Even without a championship to celebrate, 2016 was another year to remember for the New York sports world. Emerging stars such as Gary Sanchez, Kristaps Porzingis and Jimmy Vesey injected new energy into the city, even as longtime veterans such as Henrik Lundqvist, David Wright and Jacoby Ellsbury battled performance and health issues.
Linsanity returned to New York, bypassing Manhattan this time for the work-in-progress Nets, while the Knicks planted a (Derrick) Rose in the Garden. Yoenis Cespedes made Mets fans’ dreams come true two times by signing to stay in Queens.