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- 首页 / 路易吉认罪，因卑劣的刺杀行为面临终身监禁：路易吉·曼吉奥内承认刺杀联合健康保险CEO布莱恩·汤普森的联邦指控，将于12月18日被判刑，面临终身监禁。
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路易吉认罪， 因卑劣的 刺杀行为 面临终身监禁
路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）在一些崇拜他刺杀联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森（Brian Thompson）的年轻人群体中成为了一个扭曲的偶像，他昨日对联邦指控认罪。他将在 12月 18, 被判刑，面临终身监禁，不过此次认罪可能会使他免于由检察官阿尔文·布拉格（Alvin Bragg）提出的纽约州指控。
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“我们的第一反应其实是不敢相信，”一名叫 Kobe 的 18 岁学生工在向当地媒体 VRT 回忆这次意外收获时说道，“当然，我们没预料到会发现黄金。”
他的团队被指派负责翻修位于弗拉芒社区辛特-吉利斯-登德蒙德（Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde）的一栋建筑，那里距离布鲁塞尔约 40 分钟车程。
据报道，工人们当时正在拆除地基以便铺设下水道管，这时他们“突然看到那里躺着某种东西”，Kobe 讲述道。
起初他们认为是一堆 1 欧元的硬币，但在发现一块金块后，团队很快意识到情况并非如此。
总计，这批金锭和金条的价值约为 $1.04亿。
不幸的是，这并非“捡到就归自己”的情况——该团队被迫将这些贵金属移交给警方，警方向他们解释，私吞这些财物是禁忌。
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糟糕的通勤者
最近，两只调皮的侏儒山羊在高峰时段溜进了一辆俄勒冈州波特兰的公共汽车——这次大胆的逃票行为被摄像头拍了下来。
据《俄勒冈人报》报道，这场引人注目的闹剧发生在周二上午 7:40 的早高峰通勤期间。
由俄勒冈州三县大都会交通区发布的病毒式视频显示，两只侏儒山羊在车门关闭前，若无其事地跟着乘客上了车。
司机发现了这对厚脸皮的组合，并重新打开车门让它们离开。
Ella Morrison
时尚地饥饿
专业人士吐槽可儿的疯狂饮食
作者：ALLIE YANG
想像超模那样饮食？我们希望你不喜欢吃面包。
也不喜欢鸡蛋。或者寿司。甚至是不喜欢羽衣甘蓝。
43岁的米兰达·可儿（Miranda Kerr）最近在克里斯汀·卡瓦拉里（Kristin Cavallari）的播客节目《Let's Be Honest》中详细介绍了她那疯狂的饮食习惯，社交媒体用户们……至少可以说，被震惊了。
“那种饮食听起来太痛苦了，”一名 TikTok 用户写道。另一人则说：“听她说话让我感到抑郁。”
可儿的“极端生物黑客”饮食意味着她不吃鸡蛋、米饭、面包或乳制品。相反，她吃南瓜、胡萝卜、鱼子酱（毕竟她嫁给了 Snapchat 的亿万富翁联合创始人埃文·斯皮格尔）以及奇怪的鹿肉。
她还允许自己喝一些棉花糖茶（marshmallow tea），但这并不像听起来那么美味——这是一种用棉花糖植物根部制成的无咖啡因饮料，而且并不甜。
“一直感到疲倦”
甚至专家们也并不认可。
“她可能一直感到疲倦，”拥有营养科学硕士学位的杰斯·贝克（Jess Baker）表示。“她的心情可能很糟糕……她可能排便不够规律。她可能每隔几天才排便一次。”
营养师索菲亚·迪尔（Sophia Deahl）认为，米兰达的饮食习惯最终过于局限。
“米兰达似乎真心在乎为了健康而饮食……但她的
米兰达不吃什么：
- 鸡蛋
- 乳制品
- 小麦
- 种子油（例如菜籽油、大豆油和葵花籽油）
- 面包（尽管她允许孩子吃酸面包）
- 米饭
- 菠菜
- 羽衣甘蓝
- 寿司（出于对寄生虫的担忧）
- 大规模生产的肉类
她吃什么：
- 诺丽果汁
- 棉花糖茶
- 几汤匙椰子酸奶，配当地蜂蜜
- 香蕉（仅少量）和芒果
- “无霉菌、无铅”咖啡，配 Erewhon 椰奶和枫糖浆
- 南瓜、胡萝卜、欧防风（作为碳水化合物来源）
- 鱼子酱
- 鹿肉、野牛肉、羊肉和火鸡肉
- 三文鱼（但由于汞担忧，仅少量食用）
- 用洋槐豆（Carob）替代巧克力
- 柠檬香蜂草茶
- 橄榄油（但仅用于沙拉——烹饪时，她使用椰子油和牛油果油）
疯狂菜单： 模特米兰达·可儿分享了她极端饮食的细节，只能说这听起来像是一场糟糕的交易，没有鸡蛋、乳制品、面包以及更多日常必需品。
饮食非常受限，”迪尔告诉《纽约邮报》。
由于不吃面包、乳制品、小麦、鸡蛋和种子油，她可能无法获得足够的蛋白质、纤维、钙、铁、B 族维生素和 omega-3——而且她的整体能量可能会不足。
此外，还有可持续性的问题。“‘禁忌’食物越多，在现实生活中灵活饮食就越困难——无论是在餐厅、旅行中、社交活动中，或者仅仅是在你
渴望尝试不同口味的时候，”迪尔说。
迪尔最大的结论是，你可以在不需要所有这些限制的情况下，获得与此类饮食相同的抗炎益处。
“我建议多吃天然完整食物、蔬菜、水果、坚果和种子、优质蛋白质、海鲜以及极少加工的食物，”她说。“但除非有个人原因，否则我不会自动建议剔除小麦、乳制品、鸡蛋、碳水化合物或其他食物组。”
纽约邮报，2026年8月15日，星期六
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路易吉的枷锁
作者：本·科赫曼（BEN KOCHMAN）、 凯尔·施尼策（KYLE SCHNITZER） 以及马特·特劳特曼（MATT TROUTMAN）
路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）周五承认冷血杀害了联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森（Brian Thompson）。在曼哈顿联邦法院法官接受他两项联邦跟踪罪名的认罪申请时，这位被杀高管的遗孀在法庭旁听席上默默流泪。这两项罪名每项都可能导致终身监禁。
“2024年12月4日上午，我在曼哈顿枪杀了汤普森先生，他随后死亡，”28岁的曼吉奥内语气平淡地说道。
“当我这样做时，我知道我的行为会让他面临死亡或严重身体伤害的恐惧，”曼吉奥内说，“我知道我的行为是违法的。”
当曼吉奥内有条不紊地详细描述他因对医疗保健行业的积怨而策划刺杀这位50岁、育有两个孩子的父亲时，汤普森的遗孀波莱特（Paulette）泪流满面。
揭露跟踪诡计
“在忍受了多年脊柱骨折带来的剧烈疼痛，在应对医疗保险系统的重重障碍，并见证了无数其他人的经历之后，我得知联合健康保险将在纽约市举行年度投资者会议，”曼吉奥内说。
这位宾夕法尼亚大学的毕业生描述了他如何制作一把3D打印枪，为其配备消音器和弹匣，并使用计谋查明会议地点，随后在汤普森提前抵达中城纽约希尔顿酒店时将其枪杀。
曼吉奥内来自巴尔的摩地区的一个名门家庭。几分钟前，当他走进法庭时，汤普森的亲属对他投以愤怒的目光。他脚上戴着镣铐，但没有戴手铐，身穿一件米色监狱囚服，内搭一件长袖白衬衫，袖子卷至肘部。
曼哈顿美国检察官办公室表示，将在12月18日宣判时，敦促法官将曼吉奥内终身监禁。
“曼吉奥内试图通过暴力传递一个公开信息，”
承认谋杀医药高管
冷血： 2024年12月，戴着兜帽的路易吉·曼吉奥内使用一把带有消音器的3D打印枪，在联合健康保险首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森（插图）前往中城参加会议的途中将其枪杀。
纽约南区检察官负责人杰米·麦克唐纳（Jamie McDonald）在法院台阶上的新闻发布会上说道。
“但今天得出的结论截然不同：暴力绝不是推广任何政治或社会信息的合法手段，”麦克唐纳说，“那些试图通过暴力来推进其信仰的人将被起诉、定罪并投入监狱。”
这位承认杀人的凶手在认罪，而其州级案件（他仍被指控犯有二级谋杀罪和非法持有武器罪）的陪审团选拔原定于9月 8. 开始，两者之间仅隔几周。州级案件的命运在周五尚未立即明确，曼吉奥内的律师提交了一份
申请，以“双重危险”（double jeopardy）为由要求撤销案件，即一个人不能因同一罪行被两次定罪。
“这是一个单一的悲剧事件，但他却因同一行为被起诉两次，”曼吉奥内的律师凯伦·弗里德曼·阿格尼-菲洛（Karen Friedman Agni-filo）在法院外表示。
州级指控辩论
但曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格（Alvin Bragg）的办公室表示，准备反驳这一论点，并敦促州级法官继续推进审判。
“在等待联邦量刑期间，我们准备就辩方动议进行诉讼。曼哈顿地区检察官办公室仍致力于为
首次露面
作者：凯尔·施尼策（KYLE SCHNITZER）、 本·科赫曼（BEN KOCHMAN） 以及娜塔莉·奥尼尔（NATALIE O'NEILL）
被杀害的联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森（Brian Thompson）那抽泣的遗孀，在法庭上首次与杀夫凶手面对面，此时凶手情绪激动地承认，两年前在曼哈顿近距离开枪将其射杀。
在目睹 28 岁的路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）承认冷血枪杀其丈夫后，波莱特·汤普森（Paulette Thompson）戴着太阳镜，身着蓝色连衣裙，神情坚毅地在其他亲属的陪同下走向一辆黑色 SUV。
虽然这位 53 岁的物理治疗师对这一戏剧性进展保持沉默，但她的家人随后发表声明，称这是让这位来自马里兰州的自封“殉道者”承担责任的关键一步。
“今天的有罪认罪标志着为布莱恩和我们的家庭寻求正义的重要一步。虽然没有什么能减轻失去他的痛苦，但我们很感激联邦司法系统让这个残暴行为的责任人承担了责任，”声明中写道。“现在我们期待法院确保量刑能够反映出这一罪行的严重程度。”
汤普森的家人，包括他的年迈母亲，迅速走出曼哈顿法院，拒绝回答媒体的提问。汤普森的两个孩子未到场。
在他们离开时，一个骑着单轮电动滑板的卑劣之徒反复大喊：“美国热爱路易吉！”
当天早晨早些时候，在曼吉奥内坦白“我在曼哈顿枪击了汤普森先生，他死了”时，波莱特在法庭上默默抽泣。
周五上午，波莱特与其他汤普森家族成员一起进入法院旁听席的第一排。几分钟后，曼吉奥内身穿棕褐色囚服被带入法庭，她愤怒地盯着他，但对方似乎没有看向遗孀的方向。
被亲切称为“波莉（Pauley）”的波莱特开始掉泪，用纸巾擦了擦眼睛，然后将目光从丈夫的凶手身上移开。
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针对受害者的诡计
承认杀人的路易吉·曼吉奥内周五透露，在这起令人作呕的谋杀计划中，他伪装成联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）的投资者，以追踪并枪杀首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森。
这一披露发生在曼哈顿联邦法院，28岁的曼吉奥内在法庭上宣读了一份声明，详细描述了他针对50岁的汤普森所制定的2024年12月刺杀计划，称这是一次精心策划的报复行为。
曼吉奥内表示，在对国家的医疗保险行业产生不满后，他得知联合健康保险将于当月在纽约举行年度投资者会议。
“在前往纽约之前，我使用3D打印机制造了一把枪。我为这把枪配备了消音器和弹匣，”他告诉法庭。“我前往纽约的联合健康保险，意图枪杀布莱恩·汤普森。”
曼吉奥内说，他在11月去了曼哈顿，但不知道会议举办的具体地点。
“随后，我给联合健康保险的领导层发送了电子邮件，伪装成一家管理资产达500亿美元公司的投资者，请求获取健康会议的信息，”曼吉奥内坐在辩护席上说道。“与我之前与保险公司的互动不同，我在一小时内就收到了立即回复。”
曼吉奥内表示，他利用该电子邮件中的信息找到了地点，并在2024年12月4日，在这位两个孩子的父亲提前抵达纽约中城希尔顿酒店参加会议时将其枪杀。
这名冷血杀手表示，他在遭受严重的背部疼痛并对这家医疗保险公司日益愤怒后，策划了这起谋杀案。
“在忍受了多年脊柱骨折带来的剧烈疼痛，在医疗保险系统的重重障碍中挣扎，并目睹了无数其他人的类似经历后，我得知联合健康保险将在纽约市举行年度投资者会议。”
本·科赫曼和凯尔·施尼策
一名发言人在一份声明中提到：“汤普森先生及其家人”。曼吉奥内原定于1月就两项联邦指控——导致死亡的州际跟踪以及利用州际设施进行跟踪导致死亡——开始联邦审判。此前的一项联邦谋杀指控（曼吉奥内可能因此面临死刑）已在今年冬天被撤销。
美国地方法院法官玛格丽特·加内特在周五的听证会上警告曼吉奥内，他最终执行的任何州级刑期可能会在联邦刑期之后连续执行。
在州级指控中，他还面临终身监禁。
当加内特询问一系列旨在确保他理解其认罪法律细节的问题时，曼吉奥内轻声回答“是的”。当她告诉他最高可能面临终身监禁时，他轻微地点了点头。
曼吉奥内还在法庭上透露，他甚至向联合健康保险的领导层伪装成一家管理资产达500亿美元公司的投资者，以获取关于那场致命投资者会议的细节。
他表示，他从未因精神疾病住院，并且正在服用曲唑酮（trazodone，一种主要用于治疗抑郁症的处方药）以帮助睡眠。
据报道，这位马里兰州预科学校的毕业生在2023年中期接受了背部手术，随后在次年年初前往亚洲，显然与亲友断绝了联系。他的家人在2024年11月（即这起震惊世人的谋杀案发生前一个月）提交了失踪人员报告。
为CEO亲属寻求慰藉
汤普森的遇害引发了一大批扭曲的支持者（主要是年轻女性）追捧曼吉奥内，其中一些人在对美国崩溃的医疗体系普遍愤怒的情绪中，为汤普森之死欢呼。
麦克唐纳在周五的发言中猛烈抨击了曼吉奥内的粉丝。
“我们生活在一个由法治统治的文明社会。我们辩论，我们分歧，我们抗议，但我们不谋杀，”这位美国检察官告诉记者。
在宾夕法尼亚州阿尔图纳的当地警察于2024年12月9日在一家当地麦当劳餐厅吃早餐时将其抓获之前，曼吉奥内曾导致当局展开了一场戏剧性的为期五天的搜捕。
他一直被关押在布鲁克林的都会拘留中心。
检察官表示，他写了一篇“宣言”，详细阐述了他杀害汤普森的动机，是为了“反抗这个致命的、由贪婪驱动的医疗保险卡特尔”。
他在现场留下了刻有“延迟”和“拒绝”字样的弹壳，这暗示了保险公司据称用来逃避支付客户索赔的措辞。
由 Khristina Narizhnaya 和 Chris Nesi 参与报道
Lov Radio ZUMA / SpastNews.com
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54街执行
“布拉格”的傲慢落空？纽约可能失去机会
作者：PRISCILLA DeGREGORY 和 KYLE SCHNITZER
专家告诉《邮报》，在周五决定就联邦跟踪指控认罪这一重磅决定之后，路易吉·曼吉奥内可能永远不会被判定谋杀罪——这要归功于某种“创造性的法律手段”，使得他的州级案件陷入不确定状态。
就在这位厌恶医疗保健的英俊青年在曼哈顿联邦法院承认指控（这可能导致他终身监禁）几个小时后，他的强硬法律团队提交了文件，请求以“双重审判”为由撤销他单独的州级谋杀案。
这是一个技术性举措，可能会让曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格失去他职业生涯最大案件之一中的一项标志性定罪。
“他的律师这样做是非常创造性的法律手段，”资深纽约律师、前曼哈顿地区检察官马克·贝德罗（Mark Bederow）表示。“这里的输家是曼哈顿地区检察官。”
曼吉奥内的律师马克·阿格尼菲洛（Marc Agnifilo）及其妻子凯伦·弗里德曼·阿格尼菲洛（Karen Friedman Agnifilo）主张，就州级案件（包括二级谋杀和各项枪支罪名）起诉这名28岁的杀手将构成双重审判。双重审判法保护人们免于因同一罪行被两次起诉。
“神奇的措辞”
他们表示，尽管曼吉奥内在州级和联邦案件中面临的指控不同，但它们源于同一罪行——即2024年冷酷杀害联合健康保险CEO布莱恩·汤普森的事件。
前检察官尼玛·拉赫马尼（Neama Rahmani）解释说，帝国州（纽约州）有一项特别法律，“规定在纽约州不能针对与之前案件属于同一交易或事件的法院案件进行第二次或随后的起诉。”
地区检察官 阿尔文·布拉格
“所以这就是那个神奇的措辞：同一交易或事件，”他说。
“联邦政府搞砸了案件”
两位律师都表示，曼吉奥内的州级谋杀指控很可能会被撤销。
“这基本上是相同的事实，”贝德罗在谈到州级和联邦案件时说道。
律师们表示，布拉格办公室唯一能做的就是主张谋杀指控的情况与跟踪指控的情况不同。
拉赫马尼表示，联邦政府“搞砸了”他们的案件，进而“破坏并摧毁了”布拉格的案件。
拉赫马尼解释说，联邦检察官寻求对曼吉奥内处以死刑的请求被否决，他们提出的谋杀和枪支指控也被驳回——所有这些本应促使联邦政府撤销剩余的跟踪指控。
“案件被完全掏空了，”这位律师说。“他们本应该撤销案件，让州级[案件]继续进行。”
“州级谋杀指控很有可能会被撤销，”拉赫马尼说。
昏厥的白痴们：愚蠢迷妹的病态崇拜
他罪孽深重。路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）现已承认他在2024年12月大胆谋杀联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森（Brian Thompson）一案中所扮演的角色。
“我在曼哈顿开枪射击了汤普森先生，他死掉了，”曼吉奥内在周五上午的曼哈顿联邦法院宣称。
这些令人胆寒的话语应当让这个28岁的人终身监禁。
然而，在他那群堕落的迷妹大军中，曼吉奥内的认罪仅增强了他作为一名正义战士的地位。
正如一名自称“曼吉奥内追随者”的27岁女子亚布里尔·里奥斯（Abril Rios）在法院外所说：“我认为这更多是一种革命性的抗议行为，自民权时代（Civil Rights era.）以来我们就没见过这样的行为。”
另一个白痴则激动地表示，她和这个杀手使用相同的助眠药物，称之为“一个小小的共鸣时刻”。
这些人将曼吉奥内那扭曲的宣言——在宣言中，他似乎很欣赏那些称谋杀对象是“罪有应得的贪婪混蛋”的新闻标题——视为他们的现代圣经，并会说他是一个英雄，是一个为了更伟大事业而牺牲的殉道者。
不文明的社会
但这个从名门富家子弟变成冷血杀手的人，不过是一个毁掉了自己生活，同时也毁掉了汤普森一家生活的可怜失败者，包括汤普森死时年仅16岁和19岁的两个儿子。
曼吉奥内在中城街道上对汤普森的大胆刺杀，也粉碎了任何成功人士心中脆弱的安全感，因为他的枪击宣告了对高净值人士或任何被认为拥有权力的人发起的战争和公开狩猎。
一个文明的社会不能
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谋杀是“革命性的抗议行为”
受害者叔叔：没错，给路易吉判终身监禁！
在承认杀人犯于周五对联邦指控认罪后，被杀的联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森（Brian Thompson）的叔叔希望路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）得到“他应得的”——终身监禁。
被谋杀的医疗保健高管之父的兄弟布鲁斯·汤普森（Bruce Thompson）告诉《伦敦时报》，该家庭希望法官在对 28 岁的曼吉奥内两项联邦跟踪指控进行量刑时能从重处罚，这两项指控每项都可能被判处终身监禁。
“我希望他得到他应得的，”布鲁斯告诉该媒体。
“我们仍有许多法律程序需要处理，”这位 79 岁的叔叔补充道，“我们将看看 12 月 18 日会带来什么——我们希望他被判处最高刑期。”
汤普森家族的几名成员周五在法庭上，包括受害者泣不成声的遗孀波莱特（Paulette），他们在几天前得知将达成一项认罪协议。
然而，布鲁斯在谈到曼吉奥内承认因对医疗保健行业的怨恨而冷血刺杀这位 50 岁且育有两个孩子的父亲时表示：“亲眼看到这一切发生……这是一个令人不知所措的早晨。”
曼吉奥内在周五的听证会上淡定地告诉法官：“2024 年 12 月 4 日早晨，我在曼哈顿枪杀了汤普森先生，他死在了那里。”
这位悲痛的叔叔说，他“很高兴听到他亲口承认”。
艾拉·莫里森（Ella Morrison）
以这种方式运作——而曼吉奥内必须付出代价。
谋杀案发生几天后，这个人渣在宾夕法尼亚州的一家麦当劳被逮捕，这一进展本应给我们带来一种解脱感。
相反，随后的局面几乎与汤普森被杀一样恐怖。人们在为这个行刑者欢呼。
有些人迷恋他深色皮肤的英俊外貌，另一些人则迷恋他敢于除掉一名医疗保健首席执行官的胆量——这是一个日益昂贵且有人认为不人道的复杂行业。
我采访了一些曼吉奥内最狂热的支持者，他们对一个杀手表现出的忠诚度似乎比对稳定工作的忠诚度还要高。
有三个疯狂的女人，市政厅可耻地给了她们新闻凭证，赋予了她们进入权限和可信度。还有穿着《超级马里奥兄弟》服装和穿着路易吉周边产品的白痴。我遇到一个从新罕布什尔州赶来表演她的原创歌曲《为路路而妄想》（Delulu for Lulu）的女人。
我可以确认，她确实是无可救药的妄想。
许多人试图将曼吉奥内的行为合理化，将其视为反抗和变革的必要火花。
“事实就是如此”
他们辩称，汤普森被曼吉奥内刺杀，最终迫使人们就这个国家的医疗保健现状展开一场亟需的对话。
周五，超级粉丝克里斯蒂娜·马拉尼（Christina Marani）告诉《邮报》：“在某种程度上，必须有人死亡才能引发我们现在正在进行的对话，这确实很不幸，但遗憾的是，事实就是如此。”
但我尚未看到任何关于政策或务实解决方案的有成效的对话——只有对肆意谋杀的嗜血庆祝，以及将一个令人厌恶的傻瓜推崇为某种宗教人物。
这也暴露了充斥在左翼政治话语中的堕落。
就在几个月前，在接受《纽约时报》采访时，左翼主播哈桑·皮克（Hasan Piker）引用共产主义者弗里德里希·恩格斯的观点，解释了人们对曼吉奥内的崇拜。皮克表示，汤普森犯下了“巨大的社会谋杀罪……
“由于私立医疗系统给普通美国人带来了普遍的痛苦，我看到很多人立即理解了这次死亡发生的原因，”皮克说。
但我们需要扼杀这种庆祝政治暴力的危险意识形态。
今天应当属于汤普森悲痛欲绝的家人，他们的痛苦在这场闹剧之中被掩盖了。他们才是真正的受害者。
在首次出庭时，遗孀波莱特·汤普森（Paulette Thompson）在曼吉奥内发言时抽泣。她和儿子们随后发表声明，称这次认罪是“为布莱恩和我们的家庭寻求正义的重要一步。虽然没有什么能减轻失去他的痛苦，但我们很感激联邦司法系统让这个残暴行为的责任人承担了责任。”
我希望他们能获得平静——而曼吉奥内永远不要体会到哪怕一刻的平静。
2024年4月
2024年4月
反以色列资金调查
作者：詹姆斯·弗雷尼（JAMES FRANEY）
《邮报》获悉，联邦当局正在调查一家神秘非营利组织 1亿美元 的反以色列“战争基金”，据称该基金是由市长马姆达尼（Mamdani）的一位迷人盟友、一名开赛车的亿万富翁以及一名德克萨斯州私募股权大亨所积累的。
美国国土安全部正在调查一家仅被称为 PFF 的英国机构，审查其是否非法将捐款转移给 Al-Haq，后者是一个在9月被美国制裁的巴勒斯坦组织。
两名直接知情人士表示，联邦特工正在更广泛地调查该基金的组织者是否利用不透明的英国公司实体来掩盖跨境资金流动。
一名内部人士表示，该组织筹款的“关键人物”是巴塞玛·尤塞夫（Bassema Yousef），一名出生于纽约的民主党捐赠者，现居住在伦敦肯辛顿（Kensington）的高档社区。
这位马姆达尼的盟友曾任半岛电视台员工和 Booz Allen Hamilton 顾问，并经常为抨击以色列的国会议员拉希达·特莱布（Rashida Tlaib，密歇根州民主党）的竞选活动出资。
“人脉广泛”
内部人士将尤塞夫描述为“一名人脉广泛的特工，她弥合了国务院资深人士、管理顾问和精英进步主义圈子之间的差距”。
他们补充说，她是马姆达尼的公关操盘手瓦利德·沙希德（Waleed Shahid）以及左翼人士获胜竞选的高级顾问扎拉·拉希姆（Zara Rahim）的密友。
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陷入抄袭丑闻的英国教授（41岁）死亡
作者：NATALIE O’NEILL
深陷困境的前剑桥大学教授杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）周五被发现死亡。此前，他因抄袭指控辞去了在学校的职务，其家人谴责这些指控是“一场误导信息的运动”。
据《英国电讯报》报道，41岁的阿尔代——该大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授——在伦敦南部的家中被发现处于“无反应”状态，随后在现场被宣布死亡。
伦敦警察厅的一位发言人告诉该报：“遗憾的是，一名41岁的男子在现场被宣布死亡。其近亲已获悉此事，并正得到警员的支持。”
“目前，他的死亡被视为意外，但被认为不具有可疑性。”
这位曾成为多样性标志人物的社会学教授于8月5日辞职，当时学校正对其涉嫌抄袭博士论文部分内容以及谎报在其他学校担任职务的指控展开调查。
他将辞职的原因归结为“公众持续不断的审视”。
他当时表示：“[这]仅仅是一个已经达到了任何人在合理预期内所能忍受的极限的人所做的决定。”
阿尔代面临的指控称，他在论文中抄袭了另一位学者——布鲁内尔大学学生保拉·兹沃兹迪亚克-迈尔斯（Paula Zwozdiak-Myers）的100多处段落。
比利时根特大学的博士后研究员内森·科夫纳斯（Nathan Cofnas）上个月在Substack上发表了一篇文章，详细列举了阿尔代博士论文中疑似抄袭的几个例子。
“误导信息”
随后的分析显示，其论文中据报道有100多处段落与兹沃兹迪亚克-迈尔斯的论文相似或被抄袭。
随后，阿尔代（左）因涉嫌在剑桥大学的官方个人简介页面上虚假声称曾在三所学术机构——俄亥俄州立大学、格拉斯哥大学和达勒姆大学担任职务而遭到抨击。
据《卫报》报道，阿尔代的家人表示：“自从杰森接受剑桥大学教授一职以来，那些为了诋毁他而不遗余力的人对他进行了长达三年多的持续虐待。”
他们补充道：“这场误导信息的运动对杰森来说太沉重了，他是一个温柔的人，总是希望看到每个人最好的一面。”
埃尔-赛义德亲属对节假日表示不满
密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）的姐姐也对美国传统节日表示不屑，此前她的候选人弟弟因厌恶独立日和感恩节而受到指责。
芝加哥大学比较人类发展助理教授埃曼·阿卜杜勒哈迪（Eman Abdelhadi）在她的兄弟本月初赢得初选后，社交媒体上的几篇帖子被重新翻出。
2016年7月，阿卜杜勒哈迪在Twitter（现为X）上发布帖子并使用标签 #July4th，写道：“如果我不庆祝被盗土地从一个殖民者转移到另一个殖民者手中，请原谅我。”
在其他帖子中，这位大学教授声称她的侄女就读的学校可能在教授“定居殖民主义宣传”，但在得知关于感恩节的主要结论是“火鸡”后，她才松了一口气。
阿卜杜勒哈迪在2024年11月的一篇帖子中还表示：“如果感恩节不与种族灭绝挂钩，它会是一个可爱的节日。”
阿卜杜勒哈迪的代表未回应置评请求。作者：Josh Christenson
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2026年选举
唐（特朗普）拥抱受害者母亲
温柔的特朗普： 特朗普总统周五拥抱了米格达莉亚·马丁内斯（Migdalia Martinez），她的12岁儿子雅各布·弗雷特斯（Jacob Freytes）上个月在布朗克斯区被枪杀身亡。
“男孩被歹徒杀害”
作者：KATHERINE DONLEVY
周五在长岛举行的一场支持警察的活动中，特朗普总统拥抱了12岁男孩雅各布·弗雷特斯（Jacob Freytes）含泪的母亲。该男孩据称于上个月被一名惯犯枪杀。特朗普在活动中承诺将采取更强硬的手段打击犯罪。
在花园市（Garden City）的拿骚县警察学院（Nassau County Police Academy）发表讲话时，总统暂停了演讲，以向米格达莉亚·马丁内斯（Migdalia Martinez）致意，她的儿子在7月被一颗流弹击中，在布朗克斯区的一家杂货店外不幸身亡。
特朗普称马丁内斯及其前夫、退休的纽约市警局（NYPD）侦探赫苏斯·弗雷特斯（Jesus Freytes）为“了不起的人”，随后他走下讲台，与这对泣不成声的夫妇交谈。
在这一感人的时刻之后，特朗普向人群承诺：“这是一个令人难以置信且可怕的故事。一件可怕的事情。我们会追捕他们。有些人生病了。”
雅各布·弗雷特斯当时骑车前往位于大广场（Grand Concourse）附近埃利奥特广场（Elliott Place）的万达熟食杂货店（Wanda Deli Grocery）买球，结果胸部被致命击中。
马丁内斯告诉《邮报》，这个温柔的时刻让她觉得国家正“朝着正确的方向前进”。
“知道他关心（我们）感觉很好，”这位悲痛的母亲说，“我需要美国再次变得安全。我已经失去了一个儿子。如果这里不安全，我无法想象我的其他孩子或所有孩子会发生什么。”
马丁内斯表示，她希望未来能有一项以她儿子命名的法案，规定那些被判定鲁莽或故意杀害儿童的罪犯将被终身监禁，且不得假释。
“我的儿子再也无法享受他的生活了。他为什么应该（被宽恕）？”马丁内斯在谈到惯犯威廉·费雷尔（William Ferrer，45岁）时说道。警方称，费雷尔在南布朗克斯区的一次争吵中开火，导致弗雷特斯死亡。
费雷尔有很长的犯罪记录，最早可追溯到1999年，此前曾被逮捕六次。
总统表示，这起事件是“凯西·霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）的纽约”以及保释改革政策的极端产物。马丁内斯此前告诉《邮报》，该制度“对罪犯的帮助比对受害者的帮助更多”。kdonlevy@nypost.com
布鲁斯们
作者：MATT TROUTMAN 和 ALEX MITCHELL
他非常支持布鲁斯。
特朗普总统猛烈抨击州长霍楚尔的“激进左翼”正在摧毁纽约——周五他大声预测，共和党竞争者布鲁斯·布莱克曼（Bruce Blakeman）将赢得该州的州长竞选。
在特朗普访问拿骚县（布莱克曼在此担任行政长官）期间，他发表了这些极高的赞美，旨在宣传最新的FBI统计数据，该数据显示全国暴力犯罪同比出现了历史性的下降。
在拿骚县警察学院发表讲话时，特朗普抨击了他所谓的对美国的“共产主义攻击”，将城市陷入混乱、犯罪和肮脏的景象描绘成末日之景。
“然后死亡降临，那里真的变成了一个真正的地狱之洞，”他对花园市聚集的大批警察和支持者大声说道，并补充道，“这种情况不会发生在纽约，纽约州。这就是为什么我们必须让布鲁斯就职。”
特朗普随后认为，考虑到霍楚尔和其他州民主党人的政策（例如2020年实施的纽约州无现金保释法），这场竞选只要布莱克曼不搞砸就一定能赢。
猛击霍楚
“你怎么可能输给那样的人？如果你输了，你这辈子都会感到羞愧，”他说。
根据8月初进行的最新锡耶纳学院（Siena College）调查，在可能投票的人群中，布莱克曼落后于民主党人霍楚仅10个百分点——49% 对 39%。
民调显示，布莱克曼目前的处境比共和党候选人李·泽尔丁（Lee Zeldin）在2022年同期时更好。泽尔丁最终以微弱的6个百分点之差输给了霍楚——这对于共和党人在这个历史上深蓝的州来说是一项重大成就。
特朗普此次访问长岛，正值布莱克曼和其他共和党人在11月选举前加强对民主党人的攻击，希望该党剧烈的左倾转向会疏远选民，尤其是在郊区的摇摆选区。
特别是帝国州，美国民主社会主义者（Democratic Socialists of America）已成为民主党内部的一股强大力量，尤其是自去年大苹果市市长马姆达尼（Mamdani）当选以来。
但特朗普仅提及了
2026年选举
特朗普效应
总统在长岛警察集会上全力支持“赢家”布莱克曼
布鲁斯无所不能： 特朗普总统周五在长岛的一次集会上（上图）表示，他相信布鲁斯·布莱克曼（两人，左侧）将赢得纽约州州长竞选。
他那不太可能的短信好友马姆达尼几次，引发了宽容的嘘声，就像波士顿红袜队在洋基体育场登场一样。
相反，特朗普反复猛击霍楚，指责她支持无现金保释以及一项广泛的“避难州”法律（该法律禁止当地警察与美国移民和海关执法局特工合作），认为她在打击犯罪方面过于软弱。
“霍楚和激进左翼站在帮派成员、儿童捕食者、暴力重罪犯一边。而我们站在勤劳的纽约人一边，”特朗普说。
“她认为避难城市很美妙，而这些城市正在毁掉我们的国家，”他补充道。
两人在攻击对方方面确实毫不掩饰，但特朗普和霍楚经常在具体项目或问题（如宾夕法尼亚车站的改造）上的工作关系中，用务实的赞美来缓和气氛。
布鲁斯吹捧与ICE的协议
布莱克曼强烈反对反ICE的努力，他再次重复自己的信条，称纳苏县是美国最安全的县——部分将其归功于该县与联邦移民执法部门的合作。
“纳苏县拥有美利坚合众国与ICE最全面的协议。在一年之内，我们遣返了2,000名有犯罪记录的非法移民，记录涵盖企图谋杀、强奸、谋杀、抢劫……毒贩，”他在特朗普登台前说道。
在访问期间，总统与布莱克曼、总检察长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）以及来自花园城的FBI局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）一起参观了纳苏县“最先进的”警察设施。
在执法人员人群的簇拥下，特朗普吹嘘布莱克曼雇佣了超过700名新警察。
当特朗普呼吁对杀警者处以死刑时，引发了巨大的掌声，他在介绍布莱克曼——称其为老朋友——时也如此。
“他是个赢家，”他评价布莱克曼时说道。
暴力犯罪率创历史新低
根据联邦调查局（FBI）的一份新报告，美国的暴力犯罪率大幅下降，创下有记录以来最大的一年降幅。特朗普总统周五以此作为他正致力于“让美国再次安全”的证据。
2025年统一犯罪报告显示，暴力犯罪较前一年下降了9.3%，谋杀案下降了18.1%，强奸案减少了7.6%，抢劫案下降了18.5%，严重袭击案减少了7.2%，机动车盗窃案下降了22.7%。
在谈到这份新报告时，他表示：“每一个数字都是有记录历史上的最低数字。”
一直将自己塑造为维护法律与秩序总统的特朗普在长岛的一次停留期间表示：“我们拥有有记录历史上最好的犯罪记录。”
特朗普政府采取了一系列有助于打击犯罪率的政策：严厉打击犯罪移民，减少试图非法越境的移民人数，以及向大城市派遣国民警卫队。Emily Goodin
民主党政治人物：不用了，卡玛
阿拉斯加州民主党参议院候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉（Mary Peltola）本周拒绝了前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯（Kamala Harris）的支持。哈里斯在失败的2024年总统竞选中在该州以两位数的差距落败。
“对于民主党重新夺回参议院控制权来说，阿拉斯加是一个必须赢得的参议院席位，”哈里斯在的一封筹款邮件中写道，敦促公众通过将捐款分给佩尔托拉的竞选活动和前副总统的“为人民而战”（Fight for the People）政治行动委员会，来“帮助玛丽·佩尔托拉获得她所需的支持”。
哈里斯继续写道：“所以，如果有人能扭转阿拉斯加的局面并为民主党确保参议院多数席位——那个人就是玛丽。但她不能单打独斗。”
但佩尔托拉——这位曾在2022年将阿拉斯加州唯一的众议员席位变为民主党蓝色的前国会议员——对哈里斯的支持并不感兴趣。
一名竞选发言人告诉《纽约时报》：“玛丽没有寻求来自美国本土48州的任何人的背书——她的关注点现在和永远都是阿拉斯加。”Victor Nava
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人类历史是由史诗般的竞争塑造的，而安东尼·福奇（Anthony Fauci）博士与真相之间敌对的关系已被证明就是这样的一种对抗。
福奇在疫情期间关于口罩和封锁有效性的谎言、美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）对功能增强研究的资助、他在关闭学校中的角色以及新冠肺炎（COVID-19）本身的起源，这些都有详尽的记录。
但一名自由派记者可能刚刚揭露了又一起巨大的丑闻。
特里·莫兰（Terry Moran）最出名的是因为对白宫副办公厅主任斯蒂芬·米勒（Stephen Miller）的一次不专业的爆发，而被倾向左翼的ABC新闻解雇。
他与右翼激进分子相去最远。
然而，在最近参加《第五纵队》（The Fifth Column）播客节目期间，莫兰透露，福奇应对他在ABC经历的唯一一次“审查之重手”负责。
据莫兰称，他和他的团队在2021年初对实验室泄漏理论进行了深入调查，随后制作了一个分析支持和反对该理论论点的平衡报道片段。
但莫兰说，在经过网络高层审核后，返回给他的最终编辑版本是“无法理解的”。
他回忆道：“我被告知：‘福奇’，”
“有组织的活动”
“我再也没有看过那个报道，而且我永远不想看。因为那不再是我的作品，最重要的是，因为它简直不可理喻。”
莫兰接着指称，一场旨在将实验室泄漏理论描绘成种族主义的“有组织的活动”才是“真正让”异议者噤声的原因。
“ABC新闻的审核人员对此深信不疑，因此该话题被禁止讨论。”
这一切都源于一个人的意愿：“福奇”。
说到此人，这位长期担任NIAID主任的人欠前总统乔·拜登一顿丰盛的晚餐——之后可能还得来点冰淇淋。
在作为三军统帅的最后行动之一中，拜登赦免了福奇在2014年至2025年初期间可能犯下的任何联邦罪行。
否则，莫兰的揭露可能会让这位医生因伪证罪而入狱。
福奇于2024年6月在众议院冠状病毒大流行特别小组委员会面前出庭，并在开场白中针对所谓的“关于我试图掩盖病毒可能源自实验室的虚假指控”发表了看法。他断言：“事实上，真相恰恰相反。”
“修改后的COVID实验室泄漏报道”
医生，怎么了？ 前ABC新闻记者特里·莫兰（左）表示，安东尼·福奇博士（上）向ABC施压，要求修改莫兰2021年关于COVID-19起源的报道。
相反，是吗？那么，为什么福奇据称会介入，强迫一篇仅仅在探讨病毒可能源自实验室的报道进行如此极端的修改，以至于使其变得面目全非？
此外，为什么福奇在2020年2月开始发表的一篇否认实验室泄漏理论的文章中扮演了如此关键的角色？
顺便提一句，福奇后来将这篇文章引用为该话题上公正权威的来源。
难怪这位拜登的前首席医疗顾问在上个月底在参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会面前花费数小时援引第五修正案（拒绝作证）。
毕竟，他目前所说的任何谎言都不能免于起诉。
媒体操纵
只有他之前说过那些具有破坏性的谎言才获得了豁免。
且不论法律后果（或缺乏后果），莫兰的轶事如果属实，将揭示福奇与媒体之间毒性关系的恐怖内幕。
如果福奇在报道发布前就能获知内容，该网络电视台本应要求他提供正式的记录评论，以便公众衡量其论点的力度。
相反，据称ABC授予了他否决权，实际上在没有披露其对报道影响力的情况下，将其封为一天的总编辑。
他们是怎么想的？在莫兰重写报道时，这位医生是一名高级政府官员，有充足的动机误导公众。
记住，福奇是一个相信所谓“高尚谎言”的人，且患有扭曲现实的夸大妄想症。
有充分的理由质疑他的观点。
然而，媒体却将其观点置于所有观点之上——因为他是一个自由派的名流，而他在这个特定话题上的观点，恰好与媒体自身那种莫名其妙的担忧相一致，即调查一场改变时代的流行病与实施种族灭绝的中国政府之间的联系，会助长反亚裔的偏见。
而不像，比如说，将其归咎于中国人据称对蝙蝠汤的渴望。
媒体的自由派偏见不仅导致报道倾斜，还使其容易受到权势者和自私者的操纵。
安东尼·福奇不是第一个，也不会是最后一个利用这一点的人。
袭击者在法庭上爆发
一名绑架并性侵 DoorDash 司机的佛罗里达州惯犯在被迅速定罪后，因陷入一场充满脏话的崩溃而被迫被拖出法庭。
周四，在佛罗里达州坦帕的希尔斯伯勒县法院，约瑟夫·基林斯（Joseph Killins）突然爆发。陪审团仅用 20 分钟就判定他 2023 年 4 月的袭击行为构成谋杀未遂、武装绑架和性侵罪。
根据 WFLA TV 的视频，在判决宣读完毕后，基林斯大喊道：“那个婊子在撒谎，伙计！我没对那个混蛋做过那种破事。”
这个焦虑的变态从座位上猛然跳起，迫使几名警员将其制服。
“坐下，基林斯先生，”利亚恩·古迪（Lyann Goudie）法官命令道。
由于这名疯狂定罪者的举动，法官在处理这个焦虑的掠食者之前，不得不要求陪审团离开法庭。
“怎么回事，基林斯先生？”古迪问，随后她被他下流的爆发打断。
“出去，出去，把他关进拘留室，”这位果断的法官命令道。
Nicholas McEntyre
“躲避球袭击”指控
一名亚利桑那州青少年被指控犯有袭击罪。据称，他与两名同伴在体育课期间“无情地”用躲避球攻击该少年的前女友，导致该女孩身上出现瘀伤。
阿贝尔·希珀（Abel Schipper）声称，2025 年 12 月在梅耶高中（Mayer High School）的课前热身期间，他与朋友向该女孩投掷躲避球时，从未想过要伤害这位同学。
根据 AZ Family 新闻获得的一份警方报告，该女孩据称因右上肋骨和右下腹部严重瘀伤而住院。Richard Pollina
梅根穿着皮护腿
四个孩子的母亲梅根·福克斯（Megan Fox）在为 Insta 粉丝拍摄的一组性感照片中，展示了她 40 岁依然火辣的身材，亮点是毛茸茸的皮革护腿和紧身乳胶带。
军团病再致 2 人死亡
卫生官员周五宣布，上东区军团病爆发目前已导致 9 人死亡，超过了去年哈莱姆聚集性病例的死亡人数。
这一沉重的里程碑由卫生专员阿里斯特·马丁（Alister Martin）博士分享，他表示几周前被诊断出患病的两人已经去世。
“我们哀悼每一次失去，我们的心与他们的亲人同在，”马丁说。
上东区居民、纽约市议会议长朱莉·梅宁（Julie Menin）表示，听到又有两人死于这场“毁灭性的爆发”感到“悲痛”。
梅宁确认，死亡病例中包括“一个之前被重新分类为与该聚集性病例相关的病例”。
“我的思念和祈祷与他们的家人同在，”她写道。
马丁表示，上东区军团病爆发的源头已被消除，居民不再面临增加的暴露风险。
卫生局表示，目前仍有一人住院。三周多以来没有出现新的确诊病例或报告症状，但卫生局将继续分析来自冷却塔和患者的疾病样本。
Ella Morrison 和 Matthew Fischetti
AOC 的冻结债务
学生贷款停滞不前
作者：JOSH CHRISTENSON
华盛顿 —— 根据众议院财务披露文件，众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（代表纽约州，民主党）作为国会议员，近八年来年收入至少为 $174,000，但与她的许多“小队”（Squad）同事一样，她尚未能实质性地削减其学生贷款债务。
这位来自布朗克斯和皇后区的民主党人自 2018 年当选进入众议院以来，一直欠有 $15,001 至 $50,000 的联邦学生贷款债务。根据她在 8 月的披露文件（立法者在其中报告债务和收入的范围），她目前欠款金额仍为同一数额。
这位主张“向富人征税”的政治人物报告的总资产不足 $81,000。
最近，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯暗示，她一段时间以来一直在攒钱用于冻卵，这一过程每个周期可能花费 $10,000 至 $20,000。
“我在 29 岁时宣誓就任众议员，”她在一段 Instagram 视频中说道。“但这件事也有另一面，即你必须在公众的注视下成长，而大多数人通常可以在更私密的环境中成长。”
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯在 2007 年 8 月至 2011 年 5 月期间就读于波士顿大学，主修国际关系和经济学，期间积累了这些贷款 —— 随后在成功竞选国会议员之前，她在曼哈顿担任酒吧服务员。
这位“小队”民主党人一直支持取消学生债务。在前总统乔·拜登任期内，她甚至敦促这位第 46 任三军统帅为每位学生借款人取消高达 $50,000 的债务。
国会山上的同行
众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔（代表明尼苏达州，民主党）在过去八年里持有高达 $50,000 的学生债务。
并非所有与她同在 2018 年进入国会的首届议员都未能偿还学生债务。
同为“小队”成员的众议员拉希达·特莱布（代表密歇根州，民主党）曾有高达 $100,000 的法学院贷款，在同一时期内已部分偿还 —— 但根据众议院披露，金额仍可能高达 $50,000。
与此同时，温和派众议员贾里德·戈尔登（代表缅因州，共和党）同样持有高达 $100,000 的未偿学生债务，但在他最近一次向众议院提交的文件中，已偿还了其中至少一半。
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政治人物踩刹车：电动自行车政策反转
作者：HALEY BROWN
纽约市议会议长朱莉·梅宁（Julie Menin）正在放弃她拟议的电动自行车打击方案中的一个主要支柱 —— 新立法将不再要求登记，而安全倡导者表示，登记是追究失控骑行者责任的关键。
梅宁将此问题推给了奥尔巴尼（Albany），而不是将其纳入她包含 17 项电动自行车安全法案的立法方案中，这标志着她此前共同发起《普里西拉法案》（Priscilla's Law，该法案将要求此类登记）时的立场发生了反转。
在 2024 年发起《普里西拉法案》的市议员罗伯特·霍尔登（Robert Holden）表示，决定不登记车辆削弱了通过法律手段阻止电动个人车辆危险性的成效。
“来自 PAC 的指令”
“市议会采取的是一种半心半意的措施，”他说。“他们并不忠于纽约市的公民。他们接收的是来自政治行动委员会（PACs）的指令。”
梅宁的这一举动发生之时，由 Uber 和 DoorDash 资助的 PAC 投入了约 $170,000 的独立支出以支持她的连任 —— 批评者称，正是来自这些强大科技公司的资金阻碍了自行车问题的改革，因为他们不想面临更多诉讼。
梅宁断然否认受到任何影响，并指出她支持的其中一项措施将加强对所有配送平台的许可监管。
前市议员、现就职于 Make Voters the Donors 的萨尔·阿尔巴内塞（Sal Albanese）表示，金钱能说话。
“在法律上，他们可能没在谈，”他说，“但这是一种心照不宣。”
效仿新泽西州
倡导者表示，要求电动自行车注册并悬挂车牌，将使受伤的行人能够识别配送员，并向其或其所属的配送应用提交保险索赔。
纽约市出租车和轿车委员会（TLC）已经对出租车和雇佣司机进行许可管理，但梅宁表示，她希望效仿新泽西州，让电动自行车在州车辆管理局（DMV）注册。
奥尔巴尼方面对《普里西拉法案》（Priscilla's Law）几乎没有兴趣。在上一届议会中，相关的州议案在两院仅获得了六名赞助人。
赞助人州参议员约瑟夫·阿达博（Joseph Addabbo Jr.）表示，他的议案进展缓慢，是因为立法者担心会损害配送员的利益。
涉及电动自行车和电动滑板车的碰撞事故比去年增加了 30% 以上。
“警察”与安静
市议会正在考虑一项议案，旨在为警察提供电子听力设备，以保护他们在“非常嘈杂”的大苹果城工作时的耳朵。
该议案由共和党少数党领袖大卫·卡尔（David Carr）和市议会公共安全委员会主席奥斯瓦尔德·费利兹（Oswald Feliz）于周四提出，将为纽约市警察局（NYPD）创建一个为期一年的试点项目，提供能将噪音降低至少 25 分贝的护耳设备。研究表明，全美警察面临的听力损失水平高于普通公众，超过三分之一的警员报告有某种程度的听力损失。
纽约市警察局（NYPD）和纽约市警察互助协会未立即回应置评请求。
马修·菲舍蒂（Matthew Fischetti）
哥伦比亚大学
作者：伊莎贝尔·文森特（ISABEL VINCENT）
《邮报》发现，一项旨在振兴西哈莱姆区、金额近 1亿美元 的基金陷入了管理不善、种族主义和惯性的泥潭——在近二十年里，没有一个重大项目是用这笔钱构思或建成。
2009, 哥伦比亚大学签署了一项协议，将 9600万美元 以上资金交给新成立的非营利组织——西哈莱姆当地发展公司（West Harlem Local Development Corporation），以弥补在扩建过程中导致当地居民搬迁所造成的损失。
该校向曼哈顿维尔（Manhattanville）社区的扩张——范围从西125街到西134街，介于百老汇大道和第12大道之间——包括建设新的艺术和科学中心、一所商学院以及一个会议场所。
具有争议的是，它通过征收权没收了现有建筑，使这座富有的学校与拒绝让步的当地小企业和业主处于对立状态。
局势一度如此紧张，以至于当哥伦比亚大学校长李·博林格（Lee Bollinger）和新非营利组织主席胡利奥·巴蒂斯塔（Julio Batista）前往签署协议时，他们必须穿过一群喧闹的抗议者。这些抗议者手持手写标语，宣称“西哈莱姆不卖”，且必须由纽约市警察局（NYPD）将其拦住。
尽管引起了轩然大波，但大学仍将其称作“大学与当地社区加强共同协作的机会……同时帮助当地公民和企业充分参与由哥伦比亚大学致力于当地增长所创造的新经济机遇”。
“机遇”被浪费
十七年后，消息人士称，一个改善当地的“世代机遇”已被浪费。
哥伦比亚大学的消息人士告诉《邮报》，大学已于去年完成了最后一笔付款，此后便放弃了该基金，目前基金余额已缩减至 5600万美元。
《邮报》发现，拨给经济适用房的 2000万美元 中几乎没有被使用。当地人并没有获得有意义的社区发展，而是被给予了一些象征性的拨款，用于剧团、舞蹈公司和当地商会。
据一名前董事会成员称，在过去几年中，该基金在感恩节向居民发放了 1,000 只火鸡，并向当地儿童提供了廉价的学校用品。
该组织的“老年计划”
常春藤盟校与消极的哈莱姆基金断绝关系
被驱逐： 哥伦比亚大学商学院校园内的戴维·格芬音乐厅（右图）是该大学向曼哈顿维尔社区争议性扩张的一部分，此次扩张导致当地居民被搬迁。
一名消息人士告诉《纽约邮报》，该基金的“老年人计划”包括在 2024, 为老年公民购买了 $127,000 的百老汇门票，并租赁巴士将他们送往演出场所。
这家非营利组织现已更名为西哈莱姆发展公司（West Harlem Development Corporation），其董事会长期处于功能失调状态，且近期受到种族主义和反犹主义指控的冲击。
“董事会的运作方式就像是一家社区杂货店，而不是一家拥有大量社区资产的非营利公司，”哈莱姆律师、现任 WHDC 董事会成员拉里·英格利什（Larry English）告诉《纽约邮报》，他在董事会中代表民主党国会议员阿德里亚诺·埃斯派亚拉特（Adriano Espaillat）。
他还指责董事会成员“拒绝聘请一家合格的公司”来制定计划，“以把握这次千载难逢的机会，来保护并增加根据《社区利益协议》设立的原始捐赠基金。”
消息人士指出，如果投资得当，原始的 7600万美元 捐赠基金和 2000万美元 经济适用房基金到目前为止应该已经呈指数级增长。
徒劳之财
它的运作方式就像是一家社区杂货店，而不是一家拥有大量社区资产的非营利公司。
——拉里·英格利什，哈莱姆律师，西哈莱姆发展公司现任董事会成员
哈莱姆热点： 西哈莱姆发展公司执行董事齐德·拉马丹（Zead Ramadan，2013 与戴维·丁金斯在右侧附近）在的一起诉讼中被指控强奸。WHDC 董事会由前法官米尔顿·廷格林（Milton Tingling，左侧）领导。
“董事会未能采取这些措施构成了对其信托责任的违背，”英格利什指控道，并对用于经济适用房（“西哈莱姆的一个关键问题”）的资金没有被使用表示沮丧。
对政客的担忧
相反，WHDC 正在应对由一名原董事会成员兼员工发起的联邦诉讼，该诉讼指控其现任执行董事齐德·拉马丹存在种族主义行为。根据法庭文件，他被指控“在工作场所表现出一系列不专业且歧视性的行为，包括种族主义、反犹主义以及其他具有种族攻击性的言论”。
公开文件显示，拉马丹同时也是纽约市美国-伊斯兰关系委员会的董事会成员，他是 WHDC 仅有的几名带薪雇员之一，2024, 薪资为 $225,000。自 2013 起，董事会一直由权力巨大的退休法官米尔顿·廷格林领导，他同时也是纽约县书记员。上个月，廷格林被任命为市长司法委员会成员，该委员会负责推荐司法候选人。
关于社区利益协议的担忧早在 2007. 12 月起草时就已出现。当时，五名西哈莱姆董事会成员辞职，他们对参与与哥伦比亚大学谈判的政客们的强硬手段感到不满。
许多消息人士声称，该大学的资金在多年间分批拨付，但一直因管理不善而面临风险。
早在 2010, 时任曼哈顿区区长斯科特·斯特林格（Scott Stringer）就指责该组织未能建立资金分配指南并确保问责制。
当时有几名董事会成员辞职，包括董事会主席巴蒂斯塔（Batista），原因是担心该非营利组织正通过其董事会代表成为曼哈顿政客的“秘密资金池”。
前董事会成员告诉《纽约邮报》，董事会在“无所事事”的顾问身上花费了数十万美元，而立法者的董事会代表则将资金引导至他们偏好的项目，与此同时，他们“削减”了更广泛的社区计划，其中包括改善住房和为老年人提供交通补贴。
“落后”
管理不善的情况仍在继续。据一份报告称，2014年，自2009年起担任董事会主席的前主席唐纳德·诺蒂斯（Donald Notice）在涉嫌亲属裙带关系的情况下辞职，就在此前不久，董事会投票决定将一项$10 million的住房基金管理权授予由其妹妹运营的一家非营利组织。
“资金从未下沉到社区，”在哈莱姆区帮助青少年罪犯的活动人士德里克·海恩斯（Derrick Haynes）表示，“社区在进步方面继续落后。居民们继续被排挤出去。”
海恩斯原以为能从WHDC获得用于青少年司法问题的资金，但从未收到。
该大学去年向该团体支付了最后一笔$17 million的款项。一名原董事会成员称，这所常春藤盟校的高管们对该团体无法制定资金战略计划感到沮丧。
哥伦比亚大学本周拒绝就此事向《纽约邮报》发表评论。
与此同时，WHDC一直紧握钱袋，每年仅向当地非营利组织捐赠约200万美元。2024年，它发放了$2500万，其中包括向大哈莱姆商会（Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce）提供的$10,000，廷格林（Tingling）在该商会的董事会执行委员会中任职。
公开文件显示，WHDC最大的一笔年度拨款是每年$125,000，用于哈莱姆艺术联盟（Harlem Arts Alliance），这是一个由GHCC高管创建的团体，用于举办夏季音乐节。
廷格林和董事会在2020年的一次紧急会议上修改了WHDC的章程，以COVID疫情为由，允许成员的任期延长至两倍于原有的两年任期。
尽管疫情已经结束，他仍然在掌权。
原董事会成员兼员工文森特·摩根（Vincent Morgan）是针对该团体提起联邦诉讼的原告，他早在2010年就是一名揭露长期管理不善的举报人。
他在针对WHDC的联邦诉讼中声称，几年前当他再次发声，记录拉马丹（Ramadan）涉嫌反犹太主义的爆发言论，并敦促董事会为剩余资金制定战略计划时，他被解雇了。
廷格林、拉马丹和WHDC没有回应《纽约邮报》的置评请求。
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伊恩·莫尔（Ian Mohr） imohr@nypost.com
奥利·科尔曼（Oli Coleman） ocoleman@nypost.com
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患病的多莉被搁置
多莉·帕顿（DOLLY Parton）在医生因持续的“健康问题”命令其不得旅行后，取消了在她的标志性多莉伍德（Dollywood）主题公园的露面。这位80岁的歌后在周五的一次虚拟露面中分享道：“我还在纳什维尔，对此我很抱歉。”戴着仙女翅膀的帕顿继续说道：“我之前告诉过你们，我的所有粉丝，我有一些小健康问题。有时我会感到有点头晕，而且会出现脱水情况。我的医生剪掉了我的翅膀，说：‘你这周不能旅行。’”她近期的健康困扰始于9月，当时她患有肾结石，此后她取消了多次活动——但她在6月参加了她位于田纳西州的卡车停靠旅行中心的开业典礼。
3 奶酪助力电影
深受喜爱的东汉普顿餐厅 Sam's 自 1947 年起营业且从未因派对而关门，但这次破例了。我们获悉，该店闭店一晚，为霓虹与电影协会（Neon and Cinema Society）为导演詹姆斯·格雷（James Gray）及其电影《纸老虎》（Paper Tiger）举办的派对提供其著名的披萨，现场星光熠熠。格温妮丝·帕特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow）、丈夫布拉德·法尔丘克（Brad Falchuk）和母亲布莱丝·丹纳（Blythe Danner）（见上图）、凯蒂·霍姆斯（Katie Holmes）及其新男友杰森·巴德·亚莫斯基（Jason Bard Yarmosky）、维克多·加伯（Victor Garber）、格里芬·邓恩（Griffin Dunne）、斯特凡妮·马奇（Stephanie March）、达里尔·罗斯（Daryl Roth）和贝丝·斯特恩（Beth Stern）出席了活动。
前《早安美国周末版》（Good Morning America Weekend）主播贾奈·诺曼（Janai Norman）在被解雇数月后一直在抨击 ABC 新闻——据一份报告称，这激怒了她在迪士尼旗下该网络的旧同事。
诺曼在 ABC 工作 15 年后，其合同在 4 月未获续签。她在一段视频中甚至暗示其前雇主“共谋维护白人至上主义”，该视频针对的是《早安美国》（GMA）主持人迈克尔·斯特拉汉（Michael Strahan）对一名密西西比州死去的青少年父母的采访。
根据 Status 通讯，这些异常公开的抨击引起了该网络“许多人的关注”。
诺曼因斯特拉汉对诺兰·威尔斯（Nolan Wells）父母的质询而对其大加指责，诺兰·威尔斯是一名 18 岁的黑人，在与朋友进行一次乘船旅行后被发现死亡。斯特拉汉询问悲痛的父母，为什么他们的儿子会自愿留在发现尸体的小岛上。诺曼表示：“问题应该是，‘你们相信这一点吗？’”，她认为“那不是一个客观的问题”，并批评新闻机构过度信任执法部门，这“加剧了种族分歧”。
她表示，报道忽略了“密西西比州的历史背景——这个州在历史上记录的私刑事件最多”——使得这些“新闻机构成为了维护白人至上主义的共谋”。
诺曼多次针对 ABC 处理威尔斯故事的方式，指责该网络在对公众进行“煤气灯操纵”（gaslighting），并称其中一篇数字化报道是在“指责受害者”。
ABC 新闻的一位发言人告诉《邮报》的阿里尔·齐尔伯（Ariel Zilber）：“迈克尔是 ABC 新闻家族中不可或缺且备受尊敬的一员。他是一位值得信赖的主播和记者，我们对他编辑判断的准确性、正直和专业精神充满信心。”
Status 援引匿名人士的消息报道称，诺曼“并不受 ABC 新闻高层的喜爱”。诺曼未回复我们的询问。
播客主持人的饮料业务状况不佳
亚历克斯·库珀（Alex Cooper）的饮料系列 Unwell Beverages 在上架不到两年后即将倒闭。彭博社援引 Unwell Beverages 主要分销商塔吉特公司（Target Corp.）的消息源报道称，该品牌将在发布万圣节主题产品后于今年秋季关闭，届时这家雀巢（Nestlé）旗下的公司将“停止所有饮料系列的生产”。库珀、雀巢和塔吉特的代表均未发表评论。该品牌关闭的消息传出之际，库珀今年正面临一波抵制浪潮，其中大部分与她的丈夫马特·卡普兰（Matt Kaplan）涉嫌对 Unwell Network 员工采取“恶劣”对待有关。她称这些指控是“抹黑行动”。她的前老板戴夫·波特诺伊（Dave Portnoy）还指称库珀有一个“计划”，即编造一个虚假的性骚扰故事以摆脱与他的合同。当库珀被问及这些指控时，她说：“我的记忆完全不是那样的。”
如何“致富”
马修·麦康纳 (MATTHEW McConaughey) 凭借《如何在10天内搞定男人》赚得盆满钵满。这位演员透露，他 2003 年与凯特·哈德森 (Kate Hudson) 合演的这部浪漫喜剧至今仍是其“迄今为止”最大的赚钱之作。他在“Happy Sad Confused”播客中表示：“《如何在10天内搞定男人》是一份持续带来回报的礼物。”他称这部深受喜爱的电影“可能是我演过的最喜欢的浪漫喜剧”，并且是“浪漫喜剧类型中一个跨越时代的真正基石”。在谈到该片的版税收入时，他补充道：“而且它仍然是我演过的所有电影中，版税收入最高的。迄今为止，遥遥领先。”这位 56 岁的演员还提到：“每年三月我都会收到一张大额支票，因为那是情人节。”
康复情况“乐观”
