Covering area, look for New York running back for New York team (7)
I believe the answer is:
yankees
'new york team' is the definition.
(New York Yankees are a baseball team)
'covering area look for new york running back' is the wordplay.
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'look for' becomes 'seek' (synonyms).
'new york' becomes 'ny'.
'running back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'seek'+'ny'='seekny'
'a' going inside 'seekny' is 'seeknay'.
'seeknay' reversed gives 'YANKEES'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for yankees that I've seen before include "US Civil War soldiers" , "Union troops" , "Americans who fought for the north in civil war" , "New York baseball team" , "rebellious ex- colonists" .)