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| NYCFC players crowd around Keaton Parks after his game-tying goal. Photo by Jason Schott. |
New York City Football Club has run their winning streak to three games, as they overcame an early goal to beat Charlotte FC, 2-1, in a thriller on Saturday night at Yankee Stadium.
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| J.D. Martinez swinging on his first hit as a Met, in the second inning on Friday night. Photo by Jason Schott. |
On Friday night, the Mets’ lineup got the boost they waited five weeks for, as J.D. Martinez made his debut as they opened a three-game series at Citi Field against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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The St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team just secured a commitment from University of Sourthen California transfer Vincent Iwuchukwu, who will be on the roster for the upcoming 2024-25 season.
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| Aaron Boone having his say with the crew chief, Umpire Marvin Hudson, while the home plate ump, Hunter Wendelstedt, looks on. Photo by Jason Schott. |
It was a manic Monday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, as the Yankees were shutout by an old friend and the Oakland A's, 2-0, after their Manager, Aaron Boone, was ejected soon after the first pitch.
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| NYCFC goalkeeper Matt Freese taking a free kick in the 67th minute. Photo by Jason Schott. |
New York City Football Club earned their second straight shutout, this one a 2-0 drubbing of DC United at Citi Field on Saturday night.
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Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign scored a major victory on Friday, as his new political party, We The People, will appear on Hawaii's general election ballot.
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| Clarke Schmidt pitching to Isaac Paredes before inducing a double play. Photo by Jason Schott. |
The Yankees have raced out to a 14-6 record, through Friday, and their starting rotation has been a big part of it - even more remarkable considering that starting five does not include 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole.
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Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. notched a major victory on Thursday, as he announced that his campaign has gained ballot access in Michigan.
It's been spring officially for nearly a month now, but this is when it really feels like you can go spend an afternoon in the park reading a book, and there are many new novels you can dive right into: Close to Death, by Anthony Horowitz; One Of Us Knows, by Alyssa Cole; Random in Death, by J.D. Robb; The Fortune Seller, by Rachel Kapelke-Dale; The Excitements, by CJ Wray; and last, but certainly not least, The Women, by Kristin Hannah.
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| Giancarlo Stanton, subject of one of John Sterling's best calls, hit a grand slam, in the announcer's final game on April 7. Photo by Jason Schott. |
The Yankees announced on Monday afternoon that their radio play-by-play announcer for the last 35 years, John Sterling, will be retiring effective immediately.
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| Action late in the match. Photo by Jason Schott. |
Two days after New York City Football Club’s vision of new stadium became as real as ever, they found there was still some magic in their longtime home, as they shutout the New England Revolution, 2-0, on Saturday night at Yankee Stadium.
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Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Saturday that his campaign has achieved ballot access in Iowa by convening the necessary participants at a convention held in Des Moines.
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Fritz Peterson, who pitched for the Yankees in the late 1960s and into the George Steinbrenner era, passed away on Friday at the age of 82.
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| Luis Severino firing one in to Bobby Witt Jr. in the first inning. Photo by Jason Schott. |
The Mets, coming off a road trip in which they won four out of six games in Cincinnati and Atlanta, brought their winning ways back home, as they rolled past the Kansas City Royals, 6-1, on Friday night at Citi Field.
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| NYCFC's new stadium in Queens. Renderings provided by the club. |
The New York City Football Club's decade-long dream of having their own stadium within the five boroughs took a major step to becoming reality.
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| Marcus Stroman firing one in to Josh Bell in the first inning on Wednesday night. Photo by Jason Schott. |
When Marcus Stroman joined the Yankees in the offseason, there was what could be described as cautious optimism, as he certainly is one of the most recognizable pitchers in baseball, but one not afraid of the spotlight and all that it brings.
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Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign announced on Tuesday that it has amassed the necessary amount of signatures to make the ballot in Nebraska.
