The Rangers haven’t been so lucky.

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With the promise of modest donations to the financially challenged parish, St. Joseph’s in Maplewood, N.J., grants that most coveted item of our youth, the gymnasium key.

After more than a fourth of the regular season, the Yankees and the Red Sox are each 21-21, 5.5 games behind Baltimore in the American League East.

The Mets’ Johan Santana could not hold a four-run lead, and a costly error in the eighth set up Pittsburgh’s go-ahead run.

The auction price for a 1920s Babe Ruth jersey, nearly quadruple the previous high for a piece of his memorabilia, surprised appraisers and reflected his enduring star power.

The Devils scored two first-period goals in an ugly game that resembled an old-fashioned, 1994-style Battle of the Hudson.

The Devils kept their minds on their business, and captain Zach Parise scored his first two goals of the Eastern Conference finals.

The end for Kobe Bryant and the Lakers came against an Oklahoma City team that was younger, deeper and ready for its own moment in the Western Conference spotlight.

The Magic and Lakers are basketball’s soap operas of the moment, and the Devils-Rangers series has become a genuine grudge match. No wonder the Celtics-Sixers series is so low profile.

Forget rankings and coin tosses. A psychic pig is the latest tool European soccer tournament organizers intend to use to predict who wins matches.

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