佩雷兹·希尔顿 (PEREZ Hilton) 在 8 月 4, 尝试自杀后仍留在医院，其姐姐芭芭拉·拉万代拉 (Barbara Lavandeira) 向 Page Six 独家透露。她告诉我们，希尔顿（见上图）“继续接受伤情治疗”。“他的身体和心理康复将需要很长时间，但我们依然保持乐观。”拉万代拉拒绝提供关于希尔顿“私人医疗事务”的具体细节，但表示他的“面部和其他部位确实受了伤”。Page Six 还证实，他在现场因药物过量接受了治疗。当被问及 48, 岁的希尔顿是否记得这次可怕的事件时，拉万代拉说：“我不想代表马里奥发言……当他的医生认为他准备好时，会有时间进行这些对话。”
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17 纽约邮报，2026年8月15日，星期六
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密歇根枪击惨案 5 人死亡
周五，密歇根州发生一起枪击连环杀人事件，导致 5 人死亡，随后引发的大规模搜捕在发现枪击嫌疑人死亡后结束。
据 Up North Live 引用州警的消息报道，血案是在米索基县的一处住宅中被发现的，警方在正午前不久发现了三具尸体。
报道称，随后又发现了两名受害者——一名在惠特洛克湖附近的森林中，另一名在另一处住宅中。
另有一人处于危急状态。
这场屠杀引发了对 39 岁嫌疑人查德·希克曼 (Chad Hickman) 的疯狂搜寻，警方称其被认为持有武器且具有危险性。
希克曼最终被发现死亡，但目前尚不清楚其死因。
密歇根州警察局的一位发言人在给 Up North Live 的一份声明中表示：“这不仅对我们的调查员和警员来说很困难，对这个社区来说也非常艰难。你知道，这种损失是悲剧性的。”
“我们将进行彻底的调查。”
肯尼斯·加弗 (Kenneth Garver)
霍尔木兹海峡成为美国领土？
特朗普总统周五表示，他计划在伊朗战争结束后将霍尔木兹海峡宣布为“美国领土”。
“在我们彻底击败伊朗之后——伊朗正遭受惨败——很快我将宣布霍尔木兹海峡为美国领土，”特朗普在长岛为共和党中期选举候选人举行的一场集会上说道。
特朗普承认这场近六个月的冲突带来了经济影响，但他认为，确保伊朗无法制造核武器，即使这意味着“你的汽油费要多花一点点”也是值得的。
史蒂文·尼尔森（Steven Nelson）
极尽狂欢
重见天日的“歪歪兔”电影确实精彩
伙计们，太好玩了！ 《郊狼对阵 Acme》（Coyote vs. Acme）是一部由拉娜·康多尔（Lana Condor）、歪歪兔（Wile E. Coyote）和威尔·福特（Will Forte）主演的真人 / 动画混合电影。该片曾被华纳兄弟搁置，其风格疯狂、幽默且出人意料地感人。
说到疯狂。 这部极其幽默的《郊狼对阵 Acme》是一部顶级的喜剧，绝对能排进有史以来最好的《乐一通》（Looney Tunes）电影之列，而它竟然差点没能让任何人看到，这简直到了疯狂的边缘。
三年前，这部耗资 7000万美元、风格类似于《谁陷害了兔子罗杰》的真人 / 动画混合电影，曾是三个已完成项目之一。这些项目被新任华纳兄弟探索公司（Warner Bros. Discovery）首席执行官大卫·扎斯拉夫（David Zaslav）毫不留情地搁置，并作为税收抵免处理。
扎斯拉夫无情剪裁下的其他牺牲品是《蝙蝠女》（Batgirl）和《史库比！节日惊魂》（Scoob! Holiday Haunt）。它们现在仍被某个角落积灰。
而且，听着，这在财务上可能是负责任的做法。很难想象一部没有迈克尔·乔丹或勒布朗·詹姆斯共同主演的兔八哥电影能在票房上获得 1.4亿美元 的盈亏平衡点。
令人欣喜的突破
但谁在乎呢，医生？我们讨论的是达菲鸭、翠儿和埃尔默·法德——而不是资产负债表那种沉闷的现实。
《郊狼对阵 Acme》是我希望每家工作室对待其经典角色时的理想方案——大胆尝试，不要通过焦点小组调研将其磨成平庸且毫无冒犯性的无聊之作，而应保留我们最喜爱的角色的核心灵魂。
约翰尼·奥莱克辛斯基（Johnny Oleksinski） 影评
《郊狼对阵 Acme》 疯狂且天才。
片长：103 分钟。分级：PG（包含卡通暴力和部分语言）。8 月 28 日在电影院上映。
★★★ 1 / 2
本片的前提设定非常疯狂——且天才。
歪歪兔花了一辈子的时间试图，嗯，暴力地杀死路跑兔，但由于大量故障的 Acme 产品，他一直以失败告终。
在又一次因为火箭溜冰鞋反弹而导致失败的悲伤夜晚，这个过于执着的 2D 袭击者在电视上看到了一则人身伤害律师的广告。
“你是否曾在路上布置一大堆 TNT，希望炸飞你的死对头，但当你按下起爆器时，起爆器本身爆炸了？”由威尔·福特饰演的凯文·艾弗里（Kevin Avery）干巴巴地问道。
“这不是你的错。
可能有人需要为此负责。”
终于，有人理解了他的困境。
这是一个世界——或者更准确地说，是一个阿尔伯克基（Albuquerque）——卡通人物与人类和谐共处，但庆幸的是，没有人对此喋喋不休或过度解释。事情就是这样。就可怜的家伙凯文而言，他通过处理故障卡通技术案件并获得几百美元的低额赔偿来维持生计。
情感结局
威利 E.、凯文以及他的侄女佩奇（Lana Condor 饰）共同揭开了一场涉及全能的 Acme 公司的阴险阴谋，并查明了为什么该公司如此多的发明会出故障。
这种设定带有某种《艾琳·布罗科维奇》的元素，甚至潜藏着《所有总统的男人》的基调。
在法庭上击败 Acme 的关键是让路跑鸟出庭作证。而要让他定下来，则是这部电影中“哔哔”最大的挑战。
其中的戏剧冲突足以让电影不至于显得单薄，且情节以令人惊讶的方式展开。相比之下，《超级马里奥银河电影》的情节在最初 30 秒内就自燃了。而本片的结局在情感冲击力方面确实出人意料。
不过，《郊狼对阵 Acme》最出色之处在于那些持续不断的、极其搞笑的笑话。
当威利 E. 第一次在凯文的律师事务所见到他时，这只郊狼正在读一本名为《如何戏剧性地等待》的书。
类似的快速笑话有无数个。
但我最喜欢的是 Acme 的律师（由 John Cena 饰演）训斥翠鸟的情节，他雇佣翠鸟作为针对威利 E. 的线人。
“我想我看到了……”金丝雀开始说道。
“你想你看到了？！”Cena（插图）大喊道，“我付钱给你不是为了让你告诉我你‘认为’看到了什么！”
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伊朗之战
美国计划实施史上最严厉经济制裁
史上最强
财政打击
作者：STEVEN NELSON
华盛顿 —— 随着结束这场近六个月战争的谈判陷入停滞，财政部长斯科特·贝森特（Scott Bessent）暗示将对伊朗采取前所未有的新经济行动。
“请关注下周的更多公告，因为我们将采取在国家经济孤立历史上从未见过的措施，”贝森特在周四晚上接受 Newsmax 的 Rob Schmitt 采访时表示。
贝森特今年领导了所谓的“经济愤怒行动”（Operation Economic Fury），以支持五角大楼的“史诗愤怒行动”（Operation Epic Fury）——他回顾了去年的努力如何帮助引发了伊朗内部的通货膨胀危机，从而导致 12 月和 1 月的大规模抗议。
在采取日益激进的行动制裁货币兑换商、加密货币和其他收入来源——以及与特朗普总统实施的拦截大部分石油产出的海军封锁同步——之后，这位财政部长并未具体说明美国可能如何进一步尝试切断德黑兰的联系。
贝森特的部门在法律上被禁止预告具体的制裁行动，这使得他的新策略可能包含什么尚不明确。
“经济愤怒”
“动能战争在几周后结束，我们从‘史诗愤怒’转变为‘经济愤怒’。根据总统的命令，我们再次提高了级别，”他在 Newsmax 上说道。
“我认为我们之所以成功，是因为这是一个组合拳。人们说，‘嗯，你知道，古巴坚持了很久。委内瑞拉坚持了很久。’委内瑞拉
卑劣图像： 当财政部长斯科特·贝森特（左）计划制造更多经济痛苦时，德黑兰悬挂着一幅自由女神像遭受攻击的壁画。
在我们实施封锁后立即崩溃了。
“因此，这将是世界从未见过的经济孤立，以及在霍尔木兹海峡持续的封锁相结合，这将阻止任何东西进出伊朗港口，”贝森特说。
他补充道，那些认为伊朗从未如此强大的民主党人是“缺乏信息、精神错乱，且完全不知道自己在说什么”。
赫格塞斯对SAT成绩要求大发雷霆
华盛顿 —— 战争部长皮特·赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）对陆军撤回针对预备役军官训练团（ROTC）大学生的新学术标准感到愤怒。该标准包括要求SAT成绩至少达到1000分，以确保“愚蠢的人”不会成为军官。
这些新标准是在8月5日在一份内部备忘录中公布的，该备忘录由时任陆军人力与预备役事务助理部长朱尔斯·赫斯特（Jules Hurst）发布，两天后，参议院确认其担任五角大楼主计长。
“陆军必须培养聪明且具有适应能力的军官，以建立一支致命且准备就绪的军队，使其能够威慑、战斗并赢得国家的战争。军官团的强度就是我们陆军的强度，”赫斯特写道。
这项原定于1月生效的要求在8月12日在一份由陆军次长迈克·奥巴达尔（Mike Obadal）签署的备忘录中被撤销，他称需要“进一步的人员配置和分析”。
五角大楼消息人士告诉《邮报》，这一转变表明了陆军内部的功能失调。陆军部长丹·德里斯科尔（Dan Driscoll）在过去一年中与赫格塞斯发生过冲突，包括在人事决定方面——尽管伊朗战争仍在继续，但两人几乎不说话。
一名消息人士告诉《邮报》，备忘录在发布前并未送到德里斯科尔的办公桌上。另一名消息人士证实，陆军部长未被包含在公布最初备忘录的内部电子邮件链中。
三名五角大楼消息人士向《邮报》描述了赫格塞斯对此情况的不满。
该考试成绩提案的最终命运尚不明确，且有可能被重启。斯蒂文·尼尔森（Steven Nelson）
特朗普：正在为水兵解决问题
华盛顿 —— 特朗普总统周五否认了“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰上的水兵和海军陆战队家属担心其亲人的说法，并补充说，该航母在执行为期九个月的部署后将很快被接替。
“那艘船现在，或者很快就会移动，并且将被另一艘非常相似的船取代，”特朗普在前往长岛参加活动前，在安德鲁斯联合基地告诉记者。近日出现多篇报道称，恶劣的居住条件和缺乏休息时间给该航母上约5,000名服役人员带来了严重的心理压力。该航母自1月起驻扎在阿拉伯海，随后开始了针对伊朗的战斗行动。根据《海军时报》和《华尔街日报》报道，至少有三名水兵尝试跳海或已成功跳海，迫使同事营救他们或通过肢体限制防止他们翻过船舷。上周，超过200名家属在圣迭戈与海军代理部长洪·曹（Hung Cao）会面以反映问题 —— 但当一名记者指出亲属“担心船上的情况”时，特朗普告诉记者“不，他们没有”。总统还对关于该船远离海岸时间是否过长的问题不予理会。艾米莉·古丁（Emily Goodin）
一处具有历史意义的房产挂牌
作者：MARY K. JACOB
一段极其酷的纽约历史现已开放认购。
《邮报》获悉，位于纽约州斯科舍（Scotia, NY）的河滨庄园——格伦·桑德斯庄园（Glen Sanders Mansion）已在市场上挂牌，售价为 $800 万。该庄园被认为是纽约州现存第三古老的住宅。
这座占地 75,000 平方英尺的物业可追溯至 1658, 年，当时苏格兰商人亚历山大·林赛·格伦（Alexander Lindsay Glen）在莫霍克河畔建造了一座石屋，并以故乡之名将该定居点命名为斯科舍。
那座单间结构至今依然屹立，被包裹在周围的庄园之中。该家族持有这座庄园长达 266 年，直到 1962 年将其售出。
“那个房间仍然是房子的一部分，这使其成为第三古老的住宅，”挂牌代理人安杰洛·迈克尔·马佐内二世（Angelo Michael Mazzone Jr.，该庄园现任所有者的儿子）向《邮报》确认。
林赛·格伦最初的石屋为相邻的定居点命名为斯科舍。根据长期流传的家族传统，该物业在 1690 年的斯内克塔迪大屠杀（Schenectady Massacre）中幸存，是因为格伦家族曾对法国囚犯展现过善意，据报道，法国军官在次日早晨跨过河流，在格伦家族的家中享用了早餐。
如今屹立的这座庄园由约翰内斯·“约翰”·格伦（Johannes "John" Glen）上尉于 1713 年建造，据报道使用了从 1658 年原屋中回收的石头、木材和门。
华盛顿曾到访
餐饮业者安杰洛·马佐内（Angelo Mazzone）长辈于 1988, 年买下这座庄园，并在一年后将其作为后来成为马佐内酒店业（Mazzone Hospitality）的旗舰店开业。
“我们以前在他们的草坪上提供餐饮服务。所以当房子挂牌出售时，我说，好吧，我们可以把它建成一家很棒的餐厅和宴会厅，”马佐内长辈说道。
现年 75, 岁的他表示，决定出售是因为年龄原因。
1200万美元的康州“公寓”成为逃离临时住所税之选
在康涅狄格州格林威治（Greenwich, Conn.）的历史上，公寓的售价首次高达 1200万美元 —— 比该镇之前的最高成交价 $6.7500 万 提高了近 50 percent。
这些价格出自 Chilston Court，这是由 Caspi Development 在格林威治市中心开发的一个新豪华项目，该团队此前打造了深受名流喜爱的纽约翠贝卡（Tribeca）酒店 Fouquet's New York。
“事实证明，这正是人们想要的，因为这种产品此前从未出现过，”创始人乔什·卡斯皮（Josh Caspi）告诉《邮报》。纽约人正越来越多地将格林威治视为逃避市长马姆达尼（Mayor Mamdani）针对高价值第二套房征收的新附加税的出口。
这种“临时住所”（pied-à-terre）税对价值在 500万美元 以上的一至三家庭住宅、公寓和合作公寓征收年度费用，前提是业主在纽约市以外拥有独立的首套房。
卡斯皮表示，该政策目前是 Chilston Court 销售的直接驱动力。
“我想说，大约四分之一的买家在纽约市有房产，其中几位已经做出了决定，他们卖掉纽约市的房子，在这里购买作为第二套房，正是因为这个原因而不再留在市区，”他说。
对于许多此类买家来说，选择格林威治与其说是降级，不如说是一种战略性的重新定位。
卡斯皮表示，一些业主在为了税务目的而在其他地方建立居住地后，将其原先的全职住宅转为第二套房状态。 Mary K. Jacob
“买”乔治，他曾在此：格伦·桑德斯庄园包含纽约州现存第三古老的住宅，乔治·华盛顿曾到访此处，目前挂牌价为 $800 万。
纽约州第三古老住宅
“我奋斗了 40, 50 年，非常努力地工作以维持一切的运转，”他说。
这座庄园的招牌是其名流访客名单。
乔治·华盛顿在 1775, 年视察该地区北部防御工事时曾在此停留，尽管历史学家长期指出，他当时住在河对岸斯内克塔迪（Schenectady）围栏区（Stockade District）的约翰·格伦故居（John Glen House）。
“已经证实他曾来这里参加茶会。可能留宿过，但没有书面记录证明他在这里睡觉，”马佐内二世说。
未解之谜
据称，年轻的路易-菲利普（未来的法国国王）在 1790 年代后期的美国流亡期间曾住在该庄园中，这比他在 1830 年登基成为法国国王早了几十年；庄园内至今仍有一间被称为“路易-菲利普卧室”的房间。
家族传统认为，该庄园的地下室曾作为“地下铁路”的一部分，为寻求自由的人提供庇护，据说有一条通道将主屋与街道对面的一个建筑连接起来，该建筑后来成为了 Scotia 图书馆。
据小马佐内（Mazzone Jr.）称，原装楼梯扶手上的一个可见痕迹被认为是某位原住民访客留下的。
工作人员和家人表示，庄园中存在一些未解之谜，包括反复出现的一名身穿红裙的女性身影，有些人认为她是亚历山大的孙女德博拉·格伦（Deborah Glen）。
该房产挂牌包含约 3 英亩土地，建筑群内部的历史核心区域面积约为 2,800 平方英尺，其中包含一家拥有 22 间客房的旅馆。该庄园未被列入历史名录，因此从技术上讲，没有什么能阻止买家将其拆除，但大马佐内（Mazzone Sr.）怀疑村里会允许这样做，他称这座房子“简直就像这个村庄的标志”。
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要求调查胎儿实验室
华盛顿 —— 一个反堕胎团体正呼吁参议院对美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）资助的、使用胎儿器官和组织的研究进行调查。
今年 1 月，NIH 宣布停止资助旨在利用选择性堕胎产生的胎儿组织进行的研究，但“生命 40 天”（40 Days for Life）组织希望对新规定生效前由政府资助的研究开展调查。
“对于堕胎给女性、社会以及显然是未出生婴儿带来的伤害，我们有着独特的视角。我们每天也目睹堕胎产业的滥用行为，包括对堕胎婴儿身体部位和组织的剥削，”该组织主席肖恩·卡尼（Shawn Carney）在周四的一封信中写道。
卡尼敦促参议院司法委员会主席查克·格拉斯利（Chuck Grassley，爱荷华州共和党人）和参议院健康、教育、劳工和养老金委员会主席比尔·卡西迪（Bill Cassidy，路易斯安那州共和党人）开展此次调查。
卡西迪、格拉斯利以及 NIH 的代表未立即回应关于“生命 40 天”信函的置评请求。
瑞安·金 (Ryan King)
蒙大拿州落石死亡惨剧
一名密苏里州的曾祖父在度假期间，被一块 45 磅重的岩石砸穿了乘坐的吉普车，在他结婚 50 年的妻子面前丧生。
他的家人在 GoFundMe 上表示，73 岁的雷克斯·肖温格特（Rex Schowengerdt）于 7 月 11 日被从蒙大拿州冰川国家公园掉落的岩石击中，遭受了“灾难性”的脑损伤，五天后去世。
肖温格特的妹妹和妹夫在冰川国家公园与这对夫妇会合，他们开车驶经洛根山口（Logan Pass）——这是“向阳大道”（Going-to-the-Sun road）的最高点，海拔 6,646 英尺。克里斯·布拉德福德（Chris Bradford）
她怎么能这样做？ 梅丽莎·L. 法里斯（Melissa L. Farris）面临两项联邦重罪指控，此前一名精神失常的破坏者涉嫌在周四发布了一张（右图）自己破坏华盛顿特区二战纪念碑的照片。
作者：乔什·克里斯滕森（JOSH CHRISTENSON）
华盛顿——华盛顿特区美国检察官珍妮·皮罗（Jeanine Pirro）周五宣布，对一名涉嫌破坏首都二战纪念碑的女性提起指控，该女性涉嫌向纪念碑喷泉中倒入泡泡皂，并在其石制建筑上喷涂了一段晦涩的信息。
皮罗在 X 的一篇帖子中表示，她办公室的检察官正对来自肯塔基州伊丽莎白镇的 41 岁女性梅丽莎·L. 法里斯（Melissa L. Farris）提起两项重罪指控，指控其破坏美国财产和破坏退伍军人纪念碑。
每项罪名一旦定罪，最高可判处 10 年监禁。
针对法里斯的一份刑事起诉书指出，她周一还因在距离纪念碑仅几个街区的地方非法露营而被逮捕。
“破坏我们的二战纪念碑是对一座神圣纪念碑的可鄙攻击，这座纪念碑是为了纪念那些为我们的自由而战并牺牲的美国人。这些美国人包括我的父亲和祖父，”皮罗写道。
周四下午，纪念碑喷泉上出现了红色的涂鸦信息：“双手干净 肮脏的 $”（Clean Hands Dirty $）。
刑事起诉书指称，法里斯周四在 Facebook 上以化名梅丽莎·洛夫威尔（Melissa Lovewell）发布了数段在纪念碑附近拍摄的视频——其中一段视频中她承认“损坏”了喷泉。
“我在认知上和执行上（原文如此）清楚自己的选择，我这样做是为了将我的举报案件推向法庭，”她在其中一段视频中说道。
“是我干的，”她在另一段带有“茶党”（TEA PARTY）口号的视频中说道，当时她正站在喷涂了红色和黄色涂鸦的区域旁边。“我就在这，我确实这么做了。以为我在开玩笑？……我确实尝试过[无法辨认]我的喷漆。”
“我竟然被允许破坏联邦他妈的财产，而且没有人眨一下眼，这非常奇怪，”她在第三段剪辑中说道。
起诉书称，法里斯给这座历史遗迹造成了超过 $1,000 的损失。
皮罗表示，截至周五上午，法里斯被联邦拘留。目前尚未立即安排初次出庭时间。
特朗普总统周五早些时候在 Truth Social 上痛斥此次破坏行为：“对于那些在二战中牺牲的美国英雄来说，没有比这更大的侮辱了。先是反思池，现在又是这个。我们正在追踪他们！这些畜生是从哪里来的？？？”
在喷泉被破坏的照片出现后不久，内政部的一位发言人誓言美国公园警察将“找到对这一令人厌恶的行为负责的人”。
华盛顿特区的居民和游客在看到位于林肯纪念堂反思池东端的纪念碑被犯罪现场警戒线封锁时，都感到十分震惊。
左翼众议院候选人与充满仇恨的 Piker 是好友
华盛顿 —— 自称民主社会主义者的威廉·劳伦斯（William Lawrence）曾对激进影响力人物哈桑·皮克（Hasan Piker）大加赞赏，并试图预约参加其直播节目。劳伦斯上周在密歇根州赢得了众议院初选，并将于 11 月与现任众议员汤姆·巴雷特（Tom Barrett，共和党-密歇根州）展开竞争。他与皮克首次接触是在 4 月份一场为美国参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Dr. Abdul El-Sayed）博士举办的活动场边。
以首府兰辛市为核心的密歇根州第 7 選区被视为极左翼人士劳伦斯的关键考验，他在初选中击败了前美国驻乌克兰大使布里奇特·布林克（Bridget Brink）和前反恐官员马特·马斯丹（Matt Maasdam）。共和党人一直利用埃尔-赛义德与皮克的关系对其进行猛烈抨击，皮克曾在 2019 年表示“美国配得上 9 / 11”。这位主播后来非常不情愿地暗示该言论是“不恰当的”，因为这给了共和党攻击他的把柄。根据其竞选团队的说法，劳伦斯尚未参加过皮克的节目，也没有计划参加，其团队也未在为此寻求机会。瑞安·金（Ryan King）
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安息日“袭击”
犹太会堂之 menace
作者：乔·马里诺（JOE MARINO） 和 埃拉·莫里森（ELLA MORRISON）
警方表示，一名充满仇恨的疯子在周五晚上闯入曼哈顿的一家犹太会堂，在一次疯狂的反犹太袭击中袭击了一名会众并用头撞了一名安保人员。
据警方和消息人士透露，46 岁的拉里·蒙特斯（Larry Montes）涉嫌在安息日礼拜期间，在位于列克星敦大道和东 55 街的中央犹太会堂（Central Synagogue）发起了这次失控的袭击。
他大约在下午 6 点走到犹太会堂前，并开始行为不端。
安保人员介入并开始将该男子护送出去 —— 但在此之前，消息人士称，他涉嫌在脸上击打了一名 63 岁的会众。蒙特斯还涉嫌用头撞击并向一名安保人员吐口水，并打碎了两根价值 $20,000 的宗教蜡烛。
一名在礼拜场所执行有偿勤务的纽约市警察局（NYPD）警长将蒙特斯拘留。
蒙特斯被指控两项仇恨犯罪袭击罪和一项仇恨犯罪刑事破坏罪。
“我已经与犹太会堂的拉比进行了交谈，我很欣慰没有人受到严重伤害，”纽约市警察局局长杰西卡·蒂施（Jessica Tisch）在的一份声明中表示。
“目前没有已知的进一步威胁，额外的纽约市警察局资源已部署到该犹太会堂，”蒂施补充道，她小时候也参加同一家犹太会堂。
蒂施表示，“受伤人员在现场接受了评估，情况良好。”
“我理解这个空间的神圣性及其对会众的意义。中央犹太会堂是我成长的地方，”局长写道。
“无论在欢乐还是悲伤中，这里一直是一个慰藉与和平之所。今晚在那里发生的事情令人深感痛苦。礼拜场所绝不应成为犯罪现场。”
州长霍楚尔（Gov. Hochul）称此次袭击“令人震惊”，并“感谢嫌疑人已被拘留且没有人受到严重伤害”。“纽约的犹太人完全有权公开、自豪且无所畏惧地进行礼拜，”霍楚尔在 X 上写道。
“卑劣的行为”
同样，市长马姆达尼（Mayor Mamdani）表示他对“中央犹太会堂的袭击感到震惊”。
“我只能想象在安息日礼拜期间发生这样的袭击，给会众以及全市的纽约犹太人带来的痛苦和恐惧，”市长说道。
“每位纽约人都必须能够毫无暴力恐惧地履行其宗教信仰。这种卑劣的行为在我们的城市没有立足之地，我们的政府将竭尽全力确保纽约犹太人的安全。”
州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯（Letitia James）表示，今晚她的“心与中央犹太会堂社区同在”。
失控： 拉里·蒙特斯在涉嫌发表疯言疯语并实施袭击以干扰周五中城中央犹太会堂礼拜后被拘留。
这栋房子并没有迎来一群“黑手党”买家
这座位于斯塔滕岛、装饰华丽的黑手党豪宅（左图）至今仍未能找到买家，现已再次上市。
这一次，它的标价为 $13,9.95 亿，较 2024 年失败的 $1800 万 要价大幅下调。
这座位于 177 Benedict Road 的托特山“白宫”由甘比诺犯罪家族头目保罗·“大保罗”·卡斯特拉诺（Paul "Big Paul" Castellano）于 1980 年建造——之所以被称为“白宫”，是因为他将这座住宅设计成类似于白宫的样式，配有柱廊门廊和环形车道。该房产面积达 33,000 平方英尺，拥有 8 间套房卧室和 17 间浴室。卡斯特拉诺的这处前物业曾在 2023, 10 月试图以 $1.68亿 的价格售出，随后在 2024 年底以 $1800 万 的价格重新上市。
这座拥有 25 个房间的豪宅占地近 1.6 英亩，可俯瞰壮丽的韦拉扎诺桥景色，并拥有室内和室外奥林匹克标准游泳池。
《斯塔滕岛先驱报》（Staten Island Advance）率先报道了该房产挂牌的消息。
业主塞利姆·“萨尔”·鲁西（Selim "Sal" Rusi）在 2000 年以 $3100万 买下了卡斯特拉诺的前住所。
鲁西是一名来自阿尔巴尼亚的移民，是一位白手起家的成功企业家。 Lauren Elkies Schram
洛克威海滩的“里斯”之光
他们正向一个新 era. 挥手致意。
洛克威海洋俱乐部（Rockaway Ocean Club）将于周六正式开业——这将是 54 年来公众首次能够享用雅各布·里斯浴场（Jacob Riis Bathhouse）。
《邮报》获得了这座时尚新海滨屋的抢先预览机会。该建筑位于一座由联邦政府拥有的历史设施内，目前与一家私人公司签订合同，该公司对其进行了 $8800 万 的翻新。
“这不是奢华风。它非常亲民，触手可及，而且很有趣。我们只希望它有趣且不繁琐，”ROC Hospitality 的创始合伙人乌苏拉·达马尼（Ursula Damani）表示，该公司将负责运营该俱乐部。会员每年需支付最高 $1,700 才能使用所有新设施——包括餐厅、蝴蝶花园和将于下周末开放的豪华新泳池。
但该公司强调，该设施的一半以上对公众免费开放，包括各种酒吧以及一个可供休息和游戏的庭院。
“每个人都受欢迎。无论你是谁，来自哪里，或者拥有什么，”达马尼说……“纽约市就是一个海滨城镇。”
Katherine Donlevy
教师在“色狼”扫荡行动中被捕
检察官表示，一名布鲁克林色情教师周三被捕，他涉嫌强迫一名 12 岁女孩紧紧拥抱，随后用令人毛骨悚然的方式告诉她他想要一个拉丁裔妻子，并要求她留宿。
根据一份刑事起诉书，41, 岁的埃米尔·阿加罗诺夫（Emil Agaronov）涉嫌于 7 月 28 日上午 10 点左右，在东米德伍德（East Midwood）K 大道附近的 Nostrand 大道 Andries Hudde I.S. 240 学校内要求这名青春期前少女拥抱。
当局表示，他于周三晚上被捕，被指控危害儿童福利和骚扰。
Amanda Woods
POSTOPINION
Farm Wisdom
“传统妻子”趋势揭示健康生活真相
2026年讨论度最高的小说《往昔》（Yesteryear）将Instagram和TikTok上似乎怎么也不过时的“传统妻子”（tradwife）趋势戏剧化地呈现了出来。
像Ballerina Farm这样的影响力人物已将农耕生活方式变成了一种真正的社交媒体现象，而卡罗·克莱尔·伯克（Caro Claire Burke）的畅销书则使其影响力进一步扩大。甚至安妮·海瑟薇（Anne Hathaway）也被吸引——她已经购买了这部小说的电影改编权。
但这一趋势不仅仅关乎乡村美学、酸种面包发酵剂和怀旧情结。随着夏末收获季节进入高峰，那些展示“自给自足生活”（homesteading）——即在离家近的地方种植作物和养殖食物——的热门账号正触及到更深层的东西。
事实证明，养鸡、种菜和构建以家庭为中心的生活，不仅有利于增加社交媒体的点击量。医学研究人员日益发现，这些习惯还与更好的长期健康相关。
而这正是美国人迫切需要的。慢性病已成为这个国家定义性的公共卫生挑战：76%的美国成年人和40%的儿童患有至少一种慢性病。除遗传因素外，一般来说，这些疾病是由日常行为、日常环境以及长期以来获得医疗服务的机会所决定的。
那么，为什么我们中有这么多人患病？我们突然对历史生活方式（那些与我们自身截然不同的生活方式）产生痴迷，能否帮我们找到解决方案？
这就是我最近前往阿米什（Amish）社区时在思考的问题。我带着对另一种文化的好奇心抵达，离开时则对现代医学有了新的看法。
令我震撼的并非马车，而是我所了解到的乘坐马车之人的健康状况。当马里兰大学的研究人员将宾夕法尼亚州兰开斯特县5,300多名“旧秩序”阿米什成年人与一个全国对比组进行评估时，他们发现阿米什人的糖尿病（3.3% vs. 13.2%）、高血压（12.7% vs. 37.8%）和高胆固醇（26.2% vs. 35.7%）的发病率显著较低。
阿米什生态主义者
好习惯：阿米什儿童走得更多——从而避免慢性病。
同样，俄亥俄州立大学的研究人员发现，在我访问的霍姆斯县，阿米什居民的癌症发病率仅为美国平均水平的56%。
研究人员发现，阿米什儿童的哮喘和过敏率极低。目前尚不清楚原因，但证据表明，阿米什社区几代人以来默默践行的日常习惯——而这些习惯正是当今自给自足生活运动的标志——可能确实能有效预防慢性病，这些习惯包括：在户外工作、耕种并食用本地种植的食物，以及围绕家庭和社区构建日常生活。
以活动量为例：“旧秩序”阿米什成年人平均每天行走约14,000到18,000步。而美国成年人平均每天坐着的时间为八到九小时——行走步数仅为4,000到5,000步。
再看社区关系：目前近三分之一的美国家庭为单身户，这会导致早逝风险增加高达32%。在阿米什人中，婚姻几乎是普遍的，且阿米什家庭平均有六个以上的孩子。
还有技术因素：美国青少年现在除学校时间外，平均每天的屏幕时间超过八小时，而阿米什社区在很大程度上禁绝在业余时间使用技术产品。
现代医学正日益肯定许多相同的原则。卫生总监警告孤独感和过长的屏幕时间。美国儿科学会呼吁孩子们花更多时间在户外。美国医学会警告不要食用超加工食品。
各州立法机构正逐渐意识到这一点。两党对“家庭食品”改革（即取消相关规定，使家庭生产和销售自制食品变得更加容易）的支持正在红州和蓝州同步蔓延，这反映出人们日益认识到，当地食品生产和居家生活依然具有其价值。
阿米什社区所保留的习俗证明，健康的基础一直就在我们身边。而我们的慢性病危机，可能不在于医学缺失了什么，而在于现代生活遗忘了什么。
这或许就是《往昔》（Yesteryear）能引起共鸣的原因之一：最好的故事在改变我们的想法之前，会先改变我们的视角。小说中穿越时空的主角经历了一次时空捷径，使她能够看到那些需要花费数年才能理解的事物。
我前往阿米什地区时，原以为会感觉像是回到了过去。但离开时，我却在思考自己是否刚刚瞥见了未来。
凯莉·麦肯纳（Kelly McKenna）是非营利组织“终结慢性病”（End Chronic Disease）的首席执行官。
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保守派：中国集团的“离间”攻势
《评论》（Commentary）的塞斯·曼德尔（Seth Mandel）警告称，“莫斯科正在以全新且不稳定的方式扩大其对西方主权的侵犯”，而中国的间谍软件刚刚在“英国精锐特种部队使用的间谍无人机”中被发现，这肯定不是“中国零部件将数据传回国内的唯一案例”。但“以这种方式测试西方的防御是更广泛的中国领导集团的典型行为”。10月 7 日之前，哈马斯的许多火箭弹袭击“旨在测试以色列的导弹防御系统，同时也为了观察以色列国防军（IDF）如何反应”，而“助长反西方激进主义的宣传活动是这种”全频谱战争的“关键部分”，其“目的是孤立民主联盟的成员，防止他们分享军事技术和情报”。美国必须对那些“试图在我们与盟友之间制造裂痕的人”保持“清醒的认识”。
左翼观点：民主国家委员会企图废除你的投票权
辛西娅·里奇·特雷尔（Cynthia Richie Terrell）在 RealClear Politics 上愤怒地表示，本月，民主国家委员会打算“禁止州党派在 2028 年总统初选周期中使用排名选择投票法来选出代表”。太糟糕了！这项改革为“那些候选人排名低于党派设定的 15% 代表获取门槛的选民提供了第二次机会”。在 2020, 年使用该制度的地方，它确保了“选民的投票最终能计入一名获得代表的候选人名下”。特雷尔所在的 RepresentWomen 组织进行的民调发现，78% 的选民支持拥有“支持其首选候选人的灵活性”，远胜于让政党“控制谁能出现在选票上”。排名选择法还奖励“能够帮助统一党派的候选人”，不再强迫“选民在他们并不想要的有限选择中做决定”。
山火观察：全球过火面积在减少
关于加拿大山火的头条新闻忽略了这些火灾中“最显著的事实”：比约恩·隆博格（Bjorn Lomborg）在《华尔街日报》中报告称，今年每个大洲的“过火面积都低于往常”，且北美和南美的过火面积均处于 2012. 年以来的“历史低点”。作为“火灾中最致命因素”的烟雾致死人数也在下降。大多数媒体报道通过“挑拣”发生大量火灾的小区域，而忽略了更广泛的局面，即“火灾统计数据中的积极消息”，这应该“让气候恐慌者停下来思考”。然而，气候并非山火的“主要决定因素”，而“脱碳”也不是解决方案。真正的答案是“适应”，特别是“计划烧除——即通过蓄意、受控的火灾清除枯木和灌木丛，防止普通火灾演变成巨型火灾”，而加拿大“几乎已经放弃了这种做法”。
右翼观点：“觉醒 2”将更加疯狂
亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯
众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）刚刚将“觉醒 1”，即我们在新冠疫情期间经历的“失控的文化革命”，斥为“疯狂”。但《华盛顿检查者报》（Washington Examiner）的大卫·哈萨尼（David Harsanyi）认为，如果 AOC 曾经被“大规模社会歇斯底里”卷入 1 次，那么“这种情况很容易再次发生”。最有可能的情况是，在“竞选总统或参议员”之前，她只是“意识到觉醒意识形态”根本“不被广大公众所喜爱”，因此将其淡化。觉醒 1 的“高科技进步主义圣战式的公开羞辱、恐吓和‘经济毁灭’来决定哪些词汇和想法是被允许的”——但当“觉醒 2
掌握国家权力时”，将会是“什么样的疯狂”？
教育专栏：Head Start 计划是一场失败
“Head Start 计划并不‘奏效’，”海瑟·麦克唐纳在《城市杂志》（City Journal）上怒吼道。“关于 Head Start 计划最重要的一项研究”揭示，“入学者在入学准备方面的任何早期进展在一年级结束时已经消失，到三年级时则完全不见了”——而且所有“试图否定这种‘消退’效应的努力都失败了”。这促使人们试图证明该计划具有“非认知效益，例如据称在高中和大学毕业率、劳动力参与率以及工资方面有小幅提升”，但“后来的研究甚至对这些发现提出了质疑”。这些计划，以及像马姆达尼市长那个 90 亿美元的免费儿童看护计划之类的附加项目，实际上“仅对那些无论工作是否取得成效都能拿到钱的利益集团有效”。——由《邮报》编辑委员会编译
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美国历史最悠久的连续出版日报
路易吉令人鄙视
路易吉·曼吉奥内的联邦认罪协议应当同时结束他的州法院案件，这使受害者家属免于面对审判的闹剧，但实际上，从来没有人真正怀疑过是他干的——尤其是那些堕落的粉丝们。
他的律师将这起谋杀案称为一次“悲剧性事件”，并将凶手称为“体制”的受害者，这种说法仅仅触及了为其行为辩护所需的卑劣妄想的皮毛：精心策划并执行了对一名无辜之人的谋杀。
凶手的辩解只让这起罪行更加令人厌恶。
首先，因为刺杀是对我们自由社会的攻击，也是对其处理像曼吉奥内那样投诉的充足机制的攻击。
其次，即便他对“体制”那可怜的批判有一丁点道理，杀死布莱恩·汤普森也永远无法改变任何该死的事情，除了剥夺其家人拥有这位丈夫和父亲的权利。
郑重声明，经营一家大型医疗保险公司是令人钦佩的工作，在我们的社会——即我们民主选举产生的政府——决定如何在医疗领域分配有限资源的过程中发挥着重要作用。
体制是否有缺陷？天哪，是的——但它比大多数替代方案要好。
例如，许多人对社会化医疗体系有深得多的不满——尽管那些“路易吉追随者”很少想到去了解其他人的想法及其原因。
而改进体制绝非通过识别坏人并让他们停止做坏事就能实现；这种方法并不比憋气直到如愿以偿更成熟。
如果曼吉奥内想要获得任何宽恕，他应该承认自己卑劣的错误——并在公开场合指明这些错误，以期帮助他的粉丝们从幼稚的愚蠢中成长起来。
然而，他似乎决定不进行精神失常辩护，因为他不想承认自己的行为是疯狂的，因此我们担心他也不太可能承认这些行为在道德上是扭曲的。
如果他疯了，他或许值得我们的同情；如果没疯，那么路易吉·曼吉奥内只配得到鄙视。他用这次扭曲的杀戮浪费了自己的生命，而任何崇拜他的人同样扭曲。
迈克·马尔格鲁拙劣的甩锅游戏
在这件事上，我们站在市长马姆达尼这一边：教师联合会（UFT）负责人迈克·马尔格鲁（Mike Mulgrew）试图将今年公立学校在州阅读考试中糟糕的分数归咎于教育局在过去一年执行读写课程的方式。
随着新版“纽约市阅读”（NYC Reads）计划逐步实施，马尔格鲁抱怨道：“教育局需要确保每所学校都有一个明确的教学计划，”包括“消除不必要的文书工作和评估”。
在3至8年级学生的英语成绩比去年下降6%之后，且3至5年级中超过一半的学生被评为完全不合格，这位工会头目发起了一场公然的“不是我们的错”攻势。事实上，UFT通过保护彻头彻尾的无能之辈并反对任何形式的教师问责制，使整个系统陷入混乱。
注意马尔格鲁对“不必要的评估”的不满：教师工会厌恶能够揭示孩子们学习成效多么低下的客观考试。
而教育局的官僚机构则在配合演戏：它正在推迟发布该市公立特许学校学生在相同考试中的表现数据，但成功学院（Success Academy）网络报告称，其91%的学生英语评级为合格，96%的数学评级为合格。
然而，马尔格鲁却假装是教育局的管理人员阻碍了他的成员达到特许学校的成绩。哈！由于马尔格鲁谈判达成的一项合同规定，教师在学生到校前，在劳动节之后享有两天的准备日，因此今年的教育局课程直到9月10日才开始。而成功学院的学校已经复课了。
马尔格鲁及其同伙拿着高薪——六位数年薪，且整个夏天都能休息——来产生良好的结果。
他应该闭嘴去教书。
被捕150次依然逍遥法外
在这个城市，你可以累积近150次逮捕记录，而在再次被抓时依然能走掉，这都要感谢所谓的“刑事司法改革”。
来看看职业罪犯沙昆·塞斯（Shaquan Seth），他在皇后区因5次商店行窃被捕后，于上周被释放——就在他因之前的盗窃行为在赖克岛监狱服刑五个月出狱不到六天之后——因为纽约法律禁止对他这类罪行采取现金保释。
无论他是否在回到街头后立即急不可耐地再次犯罪，也无论他是否偷了价值$600的高级蜡烛，那些反对保释的信徒坚持认为此类盗窃大多是因为生活所迫。无论他是否威胁要枪击一名勇敢尝试阻止他的年轻女店员。他再次回到了街头，所以你将在本报的这些页面中再次读到关于沙昆·塞斯的消息。我们希望这不是因为他兑现了枪击某人的承诺。
然而，我们“改革后”的法律鼓励犯罪者年复一年地犯罪和再犯罪，使罪犯逐渐从轻微犯罪升级到谋杀。塞斯已经因盗窃、抢劫、抗拒逮捕和袭击警察而服刑；他不会在偷蜡烛这里停止。
他应该在监狱里（或者，可以想象，被关在精神病院里）。那些让将此类威胁留在街头几乎变得不可能的进步派立法者，仍在致力于进一步清空纽约的监狱——这有力地证明了他们站在谁那边。反正不是站在你这边。
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纽约低识字率亟需改变
• 纽约学生识字率下降没有任何借口（“95%的人给纽约市学校打不及格，”8月9日）。
我的父母曾在吉姆·克劳法时期的南部隔离学校就读，尽管他们的学校没有获得与其他学校同等的资金和关注，但他们仍然懂得如何阅读。
为什么我们不回归到 40 岁以上的人学习阅读的方式：那种传统的自然拼读法（phonics）？
詹姆斯·约翰逊 (James Johnson) 布鲁克林
• 关于 3-8 年级阅读和数学成绩糟糕的报道中，缺失的是对孩子们家庭文化环境的考量。糟糕的教师工会负有责任，但这些孩子的父母和监护人同样难辞其咎。
熟练使用英语、为孩子朗读以及强调学习——而不是看电视——是至关重要的榜样行为。如果不这么认为，那就是一种保姆国家心态，这将导致纳税人的钱继续被浪费。
凯里·麦克唐纳 (Cary MacDonald) 科罗拉多州博尔德
议题： 纽约公立学校大多数三至五年级学生英语语言艺术（ELA）测试不及格。
教师联合会（UFT）的迈克·马尔格鲁 (Mike Mulgrew)
• 很多年前，公立学校的阅读教学方法从自然拼读法改为愚蠢的“视觉认读法”（look-say）。现在，纽约市公立学校的学生在被要求阅读选段时，几乎无法勉强读完一个句子。
与此同时，教会学校的学生阅读能力很强。为什么？因为许多教会学校保留了自然拼读的阅读教学法。
公立学校在无效的教育方法上浪费了无数资金。家长必须坚持要求市府更多地依赖自然拼读法。
莫琳·希利 (Maureen Healy) 曼哈顿
• 英语语言艺术（ELA）熟练度的惊人下降，教师联合会（UFT）应承担大部分责任，但还必须考虑另一个因素，而且不仅是在纽约市。如今的家庭需要两份收入。这意味着孩子们是由“钥匙儿童”计划接走，而不是在课后时间陪伴。随后是准备晚餐、清理和洗澡。再加上周末的家务和有组织的活动，父母们不堪重负。
现在的父母缺乏像我小时候那样坐下来陪孩子阅读的时间。
罗布·费尔斯坦 (Rob Feuerstein) 斯塔滕岛
• 在教师工会强制关闭学校期间进行的远程学习，对所有孩子来说都是一场学习和发育的灾难。家长，尤其是贫困家庭，需要要求学校选择权。
此外，《邮报》应该调查那些政客和教师工会成员把孩子送到哪里接受教育。
布鲁斯·柯林斯 (Bruce Collins) 新泽西州米德尔敦
特朗普总统对疫苗的攻击
• 我在大学时有一个患有小儿麻痹症的朋友。此外，我已故的妻子也曾遭受过那种可怕疾病的折磨（见 8月 11 日 “疫苗‘分裂’决定”）。
在目睹了他们艰辛的生活后，我无法理解为什么会有关心孩子的父母不根据医学建议的接种时间表为孩子接种疫苗——而不是听信一个不合格的政治家及其同样不
议题： 特朗普总统确认疾控中心（CDC）新儿童疫苗接种时间表的行政命令。
合格的卫生部长。 保罗·纽曼 (Paul Newman) 宾夕法尼亚州梅里恩站
• 科学证明疫苗不会导致自闭症。然而，特朗普总统及其支持者正在推广这一谬论，甚至发布了应该被撕毁的行政命令。疫苗应该面向所有人免费提供且易于获取，但现实并非如此。一次接种三种疫苗所花的时间更短，预约费用更低，而且不必担心遗漏其中一种。将接种分开对任何人都没有帮助。
丹尼斯·菲茨杰拉德 (Dennis Fitzgerald) 澳大利亚博克斯希尔
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环保主义阻碍住房建设
在我童年时期，“濒危物种”这个概念唤起的是那些美丽且受到威胁、急需拯救的生物——比如大熊猫、鲸鱼或典型的美国白头海雕。而如今，它已成为因某种无人关心的晦涩青蛙而导致开发项目停滞的代名词。
对于环保主义者来说，最近发生了一次令人啼笑皆非的命运反转：科学家们发现，蜗鱼（snail darter）——这种在1970年代曾引发争议并导致一项重大水坝项目延期的微小鱼类——甚至根本不是一个独立物种。现在我们了解到，美国认为濒危的物种名单在不断扩大，这在一定程度上加剧了令人头疼的经济适用房问题。
经济学家马克斯韦尔·塔巴罗克（Maxwell Tabarrok）为《公共经济学杂志》（Journal of Public Economics）撰写的一篇新论文，追踪了1973年通过的联邦《濒危物种法》（Endangered Species Act）如何影响住房许可。他发现其影响显著：“物种列名使年度许可流量减少了……约年平均流量的10%。”
根据塔巴罗克的估算，自1980年以来，总计约有900万份住房许可受到影响——其中大部分似乎是直接流失，而不仅仅是被转移到其他地方。换句话说，《濒危物种法》是限制住房供应的因素之一——到目前为止，可能使我们损失了总房源的4%——并推高了价格。
塔巴罗克解释说，该法案规定，“伤害”或“骚扰”被列名的动物是违法的。这不仅包括在动物领地上铺路，甚至包括光污染和雨水径流。当一个物种被列入名单时，
在其栖息地开展的建筑项目可能需要修改，被完全取消，或者根本无法启动。
为了量化对建筑许可的影响，塔巴罗克将人口普查调查的许可数据与物种列名及栖息地数据相结合——这是一项巨大的工程，涉及匹配不同类型的地理区域和管辖区。
1970年只有82个濒危物种；二十年后，这一数字接近500个。去年，这一数字达到了近1,500个。
濒危物种的栖息地现在覆盖了美国的大部分地区，且经常相互重叠，尤其覆盖了
罗伯特·费布鲁根 (ROBERT VERBRUGGEN)
加利福尼亚州和佛罗里达州。这对开发项目来说可能是坏消息，但它也便于使用现代统计方法。
每当一个新的物种列名影响到国家的部分地区而非其他地区时，它就创造了一种自然实验——相对于其他地方，受影响地区的许可趋势是否突然发生了变化？塔巴罗克将这一基本概念应用于1980-2024年期间，采用了几种不同的方式，得出了相似的结论。
他的各种方法在技术上各有权衡，并在尝试解决该研究最大局限性方面有所不同——即，濒危物种的列名可能并非是对开发的随机冲击，从而无法被作为实验来分析。
例如，之前的开发活动可能导致某个物种濒危，或者可能促使游说者推动或反对新的列名（尽管这种决定原则上不应考虑经济影响）。此外，栖息有濒危物种的地方可能在某些重要方面与没有这些物种的地方截然不同。
塔巴罗克还深入研究了一些较小的问题：例如，他发现仅被提议但尚未执行的物种列名没有产生影响——而当一个物种被移出名单时，影响则发生了反转。
当他在数据集中加入土地利用的卫星数据时，他发现对拟建在未开发土地上的“绿地”项目以及在已开发区域进行新建设的“填充”项目产生了相似的影响。这一点至关重要，因为“填充”项目通常意味着对整体栖息地的改变较少——这表明，法律的字面规定而非对濒危物种的实际影响，才是制约因素。
当然，在人们需要的地方建设足够的住房与保护我们面临灭绝风险的物种之间，确实存在着一种权衡。但随着濒危物种栖息地覆盖全国，以及数以百万计的住房项目因此夭折，或许我们已经让环保主义者赢得了一些他们本不该赢的战斗。
改编自 Substack 上的 City Journal。
海外选举资金并非来自以色列
在记忆中的任何一个政治周期中，2026年的初选竞选季比以往任何时候都更多地被频繁且往往是歇斯底里的、对所谓“以色列游说团体”影响力的谴责所标记。
在阴谋论者汤马斯·马西（Thomas Massie，共和党-肯塔基州）众议员于5月输掉共和党初选后，他对他被特朗普背书并击败他的前海军海豹突击队军官打趣道：“我本想早点出来，但我必须打电话给我的对手承认失败，而花了好一段时间才在特拉维夫找到埃德·加尔赖因（Ed Gallrein）。”质疑一名获得勋章的海豹突击队六队老兵的爱国情怀，真是好样的，汤姆。保持你的风度！
对于民主党人来说，当下的洪水猛兽是美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）。一些成功的民主党候选人，例如在阿拉伯裔人口密集的密歇根州的阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed），凭借反AIPAC的热潮赢得了胜利。
而一些失败的候选人，例如在圣路易斯市腐败得令人发笑的科里·布什（Cori Bush），则将他们的落选归咎于AIPAC。在她的败选演说中，布什誓要拆除AIPAC的“王国”。
这些（字面意义上的）失败者找错了方向。马西已经成了特朗普总统眼中的一根刺，经常在内政优先事项上对他投反对票。这才是马西惨败的原因，而不是任何亲以色列的支出。
对于民主党人来说，单是埃尔-赛义德的成功就揭穿了将AIPAC视为不可阻挡之势的流行神话。更关键的是：AIPAC是一群积极的美国人，他们针对自己关心的议题进行游说并投入资金。事实上，AIPAC与美国全国步枪协会（NRA）或全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）没有区别。
尽管有输家歇斯底里的反应，但关于干涉外国的指控确实有其事实依据——
他“很高兴看到”Oct. 7, 2023. 的哈马斯大屠杀。而且阿拉伯联合酋长国已将伊斯兰美国关系委员会（CAIR）指定为恐怖组织——最近德克萨斯州和佛罗里达州也同样将其指定。
这种恶臭绝不仅限于埃尔-赛义德。根据推崇沙里亚法的前女性大游行共同主席琳达·萨尔苏尔（Linda Sarsour）的说法，CAIR是“统一与正义基金”政治行动委员会（Unity and Justice Fund PAC）最大的单一“机构捐赠者”，该委员会去年在纽约市投入巨资，旨在将佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）送入格雷西宅邸。另一个可疑的超级政治行动委员会“美国优先”（American Priorities）已经“引导了数百万美元，主要
“肮脏的外国资金……并非来自宣传者所说的地方。”
对美国政治的干预。但这种干预并非来自以色列：它来自与恐怖主义有关的伊斯兰团体和伊斯兰政府。
El-Sayed 富有的岳父 Jukaku Tayeb 向一个支持其女婿的超级政治行动委员会（super PAC）捐赠了 $200,000。这并非什么天真的家庭和谐故事：Tayeb 是北美伊斯兰协会（Islamic Society of North America）的创始委员会成员，该组织长期与哈马斯及更广泛的穆斯林兄弟会网络有关联。在当时美国司法部（DOJ）历史上最大的恐怖融资案件——2008 年针对总部位于德克萨斯州的圣地基金会（Holy Land Foundation）的案件中，ISNA 被列为未被起诉的共谋者。
El-Sayed 还从曾在另一个 HLF 破案行动中的未被起诉共谋者——美国-伊斯兰关系委员会（CAIR）工作的人员那里筹集了超过 $15,000。该捐赠渠道包括 CAIR 的高层，例如该组织的全国董事会主席 Manal Fakhoury。
不要忘记：CAIR 成立于 1994 年，是一个旨在美国推进哈马斯和兄弟会利益的掩护组织。CAIR 的联合创始人兼执行主任 Nihad Awad 表示
RealClear Investigations 的 Benjamin Weingarten 报道称，资金“来自具有阿拉伯、穆斯林和 / 或中东背景的捐赠者，流向一系列在高关注度竞选中获胜的候选人”。
这已经足够糟糕了。但在国家层面还存在大规模的渗透。
去年，沙特阿拉伯王国投入了所有外国国家中最高的一笔资金——近 9200万美元——在华盛顿为其利益进行游说。土耳其排名第四；以色列则远未接近。在从 2001 年开始的二十年里，该王国——其国民包括当年 9 / 11 劫机事件的大多数劫机者——在《外国代理人登记法》（FARA）下注册的代理人数最多（148 人）。
沙特的“敌友”卡塔尔是全球兄弟会在精神和财务上的家园，通常是美国高等教育最大的单一外国资助者。卡塔尔人开出了巨额的 FARA 支票，以便在一些备受推崇的渠道中获得有利的报道，例如塔克·卡尔森（Tucker Carlson）那个像污水池一样的播客。
明白这个局面了吗？肮脏的外国资金正在塑造我们的文化和政治。但它并非来自宣传者所说的地方。
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FTC 正在调查
医疗数据库公司 Epic Systems 持有数亿美国人的医疗记录，该公司目前正面临美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）的反垄断调查。
无人机概念上涨
在特朗普总统表示将对进口无人机征收关税后，包括 Red Cat 和 Unusual Machines 在内的无人机制造商股价飙升。
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“杰夫”租赁计划 AI 大佬 Amodei 之妻曾恳求 Epstein 为色情片投资 $$
作者：MARC VARTABEDIAN
据一份报告称，Anthropic 首席执行官 Dario Amodei 的妻子 Cami Clark 在这家 AI 巨头的迅速崛起中扮演了比此前已知更重要的角色。此前她曾尝试创业，其中包括向已故金融家兼性犯罪者 Jeffrey Epstein 提交过一份关于“奢侈”色情初创公司的融资计划，但未能成功。
《华尔街日报》周五报道称，在遇到 AI 专家 之前，Clark 和一名朋友创办了一家“革命性的色情公司”，旨在制作被标榜为“智力上的放纵”的高端色情内容。
据报道，这家名为 Eddice 的公司拥有一个网站，其中的内容标题包括“女士色情日”和“高潮公司”。
在 2011 年被介绍给 后，据报道 向他发送了一封热情且跟进的邮件，写道：“你好，Jeffrey！我们很想今晚和你共进晚餐。”她还发送了自己的手机号码。
随后 在跟进邮件中写道：“我们认为你和女士们可能会喜欢我们前 4 部电影《巴黎美国女孩》的剧本 / 处理方案。稍微有点 nsfw（不适合在工作场合观看）。”
唤起回忆
一年后， 再次写信给 ，游说他投资她的业务。她称公司刚刚从奥普拉·温弗瑞（Oprah Winfrey）的公司以及艾什顿·库彻（Ashton Kutcher）的 Katalyst（创办了《Punk’d》等节目的媒体公司）聘请了人员。
当 起初不记得她时， 写道：“我们是那家免费奢侈色情公司。这能让你想起什么吗？”
回信道：“是的，像大锣一样响亮”，随后引发了 俏皮的回复：
“哈哈，我本想说，你将是第一个不记得我们的人。”
当时已是注册性犯罪者的 拒绝了这一提议，称：“不能做性电视节目。”
据《日报》报道， 在两年时间里与 保持联系，并邀请他参加她与色情业务共同创始人 Michelle Capocefalo 在曼哈顿举办的乔迁派对。
据《日报》报道，在 2013 年， 据称收到一条 LinkedIn 消息，称他应该祝贺 成为“女性算法技术公司”（Female Algorithm Technologies）的首席执行官——该公司的网络痕迹包括一个 Tumblr 账号，其中包含裸女照片、一张史蒂夫·乔布斯（Steve Jobs）的照片，以及“伟大的头脑互相操弄”和“让我们赚很多钱”等格言。
对于习惯于保持低调的 来说，这段关系是她与全球科技和商业精英之间一系列多彩冒险的一部分。《日报》指出，在 Google 上搜索“Dario 的妻子”时，经常会出现他妹妹 Daniela 的照片，后者协助管理 Anthropic。Anthropic 的 AI 聊天机器人 Claude 倾向于告诉用户：“Dario 的婚姻状况似乎未得到明确确认。”
据《日报》报道，在遇到 之前， 与 Google 联合创始人埃里克·施密特（Eric Schmidt）约有三年的交往。
关于这段关系知之甚少，但他们显然保持了良好关系——据报道，在 2014 年她开始与 交往后，她将前任与新男友联系在了一起。
虽然 没有在 Anthropic 正式就职，但随着该公司在今年秋季冲刺可能超过 2万亿美元 的公开上市，她的影响力遍布公司各处。她担任 的战略顾问，在丈夫参加活动演讲时，经常被看到坐在前排中心位置。
Anthropic 未回应置评请求。
零售销售额下降抑制增长前景
美国7月份零售销售额在九个月来首次出现下降，原因是大额退税带来的推动作用逐渐消退，这表明消费者支出正在放缓，并促使经济学家下调了对第三季度的经济增长预期。
美国商务部周五报告的零售销售额意外下降，部分原因是亚马逊将 Prime Day 活动从7月提前到了6月，其他零售商也推出了竞争性促销活动。汽油价格的下跌也影响了加油站的营业额。
该报告与上个月意外的就业人数下降以及温和的通胀读数共同增强了金融市场的预期，即除非8月份的价格和就业数据出现意外上涨，否则美联储不会在9月份提高利率。
BMO资本市场高级经济学家 Sal Guatieri 表示：“这一点，加上疲软的就业报告和较低的核心 CPI 通胀，增加了联邦公开市场委员会（FOMC）在9月份再次保持耐心的可能性。”
在6月份未修正的 0.2% 增长之后，上个月零售销售额下降了 0.6%。这是自去年10月以来的首次下降，也是 14 个月来的最大跌幅。路透社
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《纽约杂志》砍掉“复制”机器
《纽约杂志》解雇了左翼政治作家 Ross Barkan，他是纽约市新闻界市长 Mamdani 最坚定的支持者之一，原因是其剽窃其他作者作品次数高达 67 次，令人震惊。
在就任市长之前，Mamdani 曾担任 Barkan 失败的州参议院竞选活动的竞选经理，这位作家经常在 his Substack 和其他平台上提到这一事实。
《纽约杂志》——近期因一篇反以色列报道而遭到抨击——在一名《华盛顿邮报》记者注意到 Barkan 其中一篇报道的开头与他5月份就同一主题撰写的开头惊人相似后，对其作品启动了审查。
《纽约杂志》表示，它发现 Barkan 的 67 篇专栏文章“没有对语言、信息和 / 或来源进行适当的标注”。
该刊物表示，正在为这些文章更新适当的标注。
这次解雇对这位作家（右图）来说是一个耻辱性的打击，他经常在高端左翼刊物的文章中大肆赞扬 Mamdani，并在《国家》杂志中称市长 2025 年的选举胜利具有“地震级”的影响。
这位“满手墨水的可怜虫”在给《邮报》的一份声明中表示：“我们决定结束该专栏，我向《纽约杂志》致以最好的祝愿。” Alexandra Steigrad
FBI 的全场紧逼
去年，联邦检察官在调查亿万富翁 Mark Walter 庞大的金融帝国中的企业时，FBI 没收了 Walter 以及一名古根海姆投资公司（Guggenheim Investments）高管的手机——就在他达成一项 125 亿美元 billion 的协议将洛杉矶湖人队出售给 Josh Kushner 和 Bob Iger 的几个月前。
据《金融时报》援引消息人士报道，特工们在9月没收 手机和笔记本电脑的同一天，拿走了古根海姆投资公司总裁 Dina DiLorenzo 的手机。
此次没收表明，联邦审查已超出 控制的保险公司（这些公司此前披露了来自曼哈顿美国检察官办公室和美国证券交易委员会的传票），并触及了由 担任首席执行官的资产管理巨头古根海姆，该公司管理资产达 2600 亿美元 billion。
据报道，这一消息传出之际，当局一直在审查涉及 控制的企业（包括古根海姆及其控制的保险公司）的会计和交易。目前尚不清楚调查已进入哪个阶段。
古根海姆和美国司法部（DOJ）未回应置评请求。 Ariel Zilber
6.68亿美元 韩国离婚案暂停
据韩联社周五报道，科技亿万富翁崔泰源（Chey Tae-won）就韩国法院的一项裁决提出上诉，该裁决要求他向前妻卢昭英（Roh Soh-yeong）支付$66.85亿的离婚结算金，创下纪录。
此案引起关注是因为人工智能（AI）热潮大幅提升了其SK集团半导体资产的价值。
崔泰源的前妻是前总统卢泰愚之女。他们1988年的婚礼曾被誉为该国的“世纪婚礼”。（电讯社）
“Better”你留下来更好？
临时CEO度假期间面临创始人发起的政变
作者：ARIEL ZILBER
《邮报》获悉，Better.com的新任临时首席执行官在就职后的第一个完整周内飞往法国南部度假——而与此同时，这家抵押贷款机构的创始人正忙于策划一场政变以将其罢免。
据知情人士透露，被罢免的创始人维沙尔·加格（Vishal Garg）曾在2021年通过Zoom会议解雇900名员工而成为头条新闻，目前他已联络到代表这家陷入困境的公司52%投票权的投资者，试图踢走临时CEO丹尼尔·刘易斯（Daniel Lewis）和五名董事会成员。
消息人士称，刘易斯曾告诉公司内部许多人，他计划在法国南部度过这一周。
一名消息人士表示，刘易斯随后在一次Zoom会议中出现，背景看起来像是在一个度假场景中，且处于不同的时区。消息人士称，他计划的这次旅行在Better公司内部已被公开讨论，并非秘密。
“维沙尔毕生的心血表现竟然不如国债，这很可悲，”刘易斯在给《邮报》的一份声明中表示。
“我从未在任何地方抹除过数十亿美元的股东价值。”
这次度假发生在该公司控制权之争升级之际。据消息人士称，持不同政见者股东已向公司律师发出要求，并准备在刘易斯和董事们拒绝辞职的情况下，通过股东投票强行将其撤职。
消息人士称，该反叛团体已聘请实力雄厚的Quinn Emanuel律师事务所，该律所已汇总了代表该投票集团的股东同意书。
据消息人士称，强制进行股东投票的过程最快可能仅需10天——不过其他途径可能会将这场对峙延长至35天。
据消息人士透露，此次反叛发生在Better突然解雇加格担任CEO并由刘易斯接任不到两周后，而刘易斯是一名大约在一周前才加入公司董事会的投资者。
