The former Yankee Dave Righetti, the Giants’ pitching coach, says he can vouch for the damage done to his career by throwing too much.

Players arrived at the Jets’ training center, but could not work out. Three Giants players arrived at their training center, and spoke to coaches and staff.

Players arrived at the Jets’ training center, but could not work out. Three Giants players arrived at their training center, and spoke to coaches and staff.

The Knicks went to Amar’e Stoudemire yesterday. The ailing Stoudemire missed practice as the Knicks sent a handful of their training staff to his home to give him treatment day and night on the pulled muscle in his back that an MRI exam revealed Wednesday. One source said Stoudemire...

* Putting Phil Hughes on the disabled list is a panic move by the Yankees. It sends the message to a very thin pitching staff that they have no margin for error. Does Hughes stink this season? Yeah, but he has also shown the ability to win in the major leagues...

Less than 24 hours after earning their first victory of the season, the Red Sox were battered by the Yankees as their record fell to 1-7.

Even with a loaded pitching staff, the Phillies and their fans had to know there would be games like Tuesday’s, a 7-1 loss to the Mets. Right?

He’s the staff ace for the third straight season, will bat second and play first base when he’s not on the mound. Clearly, McKee/Staten Island Tech will go as far as Ryan Mannello can take them. “Ryan is the hands-down leader, he’s the guy the young...

Xaverian is back. Not that the Clippers ever went away, but there is a greater understanding between coaches Lou Piccola and Frank Del George in Year Two than there was when they took over the perennial powerhouse last year. “The transition to the coaching staff has been terrific,” Piccola said...

The Post's baseball writers predict each division winner, the wild card, and the playoff rounds leading to the World Series champion. GEORGE A. KING III AL EAST Red Sox Yankees-wc Rays Blue Jays Orioles AL CENTRAL Twins White Sox Tigers Royals Indians AL WEST Rangers Angels A’s Mariners...

EAST 1. RED SOX Key player: Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Boston does not have many weaknesses, but there is worry behind the plate whether this one-time touted prospect (key to Atlanta obtaining Mark Teixeira from Texas) is over his throwing yips, and also can handle a staff and a bat. Player who...

JUPITER, Fla. -- Kyle McClellan probably won't make the Cardinals forget about Adam Wainwright's season-ending injury. Still, his spring training performance went a long way toward reassuring the St. Louis coaching staff that making him the No. 5 starter was the right choice. In his final outing of...

Three coaches from Manager Mike Scioscia’s original Angels staff — Joe Maddon, Bud Black and Ron Roenicke — now manage other teams.

Three coaches from Manager Mike Scioscia’s original Angels staff — Joe Maddon, Bud Black and Ron Roenicke — now manage other teams.

Norman Thomas doesn’t have one returning starter. The pitching staff is brand new. The core that at least reached the PSAL Class A quarterfinals the last four years and won a city title in 2009 is gone, scattered across the country. Yet Nerva Jean Pierre is, well, still Nerva...

St. John's might lose one of the key members of its coaching staff, The Post has learned. Assistant coach Mike Dunlap, considered one of the sharpest X's and O's coaches in college basketball, is likely to be on Fresno State's list as it begins a search...

In another sign of Carmelo Anthony's struggle to learn coach Mike D'Antoni's defensive system, the Knicks' new superstar said he hopes the coaching staff will simplify the X's and O's to make it easier for the new guys, saying it's been "confusing." "[We have...

DENVER — This is a coach who goes back a few years with Steve Lavin, who recruited against him back in the day, who watched Lavin’s remarkable rise from obscurity to John Wooden’s old chair at UCLA and then the inevitable fall that back-ended it, and who has watched...

With the NFL lockout in force, the Jets will enact their contingency plan, which includes furloughs and pay cuts. Beginning this week, all contract employees, which include the coaching staff and general manager Mike Tannenbaum, will have their salaries cut by 25 percent and all non-contract employees will begin a...

Tom Catalanotto wanted to make sure his players couldn’t sense any anxiety or apprehension in him and the rest of the Archbishop Molloy coaches prior to their championship game. “The coaching staff tried to stay as calm as we possibly could because they feed off of that,” he said...

Oakland is counting on Hideki Matsui’s consistent offensive production to back a strong pitching staff.

