 but Islanders Have Been the Better Team
By Lenn Robbins This was a game the Islanders had no business winning after the first period. Trailing 3-0 with starting goalie and playoff sensation Semyon Varlamov pulled in favor of Thomas […]
System Check: Isles Strangle the Flyers, 4-0, in Game 1
By Lenn Robbins This isn’t exactly what the folks in marketing are looking for when trying to sell a team, especially one moving into a new arena, especially when the other two […]
Trotz’s Islanders Stick it to His Former Team – The New York Extra/TheNYExtra.com
By Lenn Robbins Barry Trotz summed up the Islanders Game 4 loss to the Washington Capitals in his typical, candid manner: “We didn’t have enough push to beat a desperate team.” Failing […]
Knicks Join the Ranks in an Unlucky Day in NY Sports
It’s times like this I’m tempted to believe what they say about New York in the far reaches of the nation where common sense and clear thinking do not reside: Perhaps we […]