Better周五表示，除加格以外的所有董事一致投票决定终止与他的合作，原因是其“一系列决定和行为引发了对其判断力、性格和可信度的严重担忧”。
摩根大通抛弃 Polymarket，贝佐斯获利
据《华尔街日报》周五报道，摩根大通（JPMorgan Chase）去年 10 月因监管担忧终止了与预测市场 Polymarket 的银行关系。
此举加剧了华盛顿关于“去银行化”（debanking）的争论，以及全国范围内对预测市场商业行为日益增加的审查，尽管该银行仍与 及其他预测市场公司保持部分联系。
一名 发言人表示，该公司与摩根大通在“多个实体之间保持着密切且活跃的关系”。该发言人补充道， 首席执行官 Shayne Coplan 在过去一年中曾出席过该银行的三场活动。
摩根大通此前已因涉嫌“去银行化”（即出于政治原因不当地关闭客户账户）而成为特朗普政府的关注目标。道琼斯
杰夫·贝佐斯成为了全球最著名足球队之一的新部分所有者。
这位亚马逊的亿万富翁创始人是周五同意从芬威体育集团（Fenway Sports Group）购买英国利物浦足球俱乐部少数股权的一组投资者之一。该财团在交易中收购了利物浦约 33% 的股份，此次交易对这支被称为“红军”的英超球队估值超过 70 亿美元 billion，
消息人士告诉《华尔街日报》。此次交易是顶级职业体育队伍对全球最富有阶层具有持久吸引力的最新例证。周三，一个由 Bob Iger 和 Josh Kushner 领导的团体达成了一项 125 亿美元 billion 的交易以收购洛杉矶湖人队。
购买利物浦足球俱乐部股份的财团由 Amit Bhatia 领导，他是印度钢铁大亨 Lakshmi Mittal 的女婿。道琼斯
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新任终结者千贺展现其强悍且灵动的战斗力
作者：丹·马丁（DAN MARTIN）和马克·W·桑切斯（MARK W. SANCHEZ）
大都会队本赛季几乎没有任何事情按计划进行，正因如此，在周五的比赛中，当迈克尔·杰克逊的《Beat It》在Citi Field的音响系统中轰鸣时，千贺刚在九局上半登场，试图锁定对阵华盛顿队的胜利。
这位右投手的前三次短局数救援登场均在客场，他在一场4-1的胜利中通过一个零封局拿到了救援成功。
这是千贺连续第四次零封登场，也是他的第二次救援成功。由于德文·威廉姆斯（Devin Williams）因肩部拉伤进入伤病名单，临时经理安迪·格林（Andy Green）表示，在赛季冲刺阶段，千贺将在牛棚中承担大量工作。
“他做得很好，”格林说。“他积极进攻击球手，并且填满了好球区。他将继续在关键局面中投球。”
格林表示，根据对阵情况，这可能也包括在第八局登场。
千贺正尽力适应这个新角色，此前他在出色的新秀赛季之后，作为先发投手的表现多次失利。
“当你意识到自己会在比赛后期登场时，准备工作会更容易一些，”千贺通过翻译说道。“你总是能做好身体和心理上的准备。”
作为一名救援投手，千贺尚未尝试过的一点是连续两天投球。
“我认为我已经为此做好了充分准备，”千贺说。
不过，没有人能预料到歌曲的选择。当球场灯光变暗，这首20世纪80年代的热门歌曲响起，千贺在领先3分的情况下从牛棚跑出。
千贺表示他选择这首歌是因为他“好久没听到了，觉得‘这是一首很棒的歌’。”
格林认可这个选择，并再次对千贺的应对方式印象深刻。 “我没有看到一丝恐惧，”格林说。“我看到的是一个人在积极应对局面。这就是你所期待的。” 这一切都不是大都会队在2023赛季前与他签署一份五年、$75 million合同时所预想的。 在目前这个时间点，他们愿意接受这位33岁球员能提供的任何帮助，并且人们相信他的四缝线快速球 / 叉球组合在牛棚中可能会发挥作用。 格林指出，千贺本场比赛的最后一球——一个让阿比梅莱克·奥尔蒂斯（Abimelec Ortiz）挥空地带的叉球——堪称完美。 千贺在九局中解决了面对的前两名击球手，随后雅各布·杨（Jacob Young）击出右外野安打。接着他用一次触球击中了CJ·亚伯拉姆斯（CJ Abrams），使潜在的平分跑者奥尔蒂斯上场，随后结束了比赛。 这位33岁的球员在June 23, 最后一次作为轮值先发登场后的防御率（ERA）为10.08，因此几乎任何改变都将是进步。 考虑到他早期的成功，看到千贺并不排斥他的新工作也就不足为奇了。 他承认从牛棚出场时的肾上腺素感觉“不同”，而且由于合同中还有一年和3500万美元，千贺可能必须习惯这一点。
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四分卫优势预示应在维京人队身上投注几分
作者：DYLAN SVOBODA
在巨人队对阵维京人的季前赛揭幕战之前，约翰·哈博（John Harbaugh）并没有给投注者提供太多帮助。
这位巨人队的首年主教练在季前赛生涯中的让分盘记录为 41-22-1，但对于贾克森·达特（Jaxson Dart）以及“大蓝队”（Big Blue）其余首发阵容是否会在周六于大都会体育场（MetLife Stadium）出场，他一直讳莫如深。他周四告诉记者，他计划在比赛开始前才公布人员决定。
这种不确定性使得维京人队及其简单的四分卫情况在如此紧凑的让分盘以及季前赛本身就包含的大量不确定性面前，显得更具吸引力。
明尼苏达队主教练凯文·奥康奈尔（Kevin O'Connell）已经确认，本周早些时候正式赢得维京人队首发四分卫职位的凯勒·马雷（Kyler Murray）和 J.J. 麦卡锡（J.J. McCarthy）都将出场，这使得维京人队拥有两名具备正规 NFL 首发经验的四分卫。
维京人队在四分卫位置上的深度并非止于此。
正在竞争马雷和麦卡锡之后位置的卡森·温茨（Carson Wentz）应该也会在美多兰兹（Meadowlands）出场。与大多数球队相比，对于一场季前赛来说，他是一项奢侈配置。
温茨上赛季为明尼苏达队首发了五场比赛，战绩为 2-3，而第四顺位的马克斯·布罗斯纳（Max Brosner）也首发了两场比赛。
相比之下，巨人队如果哈博选择让达特轻松应对，可能会
将大部分四分卫的接球次数交给詹姆斯·温斯顿（James Winston）和布兰登·艾伦（Brandon Allen）。
达特仍然可能披挂上阵，但巨人队的不确定因素要多得多。
随着马雷和麦卡锡确认出场，以及温茨可能在他们之后待命，明尼苏达队在周六比赛的大部分（如果不是全部）时间里，场上的四分卫质量应该更高。
投注建议： 维京人 -2.5 (-130, FanDuel)。
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已婚但未退役： 在 36 岁以及与泰勒·斯威夫特举行名人婚礼之后，特拉维斯·凯尔塞的接球码数投注盘口出现了巨大的折扣。肖恩·特雷佩迪选择投注“高于”（Over），理由是凯尔塞与健康的四分卫帕特里克·马霍姆斯之间有着极佳的默契。
作者：肖恩·特雷佩迪（SEAN TREPPEDI）
还记得特拉维斯·凯尔塞——那个橄榄球运动员吗？
成为泰勒·斯威夫特的丈夫似乎掩盖了他的身份，以至于你几乎会认为 NFL 对这位 36 岁的人来说仅仅是一个爱好。至少，大众是这么看的；显然，交易室也是如此。
酋长队上赛季从王朝跌至灾难，自 2014. 年以来首次错过季后赛。这也是他们 10 年来首次未能赢得美联西区冠军。
如果在这一期间三次赢得超级碗和七次进入美联冠军赛的成功中有什么共同因素，那就是凯尔塞、帕特里克·马霍姆斯和安迪·里德。马霍姆斯和凯尔塞的默契使他们可以说成为了史上最伟大的四分卫-近端锋组合，但在马霍姆斯在第 15, 周遭遇前十字韧带撕裂后，在经历了整个赛季的关键伤病之后，他们的命运几乎已成定局。
尽管凯尔塞本已在下滑的产出再次受到打击，但他仍设法将 2024 年的职业生涯最低产出提高了 23 码。而且他是在目标次数减少 25 次、接球次数减少 21 次，且有三场比赛由克里斯·奥拉多昆担任四分卫的情况下做到的。
马霍姆斯已完全康复，并有望在箭头球场对阵野马队的第 1 周比赛中首发。在去年年底进攻线因伤崩溃后，他现在将拥有一个恢复后的进攻线在身前，这将为他赢得更多时间来寻找接球目标。
与此同时，博彩公司觉得凯尔塞可能还在某个地方的吊床里度蜜月：他在 FanDuel 的 2026 年接球码数盘口为 675.5 码，比他 2025 年的总数下降了 175.5 码。
别忘了，即使酋长队失去了魔力，进攻依然是通过凯尔塞展开的，他在码数、目标次数和接球次数上均领跑全队，并并列接球得分最高。当然，这主要是因为拉希·赖斯因禁赛错过了前六场比赛，而泽维尔·沃西在赛季开始后的第三次进攻中脱臼了肩膀。
即便如此，凯尔塞仅需达到上赛季产出的 79.4% 即可突破此盘口。
他的职业生涯建立在大码数进攻（chunk plays）之上，通过纵向推进并利用体型和平衡感来摆脱防守者。上赛季他的比赛没有任何迹象表明这种能力有所下降；他的每次接球后的平均推进码数（YAC）比平均水平高出 0.4 码，达到 5.6 码，并且在马霍姆斯首发的 14 场比赛中有 11 场完成了 15 码或以上的接球。
这位四次入选全美最佳阵容第一队的球员与马霍姆斯的关系在其他地方根本无法复制，没有人比凯尔塞自己更清楚这一点。他选择放弃其他球队的资金而在堪萨斯城签署续约合同是有原因的。凯尔塞将合同重组为一份为期三年、$5.47亿美元的合同，但这本质上是对 2026 年的一年承诺，随后的两年主要作为薪资上限调节机制。
这一年不会被浪费，因为这很可能是他的最后一年。凯尔塞和马霍姆斯可能不再是曾经那样不可阻挡的力量，虽然他的年龄和下滑已计入盘口，但我们不需要他们处于巅峰状态就能利用“斯威夫特折扣”获利。
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作者：亚历克斯·米切尔（ALEX MITCHELL）
十月提前到来了。在少棒世界系列赛大都会区域锦标赛的结尾，球迷们目睹了一场纯粹的奇观和惊心动魄的结局：新泽西州的贝永中央队（Bayonne Central）上演了一场史诗级的 8-6 冠军逆转，击败了康涅狄格州的达里恩队（Darien），在联盟 75 年的历史上首次晋级威廉斯波特。
贝永（新泽西州） 8 达里恩（康涅狄格州） 6
在这场基线距离为60英尺的激烈较量中，双方都寸步不让。来自宪法之州（康涅狄格州）的最强之师展现出了比两队首轮交手时强得多的战斗力，而在上周六晚上于康涅狄格州布里斯托尔举行的那场比赛中，新泽西队以8-2获胜。
捕手休·巴特勒（Hugh Butler）凭借一次对阵贝永投手蔡斯·克利姆科夫斯基（Chase Klimkowski）的打点三垒安打，点燃了达里恩队的进攻火力。
左外野手亚历克斯·阿贝尔森（Alex Abelson）以及指定击球手杰克·胡利汉（Jack Houlihan）和罗斯科·赫蒂（Roscoe Hurty）——名单上的全部12名球员都能轮番击球——在第一局通过打点持续给贝永队施压，使达里恩队在第一局就以4-0领先。
这是在双败淘汰赛中，此前未尝败绩的新泽西队首次丢掉超过两分。
贝永队二垒手欧文·费利兹（Owen Feliz）对此表示不满
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对早期的领先做出回应，并凭借一次面对达里恩投手切斯·萨特（Chase Sutter）的打点二垒安打攻入两分，将康涅狄格队的领先优势在第一局下半削减至 4-2。
萨特随即以连续 6 次三振以及第三局的一次两分本垒打予以回击，将领先优势扩大到 6-2。这进一步增强了他惊人的冠军级表现，他在三局多的一次登板中最终完成了九次三振。梅森·林孔（Mason Rincon）随后接替投球，为贝永队止损。
在进攻端，达里恩队面对这位强力击球手没有冒险，三次故意四球保送林孔——一次是在第三局使垒上满员，另一次是在第五局。
萨特在面对下一位击球手时，因一次失误的野手选择球而丢分，随后又保送了捕手杰特·布里奇斯（Jett Bridges），但最终以 6-4 的领先优势脱离困境。
在达到强制性的 85 球投球阈值后，他在第四局下场。赫蒂（Hurty）接手并顺利结束了该局。
林孔在防守端也凭借自己的强力投球协助灭火，在第 4-6 局连续让 6 名击球手出局。在第五局林孔本场第三次故意四球保送后，在满垒且有一人出局的情况下，费利兹（Feliz）上场并击出了一记直击警告线的二垒安打，将比分扳平为 6-6。
随后，布里奇斯面对救援投手雷克斯·帕奎特（Rex Paquette）击出了一记改变局势的打点空隙安打，克林科夫斯基（Klimkowski）又通过一个落在右外野的高飞球增加了一分，局势由此反转，贝永队以 8-6 惊险逆转，这现已成为少棒联赛的史诗级传说。林孔在六局比赛的第六局让达里恩队的所有击球手依次出局，最终完成了九次三振。
贝永队将于周三晚上 7 点在 ESPN 频道对阵马萨诸塞州布里奇沃特队，参加少棒世界系列赛的揭幕战。
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两支国家队觊觎红牛队进球之星
作者：CHRISTIAN ARNOLD
纽约红牛队（Red Bull New York）球星朱利安·霍尔（Julian Hall）获得成年国家队征召似乎只是时间问题。
但这次征召是来自美国国家男子足球队，还是来自波兰队，这仍然是一个疑问。波兰队一直努力尝试招募这位 18 岁的球员，由于其母亲的波兰血统，他有资格代表这个欧洲国家出战。而目前，霍尔对此并不一定有答案。
“尤其是世界杯就在眼前，我有时间思考这个问题，我觉得我目前仍处于犹豫不决的状态，”霍尔在位于新泽西郊区的红牛队训练设施中告诉《邮报》。“我依然尊重我的两种国籍，我认为这是两个绝佳的机会。我觉得这取决于未来，我现在还没有做出决定。”
这位曼哈顿原住民在 2026 年的突破赛季让他成为了足球界的焦点。在红牛队的常规赛中，他在 18 次首发中打入 9 个进球，其中包括在 5 月 13 日战胜哥伦布机组队（Columbus Crew）的一场帽子戏法，使他成为联盟历史上完成此成就的最年轻球员。
霍尔还成为了 MLS 历史上在赛季前 6 场比赛中打入 5 球的最年轻球员。自那场帽子戏法后，他的进球速度有所放缓，尚未再次破门。
“我认为进球显然是我的工作，而且我觉得我在这一方面做得还不错，”他说。“我想进更多的球，这也是我参加每一场比赛的目标。我认为我可以改进的地方，教练们和我讨论过，就是我的身体对抗能力以及在持球时要更强壮。”
尽管如此，围绕霍尔的兴奋之情显而易见。
波兰足球协会主席切扎里·库莱沙（Cezary Kulesza）在 4 月份曾前往拜访霍尔的母亲，而在美国国家男子足球队主教练毛里西奥·波切蒂诺（Mauricio Pochettino）公布最终名单之前的上一个世界杯周期中，霍尔的名字也被轻微提及。
“他绝对应该被列入下一代球员的人才库中，而且他在这里的日常表现已经证明了这一点，”红牛队体育主管朱利安·德·古兹曼（Julian de Guzman）告诉《邮报》。“我们尽一切可能继续他的发展，推动他向那个方向前进。而且你猜怎么着？他正跟随一名教练 [迈克尔·布拉德利（Michael Bradley）] 学习，后者曾 150 次以上担任 [美国] 国家男子足球队的队长，所以，我的意思是，在发展方面，他得到了最顶尖的指导。”
未来，霍尔将有充足的机会在 USMNT（美国国家男子足球队）教练组面前表现。虽然霍尔没有参加中北美及加勒比海足联（Concacaf）U-20 锦标赛——他表示这是国家队、红牛队和他共同认为“最佳”的决定——但美国国家男子足球队将在 9 月和 10 月进行友谊赛，随后中北美及加勒比海足联国家联赛将在今年秋季开赛。
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哥谭队主场获胜
作者：ELO VELEZ
周五晚上，哥谭 FC（Gotham FC）凭借米奇·珀斯（Midge Purce）的进球以及萨姆·克尔（Sam Kerr）的一记里程碑式进球，克服了 NWSL 历史上最快进球的平局，在位于新泽西州哈里森的堪萨斯城电流体育场（Kansas City Current Sports Illustrated Stadium）以 2-1 战胜对手，取得 NWSL 胜利。
哥谭 FC 的战绩提升至 13-3-4，积 43 分，将其领先于休息中的华盛顿精神队（Washington Spirit）的首位优势扩大到 7 分。
33 岁的克尔接到了杰丁·肖（Jaedyn Shaw）巧妙盘球过掉两名防守队员后传出的球，这位澳大利亚国脚在第 41 分钟将球推入网底，帮助哥谭队 2-1 领先。凭借职业生涯的第 31 个进球，她成为了哥谭 FC 的历史最高得分手。
在比赛开始仅 22 秒，阿米莉亚·怀特（Amelia White）就给哥谭队带来了震惊。
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Night Sky (13-1) 表现不错，获得第2名。遗憾的是，Cosmic Year (6-5) 同样获得了第2名。Melody Man 弃赛。亏损 -$10.88。 四注投注。在第 3 场比赛中，投注 $30 押 Road Show 获胜。在第 6 场比赛的 Free Verse、第 7 场比赛的 Vacation Dance 以及第 9 场比赛的 Tawny Port 上各投注 $4 全押（across the board）。 — Vic Cangialosi
萨拉托加赛果
第一场-1英里；$75,000；soc($75,000)；2岁马 1 StickyWright (Ortiz) 5.64 3.26 2.86 1 Into the Light (Davis) 3.42 2.90 2 Jets Rio (Santana Jr.) 5.10 1 $1 精确预测 (4-1) $8.17 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (4-1-2) $10.84 1 $0.5 三连单 (4-1-2) $21.24
获胜马由 Vic C 选中 第二场-5 / 5 弗隆；$90,000；mdn spl wt；2岁雌马 5 Ery Autmin (Vizg) 7.42 4.90 3.16 6 Night Sky (Zayas) 10.90 4.66 7 Southern Kiss (Ortiz) 2.20 8 Sct: Cayenne, Atlas & Eye 9 $1 每日双赛 (4-5) $21.13 1 $1 精确预测 (5-0) $40.23 1 $2 Quayeta (5-0) $24.54 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (5-0-6) $38.69 1 $0.5 三连单 (5-0-6) $54.85
第三场-1英里；$125,000；alw；3岁及以上 5 Intellect (PR) (Ortiz) 5.80 2.54 2.12 2 Cosmic Year (GB) (Prince) 2.36 2.10 6 Paros (Carmouche) 3.14 Sct: Georgia Magic, Alan Turing, Sherlock's Jewel, Le Grit 9 $1 Pick 3 (4-5-5) $57.54 1 $1 每日双赛 (5-5) $14.72 1 $1 精确预测 (5-2) $5.26 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (5-0-6) $2.30 1 $0.5 三连单 (5-2-6) $9.08
第四场-7 弗隆；$65,000；clm($55,000)；3岁及以上 3 Freaky (Davis) 26.10 10.58 5.64 7 S发动 (Gaffalione) 8.00 5.36 6 Neigh Baby (Rodriguez) 5.08 9 $1 Pick 3 (5-5-3) $227.02 1 $1 每日双赛 (5-3) $49.02 1 $3 精确预测 (3-7) $15.13 1 $1 五连单 (3-7) $43.02 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (3-7-6-1) $227.61 1 $0.5 三连单 (3-7-6) $300.05
第五场-1英里；$71,000；mdn clm($85,000)；3岁及以上 3 Overbite (Giffione) 25.62 12.92 6.40 7 Stream (Firano) 6.24 3.84 6 Old Time Rockroll (Crombach) 3.04 9 $1 3 (5-3-3) $466.12 1 $0.5 4 (5-3-3) $1557.76 1 $0.5 5 (4-5-5-3) $7486.47 1 $1 每日双赛 (3-3) $139.93 1 $1 精确预测 (3-7) $99.96 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (3-7-6-1) $108.23 1 $0.5 三连单 (3-7-6) $154.06
第六场-1 1 / 16 英里；$115,000；mdn；2岁雌马 8 Bigie (IRE) (Prince) 3.82 2.74 2.34 10 Met West Home (Saez) 4.18 3.14 2 Whatever It Takes (Velazquez) 4.08 Sct: Littleberry 9 $1 3 (3-3-0) $886.74 1 $1 每日双赛 (3-0) $32.99 1 $1 精确预测 (3-10) $8.30 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (3-10-2-5) $13.35 1 $0.5 三连单 (3-10-2) $22.94
第七场-1英里 1 弗隆；$45,000；cl($16,000)；3岁及以上 7 Glen Ary (Sintis) 5.00 3.22 2.36 5 Sharp Sque (Gonzalez) 5.50 3.18 9 Agatta (Franco) 2.62 Sct: Fever Night 9 $1 3 (3-8-7) $135.41 1 $0.5 4 (3-3-6) $4.71 $1,000.05 1 $0.5 5 (5-3-3) $6.94 (7-7) $2579.88 1 $1 每日双赛 (8-7) $5.88 1 $1 精确预测 (7-5) $11.68 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (7-5-9-6) $7.89 1 $0.5 三连单 (7-5-9) $10.63
获胜马由 Vic C 选中 第八场-7 弗隆；$125,000；alw；3岁及以上 2 Cntrny Thinking (Wright) 7.42 4.78 2.94 3 Commuted (Santana Jr.) 12.12 5.62 7 Bold Strength (Ortiz) 2.32 9 $1 3 (8-7-2) $20.15 1 $1 每日双赛 (7-2) $11.59 1 $1 精确预测 (2-3) $40.56 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (2-3-7-1) $25.48 1 $0.5 三连单 (2-3-7) $27.01
第九场-5 / 5 弗隆；$200,000；Smart & Fancy；3pf 9 Zeitlos (Ortiz) 4.76 2.98 2.34 2 Delightful Flame (Davis) 6.84 5.18 4 Le Amazonia (Alvarado) 6.76 Sct: Mummings Express, Capturing, Rats Jawa 9 $1 安慰奖 3 (7-2-5) $8.87 1 $1 全满贯 (2 / 8) 10-5 / 7 / 9-2 / 3 / 7-9 / 3 / 8 1 $1 全满贯 (2 / 8) 10-5 / 7 / 9-2 / 3 / 7-9 / 3 / 8 1 $1 全满贯 (2 / 8) 10-5 / 7 / 9-2 / 3 / 7-9 / 3 / 8 1
第十场-1英里；$71,000；mdn clm($85,000)；3岁及以上 5 Luz de Gaia (Davis) 12.66 6.08 2.70 7 Languial (Velazquez) 6.90 3.34 2 About Face (Gaffalione) 2.12 Sct: Vivaldi, Melody Man, Minotaur 9 $1 6 (3-6 / 9-4 / 7-2-5 / 8 / 9 / 10-ALL) $6.34 9 $1 6 (3-6 / 9-4 / 7-2-5 / 8 / 9 / 10-ALL) $8.81 1 $1 安慰奖 1 (2-5-1 / 4) $3.67 1 $1 安慰奖 1 (2-5-9) $7.75 1 $1 安慰奖 1 (2-9-1 / 4) $11.27 1 $1 1 (2-9-9) $20.50 1 $0.5 4 (4 / 7-2-5 / 8 / 9 / 10-ALL) $10.66 1 $1 5 (6 / 9-4 / 7-2-5 / 8 / 9 / 10-ALL) $10.66 1 $1 每日双赛 (9-9) $32.47 1 $1 精确预测 (9-7) $18.40 1 $0.1 超级四连单 (9-7-2-8) $18.04 1 $0.5 三连单 (9-7-2) $6.02 1 $1 安慰奖 3 (2-5-1 / 4) $3.67 1 $1 安慰奖 3 (2-5-9) $7.75 1 $1 安慰奖 3 (2-9-1 / 4) $11.27 1 $1 独赢 (9-7-2-8) $38.04 1 $0.5 三连单 (9-7-2) $61.92
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新的挑战
作者：JARED SCHWARTZ
尼克斯队正失去一名迈克·布朗（Mike Brown）教练组的重要成员。
《邮报》确认，曾担任球队视频服务和球员发展总监的助理教练乔丹·布林克（Jordan Brink）已被公牛队聘请，担任蒂亚戈·斯普利特（Tiago Splitter）教练组的助理。
值得注意的是，在过去两年中（在汤姆·锡伯杜和布朗的执教下），布林克负责管理尼克斯队的挑战请求（challenges）——在这一领域，他们取得了巨大的成功，且经常拥有明显的竞争优势。
这是一个重大损失，因为他们需要另一个人来填补这个角色。“乔丹，他是这方面的专家，”布朗此前曾表示。
球迷们会记得他在 NBA 总决赛第 2 场产生的影响。当时，在弗罗斯特银行中心（Frost Bank Center）对阵马刺队的比赛中，尼克斯队以 105-104 戏剧性获胜，布林克在第四节末段指示布朗对一次判罚提出挑战。
当时尼克斯队正处于崩溃边缘，且浪费了 14 分的领先优势。在比赛还剩 2:37、双方战平 97-97 时，裁判判定球是由 OG·安努诺比（OG Anunoby）触球出界。
但在布林克的指示下，布朗挑战该判罚，认为安努诺比在这次进攻尝试 3 分球时被犯规。
经过回看，判罚被推翻，安努诺比获得了 3 次罚球机会。他全部命中——马刺队原本将获得球权并有机会反超，而这次成功的挑战重新建立了尼克斯队的领先地位，并遏制了马刺队的势头。
“他已经连续两年这么做了，”布朗在赛后评价布林克时说道。“我完全依赖他。偶尔我会失去理智，变得情绪化，试图跟裁判对着干，尽管我喜欢他们所有人。但那从来没起过作用。所以，我拼命尝试听从乔丹的引导，这次 100 percent 是他的决定。”
布林克的合同到期，而公牛队的这份工作代表了一次晋升。
尼克斯队的教练组人员拥挤，目前没有晋升的空间。
《邮报》此前报道过布林克的未来存在不确定性，不过预计布朗的首席助理教练们将会留任。
尼克斯队在本休赛期早些时候还失去了一名低级别助理教练卡森·尚克斯（Carson Shanks），因为他的合同到期了。
布林克有成为主教练的雄心，与留在尼克斯队相比，这次变动为实现该目标提供了更清晰的路径。作为一名印第安纳州戴尔（Dyer, Ind.）的本地人，这次变动也让他离家更近。
他在加尔文学院（Calvin College）打大学篮球，并在德韦恩·凯西（Dwane Casey）执教的活塞队担任助理教练，开启了他的 NBA 教练生涯。
布林克于 2023 年加入尼克斯队，当时在锡伯杜的教练组中，去年布朗接手后将其留任。
他在尼克斯队度过了三年——过去两年负责挑战请求。他去年还担任了尼克斯队的夏季联赛教练。布林克以冠军身份离开尼克斯队——同时也留下了一个必须填补的重要角色。
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作者：ANDREW CRANE
查尔斯·奥克利（Charles Oakley）针对麦迪逊广场花园（Madison Square Garden）及其所有者詹姆斯·多兰（James Dolan）提起的诉讼于周五第三次被驳回。这为这位前尼克斯球星的法律斗争又写下了结束的一章，这场斗争可追溯到 2017 年 2 月他在与保安发生冲突后被驱逐出花园球馆。
MSG 在一份声明中表示，法院已将相关指控“全部”驳回，并计划对道格拉斯·威格多（Douglas Wigdor）——奥克利的律师——及其“不道德的律师事务所”采取法律行动。威格多在给《邮报》的一份声明中，对法院的裁决表示失望，并且
奥克利起诉MSG的诉讼第三次被驳回
仍然希望能够进行陪审团审判。
“九年多以来，奥克利先生的律师一直追求他们明知是虚假的指控，”MSG在声明中表示。“这些指控现在已被法院全部驳回——这是第三次。我们正在对道格拉斯·威格多及其不道德的律师事务所采取法律行动，让他们为多年来轻率的诉讼以及对司法系统的公然滥用负责。”
该案最初在2020年初被驳回，同年晚些时候恢复，2021年再次被驳回，随后在2023年5月第二次恢复。
“我们对法院的裁决感到失望，”威格多在给《纽约邮报》的声明中表示。“我们认为存在相互矛盾的陈述，只有陪审团才能决定究竟发生了什么。我们希望第二巡回法院能第三次同意并将案件发回，立即进行陪审团审判。”
奥克利曾在尼克斯队担任球员10年，是该球队在1990年代取得成功的关键人物。他在Feb. 8, 2017, 的尼克斯比赛期间在花园广场被逮捕并被带离。虽然指控随后被撤销，但他于同年晚些时候提起诉讼——部分指控包括袭击、非法监禁和诽谤。该诉讼在2020年2月被驳回。第二巡回上诉法院在2020年11月撤销了对殴打和袭击指控的驳回决定。当上诉法院在2023年第二次撤销驳回决定时，法院裁定，“在当时情况下使用武力是否合理的问题，通常最好交给陪审团决定。”
但三年多之后，第三次驳回随之而来。巡回法官理查德·J·萨利文在意见书和命令中写道，“没有任何理性的陪审团能得出结论，认为奥克利有理由担心自己面临非法身体接触的风险——更不用说MSG意图引发这种担忧了。”
“尽管所谓的袭击发生在麦迪逊广场花园中心，在19,000名观众和无数摄像机面前，但奥克利承认，除了他自己之外，没有其他证人说他被推倒在地，”萨利文写道。
奥克利与多兰的公开不和自开始以来就一直笼罩在尼克斯队上空。《纽约邮报》的贾里德·施瓦茨在2025年报道称，如果奥克利撤诉，球队愿意欢迎他作为一名“受人尊敬的球队校友”回归。多兰在2017年实施的最初禁令已被解除。在尼克斯队春季的夺冠征程中，奥克利参加了客场的季后赛比赛。
“充足的证据——包括多个角度的视频和所有证人（甚至在某种程度上包括奥克利本人）的一致证词——表明，奥克利有合理的理由离开花园广场，但他却采取了肢体暴力，且从未被推倒在地，”萨利文写道。
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作者：ANDREW CRANE
大都会队周五宣布，曾是该队倒数第二位身穿 42 号球衣的球员、曾在皇后区效力五个赛季部分的 Butch Huskey 已经去世。
他享年 54 岁。
《邮报》的 Dan Martin 确认，Huskey 死于肺部血栓。
“我想在今天这个庄严的日子里，悼念今早去世的 Butch ，”大都会队临时经理 Andy Green 表示。“我想向他的家人送上祈祷和思念。我知道我们所有的大都会大家庭成员今天都在想念他以及爱他的人。”
是 1989 年大都会队在高中选秀第七轮选中的球员，四年后他完成了 MLB 首秀，随后为大都会队出战了 414 场比赛——期间他也曾在水手队、双城队、红袜队和洛基队效力。他在大都会队期间担任内野手和外野手，打击率为 .264，OPS 为 .740。
直到 2016 年， 还持有大都会队单局打点最多的记录，他在 1998 年一场对阵马林鱼队的比赛中，在第六局拿到了五个打点。1998 赛季后，大都会队将 交易至水手队，随后他再次被交易至红袜队——该队在 1999 年进入了 ALCS，但最终输给了洋基队，未能打破球队的世界大赛魔咒。
但 在大都会队留下的核心遗产——作为一名曾经备受期待的新星，他在《邮报》 1993 年的一篇文章中被誉为“不久的将来的三垒手”——来自于他的球衣号码。在 1997 年 4 月 15 日杰基·罗宾逊（Jackie Robinson）的号码被全球统一退役时，他身穿 42 号球衣。他在 2024 年的一次大都会队广播中表示，他记得那个“整个夜晚”，当时罗宾逊的妻子 Rachel、总裁 Bud Selig 以及时任总统比尔·克林顿在大都会队对阵道奇队的比赛第五
再见，BUTCH
致敬： Butch 是大都会队倒数第二位身穿杰基·罗宾逊已被退役的 42 号球衣的球员，他说在还在比赛期间被允许继续穿着该号码“对我来说意义重大”。
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血栓夺走前大都会队球员、球迷宠儿 生命，享年 54 岁
局时宣布了这一消息。
“那是我一生中最美好的回忆之一，” 在 2024 年的广播中说道，“它将永远留在我的心中。”
在 2024 年的一次新闻发布会上表示，他之前对这次仪式毫无察觉。因为克林顿和总统安保细节的出现，他知道有大事发生，但“直到那一刻发生，我才意识到这件事有多重大”。起初，他认为自己不能再穿这个号码了。但他成为了被允许继续穿着 42 号的“祖父条款”适用球员之一。
在 2024 年的一集《与 Jay Horowitz 的惊人对话》中回忆道，他在高中时写过一篇关于罗宾逊遗产的论文，那是由于一名热爱罗宾逊且知道 热爱棒球的英语老师向他提出了这个论文想法。而且，直到那时，他仍然保留着退役之夜那件带有 Rachel 签名的 42 号球衣。Mo Vaughn 是另一位适用“祖父条款”穿着该号码的球员，他是最后一名身穿 42 号的大都会队球员。
“这对我来说意义重大，不仅是对我，而且是对很多其他孩子、有色人种来说也是如此，” 在 2024 年的广播中谈到穿着罗宾逊的号码时说道。“他经历的事情为我们铺平了道路，让我们不必像他那样艰难，我觉得我无法像他那样走那条路。”
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尽管赛季已失，索托与威廉姆斯仍力求回归
作者：丹·马丁 (DAN MARTIN)
在本赛季之前，胡安·索托 (Juan Soto) 在他参加的每一个完整的大联盟赛季中都至少出场了 150 场比赛。
如今，由于本赛季遭遇小腿拉伤（这次是左小腿），他正处于第二次伤病名单 (IL) 期间。索托在周五再次表示，他预计今年能回归。
他补充说，处理这些小腿问题实际上在未来会带来回报。
“这很糟糕，”索托在周五于Citi Field对阵国民队并以 4-1 获胜之前的赛前表示。“对我来说很艰难，因为伤病而错过这么多比赛很痛苦。我从未经历过这种情况。”
但他指出了潜在的积极面：“这对我的职业生涯，以及长期发展是有好处的。它将教会我在训练和体能调节方面调整很多事情，以便以积极的方式继续前行。”
尽管年仅 27 岁，索托在本赛季为纽约大都会队效力期间，在健康时表现出色，但这不足以让他们保持竞争力。
索托在Citi Field进行了一些赛前灵活性训练，并表示随着年龄增长，他必须以不同的方式对待自己的身体。
即便纽约大都会队在周五开局时距离国联最后的外卡席位还落后 11 ½ 场，且在国家联盟中排名倒数第三，索托以及另一名处于伤病名单上的老将德文·威廉姆斯 (Devin Williams) 仍表达了在赛季结束前重返赛场的强烈愿望。
“我们现在的棒球打得非常好，”索托在谈到纽约大都会队时说道。该队在交易截止日后赢得了七场中的六场，随后在亚特兰大输掉了最后两场。“为什么不加入这支球队呢？我认为这会非常有趣，对我个人和球队都将是非常棒的事情。”
虽然进入季后赛已无可能，但索托表示，目标是“强势收官，并为明年保持势头”。
纽约大都会队在常规赛最后的一个多月里能够维持什么样的势头仍有待观察，尤其是在缺少索托，以及牛棚在截止日被削弱且随后失去威廉姆斯的情况下。
威廉姆斯表示，他的肩部拉伤是“一直困扰[且]需要解决的问题”。
尽管如此，这位终结投手还表示他打算在 2026 年回归，尽管他尚未开始投球训练。
“如果能回来，并带着一些积极的情绪进入休赛期，那就太好了，”威廉姆斯说。“在不可避免的事情发生前，能有几次出色的表现。”
这位右投手在皇后区的第一个赛季看起来更像他在纽约洋基队的唯一一个赛季（那个赛季充满了不稳定），而不是他在密尔沃基时的统治力。
威廉姆斯希望在为期三年、价值 $5100万合同的第一年以高光表现收尾。
“我只想回去，至少能做出一点贡献，这样在进入明年时，心态会更好一些，”威廉姆斯说。
此外，威廉姆斯继续感叹，对于一支带着高期望进入赛季的球队来说，今年的表现如此糟糕。
“我们拥有成为一支顶尖球队的碎片，”威廉姆斯说。“我们只是没能把它们拼凑在一起。”
至于未来，威廉姆斯认为有理由保持乐观。
“显然，这个休赛期会做出一些调整，”威廉姆斯说。“我认为我们进入明年时目标一致：竞争分区冠军，希望能进入季后赛，并有机会赢得世界大赛。”
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脑震荡后萨巴利专注于健康是正确之举
SATOU Sabally 并不太想详细谈论去年 WNBA 总决赛第 3 场遭遇脑震荡后的情况，这次受伤让她在休赛期的绝大部分时间里都无法上场。
当她在本休赛期加入 Liberty 队时，她的重心转向了在纽约延续她姐姐 Nyara 的传承，并处理她与大学队友 Sabrina Ionescu 之间尚未完成的目标。
Sabally 想要赢得冠军，而她的加入让 Liberty 队毫无疑问地成为了夺冠热门。
“我更多地是在关注我接下来想要达到的位置，”她在本赛季早些时候说道。
但过去的事情总有追上你的时候。
研究表明，一旦有人遭受脑震荡，他们更有可能再次受伤。
不幸的是， 就是另一个例子。
在 6 月 23 日拉斯维加斯的一场比赛中， 在第一节被 NaLyssa Smith 的手臂扫到脸部后退场。她试图坚持比赛，但在第二节确定自己无法继续。
球队将其称为“面部”受伤。
出现了延迟发作的症状，并进入了脑震荡管理流程。
此后她一直处于缺阵状态。 没有与记者交谈。Liberty 队仅对其进展提供了模糊的更新，且没有给出回归的时间表。
她随后通过了脑震荡管理流程，但仍因球队称之为“头部”的伤势而缺席。主教练 Chris DeMarco 周四宣布， 将无限期远离球队，以努力恢复到 100% 的状态。
Ionescu 表示这是一个“正确”且“成熟”的决定。
“你可以同情一个仅仅是试图从‘感觉不像自己’的状态中恢复的人，”Ionescu 说道。“作为队友，我们的职责就是给她提供一个安全的空间，不给她施加任何压力，但要明白人首先是人，其次才是运动员。她需要感觉到状态最佳才能回到场上比赛。我的意思是，我经历过，她可能也经历过，每个人都经历过——你强行出场仅仅是因为感到压力，并且想要回到比赛中。但你的身体还没准备好，它会告诉你，你知道的。”
球迷们曾抱有希望，认为一旦 和 Leonie Fiebich 回归，Liberty 队就能发挥出潜力。
但在过去的一周里，讨论的重点发生了转移。Ionescu 现在至少两次提到 Fiebich 的回归，而没有提到 。
也许 本赛季不会回归了。对于每一个欣赏她球技的篮球迷来说，这很令人失望。
但这将是正确的决定。她不应该强行回归。
在 8 个月的时间里遭受第二次脑损伤绝不是可以掉以轻心的事情。在身体和心理准备好之前重返赛场将是鲁莽的。为……点赞
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自由队试图给萨巴利提供空间，让她在没有压力的情况下远离赛场，这值得称赞。
人们可能会讨论这对自由队的冠军希望意味着什么。
毕竟，萨巴利是纽约队最瞩目的自由球员签约。总经理乔纳森·科尔布（Jonathan Kolb）与她签署了一份为期两年、价值 $1.6700 万的合同，对于一名原本可以要求每赛季至少 $100万的超级巨星球员来说，这在当时看来是一次巨大的折扣。
人们可能会好奇这对萨巴利的未来意味着什么。
这位 28 岁的“独角兽”正处于她职业生涯应当是巅峰的年岁。
这一切对她来说都显得如此不公平。但她的长期健康——无论是身体上还是心理上——都应该是重中之重。
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作者：马克·W·桑切斯（MARK W. SANCHEZ）
任何能让人对 2027 年的纽约大都会队产生乐观情绪，而非对 2026 年版本感到沮丧的比赛，对该球队来说都是一场好比赛。
在周五晚上，罗伯特·斯托克（Robert Stock）看起来像是一个不错的拼图，而不仅仅是个新鲜玩意。在他之后的每位救援投手，包括终结者 Kodai Senga，都证明了自己有资格进入明年的开赛日名单。贾里德·杨（Jared Young）继续充分利用他的出场时间，并加强了他明年继续获得出场机会的理由。
这一切共同构成了一场精彩的 4 1 逆转胜，大都会队在 Citi Field 面前 30,660 名观众的见证下击败了国民队。在这里，大都会队（54-69）提供了他们本赛季唯一能提供的东西：对未来的希望。
这一切始于斯托克，这位 36 岁的球员，其年龄看起来更像是一个特质而非劣势。他是一名曾在从独立联盟到韩国再到墨西哥几乎所有地方投过球的流浪球员；他第二次被大都会队签下，作为职业生涯后期的冒险尝试，随后在今年春天因胸廓出口综合征接受了手术；而且他在投球技术和语言方面的精通程度不亚于圈内任何人。斯托克并不是那种在已经失去希望的赛季末期试图留下深刻印象的年轻球员的典型案例。
在之前的出场中，他在匹兹堡被击溃，丢了 8 分，这让他的印象变得黯淡。但在周五，一名以能够迅速反弹著称的投手确实反弹了。
“他的球质非常好，”临时经理安迪·格林（Andy Green）在评价斯托克时说道，后者在 4 1 / 3 局中仅丢 1 分（非自责分）并完成了 5 次三振。“所以如果他能把球投进好球区，他会取得相当大的成功。”
他的投球时而在好球区内，时而在区外，虽然有 3 次保送，但通常依靠球路的变化来摆脱潜在的危机。华盛顿队仅在第三局得分，当时弗朗西斯科·林多尔（Francisco Lindor）没有接住阿比梅莱克·奥尔蒂斯（Abimelec Ortiz）的一记强力地滚球，球弹入外野导致两角出现跑者，随后布雷迪·豪斯（Brady House）击出了一支打入分数的单打。
除此之外，斯托克表现完美，部分原因是内特·拉文-
牛市
在第五局两名跑者在垒、一名跑者在场外的情况下进入，并成功脱困。在 rookie 左投手 Jonathan Pintaro（两局无失分并获得其大联盟首胜）之后，Daniel Duarte（第八局表现干净）以及最终的 Senga（第二次救援成功）压制住了国民队。
这些人都是明年大都会队投手阵容的潜在成员。
“我们基本上只想走到那里去竞争，”另一位前独立联盟球员 Pintaro 说道，他正试图在牛棚中寻找一个作为多局武器的定位。“尽我们所能向世界证明，我们配得上这个机会，
大都会队 国民队 4 1
比分单
并且我们在这里有一个绝佳的机会去竞争，并帮助队友尽一切努力赢得比赛。”
大都会队的进攻由第六局和第七局的反击组成，前者包括 Lindor 的一支本垒打（弥补了他的失误）以及 Carson Benge 的一次打点击球；后者则以 Young 对阵前洋基队球员 Jake Bird 的猛击以及 Bo Bichette 的一次打点单打为特色。
除非发生不可预见的情况，
Lindor、Benge 和 Bichette 将成为 2027 年大都会队的成员。
Young 越来越有力地证明，他也属于这个进攻小组。
作为一名在一垒位置上表现稳健且能持续击中右投手球的补充球员，Young 处于球队控制之下，并且随着出场时间的增加，表现越来越好，在过去 30 场比赛中的三击率 / 上垒率 / 长打率为 .319 / .396 / .495。
“他知道自己擅长什么，并且能保持稳定，”Green 在谈到 Young 时说道，后者已从 KBO 联赛成长为大都会队一个真正的亮点。
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阿尔瓦雷斯终于在击球区找回状态，渴望更多突破
作者：MARK W. SANCHEZ
弗朗西斯科·阿尔瓦雷斯（Francisco Alvarez）并不认同该问题的前提。
当被问及此类球员匮乏时，这位纽约大都会队的捕手表示：“现在有很多优秀的球员，很多优秀的击球捕手。”“[卡尔]·罗利（[Cal] Raleigh）。我们有加布里埃尔·莫雷诺（Gabriel Moreno）。我们有亨特·古德曼（Hunter Goodman）。我们有[谢]·兰格利尔斯（[Shea] Langeliers）。”
截至周五，大联盟捕手的累计击球率为 .232，OPS 为 .689。而在城市另一端，洋基队的捕手击球率为 .198，OPS 为 .583。恕阿尔瓦雷斯见谅，这个位置——可能是因为在防守和比赛计划准备上投入了大量工作，加上九局的下蹲对身体造成的损耗——在许多阵容中都是一个低谷。
但对阿尔瓦雷斯而言，这却是纽约大都会队的一个亮点。
在纽约大都会队充满挫折的一年里，大联盟击球指导杰夫·阿尔伯特（Jeff Albert）表示，阿尔瓦雷斯正经历着一个“出色”且“更稳定”的赛季。作为曾经的全棒球第一潜力新星，阿尔瓦雷斯可能正在创造他四个完整大联盟赛季中的最佳表现，尽管他在 5 月右膝半月板撕裂后缺席了大约四周——竟然只有四周。
他在 85 场比赛中击出 13 支本垒打，这是他自 2023 年新秀赛季击出 25 支以来最高的一次。不过，他在第一个赛季的击球率和上垒率很糟糕，而阿尔瓦雷斯在周五 4-1 击败国民队的比赛中表现更好（击球率 .248），并追平了职业生涯最高走垒数（0 击 3 缺, 3 K, 1 BB），这使其上垒率达到了 .339。他的 .766 OPS 在所有至少有 250 次击球机会的大联盟捕手中排名第七，仅次于古德曼、迪伦·丁格勒（Dillon Dingler）、莫雷诺、兰格利尔斯、利亚姆·希克斯（Liam Hicks）和德雷克·鲍德温（Drake Baldwin）。
“那些球员正经历着不可思议的一年，而我觉得我还没有，”阿尔瓦雷斯说，他相信自己还能达到另一个高度。“……我认为我可以和那些球员并肩。”
要实现这一点需要另一次飞跃。
在他 24 岁的这个赛季中，最大的不同在于阿尔瓦雷斯经常击出拉打球。他的击球方向有 457% 倾向于左侧，较 2024 年（34.8%）和 2025 年（31.2%）大幅增加。多年来，内部和外部一直存在争论，关于阿尔瓦雷斯最适合作为一名拉打强击手，还是一个能将球击向球场各处的击球手。
根据击球手和教练的说法，这种变化并非刻意为之。阿尔瓦雷斯推测他是对变化球的反应更快了。事实确实是他面对这类球的次数减少了，但击球入场次数增加了，且针对这些球的数据有所提升。
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左投 肖恩·马南 (Sean Manaan)
2026 赛季数据： 4-5, 4.13 ERA 对阵 WAS 职业生涯： 1-3, 5.45 ERA 上次先发： 周日，客场对阵 PIT； 7 IP, 10 H, 3 ER
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右投 布拉德·洛德 (Brad Lord)
2026 赛季数据： 5-2, 3.79 ERA 对阵 NYM 职业生涯： 1-1, 4.02 ERA 上次先发： 周日，主场对阵 CIN 2.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 K
球种分布
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接下来的赛程
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■ 德文·威廉姆斯 (Devin Williams)（右肩拉伤）仍未开始投球，但希望在本赛季某个时间点回归。
■ 马克·维恩托斯 (Mark Vientos)（右手骨折）正在进行击球、跑步和防守训练，但纽约大都会队尚不确定他何时开始康复赛。
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右投 (RHP) Cam Schlittler
2026 赛季数据： 10-6, 2.21 ERA
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NO CAN' DO
击球匮乏、失误频出，轰炸机队负于蓝鸟队
作者：GREG JOYCE
多伦多 —— 去年曾成为洋基队“恐怖之屋”的地方，在周五晚上再次上演了一场噩梦般的旧式局势。
由于进攻端再次陷入沉寂，这足以让他们在另一场失利中沉没。
在第六局中，原本应该是一个能维持一分领先优势的局终双杀，却演变成了一场喜剧般的失误——在某个地方，本尼·希尔的《Yakety Sax》一定在播放——这导致比分被扳平并延长了该局，使得蓝鸟队在座无虚席的罗杰斯中心最终以 3-1 击败洋基队。
由于进攻端在大多数夜晚几乎毫无建树，洋基队（68-54）继续在极小的容错空间内运作。他们再次得到了盖瑞特·科尔的高质量投球，但被防守和跑垒拖了后腿，目前在美东赛区仍落后光芒队 6 1 / 2 场。
“显然，[进攻端]对我们来说仍然是一个挑战，”经理亚伦·布恩说道，他在第六局上半因为在休息区较为温和地争论好坏球而被驱逐出场。“这是另一个我们击球接触尚可且有一些正确击球机会的夜晚。但归根结底，我们在获得机会时必须将分跑回本垒，因为这正是我们的弱点。我们必须实现它。”
毁掉科尔的先发表现以及洋基队之夜的这一系列事件，起初看起来并无大碍。在第六局下半，一出局且一、二垒有人时，他们以 1-0 领先，此时乔治·斯普林格击出了一记向三垒方向的低平球。瑞安·麦克马洪接球，踩三垒，然后横跨钻石区传球试图完成双杀。但他的传球是一记单跳球，传向了路易斯·加西亚二世，后者试图用反手接球，结果在过程中手套飞了出去。
“斯普林格跑得很快，我觉得我踩到垒包后必须立即传球，”麦克马洪说。“只是力度不够，没能把它传到那边。”
随后，加西亚捡起球，转身向三垒传球，使情况进一步恶化。游击手乔治·隆巴德二世当时在附近（麦克马洪在传向一垒后向本垒方向移动），但无法处理加西亚那记离谱的传球。隆巴德在试图追逐散球时与弗拉基米尔·格雷罗二世相撞，但无济于事，格雷罗冲回本垒扳平比分。
“一旦他背对着比赛进程，我认为他在向三垒传球时过于激进了，”布恩说。“显然应该持球。”
由于多出了一个出局机会，亚历杭德罗·柯克击出一记二垒安打，送斯普林格回本垒，使蓝鸟队 2-1 领先。科尔在格雷罗击球期间感到沮丧，因为他忘记了自己还剩多少次脱离垒包的机会，且无法迅速从裁判那里得到澄清。他遗憾地将第一球的滑球投在了正中央，被柯克击中（柯克随后在第八局在布拉德利·汉纳的MLB首秀中击出了一记独跑本垒打）。
特伦特·格里舍姆在第六局上半以一记击中谢恩·比伯的独跑本垒打，打破了洋基队 14 局无分记录，取得 1-0 领先。
但那是他们能拿出的唯一进攻，自周三的 10 分爆发以来，他们在过去的 18 局中仅得一分。这是洋基队在过去 14 场比赛中第九次得分在 2 分或以下，再次浪费了科尔的强力投球表现，后者在六局中仅失 2 分（其中 1. 分为自责分，0 分为非自责分）。
洋基队的跑垒失误发生在第三局，隆巴德在格里舍姆击出右外野单打时，在二垒处进行了布恩描述为“过于激进”的转弯，结果陷入困境被出局，成为该局第二个出局者。
科尔坚称，打线长期的低迷并没有给投手增加额外的压力，尽管常识会告诉你事实并非如此。
“我们在投球方面表现不错，并且在打一些比分接近的比赛，”科尔说道。“当然，我们希望能够大比分击败对手并尽可能多地确保胜利，但与此同时，我们的投球状态很好，防守也做得不错，在很多场比赛中都能坚持下来，给自己创造获胜的机会。”
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由 GREG JOYCE 报道
多伦多 —— 赫利奥特·拉莫斯（Heliot Ramos）知道洋基队在交易截止日签下他的原因：为了帮助提升陷入苦战的进攻端。
这位外野手一直渴望能做到这一点。但在他为新球队出战的前几场比赛中，尽管击球力度很大，但并没有获得太多的结果，而这正是人性开始起作用，并且在某种程度上可能对他产生不利影响的地方。
“可能只是试图做得太
Ramos击球强力，但
“可能就是试图做得太多，”拉莫斯（Ramos）周五在罗杰斯中心（Rogers Centre）表示，“因为我看到我击出的球没有落地。我觉得你会被出局——事情总会发生，棒球就是这样，你总会出局的。所以每当这种情况发生时，我就试图做得太多，而那时就会出现三振。”
在周五 3-1 负于蓝鸟队的比赛中，拉莫斯 3 次击球 0 次命中，且有三次强力击球被接杀。在作为洋基队的头九场比赛中，拉莫斯的击球记录为 28 次击球 2 次命中，包含两次二垒安打、10 次三振和三次保送。其中包括面对左投手 6 次击球 0 次命中以及两次保送，而这位右打者被引进正是为了克制左投手。
在极小的样本量中，拉莫斯的三振率（30.3%）高于他在巨人队时的三振率（26.8%），他很快指出了这一点。
“这对我来说挺糟糕的，”他说，“但当我击中球时，我击得很实。所以我感觉相当不错。我只需要保持自我。我没有过多地追球，这是我喜欢的一点。我只想保持积极，保持一致性。”
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康复中的贝林格：“进展非常顺利”
作者：格雷格·乔伊斯（GREG JOYCE）
多伦多 —— 科迪·贝林格（Cody Bellinger）在伤病名单上的停留期即将结束。
在遭受 2 级腿筋拉伤几乎整整三周后，这位洋基队外野球员周五下午早些时候在罗杰斯中心进行了完整的赛前训练，在左外野进行了防守训练，并以接近全速的状态跑垒，随后进行了击球练习。
经理亚伦·布恩（Aaron Boone）表示，如果他继续对增加的训练量做出良好反应，贝林格可能“在下周某个时间获得康复[赛]机会”。
“我感觉非常好，”贝林格在洋基队以 3-1 负于蓝鸟队地开启系列赛之前说道，“今天是非常棒的一天，所以我的进展非常顺利。”
贝林格表示，他的左腿筋仍感到有些紧绷，但在尝试在身体允许范围内挑战极限的同时，他感觉每天都在好转。周五的训练包括在人造草坪上测试腿筋（对于腿部有问题的球员来说，草坪往往缺乏缓冲），结果“比我预想的要好得多”。
“我和[外野]三垒教练路易斯·罗哈斯（Luis Rojas）做了很多防守训练——内切、后撤，第一步反应很好，”贝林格说，“跑垒也很顺利。所以从防守来看，这是我在努力程度上表现最好的一天。”
一旦他被允许进行康复赛，考虑到他缺阵时间并不长，贝林格可能只需要几场比赛就能回到洋基队的阵容中。
► 亚伦·布恩 周五相当安静地迎来了他职业生涯的第 50 次被驱逐，随后他走上球场以确保自己的情绪得到宣泄。
布恩声称，他在第六局上半仅仅告诉主审裁判 维克·卡拉帕扎（Vic Carapazza） 投给 路易斯·加西亚（Luis García Jr.） 的一个球偏低。当卡拉帕扎询问布恩说了什么时，这位经理重复了一遍，随即被驱逐，此时他走到卡拉帕扎面前，以更激烈的方式进行争论。
“反应很快，”本赛季被驱逐四次、领跑美国联盟的布恩说，“那是我第一次说话。显然，那里
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起初有很多挑战，这很合理。我只是说：“我们不能对每球都提出挑战。”他问我说了什么。我说：“我只是说球低了。”你们看到了那话有多么无关紧要。
“那是一个疲惫的投球，而且那个球员在比赛初期就处于挣扎状态。”
► 安赫尔·奇维利 (Angel Chivilli) 在本月早些时候被降级到3A之前，直到最后一场糟糕的登场前，一直是以往牛棚中的一个惊喜，但他可能短期内无法回归。
布恩表示，这名救援投手周五在斯克兰顿 / 威尔克斯-巴里因“肘部后侧的一些问题”被列入伤病名单。
布恩说：“所以他将在接下来的一两天内去看医生。”
奇维利在上周被下放到3A后，仅出场了一场比赛。
CODY BELLINGER
► 布恩表示，卡洛斯·罗登 (Carlos Rodón)（左肘炎症）在周四晚上的第二次康复登场中“看起来非常好”，不过听起来在他回归前可能至少还需要一次登场。这名左投手在为2A萨默塞特队出战时，在4.5局无失分中投了58球，有7次三振和1次保送。
布恩说：“与投手组沟通后，他们觉得他在过去几周处于今年以来身体状态最好的时期。”
那么为什么不在他的下一次登场时把他召回？
布恩说：“这很复杂。我不一定想在这里详细说明，但只是在尝试查看赛程及其安排，以及怎么做最合理。除了‘召回他’（我们可能会这么做）之外，还有很多因素。显然，他还没有完全恢复到最佳状态。所以我们接下来的几天还会继续讨论。”
► 路易斯·吉尔 (Luis Gil)（右肩炎症）周五在High-A哈德逊谷队进行了第二次康复登场——在两局无失分中投了30球——而在他第一次登场（一局投了13球）三天后。如果吉尔在接下来的比赛中能为洋基队提供帮助，很可能是担任牛棚角色。
外野手依然无法击出安打
一直更令人鼓舞。
截至周五，作为洋基队成员，拉莫斯 (Ramos) 将15颗球击入场内，其平均出球速度为93.8 mph，比他的赛季平均速度（92 mph，排名在前88%）略高。周五他增加了这一统计数据，出球速度分别为106.6 , 102.1 和 96.7 的飞球出局。但在他目前击出的10颗速度在95或更高（被记录为强力击球）的球中，有9颗是以出局告终。
经理亚伦·布恩在谈到拉莫斯的打席时说：“对于没有结果来说，其实还可以。他击球的方正度相当不错。他只需要让一些球落在正确的位置并进入状态，让他更安定一些。我并没有觉得‘噢天哪，他在挣扎’，”
即使他显然没有取得结果，但依然如此。因为他击出了很多精准的球，有些是直线击出至右外野出局，有些是直线击出至中外野出局。
“他的打席很有竞争力。在此过程中他也遇到了一些艰难的对阵。在我看来，他不像是一个在苦苦挣扎的人。”
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对哈博来说，每场比赛都具有巨大的意义——即便是在季前赛
在向《邮报》讲述一项令人印象深刻却又奇怪的成就时，约翰·哈博（John Harbaugh）的声音中带着一丝锐气。这项成就如今已成为历史，但在其持续期间从未被真正理解。
哈博执教的乌鸦队不知怎么地积累了 24 场的季前赛连胜纪录，始于 2016 年 8 月，止于 2023 年 8 月（2020 年新冠疫情期间的夏天没有季前赛）。并非每一个细节都刻在他的脑海里，但哈博非常清楚那次连胜是如何被终结的。
“我知道那是被指挥官队终结的，而且他们庆祝得就像赢得了最近的一场超级碗一样，”哈博说道，听起来有些困惑且依然心有不平。
那场 29-28 的失利是由乔伊·斯莱（Joey Slye）在比赛还剩九秒时踢进的一记 49 码射门所决定。
“那是怎么回事？”哈博摇了摇头说道，“该死。”
对于巨人队以及哈博在周六对阵维京人的季前赛揭幕战来说，这意味着什么，既非绝对重要，也非完全无关。当巨人队在争取他时，哈博对待季前赛的方式以及他在其中的不可思议的成功，并不是任何人心中最关键的考量。然而，如果有一场比赛要打，有一个比分要记录，哈博就致力于赢得胜利——永远如此，这并不令人惊讶。
这是一个绝不妥协的人。他不会在艰苦且长时间地训练球员方面退缩；球员们愿意接受，因为他非常擅长向他们解释这些劳作的重要性。在哈博这里没有中间地带，他不喜欢任何暗示其未全力以赴的行为。
就在前几天——周四——哈博让巨人队进行了一次走位练习（walk-through practice）。节奏放缓显而易见，但当有人暗示这次训练是半速进行时，哈博有些反感。
“在你看来他们是半速？”哈博嗤之以鼻，仿佛“半速”是一个可耻的指控。他解释道：“那是一个没有。
三个关注点