PORT ST. LUCIE -- The thin ice under Oliver Perez's feet hasn't cracked yet. The normally putrid lefty still needs a miracle to avoid getting dumped by the Mets this spring, but yesterday he at least proved there is something resembling a pulse under his uniform. Perez's...

Since arriving at St. John’s some 11 months ago, Steve Lavin has been all things to all Red Storm people. He assembled an impressive staff, recruited an elite class, motivated donors to dig deep, inspired his players to believe, and most of all, got St. John’s back on...

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Yankees' present and future were on display yesterday at Joker Marchant Stadium. Staff ace CC Sabathia pitched two scoreless innings in his exhibition season debut against the Tigers. Then, Manuel Banuelos, the 19-year-old hot prospect, dominated Victor Martinez, Jhonny Peralta and Brandon Inge in one frame...

The N.F.L. and its players union met for the fourth day, providing a glimmer of hope that progress toward a labor deal is possible before a March 3 deadline.

The retirement of the veteran pitcher Andy Pettitte has robbed the Yankees’ pitching staff of its clubhouse psychotherapist.

The retirement of the veteran pitcher Andy Pettitte has robbed the Yankees’ pitching staff of its clubhouse psychotherapist.

TAMPA — Fixing A.J. Burnett is not the only challenge facing new Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild. The 56-year-old was hired in November to replace Dave Eiland as the team’s pitching coach. At the time, most people expected he would have a staff of CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Andy...

Relationships mean so much to Donald Thomas. The Cardinal Hayes running back was being recruited by Fordham, New Haven and SUNY-Cortland, but developed a special bond with offensive line coach Bill Roos and the Marist staff. “Me and him just clicked and got along after speaking over the last few...

MILWAUKEE -- Jordan Farmar not only got up on the wrong side of the bed, he slept on the wrong side, too. Farmar, who missed his second straight Nets game -- and second straight defeat -- last night with a lower back strain, was unaware the Nets staff had provided...

Donald Fehr, the executive director of the N.H.L. players association, said of a provocative hire by the union, “Your objective is to find the strongest and the best functioning staff that you can.”

In a call with reporters, the Jets’ General Manager Mike Tannenbaum addressed multiple issues including Mark Sanchez’s shoulder, the coaching staff and potential player moves.

Donald Fehr, the executive director of the N.H.L. players association, said of a provocative hire by the union, “Your objective is to find the strongest and the best functioning staff that you can.”

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will cut his salary to $1 if there is a work stoppage after the collective bargaining agreement expires in March. Goodell, who makes about $10 million a year including bonuses, said in a notatka to his staff yesterday that chief negotiator Jeff Pash will do the...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will cut his salary to $1 if there is a work stoppage after the collective bargaining agreement expires in March. Goodell, who makes about $10 million a year including bonuses, said in a memorandum to his staff Wednesday that chief negotiator Jeff Pash will do the...

Former NFL head coach Dick Jauron is the new defensive coordinator for the Browns. The 60-year-old Jauron is the first hire for Browns coach Pat Shurmur's staff. Jauron played and coached with Shurmur's uncle, Fritz, in Green Bay. Jauron spent last season as Philadelphia's secondary coach. The...

The Post's dyskusja panelowa of noga experts picks the AFC and NFC Championship games...

The Post's dyskusja panelowa of piłka nożna experts picks the AFC and NFC Championship games. MARK CANNIZZARO Jets, 21-20 Packers, 23-17 JAY GREENBERG Jets, 20-17 Packers, 28-27 MARK HALE Jets, 20-17 Packers, 20-7 BART HUBBUCH Jets, 24-17 Bears, 31-28 COMPLETE JETS COVERAGE ARE YOU THE ULTIMATE JETS FAN? SEND US YOUR...

Through the first two months of his varsity career, Isaiah Whitehead’s greatest quality was his patience. His willingness to cede to older teammates, from Shaquille Stokes to Kamari Murphy to Reuben King, and pick his spots to be aggressive endeared him to Lincoln’s coaching staff and the veteran-heavy...

