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Floyd Mayweather towers over earnings list at $105M
No one is in Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s league – in boxing or on the balance sheets. Boxing’s pound-for-pound king is projected to make $105 million for 72 minutes of work...
Boxer Floyd Mayweather is world's highest-paid athlete
Boxer Floyd Mayweather has fought his way to the top of the list of most highly paid athletes. The welterweight champ, 37, has raked in $105 million in the past...
Dirk Nowitzki swipes at Kobe Bryant over huge contract
Dirk Nowitzki isn’t looking for one last big pay day. A run at a second championship appeals more to the German superstar in the twilight of his brilliant career. The...
Amar’e may leave Knicks for Jerusalem team after 2015
Amar’e Stoudemire might say “Shalom’’ to the NBA and play for his Israeli team in Jerusalem after his contract expires after next season, The Post has learned. Stoudemire is part...
DeBoer will be back with Devils
Lou Lamoriello wanted all the speculation to end, so he squashed it in the swiftest way he could imagine. Summoning reporters to a location inside the Prudential Center at the...
Cast of closers finding it hard to land long-term deals
The idea of giving lucrative long-term contracts to closers already was under siege, and then the first week of this season happened. The White Sox (from Nate Jones to Matt...
Hal aimed for $189M mandate, but Yanks can’t win that way
TAMPA — Hal Steinbrenner stuck to a historic mandate by dismissing a plan of the moment that meant a great deal to him. Laugh off the Yankees organizational mantra to...
Miguel Cabrera agrees to record $292M deal with Tigers
Miguel Cabrera has won MVPs, batting titles, a Triple Crown and a World Series. Now he can add another line to his résumé: baseball’s highest-paid player. According to The Post’s...
Geno: Jets signing Vick is ‘awesome’
Jets quarterback Geno Smith sounds excited about his new teammate Michael Vick. We’ll see how long it stays that way. Smith spoke with The Associated Press at an autograph show...
Knicks told World Peace to tone down leadership role
Metta World Peace said he was OK coach Mike Woodson denied him a spot in the rotation, but he wasn’t OK when told to tone it down in the locker...
Jets, Pace ink deal
Linebacker Calvin Pace picked the right time to have a career year, as his strong showing in 2013 ensured his return to the Jets in 2014. After a career-high 10-sack...
Nicks' time with Giants likely done as he seeks long-term deal
Hakeem Nicks must have not liked the way his first foray into free agency came across when on Saturday word came down he would be willing to sign a one-year,...
Jets dump Cromartie to save cap space
Jets general manager John Idzik swung his ax Sunday, cutting veteran cornerback Antonio Cromartie. In a move that has been expected for months, the Jets parted ways with Cromartie just...
Nicks open to 1-year deal with Giants: report
Is there a chance Hakeem Nicks finds his way back to the Giants? The return of the one-time explosive receiver still is a long shot, but perhaps not as much...
Jets showing interest in CB Verner: source
The Jets dealt away the best cornerback in football a year ago, but they may add one of the top players at the position this year. The team is interested...
Now it’s up to Callahan to strike deal
PHILADELPHIA — If, as now seems the case, the Rangers are willing to go to six years and $36 million in order to keep Ryan Callahan, there’s nothing more within...
MLB should use two-sport star power to its advantage
Twenty years ago this month, Michael Jordan signed a minor league contract with the White Sox. Which was shocking. But not quite as shocking as the reaction of the baseball...
Dolan, Wilpons should trade franchises
TAMPA — There are ways to rehabilitate yourself if you’re an owner. It’s possible. George Steinbrenner was once so vilified that Yankee Stadium cheered and added a derisive chant at...
How long will it take for Collins to be just another player?
So maybe there was a greater purpose at hand when the Nets were constructed as they were, a significance that lies somewhere beyond whatever hopes remain they can make an...
Knicks may turn to Diogu
The Knicks are mulling whether to use one of their two roster spots on power forward Ike Diogu, who impressed the team during training camp but was released, according to...