California is now home to the third US case of the deadly coronavirus, officials there revealed early Sunday, joining Chicago and the Seattle, Wash. area, where the first cases were announced last week. The news was announced as health officials in China said that the virus’ ability to spread was stronger than earlier thought. That’s...
How do you top a record-breaking rookie season? Not necessarily by breaking more records. In preparing for his sophomore season, reigning National League Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso said at the Mets’ FanFest Saturday that he’s prioritizing the sublimeness of his complete play over the ridiculousness of his home run distances and exit velocity....
A famous George Bernard Shaw quote applies to how Patrick Mahomes plays quarterback: “You see things, and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were, and I say, ‘Why not?’ ” All Super Bowl 2020 eyes will be on the swashbuckling young Mahomes. He is either a symbol of Coach Darwin’s theory of evolution,...
A recording released Saturday appears to confirm reports that President Trump met with both Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, donors he has claimed he didn’t know and told them to “take out” then-US Ambassador to Ukrainian Marie Yovanovitch. The recording, made public Saturday, was from a 2018 dinner Trump had with the two pals of...
It was less than a year ago that Kyrie Irving entered Madison Square Garden wearing an opposing jersey and was showered with love from Knicks fans. “We want Kyrie,” they chanted last February as Irving led the Celtics to a win over the Knicks. Sunday, the Garden will finally get Kyrie, albeit in a Nets...
The Coronavirus now has a whistleblower — a nurse in Wuhan who insists in a shocking online video that close to 90,000 people in China have the disease, far more than the 1,975 reported by officials. “I am in the area where the coronavirus started,” her video begins. Wuhan is the epicenter of the outbreak....
The Mets’ soft-spoken ace can’t hide his hard desire to add to his trophy case. Jacob deGrom, the winner of two straight National League Cy Young Awards, showed up at Citi Field on Saturday to participate in the Mets’ FanFest. Though he did his duty in answering reporters’ questions about the Mets’ manager shuffle that...
DETROIT — With the Nets coming into Detroit on a five-game losing skid, Kenny Atkinson brought Spencer Dinwiddie off the bench for the first time in well over two months. And it worked like a charm in a slum-busting 121-111 overtime win over the Pistons on Saturday. Garrett Temple started next to Kyrie Irving, instead...
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Cris “Cyborg” Justino won the Bellator featherweight championship Saturday night, becoming the first fighter to claim title belts in four major MMA organizations with a fourth-round stoppage of Julia Budd at Bellator 238. In her Bellator debut after seven bouts and three-plus years with the UFC, Justino (22-2) ended Budd’s eight-year winning...
MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff’s latest history-making Grand Slam run at age 15 ended with a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0 loss in the Australian Open’s fourth round to Sofia Kenin on Sunday. Like Gauff, Kenin is a young — although, at 21, not quite as young — American and she reached her first major quarterfinal...
Danny Garcia packed a punch. Ivan Redkach apparently should have packed a snack. Garcia devoured Redkach to the tune of a 12-round unanimous decision in their welterweight fight at Barclays Center — but not before things took a bizarre turn. In a scene reminiscent of Mike Tyson chomping on Evander Holyfield’s ear during their 1997...
PARK CITY, Utah — Hillary Clinton threw a hand-grenade at the 2020 Democratic presidential primary election Saturday with her new documentary, “Hillary.” The one-sided, four-part Hulu series about her life premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and everything you’ve heard is true — Clinton comes off like Rambo when she talks about current Democratic candidate,...
PHILADELPHIA — With a tribute to Kobe Bryant written on his Nikes, LeBron James moved past the retired Los Angeles great for third place on the NBA’s career scoring list, scoring 29 points in the Lakers’ 108-91 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. James scribbled “Mamba 4 Life” as he chased Bryant, the...
A newly released recording appears to confirm reports that President Trump met with both Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas — donors he has claimed he didn’t know — and told them to “take out” then-Ukrainian ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. The recording, made public Saturday, was from a 2018 dinner with the two pals of Rudy Giuliani...
President Trump has drawn the ire of veterans for downplaying the traumatic brain injuries troops sustained during the recent Iranian missile strikes. Veterans of Foreign Wars is demanding Trump apologize for saying that such injuries were “not very serious” a news conference in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this week. “The VFW expects an apology from the...
LA JOLLA, Calif. — With rumors of a new world golf tour trying to lure the top players in the world away from the PGA Tour having circulated in recent days, Rory McIlroy on Saturday became the first among the star players to truly address it. Phil Mickelson spoke about it on Friday, but told...
Long before Democrats finished making their marathon impeachment case Friday night, momentum had deserted them. The loops of repetition had gone from annoying to unbearable and the wild assertions got even wilder as their talk, talk, talk became a trial of its own. Despite the historic nature of the event, the public voted by staying...
ST. LOUIS — It was a quick exit for the Metropolitan Division, as they lost to the Atlantic, 9-5, in the first round of the 3-on-3 All-Star Game on Saturday night. So the Rangers’ Chris Kreider, the Islanders’ Mathew Barzal and the Devils’ Nico Hischier, all called it a weekend before the Atlantic lost to...
New Zealand police seized a fake pistol from the mistress of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock after she flashed it at a newspaper reporter and claimed it was real, according to a report. The mistress was known to be dating Paddock, who also had a long-term girlfriend, but her name remains a mystery; she had...
Coming off the worst season of his career, Edwin Diaz turned to Pedro Martinez for help. “I was in contact with him most of the offseason,’’ Diaz said through an interpreter on Saturday at the Mets FanFest at Citi Field. “I would send him video and he’d give me feedback.’’ Diaz could use whatever assistance...
Dear John: I read your blurb regarding the US Postal Service black hole, and it made me chuckle. About 10 years ago, I sold an item on eBay and it was shipped from Philadelphia to Toronto. It was a routine sale, and I had countless overseas sales arrive successfully — but not this one. Forty-five...
Dear John: I have been fighting the 900 lb gorilla known as American Express for the past two years. And I could use some help. For many years, I had an American Express gold card for personal use and a platinum AmEx card for my business. Both cards were paid off in full every month....
Dear John: Capital One credit card company is trying to bill me for a trip I never took. Sometime in January or February 2018, I booked a round trip on Amtrak from Sanford, Florida, for June 2018, coming back on Sept. 21. I was told Amtrak would not bill me until sometime in June. In...
If they can’t find your restaurant menu on an app, they’re likely going elsewhere. That’s the case for some slow-moving businesses that aren’t keeping up, according to recent reports analyzing fast-food restaurant trends. Some 43% of consumers want to order meals via an app, according to a National Restaurant Association (NRA) study. However, only 18%...