Phil Hughes’ Yankees career is on the clock. At least, his status as a starting pitcher. Maybe even as a member of the team. After looking tremendous in the spring, Hughes has lost his first two starts, with a 9.00 ERA. In his last start, against the Angels, Hughes went just 3 1/3 innings and gave up six runs (all… Read more →
Same stuff, different day. That’s Charles Barkley for you when it comes to the Knicks. The NBA on TNT analyst has ripped the team plenty of times in the past. Thursday morning on WFAN radio, Barkley said, “The Knicks still stink, dude. They’re not going anywhere [in the playoffs], they’re gonna be one-and-done. … I don’t dislike the Knicks. But… Read more →
The Knicks can clinch a playoff berth on Thursday if the Bucks lose to Indiana. Here’s how: • The Knicks (33-29) enter play Thursday 3½ games up on ninth-place Milwaukee (29-32). • If Milwaukee loses on Thursday, the highest win total it can finish with is 33. • The Knicks’ win over New Jersey on Wednesday guaranteed that they’ll finish… Read more →
Jeffrey Gottlieb, a clerk for the city’s Board of Elections and a longtime, if understated, behind-the-scenes fixture in Queens Democratic political circles, has withdrawn from the race, according to a person involved in the campaign who had not been authorized to speak about it publicly. The move came days after Mr. Gottlieb filed the signatures he had collected with the… Read more →
The donation comes from Joshua P. Rechnitz, a resident of the Upper West Side who had tried unsuccessfully in the past to create indoor sites for track cycling in the city. His grandparents Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn had been prominent philanthropists, making large gifts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History, Rockefeller University, Central Park and… Read more →
Administrators and students said there was no indication their hazing problem was worse than those at other colleges. But the move at Binghamton is emblematic of an increasingly tough stance on hazing and on other forms of student misbehavior on campuses nationwide. The University of Connecticut is advising students this weekend to go home and avoid an often-out-of-control party called… Read more →
Report: Dwight Howard Won’t Play For Van Gundy NEXT VIDEO Report: Dwight Howard Won’t Play For Van Gundy Report: Dwight Howard Won’t Play For Van Gundy Dwight Howard Or Stan Van Gundy? Dwight Howard Or Stan Van Gundy? Magic center Dwight Howard has called team owner Rich DeVos to tell him that he won’t play for coach Stan Van Gundy… Read more →
NEW YORK — The New York Yankees placed left fielder Brett Gardner on the 15-day disabled list due to a bruised left elbow and a strained arm muscle. “We will have to sit him down for a while,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said after his team lost to the Minnesota Twins, 6-5, on Wednesday night. “We’ll try to get him… Read more →
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Good morning. Today will rise to a sunny 67 degrees. And, of course, have a happy Dutch-American Friendship Day. Here’s what we’re reading this morning, starting with The Times’s N.Y./Region section: Mafia corruption re-emerges, albeit quietly, at Little Italy’s annual Feast of San Gennaro celebration. A police officer survived a knife wound to his brain that nearly killed him but for the… Read more →