1 奥德尔·贝克汉姆（Odell Beckham Jr.）将自 2, 2018. 以来首次身穿巨人队的球衣出战。不知为何，他从未以客队身份在 MetLife 体育场比赛。在球员介绍环节以及每次触球时，他所获得的欢呼声应该会像常规赛一样。但他也正在努力争取留在球队中，并与同样是资深外接手的 JuJu Smith-Schuster 和 Braxton Berrios 一起证明，他依然宝刀未老。
2 防守协调员丹纳德·威尔逊（Dennard Wilson）不会透露太多秘密，但多才多艺的新秀线卫 Arvell Reese 将如何部署？是在防守覆盖中？在闪击或边缘冲传中冲击四分卫？还是填补跑球通道？还是三者兼顾？另外三名前 75 顺位选秀球员——右卫 Francis Mauignoa、角卫 Colton Hood 和外接手 Malachi Fields ——预计将迎来他们的 NFL 首秀，并有机会在球队中担任重要角色。
3 虽然进攻组不希望在射门区域停滞不前，但这可能有助于解决二年级职业球员 Ben Sauls 与未被选中的新秀 Dominic Zvada 之间的踢球手之争。在连续三个赛季中，踢球一直是巨人队的痛点。据报道，Zvada 在训练营中的命中率为 54-for-58，包括本周一次 62 码的绝杀射门。巨人队今年夏天觉得没有必要增加一名资深球员。
— 瑞安·邓利维（Ryan Dunleavy）
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身体对抗练习。这尽可能是一次时机练习，没有任何身体对抗。”
本周末的比赛并非哈博（Harbaugh）在巨人队的首秀。他的首秀将在 9月13日对阵牛仔队的赛季揭幕战中到来。
这对他和新组建的教练组来说是一次试运行。考虑到哈博的理念，可以预见在这一场以及接下来的两场季前赛中，他会让四分卫 Jaxson Dart 和所有健康的先发球员出场超过几次。
他坚持认为，这并不是为了立刻满足让他的巨人队走上胜利轨道的渴望。
“是的，我不会淡化这一点，”哈博告诉《纽约邮报》，“但我不认为你会为了赢得比赛而尝试做任何额外特别的事情。你不会让先发球员打更久，也不会让他们在比赛中再次回场，你永远不会那样做。你只需要尝试打出最好的足球，希望我们能打出最好的足球，并且凭借我们整个团队、我们 90 人的名单，足以在面对另一支非常优秀的足球队——NFC 最强球队之一——的整个 90 人名单时赢得比赛。这就是大概的情况。”
情况还包括：哈博在季前赛中获胜的频率高得不自然。他在巴尔的摩乌鸦队的 18 年里战绩为 48-16，他说这个记录是“值得自豪的”。他推论，他统治夏季比赛的一个原因是“我们通常在第四节有一名能够跑动并创造机会的四分卫”。
“我认为我们通常防守出色，这对你有帮助，”哈博说。“我们通常拥有深厚的阵容且训练质量很高。如果我对此坦诚的话，很多时候我们在训练营早期就领先于其他球队。”
现在领先于竞争对手只有在能转化为赛季初期成功时才有意义。哈博在乌鸦队的赛季揭幕战中战绩为 12-6。而巨人队在过去 15 年的赛季揭幕战中战绩为 2-13。对于他们来说，0-1 是一种生活方式，而哈博的出现就是为了终结这种状态。
哈博 24 场的季前赛连胜纪录超过了文斯·隆巴迪（Vince Lombardi）1999-62. 期间带领包装机队取得的 19 连胜。在乌鸦队的连胜终结之日——21, 2023 —哈博在赛后媒体采访中充满了好斗情绪。他谴责那些称季前赛结果为无意义表演的人：“因为你从未参加过比赛，你从未在场上为争取一个球队位置而奋斗，然而你竟然有胆量说某人为争取并赢得那样一场比赛所付出的努力是没有意义的。”
三年后，这些激烈的言论被重新读给哈博听。
他似乎很满意。
“我坚持这些说法，”他笑着说。
“重点在于，对你来说这没有意义，没关系，但这并不意味着它本身没有意义，”哈博（Harbaugh）变得激动起来，“对于参加比赛的球员来说，这并非没有意义。对于执教比赛的人来说，同样不是没有意义。”
“可能还有一些球迷，以及一些投注者也真的很在意。”
可能吧。但绝不会比主教练更在意。
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约翰·哈博（John Harbaugh）
作者：RYAN DUNLEAVY
下次当有人告诉你 NFL 季前赛只是产生毫无意义的过度反应的源头时，试着提醒他们，去年夏天贾克森·达特（Jaxson Dart）的“炒作列车”在四次传球后才达到全速——而且至今尚未减速。
当这位新秀完成一次 80 码的推进（其中包括两次持球冲跑），并投出一记 28 码的入门级达阵传球进入接球区时，达特已经缩短了他在罗素·威尔逊（Russell Wilson）身后在替补席上等待的预期周数。
因此，虽然周六下午 1 点在 MetLife 体育场举行的巨人队与维京队之战的结果很快会被遗忘，但某些基调将被奠定。而良好的氛围——我们将其称为“得分”——是必需的（尤其是但不仅限于由达特领衔的任何进攻系列赛），因为在训练营的大部分时间里，由马特·纳吉（Matt Nagy）协调的新进攻体系看起来一直缺乏同步。
季前赛的进攻通常在设计上较为平淡，但是……
“他绝对很激进。他绝对想要创造爆发性进攻，”达特在谈到纳吉时说，“但最关键的是，他希望始终保持在首攻线之前。这是我们的重点。任何负面表现，无论是罚球 [还是] 冲球丢码或被擒杀，他都非常注重减少这些情况。我认为作为一名进攻协调员，当你能让球员做到这一点时，绝对能让他觉得自己在掌控比赛，有助于我们的
开始行动！ 贾克森·达特和巨人队仍在学习新进攻协调员马特·纳吉的进攻体系，但他们希望在周六对阵维京队的比赛中“进入状态”。Corey Sipkin
进攻进入状态。”
主教练约翰·哈博考虑到受伤风险，并未承诺让进攻首发球员出场，但听起来他确实意识到了达特和纳吉在分别面对第 1 周和 2, 周的牛仔队和公羊队之前，建立节奏并获得信心的重要性。
同样的情况也适用于纳吉与传球游戏协调员布莱恩·卡拉汉（Brian Callahan）以及冲球游戏协调员格雷格·罗马（Greg Roman）建立赛中默契。不需要首发球员出场也能实现这一目标。
“这就是我们需要考虑的核心，”哈博说，“很大一部分 [是] 执行一套新进攻体系，而且还是一个年轻的四分卫。他才刚刚开始。而且我们开局就要面对本分区最强的两支球队。所以我们希望为此做好准备。因此，这是考虑因素的一部分。”
巨人队的球迷仍然被曾经大有前途的四分卫丹尼尔·琼斯（Daniel Jones）在协调员杰森·加雷特（Jason Garrett）麾下第二个赛季时表现得像缩头乌龟一样，且再未走出壳中的方式所困扰。帕特里克·马霍姆斯（Patrick Mahomes）在过去两个赛季中——当时纳吉是酋长队不负责叫战的协调员——从“超人”到“巨星”的退步，增加了这种焦虑感。
“哈博教练允许他的教练们建立一套对他们所有人来说都非常独特的系统，”替补四分卫詹姆斯·温斯顿（James Winston）说，“我可以把它比作秋葵浓汤（gumbo）。里面有太多绝佳的混合元素。”
纳吉、卡拉汉和罗马为巨人队带来了一套与达特去年掌控的截然不同且更多采用中心开球（under-center）的系统。在 11 对 11 的练习期间，擒杀、拦截、开球前罚球以及三次进攻后被强制弃权的现象反映了成长的阵痛。
据纳吉称，目前只有大约一半的进攻体系被安装，他上次定期叫战是在担任熊队主教练期间。芝加哥在 2018-21 年间曾拥有过一次排名前 20 的得分进攻体系。
“你必须决定什么对那个球员以及对我们的进攻最有利，”纳吉（Nagy）说道。“但与此同时，我们还想从战术方案上看看，这件事将如何发展？现在到了这个阶段，我们正试图加载尽可能多的录像，尽可能多的战术，以便我们评估并尝试观察：‘我们的球员擅长什么，我们如何突出他们的优势，并让我们成为尽可能优秀的球队？’在我们塑造我们将成为什么、是谁的这种身份认同之时。”
哈博（Harbaugh）率领的巨头队最希望成为的是在地面进攻上具有身体对抗能力的球队。
进攻线教练迈克·布鲁姆格伦（Mike Bloomgren）否认了在训练营的跑球战术中，防守线“通常”占据拦截者上风的说法，他表示：“当我们现在在前线处理正确时，我们的球员能够相当出色地推动对手。”
证明这一观点的最佳方式，就是让进攻线在泰隆·特雷西二世（Tyrone Tracy Jr.）和卡姆·斯卡特博（Cam Skattebo）的季前赛出场时间内为他们撕开缺口。就像巨头队证明其新进攻体系将奏效的最佳方式，就是由纳吉为达特（Dart）调度战术并得分。
“他调度每一个战术，”纳吉在谈到达特时说。“他在说出战术时能看到画面。他不仅仅是在倾听和记忆。当你能达到那个阶段，并开始看到球员在huddle（战术商议）时这样交流，他在与对方对话，他就在那里。所以，他在那部分做得很好。现在我们必须进入观察防守并将其提升到更高水平的阶段。”
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麦克法登在脚伤导致'25赛季提前结束之后准备好重返赛场
作者：RYAN DUNLEAVY
当被问及在周六下午1点开球前，他预想自己会是什么感觉——是哽咽激动，还是兴奋到能撞穿一面砖墙？——迈卡·麦克法登（Micah McFadden）笑了。
“我不认为会很感性，”麦克法登说，“我认为会是后者。”
在经历了上赛季第一周第一节导致赛季报销的 Lisfranc 脚伤后，麦克法登将代表巨人队在对阵维京队的比赛中重返赛场。可以肯定地说，这一刻等待了很久。
“我最近在想，这件事发生已经快一年了，”麦克法登说，“我很兴奋，感觉准备好去比赛了。在场上活动时脚的感觉很好。现在就是掌控防守，学习其中的所有细微之处。尝试学习所有位置并从整体上理解，这样我才能快速做出反应。”
作为一名有着两年首发经验的内线线卫，麦克法登在合同到期年仅参加了 12 次防守回合。他签署了一份为期一年、价值 $3.7500 万的“证明自己”自由球员合同，随后在巨人队选入首轮秀阿维尔·里斯（Arvell Reese）与自由球员新援特雷曼·埃德蒙兹（Tremaine Edmunds）搭档后，失去了首发位置。
“在目前这个阶段，只要掌控能掌控的事情，”麦克法登说，“并在机会到来时做好准备。”
麦克法登并非从零开始，因为新任防守协调员丹纳德·威尔逊（Dennard Wilson）的体系在术语和职责上与他被选入队时温克·马丁代尔（Wink Martindale）（2022-23）的体系相似。
“知道我有三个可以派上场且能维持高水平表现的球员，这给人一种安全感，”线卫教练弗兰克·布什（Frank Bush）表示。
“迈卡是一个职业球员中的典范。当他在场上时，我们做的一些事情他能为房间里的其他球员树立榜样，[因为]他做得正确，我可以将那些录像作为教学录像。值得称赞的是，他接纳了自己的角色，他在制造机会，并给我们压力让我们把他派上场。看起来他已经完全康复了。”
► 如果首发球员出战，其他像麦克法登这样将从赛季报销伤病中回归的球员包括外线线卫 Kayvon Thibodeaux、安全卫 Tyler Nubin、左截锋 Andrew Thomas、跑卫 Cam Skattebo、角卫 Nic Jones、后卫 Evan Neal、进攻截锋 Josh Ezedu 和近端锋 Thomas Fidone。
接球手 Malik Nabers（膝盖）和中锋 John Michael Schmitz（在训练营中遭受脑震荡）目前不太可能回归。
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好吧，我们知道喷气机队的进攻端在面对海盗队替补球员时能够推进球，即使是用他们的第二阵容四分卫。
周五晚上，喷气机队的首发四分卫吉诺·史密斯（Geno Smith）因脚踝伤势缺阵，这使得新秀凯德·克鲁布尼克（Cade Klubnik）在对阵坦帕湾的季前赛揭幕战中首发。克鲁布尼克在其余首发进攻球员的围绕下，带领球队进行了一次由 12 次进攻组成的推进，最终以一个射门结束。随后他与替补球员进行了一组进攻，并在四次进攻中取得了一个达阵。
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总计，克鲁布尼克在 16 次传球机会中 5 传 7 试，推进 56 码。这次表现增加了他赢得备份四分卫职位的机会。当贝利·扎佩（Bailey Zappe）替换克鲁布尼克并投出两次被截球（其中一次被对方回攻达阵）时，克鲁布尼克的胜算进一步增加。
喷气机队教练亚伦·格伦（Aaron Glenn）表示，克鲁布尼克对比赛“渴望不已”，当他在周四被告知将首发时感到非常兴奋。格伦称这对克鲁布尼克来说是一个“肯定”。
“我认为他做得非常好，尤其是在练习中没有获得太多首发组机会的情况下，”格伦说，“我非常赞赏他能像那样在场上运作。”
克鲁布尼克的表现是一个亮点，但除此之外，喷气机队并没有获得太多关于球队的答案，因为海盗队让所有首发球员休息，而史密斯在 24-16 的失利中也没有出场。
史密斯在赛前意外被除名。格伦表示史密斯“脚踝酸痛”，目前处于每日观察状态。在经历了本周与海盗队几次糟糕的联合训练后，喷气机队本可以通过一两次系列进攻来增强对进攻端的信心。
喷气机队在开场进攻中通过12次进攻推进了65码，但进攻在9码线处陷入停滞，凯德·约克踢进一个27码射门，将比分变为3-0。除了一次失误的交接球外，克鲁布尼克在这次进攻中表现得很自在。他的第一次传球是给近端锋梅森·泰勒的一次12码完成传球。随后他传了一个
小昵称“B”
“沉着”的年轻四分卫在令人惊喜的季前赛首发中表现出色
双重麻烦： 喷气机队新秀 David Bailey（31号）在第一节被 Luke Haggard（左）和 Benjamin Chukwuma 两人包夹。
在第三档 8 码时，他向 Garrett Wilson 传球，Wilson 在跳起接球后获得了一档首攻。
对于这位来自克莱姆森大学的第四轮秀 Klubnik 来说，这是一次出色的表现。Klubnik 在他的首场 NFL 比赛中似乎没有感到局促。
“虽然我是一名年轻球员，但我认为我很沉着，”Klubnik 说道。“我觉得自己在面对重大比赛、重大时刻之类的事情时不会真正感到慌乱。”
对于 来说，这是一个积极的夜晚，他因膝盖受伤错过了上赛季最后 10 场比赛。 找回了自己的状态，不仅完成了那次第三档进攻，还在该次推进中完成了另一次转换——一次 11 码的横切路线接球。
Breece Hall 在突破到外侧后似乎将轻松地得分，但在推进 14 码后他绊了一下，在海盗队的 9 码线处出界。Klubnik 有机会传球给 取得达阵，但球飞过了他的头顶，出了端区。
York 踢进了一个 27 码的射门，随后在半场结束前踢进了一个 38 码的射门，那个球看起来他可能真的踢丢了。裁判在宣布射门成功前犹豫了几秒。York 正在与 Jason Sanders 竞争踢球位置。Sanders 在第四节踢进了一个 47 码的射门。
首发进攻组在第一次推进后回到了边线，但 Klubnik 留在场上与替补球员一起比赛。这一次，喷气机队进入了端区，但 Klubnik 只需要传一次球。Braelon Allen 对坦帕防线进行了一次漂亮的切回，推进 31 码取得达阵，在第一节还剩 2:06 时取得 10-0 的领先。
Klubnik 退场时，对替补位置的掌控力更加稳固了。
“他很有胆量，”Glenn 说道。“他非常自信。他对自己的手臂有信心，对他通过脚步摆脱并创造机会的能力有信心。”
Zappe 接替了 Klubnik，但传球被 Ayden Gaines 拦截，后者将其回攻 47 码取得达阵，将比分扳平为 10-10。Zappe 在接下来的系列进攻中又传了一次拦截，但这次不是他的错。接球手 Arian Smith 让球从手中弹开，被 Rashad Wisdom 截获。
喷气机队的首发防守组进行了两次系列进攻，仅允许对方获得一次首攻。他们面对的是全部替补球员，包括三线四分卫 Connor Baselak。Baker Mayfield 穿着便装，替补 Jake Browning 本周受伤。
Will McDonald 有一个高光时刻，他在第三档将 Baselak 擒杀，结束了坦帕队的第一轮系列进攻。新秀 sensation David Bailey 的首秀较为安静。他仅上场 8 次，完成了一次擒抱和一次四分卫压力。海盗队确实给了这位新秀很多关注，在一次进攻中对他进行双人包夹，在另一次进攻中对他进行干扰。
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喷气机队要点
■ **Garrett ** 在周五晚上找回了自己的状态。在 2025 年最后 10 场比赛因膝盖受伤缺阵后， 今年夏天已恢复全速。他有两次接球，共推进 32 码，其中一次是跳跃接球。两次接球均完成了第三档转换。
■ 很明显，Isaiah Williams 在深度图上的位置已经超过了新秀 Omar Cooper。Williams 与 和 Adonai Mitchell 一起作为接球手首发开场。Williams 在训练营表现强劲，而 Cooper 则较为安静。Cooper 完成了两次接球，其中一次推进 26 码。
■ 一个值得关注的位置之争是安全卫。Andre Cisco 和 Dane Belton 正在竞争与 Minkah Fitzpatrick 相对的首发位置。周五 Cisco 首发，但值得注意的是，他是唯一一个在替补入场时仍留在场上的首发球员。他与 Belton 一起在第二阵容中比赛。
— Brian Costello
格伦：吉诺脚踝酸痛“无需担心”
作者：BRIAN COSTELLO
吉诺·史密斯（Geno Smith）的回归还得再等等。
在周五对阵海盗队的季前赛揭幕战中，史密斯未能出场，主教练亚伦·格伦（Aaron Glenn）称其为“脚踝酸痛”。
“这实际上发生在周三与坦帕队的最后一次联合训练中，”格伦说道。“无需担心。他将采取每日观察的状态。”
喷气机队笔记
格伦表示，在史密斯告知球队其脚踝酸痛后，他于周四告诉史密斯，出于预防措施，他将不会上场。原计划是让所有首发球员出场。
如果身体健康，史密斯将在下周五于匹兹堡对阵钢人队的比赛中获得再次上场的机会。
喷气机队在3月通过交易获得了史密斯，他们从突袭者队那里获得了他以及一个第七轮选秀权，以换取一个第六轮选秀权。格伦立即表示史密斯将成为喷气机队的首发四分卫。对于史密斯来说，这是重返喷气机队，他曾在2013年被该队在第二轮选中，并在2013-16年期间为喷气机队效力。
史密斯在训练营期间表现一直不稳定，且本周的练习表现糟糕，首先是对阵自己的防守组，随后是在与海盗队的联合练习中。
格伦可能在让史密斯面对坦帕湾防守组时感到紧张，尽管对方全部是替补。当那些仅仅是为了争取留在球队的人面对首发球员时，情况可能会变得危险。
在史密斯缺阵的情况下，凯德·克鲁布尼克首发，在贝利·扎佩接替他之前，他进行了两个系列赛。在史密斯之后，喷气机队在四分卫位置上拥有克鲁布尼克、扎佩和布雷迪·库克。克鲁布尼克是来自克莱姆森大学的第四轮选秀球员，是史密斯之后二号位置的热门人选，但总经理达伦·穆吉在9月13日赛季开始前，仍有可能通过交易引进一名资深替补。
扎佩在比赛中两次被拦截，其中包括一次被拦截后直接被对方得分（pick-6）。
上赛季首发四场比赛的库克是周五晚上比赛中的第三名四分卫，他15次传球成功9次，传球码数108码。
► 喷气机队新秀角卫莫里·班巴表现出色。班巴有4次击飞传球，并完成了4次擒抱。班巴曾短暂离场以评估是否脑震荡，但随后回到了比赛中。
“他是那个真正脱颖而出的人，”格伦说，“不仅是因为他在防守端的表现，他在特勤组也完成了一些精彩的发挥。”
就算面对的是海盗队的替补又怎样。这孩子准备好了。孩子克鲁布尼克准备好了。
当吉诺·史密斯的脚踝酸痛让他无法准备好迎接他在喷气机队的季前赛回归时，凯德·克鲁布尼克已经为他周五晚上的NFL季前赛首秀做好了准备。
克鲁布尼克在周四被亚伦·格伦告知他将担任首发。当时刻到来，他的妻子和父母就在大都会体育场的看台上，他脑海中那个稚嫩的声音在说：“让我们去打球吧。”
NFL选秀的第二顺位、训练营的话题人物大卫·贝利在对阵四分卫康纳·巴泽拉克（Connor Bazelak）的两个系列赛中没有记录到任何一次擒杀，尽管他在第一个系列赛中成功展示了一个旋转动作并阻止了冲球。而在一次传球进攻中，海盗队通过双人包夹将他压在地上。他将会成为一个麻烦。
但这个夜晚——喷气机队以24-16落败——属于这位来自克莱姆森大学的第四轮选秀球员。这位四分卫在2025年出现了退步，在球探和人事社区中，他成了泰·辛普森（Ty Simpsons）、卡森·贝克（Carson Becks）、德鲁·阿拉斯（Drew Allars）以及当然还有费尔南多·门多萨（Fernando Mendoza）之后的一个可有可无的人物。
凯德·克鲁布尼克脸上没有出现那种惊慌失措的表情。
克鲁布尼克（7次传球成功5次，56码）在两个系列赛和16次进攻快照后由贝利·扎佩接替，但在被替换之前，他已经证明了自己是目前史密斯最可能的替补人选。
“我一直热爱足球，我热爱这项运动，我感到非常兴奋，”克鲁布尼克说。“每个人都会紧张，每个人都会心慌，但对我来说，我总觉得我对比赛充满期待。你训练了一整年，有这么多机会穿上护具，戴上头盔去比赛。对我而言，我这辈子在比赛日总是很兴奋，从未紧张过。”
克鲁布尼克拥有自信、胆识和心理韧性，即便他的手臂力量并非最强。目前还不清楚常规赛的比赛对他来说是否压力过大。但这场比赛没有。他在5月份曾说过：“我是个赢家。”
Klubnik 是一名对比赛钻研很深的球员，进攻协调员 Frank Reich 对他的沉稳和成熟赞不绝口。Klubnik 满足了比尔·帕塞尔斯（Bill Parcells）“四分卫诫律”清单上的多个关键项：他曾担任三年首发，达阵与拦截比（TD: INT）高于 2:1（73-24），传球完成率超过 60%（64%），首发场次超过 30 场（40 场），且赢球场次超过 23 场（26 场）。
Klubnik 谈到了
直击要点： 在喷气机队 24-16 输给海盗队的季前赛上半场中，Cade Klubnik 向前场奔跑。AP
他的信仰带给他的平静。
“虽然我是一名年轻球员，但我认为我很沉稳，我觉得自己在重大比赛的重大时刻以及类似的情况下不会感到真正慌乱，”他说道。
剧透预警：总经理 Darren Mougey 和 Glenn 不应拒绝增加一名合理的、能提供安全感的资深替补四分卫。如果 Smith 被迫离场，需要一个能稳住阵脚的人，这样“孩子”Klubnik 在试图挽救 Glenn 的工作时，就不必被推向狼群。
Zappe 因为一次被拦截并被对方带回端区得分（pick-6），以及一次传给 Arian Smith 的球被弹回导致拦截，而让自己的处境变得不利。
Klubnik 在与首发球员共同参与的第一次进攻中组织了一次射门（FG）推进，在第二次进攻中组织了一次达阵（TD）推进。
“他身上有一种胆量，”Glenn 说道。“他对自己的手臂有信心，对他能通过闪避并用脚步创造机会的能力有信心。”
“我对他的运作方式感到高兴且自豪。”
他展现了良好的机动性，通过向右侧的假跑（bootlegging），在第一次传球中找到了近端锋 Mason Taylor。在第三档 8 码时，他沉稳地站在口袋中，凭借 Garrett Wilson 在他身后球路上的扭身接球，完成了一次 21 码的传球。
“看到他做出这样的表现并不令人惊讶，”Klubnik 说道。“看着很有趣。”
在第三档 5 码时，Klubnik 再次找到 Wilson 完成 11 码推进，随后在第三档目标端区时，向 Wilson 传出了一个过高的球。
当 Braelon Allen 接球推进 31 码冲入端区，帮助球队取得 10-0 领先时，Klubnik 挥舞着拳头，冲向端区加入庆祝。
他谈到了更快地到达开球线，以及在机会出现时果断出击。他始终是个完美主义者。当然，Glenn 不会承认替补四分卫的竞争已经结束。但他这样评价 Klubnik：“我对他的运作方式感到高兴且自豪。”
阿门。
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抢球之礼： Garrett Wilson 全场完成两次接球，共计 32 码，他在第一节比赛中在海盗队后卫 Damarion Williams 头顶上完成接球。Bill Kostroun
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在线看还是跳过
《索尔兹伯里中毒事件：身边的间谍》（The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door）（HBO Max）让我们觉得在深度分析方面还欠缺一些，但作为一部维基百科式的叙事综合剧，它对事件的浓缩呈现非常有信息量。 我们的结论：在线看
极其糟糕的转变
查理·布什内尔称卢克在《波西·杰克逊与奥林匹斯众神》第三季中看起来将很“糟糕”
作者：HOPE SLOOP
《波西·杰克逊与奥林匹斯众神》第三季即将到来，查理·布什内尔（Charlie Bushnell）在提醒粉丝们，卢克（Luke）的状态将会很糟糕。
在圣迭戈动漫展（San Diego Comic-Con）接受 DECIDER 采访讨论即将到来的新一季（定于 11 月在 Disney+ 首播）时，布什内尔透露，在试图从死者中复活泰坦克洛诺斯（Kronos）的灾难性尝试之后，第三季可能会展现这位赫尔墨斯（Hermes，林-曼努埃尔·米兰达 饰）之子处于困境之中。
“我觉得卢克在上一季中相当惨地辜负了克洛诺斯，而克洛诺斯因此给了他一个教训，”布什内尔说。“我认为这是卢克第一次经历这种情况，所以我想在上一季结束到现在的这段时间里，卢克一直在加班加点地努力尝试弥补过错，重新攀爬阶梯，回到克洛诺斯的好感之列。”
在第三季所基于的里克·里奥登（Rick Riordan）的小说《泰坦的诅咒》（The Titan's Curse）中，波西（Percy，沃克·斯科贝尔 饰）曾说卢克看起来太糟糕了，如果不是因为他恨透了卢克，他甚至可能会对他产生同情。这与卢克在第二季以及里奥登“波西·杰克逊”系列第二部小说《海怪之海》（The Sea of Monsters）中的形象形成了鲜明对比——在在那部作品中，由于得到了克洛诺斯之灵承诺的财富和权力，他显得光彩照人，一副随时可以出入乡村俱乐部的样子。
至于在让叛逆的泰坦失望后，粉丝们会看到他多么颓废，这位年轻演员暗示，粉丝们应该做好心理准备，卢克看起来将像是没睡觉、没吃饭，也没有进行任何在第二季乘坐安德罗美达公主号（Princess Andromeda）期间让他光彩照人的自我护理。
“我的意思是，在不透露太多的情况下，我们在第一场戏看到他时，他看起来就很糟糕。真的很糟糕。他不再穿着那件漂亮的，你知道的，游轮风紧身牛仔裤和漂亮的拉夫劳伦（Ralph Lauren）毛衣了。他被打得很惨。看起来好几个月没洗澡了，”布什内尔笑着透露道。
卢克处于世界之巅的日子已经一去不复返，尤其是当他努力争取重新获得克洛诺斯的青睐时。在第三季中，他将继续扮演大反派之一，他及其一群异教徒试图在奥林匹斯山挑起战争，推翻统治了数千年的众神。本季还将看到卢克与他的老友安娜贝丝（Annabeth，利亚·萨瓦·杰弗里斯 饰）再次相遇，尽管这是一个绑架局面，因为卢克和克洛诺斯试图诱导波西承担起一个史诗级的重任（粉丝
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乍一看，Netflix 迷人的新时代剧《我的辉煌职业》（My Brilliant Career）感觉就像是一长串现代改编剧中的最新一部，通过加入不合时宜的配乐和性感场景来吸引当代观众。然而，《我的辉煌职业》——基于迈尔斯·富兰克林（Miles Franklin）同名半自传体小说——的主题恰恰是关于一个感觉自己超越时代的年轻女性的心境。
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（粉丝必须耐心等待第三季，才能看到卢克在推翻众神的追求中，外貌和心理状态究竟有多糟糕。今年会是他们最终成功的一年吗？）
《波西·杰克逊与奥林匹斯众神》前两季正在 Disney+ 流媒体播放。第三季将于 11 月 20 日首播。
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▌ 本日全报思想与文化深思雷达 (Intellectual & Cultural Significance Radar)
在系统通盘梳理本期报纸所涉及的报道后，以下 2 个具体事件在制度伦理与文化政治层面具有较高的学术探讨价值：
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【路易吉·曼吉奥内认罪与医疗保险制度冲突】
[F1_3, F1_4]- 事件简述：路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）承认刺杀联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）CEO布莱恩·汤普森，并在部分年轻群体中被视为某种“偶像”。他面临终身监禁，但此次认罪可能使其免于纽约州的部分指控
[F1_4 🔍]。 - 思想文化深思切入点：探讨个体暴力行为与制度性不满之间的关联。分析当医疗保险等关键社会保障制度被感知为缺乏人性或产生系统性压迫时，个体如何通过极端行为试图将“私人痛苦”转化为“公共政治议题”，以及大众对此类行为产生“扭曲崇拜”的社会心理机制
[F1_3, F1_4]。
- 事件简述：路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）承认刺杀联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）CEO布莱恩·汤普森，并在部分年轻群体中被视为某种“偶像”。他面临终身监禁，但此次认罪可能使其免于纽约州的部分指控
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【米兰达·可儿的“极端生物黑客”饮食法】
[F2_28, F2_30, F2_39]- 事件简述：超模米兰达·可儿公开其剔除鸡蛋、乳制品、面包等日常必需品的极端饮食习惯，引发营养学专家对其能量不足、生理功能受损（如排便不规律）及社交可持续性的质疑
[F2_30, F2_32, F2_39, F2_40]。 - 思想文化深思切入点：分析当代精英阶层中将身体视为“可优化硬件”的“生物黑客”逻辑。探讨这种通过严苛的“纯净度”管理来构建身体权力的实践，如何体现了新自由主义下的绩效主义，以及这种实践在生理健康与社会生活之间造成的张力
[F2_30, F2_40]。
- 事件简述：超模米兰达·可儿公开其剔除鸡蛋、乳制品、面包等日常必需品的极端饮食习惯，引发营养学专家对其能量不足、生理功能受损（如排便不规律）及社交可持续性的质疑
▌ 精选核心专题深度思想论证 (In-Depth Dialectical Monograph)
专题一：制度性绝望与暴力的符号化——从曼吉奥内案看个体反抗的异化
在路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）刺杀联合健康保险CEO的案件中，一个关键的认识论冲突在于“法律定义”与“社会感知”的脱节。从法律层面看，曼吉奥内被定义为“杀人犯”而非“英雄”或“殉道者” [F1_3 🔍]，其行为是严重的刑事犯罪。然而，报道提到他在部分年轻群体中成为了一个“扭曲的偶像” [F1_4 🔍]，这表明该事件在社会心理层面被赋予了超越个案的符号意义。
这种“偶像化”倾向揭示了当代社会中一种深层的制度性绝望。当医疗保险等官僚系统通过复杂的审核机制决定个体的生存质量时，这种权力运作往往是非人格化的。曼吉奥内的行为可以被视为一种试图将“非人格化的制度暴力”强行转化为“人格化的肉体冲突”的尝试。他通过攻击制度的最高权力代表（CEO），试图在公共视野中强行开启关于医疗系统不公的对话。
然而，这种反抗方式陷入了深刻的悖论：他试图通过破坏法治来抗议制度的不义，结果导致其面临终身监禁 [F1_4 🔍]。这证明了在现代法治框架下，个体绝望若缺乏制度化的表达渠道，极易异化为极端的个体主义暴力。这种暴力虽然在短期内获得了部分人群的共鸣，但由于其手段的非法性，最终无法转化为有效的制度改良动力，反而强化了制度对“反抗者”作为“犯罪者”的定义。
专题二：身体的微观治理——“生物黑客”饮食法中的权力与阶级
米兰达·可儿（Miranda Kerr）的饮食实践 [F2_30 🔍] 提供了一个观察当代精英阶层如何进行“身体微观治理”的样本。她剔除鸡蛋、乳制品、小麦等基础食物，转而追求鱼子酱、鹿肉以及“无霉菌、无铅”咖啡 [F2_30, F2_36]。这种饮食法不再是简单的营养选择，而是一种基于“优化”逻辑的身体管理。
从社会学角度看，这种“极端生物黑客”行为体现了技术理性对生物本能的殖民。身体被简化为一个需要通过剔除“杂质”来提升性能的系统。然而，营养学专家杰斯·贝克（Jess Baker）的分析指出，这种过度受限的饮食可能导致能量不足、心情糟糕及生理功能紊乱 [F2_32, F2_39]。这揭示了技术理性在面对生物复杂性时的局限性：试图通过绝对控制来获得“纯净”，反而可能导致生理机能的失衡。
更深层的意义在于，这种饮食法构建了一种基于经济资本的“纯净权力”。能够负担得起昂贵的特定品牌（如Erewhon）并维持如此高成本、低灵活性的饮食习惯 [F2_36, F2_40]，本身就是一种阶级标识。在这种语境下，“健康”被重新定义为一种可以通过资本购买的、极度排他的“纯净感”。这种实践将饮食从一种生活方式转化为一种绩效管理，体现了新自由主义将个体身体彻底工具化的逻辑。
▌ 面向学者的开放性思想追问与研究路标 (Open Horizons for Scholarly Inquiry)
- 【制度性不义与暴力共鸣】：分析为何在医疗保险系统性问题普遍存在的背景下，个体的极端暴力行为（如曼吉奥内案）会在特定群体中产生“偶像化”效应？这种现象是否预示着社会契约在基本生存保障领域的某种失效？
- 【生物政治与身体优化】：探讨“生物黑客”趋势如何改变当代社会对“正常身体”的定义？当健康被定义为一种通过资本和技术实现的“优化”而非“自然状态”时，这将如何加剧社会阶层的生物学分层？
- 【法律正义与社会正义的张力】：在面对由制度缺陷引发的个体极端犯罪时，法律体系如何在维持法治底线（惩罚暴力）与回应社会诉求（改良制度）之间建立有效的衔接机制？
理性与情感辩证深度研判：New York Post (2026-08-15)
▌ 本日全报生活世界痛感与情感政治深思雷达 (Lifeworld & Affective Significance Radar)
在系统通盘梳理本期报纸所涉及的报道后，以下 2 个具体事件在生活世界痛感、情感政治动员与制度理性冲突层面最值得学者进一步深思：
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【路易吉·曼吉奥内认罪事件】
[F1_4 🔍]- 事件简述：刺杀联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）CEO布莱恩·汤普森的路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）昨日对联邦指控认罪，面临终身监禁
[F1_4 🔍]。 - 情感政治与伦理深思切入点：该事件揭示了极端个体行为如何被部分群体赋予政治意义。曼吉奥内在部分崇拜他的年轻人群体中成为了一个“扭曲的偶像”
[F1_4 🔍]，这种现象呈现出一种将刑事犯罪重构为某种“反抗”的病理式情感动员，反映了特定社会群体对现有制度的深层不满。
- 事件简述：刺杀联合健康保险（UnitedHealthcare）CEO布莱恩·汤普森的路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione）昨日对联邦指控认罪，面临终身监禁
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【米兰达·可儿的“生物黑客”饮食争议】
[F2_28, F2_30, F2_39]- 事件简述：超模米兰达·可儿公开其极端受限的饮食习惯（不吃鸡蛋、米饭、面包、乳制品等），引发营养学专家对其健康状况的担忧及社交媒体用户的负面情绪
[F2_28, F2_30, F2_39]。 - 情感政治与伦理深思切入点：这体现了“身体管理理性”的极端化。通过将身体视为可编程的硬件（生物黑客），精英阶层试图通过极端的禁欲与精准控制来追求健康
[F2_30 🔍]。这种追求在客观上构建了一种认知壁垒，使普通民众在对比中产生生存焦虑，部分用户甚至表示“听她说话让我感到抑郁”[F2_29 🔍]。
- 事件简述：超模米兰达·可儿公开其极端受限的饮食习惯（不吃鸡蛋、米饭、面包、乳制品等），引发营养学专家对其健康状况的担忧及社交媒体用户的负面情绪
▌ 精选核心专题理性与情感辩证论证 (The Dialectic of Logos and Pathos Monograph)
专题一：法律程序的冷峻逻辑与个体情感的极端反弹——曼吉奥内案中的 Logos 与 Pathos 辩证
在路易吉·曼吉奥内刺杀联合健康保险CEO的案件中，我们目睹了法律制度理性（Logos）与个体极端情感（Pathos）的剧烈碰撞。从制度层面看，司法程序运行着一套标准化的逻辑：认罪、判刑、面临终身监禁 [F1_4 🔍]。这种逻辑旨在通过法律的确定性来维护社会秩序，将个案纳入既定的惩戒框架。
然而，这种理性的冷峻在社会心理层面引发了复杂的分裂。尽管报纸将其定性为“不是殉道者，不是英雄，只是个杀人犯” [F1_3 🔍]，但现实中却存在一个将其视为“扭曲偶像”的年轻群体 [F1_4 🔍]。这种现象揭示了一个深刻的社会心理断层：当部分个体认为制度无法提供正义或回应其痛感时，非理性的暴力行为竟会被部分人误读为一种“反抗”的符号。这种话语温度的剧烈反差——一边是法律对“杀人犯”的定性 [F1_3 🔍]，一边是部分群体对其的偶像化崇拜 [F1_4 🔍]——预示着社会共识的撕裂，制度理性在面对深层社会积怨时，其感召力正面临严峻挑战。
专题二：生物黑客的纯净幻象与微观生活世界的萎缩——精英身体管理中的伦理断层
米兰达·可儿所推崇的“极端生物黑客”饮食法 [F2_30 🔍]，实际上是当代精英阶层将“管理理性”延伸至生物微观层面的体现。在这种逻辑下，身体被视为一个需要通过精准剔除（不吃鸡蛋、乳制品、面包、小麦、种子油）和定向输入（鱼子酱、鹿肉、无铅咖啡）来优化的机器 [F2_30, F2_36, F2_39]。
然而，这种基于技术理性的身体管理，在生活世界的维度上导致了功能性的萎缩。营养专家杰斯·贝克（Jess Baker）指出，这种极端的禁忌饮食可能导致生理上的能量不足、情绪低落以及排便不规律 [F2_32 🔍]。更深层的社会学影响在于，这种饮食法在现实生活中极难灵活执行，无论是在餐厅、旅行还是社交活动中 [F2_40 🔍]。
这里存在一个伦理断层：精英阶层通过消费昂贵的、经过筛选的“纯净食物”（如Erewhon椰奶）来构建一种优越的生命状态 [F2_36 🔍]。这种状态被包装成“健康”向大众传播，但对于普通民众而言，这种叙事不仅无法复制，反而通过社交媒体的扩散，将原本自然的饮食行为转化为一种“不纯净”的焦虑感，导致受众产生“感到抑郁”的情感反弹 [F2_29 🔍]。这种从“身体管理”到“阶级区隔”的演变，揭示了理性被用来服务于一种极端的个体主义纯净观，而这种纯净是以牺牲生活世界的丰富性与社交流动性为代价的。
▌ 面向学者的伦理与社会心理开放性追问与研究路标 (Open Horizons for Ethical & Sociological Inquiry)
- 【关于制度理性与个体认同的追问】：当法律的“定罪逻辑”与部分群体的“偶像化崇拜”发生冲突时，社会如何重建一种能够被广泛认同的正义叙事，以防止暴力行为被浪漫化？
- 【关于身体管理与阶级异化的追问】：在“生物黑客”等技术理性主导的身体管理趋势下，身体是否正在成为一种新型的、基于消费能力的阶级资本？这种对“纯净”的追求如何重构了当代人的自我认同与社会排斥机制？
- 【关于公共讨论极化的追问】：曼吉奥内案中出现的“偶像化”现象，是否标志着公共讨论已从“基于事实的辩论”转向“基于情感共鸣的阵营对抗”？在这种环境下，法治的理性话语如何才能重新获得对大众的感召力？
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Luigi pleads guilty, faces life in prison for depraved assassination
Luigi Mangione, who became a twisted idol to a cult of young people who celebrated his assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges. He faces life in prison when he is sentenced Dec. 18, though the plea may spare him from New York charges brought by DA Alvin Bragg.
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They turned crap into gold. A routine renovation job in Belgium took an unexpected turn on Tuesday after builders happened upon a gold hoard worth over $10 million while installing a sewer system.
"Our first reaction was actually disbelief," an 18-year-old student worker named Kobe told local media outlet VRT while recalling the unexpected haul. "Of course, we hadn't expected to find gold."
His crew had been tasked with overhauling a building in the Flemish community of Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, around a 40-minute drive from Brussels.
The workers were reportedly removing the foundation so they could lay a sewer pipe when they "suddenly saw something lying there," Kobe recounted.
Initially believing it was a cache of 1-euro coins, the crew quickly realized that was not the case after spotting a gold nugget.
All told, the stash of ingots and bullion amounted to around $10.4 million.
Unfortunately for them, this was not a case of finders keepers — the crew was forced to hand over the precious metals to the police, who explained to them that pocketing it was verboten.
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Baaahhhd commuters
Two mischievous pygmy goats strolled onto a Portland, Ore., public bus during rush hour recently — in a wild fare-evasion effort that was caught on camera.
The head-turning ordeal took place during the morning commute at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, The Oregonian reported.
The viral video posted by the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon shows two pygmy goats casually following straphangers onto a bus before the doors closed.
The driver spotted the cheeky pair and reopened the doors to let them out.
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FASHIONABLY FAMISHED
Pros roast Kerr's wild diet
By ALLIE YANG
Want to eat like a super-model? We hope you don't like bread.
Or eggs. Or sushi. Or even kale.
Miranda Kerr, 43, recently broke down the details of her insane diet on Kristin Cavallari's podcast, "Let's Be Honest," and social media users were . . . stunned, to say the least.
"That diet sounds miserable," wrote one TikTok user. "I am depressed listening to her," said another.
Kerr's "extreme bio-hacking" means she doesn't eat eggs, rice, bread or dairy. Instead it's squash, carrots, caviar (she is married to Evan Spiegel, the billionaire co-founder of Snapchat, after all) and, oddly enough, venison.
She also allows herself some marshmallow tea, which isn't as delicious as it sounds — it's a caffeine-free drink made from the roots of a marshmallow plant and isn't sweet.
'Tired all the time'
Even experts weren't impressed.
"She's probably just tired all the time," said Jess Baker, who has a masters in nutritional science. "She's probably in a s-ty mood . . . she's probably not s-ting regularly enough. She probably poops once every few days."
Ultimately, Miranda's eating habits are just too limiting, according to dietitian Sophia Deahl.
"Miranda genuinely seems to care about eating for her health . . . but her
What Miranda won't eat:
- Eggs
- Dairy
- Wheat
- Seed oils (e.g. canola oil, soybean oil and sunflower oil)
- Bread (though she allows her kids to eat sourdough)
- Rice
- Spinach
- Kale
- Sushi (over concerns about parasites)
- Mass-produced meat
What she will eat:
- Noni juice
- Marshmallow tea
- A few tablespoons of coconut yogurt, with local honey
- Banana (just a little) and mangoes
- "Mold-free, lead free" coffee with Erewhon coconut milk and maple syrup
- Squash, carrots, parsnips (for carbs)
- Caviar
- Venison, bison, lamb and turkey
- Salmon (but only a little due to mercury concerns)
- Carob as a chocolate substitute
- Lemon balm tea
- Olive oil (but only on salads — for cooking, she uses coconut oil and avocado oil)
MAD MENU: Model Miranda Kerr shared details of her extreme diet, and let's just say it sounds like a raw deal with no eggs, dairy, bread and more everyday essentials.
diet is very restrictive," Deahl told The Post.
By not eating bread, dairy, wheat, eggs and seed oils, she might not get enough protein, fiber, calcium, iron, B vitamins and omega-3s — and her overall energy could be lacking.
Plus, there's the issue of sustainability. "The more foods that are 'off-limits,' the harder it can become to eat flexibly in real life — at restaurants, while traveling, at social events, or simply when you're
craving something different," Deahl said.
Deahl's biggest takeaway is you can get the same anti-inflammatory benefits of a diet like this without all the restrictions.
"I'd recommend eating plenty of whole foods, vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds, quality proteins, seafood and minimally processed foods," she said. "But I would not automatically recommend eliminating wheat, dairy, eggs, carbohydrates or other food groups unless there is an individual reason to do so."
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LUIGI'S BOUND
By BEN KOCHMAN, KYLE SCHNITZER and MATT TROUTMAN
Luigi Mangione confessed to the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Friday, pleading guilty to federal charges as the slain executive's widow wept silently in the courtroom gallery.
"On the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died," Mangione, 28, said matter-of-factly as a Manhattan federal court judge accepted his plea to two federal stalking counts that each carry a potential life sentence.
"When I did so, I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death or serious bodily injury," Mangione said. "I knew what I was doing was illegal."
Tears streamed down the cheeks of Thompson's widow, Paulette, as Mangione methodically detailed his plot to assassinate the 50-year-old dad of two over grudges about the health-care industry.
Reveals stalk tricks
"After years of enduring severe pain from a broken back, navigating obstacles of the health-insurance system and witnessing some of the experiences of countless others, I learned UnitedHealthcare would be holding its annual investor conference in New York City," Mangione said.
The University of Pennsylvania graduate described how he made a 3D-printed gun, equipped it with a silencer and magazine and used a ruse to find out where the conference would be taking place before shooting Thompson as he arrived early to the New York Hilton in Midtown.
Mangione, who comes from a prominent Baltimore-area family, drew glares from Thompson's relatives as he walked into the courtroom minutes earlier, shackled at the feet but without handcuffs and wearing a beige prison jumpsuit with a long-sleeved white shirt rolled up to his elbows.
The Manhattan US Attorney's Office said it will urge the judge to send Mangione to prison for the rest of his life when he is sentenced on Dec. 18.
"Mangione attempted to send a public message through violence,"
Pleads guilty to murdering Rx executive
COLD-BLOODED: A hooded Luigi Mangione uses a 3D-printed gun with a silencer in December 2024 to fatally shoot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (inset) on his way to a Midtown convention.
said Jamie McDonald, the head of the Southern District of New York, in a press conference on the courthouse steps.
"But the message that emerges today is very different: Violence is not a legitimate instrument to promote any political or social message," McDonald said. "Those who resort to violence in an effort to advance their beliefs will be prosecuted, convicted and put in jail."
The admitted assassin's plea came just weeks before jury selection in his state case — where he's still charged with second-degree murder and illegal weapons possession — was set to begin on Sept. 8. The fate of the state case was not immediately clear Friday, with Mangione's lawyers filing a
motion to dismiss it on the grounds of "double jeopardy," in which a person cannot be convicted twice for the same crime.
"It was a single tragic event, yet he's being persecuted twice for the same conduct," Mangione's attorney Karen Friedman Agni-filo said outside the courthouse.
State-charges debate
But Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said it was ready to fight against that argument and urge the state judge to move forward with the trial.
"While federal sentencing is pending, we are prepared to litigate the defense motions. The Manhattan DA's Office remains committed to seeking justice for
1st time appearance
By KYLE SCHNITZER, BEN KOCHMAN and NATALIE O'NEILL
The sobbing widow of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson came face-to-face with her husband's killer for the first time in court as he emotionally admitted to shooting him dead at point-blank range in Manhattan two years ago.
