Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted in 2005.
How’s the week going for you so far, New York-area sports fans?
Let’s see . . . two weekdays in and we’ve seen the Knicks lose on another late gut punch, then read about the latest turn in the Melodrama involving the team’s biggest on- and off-court stars, Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson.
The Rangers allowed seven goals in a loss, again raising concerns about Henrik Lundqvist, the aging goaltender upon whom the team’s decade of mostly winning hockey has been built.