SPORTSCROSS

ACROSS

1 Jets strength & conditioning coach 6 His fight with Bud Harrelson in the ‘73 NLCS caused both benches to empty 10 The Blueshirts got him for Holden in 2018 11 Surgery for Greg Bird in 2018 13 Giant kicker 14 Joe Torre’s “The Yankee –––” 15 Greek goddess of the dawn 16 Sets 18 Beat 19 Nets PA man 21 WR Ajirotutu 2010-15 22 Main artery 24 MSG studio analyst on the Knicks games 27 Jerry “Casper the Friendly –––” Adair 30 In the style of 31 32 Rug Hank’s brother 34 He sometimes bats leadoff for the Mets 36 NY Giant hurler Cliff “Mickey –––” Melton 38 Alexander spent 11 seasons in the NHL between 2003 & 2016 39 Barkin born in The Bronx 40 Aqueduct operator 41 First Knick to lead the league in FG Pct.

DOWN

1 He moved into 8th on the NFL all-time rushing list with a 19-yard gain vs. the Jets in 2016 2 MLS great who was sporting director of the Red Bulls 3 Olympics great Viren 4 Parseghian 5 The Yankees dealt him for Stanton 6 They played in NY as the home team in 2017 because of Hurricaine Irma 7 What Amed Rosario wears 8 Play for the Rangers 9 Face on the mound 12 Alvaro Espinoza 17 Jason Vargas 20 Topping 21 ––– Paulo, Brazil 23 Yankee hitting coach 24 Honus Wagner 25 Spaceship driver 26 Injury that kept 5 Down out of the 2017 All-Star Game 28 Jints’ new OC 29 Stun gun 31 Barrett born Burstein in NYC 33 Glasses glass 35 Soviet space station 37 John Olerud