Paulette Thompson looked stoic in sunglasses and a blue dress as she was escorted to a black SUV with other relatives after witnessing Luigi Mangione, 28, admit to gunning down her husband in cold blood.
While the 53-year-old physical therapist stayed mum about the dramatic development, her family later released a statement calling it a critical step toward holding the self-styled martyr from Maryland accountable.
"Today's guilty plea marks an important step toward justice for Brian and for our family. While nothing will ease the pain of losing him, we are grateful that the federal justice system has held the person responsible for this heinous act ac-
countable," the statement said. "Now we look to the court to ensure that sentencing reflects the severity of this crime."
Family members of Thompson, including his elderly mother, walked quickly outside the Manhattan courthouse and declined to answer questions from the media. Thompson's two children were not present.
As they left, a ghoul riding a one-wheeled electric skateboard repeatedly shouted, "America loves Luigi!"
Earlier in the morning, Paulette sobbed silently in the courtroom as Mangione confessed, "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died."
Paulette filed into the front row of the courthouse gallery with other members of Thompson's family Friday morning. She glared at Mangione as he was led into the courtroom minutes later wearing tan jail garb, but he didn't appear to look in the widow's direction.
Paulette, who goes by "Pauley," started tearing up and dabbed her eyes with a tissue before looking away from her husband's killer.
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FOR LOCKUP
Tricks used to target victim
Admitted killer Luigi Mangione revealed Friday that he posed as a UnitedHealthcare investor to track down and shoot CEO Brian Thompson in the sick murder scheme.
The disclosure came as Mangione, 28, read a statement in Manhattan federal court detailing his December 2024 assassination plot against Thompson, 50, as a meticulously planned act of revenge.
Mangione said after becoming disgruntled by the nation's health-insurance industry, he learned UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investor conference in New York that month.
"Before traveling to New York, I used a 3D printer to make a gun. I equipped the gun with a silencer and a magazine," he told the court. "I traveled to New York to UnitedHealth with the intent to shoot Brian Thompson."
Mangione said he went to Manhattan in November but didn't know the exact location where the conference would be held.
"I then emailed UnitedHealthcare leadership posing as an investor at a firm managing $50 billion in assets and requesting information to [the] health conference," Mangione said, sitting at the defense table. "Unlike my previous interactions with insurers, I received an immediate response within an hour."
Mangione said he used info from that email to find the location and fatally shoot the father of two outside the New York Hilton Midtown on Dec. 4, 2024, as he arrived early to attend the conference.
The cold-blooded killer said he hatched the murder plot after suffering severe back pain and growing furious at the health-insurance company.
"After years of enduring severe pain from a broken back, navigating obstacles of the health-insurance system and witnessing some of those experiences of countless others, I learned UnitedHealthcare would be holding its annual investor conference in New York City."
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Mr. Thompson and his family," a spokesperson said in a statement. Mangione had been set to begin his federal trial in January on the two federal counts — interstate stalking resulting in death and stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death. An earlier charge of federal murder — for which Mangione could have faced the death penalty — was dismissed this winter.
US District Judge Margaret Garnett warned Mangione at Friday's hearing that he could end up serving any state sentence consecutive to his federal one.
He also faces life in prison on the state charges.
Mangione softly replied "yes" as Garnett asked him a series of questions designed to ensure that
he understood the legal specifics of his plea. He nodded his head slightly when she told him that he could face a maximum sentence of life behind bars.
Mangione also revealed in court that he even posed as an investor at a firm managing $50 billion in assets to UnitedHealthcare leadership in order to score details about the fateful investor conference.
He said he had never been hospitalized for mental illness and that he was taking trazodone, a prescription medication primarily used to treat depression, in order to help him sleep.
The Maryland prep-school grad reportedly underwent back surgery in mid-2023 before traveling to Asia early the following year,
apparently cutting off his relatives and friends. His family had filed a missing-person report in November 2024, the month before the shocking slaying.
Closure for CEO kin
Thompson's killing spurred a small army of twisted supporters, mostly young women, for Mangione, some of whom have cheered Thompson's death amid widespread anger toward America's broken healthcare system.
McDonald slammed the Mangione fans in his remarks Friday.
"We live in a civilized society governed by the rule of law. We debate. We disagree. We protest. We do not commit murder," the US attorney told reporters.
Mangione had led authorities on a dramatic five-day manhunt before local cops in Altoona, Pa., nabbed him Dec. 9, 2024, while he was eating breakfast at a local McDonald's.
He has been locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Prosecutors said he penned a "manifesto" detailing his motive to kill Thompson in order to "rebel against the deadly, greed-fueled health-insurance cartel."
He left behind bullet casings at the scene with the words "delay" and "deny" etched into them, a nod to language insurers allegedly use to dodge paying out customers' claims.
Additional reporting by Khristina Narizhnaya and Chris Nesi
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'Bragg'ing rights lost? NY may lose its shot
By PRISCILLA DeGREGORY and KYLE SCHNITZER
Luigi Mangione may never be convicted of murder following his bombshell decision to plead guilty to federal stalking charges Friday — thanks to “creative lawyering” that leaves his state case hanging in the balance, experts told The Post.
Just hours after the health-care-hating pretty boy copped to charges in Manhattan federal court, which could land him life behind bars, his bulldog legal team filed papers asking to have his separate state murder case tossed out over double jeopardy.
It's a technical move that could cost Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg a marquee conviction in one of the biggest cases of his career.
“It's very creative lawyering by his lawyers to do this,” said Mark Bederow, a veteran Big Apple attorney and former Manhattan DA prosecutor. “The loser here is the Manhattan DA.”
Mangione's attorneys Marc Agnifilo and wife Karen Friedman Agnifilo argue that trying the 28-year-old killer on a state case — on charges of second-degree murder and various firearms counts — would constitute double jeopardy. Double jeopardy laws protect people from being prosecuted twice for the same crime.
'Magic language'
They say that although the charges Mangione faced in the state and federal cases were different, they stemmed from the same crime — the cold-blooded 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Former prosecutor Neama Rahmani explained the Empire State has a special law that “says that there cannot be a second or subsequent prosecution in New York State
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Court arising from the same transaction or occurrence as a previous case.
“So that's the magic language, the same transaction or occurrence,” he said.
'Feds botched case'
Both lawyers said it's likely that Mangione will see the state murder charges thrown out.
“It is essentially the same facts,” Bederow said of the state and federal cases.
The only move that Bragg's office has is to argue the circumstances of the murder charges are different from those in the stalking charges, the lawyers said.
Rahmani said the feds “botched” their case and in turn “sabotaged and torpedoed” Bragg's case.
Federal prosecutors lost their bid to seek the death penalty against Mangione, and the murder and firearms charges they mounted were also struck down — all of which should have prompted the feds to dismiss the leftover stalking charges, Rahmani explained.
“The case was completely gutted,” the lawyer said. “They should have dismissed the case and let the state [case] proceed.”
“There's a very good chance that the state murder charges are going to be dismissed,” Rahmani said.
Swooning airheads say Sick cult of idiotic fangirls
HE'S guilty as sin. Luigi Mangione has now admitted his role in the brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson back in December of 2024.
“I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mangione declared Friday morning in Manhattan federal court.
Those chilling words should put the 28-year-old behind bars for life.
However, among his depraved army of fangirls, Mangione's guilty plea only bolsters his status as a righteous warrior.
As one self-declared “Mangionista,” 27-year-old Abril Rios, said outside the courthouse: “I see it more of a revolutionary act of protest, the likes of which we haven't seen since the Civil Rights era.”
Another dimwit gushed that she and the killer used the same sleeping medication, calling it “a
little bonding moment.”
These people who treated Mangione's twisted manifesto — in which he seemingly admired headlines about the murder that “convey[ed] a greedy bastard that had it coming” — as their modern-day bible will say he's a hero and a martyr for a greater cause.
Uncivilized society
But the preppy rich kid turned cold-blooded murderer is nothing but a sad-sack loser who ruined his own life — and the lives of the Thompson family, including his two sons who were just 16 and 19 at the time of his death.
Mangione's brazen assassination of Thompson on a Midtown street also shattered a fragile sense of security for anyone with success, as his shots declared war and open season on individuals with a high net worth or any sort of perceived power.
A civilized society cannot
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murder a 'revolutionary act of protest'
Uncle of victim: Yes, give Luigi life!
The uncle of slain United-Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson wants Luigi Mangione to get "what he deserves" — life in prison — after the confessed killer pleaded guilty to federal charges on Friday.
Bruce Thompson, brother of the murdered healthcare executive's father, told The Times of London the family hopes the judge throws the book at Mangione, 28, when he's sentenced on two federal stalking counts that each carry a potential life sentence.
"I hope he gets what he deserves," Bruce told the outlet.
"There's still a lot of legal hassle we have to go through," the 79-year-old uncle added. "We'll see what December 18 brings — we hope he gets the max."
The Thompson family, several of whom were in court Friday including the victim's weeping widow, Paulette, learned several days ago a plea deal was coming.
However, "seeing it actually happen ... it's been an overwhelming morning," Bruce said of Mangione's confession to the cold-blooded assassination of the 50-year-old dad of two overgrudges about the healthcare industry.
Mangione matter-of-factly told the judge at Friday's hearing, "On the morning of December 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died."
The grieving uncle said he was "glad to hear him say it."
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function this way — and Mangione must pay.
Days after the murder, the low-life was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald's, a development that should have brought us a sense of relief.
Instead, the aftermath was almost as horrifying as Thompson's killing. People cheered this executioner.
Some were besotted with his swarthy good looks, others by his willingness to take out a healthcare CEO — a complicated industry that has become increasingly expensive and some argue inhumane.
I've interviewed some of Mangione's most ardent supporters, who have seemingly shown more devotion to a killer than to steady employment.
There was the trio of insane women whom City Hall shamefully gave press credentials that granted them access and credibility. There were cretins in Super Mario Bros. costumes and Luigi merch. I met a woman who traveled from New Hampshire to perform her original song, "Delulu for Lulu."
I can confirm that she was certifiably delulu.
Many tried to rationalize Mangione's action as a necessary spark of resistance and change.
'That's the way it is'
Thompson's assassination at Mangione's hands, they argued, finally forced a much needed dialogue about the state of healthcare in this country.
On Friday, superfan Christina Marani told The Post: "In a way, it's really unfortunate that someone had to die to spark the conversations that we're now having, but unfortunately that's the way it is."
But I have yet to see any productive conversations about policy or pragmatic solutions — only bloodthirsty celebrations of wanton murder and the eleva-
tion of a loathsome fool as some sort of religious figure.
It's also exposed the depravity infesting leftist political discourse.
Just a few months ago, in an interview with The New York Times, leftist streamer Hasan Piker explained the adoration of Mangione by invoking the words of commu-
nist Friedrich Engels. Thompson, Piker said, was guilty of a "tremendous amount of social murder ...
"Because of the pervasive pain that the private healthcare system had created for the average American, I saw so many people immediately understand why this death had taken place," Piker said.
But we need to snuff out a dangerous ideology that celebrates political violence.
Today should belong to the grieving family of Thompson, whose pain has been lost in this circus. They're the real victims.
Appearing at court for the first time, widow Paulette Thompson sobbed as Mangione spoke. She and her sons later released a statement calling the plea "an important step toward justice for Brian and for our family. While nothing will ease the pain of losing him, we are grateful that the federal justice system has held the person responsible for this heinous act accountable."
I hope they find peace — and that Mangione never knows a moment of it.
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Anti-Israel $$ probe
By JAMES FRANEY
The feds are probing a shadowy nonprofit's $100 million anti-Israel "war chest" allegedly amassed by a glamorous ally of Mayor Mamdani, a racecar-driving billionaire and a Texas private equity mogul, The Post has learned.
The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a UK-based outfit known only as PFF, scrutinizing whether it illegally funneled donor funds to Al-Haq, a Palestinian group sanctioned by the US in September.
Two sources with direct knowledge said federal agents are investigating more broadly whether the fund's organizers employ opaque UK corporate entities to obscure cross-border financial flows.
One insider said the "linchpin" for the group's fundraising is Bassema Yousef, a New York-born Dem donor who lives in the swanky London neighborhood in Kensington.
The Mamdani ally is a former Al Jazeera staffer and Booz Allen Hamilton consultant who has regularly forked out to the campaigns of Israel-bashing Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich).
'Well connected'
Insiders described Yousef as "a well-connected operative who bridges the gap between State Department veterans, management consultants and elite progressive spheres."
They added she is a close friend of Mamdani spin doctor Waleed Shahid and Zara Rahim, a senior adviser to the left-winger's winning
Zo pal's $100M fund under fire
campaign in November.
Yousef's Threads account features a string of unhinged anti-Israel tirades in which she unloads on CBS correspondent Matt Gutman, who is Jewish, because his network "is owned and run by Zionist [sic]".
Yousef allegedly established PFF with the backing of Palestinian-Australian motorsports magnate Yasser Shahin and the Austin, Texas-based buyout executive Basil Qunibi.
Shahin — a 49-year-old racing driver who has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans — is a director of the multibillion-dollar Peregrine Corporation. He owns a stake in the Australian retail giant he inherited from his late father Fred, filings show.
GLAM-DAMNED: Feds are reportedly probing an anti-Israel nonprofit run by glamorous Mayor Mamdani ally Bassema Yousef (right), Basil Qunibi (above) and Yasser Shahin (left).
UK corporate filings confirm Adelaide-born Shahin's role in establishing PFF's London entities. PFF has a nonprofit based in Delaware, according to the IRS website.
Other players
Qunibi, meanwhile, serves as the chief executive of Atom Investors and sits on the board of the World Food Program USA. He previously founded Novus Partners, a pioneering portfolio intelligence platform used by top institutional investors. There is no suggestion from DHS sources that Atom is involved with PFF.
A spokesperson at Prosek Partners, handling queries on behalf of Qunibi, broadly denied the allegations.
AARON RODRIGUEZ Samaritan hurt in Queens.
Stabbed trying to help man
A good Samaritan was stabbed in the stomach when he tried to stop an unruly trio from ganging up on an elderly man on a Queens subway platform — but the thick-skinned New Yorker said he's "still gonna call it out" when he spots shady behavior on the rails.
Aaron Rodriguez, 35, a hotel chef from Briarwood, told The Post he was on his way home from a late night with friends around 5 a.m. Thursday when he spotted the three suspects harassing the senior on the southbound No. 7 train platform of the 82nd Street-Jackson Heights station.
"They were just yelling s-t at [the older guy] — calling him names and this and that," Rodriguez said. "I was like, 'Leave the guy alone!'"
"They just started fighting with me and just started scrapping, so I did my best to hold it down to defend myself," he said. "But at some point during the scrap, they ended up stabbing me a couple times."
Rodriguez was stabbed twice in the stomach with an "unknown sharp object," police said.
The NYPD released photos several hours later of the alleged attackers, who were still on the loose Friday. Amanda Woods
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Chilling Clancy search
Lindsay Clancy made a series of disturbing Google searches — including “How to slit throat to die” — in the days and weeks leading up to the grisly murders of her three children, bombshell testimony revealed this week.
Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, shockingly confronted a Massachusetts state trooper with the alarming searches as the mom’s murder trial entered its 13th day Thursday.
“Did you come across a search, ‘Where is the carotid artery?’” Reddington asked Trooper Timothy Chiappini, who analyzed Clancy’s cellphone after 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and Callan, 8 months old, were found fatally strangled in the family’s Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023.
“I don’t recall,” Chiappini responded.
Reddington then asked about the searches, “How to slit throat to die” and “How to turn airbags off on Kia Sorento” — but the trooper again said he did not remember them.
“These all came from Lindsay’s phone, right?” Reddington asked, and held up posters displaying each search for the Plymouth County courtroom to see.
Georgia Worrell and Priscilla DeGregory
Don’s new ‘bawl’room
WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of his sprawling White House ballroom to continue while his administration appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work.
Trump’s solicitor general on Friday petitioned the high court to suspend last week’s decision by a US Court of Appeals.
The filing brings the months-long legal battle to the Supreme Court for the first time since Trump tore down the East Wing last fall to start the 90,000-square-foot, $400 million ballroom.
Emily Goodin, Wires
Quit post after ‘fabulist’ allegations
PLAGUED UK PROF, 41, DEAD
By NATALIE O’NEILL
Embattled former Cambridge University professor Jason Arday was found dead Friday after quitting his job at the school over plagiarism allegations — which his family slammed as a “campaign of misinformation.”
Arday, 41 — the youngest-ever black professor at the university — was found “unresponsive” in his south London home and later pronounced dead at the scene, according to the UK Telegraph.
“Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by officers,” a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the paper.
“At this time his death is being treated as unexpected but is not believed to be suspicious.”
The sociology professor, who became a poster boy for diversity, resigned Aug. 5 as the school launched an investigation into accusations that he plagiarized parts of his Ph.D. dissertation and lied about positions he held at other schools.
He cited an “unrelenting level of public scrutiny” as his reason for resigning.
“[It’s] simply the decision of someone who has reached the limits of what any person should reasonably be expected to endure,” he said at the time.
Arday had faced allegations that
he lifted more than 100 passages in his dissertation from another academic, Brunel University student Paula Zwozdiak-Myers.
Nathan Cofnas, a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium, published a Substack article last month detailing several examples in which Arday’s doctoral dissertation appeared to be plagiarized.
‘Misinformation’
An analysis later showed more than 100 passages in his thesis reportedly appeared to be similar to or lifted from the thesis of Zwozdiak-Myers.
Arday (left) then came under fire for allegedly falsely claiming to have held three positions at academic institutions — Ohio State University, University of Glasgow and Durham University — on his official biography page for Cambridge University.
“Jason was subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse for more than three years since he accepted the role of professor at Cambridge University by those who would leave no stone unturned in their quest to undermine him,” Arday’s family said, according to the Guardian.
“The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone,” they added.
El-Sayed kin groan for the holidays
The sister of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed also dismissed classic American holidays as her candidate brother has been called out for hating on the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving.
Eman Abdelhadi, an assistant professor of comparative human development at the University of Chicago, had several social-media posts resurface in the wake of her sibling’s primary victory earlier this month.
“Excuse me if I don’t celebrate the transfer of stolen land from one colonizer to another,” Abdelhadi posted on Twitter, now X, in July 2016, while using the hashtag #July4th.
In other posts, the college
professor claimed “settler colonial propaganda” was potentially being taught at her niece’s school, only to breathe a sigh of relief after learning that the main takeaway about Thanksgiving was “turkeys.”
“If it weren’t attached to genocide,” Abdelhadi also said in a November 2024 post, “thanksgiving would be a lovely holiday.”
Reps for Abdelhadi did not respond to a request for comment. Josh Christenson
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ELECTION 2026
Don hugs vic's mom
TENDER TRUMP: President Trump on Friday embraced Migdalia Martinez, whose 12-year-old son Jacob Freytes was fatally shot last month in The Bronx.
'Boy slain by thug'
By KATHERINE DONLEVY
President Trump embraced the teary-eyed mother of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes — the Bronx boy allegedly shot dead by a career criminal last month — as he promised to get tougher on crime during a pro-police event on Long Island Friday.
The president paused his speech at the Nassau County Police Academy in Garden City to acknowledge Migdalia Martinez, whose son was fatally hit by a stray bullet outside a Bronx bodega in July.
Trump described Martinez and her ex-husband, retired NYPD detective Jesus Freytes, as "incredible people" before departing the podium and exchanging words with the weeping pair.
"Incredible, horrible story. A horrible thing. We're going after them. There are sick people," Trump promised the crowd after the emotional moment.
Jacob Freytes had cycled to the Wanda Deli Grocery on Elliott Place near the Grand Concourse to buy a ball when he was fatally struck in the chest.
Martinez told The Post that
the tender moment made her feel that the country is "heading in the right direction."
"It feels good to know that he cares," the grieving mom said. "I need America to be safe again. I already lost one son. If it's not safe, I can't imagine what's going to happen to the rest of my children or all of our children."
Martinez said she hopes for a future bill named after her son that would put criminals convicted of recklessly or intentionally killing children behind bars for life without the possibility of parole.
"My son will never be able to enjoy his life. Why should he?" Martinis said of career criminal William Ferrer, 45, who police said killed Freytes after opening fire during a fight in the South Bronx.
Ferrer has a lengthy rap sheet dating as far back as 1999, with half a dozen previous arrests.
The president said the incident was an extreme product of "Kathy Hochul's New York" and bail reform policies, which Martinez had previously told The Post was a system that "works more for the criminal than they're gonna work for the victim." kdonlevy@nypost.com
BRUCES
By MATT TROUTMAN and ALEX MITCHELL
He's bigly for Bruce.
