from Stan Fischler's Bluelines at The Hockey News,

On Friday, June 3, 2022, the Rangers provided the biggest sports story in town. For the second straight game, they beat the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning and looked like a potential Stanley Cup-winner.

As usual, the New York Post provided blanket coverage. Led by the veteran Larry Brooks, the tabloid hockey staff included stories by Mollie Walker and Ethan Sears.

That same night the erstwhile "newspaper of record," The New York Times, had a grand total of zero reporters covering the epic contest. Two days later, I contacted journalism critic Steve Viuker, a Times subscriber.

"There isn't a story on the Times' site yet on the Rangers second game win," wrote Viuker. One might wonder just what the Times' sports section was waiting for -- an exhibition game in September?

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