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On Sunday night, the Mets announced the sad news that Jerry Grote, the catcher of the 1969 World Championship team and a member of the team's Hall of Fame, passed away at the age of 81 in the Texas Cardiac Arrythmia Institute in Austin, Texas.
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| Giancarlo Stanton is ready to high five Juan Soto after his grand slam. Photo by Jason Schott. |
The Yankees rolled to an 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium to take two out of three games their weekend series and continue the strong start to their season.
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On Friday, Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a statement to "clarify his views," as his campaign termed it, on the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capital by supporters of then-President Donald J. Trump.
In the interest of reading it as it is intended by Mr. Kennedy, there will not be any summation here, but his statement presented in full:
"January 6 is one of the most polarizing topics on the political landscape. I am listening to people of diverse viewpoints on it in order to make sense of the event and what followed. I want to hear every side.
It is quite clear that many of the January 6 protesters broke the law in what may have started as a protest but turned into a riot. Because it happened with the encouragement of President Trump, and in the context of his delusion that the election was stolen from him, many people see it not as a riot but as an insurrection.
I have not examined the evidence in detail, but reasonable people, including Trump opponents, tell me there is little evidence of a true insurrection. They observe that the protesters carried no weapons, had no plans or ability to seize the reins of government, and that Trump himself had urged them to protest 'peacefully.'
Like many reasonable Americans, I am concerned about the possibility that political objectives motivated the vigor of the prosecution of the J6 defendants, their long sentences, and their harsh treatment. That would fit a disturbing pattern of the weaponization of government agencies - the DoJ, the IRS, the SEC, the FBI, etc. - against political opponents.
One can, as I do, oppose Donald Trump and all he stands for, and still be disturbed by the weaponization of government against him.
As President, I will appoint a special counsel - an individual respected by all sides - to investigate whether prosecutorial discretion was abused for political ends in this case, and I will right any wrongs that we discover. Without the impartial rule of law, there is no true democracy or moral governance. That's why John Adams, a staunch patriot, defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre in court. If we betray justice in pursuit of an ideal, that betrayal will corrupt anything we accomplish.
Both establishment parties are using J6 to pour fuel on the fire of America's divisions. Each side claims that a victory by their opponents marks the end of democracy. Then, anything is justified to stop them. We run the risk of destroying democracy in order to save it.
Instead of demonizing our opponents as apocalyptic threats to democracy, let's focus on the issues and priorities of how they will govern, and defeat them at the ballot box rather than through legal maneuvers and dirty tricks. Presidents Trump and Biden both presided over the continued worsening of our national debt, chronic disease epidemic, government corruption, erosion of civil liberties, and foreign military entanglements. Maybe it is because the establishment parties differ very little on these key issues that they campaign on the demonization of their opponents and all who support them instead."
UPDATE: Kennedy's campaign released this addendum later Friday: "The statement that 'the protesters had no weapons' was retracted from this press release. Mr. Kennedy explained: 'My understanding that none of the January 6 rioters who invaded the capitol were carrying firearms was incorrect. Several have been convicted of carrying firearms into the Capitol building. Others assaulted Capitol police with pepper spray, bludgeons, and other makeshift weapons.
"This behavior is inexcusable. I have never minimized or dismissed the seriousness of the riot or any crime committed on that day. My hope is to move the country away from the issues that divide us and focus on common ground and a path for rebuilding trust in each other and hope for an American future."
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The Yankees recently unveiled their new food and beverage options for the season, ahead of their home opener on Friday afternoon against their division rival Toronto Blue Jays.
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| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Brooklyn on February 18. Photo by Jason Schott. |
Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign announced on Thursday that it has collected the necessary amount of signatures to make the ballot in Idaho.
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| Citi Field decked out for Opening Week. Photo by Jason Schott. |
The Mets and the Detroit Tigers will play a single-admission doubleheader on Thursday at 12:10 p.m. at Citi Field after two nights of rain outs.
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| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Provided by his campaign. |
Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that his campaign has amassed the necessary signatures to appear on the ballot in North Carolina.