President Trump slammed Gov. Hochul's "radical left" as destroying New York — as he boisterously predicted Friday that GOP contender Bruce Blakeman will win the state's gubernatorial race.
The extravagant praise came as Trump visited Nassau County — where Blakeman serves as the executive — to tout new FBI statistics showing a historic national year-over-year drop in violent crime.
Speaking at the Nassau County Police Academy, Trump railed against what he called the "communist attack" on America, painting an apocalyptic picture of cities descending into chaos, crime and squalor.
"And then the death comes,
and it becomes really a true hell hole," he said to the raucous Garden City crowd packed with cops and supporters, adding, "It's not going to happen to New York, New York state. That's why we got to get Bruce into office."
Trump then argued that the race was Blakeman's to lose, given the policies of Hochul and other state Democrats, such as New York's cashless bail laws implemented in 2020.
Hammering Hochul
"How the hell can you lose to that? If you lose, you'll be ashamed for the rest of your life," he said.
Blakeman trailed Hochul, a Democrat, by just 10 points — 49% to 39% — among likely voters, according to the latest Siena College survey con-
ducted in early August.
The poll showed Blakeman in a better position than Republican candidate Lee Zeldin at roughly the same point in 2022. Zeldin went on to lose against Hochul by a slim six points — a major feat for a Republican in a historically deep blue state.
Trump's visit to Long Island came as Blakeman and other Republicans amp up their attacks on Democrats ahead of November's election, hoping that the party's sharp leftward shift will alienate voters, especially in suburban swing-districts.
The Empire State in particular has seen the Democratic Socialists of America emerge as a powerful force within the Democratic Party, particularly since Big Apple Mayor Mamdani's election last year.
But Trump only mentioned
ELECTION 2026
TRUMP BUMP
Prez goes all-in for 'winner' Blakeman at LI cop rally
BRUCE IS ALMIGHTY: President Trump said he believes that Bruce Blakeman (together, left) will win the New York governor's race Friday at a rally on Long Island (above).
his unlikely texting buddy Mamdani a handful of times, drawing indulgent boos as if the Boston Red Sox were taking the field at Yankee Stadium.
Instead, Trump repeatedly hammered Hochul, accusing her of being soft on crime for supporting cashless bail and a
sweeping "sanctuary state" law that bans cooperation between local cops and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
"Hochul and the radical left stand with the gang members, child predators, violent felons. We stand with hardworking
New Yorkers," Trump said.
"She thinks the sanctuary cities are wonderful, which are killing our country," he added.
The pair certainly haven't been shy about attacking each other, but Trump and Hochul often temper it with pragmatic praise about their working relationship on specific projects or issues, such as the overhaul of Penn Station.
Bruce touts ICE deal
Blakeman, who vehemently opposes the anti-ICE efforts, returned to his mantra that Nassau is the safest county in America — crediting it in part to the county's partnership with federal immigration enforcement.
"Nassau County has the most comprehensive agreement with ICE in the United States of
America. In one year, we removed 2,000 illegal migrants with criminal records ranging from attempted murder, rape, murder, robbery ... drug dealers," he said before Trump took the stage.
The president was joined by Blakeman, Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, a Garden City native, for a tour of Nassau County's "state of the art" police facility during the visit.
Basking in the law enforcement crowd, Trump boasted about Blakeman hiring more than 700 new cops.
Trump drew massive applause when he called for the death penalty for cop killers, as he did when he introduced Blakeman — whom he said was an old friend.
"He's a winner," he said about Blakeman.
New low in violent crime rate
Violent crime rates in the US have plummeted with their biggest one-year drop on record, according to a new FBI report that President Trump touted Friday as evidence that he's "making America safe again."
The 2025 Uniform Crime Report showed violent crime was down 9.3% from the previous year, murder was down 18.1%, rape decreased by 7.6%, robbery was down 18.5%, aggravated assault decreased 7.2%, and motor vehicle theft was down 22.7%.
"Every single number is the lowest number in recorded history," he said of the new report.
"We have the best crime record in recorded history," Trump, who's portrayed himself as a law-and-order president, said during a Long Island stop.
The Trump administration has embraced policies that helped fight crime rates: cracking down on criminal migrants, decreasing the number of immigrants trying to illegally cross the border and sending National Guard to big cities. Emily Goodin
Dem pol: No thanks, Kam
Alaska Dem Senate hopeful Mary Peltola rejected support this week from ex-VP Kamala Harris, who lost the state by double digits in her failed 2024 presidential campaign.
"Alaska is a must-win Senate seat for Democrats to retake control of the Senate," Harris wrote in a fundraising email, urging the public to "help Mary Peltola get the support she needs" by splitting a donation between Peltola's campaign and the ex-veep's Fight for the People PAC.
Harris continued, "So if there's anyone who can flip Alaska and secure the Senate majority for Democrats — it's Mary. But she cannot do it alone."
But Peltola, a former congresswoman who flipped Alaska's at-large congressional seat blue in 2022, was not interested in Harris' support.
"Mary isn't seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48 — her focus is and always will be Alaska," a campaign spokeswoman told The New York Times. Victor Nava
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ISAAC SCHORR
HUMAN history is shaped by epic rivalries, and Dr. Anthony Fauci's adversarial relationship with the truth has proven one such antagonism.
Fauci's pandemic-era fibs about the efficacy of masks and lockdowns, the National Institutes of Health's funding of gain-of-function research, his role in shutting down schools and the origins of COVID-19 itself are well-documented.
But a liberal journalist may have just blown the top off yet another massive scandal.
Terry Moran is best known for getting canned by left-leaning ABC News over an unprofessional outburst directed at White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.
He's the furthest thing from a right-wing bomb-thrower.
Yet during a recent appearance on The Fifth Column podcast, Moran revealed that Fauci was responsible for his only experience of 'the heavy hand of censorship' coming down on him at ABC.
According to Moran, he and his team conducted a thorough investigation into the lab-leak theory in early 2021 before putting together a balanced segment analyzing the arguments for and against it.
But the final, edited product that came back to him after his version was reviewed by top brass at the network was 'incomprehensible,' said Moran.
'I was told: 'Fauci,' he recalled.
'Organized campaign'
'I've never watched that story [again] and I never want to. Because it wasn't mine, and most importantly, because it was incomprehensible.'
Moran went on to allege that 'an organized campaign' to paint the lab-leak theory as racist is what 'really silenced' dissenters.
'ABC News' standards people took that absolutely to heart and it was not going to be discussed.'
All due to the wishes of one man: 'Fauci.'
Speak of the devil, the longtime NIAID director owes former President Joe Biden a very nice dinner — and maybe even some ice cream afterwards.
In one of his final acts as commander-in-chief, Biden pardoned Fauci for any federal offenses he may have committed between 2014 and early 2025.
Otherwise, Moran's revelation might send the doctor to jail for perjury.
Fauci appeared before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in June 2024 and addressed the supposedly 'false accusation that I tried to cover up the possibility that the virus originated from a
'Edited COVID lab-leak story'
WHAT'S UP DOC? Former ABC News reporter Terry Moran (left) says Dr. Anthony Fauci (above) pressured ABC to change Moran's 2021 report about the origins of COVID-19.
lab' in his opening statement. 'In fact, the truth is exactly the opposite,' he asserted.
The opposite, huh? Then why did Fauci allegedly intervene to force a story merely contemplating the possibility that the virus originated in a lab to undergo a makeover so extreme as to render it unrecognizable?
And why did Fauci play such a key role in the publication of an article dismissing the lab-leak theory beginning in February 2020?
An article, by the way, that Fauci himself would later cite as an unbiased authority on the topic.
No wonder the ex-chief medical
adviser to Biden spent hours pleading the Fifth Amendment in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee late last month.
After all, he's not immunized from prosecution for any current lies.
Media manipulation
Only the destructive ones he's already told.
Legal consequences (or lack thereof) aside, Moran's anecdote, if true, provides terrifying insight into the toxic relationship between Fauci and the media.
If Fauci was going to find out about the story pre-publication, the network ought to have asked him for an on-the-record comment so that the public could weigh the strength of his arguments.
Instead, ABC allegedly granted him veto power, essentially crowning him editor-in-chief for a day without any disclosure of his influence over its reporting.
What were they thinking? The doctor was a high-ranking government official with motive aplenty to mislead at the time of the Moran rewrite.
Remember, Fauci is a believer in the so-called 'noble lie' who suffered from reality-warping delusions of grandeur.
There was every reason to interrogate his perspective.
Instead, the press elevated it above all others — because he was a liberal cause célèbre whose views on this particular topic aligned with the media's own inexplicable concern that investigating the connection between an epoch-changing pandemic and the genocidal Chinese government would fuel anti-Asian bigotry.
Unlike, say, blaming it on the Chinese people's purported hankering for bat soup.
The media's liberal bias not only yields slanted coverage, it makes it susceptible to manipulation by the powerful and self-serving.
Anthony Fauci wasn't the first and won't be the last to take advantage.
Attacker erupts in court
A Florida serial felon who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a DoorDash driver was dragged out of the courtroom when he launched into an expletivelaced meltdown following his swift conviction.
Joseph Killins erupted inside Hillsborough County Court in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, when a jury took just 20 minutes to find him guilty of attempted murder, armed kidnapping and sexual battery stemming from the April 2023 attack.
'That b-h lying, man!' Killins yelled after the verdict was finished being read, according to video from WFLA TV. 'I didn't do no s-t like that to that motherf-ker.'
The agitated creep had jolted out of his seat, forcing several officers to restrain him.
'Sit down, Mr. Killins,' Judge Lyann Goudie ordered.
The movement of the frantic convict forced the judge to clear the jury from the courtroom before addressing the agitated predator.
'What's going on Mr. Killins?' Goudie asked before she was interrupted by his obscene blowup.
'Out, out, he goes in the holding cell,' the no-nonsense judge ordered.
Nicholas McEntyre
'Dodgeball assault' rap
An Arizona teen was charged with assault when he and his two pals allegedly targeted the boy's ex-girlfriend 'relentlessly' with dodgeballs during their gym class, which left the girl with bruises.
Abel Schipper claimed he never meant to hurt his classmate when he and his friends hurled dodgeballs at the girl during warm-ups for the class at Mayer High School in December 2025.
The girl was allegedly hospitalized with serious bruising on the upper right rib cage and lower right abdomen, according to a police report obtained by AZ Family news. Richard Pollina
Meg chapped hips
Mom-of-four Megan Fox shows off her hot-at-40 bed in a sultry photo splash for Insta-fans, highlighted by furry leather chaps and tight latex band.
2 more 'Legion' deaths
The Upper East Side Legionnaires' disease outbreak has now claimed the lives of nine people, eclipsing the death toll from last year's Harlem cluster, health officials announced Friday.
The grim milestone was shared by Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin, who said two people diagnosed weeks ago had died.
"We mourn each loss, and our hearts are with their loved ones," Martin said.
City Council Speaker Julie Menin, an Upper East Side resident, said she was "saddened" to hear that two more people died from the "devastating outbreak."
Menin confirmed that one of the deaths included "one previous case reclassified as connected to the cluster."
"My thoughts and prayers are with their families," she wrote.
Martin said the source of the Upper East Side Legionnaires disease outbreak has been eliminated and residents are no longer at increased risk of exposure.
One person still remains hospitalized, the Department of Health said. There have been no new confirmed cases or reported symptoms in over three weeks but the health department will continue to analyze samples of the disease from cooling towers and patients.
Ella Morrison and Matthew Fischetti
AUC'S FROZEN DEBT
Student loan stall
By JOSH CHRISTENSON
WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has made at least $174,000 annually for nearly eight years as a member of Congress, but like many of her "Squad" colleagues, she has yet to put a substantial dent in her student loan debt, according to House financial disclosures.
The Bronx and Queens Democrat has owed between $15,001 and $50,000 in federal student loan debt since her election to the House in 2018. That's the same amount she owes now, according to her August disclosure, where lawmakers report ranges for debt and income.
The "Tax the Rich" pol reported less than $81,000 in total assets.
Recently, Ocasio-Cortez has suggested that she'd been saving up for some time instead to freeze her eggs, a process that can cost between $10,000 and $20,000 per cycle.
"I got sworn into the House of Representatives when I was 29 years old," she said in an Instagram video. "There's this flip side where you have to then grow up in the public eye in a time that most people usually get to grow more privately."
Ocasio-Cortez amassed the loans while attending Boston University as an international relations and economics major between August 2007 and May 2011 — and went on to tend bar
in Manhattan before her successful run for Congress.
The "Squad" Democrat has consistently backed student debt cancellation. During former President Joe Biden's term, she even pushed the 46th commander in chief to cancel as much as $50,000 in debt per student borrower.
Not alone on Hill
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has held up to $50,000 over the past eight years in student debt.
Not all her colleagues who entered the same freshman class of 2018 have failed to pay off their student debts.
Fellow "Squad" Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) had up to $100,000 in law school loans that have been partially paid off in the same time period — but could still amount to as much as $50,000 too, per House disclosures.
Meanwhile, moderate Rep. Jared Golden (R-Maine) similarly held up to $100,000 in outstanding student debt but paid off at least half of it by his last House filing.
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Pol applies the brakes E-bike reversal
By HALEY BROWN
City Council Speaker Julie Menin is backing away from a major pillar of her proposed e-bike crackdown — as new legislation will no longer require registration, which safety advocates say is key to holding out-of-control riders accountable.
Menin is punting the issue to Albany rather than include it as part of her 17-bill legislative package of e-bike safety laws, marking a reversal from when she co-sponsored Priscilla's Law, which would require such registration.
The decision to not register the bikes blunts the impact of the legal effort to stop danger from the powered personal vehicles, said Councilman Robert Holden, who sponsored Priscilla's law in 2024.
'Orders from PACs'
'What the Council is doing is a halfhearted measure,' he said. 'They're not beholden to the citizens of New York City. They get their marching orders from PACs.'
Menin's move comes as PACs funded by Uber and DoorDash dropped around $170,000 in independent expenditures supporting her reelection — and critics say that money from the powerful tech companies is what is stalling reform on the bike issue, as they don't
want to face more suits.
Menin flatly denied any influence and pointed out one of the measures she backs would strengthen licensing oversight across delivery platforms.
Sal Albanese, a former councilman who now works with Make Voters the Donors, said money talks.
'Legally, they're probably not talking,' he said, 'but it's a wink and a nod.'
Follow NJ's lead
Advocates say that requiring the powered bikes to be registered and carry license plates would allow an injured pedestrian to identify a delivery rider and file an insurance claim against them or their the delivery app.
New York City's TLC already licenses both the cars and the drivers for hire, but Menin said she wants to follow New Jersey and have e-bikes register with the state DMV.
Albany has shown little appetite for Priscilla's Law. State bills drew just six sponsors across both chambers in the last session.
Sponsor Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. said his bill has been slow to gain momentum because lawmakers fear hurting delivery workers.
Crashes involving e-bikes and e-scooters are up more than 30% from last year.
'Police' and quiet
The City Council is mulling a bill that would offer cops electronic hearing devices to protect their ears on the job in the 'very loud' Big Apple.
The bill, introduced Thursday by GOP Minority Leader David Carr and Council Public Safety Chair Oswald Feliz, would create a one-year pilot program for the NYPD to offer ear protection that will reduce
noise by at least 25 decibels. Studies have shown that police officers across the country face higher levels of hearing loss than the general public, with more than a third of officers reporting some level of loss.
The NYPD and the New York City Police Benevolence Association did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Matthew Fischetti
COLUMBIA
By ISABEL VINCENT
A nearly $100 million fund intended to revitalize West Harlem has been mired in mismanagement, racism and inertia, The Post has found — with not one major project either conceived or built with the money in nearly two decades.
In 2009, Columbia University signed a deal handing more than $96 million to a newly formed nonprofit, the West Harlem Local Development Corporation, to make amends for the displacement of local residents during an expansion.
The school's incursion into the Manhattanville neighborhood — from West 125th to West 134th streets, between Broadway and 12th Avenue — included constructing new arts and science centers, a business school and conference venue.
Controversially, it seized existing buildings by eminent domain, pitting the wealthy school against local small businesses and property owners refusing to budge.
Things got so heated that when Columbia University's president Lee Bollinger and Julio Batista — chair of the new nonprofit — went to sign the agreement, they had to navigate through a group of rowdy protestors with hand-printed signs proclaiming 'West Harlem is not for sale' who had to be held back by the NYPD.
Despite the uproar, the university hailed it 'an opportunity for the University and our local community to enhance our collective work . . . while helping local citizens and businesses be full participants in the new economic opportunities created by Columbia's commitment to local growth.'
'Opportunity' squandered
Seventeen years later, sources say 'a generational opportunity' for improvement has been squandered.
Columbia sources tell The Post the university made its final payment last year and has since abandoned the fund, which has dwindled to $56 million.
The Post found that almost none of the $20 million earmarked for affordable housing has been spent, and rather than meaningful community development, locals are fobbed off with token grants to theater groups, dance companies and the local chamber of commerce.
In past years, the fund gave out 1,000 turkeys to residents at Thanksgiving and cheap school supplies to local children, according to a former board member.
The group's 'senior programs'
Ivy cuts ties with passive Harlem fund
PUSHED OUT: David Geffen Hall (right) at the Columbia Business School campus was part of the university's controversial expansion into the Manhattanville neighborhood, which displaced local residents.
consisted of buying $127,000 in Broadway tickets for elderly citizens and chartering a bus to take them to shows in 2024, a source told The Post.
The nonprofit, now renamed the West Harlem Development Corporation, is beset by chronic dysfunction on its board and has been rocked by recent allegations of racism and antisemitism.
The board operates 'as though it were a neighborhood bodega rather than a nonprofit corporation with substantial community assets,' Larry
English, a Harlem lawyer and current WHDC board member who represents Democratic Congressman Adriano Espaillat on the board, told The Post.
He also charged that board members have 'refused to retain a competent firm' to put a plan in place 'for this once-in-a-generation opportunity to preserve and grow the original endowment established under the Community Benefits Agreement.'
Sources noted that, if invested properly, the original $76 million endowment and $20 million affordable
$ FOR NOTHING
It's run as though it were a neighborhood bodega rather than a nonprofit corporation with substantial community assets.
—Larry English, a Harlem lawyer and current board member of the West Harlem Development Corporation
HARLEM HEAT: West Harlem Development Corp. Executive Director Zead Ramadan (near right with David Dinkins in 2013) is accused in a lawsuit of rapism. The WHDC board is led by ex-judge Milton Tingling (left).
housing fund would have grown exponentially by now.
"The board's failure to take these steps constitutes a breach of its fiduciary duty," English alleged, adding his frustration that none of the money for affordable housing, "a critical concern in West Harlem," is being used.
Concerns with pols
Instead, the WHDC is fighting a federal lawsuit brought by a former board member and employee over allegations of racism by its current Executive Director, Zead Ramadan. He is alleged to have "engaged in a pattern of unprofessional and discriminatory behavior in the workplace, including racist, antisemitic, and otherwise ethnically offensive remarks," per court papers.
Ramadan, who is also a board member of the Council on American and Islamic Relations in New York City, is one of the only paid employees of WHDC, making $225,000 in 2024, public fil-
ings show. Since 2013 the board has been headed by powerful retired judge Milton Tingling, who is also the New York County Clerk. Last month, Tingling was appointed to the Mayor's Committee on the Judiciary, set up to recommend judicial candidates.
Concerns about the community benefits agreement surfaced even as it was being drafted in December 2007. At that point, five West Harlem board members resigned, upset over the heavy-handedness of the politicians involved in negotiating with Columbia.
The university's funding, which was allocated in several tranches over the years, has been regularly jeopardized by mismanagement, numerous sources have claimed.
As far back as 2010, then Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer charged the organization had failed to establish guidelines for distributing the cash and ensuring accountability.
Several board members resigned at that time, including board chair Batista, over con-
cerns the nonprofit was becoming a "slush fund" for Manhattan politicians through their board representatives.
The board had spent hundreds of thousands on "do-nothing" consultants, and the representatives of the lawmakers on the board were steering cash to their pet projects, all while having "whittled down" the broader community initiatives, which included better housing and subsidized transportation for seniors, former board members told The Post.
'Lagging behind'
And still the mismanagement continued. In 2014, former board chair Donald Notice, who had sat on it since 2009, resigned amid allegations of nepotism just before the board voted to award a nonprofit run by his sister administration of a $10 million housing fund, according to a report.
"The money never trickled down to the community," said
Derrick Haynes, an activist who helps juvenile offenders in Harlem. "The community continues to lag behind in progress. The residents are continuing to be squeezed out."
Haynes had expected to receive money from the WHDC for juvenile justice issues, but never did.
The university gave the group its last $17 million tranche last year. A former board member claimed executives at the Ivy League college have been frustrated with the group's inability to come up with a strategic plan for the cash.
Columbia University declined to comment to The Post this week.
Meanwhile, WHDC has kept a tight hold on its purse strings, donating only around $2 million to local nonprofits per year. In 2024, it gave out $2.5 million, including $10,000 to the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, where Tingling is on the executive committee of the board.
WHDC's largest annual grant is
$125,000 per year for the Harlem Arts Alliance, a group created by GHCC executives, used to put on a summer music festival, according to public documents.
Tingling and the board changed WHDC's bylaws in an emergency session in 2020, allowing members to serve double their two-year terms, citing the COVID pandemic.
Despite the pandemic being over, he remains in charge.
Former board member and employee Vincent Morgan, the plaintiff in the federal lawsuit against the group, was an early whistleblower describing the chronic mismanagement in 2010.
When he spoke up again a few years ago, recording alleged antisemitic outbursts by Ramadan and urging the board to hammer out a strategic plan for the remainder of the cash, he was fired, he claims in the federal suit against WHDC.
Tingling, Ramadan and WHDC did not respond to The Post's requests for comment.
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Ill Dolly shelved
DOLLY Parton canceled an appearance at her iconic Dollywood theme park after a doctor ordered her not to travel due to ongoing 'health issues.' 'I'm still in Nashville, and I'm sorry about that,' the songstress, 80, shared in a virtual appearance Friday. 'Now I've told you before, all my fans, that I have had a few little health issues. And sometimes I get a little dizzy, and I get dehydrated,' continued Parton, who wore fairy wings. 'My doctor clipped my wings, saying, 'You ain't traveling this week.' Her recent health struggles started in September when she had kidney stones, and she's canceled multiple events since — but did make it to the opening of her truck stop travel center in Tennessee in June.
3 cheese for film
BELOVED East Hampton restaurant Sam's, which has been around since 1947 and never closes for parties, made a rare exception. We hear the spot shuttered for a night to serve up its famous pizzas to a starry crowd at a Neon and Cinema Society bash for director James Gray and his film 'Paper Tiger.' Gwyneth Paltrow, husband Brad Falchuk and mom Blythe Danner (above), Katie Holmes and new beau Jason Bard Yarmosky, Victor Garber, Griffin Dunne, Stephanie March, Daryl Roth and Beth Stern attended.
FORMER 'Good Morning America Weekend' anchor Janai Norman has been blasting ABC News months after her ouster — irking her former colleagues at the Disney-owned network, according to a report.
Norman, whose contract wasn't renewed in April after 15 years working at ABC, even suggested her old employer is 'complicit in upholding white supremacy' in a video that took aim at 'GMA' host Michael Strahan's interview with the parents of a dead Mississippi teen.
The unusually public broadsides have 'raised eyebrows among many' at the network, according to the Status newsletter.
Norman ripped Strahan over his questioning of the parents of Nolan Wells, a black 18-year-old who was found dead after a boating trip with friends. Strahan asked the grieving parents why their son would have voluntarily stayed behind on the island where his body was found. 'The question should have been, 'Do you believe that?' Norman said, arguing, 'That was not an objective question,' and criticizing news outlets of placing too much trust in law enforcement, which 'plays into racial divisions.'
She said reports are ignoring the 'historical context of Mississippi — the state with the most recorded lynchings in history' — making
those 'news organizations become complicit in upholding white supremacy.'
Norman has repeatedly gone after ABC's handling of the Wells story, accusing the network of 'gaslighting' the public and calling one of its digital stories 'blame the victim.'
'Michael is an invaluable and highly respected member of the ABC News family,' an ABC News spokesperson told The Post's Ariel Zilber. 'He is a trusted anchor and journalist, and we have complete confidence in his editorial judgment, integrity and professionalism.'
Status reported that Norman was 'not well-liked by ABC News brass,' citing unnamed sources. Norman did not get back to us.
All is Unwell for podcast host's bevvy biz
ALEX Cooper's drink line, Unwell Beverages, is going under less than two years after hitting shelves. Bloomberg, citing sources at Target Corp., which is Unwell Beverages' main distributor, reported that the brand will shut down this fall following the release of Halloween-themed products, when the Nestlé-owned company is 'ceasing production across all [lines] of beverages.' Reps for Cooper, Nestlé and Target have not commented. News of the brand's shutdown comes amid a wave of backlash
against Cooper this year, much of it tied to her husband Matt Kaplan's alleged 'nasty' treatment of Unwell Network staff. She called the allegations a 'smear campaign.' Her former boss Dave Portnoy also alleged Cooper had a 'game plan' of planting a fake sexual harassment story to get out of her contract with him. When Cooper was asked about the allegations, she said, 'That's not how I remember that at all.'
'How To' get rich
MATTHEW McConaughey is rolling in the dough thanks to 'How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days.' The actor revealed that his 2003 rom-com with Kate Hudson is 'by far' his biggest moneymaker today. 'How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days' is the gift that keeps on giving,' he said on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast. He called the beloved movie 'probably my favorite rom-com I've done' and 'a real anchor in the rom-com genre through time.' 'And it still pays the best mailbox money of any film I've ever done,' he added of its residual payouts. 'By far. By lengths.' The 56-year-old also noted, 'Every March I'd get a big check because, Valentine's Day.'
Recovery 'hopeful'
PEREZ Hilton remains hospitalized after his suicide attempt on Aug. 4, his sister, Barbara Lavandeira, exclusively tells Page Six. Hilton (above) 'continues to receive medical treatment for his injuries,' she told us. 'His physical and mental recovery is going to take a lot of time, but we remain hopeful.' Lavandeira refrained from providing specific details on Hilton's 'private medical matters,' but said he 'did sustain cuts to his face and other areas.' Page Six also confirmed he was treated for a drug overdose at the scene. When asked if Hilton, 48, remembers the harrowing incident, Lavandeira said, 'I don't want to speak for Mario ... There'll be time for those conversations when his doctors believe he's ready.'
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5 dead in Mich. gun hell
Five people were killed in a Michigan shooting spree Friday, sparking a massive manhunt that ended when the suspected gunman was found dead.
The bloodshed was discovered at a home in Missaukee County, where police found three dead people shortly before noon, Up North Live reported, citing state police.
Two more victims were later found — one in the woods near Whitlock Lake and another in a separate home, according to the report.
Another person was in critical condition.
The carnage prompted a frantic search for the 39-year-old suspect, Chad Hickman, who police said was considered armed and dangerous.
Hickman was eventually found dead, though it wasn't immediately clear how he died.
"Not only is this difficult for our investigators and our troopers, but it's very hard for this community. You know, this type of loss is tragic," a Michigan State Police spokesperson told Up North Live in a statement.
"And we're going to conduct a thorough investigation."
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Hormuz as a US territory?
President Trump said Friday that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz "a territory of the United States" after the Iran war.
"After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump said during a Long Island rally for Republican candidates in midterm elections.
Trump acknowledged the economic effects of the nearly six-month conflict, but argued that ensuring Iran could not build a nuclear weapon was worth paying "a tiny little bit more for your gasoline."
Steven Nelson
A yote-load of fun
Resurrected 'Wile E.' flick a real blast
THAT'S A BALL FOLKS! "Coyote vs. Acme," a live action/animation hybrid starring Lana Condor, Wile E. Coyote and Will Forte that had been shelved by Warner Bros., is crazy, funny and surprisingly emotional.
TALK about loony. It's borderline insane that the ludicrously funny "Coyote vs. Acme," a cracking comedy that's easily among the top "Looney Tunes" movies ever, was almost never seen by anybody.
Three years ago, the $70 million live-action/animation hybrid along the lines of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was part of a trio of completed projects that were unceremoniously shelved and taken as a tax write-off by new Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
The other victims of Zaslav's merciless shears were "Batgirl" and "Scoob! Holiday Haunt." They're still gathering dust somewhere.
And, look, that was probably the financially responsible thing to do. It's hard to imagine a Bugs Bunny movie that's not co-starring Michael Jordan or LeBron James grossing a break-even $140 million at the box office.
Welcome departure
But who cares, Doc? We're talking about Daffy Duck, Tweety and Elmer Fudd here — not the sobering reality of balance sheets.
"Coyote vs. Acme" is the dream scenario of what I wish every studio would do with their stalwarts — play around, don't focus-group it into generically inoffensive oblivion and retain the essential soul of our
Johnny Oleksinski MOVIE REVIEW
COYOTE VS. ACME Demented and brilliant.
Running time: 103 minutes. Rated PG (cartoon violence and some language). In theaters Aug. 28.
★★★ 1/2
favorite characters.
The premise here is demented — and brilliant.
Wile E. Coyote has spent an eternity attempting to, well, violently kill the Roadrunner, only he's been thwarted by a ton of malfunctioning Acme products.
One sad night after another failure caused by backfiring rocket skates, the too-determined 2D assailant sees an ad on TV for a personal injury lawyer.
"Have you ever set a big stack of TNT on the road hoping to blow up your nemesis, but when you press the detonator the detonator itself explodes?" dryly asks Will Forte's Kevin Avery.
"It's not your fault.
There's probably somebody to blame."
Finally, somebody understands his plight.
This is a world — or, rather, an Albuquerque — where cartoons live harmoniously alongside humans, but thankfully no one yaks on about it or overexplains it. That's just the way things are. In poor schlub Kevin's case, he makes a living settling for the low hundreds of dollars on malfunctioning cartoon tech cases.
Emotional ending
Together, Wile E., Kevin and his niece Paige (Lana Condor) uncover a sinister conspiracy involving the all-powerful Acme Corporation and why so many of its inventions go haywire.
There's an element of "Erin Brockovich" to that setup and even an undercurrent of "All the President's Men."
The key to beating Acme in court is getting the Road Runner to testify. Pinning him down is "beep beep" the biggest challenge of the movie.
There's enough drama in that to keep the film from feeling slight, and the plot unfurls in surprising ways. Compare that to "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" in which the plot spontaneously combusts within the first 30 seconds. The ending here actually catches you off guard with how emotional it is.
What's so great in "Coyote vs. Acme," though, are the constant, outrageously funny jokes.
When Wile E. first meets Kevin at his law firm, the coyote is reading a book called "How To Wait Around Dramatically."
There are a zillion quick gags like that.
My favorite, though, is when Acme's lawyer, played by John Cena, is berating Tweety Bird, whom he hired to be an informant against Wile E.
"I tawt I taw ..." starts the canary.
"You tawt you taw?!" yells Cena (inset). "I'm not paying you for what you tink you taw!"
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THE BATTLE FOR IRAN
US plans toughest-ever econ sanctions
Mother of
all fiscal
attacks
By STEVEN NELSON
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is teasing unprecedented new economic actions against Iran as negotiations to end the nearly six-month war sputter.
"Watch this space for more announcements coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been seen in the history of economic isolation of a country," Bessent said in a Thursday night interview with Newsmax's Rob Schmitt.
Bessent has led the so-called Operation Economic Fury this year to support the Pentagon's Operation Epic Fury — and recalling how his efforts last year helped spark an inflation crisis inside Iran, which led to mass protests in December and January.
The Treasury secretary did not specify how the US might further at-
tempt to cut off Tehran after taking increasingly aggressive actions to sanction money-changers, cryptocurrency and other sources of revenue — coinciding with President Trump's naval blockade halting most oil output.
Bessent's department is legally restricted from previewing specific sanctions actions — making it unclear what his new tactics might entail.
'Economic Fury'
"The kinetic war ended after several weeks, and we went from Epic Fury to Economic Fury. And at the president's orders, we have raised the level even again," he said on Newsmax.
"I think the reason we are succeeding is because it is a one-two punch. People say, 'Well, you know, Cuba lasted a long time. Venezuela lasted a long time.' Venezuela
VILE IMAGE: A mural of the Lady Liberty under attack hangs in Tehran as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) plans more economic pain.
immediately crumbled when we put the blockade on.
"So it will be a combination of economic isolation like the world has never seen before, and the continued blockade in the Strait of Hormuz that will keep anything
from going in or out of the Iranian ports," Bessent said.
Democrats who think Iran has never been stronger are "uninformed, deranged, and have no idea what they're talking about," he added.
Hegseth goes ballistic on SATs
WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is fuming over the Army's decision to withdraw new academic standards for college students in the ROTC program — including requiring a score of at least 1000 on the SAT — to ensure that "stupid people" are not becoming military officers.
The new standards were announced on Aug. 5 in an internal memo issued by then-assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs Jules Hurst, whom the Senate confirmed as Pentagon comptroller two days later.
"The Army must cultivate intelligent and adaptive officers to build a lethal and ready Army prepared to deter, fight and win our nation's wars. The strength of our Officer Corps is the strength of our Army," Hurst wrote.
The requirement, which would have taken effect in January, was rescinded on Aug. 12 in a memo signed by under secretary of the Army Mike Obadal, who cited a need for "further staffing and analysis."
Pentagon sources told The Post the pivot demonstrated dysfunction within the Army, whose Secretary Dan Driscoll has clashed with Hegseth over the past year, including over personnel decisions — with the men hardly on speaking terms despite the ongoing Iran war.
The memos did not reach Driscoll's desk before being issued, one source told The Post. A different source confirmed that the Army secretary was not included in an internal email chain unveiling the initial memo.
Hegseth's displeasure with the situation was described to The Post by three Pentagon sources.
The ultimate fate of the test-score proposal is unclear, and it's possible it will be revived. Steven Nelson
Don: Working things out for sailors
WASHINGTON — President Trump denied family members of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln were concerned about their loved ones Friday, adding that the aircraft carrier would soon be relieved following a nine-month deployment.
"That ship is moving right now, or very shortly, and it's being replaced with another very similar ship," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before departing for an event on Long Island. Multiple reports have emerged in recent days that poor living conditions
and a lack of downtime have taken a severe mental toll on the roughly 5,000 service members on board the carrier, which has been stationed in the Arabian Sea since January, before the start of combat operations against Iran. According to the Navy Times and Wall Street
Journal, at least three sailors have either tried to jump overboard or managed to do so, forcing their colleagues to rescue them or physically restrain them from going over the side. More than 200 family members met with acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao in San Diego last week to
raise their issues — but Trump told reporters "no, they're not" when a reporter noted that the relatives "are concerned about conditions" on the ship. The president also brushed off a question about whether the ship had been away from shore too long. Emily Goodin
A HISTORIC LISTING
By MARY K. JACOB
A slice of really cool New York history is up for grabs.
Glen Sanders Mansion, the riverfront estate in Scotia, NY, believed to be the third-oldest surviving dwelling in New York State, has hit the market for $8 million, The Post has learned.
The 75,000-square-foot property traces to 1658, when Scottish merchant Alexander Lindsay Glen built a stone dwelling on the Mohawk River and named the settlement Scotia, after his homeland.
That one-room structure still stands, folded into the mansion around it, and the family held the estate 266 years until it was sold in 1962.
"That room is still part of the house, which would make it the third oldest," listing agent Angelo Michael Mazzone Jr., son of the mansion's current owner, confirmed to The Post.
Lindsay Glen's original stone dwelling gave the neighboring settlement its name, Scotia. According to long-held family tradition, the property survived the 1690 Schenectady Massacre because the Glens had once shown kindness to French prisoners, and French officers reportedly crossed the river the next morning to breakfast at the family's home.
The mansion standing today was built in 1713 by Captain Johannes "John" Glen, reportedly using stone, timber and doors salvaged from that original 1658 house.
Washington visited
Restaurateur Angelo Mazzone Sr. bought the estate in 1988, opening it a year later as the flagship of what became Mazzone Hospitality.
"We used to cater on their lawn. So when the house went up for sale, I said, well, we can make this a great restaurant and banquet hall," Mazzone Sr. said.
Now 75, he said the decision to sell comes down to age.
$12M 'Conn'dos to escape pied-à-terre
For the first time in Greenwich, Conn., history, condos are selling for as much as $12 million — blowing past the town's previous record sale price of $6.75 million by nearly 50 percent.
The prices are coming out of Chilston Court, a
new luxury development in downtown Greenwich from Caspi Development, the team behind Tribeca's celebrity-favorite hotel Fouquet's New York.
"It turns out that it's exactly what people want because it's never existed," Founder Josh Caspi
told The Post. New Yorkers are increasingly eyeing Greenwich as an escape hatch from Mayor Mamdani's new surcharge on high-value secondary homes.
The pied-à-terre tax levies an annual charge on one to three family homes,
condos and co-ops valued above $5 million when the owner keeps a separate primary residence outside New York City.
Caspi said the policy is now a direct driver of sales at Chilston Court.
"I'd say about a quarter of the buyers have places
in New York City and several of them have made the move already where they're selling their New York City place and buying here as their secondary home instead of being in the city for that reason exactly," he said.
For many of those buy-
ers, Greenwich isn't a downgrade so much as a strategic repositioning.
Caspi said some owners are shifting what used to be their full-time home into secondary status once they establish residency elsewhere for tax purposes. Mary K. Jacob
'BUY' GEORGE, HE WAS THERE: Glen Sanders Mansion, which includes the third-oldest surviving dwelling in New York State, once was visited by George Washington and is on the market for $8 million.
3rd-oldest NYS home
"I've worked 40, 50 years struggling, working really hard to keep everything up and running," he said.
The mansion's calling card is its list of storied visitors.
George Washington stopped there while surveying the region's northern defenses in 1775, though historians have long noted he slept across the river at the John Glen House in Schenectady's Stockade District.
"It's been verified that he was there for a tea party. Possibly
stayed, but there's no written documentation that he slept there," Mazzone Jr. said.
Unexplained activity
A young Louis Philippe, the future King of the French, is said to have stayed at the mansion during his American exile in the late 1790s, decades before he took the French throne in 1830, in a room still known as the Louis Philippe Bedroom.
Family tradition holds that the
mansion's basement once sheltered freedom seekers as part of the Underground Railroad, with a passage said to connect the main house to a building across the street that later became the Scotia library.
A visible mark on the original staircase banister is attributed to an Indigenous visitor, according to Mazzone Jr.
Staff and family say the mansion has its share of unexplained activity, including a recurring sighting of a woman in a red
dress some associate with Deborah Glen — the granddaughter of Alexander.
The listing includes roughly three acres, with the historic core measuring about 2,800 square feet inside the complex, which includes a 22-room inn. The mansion is not on the historical register, so there's technically nothing stopping a buyer from tearing it down, though Mazzone Sr. doubts the village would allow it, calling the house "really like the logo of the village."
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Demand for fetal lab probe
WASHINGTON — An anti-abortion group is calling for a Senate investigation into the National Institutes of Health's funding of research that used fetal organs and tissue.
In January of this year, the NIH announced it was stopping money meant for research that used fetal tissue from elective abortions, but the 40 Days for Life organization wants an inquiry into government-funded studies undertaken before the new rule took effect.
"We have a unique perspective on the damage that abortion causes, women, society and obviously, the unborn. We also see daily the abuses of the abortion industry, including the exploitation of aborted baby body parts and tissues," the group's president, Shawn Carney, wrote in a Thursday letter.
Carney urged Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to conduct the probe.
Reps for Cassidy, Grassley, and the NIH did not immediately return requests for comment on the 40 Days for Life letter.
Ryan King
Mont. rock death horror
A Missouri great-grandfather was killed in front of his wife of 50 years by a 45-pound rock that crashed through the Jeep they were riding in while on vacation.
Rex Schowengerdt, 73, was struck by the rock that fell from Glacier National Park in Montana on July 11, suffering a "catastrophic" brain injury before he died five days later, his family said on GoFundMe.
Schowengerdt's sister and brother-in-law had met up with the couple at Glacier National Park, and they drove down Logan Pass — the highest point on the Going-to-the-Sun road, 6,646 feet above sea level. Chris Bradford
HOW COULD SHE? Melissa L. Farris faces two federal felony charges after a deranged vandal allegedly posted a picture (right) of herself marring the World War II Memorial in DC Thursday.
By JOSH CHRISTENSON
WASHINGTON — US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro announced charges Friday against a woman who allegedly vandalized the capital's World War II Memorial by pouring bubble soap into its fountain and spray-painting a cryptic message on its stone edifice.
Pirro said in an X post that prosecutors in her office were filing two felony charges against Melissa L. Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Ky., accusing her of depredation against property of the US and destruction of veterans' memorials.
Each count carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison upon conviction.
A criminal complaint against Farris noted she had also been arrested Monday for unlawfully camping just blocks from the memorial.
"Vandalizing our World War II Memorial is a despicable attack on a sacred monument honoring the Americans who fought and died for our freedom. Those Americans include my father and grandfather," Pirro wrote.
The memorial fountain bore the message, "Clean Hands Dirty $" in red graffiti Thursday afternoon.
Farris posted several videos shot near the memorial Thursday to Facebook under the pseudonym Melissa Lovewell — including one where she copped to "damaging" the fountain, the criminal complaint alleged.
"I am cognitively aware and executively (sic) of the choices I am
making and I am doing so to push my whistleblower case into the courtroom," she said in one of the videos.
"It was me," she says in another video that bears the slogan "TEA PARTY" while standing next to the section where red and yellow graffiti had been painted. "I'm here I done did it. Thought I was joking? . . . I did try and [indecipherable] my spray paint."
"I was just allowed to deface Federal f—ing property, and nobody batted an eye, and that is
very strange," she said in a third clip.
Farris caused more than $1,000 in damages to the historic site, per the complaint.
Farris was in federal custody as of Friday morning, Pirro said. An initial court appearance was not immediately scheduled.
President Trump blasted the damage earlier Friday on Truth Social: "THERE CAN BE NO GREATER INSULT TO THOSE AMERICAN HEROES WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II. First
the Reflecting Pool, now this. We are on their trail! Where do these animals come from???"
Shortly after photos emerged of the defaced fountain, an Interior Department spokesperson vowed US Park Police would "find the person responsible for this disgusting act."
DC residents and tourists alike were shocked to see the memorial on the eastern end of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool cordoned off with crime-scene tape.
Lefty House hopeful a pal of hateful Piker
WASHINGTON — Self-described democratic socialist William Lawrence has raved about radical influencer Hasan Piker and sought to book an appearance on his livestream. Lawrence, who won his
House primary last week in Michigan and will take on incumbent Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) in November, first crossed paths with Piker on the sidelines of an April event for US Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
Michigan's 7th District, anchored by the capital city of Lansing, is seen as a key test for the far left Lawrence, who defeated former US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and ex-counterterrorism official Matt
Maasdam in the primary. Republicans have been pummeling El-Sayed over ties to Piker, who said in 2019 that "America deserved 9/11." The streamer later, very begrudgingly, suggested that the comment was "in-
appropriate" because it gave Republicans fodder to use against him. Lawrence has not yet gone on Piker's show, has no plans to do so, and his team isn't pursuing it, according to his campaign. Ryan King
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Synagogue menace
By JOE MARINO and ELLA MORRISON
A hateful lunatic barged into a Manhattan synagogue on Friday evening, assaulting a congregant and head-butting a security guard in a deranged antisemitic attack, police said.
Larry Montes, 46, allegedly launched the unhinged attack at Central Synagogue on Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street during Shabbat services, according to police and sources.
He walked to the front of the synagogue around 6 p.m. and began acting disorderly.
Security stepped in and began to escort the man outside — but not before he allegedly slugged a 63-year-old congregant in the face, the sources said. Montes also allegedly head-butted and spat at a security guard and broke two religious candles valued at $20,000.
An NYPD sergeant working a paid detail at the house of worship took Montes into custody.
Montes was charged with two counts of assault as a hate crime and one count of criminal mischief as a hate crime.
"I have spoken with the rabbi of the synagogue, and I'm relieved that no one was seriously injured," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement.
"There are no known additional threats at this time, and additional NYPD resources have been deployed to the synagogue," added Tisch, who attended the same synagogue as a kid.
Tisch said "those who were hurt were evaluated at the scene and are doing well."
"I understand the sanctity of this space and its meaning for congre-
gants. Central Synagogue is where I grew up," the commissioner wrote.
"In joy and in sorrow, it has always been a place of comfort and peace. What happened there tonight is deeply painful. A place of worship should never be a crime scene."
Gov. Hochul called the assault "appalling" and is "grateful the suspect is in custody and that no one was seriously injured." "Jewish New Yorkers have every right to worship openly, proudly, and without fear," Hochul wrote on X.
'Despicable act'
Similarly, Mayor Mamdani said he was "horrified by the assault at Central Synagogue."
"I can only imagine the pain and fear an attack like this, during Shabbat services, causes for the congregation and for Jewish New Yorkers across our city," Hizzoner said.
"Every New Yorker must be able to observe their religion without fear of violence. This despicable act has no place in our city, and our administration will do everything in our power to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe."
State Attorney General Letitia James said her "heart is with the Central Synagogue community this evening."
UNHINGED: Larry Montes is in custody after an alleged rant and assault to disrupt services Friday at Central Synagogue in Midtown.
Not exactly a 'mob' of buyers for house
The ornate Staten Island mob mansion (left) that just can't find a buyer is back on the market, again.
This time it has a price tag of $13,995 million, a steep markdown from its $18 million ask that flopped in 2024.
Built in 1980 by Gambino crime boss Paul "Big Paul"
Castellano, the Todt Hill "White House" — called such as he had the residence designed to resemble the White House with a pillared portico and circular drive — at 177 Benedict Road spans 33,000 square feet with eight en-suite bedrooms and 17 bathrooms. Castellano's former prop-
erty aimed to fetch $16.8 million in October 2023, and then came back online with an $18 million price in late 2024.
The 25-room mansion, which sits on nearly 1.6 acres with sweeping Verrazzano Bridge views, boasts indoor and outdoor Olympic-sized pools.
The Staten Island Advance was the first to report on news of the listing.
The owner, Selim "Sal" Rusi, bought Castellano's former home for $3.1 million in 2000.
An immigrant from Albania, Rusi built his success as a self-made entrepreneur. Lauren Elkies Schram
'Riis' & shine in R'way
They're waving hello to a new era.
The Rockaway Ocean Club will officially open its doors Saturday — marking the first time the public can enjoy the Jacob Riis Bathhouse in 54 years.
The Post was offered a sneak preview of the trendy, new beach house, which is located in the historic, federally owned facility under a contract with a private company that did an $88 million renovation.
"It's not luxury. It's just very approachable, it's accessible, and it's fun. We just want it to be fun and not fussy," said Ursula Damani, a founding partner of ROC Hospitality, which will operate the club. It will cost members up to $1,700 a year to use all of the new facility — including the restaurant, butterfly garden and swanky new pool, which will open next weekend.
But the company emphasized that more than half of the facility is free to the public, including various bars and a courtyard with space for lounging and games.
"Everybody is welcome. It doesn't matter who you are, or where you come from, or what you have," said Damani ... New York City is a beach town."
Katherine Donlevy
Teacher in 'perv' bust
A pervy Brooklyn teacher was arrested Wednesday for allegedly forcing a 12-year-old girl into a tight hug, before creepily telling her he wanted a Latin wife and asking her to spend the night, prosecutors said.
Emil Agaronov, 41, allegedly asked the pre-teen for a hug around 10 a.m. July 28 inside Andries Hudde I.S. 240 on Nostrand Avenue near Avenue K in East Midwood, according to a criminal complaint.
He was arrested Wednesday night and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and harassment, authorities said.
Amanda Woods
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Farm Wisdom
Tradwife trend reveals healthy-living truths
THE most talked-about novel of 2026, "Yesteryear," dramatizes the tradwife trend that Instagram and TikTok can't seem to get enough of.
Influencers like Ballerina Farm have turned an agrarian lifestyle into a true social media phenomenon, and Caro Claire Burke's bestselling book is making it even bigger. Even Anne Hathaway is bewitched — she's purchased the novel's film rights.
But the trend isn't just about rustic aesthetics, sourdough starters and nostalgia. As late-summer harvest season gets into full swing, popular accounts that showcase homesteading — growing and raising food close to home — are tapping into something much bigger.
It turns out that keeping chickens, growing vegetables and building family-centered lives aren't just good for driving social-media clicks. They're also habits associated with better long-term health, medical researchers increasingly find.
And that's something Americans urgently need. Chronic disease has become this nation's defining public-health challenge: 76% of US adults and 40% of our children live with at least one chronic disease. Aside from genetics these diseases, generally speaking, are shaped by daily behaviors, daily environments and access to care over time.
So why are so many of us sick? And can our sudden fascination with historic ways of living — lifestyles that look very different from our own — help us find solutions?
Those are the questions I was pondering when I traveled to Amish country recently. I arrived curious about a different culture — and left with a new perspective on modern medicine.
It wasn't the horse-drawn buggies that struck me, but what I learned about the health of the people riding in them. When researchers at the University of Maryland assessed more than 5,300 "Old Order" Amish adults in Lancaster County, Pa., against a national comparison group, they found dramatically lower rates of diabetes (3.3% vs. 13.2%), hypertension (12.7% vs. 37.8%), and high cholesterol (26.2% vs. 35.7%) among the Amish.
Amish Ecorompians
Good habits: Amish kids walk more — and avoid chronic disease.
Similarly, Ohio State University researchers found that cancer rates among Amish residents of Holmes County, where I visited, were just 56% of the US average.
Amish children, researchers have found, show remarkably low rates of asthma and allergies. It's not yet clear why, but the evidence suggests that the daily practices Amish communities have quietly embraced for generations, and are hallmarks of today's homesteading movement, may be genuinely protective against chronic disease — working outdoors, cultivating and eating locally grown food, and building daily life around family and community.
Consider movement: Old Order Amish adults average approximately 14,000 to 18,000 daily steps. The average American adult spends eight to nine hours sitting each day — and walks just 4,000 to 5,000 steps.
How about community: Nearly one in three American households is now solo, which carries up to a 32% higher risk of premature death. Among Amish individuals, marriage remains nearly universal, and Amish families average six-plus kids.
There's also technology: US teens now average more than eight hours of screen time per day outside of school, whereas Amish communities largely abstain from leisure-time technology use.
Modern medicine is increas-
ingly affirming many of these same principles. The surgeon general warns about loneliness and excess screen time. The American Academy of Pediatrics calls for kids to spend more time outside. The American Medical Association cautions against diets of ultra-processed food.
State legislatures are catching on. Bipartisan support for "cottage food" reform — removing regulations to make it easier for families to produce and sell homemade foods — has been spreading across red and blue states alike, reflecting a growing recognition that local food production and home-based living still have a place.
The practices preserved in Amish communities demonstrate that the foundations of good health have been available to us all along. And our chronic-disease crisis may not be a matter of what medicine is missing, but of what modern life has forgotten.
Perhaps that's one reason "Yesteryear" has resonated: The best stories change our perspective long before they change our minds. The novel's time-traveling protagonist gets to experience a shortcut through time and space, allowing her to see what would take years to understand.
