NYCFC, Red Bulls In Battle For East Supremacy

NYCFC's David Villa in action against LA Galaxy earlier this season. USA Today Sports.

The Red Bulls and New York City Football Club are in a battle for the top spot in the Eastern conference with just two games remaining in the regular season.

They have gone back and forth for East supremacy, such as last weekend when an NYCFC win on Friday night on the road against the Houston Dynamo put them in first, and the Red Bulls answered with a win of their own against the Philadelphia Union to reclaim the top spot.

Books: Futterman Looks At Sports Business In "Players"

Players

By Matthew Futterman

Simon & Schuster

People in this day and age are used to seeing Peyton Manning doing advertisements for multiple products while watching a game.

It wasn't too long ago that athletes were not seen as endorsers, or anything beyond what they did on the field of play.

Matthew Futterman's Players writes the story of how this changed, and says of the landscape of pro sports up until about 60 years ago, "The story of professional sports in the United States for the first eight decades of the twentieth century is largely one of exploitation. It's a story of one-sided contracts and lopsided deals in which teams, leagues, national and international sports federations, and countless other moneyed interests who had put themselves into positions of power took advantage of athletes who were some combination of too young, too uninformed, or too uneducated to realize just how they were being used, and too unrepresented to do anything about it."

Blue Ribbons for Law Enforcement

Assemblymember Malliotakis (at podium) and Senator Golden at their district office in Bay Ridge. Photo courtesy Assemblymember Malliotakis.

Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis and Senator Marty Golden held a press conference at their district office on Tuesday to announce their partnership with the Blue Ribbons program, a tribute to law enforcement.

The founders of Blue Ribbons, Carmen Shouldis and Lori Ann Zangla-Mohlenhoff, were also there.

MLB Postseason Conversation With Pedro, Sheff, J-Roll

Jimmy Rollins, Casey Stern, Gary Sheffield, and Pedro Martinez on the new TBS set. Courtesy Turner Sports.

Major League Baseball legends Pedro Martinez, Gary Sheffield, and Jimmy Rollins will be in the studio, along with host Casey Stern, for MLB on TBS' Postseason coverage.

TBS will be the exclusive home of the American League throughout the 2016 MLB Postseason. 

The network’s exclusive American League Division Series (ALDS) Coverage on TBS presented by T-Mobile will begin Thursday, October 6, at 4 p.m., with MLB Postseason Pre-Game on TBS presented by the All-New Chrysler Pacifica.  At 4:30 p.m., the No. 1 seeded Texas Rangers with aces Cole Hamels and Yu Darvish will host the Toronto Blue Jays, who beat the Baltimore Orioles in the A.L. Wild Card Game, followed by Boston Red Sox, featuring AL MVP candidate Mookie Betts and slugger David Ortiz opening their series on the road against 2014 AL Cy Young Award Winner Corey Kluber, second-year standout shortstop Francisco Lindor and the Cleveland Indians at 8 p.m. 

50th Ragamuffin Parade In Bay Ridge

The Ragamuffin Parade rolled down Third Avenue in Bay Ridge for the 50th time this past Saturday.

Red Bulls Come Back On Philly To Reclaim First Place

Dax McCarty celebrates his goal. Courtesy Red Bulls.

The Red Bulls are back in first place in the Eastern Conference after battling back for a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night at Red Bull Arena.

With the victory, the Red Bulls now have 51 points, with a 14-9-9 record, tied on with NYCFC, but they in first because of their edge on goal differential. Toronto FC is in third place with 49 points and a record of 13-10-9.

Villa Puts NYCFC Back In First With Win in Houston

David Villa. USA Today Sports.

David Villa scored twice to lift New York City Football Club to a huge 2-0 win on the road over the Houston Dynamo Friday night at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Villa's brace, his sixth of the season, gives him 21 goals on the season and has taken over the lead in the race for the MLS Golden Boot.

With the win, NYCFC improved to 14-9-9, 51 points, and they move back into sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of Toronto FC, and three points ahead of the Red Bulls.