“By the Numbers” is a periodic SRNY feature that highlights all 10 New York teams.
89 years since a football Giant wore #1. Thanks to the family of Ray Flaherty and the prodigal talent that Malik Nabers possesses, that changes on Sunday.
60 assists by Noah Dobson in 2023-24 was the most by an Islander defenseman other than Denis Potvin who topped 60 4x in his Hall of Fame career.
35 days until the Devils open their season against Toronto at the Prudential Center, in what promises to be recently acquired Jakob Markstrom’s debut in goal.
28 games over .500 was where the Yankees stood on June 14th when they became the first team in MLB to 50 wins. Since then, they are 30-38.
27 seasons that came and went without the Liberty winning a championship. They are currently sitting atop the WNBA with 6 games left in the regular season.
13 years since the Jets made the playoffs, when they advanced to the 2010 AFC Championship game for the second year in a row under Rex Ryan.
12 times Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle and OG Anunoby played together upon OG’s mid-season arrival, and the Knicks won 11 of those 12 games.
10 prominent Rangers are headed toward free agency, including pending UFA’s Igor Shesterkin, Ryan Lindgren and Reilly Smith, plus RFA’s K’Andre Miller and Alexis Lafreniere.
6 numbers are retired in Nets history. This season that becomes 7 when Vince Carter joins Julius Erving, Jason Kidd, Bill Melchionni, Drazen Petrovic, Buck Williams and John Williamson.
0 players have been named NL MVP in the Mets 62-year history, a streak that Francisco Lindor is hoping to end with a strong finish to the season.