I went to Amish country expecting to feel like I was stepping back in time. I came away wondering if I'd just caught a glimpse of the future.
Kelly McKenna is CEO of the nonprofit End Chronic Disease.
FAST TAKES
Conservative: China Bloc's 'Wedge' Drive
"Moscow is expanding its violation of Western sovereignty in new and volatile ways," warns Commentary's Seth Mandel, while Chinese spyware was just found in "spy drones used by Britain's elite special forces," surely not "the only case in which Chinese parts are sending data back home." But "testing the West's defenses this way is typical behavior from the wider China-led bloc." Many of Hamas' rocket attacks before Oct. 7 "were meant to test Israel's missile defense but also to see how the IDF responded," and "the propaganda campaigns that fuel anti-Western activism are a key part of this" total-spectrum warfare, which is "intended to isolate members of the alliance of democracies to prevent them from sharing military know-how and intelligence." The US must be "clear-eyed" about those "seeking to drive a wedge between us and our allies."
From the left: DNC Out To Void Your Vote
This month, the Democratic National Committee means to "ban state parties from using ranked choice voting to select delegates in the 2028 presidential primary cycle," fumes Cynthia Richie Terrell at RealClear Politics. Argh! This reform gives "a second chance to voters whose candidate finishes below the 15% threshold that the party establishes to earn delegates." Where used in 2020, it ensured that "voters ended up with their vote counting toward a candidate earning delegates." Polling by Terrell's group RepresentWomen found 78% of voters favor having the "flexibility to support their preferred candidate" much more than letting parties "control who's on the ballot." Ranked choice also rewards "the candidate who can help unify the party," no long forcing "voters into limited choices they didn't ask for."
Wildfire watch: The World Is Burning Less
Headlines about wildfires in Canada miss "the most remarkable fact" about the fires: This year, every continent is "burning less than usual," reports Bjorn Lomborg in The Wall Street Journal, with North and South America both at a "record-low burn" since 2012. Smoke deaths, the "deadliest aspect of fires," are also down. Most media coverage "cherry-picks" smaller areas experiencing lots of fires, ignoring the broader picture, "positive news in fire statistics" that should "give pause to climate alarmists." Yet climate isn't the "main determiner" for wildfires and "decarbonization" is not the solution. The real answer is "adaptation," particularly "prescribed burning — deliberate, controlled fires that clear out the deadwood and undergrowth that turn ordinary fires into monsters," a practice that "Canada has all but abandoned."
From the right: 'Woke 2' Will Be Crazier Still
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just waved off "Woke 1," the "unhinged cultural revolution" we had during COVID, as "crazy." But if AOC could be swept up in "mass societal hysteria" once, than "it can easily happen again," argues the Washington Examiner's David Harsanyi. Most likely, ahead of a "run for the presidency or perhaps for the Senate," she simply "realizes that woke ideology" just "isn't liked by vast swaths of the public," so downplays it. Woke 1's "high-tech progressive jihadist public shame, intimidation and "economic ruin" to determine which words and ideas were allowed — but "what kind of crazy" is in store when "Woke 2
gets its hands on state power?"
Education beat: Head Start Is a Failure
"Head Start does not 'work,'" roars Heather Mac Donald at City Journal. "The most significant research ever done on Head Start" revealed "that any early gains in school readiness among enrollees had faded by the end of first grade and were absent by third grade" — and all efforts "to discredit this 'fadeout' effect have failed." That prompted attempts to show it had "non-cognitive benefits, such as alleged small improvements in high school and college completion rates, workforce participation, and wages," but "later studies dispute even those findings." These programs, and add-ons like Mayor Mamdani's $9 billion free-child-care program, really succeed "only for the interest groups that get paid regardless of whether their work accomplishes anything." — Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
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Luigi Is Contemptible
Luigi Mangione's federal guilty plea, which should also end his state court case, spares his victim's family the spectacle of a trial, but in reality no one ever much doubted that he did it — especially not his depraved fans.
His lawyer's talk of the murder as a "tragic event" and the killer as a victim of "the system" barely skirts the surface of the vile delusions required to defend his actions: Meticulously plotting and executing the murder of an innocent man.
The killer's justification only makes the crime more repugnant.
First, because assassination is an attack on our free society, and on its ample mechanisms for addressing complaints like Mangione's.
Second, because even if his pathetic critique of "the system" made the feast bit of sense, killing Brian Thompson was never going to change a damn thing beyond robbing his family of this husband and father.
For the record, running a major health-insurance company is admirable work, playing an important role in how our society — our democratically elected government — has
decided to distribute limited resources in the medical sphere.
Is the system flawed? God, yes — but it beats most of the alternatives.
Lots of folks have far deeper gripes with socialized-medicine systems, for example — however little it occurs to the Luigites to learn what other people think, and why.
And improving the system isn't remotely a matter of identifying the bad guys and making them stop doing their bad things; that approach is no more mature than holding your breath until you get your way.
If Mangione is to receive any mercy, he should admit his vile errors — and name them publicly, in hopes of helping his fans grow behind their juvenile foolishness.
Yet he seemingly decided against an insanity plea because he didn't want to admit his actions were crazy, so we fear he's unlikely to admit they were morally perverse, either.
If he is nuts, he might merit our pity; if not, then Luigi Mangione deserves only contempt. He wasted his own life with this twisted killing, and anyone idolizing him is twisted, too.
Mike Mulgrew's Lame Blame Game
We're on Mayor Mamdani's side on this one: United Federation of Teachers chief Mike Mulgrew is trying to blame this year's dismal public-school scores on state reading exams on how the Department of Education administered the literacy curriculum this past year.
As the new NYC Reads phases in, Mulgrew whines, "The DOE needs to make sure each school has a clear instructional plan," including "eliminating unnecessary paperwork and assessments."
This is a blatant "not our fault" offensive by the union boss, after kids in grades 3-8 saw a 6% drop in their English scores from last year, with more than half in grades 3 to 5 rating not at all proficient. In fact, the UFT has made the system a mess by protecting outright incompetents and opposing any form of teacher accountability.
Notice Mulgrew's gripe about "unneces-
sary assessments": Teachers unions despise objective exams that reveal how little the kids have learned.
And the DOE bureaucracy plays along: It's delaying the release of the data on how students at the city's public charter schools did on those same exams, but the Success Academy network reports that 91% of its scholars rated proficient in English, 96% in math.
Yet Mulgrew pretends that DOE administrators are what stop his members from matching the charters' results. Hah! DOE classes don't even start until Sept. 10 this year because Mulgrew negotiated a contract that entitles teachers to two prep days after Labor Day before the kids show up. Success schools are already back.
Mulgrew & Co. get paid good money — six figures, with the whole summer off — to produce good results.
He should shut up and teach.
150 Arrests and He Still Walks
You can rack up almost 150 arrests in this town and still walk when caught again, thanks to "criminal-justice reform."
Meet career crook Shaquan Seth, cut loose last week after five shoplifting busts in Queens — less than six days after he got out of Riker after a five-month stint for past thievery — because New York law forbids cash bail for offenses like his.
No matter that he was no sooner back on the streets than he was eagerly reoffending, nor that he stole $600 worth of fancy candles, when the no-bail believers insist such theft is mostly out of need. No matter that he threatened to shoot a young female clerk who was brave enough to try stopping him. Back on the street he went, so you'll be
reading about Shaquan Seth again in these pages. We hope it's not because he's made good on his promise to shoot someone.
Yet our "reformed" laws encourage years of offending and reoffending as the perp gradually works his way up from petty crime to homicide. Seth has already done time for larceny, robbery, resisting arrest and assaulting a cop; he won't stop at candle theft.
He belongs in prison (or, conceivably, locked up in a mental institution). The progressive lawmakers who've made it all but impossible to keep such menaces the street are still working to further empty New York's jails and prisons — proving conclusively whose side they're on. It isn't yours.
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NY's Low Literacy Rates Call for Urgent Change
• There is no excuse for the declining literacy of New York students ("95% give NYC schools a failing grade," Aug. 9).
My parents attended segregated schools in the Jim Crow South and still knew how to read, even though their schools didn't receive the same amount of funding and attention as other schools.
Why don't we go back to teaching children how to read the way anyone over the age of 40 learned how to read: good old-fashioned phonics?
James Johnson Brooklyn
• What is missing from stories about the abysmal reading and math scores in grades 3-8 is consideration of the cultures children live with at home. The awful teachers unions are culpable, but no more so than these children's parents and guardians.
Speaking English proficiently, reading to your children and emphasizing learning — rather than watching TV — are crucial example-setting activities. To believe otherwise is a nanny-state mentality that will continue to result in wasted taxpayer money.
Cary MacDonald Boulder, Colo.
THE ISSUE: Majority of third- to fifth-grade students in New York public schools failing their ELA test.
The UFT's Mike Mulgrew
• Many decades ago, the method of teaching reading in public schools was changed from phonics to the dumb "look-say." Now, New York City public school students can barely trudge through a sentence when asked to read from a selection.
Meanwhile, parochial school students are excellent readers. Why? Many parochial schools kept the phonics method of teaching reading.
Public schools have wasted endless dollars on education methods that don't work. Parents must insist the city rely much more on phonics.
Maureen Healy Manhattan
• The United Federation of Teachers deserves most of the blame for the stunning drop in ELA proficiency, but another factor must be considered, and not just in New York City. Today's families need to have two incomes. That means kids are getting picked up by a latchkey program, instead of after-school hours. Then comes preparing dinner, cleaning up and baths. Throw in weekend chores and organized activities, and parents are overwhelmed.
Parents today lack the time to sit and read with their children, the way it used to be when I was a youngster.
Rob Feuerstein Staten Island
• Remote learning during school closures forced by the teacher unions' was a learning and developmental disaster for all children. Parents, especially the poor, need to demand school choice.
Also, The Post should investigate where the politicians and teacher union members send their children to be educated.
Bruce Collins Middletown, NJ
President Trump's Vax Attack
• I had a friend in college who had polio. Additionally, my late wife suffered from that dreadful disease ("Vax 'split' decision," Aug. 11).
Having seen the challenging lives they led, I cannot understand how any caring parent would not vaccinate his or her child based on a medically-recommended schedule — not one endorsed by an unqualified politician and his equally un-
THE ISSUE: President Trump's executive order affirming the CDC's new childhood vaccine schedule.
qualified health secretary. Paul Newman Merion Station, Pa.
• Science says vaccines don't cause autism. Yet President Trump and his supporters are promoting this fallacy and even issuing executive orders that should be shredded. Vaccines should be
available to everyone, free of cost and easily accessible, but that's not the reality. Getting three vaccines at once takes less time, costs less for appointments and you don't have to worry about forgetting one. Separating the shots will not help anyone.
Dennis Fitzgerald Box Hill, Australia
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GREENS HALT HOUSING
IN my childhood, the concept of “endangered species” evoked beautiful, threatened creatures in desperate need of saving — your pandas, whales or all-American bald eagles. Today, it’s become synonymous with development projects held up over some obscure frog no one cares about.
In one hilarious reversal of fortune for environmentalists, scientists recently discovered that the snail darter, a small fish that controversially delayed a major dam project in the 1970s, isn’t even a unique species. Now we’re learning that the ever-expanding list of species that America considers endangered has helped drive the bedeviling problem of affordable housing.
A new paper for the Journal of Public Economics by economist Maxwell Tabarrok traces how the federal Endangered Species Act, passed in 1973, affects housing permits. He found a substantial impact: “Species listings reduce annual permit flows by . . . about 10% of the average annual flow.”
That’s somewhere around 9 million housing permits affected in total since 1980 — most of which appear to have been lost, not merely moved elsewhere, in Tabarrok’s estimation. In other words, the ESA is one factor constraining housing supply — having cost us perhaps 4% of the total stock at this point — and driving up prices.
The act, Tabarrok explains, makes it illegal to “harm” or “harass” a listed animal. This can include not just paving over its territory, but even light pollution and stormwater runoff. When a species is listed,
building projects in areas where it lives can require modifications, be called off entirely, or never get off the ground to begin with.
To quantify the effect on building permits, Tabarrok combined permit data from a census survey with data on species listings and habitats — a large undertaking that matched different types of geography and jurisdictions.
In 1970 there were only 82 endangered species; two decades later the number was getting close to 500. Last year it reached nearly 1,500.
Endangered-species habitats now cover most of the United States, often overlapping with each other, and they especially blanket
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California and Florida. That might be bad news for development, but it also facilitates the use of modern statistical methods.
Each time a new species listing affects some parts of the country but not others, it creates a sort of natural experiment — did permitting trends suddenly change in the affected places relative to others? Focusing on the 1980-2024 period, Tabarrok implemented this basic concept in a few different ways, with similar conclusions.
His various approaches make different technical tradeoffs and vary in how they try to address the study’s biggest limitation — namely, that endangered-species listings might not be a random shock to development that can be
analyzed as an experiment.
For example, previous development might have caused a species to become endangered, or it could have prompted lobbyists to push for or against new listings (though this decision isn’t supposed to involve consideration of economic impacts). It’s also possible that places that are home to endangered species might simply be different, in important ways, from places that don’t.
Tabarrok also dug into a few smaller questions: For example, he found no effect from species listings that are merely proposed and not yet enforced — and a reversal of the effect when a species is de-listed.
And when he added satellite data on land use to his dataset, he found similar impacts on “greenfield” projects proposed to be built on undeveloped land and on “infill” projects, new construction in already-developed areas. That’s significant, because an “infill” project will generally mean less change to the overall habitat — suggesting that the letter of the law, not the real-world impact on endangered species, is the constraining factor.
There is, of course, a real trade-off between building enough housing where people need it and protecting species we’re in danger of losing. But with endangered-species habitats blanketing the country and millions of housing projects lost, perhaps we’ve let environmentalists win some battles they should not have.
Adapted from City Journal on Substack.
Overseas Elex Cash Isn’t From Israel
MORE than any political cycle in memory, the 2026 primary campaign season has been marked by frequent, and often hysterical, condemnations of the influence of the so-called “Israel lobby.”
After the conspiratorial gadfly Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) lost his Republican primary in May, he quipped about the Trump-endorsed former Navy SEAL officer who defeated him: “I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv.” Way to question the patriotism of a decorated SEAL Team Six veteran, Tom. Keep it classy!
For Democrats, the bogeyman du jour has been the America Israel Public Affairs Committee. Some successful Democratic candidates, such as Abdul El-Sayed in Arab-heavy Michigan, rode anti-AIPAC fervor to victory.
And some losing candidates, such as the comically corrupt Cori Bush in St. Louis, blamed AIPAC for their rejection. In her concession speech, Bush vowed to dismantle AIPAC’s “kingdom.”
These (literal) losers are barking up the wrong tree. Massie had become a thorn in President Trump’s side, regularly voting against him on domestic priorities. That, not any pro-Israel spending, is why Massie went down in flames.
For Democrats, El-Sayed’s success alone belies the popular mythology of AIPAC as a juggernaut. Even more to the point: AIPAC is a group of activist Americans who lobby and deploy money for an issue they care about. Fact is, AIPAC is no different than the NRA or the NAACP.
Sore loser hysterics notwithstanding, there is truth to the allegation of meddlesome foreign in-
he was “happy to see” the Hamas pogrom of Oct. 7, 2023. And the United Arab Emirates has designated CAIR as a terrorist organization — as have Texas and Florida, more recently.
This stench is hardly limited to El-Sayed. According to sharia-law-promoting former Women’s March co-chair Linda Sarsour, CAIR was the single “largest institutional donor” to the Unity and Justice Fund PAC, which spent massively in New York City last year to send Zohran Mamdani to Gracie Mansion. Another shady super PAC, American Priorities, has “channeled millions of dollars, primarily
“Seedy foreign cash . . . is not coming from where the propagandists say it is.”
terference in American politics. But that interference isn’t coming from Israel: It’s coming from terror-tied Islamic groups and Islamic governments.
El-Sayed’s wealthy father-in-law Jukaku Tayeb contributed $200,000 to a super PAC backing his son-in-law. This is no tale of innocent family kumbaya: Tayeb is a founding committee member of the Islamic Society of North America, an organization long tied to Hamas and the broader Muslim Brotherhood network. ISNA was named an unindicted coconspirator in the then-largest terror financing case in Justice Department history, the 2008 case against the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation.
El-Sayed has also raised more than $15,000 from individuals who have worked for another unindicted coconspirator from the HLF bust, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. That donor pipeline includes CAIR higher-ups, such as the organization’s national board chair, Manal Fakhoury.
Lest we forget: CAIR was founded in 1994 as a front group to advance the interests of Hamas and the Brotherhood in the United States. CAIR’s co-founder and executive director, Nihad Awad, said
from donors with Arab, Muslim and/or Middle Eastern backgrounds, to a string of winning candidates in high-profile races,” Benjamin Weingarten of RealClear Investigations reports.
That’s bad enough. But there’s also massive infiltration at the national level.
Last year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia deployed the single largest sum of money of any foreign country — nearly $92 million — to lobby for its interests in Washington. Turkey was fourth; Israel wasn’t anywhere close. In the two decades beginning in 2001, the kingdom — whose nationals included most of the 9/11 hijackers that same year — retained the single most agents registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (148).
Saudi frenemy Qatar, the spiritual and financial home of the Brotherhood worldwide, is routinely the single largest foreign funder of American higher education. The Qataris cut massive FARA checks to land favorable coverage with prized outlets, such as Tucker Carlson’s cesspool of a podcast.
Getting the picture? Seedy foreign cash is shaping our culture and our politics. But it’s not coming from where the propagandists say it is.
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Directions: Make a 2 to 7 letter word from the letters in each row. Add points of each word using scoring directions at right. 7 Letter words get 50 point bonus. "Blank" used as any letter have no point value. All the words are in the Official SCRABBLE players Dictionary, 4th Edition.
Bridge
South dealer N-S vulnerable
NORTH ▲ A 10 7 2 ▼ 6 5 ▼ 10 7 4 ▲ K Q J 3
WEST ▲ Q 5 3 ▼ K Q 10 7 4 ▼ K 6 ▲ 9 5 2 EAST ▲ K J 9 8 ▼ 9 3 2 ▼ J 5 3 ▲ 10 8 7
SOUTH ▲ 6 4 ▼ A J 8 ▲ A Q 9 8 2 ▲ A 6 4
South West North East 1 NT Pass 2 ▲ Pass 2 ○ Pass 3 NT All Pass
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Simple Saturday columns focus on basic technique and logical thinking.
The literature includes many learned plays. (That's "learn-ed" with two syllables, meaning erudite, not "learned," meaning absorbed.) I see players make learn-ed plays trying to demonstrate erudition – and fall on their face.
Against 3NT, West led the king of hearts, and South thought it would be cool to play low, a "Bath Coup": West couldn't lead another heart without giving South two heart tricks. But East signaled with the deuce, and West shifted to a spade.
If South took dummy's ace, the defense would get three spades, a diamond and a heart. So dummy played low, but East won and led a heart, forcing out the ace. When West took the king of diamonds, he cashed three hearts. Down two.
South needed to save the erudition for some other deal. He must win the first heart, lead a club to dummy and pass the seven of diamonds. He sets up 10 winners, and his jack of hearts is safe from attack.
Word Force
INDICATOR
From the word or phrase above, form AT LEAST 19 five-letter words, without using more than one form of the same word. For example, drink or drank (not both).
ANSWERS IN MONDAY'S POST Yesterday's word: FIREBREAK
baker brief friar biker faker kefir brake fiber refer break freak
Wonderword
How to play: All the words listed below appear in the puzzle – horizontally, vertically, diagonally, even backward. Find them and Circle their letters only. Do not circle the word. The leftover letters spell the Wonderword.
BEES SOMETIMES STING
Solution: 5 letters
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| S | W | C | N | E | E | U | Q | S | H | A | R | P | O | R |
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shadow the star?
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29 Top tunes
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33 Hair curler?
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Marts sputter
Stocks closed lower on Friday as the S&P 500 dipped from a record high, weighed down by chip equipment maker Applied Materials. The benchmark and tech-heavy Nasdaq still finished with weekly gains for the third week in a row.
Alphabet add
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway boosted the size of its investment in Alphabet by 83% in the second quarter, making the parent of Google and YouTube its third-largest stock holding.
PayPal talks
Struggling PayPal is in talks to sell itself to a group that includes Stripe and the private-equity firm Advent International, The Wall Street Journal reported. Stripe and Advent had made a proposal last month.
FTC probing
Epic Systems, a healthcare database company that holds the medical records of hundreds of millions of Americans, is facing an antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.
Lift for drones
Shares of drone makers, including Red Cat and Unusual Machines, soared after President Trump said he would impose tariffs on imports of drones.
Sources: Reuters, Dow Jones, AP
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‘JEFF’ $LEAZE PLAY AI big Amodei’s wife begged Ep for porn $$
By MARC VARTABEDIAN
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s wife Cami Clark played a bigger role in the AI juggernaut’s meteoric rise than previously known after her own forays in entrepreneurship — which included a failed fundraising pitch to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a “luxury” porn startup, according to a report.
Before she met AI guru Amodei, Clark and a friend started a “revolutionary porn company” aimed at making classy smut that was billed as “intellectually promiscuous,” The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
The company, called Eddice, reportedly had a website that featured content with titles like “Lady Porn Day” and “Orgasm, Inc.”
After an intro to Epstein in 2011, Clark reportedly sent him a warm follow-up, writing: “Hello Jeffrey! We would love to have dinner with you this evening.” She sent him her cellphone number, too.
Clark followed up by writing, “We thought you and the ladies might enjoy the script/treatment for our first 4 films, American Girl in Paris. A little nsfw” or not safe for work.
Ringing the bell
A year later, Clark wrote Epstein again to pitch him on investing in her business, which she said had just hired someone from Oprah Winfrey’s company and Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst, the media company that launched shows like “Punk’d.”
When Epstein at first didn’t recall her, Clark wrote, “We have the free luxury porn company. Does that ring a bell?”
Epstein wrote back, “Yes, a loud gong,” prompting a playful reply
from Clark: “Haha, I was going to say, you would be the first person that didn’t remember us.”
Epstein, who was a registered sex offender at the time, turned down the offer, saying, “Can’t do sex TV.”
Clark stayed in touch with Epstein over two years, the Journal reported, inviting him to a Manhattan housewarming party for her and her porn biz co-founder Michelle Capocefalo.
In 2013, Epstein reportedly received a LinkedIn message stating he should congratulate Clark for becoming CEO of “Female Algorithm Technologies” — online traces of which include a Tumblr account featuring photos of nude
women, a pic of Steve Jobs and mottos such as “Great Minds F~k Each Other” and “Let’s Make Lots of Money,” according to the Journal.
The relationship was part of a colorful series of adventures among the world’s tech and business elite for Clark, who is known to keep a low profile. Searches for “Dario Amodei’s wife” on Google often turn up a photograph of his sister, Daniela Amodei, who helps run Anthropic, the Journal noted. Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude is wont to tell users, “Dario Amodei’s marital status doesn’t seem to be clearly confirmed.”
Just before meeting Amodei,
Clark dated Google co-founder Eric Schmidt for about three years, according to the Journal.
Little is known about the relationship, but they apparently stayed on good terms — after she reportedly began dating Amodei in 2014, she put her ex in touch with her new beau.
While Clark doesn’t officially work at Anthropic, her fingerprints are all over the company as it races toward a public listing that could top $2 trillion this fall. She acts as Amodei’s strategic adviser and is often seen sitting front and center while her husband talks at events.
Anthropic didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Retail-sales dip curbs growth outlook
US retail sales fell in July for the first time in nine months as the boost from big tax refunds faded, suggesting that consumer spending was slowing down and prompting economists to slash their economic growth estimates for the
third quarter.
The unexpected decline in retail sales reported by the Commerce Department on Friday was also payback after Amazon pulled forward its Prime Day event to June from July, with other retailers offering competing
promotions. A retreat in gasoline prices also weighed on receipts at service stations.
The report added to unexpected job losses last month and mild inflation readings in bolstering financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve would not
raise interest rates in September, barring upward surprises to August price and employment data.
“This, together with a weaker jobs report and subdued core CPI inflation, raises the odds of the FOMC staying patient again
in September,” said Sal Guatieri, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
Retail sales dropped 0.6% last month after an unrevised 0.2% gain in June. The decline was the first since last October and was the largest in 14 months. Reuters
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NY Mag axes 'copy' machine
New York Magazine fired lefty political writer Ross Barkan, one of the biggest boosters of Mayor Mamdani in NYC journalism, for ripping off other authors' work a shocking 67 times.
Prior to becoming mayor, Mamdani served as campaign manager for Barkan's failed state Senate campaign, a fact the writer frequently mentioned on his Substack and other platforms.
New York Magazine — which re-
cently came under fire for an anti-Israel story — launched a review of Barkan's work after a Washington Post reporter noticed striking similarities between the lead of one of his stories and the lead Barkan wrote about the same subject in May.
New York Magazine said it found 67 Barkan columns "that did not include proper attribution of language, information and/or sourcing."
The publication said it was updating those pieces with
proper attribution.
The firing was a humiliating blow to the writer (right), who regularly heaped praise on Mamdani in pieces in high-brow lefty publications, calling the mayor's 2025 election victory "seismic" in The Nation.
"We've decided to end the column and I send all the best to New York Magazine," the ink-stained wretch said in a statement to The Post. Alexandra Steigrad
FBI's full court $$ press
The FBI seized the phones of billionaire Mark Walter and a top Guggenheim Investments executive last year as federal prosecutors investigated businesses in his sprawling financial empire — months before he struck a $12.5 billion deal to sell the Los Angeles Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger.
Agents took the phone of Guggenheim Investments President Dina DiLorenzo in September on the same day they seized Walter's phone and laptop, according to the Financial Times, citing sources.
The seizures indicate that federal scrutiny extended beyond Walter-controlled insurance companies — which previously disclosed subpoenas from the US attorney's office in Manhattan and the Securities and Exchange Commission — and reached Guggenheim, the $260 billion asset-management giant Walter leads as chief executive.
The news comes as authorities have been examining accounting and transactions involving businesses controlled by Walter, including Guggenheim and insurance companies he controls, according to reports. It's unclear what stage the investigations has reached.
Guggenheim and the Justice Department didn't respond to requests for comment. Ariel Zilber
$668M SoKo divorce halt
Billionaire tech mogul Chey Tae-won appealed a South Korean court ruling ordering him to pay $668.5 million to former wife Roh Soh-yeong in a record divorce settlement, the Yonhap news agency reported Friday.
The case has drawn attention because an AI boom has sharply increased the value of his SK conglomerate's semiconductor assets.
Chey's ex-wife is the daughter of former President Roh Tae-woo. Their 1988 nuptials had been called the country's "marriage of the century." Wires
'Better' you stayed?
Interim CEO on vacay faces coup by founder
By ARIEL ZILBER
Better.com's new interim chief executive flew to the South of France for vacation during his first full week on the job — even as the mortgage lender's founder was busy orchestrating a coup to unseat him, The Post has learned.
Ousted founder Vishal Garg, who made headlines in 2021 when he fired 900 workers on a Zoom call, has lined up investors representing 52% of the embattled company's voting shares in a bid to boot interim CEO Daniel Lewis and five board members, according to well-placed sources.
Lewis had told numerous people inside the company that he planned to spend the week in the South of France, sources said.
One source said Lewis subsequently appeared on a Zoom call from what looked like a vacation set-
He wants his old office back
Vishal Garg (left), who was pushed out from Better.com — the mortgage-lender site he founded — less than two weeks ago is already trying to depose interim CEO Daniel Lewis (below) and five board members by rallying like-thinking shareholders.
ting in a different time zone. His planned trip had been openly discussed inside Better and was not a secret, sources said.
"It's sad Vishal's life's work underperformed Treasury securities," Lewis told
The Post in a statement.
"I've never obliterated billions of dollars of shareholder value from any place at all."
The getaway comes amid an escalating battle for control of Better, with dis-
sident shareholders already sending demands to the company's lawyers and preparing to forcibly remove Lewis and the directors through a shareholder vote if they refuse to resign, according to sources.
The insurgent group has retained powerhouse law firm Quinn Emanuel, which has compiled shareholder consents representing the voting bloc, the sources said.
The process of forcing a shareholder vote could take as little as 10 days — although other avenues could stretch the showdown to 35 days, according to sources.
The revolt comes less than two weeks after Better abruptly dumped Garg as CEO and replaced him with Lewis, an investor who had joined the company's board only about a week earlier, according to sources.
Better said Friday that every director other than Garg had unanimously voted to terminate him following "a series of decisions and actions that raised serious concerns regarding his judgment, temperament and credibility."
JPM dumps Polymarket Bezos getting his kick$
JPMorgan Chase ended its banking relationship with prediction market Polymarket last October over regulatory concerns, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday
The move adds fuel to fights in Washington over debanking and growing nationwide scrutiny of prediction markets' business practices, though the bank still maintains some ties to Polymarket and other prediction-market companies.
A Polymarket spokesman said the company maintains "a close, active relationship with JPMorgan across multiple entities." Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan has spoken at three of the bank's events in the past year, the spokesman added.
JPMorgan was already in the Trump administration's crosshairs for alleged debanking, or improperly closing customer accounts for political reasons. Dow Jones
Jeff Bezos is the new part-owner of one of the world's most celebrated soccer teams.
The billionaire founder of Amazon is among a group of investors that agreed Friday to buy a minority stake in Britain's Liverpool Football Club from Fenway Sports Group. The consortium is acquiring about a 33% stake in Liverpool in a deal that values the Premier League team, known as the Reds, at more than $7 billion,
sources told The Wall Street Journal. The deal is the latest example of the enduring appeal of top professional sports teams for the world's wealthiest. On Wednesday, a group led by Bob Iger and Josh Kushner struck a $12.5 billion deal to buy the Los Angeles Lakers.
The consortium buying the stake in Liverpool FC is led by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal. Dow Jones
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Golf
PGA Tour-FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind; Memphis, Tenn.; Purse: $20 million; Yardage: 7,288; Par: 70
| Second Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | 68-61 | 129 | -11 |
| Viktor Hovland | 68-64 | 132 | -8 |
| Jungle H. | 68-66 | 133 | -7 |
| Ludwig Aberg | 68-65 | 133 | -7 |
| Nicola Echanaria | 68-66 | 134 | -6 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 68-68 | 134 | -6 |
| Brian Harman | 70-64 | 134 | -6 |
| Jordan Spieth | 65-69 | 134 | -6 |
| Patrick Conibay | 69-66 | 135 | -5 |
| Wyndham Clark | 69-66 | 135 | -5 |
| Jake Knapp | 65-70 | 135 | -5 |
| Keith Mitchell | 69-66 | 135 | -5 |
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju | 70-65 | 135 | -5 |
| Chris Gottlerup | 66-70 | 136 | -4 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 66-70 | 136 | -4 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 67-69 | 136 | -4 |
| Adam Scott | 66-70 | 136 | -4 |
| Alex Smolley | 68-68 | 136 | -4 |
| Sam Burn | 67-70 | 137 | -3 |
| Thereseen Coody | 71-66 | 137 | -3 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 70-67 | 137 | -3 |
| Michael Kim | 65-72 | 137 | -3 |
| Alex Noren | 71-66 | 137 | -3 |
| Nick Taylor | 69-68 | 137 | -3 |
| Justin Thomas | 70-67 | 137 | -3 |
| Gary Woodland | 66-71 | 137 | -3 |
| Bud Caddy | 66-72 | 138 | -2 |
| Si Woo Kim | 70-68 | 138 | -2 |
| Kurt Kitayama | 65-73 | 138 | -2 |
| Min Woo Lee | 67-71 | 138 | -2 |
| Maverick McNeely | 68-70 | 138 | -2 |
| Aaron Rai | 72-66 | 138 | -2 |
| Cameron Young | 69-69 | 138 | -2 |
| Jacob Bridgeman | 69-70 | 139 | -1 |
| Ryo Hisatsune | 69-70 | 139 | -1 |
| J.T. Proton | 71-68 | 139 | -1 |
| Xander Schauffele | 67-72 | 139 | -1 |
| Ryan Gerard | 70-70 | 140 | E |
| Jerry Hall | 72-68 | 140 | E |
| Max Homa | 73-67 | 140 | E |
| Collin Morikawa | 71-69 | 140 | E |
| J.J. Spaun | 71-69 | 140 | E |
| Sam Stevens | 69-71 | 140 | E |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | 65-75 | 140 | E |
| Richie Fowler | 68-73 | 141 | +1 |
| Russell Henley | 71-70 | 141 | +1 |
| Tom Kim | 69-72 | 141 | +1 |
| Jackson Kivun | 71-70 | 141 | +1 |
| Shane Lowry | 69-72 | 141 | +1 |
| Sepp Straka | 68-73 | 141 | +1 |
| Sahith Theegala | 69-72 | 141 | +1 |
| Corey Connors | 71-71 | 142 | +2 |
| Aldrich Potgieter | 71-71 | 142 | +2 |
| Michael Brennan | 73-70 | 143 | +3 |
| Harris English | 68-75 | 143 | +3 |
| Nicolai Hejgaard | 73-70 | 143 | +3 |
| Kristoffer Reitan | 72-71 | 143 | +3 |
| Justin Rose | 73-70 | 143 | +3 |
| Matti Schmid | 73-70 | 143 | +3 |
| Akshay Bhatia | 72-72 | 144 | +4 |
| Eric Cole | 72-72 | 144 | +4 |
| Ben Griffin | 73-71 | 144 | +4 |
| Roy McElroy | 74-70 | 144 | +4 |
| Jordan L. Smith | 71-73 | 144 | +4 |
| Alex Fitzpatrick | 71-74 | 145 | +5 |
| Matthew McCarty | 73-72 | 145 | +5 |
| Ricky Castillo | 72-74 | 146 | +6 |
| Ryan Fox | 73-73 | 146 | +6 |
| 2PGA Tour-The Standard Portland Classic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Columbia Edgewater Country Club; Portland, Ore.; Purse: $2 million; Yardage: 6,541; Par: 72 | |||
| Second Round | |||
| Arjachaya Yubol | 66-66 | 132 | -12 |
| Pajaree Anannurukam | 67-66 | 133 | -11 |
| Nye Jin Choi | 66-67 | 133 | -11 |
| Sophia Schubert | 67-66 | 133 | -11 |
| Nataliya Guseva | 67-68 | 135 | -9 |
| Erika Hara | 69-66 | 135 | -9 |
| Grace Kim | 66-69 | 135 | -9 |
| Morgane Metraux | 68-67 | 135 | -9 |
| Hee-Ran Ryu | 67-68 | 135 | -9 |
| Jeree Thillal | 68-67 | 135 | -9 |
| Rose Zhang | 70-65 | 135 | -9 |
| Chinn Bouffer | 69-67 | 136 | -8 |
| Manon De Roey | 67-69 | 136 | -8 |
| Manel Guldane | 65-71 | 136 | -8 |
| Benedetta Moresco | 67-69 | 136 | -8 |
| Yosifiro Noh | 69-67 | 136 | -8 |
| DP World Tour-Danish Golf Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Great Northern; Kerteminde; Purse: $2.8 million; Yardage: 7,314; Par: 72 | |||
| Second Round | |||
| Cameron Adam | 70-63 | 133 | -11 |
| Antoine Rozner | 69-64 | 133 | -11 |
| Ewen Ferguson | 69-65 | 134 | -10 |
| Matthew Jordan | 68-67 | 135 | -9 |
| Roman Langasque | 69-66 | 135 | -9 |
| Julian Perico | 69-66 | 135 | -9 |
| Brandon Stone | 66-69 | 135 | -9 |
| Caleb Sumatt | 69-66 | 135 | -9 |
| Rubba Watson | 68-68 | 136 | -8 |
| Yanhan Zhou | 69-67 | 136 | -8 |
| Filippo Celli | 67-70 | 137 | -7 |
| Todd Convento | 69-68 | 137 | -7 |
| Rasmus Højgaard | 70-67 | 137 | -7 |
| Freddy Schott | 67-70 | 137 | -7 |
MLS
| EAST | W | L | D | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 35 | 14 |
| Inter Miami CF | 11 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 45 | 32 |
| New England | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 28 | 23 |
| Chicago | 9 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 32 | 23 |
| NYCFC | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 24 |
| Cincinnati | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 45 | 44 |
| Charlotte FC | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 27 |
| Red Bulls | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 39 |
| D.C. United | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 29 |
| Orlando City | 6 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 47 |
| Columbus | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 28 |
| Toronto FC | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 32 |
| Philadelphia | 4 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 33 |
| CF Montréal | 4 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 35 |
| Atlanta | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 33 |
| WEST | W | L | D | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 38 | 17 |
| Los Angeles FC | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 35 | 19 |
| San Jose | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 37 | 24 |
| Houston | 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 27 | 24 |
| Real Salt Lake | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 25 |
| FC Dallas | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 25 |
| St Louis City | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 24 |
| Portland | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 33 | 33 |
| Seattle FC | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 22 |
| Minn. United | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 25 |
| Colorado | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 25 |
| LA Galaxy | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 29 |
| San Diego FC | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 29 |
| Austin FC | 4 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 36 |
| Sporting K.C. | 4 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 46 |
| Note: 3 pts. for win, 1 for tie | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | |||
| Red Bulls at Atlanta, 7:30pm | |||
| Columbus at Charlotte FC, 7:30pm | |||
| D.C. United at CF Montréal, 7:30pm | |||
| Cincinnati at Orlando City, 7:30pm | |||
| New England at Toronto FC, 7:30pm | |||
| LA Galaxy at Houston, 8:30pm | |||
| Miami at Nashville, 8:30pm | |||
| Sporting K.C. at Colorado, 9:30pm | |||
| Minnesota at Salt Lake, 9:30pm | |||
| San Diego FC at Los Angeles FC, 10:30pm | |||
| St Louis City at San Jose, 10:30pm |
| Sunday | |||
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| Philadelphia at NYCFC, 6pm | |||
| Portland at Chicago, 6pm | |||
| FC Dallas at Austin FC, 8:30pm | |||
| Vancouver at Seattle FC, 10:30pm |
| Wednesday, August 19 | |||
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| NYCFC at Cincinnati, 7:30pm | |||
| Nashville at Red Bulls, 7:30pm | |||
| CF Montréal at Columbus, 7:30pm | |||
| New England at D.C. United, 7:30pm | |||
| Chicago at Orlando City, 7:30pm | |||
| Miami at Philadelphia, 7:30pm | |||
| Charlotte FC at Toronto FC, 7:30pm | |||
| St Louis City at Sporting K.C., 8pm | |||
| Atlanta at Minnesota, 8:30pm | |||
| Los Angeles FC at Colorado, 9:30pm | |||
| FC Dallas at Salt Lake, 9:30pm | |||
| Austin FC at Seattle FC, 9:30pm | |||
| San Jose at LA Galaxy, 10:30pm | |||
| San Diego FC at Portland, 10:30pm | |||
| Houston at Vancouver, 10:30pm |
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NFL Exhibition
Week 1 - Friday Tampa Bay 24, Jets 16 Denver 27, Atlanta 7 Washington 20, Miami 7
Saturday Minnesota at Giants, 1pm Carolina at Buffalo, 1pm Cleveland at Chicago, 1pm Jacksonville at New Orleans, 4pm L.A. Rams at Kansas City, 4pm Philadelphia at Baltimore, 7pm Dallas at Seattle, 8pm
Week 2 - Thursday Las Vegas at Houston, 8pm San Francisco at L.A. Chargers, 10pm
Friday, Aug. 21 Jets at Pittsburgh, 7pm Carolina at Jacksonville, 7:30pm Green Bay at Denver, 9pm
Saturday, Aug. 22 Giants at Miami, 6pm Washington at Detroit, 12pm Atlanta at Indianapolis, 1pm Baltimore at Minnesota, 1pm Buffalo at Cleveland, 1pm New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 4pm Chicago at Cincinnati, 7pm Philadelphia at New England, 7pm Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:30pm Dallas at Arizona, 10pm
Sunday, Aug. 23 Seattle at Tennessee, 8pm
NFL Exhibition Buccaneers 24, Jets 16
Tampa Bay 0 10 7 7 - 24 Jets 10 3 0 3 - 16
First Quarter Nyl: FG York 27, 7:08. Nyl: Allen 31 run (Sanders kick), 2:07.
Second Quarter Tb: FG McLaughlin 23, 9:55. Tb: Garries 47 interception return (McLaughlin kick), 8:31.
Nyl: FG York 38, 9:00.
Third Quarter Tb: J. Williams 12 run (Potter kick), 5:24.
Fourth Quarter Nyl: FG Sanders 47, 9:48. Tb: Daniels 1 run (Potter kick), 3:24. Tb NYJ First downs 17 15 Total Net Yards 245 284 Rushes yards 25-69 21-91 Passing 176 193 Punt Returns 1-0 4-49 Kickoff Returns 3-67 3-86 Interceptions Ret. 2-49 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-35-0 20-32-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 4-26 Punts 6-63 333 3-48 333 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-37 6-42 Time of Possession 31:46 28:14
Individual Statistics Rushing: Tampa Bay, J. Williams 8-27, Calloway 8-13, Tucker 4-12, Daniels 3-9, Bazeluk 1-8, Houston 1-0, Jets, Allen 4-44, Hall 4-16, Scott 3-13, Cook 1-8, Nwangwu 6-6, Trayanum 3-4.
Passing: Tampa Bay, Daniels 10-15-0-111, Bazeluk 12-20-0-72, Jets, Cook 9-15-0-108, Klubnik 5-7-0-56, Zappe 6-10-2-55. Receiving: Tampa Bay, Patterson 5-24, Greene 4-54, Sharp 4-24, Houston 2-23, Hurst 2-19, Tucker 2-11, Culp 1-14, Rivers 1-12, J. Williams 1-2, Jets, Pritchett 3-24, Camper 2-37, G. Wilson 2-32, O. Cooper 2-31, Skinner 2-31, Taylor 2-19, Trayanum 2-12, Curtis 1-10, Scott 1-9, McClain 1-8, Nwangwu 1-4, Woods 1-2.
Soccer
Coppa Italia Parma 2, Catania 0 Cagliari 1, Arezzo 0 Monza 3, US Avellino 0 Fiorentina 4, Benevento 1 Club Friendly Atletico Madrid 2, Marseille 1 Coventry City 2, AS Monaco 0 Atlanta 1, Athletic Club 0 English League Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Blackburn Rovers 2
New closer Senga shows how funky, strong is his fight
By DAN MARTIN and MARK W. SANCHEZ
Almost nothing has gone as planned for the Mets this season, which is how they ended up with Kodai Senga entering Friday's game in the top of the ninth, trying to close out a win over Washington as Michael Jackson's "Beat It" blared over the Citi Field sound system.
The right-hander, whose first three short-innings relief appearances came on the road, picked up the save with a scoreless inning in a 4-1 victory.
It was Senga's fourth straight scoreless appearance as well as his second save. With Devin Williams on the injured list due to a strained shoulder, interim manager Andy Green said Senga would get plenty of work out of the bullpen down the stretch.
"He's done a good job," Green said. "He's attacked hitters [and] filled up the strike zone. He'll continue to pitch in leverage situations."
That could be in the eighth inning as well, depending on matchups, according to Green.
And Senga is doing his best to embrace the new role, which came after he repeatedly flopped as a starter following his standout rookie season.
"It's easier to prepare when you know you're going in later in the game," Senga said through an interpreter. "You're always physically and mentally prepared."
One part of working as a reliever Senga has yet to do is throw on back-to-back days.
"I think I'm well prepared for it," Senga said.
No one was prepared for the song choice, though, as the stadium darkened and the 1980s hit came on, with Senga running in from the bullpen with a three-run lead.
Senga said he chose it because he "heard it for the first time in a while and thought 'That's a great song.'"
Green approved of the choice and also was impressed again by Senga's approach. "I don't see an ounce of fear," Green said. "I see somebody attack the situation. That's what you're looking for." None of this is what the Mets had in mind when he signed a five-year, $75 million deal prior to the 2023 season. At this point, they'll take what they can get from the 33-year-old, and there is belief that his four-seam fastball/forkball mix may play out of the bullpen. Green noted that Senga's final pitch of the game, a forkball that Abimelec Ortiz swung over, was perfect. Senga retired the first two batters he faced in the ninth before Jacob Young singled to right. He then hit CJ Abrams with a pitch to bring up the potential tying run in Ortiz before ending it. The 33-year old had a 10.08 ERA after his last start as a member of the rotation on June 23, so nearly anything would be an improvement. Considering his early success, it's hardly a surprise to see Senga not shying away from his new job. He acknowledged the adrenaline is "different" coming out of the pen and with another year and $35 million on his deal, Senga may have to get accustomed to it.
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AL Standings
| East | W | L | Pct. | GB | *WGB | L10 | Streak | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 74 | 47 | .612 | — | — | 9-1 | L-1 | 41-19 | 33-28 |
| Yankees | 68 | 54 | .557 | 6½ | +8 | 5-5 | L-2 | 31-27 | 37-27 |
| Boston | 65 | 57 | .533 | 9½ | +5 | 4-6 | L-1 | 29-31 | 36-26 |
| Toronto | 60 | 64 | .484 | 15½ | 1 | 7-3 | W-1 | 32-32 | 28-32 |
| Baltimore | 59 | 63 | .484 | 15½ | 1 | 5-5 | W-1 | 32-30 | 27-33 |
| Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | *WGB | L10 | Streak | Home | Away |
| Chicago | 63 | 58 | .521 | — | — | 4-6 | W-1 | 32-29 | 26-34 |
| Detroit | 60 | 62 | .492 | 3½ | — | 6-4 | L-1 | 32-29 | 28-33 |
| Minnesota | 60 | 63 | .488 | 4 | ½ | 4-6 | L-1 | 32-29 | 28-34 |
| Cleveland | 59 | 64 | .480 | 5 | 1½ | 2-8 | L-2 | 28-32 | 31-32 |
| Kansas City | 50 | 73 | .407 | 14 | 10½ | 4-6 | W-1 | 29-30 | 21-43 |
| West | W | L | Pct. | GB | *WGB | L10 | Streak | Home | Away |
| Houston | 63 | 60 | .512 | — | — | 5-5 | W-2 | 31-29 | 32-31 |
| Texas | 60 | 63 | .488 | 3 | ½ | 5-5 | L-4 | 32-27 | 28-36 |
| Seattle | 57 | 66 | .463 | 6 | 3½ | 2-8 | L-1 | 33-29 | 24-37 |
| Athletics | 48 | 74 | .393 | 14½ | 12 | 3-7 | W-1 | 22-39 | 26-35 |
| Los Angeles | 48 | 75 | .390 | 15 | 12½ | 5-5 | L-1 | 28-35 | 20-40 |
*WGB: Games behind third-place team in wild-card race
Friday
| Toronto 3, Yankees 1 | Yankees at Toronto, 3:07 |
|---|---|
| White Sox 9, Detroit 5 | White Sox at Detroit, 1:10 |
| Pittsburgh 8, Boston 4 | Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 6:10 |
| San Diego 7, Cleveland 5 | Philadelphia at Minnesota, 7:10 |
| Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 5 | San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10 |
| Houston 10, Seattle 7, 10 inn. | Seattle at Houston, 7:10 |
| Kansas City 7, L.A. Angels 6 | Boston at Pittsburgh, 7:15 |
| Athletics 8, Texas 3 | Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 9:38 |
| Texas at Athletics, 9:40 |
NL Standings
| East | W | L | Pct. | GB | *WGB | L10 | Streak | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 73 | 49 | .598 | — | — | 6-4 | L-1 | 41-22 | 32-27 |
| Philadelphia | 65 | 58 | .528 | 8½ | — | 5-5 | W-1 | 32-30 | 33-28 |
| Miami | 62 | 61 | .504 | 11½ | 3 | 4-6 | L-2 | 38-25 | 24-36 |
| Washington | 60 | 64 | .484 | 14 | 5½ | 5-5 | L-1 | 27-36 | 33-28 |
| Mets | 54 | 69 | .439 | 19½ | 11 | 7-3 | W-1 | 26-34 | 28-35 |
| Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | *WGB | L10 | Streak | Home | Away |
| Milwaukee | 75 | 48 | .610 | — | — | 5-5 | L-1 | 41-22 | 34-26 |
| Chicago | 72 | 51 | .585 | 3 | +7 | 8-2 | W-1 | 36-24 | 36-27 |
| St. Louis | 61 | 61 | .500 | 13½ | 3½ | 6-4 | L-1 | 32-34 | 29-27 |
| Cincinnati | 59 | 62 | .488 | 15 | 5 | 6-4 | W-2 | 30-31 | 29-31 |
| Pittsburgh | 60 | 64 | .484 | 15½ | 5½ | 3-7 | W-2 | 31-30 | 29-34 |
| West | W | L | Pct. | GB | *WGB | L10 | Streak | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 74 | 49 | .602 | — | — | 5-5 | W-1 | 37-24 | 37-25 |
| San Diego | 66 | 57 | .537 | 8 | +1 | 8-2 | W-6 | 37-26 | 29-31 |
| Arizona | 65 | 58 | .528 | 9 | — | 5-5 | W-1 | 36-27 | 29-31 |
| San Francisco | 50 | 72 | .410 | 23½ | 14½ | 3-7 | L-2 | 28-32 | 22-40 |
| Colorado | 49 | 73 | .402 | 24½ | 15½ | 4-6 | W-3 | 27-32 | 22-41 |
Friday
| Mets 4, Washington 1 | Washington at Mets, 4:10 |
|---|---|
| Cubs 3, St. Louis 0 | St. Louis at Cubs, 2:20 |
| Cincinnati 1, Miami 0 | Colorado at San Francisco, 4:05 |
| Pittsburgh 8, Boston 4 | Miami at Cincinnati, 6:40 |
| Arizona 2, Atlanta 0 | Philadelphia at Minnesota, 7:10 |
| San Diego 7, Cleveland 5 | San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10 |
| Colorado 5, San Francisco 2 | Arizona at Atlanta, 7:15 |
| L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 1 | Boston at Pittsburgh, 7:15 |
| Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 7:15 |
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Blue Jays 3, Yankees 1
| Yankees | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grisham cf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.225 |
| Rice dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.253 |
| Jones rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.214 |
| García 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.278 |
| Chisholm 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.216 |
| Ramos 1f | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.247 |
| McMahon 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.219 |
| Webb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.178 |
| Lombard ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.250 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Toronto | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
| Balmion cf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.290 |
| Lukes rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.265 |
| Guerrero 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.263 |
| McAden 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.189 |
| Springer dh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.31 |
| Kirk c | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.269 |
| Gimenez ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.238 |
| Okamoto 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.227 |
| J.Sánchez f | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.63 |
| Straw f | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.224 |
| Clement 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.280 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Yankees 000 001 000 - 1 5 2 Toronto 000 002 01x - 3 8 0
E: McMahon (7), Garcia (5). LOB: New York 4, Toronto 6. 2B: Jones (7), Giménez (10), Kirk (5). HR: Grisham (16), off Bieber; Kirk (5), off Hanner. RBIs: Grisham (51), Kirk 2 (2). Rumers left in scoring position: New York 1 (Ramos); Toronto 4 (Giménez, J.Sánchez, J. Lukes). RISP: New York 0 for 3; Toronto 1 for 6.
| Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole, L. 6-6 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3.22 |
| Blackburn | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.87 |
| Hanner | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.90 |
| Toronto | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Bieber, W. 4-2-6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4.99 |
| Rogers, H. 25 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 |
| Fluharty, H. 13-0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.88 |
| Variand, S. 27-28 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.28 |
T: 2:25. A: 42,816 (39,150).
