Jerry Beach

Contributor|SportsMoney

I have covered professional sports in the northeast for a variety of online and print publications since 1997. Currently I cover the Mets and Islanders for outlets such as The Sports Xchange wire service, for whom I also covered the Jets from 2011-2016. From 2004-2007, I covered

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162 viewsApr 30, 2024

With An OT Win, The Islanders Have One More Shot At Making History

But even in victory late Saturday afternoon, Patrick Roy managed to sum up this era for the franchise.

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183 viewsApr 27, 2024

History Not On The Islanders’ Side As They Try To Make It

Of the five teams in the four major sports leagues to mount the miraculous comeback, four are in the NHL.

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149 viewsApr 20, 2024

For A Second Time, The Islanders Surprise And Delight Farmingdale

Grogan was referring to the New York Islanders, but it was an appropriate summation of the area they — and he — call home.

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1,346 viewsMar 31, 2024

Is A Bad Start For The Mets A Bad Sign Of Things To Come?

The Mets reboot more often than an aging computer behind on its updates, so it doesn’t take long to find examples of new eras that started in promising fashion before ...

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406 viewsMar 28, 2024

The New York Mets Need David Stearns To Be Their Theo Epstein

So the Manhattan-born Stearns — or, as he was known in the Harvard Crimson sports section, David H. Stearns — and the Mets are indeed following a well-worn path.