Make no mistake: The Jets want the Steelers to think Brad Smith is playing in Sunday’s AFC Championship on Sunday at Heinz Field. Just like they wanted Bill Belichick and his New England coaching staff to stay up at night preparing for the multitalented player and the things he...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Mike McCoy is staying on as the Denver Broncos’ offensive coordinator, providing some continuity for raw rookie quarterback Tim Tebow. And Eric Studesville, who served as przejściowy head coach for the final four games last season, is returning at the Broncos’ running backs coach. New coach John...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- They were all thrilled, all ecstatic, all eager to shout at the night, filled with the rush of what they'd accomplished. Inside the locker room were 53 players and a dozen coaches and staff folk, thrilled beyond words -- as if that's possible, with this...

The new Florida coach Will Muschamp hired former San Francisco 49ers standout Bryant Young as defensive line coach.

Want to beat the Patriots? Eric Mangini knows how. Mangini's Browns were the last ekipa to defeat New England, a 34-14 beating of Bill Belichick's bullies on Nov. 7 in Cleveland, where Mangini and his staff hatched the ultimate blueprint to beat the Patriots. With that formula in...

Rich Buckheit and his staff were perplexed. They thought they were pushing all the right buttons, but the results were just not there early in the season. Curtis had losses to rivals St. Peter’s and McKee/Staten Island Tech and didn’t look particularly impressive in victories, either. “We...

Apache Paschall’s favorite defense has been on hiatus this season. The “amoeba” zone the Nazareth coach favors has been used sparingly as he and his coaching staff decide out how to use it with a skład that isn’t nearly as guard-oriented. On Monday night, the Lady Kingsmen experimented...

If the Mets kraj związkowy Chris Young, their intellectually formidable pitching staff will include a Princeton man, a Phi Beta Kappa from Duke and the well-read R. A. Dickey.

If the Mets kraj związkowy Chris Young, their intellectually formidable pitching staff will include a Princeton man, a Phi Beta Kappa from Duke and the well-read R. A. Dickey.

The Post's staff of experts picks the playoffs: Mark Cannizzaro AFC WILD-CARD Jets over Colts Ravens over Chiefs AFC DIVISIONAL Patriots over Jets Ravens over Steelers AFC CHAMPIONSHIP Patriots over Ravens NFC WILD-CARD Packers over Eagles Saints over Seahawks NFC DIVISIONAL Packers over Bears Saints over Falcons NFC CHAMPIONSHIP...

Jason Garrett, who led the Cowboys to a 5-3 record after taking over in midseason, was named coach.

The zarys was for Ryan McDonagh, promoted from the AHL Whale on Monday in the personnel switch with Michael Del Zotto, to practice for a few days with the Rangers so that the coaching staff would have an opportunity to assess the 21-year-old rookie pro's NHL readiness. McDonagh might...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Stressing a team-first mentality, Leslie Frazier took over as Minnesota’s head coach and vowed a thorough examination of the roster, the staff and the scheme on both sides of the ball to get the Vikings back in the playoffs. On the day he reached a...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida’s coaching staff is nearly complete. The Gators confirmed Monday that former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis will be Will Muschamp’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Muschamp also hired Seattle Seahawks defensive line coach Dan Quinn as defensive coordinator and line coach. Quinn spent the...

St. John's won a game on Saturday it wouldn't have won last year. In fact, the Red Storm wouldn't have won the same game earlier this season. But four years of hard knocks and the confidence instilled by a new coaching staff has St. John's believing...

John Mara, the Giants’ co-owner, declined to say whether any changes would be made to Tom Coughlin’s coaching staff.

Replacing a coaching staff and installing new offensive and defensive schemes demands a complete assessment of a team's overall performance, not some superficial, emotion-driven impulse.

The Carolina Panthers said that the contracts of Coach John Fox and the rest of his staff would not be renewed.

The Carolina Panthers said that the contracts of Coach John Fox and the rest of his staff would not be renewed.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- All the emotions Bill Stewart has reserved the last few weeks will be tough to control when he takes the field again as West Virginia's coach. While he still has one more season at the helm, part of his staff is being dismantled to make room...

Charles Oakley has a spot on the Bobcats staff. The former Knicks forward was hired by Paul Silas, who took over on Wednesday for former Knicks coach Larry Brown, as an assistant. Oakley angered Knicks fans over the summer when he suggested that LeBron James not sign with his old...

Something is off. States don't have any money for teachers, but they have plenty for assistant -- yes, assistant -- college noga coaches. Mike Freeman can't help but notice a suspicious lack of outrage.

