Zach Braziller

Zach Braziller

Background

Zach Braziller is a general assignment sports reporter for the New York Post with a focus on college sports. He is the St. John's beat writer who also writes a weekly column on college football and college basketball, and he covers the Knicks, Mets, Yankees, Jets and Giants as well. Zach grew up in Brooklyn and now resides in Astoria. He attended liberal arts college Drew University in Madison, N.J. Zach once threw a no-hitter in high school for Berkeley Carroll. He loves pets and believes that March is the best month of the year.

Latest Articles

Making sense of the thin line between despair and hope for these Mets

The Mets could be in a much better position. They, however, also could be worse off.

The wave of uncertainty hitting this new era of college football

New quarterbacks are creating major uncertainty as the new era of college football is set to start with significant conference realignment and the 12-team playoff.

College Football's top transfers in 2024

The transfer portal is becoming more and more of a factor in college football.

One silver lining in Yankees' ugly loss to Rockies

Jazz Chisholm went 2-for-4 — the only Yankee to record multiple hits — and smacked an RBI double in the Yankees’ 9-2 loss in The Bronx.

College football: Five predictions, plus five games to watch

The Post's Zach Braziller makes five predictions and examines five must-see games during this college football season:

Yankees legend's Old-Timers' Day return could pave way for Monument Park

Of course the responses were mixed. This is Alex Rodriguez, the star-crossed slugger with a history of performance-enhancing drugs and a convoluted legacy.

Welcome to the dramatically new world of college football: 'Just like the NFL'

For once, Cinderella will have a seat at the table — the highest-ranked conference champion from the Group of Five gets an automatic bid, along with the winners of the...

The Post's College Football Preseason Top 25 rankings, playoff picks

The Post’s Zach Braziller breaks down the season to come with his preseason Top 25.

Top 10 players in the Heisman Trophy conversation

A look at the Heisman Trophy contenders entering the season.

Breanna Stewart digs deep to lift Liberty over Wings for eighth straight win

The reigning MVP took over when the Liberty (25-4) needed it. 

How these Mets look like a team on the cusp of a breakthrough

Some Mets fans believe they should’ve sold at the trade deadline, because this team isn’t a true title contender.

Rangers have their replacement for longtime goalie guru

The Rangers have hired a new goaltenders coach, and it is someone very familiar with the organization and former goalies coach Benoit Allaire. 

Mets' make comedy of errors with series of bizarre miscues in loss

That escalated quickly — and in not in a good way.

Veteran lefty gets shellacked as Mets take ugly loss to Orioles

As the saying goes, momentum in baseball is the next day’s starting pitcher.

Mets hope Francisco Alvarez's walk-off homer a breakout sign

It has been a strange season for the 22-year-old Alvarez, who has a .728 OPS on the season, but only six home runs and 28 RBIs.

What veteran's impending return may mean for Mets' outfield rotation

Starling Marte’s impending return has created questions for Carlos Mendoza and the Mets.

Key Met's power outage not worrying team's hitting coach

The lack of homers doesn’t bother Eric Chavez. That’s not the problem, the Mets hitting coach believes, when it comes to Francisco Alvarez’s slump.

Walt Frazier sees 'a lot of similarities' in current Knicks to his championship teams

Walt “Clyde” Frazier knows what it looks like. 

Daunting month among top takeaways for Nets’ 2024-25 schedule

Five takeaways from the full Nets’ schedule, released Thursday.

Grueling opening stretch among top takeaways for Knicks' schedule

It’s Christmas for basketball fans in August. The NBA released the full 2024-25 schedule Thursday.