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She sidestepped catastrophe. Zariel Macchia, the star William Floyd runner and future Olympic hopeful who was banned from the upcoming winter season state championship because of an obscure technicality, will race after all, a court ruled Thursday. “I was relieved at first,” Macchia, who spent the past two days in legal proceedings after her family … Read more
The U.S. State Department recently issued a Level 2 travel advisory, warning travelers to exercise increased caution in the Turks and Caicos Islands due to crime. The alert comes as the islands prepare for spring break visitors. Most crime in the British Overseas Territory, located in the Atlantic Ocean nearly 600 miles southeast of Miami and just south of Bermuda, … Read more
Rick Pitino has excelled at coaching the St. John’s Red Storm, and on Thursday he gave his comedy chops a try during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” The first St. John’s coach to lead the Red Storm to an outright Big East regular-season title in 40 years appeared on the NBC … Read more
The biggest Nets crowd ever at Barclays Center saw Steph Curry draw cheers of MVP and send the home team crashing to a sixth straight defeat. And most were fine with that. That’s the kind of season this is, with Brooklyn’s 121-119 loss to the Warriors before a record sellout crowd of 18,413 hurting the … Read more
TAMPA — The Jasson Domínguez experiment in left field isn’t going anywhere, even if the 22-year-old still doesn’t look all that comfortable at the position. “He hasn’t played a lot of left,’’ general manager Brian Cashman said before Domínguez got another start there Thursday in an 8-4 loss to the Twins at Steinbrenner Field. “My … Read more
PORT ST. LUCIE — A Mets camp that features the owner of the largest contract in professional sports history, several injuries to an uncertain rotation and sky-high expectations after a surprise run to the NLCS last season has been “pretty standard” and “normal.” Those were the happy words of David Stearns, who listed the team’s … Read more
An adult who was infected with measles has died in New Mexico, state health officials announced Thursday, though the virus has not been confirmed as the cause. The person who died was unvaccinated and did not seek medical care, a state health department spokesperson said in a statement. The person’s exact age and other details … Read more
If you’re looking for a dark horse team, how about the often under-the-radar Twins? They are a rare club with three bona fide superstars, but health issues for all three often prevent them from reaching their potential. Finally, all three are healthy. Carlos Correa — the majors’ fourth-best player in 2024 based on WAR per … Read more
It’s like modern baseball, lousy with conspicuous, shameless artificial additives and cheap con jobs. It’s now almost an obligation to stand at first and signal your dugout for group approval — a shallow ritual — after hitting a checked-swing bloop single. But diminished standards have become standardized. Even the natural act of laughter has been … Read more
We can tell you with utmost confidence in our well-placed, impeccable sources that the Rangers’ priority going into Friday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline is not to acquire a veteran right wing to fill the hole on the right beside Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad. No Frank Vatrano, no Vlad Tarasenko, no Patrick Kane, no Jack … Read more