The Mets' on-field personnel might not look much different than it did a season ago, but they continued the slow process of rebuilding the organization yesterday when they announced their coaching staff for the upcoming season. New manager Terry Collins will have former Triple-A Buffalo manager Ken Oberkfell as his...

Some of the curious clock-and game-management decisions from Rex Ryan and his staff have had Jets fans remembering their disdain for former coach Herman Edwards. There were several questionable incidents in the loss to the Dolphins on Sunday: The Situation: 1:19 left in the game, no timeouts, the Jets...

Were Jets staff members instructed to stand side by side along the sideline before Sal Alosi tripped a Dolphins player?

The drużyna added Ken Oberkfell as bench coach and Dave Hudgens as hitting coach, brought back Mookie Wilson as first-base coach and replaced the bullpen coach Randy Niemann with Jon Debus.

Jets assistant coach Sal Alosi blatantly and brazenly tripped Miami punt returner Nolan Carroll on the sideline during Gang Green's 10-6 loss to the Dolphins. The strength and conditioning coach was ushered out of the building by a staff member, ignoring interview requests from The Post and protected by...

Terry Collins likes the look of the Mets lineup he'll probably put on the field next year, but the new manager knows the pitching staff needs some work. And though the Mets are continuing to talk to Padres free kret Chris Young, the two sides still aren't closing...

The N.F.L. determined Coach Josh McDaniels did not view the tape made by a staff member, but fined him for not reporting it.

The N.F.L. determined Coach Josh McDaniels did not view the tape made by a staff member, but fined him for not reporting it.

The more things change at Rice, the more they stay the same. That’s the hasło of longtime assistant Dwayne Mitchell, who moves a seat over and is entering his first year as head coach after Mo Hicks took a job on Steve Lavin’s staff at St. John’s...

Buck Showalter and Willie Randolph are headed toward a reunion. Randolph is in negotiations to join Showalter’s Orioles staff as either a bench coach or third base coach, according to a Baltimore Sun report. Randolph served as Showalter’s third base coach with the Yankees in 1994 and 1995...

SYRACUSE -- With one game remaining in a turnaround season for Syracuse, coach Doug Marrone announced Monday that assistant head coach Bob Casullo was off the staff. Marrone made the announcement during his weekly czwarta władza address, after a sprawozdawca asked about Casullo’s status. “Bob and I have decided it...

ST. LOUIS -- Save the axe for the turkey. With Lou Lamoriello's ominous 20-game Devils evaluation looming, the GM has absolved John MacLean and his staff. "There is no sprawa with the coaching," Lamoriello told The Post. "Right now, what has to happen is our best players have to...

If you didn’t know any better, one would think Boys & Girls is still chasing that elusive crown. The coaching staff, led by Ruth Lovelace and Elmer Anderson, has remained strict and demanding. The dimly lit gymnasium with its red-colored walls isn’t plastered with remnants of newspaper clippings from...

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers have filled out their staff under new manager Ron Roenicke with three new coaches and three returning from last year’s group. Former Reds manager Jerry Narron takes over as bench coach in place of former Mets manager Willie Randolph, former Orioles pitching coach Rick Kranitz...

It started innocently enough at Wednesday's practice and now it's on the verge of morphing into a fitness craze tinged with a fascinating show of mass solidarity. Jets owner Woody Johnson, showing support for his head coach Rex Ryan in his quest to curb his team's propensity...

Far too often, student-athletes find themselves bearing the brunt of adult-driven greed and ambition, while the coaches and staff involved receive little to no punishment.

The Pistons have started 0-4, and the drużyna and coaching staff is starting to bicker.

For a second straight game, the Nets staged a furious late comeback to steal a victory. Now the fact they needed a comeback, had the coaching staff reaching for the bromides. The Nets had an 18-point lead in the first half. But they also had 27 turnovers. They lost all...

A month ago, Bob McNair had staff members remove any products that were not approved by the N.F.L. from players’ lockers.

SAN FRANCISCO -- With Joe Girardi off their to-do list, the Yankees have turned their attention to solidifying the coaching staff, re-signing Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, and formulating a szkic to chase Cliff Lee, who will become a free wywiadowca after the World Series. Girardi yesterday agreed to a...

