Brett Cyrgalis
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Babe Ruth’s baseball swing helped spark teaching revolution in golf
Brett Cyrgalis’ new book, “Golf’s Holy War: The Battle for the Soul of a Game in an Age of Science” (Simon & Schuster) is set to be released Tuesday. It...
Ex-Ranger's tragic journey: From 1980 Olympic hero to a mental facility 40 years later
Barry Beck had a dream. The former Rangers captain woke up one morning in the spring of 2019 in Hong Kong, where he had been coaching hockey for almost 13...
Rangers star seems poised to make big return once this ends
The past few weeks have been good for Chris Kreider — physically, at least. As the NHL has spent just over a month in a “pause” due to the coronavirus...
New York golf courses can reopen with coronavirus restrictions
Golf courses have been in a gray area since New York State shut down non-essential businesses last month. At first, some were open and bustling on nice days, finding ways...
Isles' ill-fated Barclays Center tenure had big silver lining
It was an ill-conceived, half-baked, stopgap of an idea. Characters came and went, to varying degrees of integrity and motivation. The future of a once-proud pro sports team hung in...
Islanders are getting their own stud Russian goalie
It’s looking like the Battle of New York will soon get a Russian twist. It seems the Islanders will be getting long-awaited netminder Ilya Sorokin for the start of the...
Why Tiger Woods' 1997 win was greatest Masters ever
Jack Nicklaus' improbable win in the 1986 Masters topped The Post’s poll of greatest Masters ever, but Tigers Woods' 1997 victory was a close second and got the nod as...
Former Rangers and Kings coach dies at age 71
A hockey lifer has passed on, as former Rangers coach Tom Webster died Friday at the age of 71. Webster, known as “Hawkeye,” was hired as the Rangers’ coach in...
Why Islanders star isn't focused on contract situation
The way Mathew Barzal looks at it, the coronavirus pandemic that has paused the NHL season has not ended it. So the Islanders’ 22-year-old star center isn’t worried about the...
How Augusta National will play differently in November
The Masters does not happen without Augusta National Golf Club having as much control over the event as possible. That would have been true if the event went off as...
The best 18 golf holes on public courses in the NY metro area
The demands have been heard, and The Post has responded! After such terrific feedback from our flawless list of “The Best 18 Holes in the metro area” from this past...
The 18 best golf holes in metro area
Every ranking is subjective, especially with something as arbitrary as the quality of a golf hole. Beauty, it is said, lies in the eye of the beholder. Well, not here....
Doling out the hardware in lieu of delayed NHL awards
The NHL Awards in Las Vegas have been postponed — and could eventually be entirely canceled — but that doesn’t mean we can’t do our own voting right here, right?!?...
What NHL players are doing during coronavirus pause
As much as the fans want to see the NHL come out of this “pause” due to the coronavirus pandemic, the players are even more eager. Instead, they sit at...
The NHL's coronavirus outlook sounds ominous
The NHL timeline keeps getting pushed further and further back, all in the name of safety. With the NHL in a “pause” due to the coronavirus pandemic, the league held...
Forgotten Stanley Cup mayhem resurfaces with coronavirus
Sarah Hall has heard the stories about her great-grandfather, more and more as the years have gone on. She understands the rising interest in Joe Hall — sometimes dubbed “Bad”...
NHL must make this painful coronavirus decision
We will get to hockey in a minute. Promise. But first, let us go over a famous thought experiment in moral philosophy called the trolley problem. (Don’t worry, some lighter...
NHL's ideal coronavirus plan: Open training camp in 45 days
At least now there is some sort of timeline, even if it’s subject to drastic change. The NHL released a memo Monday morning stating the CDC had given the league...
Coronavirus break may push new Ranger's debut to next season
The pause in the NHL schedule has a ripple effect on every aspect of the sport, and it could mean the Rangers won’t get to glimpse defensive prospect K’Andre Miller...
How NHL is handling its coronavirus pause
This is the message, until it’s not. As the NHL and the Players’ Association tried to figure out the details for what this “pause” in the season might look like...