Rangers forward Artem Anisimov, who was cleared by the medical staff following yesterday's MRI exam on the right ankle he injured in blocking a second-period shot on Wednesday that sidelined him for the third ciota of the 6-4 loss to Atlanta, will reclaim his first-line center role tonight when...

With manager Joe Girardi's future secure, GM Brian Cashman can address the Yankees coaching staff. Mike Harkey could move from the bullpen to Dave Eiland's old job. Josh Paul, who is well thought of by the przód office, likely would replace Harkey as the bullpen coach. Paul, a...

Not that his Rangers just bludgeoned a bunch of nobodies in the ALCS, but Jeff Francoeur says it's no contest when comparing CC Sabathia and Co. to the Freak and Friends. "I honestly believe the Giants are the best pitching staff we'll see," Francoeur told The Post yesterday...

Gene Keady, a six-time coach of the year at Purdue, joins the staff of his former assistant, Steve Lavin, at St. John’s.

The Rangers’ Cliff Lee didn’t just have an impact on Game 3 of the AL Championship Series last night. The lefty has influenced the rest of the staff, including tonight’s Game 4 starter, Tommy Hunter. “I’d like to be left-handed, too,” Hunter said before last night’s...

Thomas Jefferson is one of the biggest stories of the season in PSAL football. The Orange Wave won four of their first five games, beating notable teams like Sheepshead Bay and Flushing. Still, the coaching staff and players don’t feel like they’ve gotten their due in their inaugural...

It didn't take long for Steve Lavin to recruit a big name. Introduced at a press conference before last night's Red Storm Tip-Off at Carnesecca Arena, former Purdue head coach Gene Keady was announced as the newest member of Lavin's staff, as a special assistant/advisor. Keady...

Former Purdue coach Gene Keady is joining the staff of former assistant Steve Lavin at St. John’s. Keady, who retired in 2005 after 27 seasons as a Division I head coach, will join the St. John’s staff as a special assistant/adviser, Lavin announced Friday. Lavin’s first...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers are quickly altering how they’ve been viewed their entire existence. They’re not just bashing, they’re getting timely hits. They’re not just cobbling together a pitching staff, they’ve got a rotation filled with solid starters. And defense is emphasized by...

MINNEAPOLIS — When Carl Pavano was on the Yankees’ dole collecting millions, he went soft every time the medical staff told him he was close to being ready to pitch. So it didn’t shock veteran “American Idle” watchers that a call that didn’t go his way in a big...

Yankees go with a three-man rotation of C. C. Sabathia, Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes, leaving A.J. Burnett as a reliever and Javier Vazquez off the 11-man pitching staff.

The Giants pitching staff’s 3.36 earned run average was the best in the majors. The Braves were just two spots behind, at 3.57.

The N.C.A.A. is no longer a punch line in futbol and basketball due to its larger staff, the transparency offered by social networking tools and countless środki masowego przekazu investigations.

A staff member for Lance Armstrong's Team Radioshack went Wednesday to the grand jury room at a federal courthouse where prosecutors are presenting evidence of alleged doping in pro cycling.

Giving Phil Hughes the początek last night was not the only pitching świeża wiadomość Joe Girardi made. The Yankees manager also announced his pitching staff would stay on rotation against the Blue Jays, meaning A.J. Burnett pitches tonight, followed by CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte. Sabathia said last week he...

Campus Magnet’s 16-6 win against Boys & Girls in PSAL City Championship division futbol yesterday will come with an asterisk after a wild scene forced referees to stop metali the contest with 3:37 remaining. The official ruling was unsportsmanlike conduct by the Boys & Girls coaching staff, according to PSAL football...

Today's math is easy, subtracting the predictable 25-player roster trim made yesterday by the Rangers, thus leaving 38 on the roster going into tonight's preseason match against the Devils in Newark. It's only going to get more difficult now for GM Glen Sather, his staff, and head...

When Joba Chamberlain began humiliating hitters in August 2007, there was no doubt that he was the future of the Yankees' pitching staff. Now, a little more than three years later, his presence isn't quite what the Bombers envisioned for the present. As a rookie, Chamberlain compiled a 0...

For the past three years, in addition to having zespół captains, Giants coach Tom Coughlin also named a leadership council, a group of nine or 10 players designated to handle issues in the locker room and serve as a go-between with the coaching staff and players. The creation of the...