Reds 1, Marlins 0
| Miami | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marose cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.04 |
| Edwards 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.82 |
| Lopez ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.312 |
| Conine dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.74 |
| Hernández f | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.26 |
| Sanoja 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.271 |
| Cabiole rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.227 |
| Jiménez ph-1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.04 |
| Mack c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.231 |
| Ruiz ph-rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.58 |
| Paidey 1b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.194 |
| Ramirez ph-c | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.237 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Cincinnati | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De La Cruz ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.66 |
| Stewart 3b-1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.59 |
| Bleday 1f | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.19 |
| Stephenson c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.52 |
| Suárez dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.06 |
| Toglia 1b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Hayes 1b | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.145 |
| Myers cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Marte rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.96 |
| McLain 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.90 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Miami 000 000 000 - 0 4 0 Cincinnati 000 001 00x - 1 6 0
LOB: Miami 3, Cincinnati 9. 2B: Toglia (1), Suárez (15). RBIs: Suárez (48). SB: Lopez (24). Rumers left in scoring position: Miami 1 (Sanoja); Cincinnati 5 (Bleday, Myers 4). RISP: Miami 0 for 2; Cincinnati 1 for 7.
| Miami | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcantara, L. 13-7 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 103 | 3.43 |
| Ekness | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1.80 |
| Cincinnati | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Burns, W. 14-2 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 93 | 2.47 |
| Burke, N. 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2.72 |
| Pagán, S. 15-18 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.95 |
T: 2:19. A: 21,232 (43,891).
Mets 4, Nationals 1
| Washington | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrams ss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.283 |
| Ortiz 1b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.86 |
| House dh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.42 |
| Life rf-lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.249 |
| Ruiz c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.279 |
| Tena lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.37 |
| Crewe rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.217 |
| Huilez 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.228 |
| Vivas 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.243 |
| Jac Young cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.248 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Mets | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.274 |
| Azulta 0b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.40 |
| Olson 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.262 |
| Huiris cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.290 |
| Albis 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.254 |
| Dobin f | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.264 |
| Yastrzemski rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.232 |
| Biley 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.223 |
| Jarvis ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.218 |
| Smith ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.264 |
| Kens s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.067 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Arizona | 100 | 000 | 001 | - | 2 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 000 | 000 | 000 | - | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| LOB: Arizona 10, Atlanta 3. 2B: Carroll (25), Perdomo (16), Moreno (24). HR: Tawa (7), off Kinley. RBIs: Moreno (54), Tawa (27). SB: Vargas (3). St. Tawa, Waldschmidt. Rumers left in scoring position: Arizona 1 (Vargas 2, Moreno 2, Arenado 2, Waldschmidt); Atlanta 0. RISP: Arizona 0 for 14; Atlanta 0 for 5. |
| Atlanta | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauld, W. 7-17.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3.11 | |
| Morillo, H. 16 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2.37 | |
| García, S. 4-4 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.106 | |
| Atlanta | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Sole, L. 12-8 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 108 | 2.16 |
| Fuentes | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2.39 | |
| Dodd | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.11 |
| Kirley | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4.07 |
T: 2:32. A: 35,106 (41,149).
Pirates 8, Red Sox 4
| Boston | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Segart 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.256 |
| Yoshida dh | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.72 |
| Rutschman c | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.44 |
| Contreras 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.281 |
| Alveo rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.254 |
| Dutton 3b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.251 |
| Duran rf | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.02 |
| Monasterio ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.270 |
| White cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.36 |
Astros 10, Mariners 7, 10 inn.
| Seattle | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young 2b | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 258 |
| Anzarenia 1f | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 278 |
| Carpene rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 255 |
| Rodriguez 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 257 |
| Naylor 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 266 |
| Donovan 3b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| Raleigh r | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 158 |
| Wilson pr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
| Pereda c | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 |
| Robles r | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 256 |
| Rodden ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 250 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Houston | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peña ss | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 289 |
| Alvarez dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 233 |
| Paredes 2b | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 255 |
| Allen pr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 255 |
| Trammell f | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 228 |
| Altave 2b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 242 |
| Varsho cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 233 |
| Walker 1b | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 238 |
| Smith r | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 275 |
| Vázquez c | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 214 |
| Wade ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 218 |
| Diaz c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 |
| Totals | 40 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Seattle | 200 | 001 | 020 | 2 | — | 7 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 140 | 000 | 000 | 5 | — | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| Two outs when winning run scored. LOB: Seattle 16, Houston 5, 28: Anzarenia (25), Rodriguez (17), Naylor (18), Rodden (1). 3B: Robles (1), Smith (2). 8B: Alvarez (36), off Kirby; Walker (23), off Muhoz. RBIs: Carzone (51), Naylor (44), Robles 2 (7), Donovan (9), Rodden 2 (2), Alvarez (88), Smith (45), Pella (39), Paredes 3 (65), Varsho (29), Walker 3 (70). 5B: Altave 2 (4), Rodriguez (16). SF: Naylor, Rodden. Runners left in scoring position: Seattle 4 (Donovan 2, Young 2), Houston 2 (Trammell, Walker). RISP: Seattle 4 for 12; Houston 5 for 8. |
| Seattle | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby | 4.2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 3.89 |
| Rucker | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4.91 |
| Senior | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2.84 |
| Bazardo | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3.11 |
| Muhici, L. 5-5 | 0.2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4.47 |
| Houston | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambert | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 96 | 3.11 |
| Sousa, H. 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3.46 |
| Obert, H. 17 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2.08 |
| Abrnu, BS, 7-8.1 | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4.50 |
| Hader | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0.93 |
| De Los Santos, W. 2-3 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.24 |
T: 3:29. A: 30,582 (41,000).
Royals 7, Angels 6
| Kansas City | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jensen c | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 219 |
| Witt s | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 285 |
| Cagliarone 1b | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 273 |
| Loftin 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 240 |
| Massey 2b | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 264 |
| Collins f | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233 |
| Rose rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 220 |
| Rojas dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 224 |
| Isbell cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 229 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Los Angeles | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meckler f | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 300 |
| Peraza pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229 |
| Trout cf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 244 |
| Schanuel 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 273 |
| Neto ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 225 |
| Ballesteros dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 |
| Grissom 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 246 |
| Lowe rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 206 |
| Guzman 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
| Heineman c | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 |
| Siri ph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| Kansas City | 012 | 020 | 200 | — | 7 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 004 | 011 | 000 | — | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| E: Grissom (5), Neto (16). LOB: Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 5, 28: Collins (20), Guzman (5), Schanuel (22), Trout (17). HR: Massey (10), off Rodriguez; Cagliarone (22), off Peralta; Lowe (9), off Lange. RBIs: Massey 2 (41), Cagliarone 5 (58), Schanuel 4 (46), Neto (53), Lowe (25). CS: Loftin (1). RISP: Kansas City 2 for 7; Los Angeles 4 for 8. |
|---|
| Kansas City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigo | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 4.59 |
| Cuas | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1.64 |
| Lange, W. 2-7 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6.23 |
| Schreiber, H. 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.68 |
| Pearson, H. 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2.60 |
| Cruz, S. 4-5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4.17 |
| Los Angeles | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodriguez | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 89 | 7.17 |
| Peralta | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 7.94 |
| Saucesio, L. 0- | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.75 |
| 1, BS, 0-2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.57 |
| Murphy | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.57 |
| Watson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4.32 |
T: 2:47. A: 23,139 (45,517).
Athletics 8, Rangers 3
| Texas | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford f | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 249 |
| Nimmo rf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 271 |
| Jasper ss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 198 |
| Duran 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268 |
| Burger 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 234 |
| Foscue dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| Pederson ph-dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 249 |
| Freeman 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 211 |
| Klupez ph-2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 |
| Diaz c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 232 |
| Carter cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Athletics | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNeil 1b | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 263 |
| Wilson ss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 |
| Williams ph-ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 266 |
| Soderstrom f | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 245 |
| Goel 3b-2b | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 278 |
| Butler rf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 207 |
| Cortes dh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 260 |
| Muncy ph-dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 |
| Walton 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 |
| White ph-3b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 |
| Heim c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 217 |
| Bolte cf | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 254 |
| Totals | 33 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Texas | 000 | 003 | 000 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 300 | 001 | 124 | - | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| E: Diaz (4), Walton (3), White (2). LOB: Texas 4, Athletics 9. 2B: Duran (23), Cortes (15), McNeil 2 (55), Williams (11). HR: Burger (20), off Jump; McNeil (5), off Silseth; Butler (10), off Alistrom. RBIs: Burger 3 (71), Cortes 3 (35), McNeil 3 (39), Butler (34). SB: Langford (5). Runners left in scoring position: Texas 4 (Klupez, Foscue 2, Duran); Athletics 3 (Soderstrom, Walton 2). RISP: Texas 1 for 5; Athletics 3 for 12. |
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| Texas | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rucker | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 4.50 |
| Silseth, L. 3-3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2.91 |
| Alistrom | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4.94 |
| Alexander | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3.42 |
| Gonzales | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.35 |
| Athletics | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jemp | 5.1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 101 | 4.50 |
| Medina, W. 3-3 L. 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 3.67 |
| Rom, H. 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2.45 |
| Alvarado, H. 6 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4.74 |
| Harris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.57 |
T: 3:01. A: 8,082 (14,014).
Dodgers 3, Brewers 1
| Milwaukee | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 249 |
| Sánchez ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 |
| Cobridge cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 280 |
| Chourio f | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 274 |
| Bauers 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 269 |
| Vaughn 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| Bae pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| Yelich dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 229 |
| Contreras c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 255 |
| Lara rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 234 |
| Hamilton 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 233 |
| Ortiz ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 247 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Los Angeles | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dittani dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 290 |
| Pages cf | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 272 |
| J.Hernández f | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 249 |
| Bettis ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 239 |
| Edman 2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 276 |
| Tucker rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 234 |
| Muncy 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 250 |
| J.Hernández 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 222 |
| Feduccia c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 233 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Milwaukee | 000 | 010 | 000 | - | 1 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 100 | 011 | 00x | - | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| E: Muncy (11). LOB: Milwaukee 4, Los Angeles 7. 2B: Ortiz (13), Lara (6), Muncy (18). HR: Pages (20), off Gasser; Edman (4), off Gasser. RBIs: Ortiz (21), Betts (40), Pages (77), Edman (23). SB: Pages (12), Bae (1). CS: Bauers (4). SF: Ortiz. Runners left in scoring position: Milwaukee 3 (Chourio, Ortiz 2); Los Angeles 4 (Bettis 2, J. Hernández, Tucker). RISP: Milwaukee 1 for 6; Los Angeles 1 for 6. |
|---|
| Milwaukee | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gasser, L. 9-6 Lf | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 102 | 4.54 | |
| Anderson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1.65 |
| Wilson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 4.73 |
| Los Angeles | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamamoto, W. 13-7 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 97 | 2.60 |
| Phillips, H. 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.25 |
| Scott, H. 12 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 3.20 |
| Diaz, S. 7-11 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2610.66 |
T: 2:33. A: 47,066 (56,000).
Orioles 6, Rays 5
| Baltimore FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 296 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 296 |
| Monksh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| Coltridge cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| Churich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| Churich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| Churich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| Churich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| Churich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| Churich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 |
| San Francisco | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reedland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Schottens | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 64 |
| Bosser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Wells | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Cleavinger, L. | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.75 |
| 4-4 | ||||||||
| Kelly | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.94 |
| Reycroft | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 9.13 |
T: 3:06. A: 18,343 (25,025).
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NEW YORK POST ACTION
The POST Line
| MLB Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|
| Favorite | Money Line | Underdog |
| Yankees | $156-186 | BLUE JAYS |
| METS | $126-148 | Nationals |
| TIGERS | $125-149 | White Sox |
| RAYS | $119-145 | Orioles |
| ASTROS | $107-122 | Mariners |
| ANGELS | $132-157 | Royals |
| Rangers | $122-144 | ANGELS |
| CUBS | $144-179 | Cardinals |
| GIANTS | $117-133 | Rockies |
| Marlins | -106-116 | REDS |
| BRAVES | $116-141 | Diamondbacks |
| Brewers | $118-144 | DODGERS |
| GUARDIANS | OFF | Padres |
| Phillies | $124-154 | TWINS |
| Red Sox | $102-126 | PIRATES |
| WNBA Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|
| Favorite | PTS (O/U) | Underdog |
| Liberty | 7.5 (173.5) | SUN |
| MYSTICS | 6.5 (172.5) | Sparks |
| Lynx | 1.5 (183.5) | ACES |
NFL Exhibition
| Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|
| Favorite | PTS (O/U) | Underdog |
| Vikings | 2.5 (41.5) | GIANTS |
| BILLS | 3 (39.5) | Panthers |
| Browns | 3 (40.5) | BEARS |
| CHIEFS | 2.5 (36.5) | Rams |
| SAINTS | 2.5 (35.5) | Jaguars |
| Eagles | 3.5 (37.5) | RAVENS |
| SEAHAWKS | 2.5 (38.5) | Cowboys |
Home team in CAPS
College Football
Saturday, Aug. 29
| Favorite | PTS (O/U) | Underdog |
|---|---|---|
| TCU | 7.5 (47.5) | Unc |
| USC | 38.5 (60.5) | San Jose State |
| VIRGINIA | 5.5 (53.5) | Nc State |
| N. DAKOTA ST. | 7 (47.5) | Jacksonville St. |
| E. MICHIGAN | 8.5 (52.5) | Sacramento St. |
| STANFORD | 5.5 (49.5) | Hawaii |
| FLORIDA ST. | 31.5 (52.5) | New Mexico St. |
| UNLV | 6.5 (57.5) | Memphis |
STITCHES
Let's play Double Jeopardy
Guilty! No, not Luigi Mangione. Stitches. This pick box is guilty as charged. And now we are going to play Double Jeopardy on Saturday.
The Phillies visit the Twins. Philly's Jesús Luzardo has given up two runs and struck out 19 batters in his last 15 frames. Twins rookie Connor Prielipp has allowed six runs in his last 10 1/3. Play $100 on the Phillies.
Game 2: The Red Sox are in Pittsburgh. The Pirates' Jared Jones has lost three in a row, allowing 14 runs in those
13 innings. Boston counters with Sonny Gray. We had Sonny when he beat the White Sox, and we bet against Sonny when he lost to the Jays. Backing Gray again. $50 on the Red Sox.
Truth is, when the Guardians took a 3-0 lead, I switched to the Savannah Bananas/Loco Coconuts game. But Xander Bogaerts and Fernando Tatis Jr. homered, and the Padres won 7-5. Winner! Down -627 buzzybavas.
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MMA
UFC 330, Saturday in Philadelphia
| NAME | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Islam Makhachev | -360 |
| vs. Ian Machado Garry | +285 |
| Mackenzie Dern | -205 |
| vs. Gillian Robertson | +170 |
| Jalin Turner | -118 |
| vs. Kauê Fernandes | -102 |
| Mansur Abdul-Malik | -700 |
| vs. Dustin Stoltzfus | +500 |
| Edson Barboza | +500 |
| vs. Esteban Ribovics | -700 |
| Chilli Njokuani | +245 |
| vs. Joel Álvarez | -305 |
| Charles Johnson | -118 |
| vs. Eduardo Chapolin | -102 |
| NAME | ODDS | NAME | ODDS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Islam Makhachev | -360 | Rafael Tobias | +230 |
| vs. Ian Machado Garry | +285 | vs. Lucas Fernando | -285 |
| Mackenzie Dern | -205 | Neil Magny | +124 |
| vs. Gillian Robertson | +170 | vs. Ramiz Brahimaj | -148 |
| Jalin Turner | -118 | ||
| vs. Kauê Fernandes | -102 | ||
| Mansur Abdul-Malik | -700 | ||
| vs. Dustin Stoltzfus | +500 | ||
| Edson Barboza | +500 | ||
| vs. Esteban Ribovics | -700 | ||
| Chilli Njokuani | +245 | ||
| vs. Joel Álvarez | -305 | ||
| Charles Johnson | -118 | ||
| vs. Eduardo Chapolin | -102 |
TOP PLAY
QB edge a signal to lay a few points on Vikings
By DYLAN SVOBODA
John Harbaugh isn't giving bettors much help ahead of the Giants' preseason opener against the Vikings.
The first-year Giants head coach is 41-22-1 against the spread in his preseason career but has been cagey about whether Jaxson Dart and the rest of Big Blue's starting lineup will play Saturday at MetLife Stadium. He told reporters Thursday he plans on keeping his personnel decisions under wraps until game time.
That uncertainty makes the Vikings and their straightforward quarterback situation much more appealing with this tight spread and so much uncertainty already baked into a preseason game.
Minnesota head coach Kevin O'Connell already has confirmed that both Kyler Murray, who officially won the starting quarterback job for the Vikings earlier this week, and J.J. McCarthy will play, giving the Vikings two quarterbacks with legitimate NFL starting experience.
The Vikings' depth behind center doesn't end there.
Carson Wentz, who is competing for a spot behind Murray and McCarthy, should also see the field in the Meadowlands. He is a luxury for a preseason game compared to most teams.
Wentz made five starts for Minnesota last season and went 2-3 while fourth-stringer Max Brosner also started two games.
Compare that with the Giants, who could
give most of their quarterback reps to James Winston and Brandon Allen if Harbaugh elects to take it easy with Dart.
Dart still could suit up, but there is a lot more unknown with the Giants.
With Murray and McCarthy confirmed to play and Wentz potentially waiting behind them, Minnesota should have the better quarterback on the field for most, if not all, of Saturday's game.
THE PLAY: Vikings -2.5 (-130, FanDuel).
Pitching Form
| (Game time) | 2026 | '26 vs OPP | CAREER vs OPP | LAST 3 STARTS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-L | ERA | *REC | W-L | ERA | W-L | W-L | IP | ERA | ||
| Yankees | Schlitter (R) | 10-6 | 2.21 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 2.08 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 16.1 | 3.31 |
| Blue Jays | Fisher (R) | 3-3 | 3.54 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 6.43 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3.2 | 2.81 |
| Nationals | Lord (R) | 5-2 | 3.79 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1.76 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5.0 | 1.80 |
| Mets | Manaea (L) | 4-5 | 4.13 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 20.25 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 19.0 | 2.37 |
| Phillies | Luzardo (L) | 10-5 | 3.32 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 21.1 | 3.38 |
| Twins | Prielipp (L) | 3-5 | 4.79 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 16.0 | 3.94 |
| Padres | TBD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guardians | Cantillo (L) | 8-7 | 3.91 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 10.0 | 2.70 |
| Red Sox | Gray (R) | 14-3 | 2.79 | 16-6 | 1-2 | 2.21 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 19.0 | 2.84 |
| Pirates | Jones (R) | 2-4 | 5.03 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 13.0 | 9.69 |
| White Sox | Kay (L) | 9-5 | 3.96 | 13-9 | 1-0 | 1.80 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 17.2 | 2.55 |
| Tigers | Melton (R) | 7-1 | 1.46 | 11-2 | 1-0 | 1.38 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 20.0 | 0.00 |
| Orioles | Bradish (R) | 7-11 | 3.68 | 11-12 | 0-1 | 2.38 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 13.2 | 5.27 |
| Rays | Seymour (L) | 9-3 | 4.08 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 15.0 | 3.60 |
| Mariners | Hancock (R) | 6-7 | 3.35 | 10-12 | 1-0 | 5.40 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 15.2 | 4.60 |
| Astros | Wesneski (R) | 2-0 | 3.86 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 18.2 | 3.86 |
| Royals | Dobnak (R) | 2-1 | 2.00 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 17.0 | 2.65 |
| Angels | Detmers (L) | 3-8 | 4.00 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 5.40 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 15.0 | 3.60 |
| Rangers | Gore (L) | 6-9 | 4.43 | 13-12 | 0-1 | 4.66 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 18.1 | 1.96 |
| Athletics | Ginn (R) | 8-6 | 3.41 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 2.19 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 18.1 | 1.96 |
| Cardinals | McGreevy (R) | 4-9 | 3.64 | 11-12 | 0-1 | 37.80 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 11.2 | 9.26 |
| Cubs | Boyd (L) | 8-1 | 3.50 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 20.2 | 2.61 |
| Rockies | Lorenzen (R) | 3-10 | 6.83 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 4.15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 11.1 | 9.53 |
| Giants | Webb (R) | 7-7 | 3.59 | 8-13 | 0-1 | 9.82 | 11-4 | 2-0 | 20.0 | 1.35 |
| Marlins | Gusto (R) | 0-3 | 4.78 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 15.0 | 5.40 |
| Reds | Singer (R) | 5-11 | 4.66 | 9-14 | 0-1 | 16.88 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 16.1 | 5.51 |
| O'backs | Rodriguez (L) | 11-4 | 2.70 | 18-6 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 20.2 | 3.05 |
| Braves | Holmes (R) | 7-4 | 3.47 | 16-6 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 16.2 | 1.62 |
| Brewers | Misionowski (R) | 11-5 | 1.76 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 18.0 | 3.00 |
| Dodgers | Wroblewski (L) | 11-4 | 3.44 | 12-7 | 0-1 | 9.00 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 13.2 | 9.88 |
- REC: Won-lost record of pitcher's team in games he has started.
NEW YORK POST ACTION
Home Team Lineups
HOME AWAY
| TODAY Aug. 15 | SUN Aug. 16 | MON Aug. 17 | TUE Aug. 18 | WED Aug. 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto 3:07 YES 660 AM | Toronto 1:37 YES 660 AM 101.9 FM | NO GAME | Baltimore 6:35 YES 660 AM 101.9 FM | Baltimore 6:35 Prime Video 660 AM 101.9 FM |
| Washington 4:10 SNY FS1 880 AM | Washington 1:40 SNY 880 AM | San Diego 7:10 SNY 880 AM | San Diego 7:10 SNY 880 AM | San Diego 1:10 SNY 880 AM |
| Connecticut 1:00 Fox 5 | NO GAME | NO GAME | Chicago 9:00 ESPN | NO GAME |
| Today | Friday |
|---|---|
| Preseason: Minnesota 1:00 WNBC 4 101.9 FM | Preseason: Pittsburgh 7:00 WCBS 2 104.3 FM |
| Today | Sunday | Sunday, Aug. 23 |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta United 7:30 Apple TV | Phila. Union 6:00 Apple TV | Angel City FC 8:00 Victory+ |
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Holmes wins in first home Cubs start
Clay Holmes and three Cubs relievers combined on a three-hitter, and Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run homer Friday to send host Chicago to a 3-0 win over the Cardinals. Making his second start and first at Wrigley Field since being acquired from the Mets at the trade deadline, Holmes (5-5) retired his first 16 batters before José Fermin singled in the sixth.
● In St. Petersburg, Fla., Dylan Beavers hit a two-run, pinch-hit single in the seventh to put Baltimore ahead to stay and the Orioles beat Tampa Bay 6-5 to snap the Rays' nine-game win streak.
● In Houston, Christian Walker's three-run home run with two outs in the 10th inning lifted the Astros to a 10-7 win over the Mariners.
● In Cleveland, Luis Campusano and Xander Bogaerts each drove in three runs and the Padres overcame an early three-run deficit to defeat the Guardians 7-5. The Padres have won six straight and 16 of 20 since July 24.
● In Detroit, Miguel Vargas homered twice and the White Sox beat the Tigers 9-5.
● In Atlanta, Brandon Pfaadt allowed just two hits in seven innings in another strong start and the Diamondbacks beat the Braves 2-0.
● In Pittsburgh, Brandon Lowe hit a three-run home run and the Pirates earned an 8-4 win over the Red Sox.
NFL: Falcons' Pearce Jr. suspended 8 games
Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. will be suspended for the first eight games of the 2026 season for violating the league's personal conduct policy, the league announced Friday. Pearce was arrested in February following a domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend and WNBA player Ricka Jackson.
NBA: Hornets acquire veteran Schröder
The Hornets are acquiring veteran point guard Dennis Schröder and cash from the Cavaliers for guard Tre Mann, a person close to the situation told The Associated Press. Schröder joins his 12th franchise after being traded for the ninth time. The 32-year-old from Germany has career averages of 13.7 points and 4.9 assists.
GOLF: Scheffler shoots 61 to take 3-shot lead
Scottie Scheffler birdied the first five holes and shot a 9-under 61 to take a three-stroke lead in the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tenn. The top-ranked Scheffler had 11 birdies and two bogeys in 100-degree heat
ODDS & ENDS
NFL Saturday Vikings at Giants odds and props
| FULL-GAME MONEYLINE | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Vikings | -134 |
| Giants | +114 |
| TEAM TO SCORE FIRST TOUCHDOWN | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Giants | +110 |
| Vikings | -140 |
| No touchdown | 40/1 |
| GIANTS TEAM TOTAL | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Over 20 | -115 |
| Under 20 | -119 |
| VIKINGS TEAM TOTAL | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Over 21.5 | -110 |
| Under 21.5 | -121 |
| WINNING MARGIN | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Giants by 1-6 | +285 |
| Giants by 7-12 | +450 |
| Giants by 13-18 | +950 |
| Giants by 19-24 | 21/1 |
| Giants by 25-30 | 45/1 |
| Giants by 31+ | 45/1 |
| Vikings by 1-6 | +250 |
| Vikings by 7-12 | +400 |
| Vikings by 13-18 | +600 |
| Vikings by 19-24 | 12/1 |
| Vikings by 25-30 | 27/1 |
| Vikings by 31+ | 45/1 |
| RACE TO 20 POINTS | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Vikings | +121 |
| Giants | +154 |
| Neither | +325 |
| RACE TO 30 POINTS | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Neither | -250 |
| Vikings | +360 |
| TOTAL FIELD GOALS | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Over 3.5 | +123 |
| Under 3.5 | -164 |
Giants 2026 season stage of elimination
| RESULT | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Miss playoffs | -325 |
| Lose in wild card round | +450 |
| Lose in divisional round | 10/1 |
| Lose NFC Championship | 19/1 |
| Lose Super Bowl | 50/1 |
| Win Super Bowl | 66/1 |
Giants award props
| RESULT | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Jaxson Dart MVP | 65/1 |
| Brian Burns Defensive POY | 33/1 |
| Malik Nabers Offensive POY | 40/1 |
| Cam Skattebo Offensive POY | 100/1 |
| Malachi Fields Offensive ROY | 80/1 |
| Arvell Reese Defensive ROY | +850 |
| John Harbaugh Coach of the Year | +650 |
| Malik Nabers Comeback POY | 19/1 |
| Andrew Thomas Protector of the Year | 27/1 |
BET SMART
MARRIED BUT NOT DEAD: Travis Kelce's yards receiving prop is available at a huge discount at age 36 and following his celebrity wedding with Taylor Swift. Sean Treppedi is taking the Over, citing Kelce's rapport with healthy QB Patrick Mahomes.
By SEAN TREPPEDI
Remember Travis Kelce — the football player?
Becoming Taylor Swift's husband seemingly has overshadowed his identity to the point you'd almost think the NFL merely is a hobby for the 36-year-old. At least, that's how the masses see things; evidently, trading rooms too.
The Chiefs went from dynasty to disaster last season, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2014. It was also the first time they failed to win the AFC West in 10 years.
If there are any common denominators throughout the success of three Super Bowls and seven AFC Championship appearances in the span, they're Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid. Mahomes and Kelce's rapport made them arguably the greatest quarterback-tight end tandem of all time, but after Mahomes fell to an ACL tear in Week 15, their fate was all but sealed after already withstanding key injuries all season.
Although Kelce's production, which was already regressing, took a blow, he still managed to top his career-low 2024 output by 23 yards. And he did that on 25 fewer targets, 21 fewer catches and three games of Chris Oladokun under center, no less.
Mahomes has achieved a full recovery and is on track to start Week 1 at Arrowhead Stadium against the Broncos. He'll also have a restored offensive line in front of him after it collapsed to injury late last year, which will buy him more time to find his targets.
In the meantime, sportsbooks feel as though Kelce is still honeymooning on a hammock somewhere: His 2026 receiving
yardage prop stands at 675.5 at FanDuel, a 175.5-yard drop from his 2025 total.
Let's not forget that even if the Chiefs lost their mojo, the offense still ran through Kelce as he led the team in yards, targets and catches and tied for the most receiving scores. Of course, that's primarily due to the fact that Rashee Rice missed the first six games to suspension and Xavier Worthy dislocated his shoulder three snaps into the campaign.
Even so, Kelce would need only 79.4 percent of last season's production to clear this line.
He's made his career on chunk plays, getting downhill and using his size and balance to evade defenders. Nothing about his game last season evidenced a decline in this ability; he cleared his average yards after catch per reception rate by two fifths of a yard at 5.6 and posted a catch of 15 or more yards in 11 of the 14 games Mahomes started.
The four-time first-team All-Pro's relationship with Mahomes simply can't be replicated elsewhere, and no one knows that better than Kelce himself. He chose to leave money on the table from other teams to sign an extension in Kansas City for a reason. Kelce restructured his deal into a three-year, $54.7 million contract, but it's essentially a one-year commitment for 2026 with the following two primarily serving as salary-cap mechanisms.
That one year is not going to waste as it's very likely it could be his last. Kelce and Mahomes may not be the inexorable force they used to be, and while his age and regression are baked into the line, we don't need them to be at their zenith to cash on a Swift discount.
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By ALEX MITCHELL
October came early. Fans were treated to an outright spectacle and thrilling end to the Little League World Series Metro regional tournament with New Jersey's Bayonne Central launching an epic, 8-6 championship comeback over Darien, Conn., advancing to Williamsport for the first time in the league's 75-year history.
BAYONNE, NJ 8 DARIEN, CT 6
Neither side would budge an inch in the barn burner on 60-foot basepaths. The Constitution State's best put up a much mightier fight than in the two teams' opening-round matchup, which Jersey took 8-2 last Saturday night in Bristol, Conn.
Catcher Hugh Butler got the Darien offense ignited with an RBI triple off Bayonne pitcher Chase Klimkowski.
Left fielder Alex Abelson and designated hitters Jack Houlihan and Roscoe Hurty — all 12 players on the roster bat around — kept the heat on Bayonne with first-inning RBIs that put Darien up 4-0 in the first inning.
It was the first game in the double-elimination tournament that undefeated N.J. surrendered more than two runs.
Bayonne second baseman Owen Feliz took exception
JERSEY GIANTS
Bayonne Little Leaguers headed to Williamsport
to the early lead and drove in a pair of runs with an RBI double against Darien pitcher Chase Sutter that cut the Connecticut deficit to 4-2 in the bottom of the first.
Sutter answered with six straight strikeouts and a two-run homer in the third that pushed the lead to 6-2. It added to his phenomenal championship performance that ended with nine strikeouts in three innings and change. Mason Rincon came on the mound in relief and cauterized the damage for Bayonne.
At the plate, Dairen took no chances on the powerhouse batter by intentionally walking Rincon three
times — once to load the bases in the third inning and again in the fifth.
Sutter let up a run the next batter on a botched fielder's choice and walked catcher Jett Bridges right after, but got out of the jam with a 6-4 lead.
He came out in the fourth after reaching the mandatory 85-pitch threshold. Hurty took over and got out of the inning unscathed.
Rincon helped put out the fire on defense with his own heat, gassing six straight batters in innings 4-6. Feliz came up with the bases juiced and one out in the fifth after Rincon's third intentional walk of the game and smashed a warn-
ing-track double that tied the game at six apiece.
Bridges then hit a game-changing RBI gap single on reliever Rex Paquette, and Klimkowski tacked on another run with a fly ball that dropped in right field, which turned the tables for the thrilling 8-6 Bayonne comeback that's now epic Little League lore. Rincon put down Darien in order in the sixth of six innings and finished with nine strikeouts.
Bayonne will be back in action for the Little League World Series opening round against Bridgewater, Mass., at 7 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN.
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2 national teams eye Red Bulls' goal-scoring star
By CHRISTIAN ARNOLD
It seems to be just a matter of time before Red Bull New York star Julian Hall earns a senior national team call-up.
But whether that will be for the U.S. men's national team or Poland, which has made an effort to try to recruit the 18-year-old, who is eligible to play for the European nation due to his Polish descent through his mother, remains a question. And one right now that Hall still doesn't necessarily have an answer for.
"Especially with the World Cup being here, I've had time to think about that and I feel like I'm at a point where I'm still in between," Hall told The Post at the Red Bulls' training facility in suburban New Jersey. "I'm still respecting both of my nationalities, and I think they're two amazing opportunities. I feel like that's up to the future, and I'm not really right now making a decision."
The Manhattan native's 2026 breakout season has catapulted him into the soccer spotlight, scoring nine goals in 18 starts for the Red Bulls during the regular season, which included a hat trick in their May 13 win over the Columbus Crew to become the youngest player in league history to accomplish the feat.
Hall also became the youngest player in MLS history to score five goals in his first six matches of the season. His scoring has slowed down since the hat trick, having not found the back of the net.
"I think obviously scoring goals is my job and I think you know I've done a decent
job at that," he said. "I want to score more, and that's always the goal every single game I go into. And I think something I could work on, the coaches, we talk about just my physical presence and being stronger on the ball."
Still, the excitement around Hall is palpable.
The president of the Polish Football Association, Cezary Kulesza, made a recruiting trip to Hall's mother in April and Hall's name was lightly mentioned during the last World Cup cycle before U.S. men's national team coach Mauricio Pochettino named his final squad.
"He definitely should be amongst the player pool for the next generation of players, and he's proven it here on a day-to-day basis," Red Bulls head of sport Julian de Guzman told The Post. "We do everything possible to continue his development to push him in that direction, and guess what? He's working with a coach [Michael Bradley] who has played for the [U.S.] men's national team as a captain over 150 times, so, I mean, he's getting the best of the best in terms of his development."
There will be plenty of opportunities for Hall to get in front of the USMNT staff going forward. While Hall did not take part in the Concacaf U-20 Championship — a decision he said that the national team, the Red Bulls and he thought "was best" — the U.S. men's national team will play friendlies in September and October, before the Concacaf Nations League tournament begins this fall.
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Gotham wins at home
By ELO VELEZ
Gotham FC overcame a tie for the fastest goal in NWSL history Friday night by receiving goals from Midge Purce and a landmark tally by Sam Kerr to give the hosts a 2-1 NWSL victory over the Kansas City Current Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, N.J.
Gotham FC improved to 13-3-4 with 43 points and increased their first-place
lead over the idle Washington Spirit to seven points.
The 33-year-old Kerr was the recipient of Jaedyn Shaw's deft moves to dribble past two defenders and slide a pass to the Australian international as she tapped the ball into the net in the 41st minute for a 2-1 Gotham lead. She became Gotham FC's all-time leading scorer with her 31st career tally.
Amelia White shocked Gotham just 22 seconds into the contest.
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Saratoga
Analysis by Vic Cangialosi
Lock of the Day Road Show (3rd) Lock Record: 12 for 26 (46%) Meet Record: 67/270 $447.76
1 5 fur; $54,000; clm($30,000); 3up Two turf stakes today. The Grade 1 Christophe Clement and the Galway...In the opener SALMING won by 5 widening lengths here last month. Well spotted for repeat off the Rice claim. Will have to catch MATH TUTOR. Won by open lengths as well. Gate to wire of Aqueduct in April. NANTZ Midpack 4th at 14-1 after racing wide.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epitaph(L),126 | E Zayas | 2-2-11 | Potts | 8-1 |
| 2 | The Toy Cannon(L),122 | K Carmouche | 7-5-1 | Dixon | 5-1 |
| 3 | Schlomo(L),126 | H Harkle | 3-7-3 | Kantarmaci | 10-1 |
| 4 | Nantz(L),126 | R Santana, Jr | 5-4-5 | Kantarmaci | 10-1 |
| 5 | Antietam(L),126 | S Gonzalez | 7-1-7 | Kantarmaci | 6-1 |
| 6 | Salming(L),126 | M Franco | 1-3-3 | Rice | 2-1 |
| 7 | Math Tutor(L),126 | C Elliott | 1-3-8 | Antonucci | 4-1 |
| 8 | Fisthylethoney(L),122 | J Ortiz | 3-7-3 | Rice | 6-1 |
2 5 fur; $115,000; mdn; 2YO A wide open baby race to back-end the double. SARATOGA TEA debuted 2 lengths shy here in July. Edge over first-time starters MINIFIELD (Cassie/Saez/Mind Control), SANTIS (Maker/Carmouche/Epicenter), GERMATE (Rice/J Ortiz/Uncle Mo) and BIG HANDSOME (Abreu/Prat/City Of Light).
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Thriller,123 | I Ortiz, Jr | x-x-x | McPee | 6-1 |
| 2 | Equilibrate,123 | M Franco | x-x-x | C Brown | 8-1 |
| 3 | Saratoga Tea,123 | R Santana, Jr | x-x-x | Brisset | 9-2 |
| 4 | Mindfield,123 | L Saez | x-x-x | Casse | 7-2 |
| 5 | Santis,123 | K Carmouche | x-x-x | Maker | 10-1 |
| 6 | Scramjet,123 | J Ortiz | x-x-x | Rice | 8-1 |
| 7 | Big Handsome,123 | F Prat | x-x-x | Abreu | 4-1 |
| 8 | Upper Echelon,123 | J Rodriguez | x-x-x | Cox | 5-1 |
| 9 | Silver Knight,123 | S Bridgeman | 8-4-4 | Giddings | 20-1 |
3 6 fur; $115,000; mdn; 2YO The ROAD SHOW was last of 9 before powering down the stretch to finish 2nd in his opener. Wins 2nd time around, getting more ground. CUT DOWN THE NETS (Sistam 4th, close 2nd here this summer. J BUCK (Barker/Saez/Keepe Me In Mind), NYSTATEOFMND (Weaver/France/Solomini) and JAMMAR (Maker/Carmouche/Drain The Clock) are live first-timers.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neptuneroad Richie,123 | D Davis | x-x-x | Hills | 20-1 |
| 2 | Wartsendalwars,123 | J Castellano | x-x-x | Sacco | 12-1 |
| 3 | Private Banker,123 | J Lezcano | x-x-x | Ferraro | 15-1 |
| 4 | Road Show,123 | J Ortiz | 2-4-4 | Casse | 7-5 |
| 5 | Nystateofmind,123 | M Franco | x-x-x | Weaver | 5-1 |
| 6 | J Buck,123 | L Saez | x-x-x | Barker | 12-1 |
| 7 | Cut Down the Nets,123 | I Ortiz, Jr | 2-4-4 | Green | 3-1 |
| 8 | Arawak,123 | K Carmouche | x-x-x | Maker | 8-1 |
| 9 | Sweet Redemption,123 | C Elliott | 7-4-4 | Ryerson | 12-1 |
4 1 mile; $105,000; alw; 3up(f) Rice over Rice. Linda's LADY ROSE enters off a wide 4th of 7. Won 2 of previous 3 including a race at this longer distance. TOP OF THE TABLE loads off a weak 6th at Finger Lakes. Got up late to win at this longer distance at the Big A earlier this year. Rice gets Carmouche back. FULL POUR Turf to dirt for Hennig. Midpack 4th last dirt start. Alvarado replaces Lezcano who stays on Lady Rose.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honest Reason(L),121 | C Elliott | 11-3-1 | Dixon | 15-1 |
| 2 | Lady Rose(L),121 | J Lezcano | 4-1-2 | Rice | 9-5 |
| 3 | Last Glory(L),126 | R Santana, Jr | 8-2-6 | D'Alessandro | 8-1 |
| 4 | Full Pour(L),126 | J Alvarado | 6-6-4 | Hennig | 5-1 |
| 5 | Top of the Table(L),126 | K Carmouche | 6-2-3 | Rice | 3-1 |
| 6 | Fedupwiththefield(L),126 | F Prat | 9-6-1 | Donk | 9-2 |
| 7 | Grace Reformed(L),126 | J Rodriguez | 6-6-2 | Guerrero | 6-1 |
5 1 1/16 miles(T); $105,000; alw; 3up(f) Going to CONSIDERATE CITY who is 1 for 8 but in the money last 4 starts, all at this distance, the latest in a 2006. Ferraro gets Franco to seal the deal. TONIUS TWISTER About 3 lengths short last pair. Well back of Considoriate City previously. Changes for BISTAR after turning in last of 8. Dirt to turf; sprint to route, 2nd off the layoff for Clement. Prat was aboard for lane dirt win. ATHENAS FURY broke maiden (3rd start). Competitively spotted, same distance for Green.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertrille(L),126 | R Santana, Jr | 6-3-8 | Baker | 5-1 |
| 2 | Tongue Twister(L),126 | I Ortiz, Jr | 4-4-7 | Brion | 3-1 |
| 3 | Boomington(L),121 | D Davis | 7-6-3 | Weaver | 6-1 |
| 4 | Optique(L),126 | S Fret | 4-3-1 | Khan | 10-1 |
| 5 | Britain(L),121 | F Prat | 8-5-1 | Clement | 5-1 |
| 6 | Athena's Fury(L),121 | J Alvarado | 1-3-4 | Green | 8-1 |
| 7 | Miami Style(L),121 | L Saez | 7-1-2 | Orseno | 10-1 |
| 8 | Considoriate City(L),121 | M Franco | 2-2-2 | Ferraro | 8-5 |
6 6 fur; $115,000; mdn; 2YO(f) Career debuts for these 2YO fillies. Here's how we see them crossing the wire. Goddysher's FREE VERSE (Cox/France/Justify), TUMOHAAT (Pletcher/Saez/Iota Mitchell), CLOCK (Pletcher/Carmouche/Drain The Clock), ONNAMILLIONGIRL (DeVaux/J Ortiz/Audible) and LIBBY LLOYD (Brown/Prat/Iota Mitchell).
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clock,123 | K Carmouche | x-x-x | Pletcher | 12-1 |
| 2 | V Formation,123 | E Zayas | x-x-x | Beckman | 10-1 |
| 3 | Libby Lloyd,123 | F Prat | x-x-x | C Brown | 9-2 |
| 4 | Rags to Roses,123 | R Santana, Jr | x-x-x | Baker | 20-1 |
| 5 | Onenamilliongrl,123 | J Ortiz | x-x-x | DeVaux | 6-1 |
| 6 | Belle N Brooke,123 | I Ortiz, Jr | x-x-x | Cox | 7-2 |
| 7 | Free Verse,123 | M Franco | x-x-x | Cox | 8-1 |
| 8 | Tumouhaat,123 | L Saez | x-x-x | Pletcher | 5-2 |
| 9 | Groves,123 | J Alvarado | x-x-x | Mott | 8-1 |
7 1/2 fur(T); $125,000; alw; 3up Dancin' with VACATION DANCE who got up to win here last month. Shakes higher. About 2 lengths shy (at 52-1) racing at this level at the Spa in June. VETERANS MTG. SPICED GP Narrowly defeated by a next out winner. Won the Grade 3 Mahony here last summer. Hasn't won since. NO EVIDENCE exits a close win as well. It was his first W in 1/2 years. BITE AND STRIKE won 2 in row at Aqueduct. Stretch runner needs it fast up front.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiced Up(L),126 | J Alvarado | 2-5-2 | Mott | 4-1 |
| 2 | Bite and Strike(L),126 | J Lezcano | 1-1-7 | Rice | 6-1 |
| 3 | No Evidence(L),126 | F Prat | 1-7-3 | Clement | 4-1 |
| 4 | Final Verdict(L),126 | J Ortiz | 8-3-2 | Barker | 7-2 |
| 5 | War Stride(L),126 | M Franco | 2-3-3 | Weaver | 8-1 |
| 6 | Candytown(L),126 | I Ortiz, Jr | 4-6-4 | Pletcher | 9-2 |
| 7 | Vacation Dance(L),126 | D Davis | 1-5-6 | Noda | 8-1 |
| 8 | Attfield(M),122 | E Zayas | 3-9-7 | Morley | 8-1 |
| 9 | Veterano(L),126 | M Franco | 4-6-4 | Rice | 5-2 |
8 6 fur; $115,000; mdn; 2YO Liftoff! QB ROCKET makes his maiden voyage for Brad Cox. Sired by Gun Runner. CARD MAN (Brown/Prat/Life is Good). MCCOT (DeVaux/J Ortiz/Vekoma) and DALLAS STAR (Pletcher/France/Flightline) make career debuts as well.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCoy,123 | J Ortiz | x-x-x | DeVaux | 6-1 |
| 2 | Card Man,123 | F Prat | x-x-x | C Brown | 7-2 |
| 3 | Q B Rocket,123 | I Ortiz, Jr | x-x-x | Cox | 4-1 |
| 4 | Farsidofthenoon,123 | J Rodriguez | x-x-x | Green | 12-1 |
| 5 | Katz in the Cradle,123 | L Saez | x-x-x | Summers | 10-1 |
| 6 | Dallas Star,123 | M Franco | x-x-x | Pletcher | 8-1 |
| 7 | Decimation,123 | R Santana, Jr | 2-5-4 | Asmussen | 6-1 |
| 8 | Damavand,123 | D Egan | x-x-x | Pletcher | 9-2 |
| 9 | Hooked,123 | C Elliott | x-x-x | McPee | 10-1 |
| 10 | Vukota,123 | K Carmouche | x-x-x | LaRose | 12-1 |
9 1 1/2 miles(T); $750,000; Christophe Clement; 3up Can Miguel Clement win the Grade 1 Christophe Clement? TAWNY PORT snapped a lengthy losing skid when he won the 2 mile Belmont Gold Cup, pulling down a triple digit fig. Now 2 for 3 at the Spa but 0 for 10 at this shorter distance. MINARET STATION enters off a fast closing 3rd in the Bowling Green. Stretches. Board hitter 6 of 7 including 3 wins. PROGRAM TRADING brings a 2 race winning streak from Belmont. He latest in the Grade 2 United Nations. OLE CRAZY BONE and FORT GEORGE ran 1-2 in the Bowling Green and must be considered.
| 1 | Ancient Egypt(IRE),120 | D Egan | x-x-x | Johnston | 5-1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tawny Port,124 | K Carmouche | 1-4-9 | Clement | 8-1 |
| 3 | Ale Crazy Bone,124 | I Ortiz, Jr | 1-2-1 | Maker | 4-1 |
| 4 | Program Trading(GB),124 | F Prat | 1-1-4 | C Brown | 7-2 |
| 5 | Fort George(GB),124 | K Shoemark | 2-4-4 | Walker | 9-2 |
| 6 | Minaret Station,124 | J Ortiz | 3-2-4 | Walden | 3-1 |
| 7 | Survive(IRE),119 | M Franco | 1-4-4 | Boughey | 6-1 |
10 5 1/2 fur(T); $200,000; Galway; 3YO(f) Class relief for Brad Cox' CADENZA. Ran 3rd in a pair of Grade 3's here this summer. France stays on; so do we. MAUNA LOA makes her stake debut after winning 2 of 3 at Woodbine. Fast filly is the one to catch. QUEEN JUNO graduated, then runnerup with allowance at 43-1. Exotics value. TROBELION won a 120k at Ellis. GERMARD CROSS won a 100k at Monmouth.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerrards Cross,124 | D Davis | 1-2-6 | O'Connell | 6-1 |
| 2 | Epic Lady Luck,120 | J Castellano | 3-1-2 | Weaver | 12-1 |
| 3 | Oscar's Encore,122 | I Ortiz | 1-9-6 | Sharp | 6-1 |
| 4 | Queen Juno,120 | K Carmouche | 2-1-4 | Sharp | 10-1 |
| 5 | Cadenza,124 | M Franco | 3-3-1 | Cox | 7-2 |
| 6 | Mauna Loa,122 | I Ortiz, Jr | 1-8-1 | Casse | 3-1 |
| 7 | Triskelion,124 | L Saez | 1-2-1 | Arnold II | 5-1 |
| 8 | Mythical,124 | E Zayas | 8-3-1 | Delgado | 9-2 |
| 9 | 1' Eclair,124 | Rider TBA | 4-2-3 | R Dutrow | 4-1 |
11 1 mile; $70,000; alw; 3up CELTIC PRINCE is 2 for 10 after winning by 4+ at Colonial. CALLING CARD is 2 for 14 after winning by 7+ lengths at Aqueduct. Both move higher, same distance. MCIDESEL led, settled for 3rd. Winner last time he raced this shorter distance.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinner Royale(L),121 | J Rodriguez | 4-1-6 | Green | 7-2 |
| 2 | Calling Card(L),126 | M Franco | 1-2-2 | Rice | 5-2 |
| 3 | Big Brooklyn(L),121 | K Davis | 1-5-8 | C Martin | 20-1 |
| 4 | Celtic Prince(L),126 | I Ortiz, Jr | 1-4-3 | Brion | 6-1 |
| 5 | McDessell(L),126 | S Gonzalez | 3-10-1 | Rodriguez | 6-1 |
| 6 | Takahama(L),121 | K Carmouche | 1-2-11 | Gianjuli | 12-1 |
| 7 | Come Full Circle(L),126 | F Prat | 2-3-3 | Sharp | 3-1 |
| 8 | Sociably Johnny(L),121 | J Lezcano | 2-3-3 | Rice | 8-1 |
12 1 1/16 miles(T); $56,000; mdn clm($50,000); 3up GIBBANE raced wide; lost by a head. Another try, same distance. MAXIMUM HEAT MTG. BEFORE THE WIND is 8 for 10 after missing by 4 lengths. Moves lower; rider change to J Ortiz. FIVEDOLLARSFORSOX (West Point/Clement/Prat/Oscar Performance) makes career debut.
| PH | Horse Wt. | Jockey | Last 3 | Trainer | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before the Wind(L),126 | J Ortiz | 9-5-2 | Merryman | 3-1 |
| 2 | Shenanigans Buck(M),121 | C Elliott | x-x-x | Giddings | 20-1 |
| 3 | D C Boy's(L),126 | R Santana, Jr | 7-4-3 | Maker | 10-1 |
| 4 | Osiris Law(L),121 | I Ortiz, Jr | 3-4-4 | Lopez | 8-1 |
| 5 | Lobbyist(L),121 | K Carmouche | 6-4-2 | Donk | 8-1 |
| 6 | Foto(L),126 | J Castellano | 9-3-5 | Duggan | 10-1 |
| 7 | Surfside Dan(M),121 | E Zayas | x-x-x | James Bond | 20-1 |
| 8 | Gibbane(L),121 | M Franco | 2-5-2 | Green | 5-2 |
| 9 | Mo Curtis(L),121 | J Lezcano | 2-6-6 | Rodriguez | 12-1 |
| 10 | Five dollars for so on(M),121 | F Prat | x-x-x | Clement | 5-1 |
| 11 | Maximum Heat(L),121 | J Ortiz | 6-5-4 | Rice | 2-1 |
| 12 | True Adirondacker(L),121 | J Castellano | 7-6-8 | Potts | 15-1 |
PLAY OF THE DAY
Night Sky (13-1) ran well for 2nd. Unfortunately, Cosmic Year (6-5) ran 2nd as well. Melody Man scratched. Loss of -$10.88. Four bets. Play $30 to win on Road Show in Race 3. And $4 across the board on Free Verse in Race 6, Vacation Dance in Race 7 and Tawny Port in Race 9. — Vic Cangialosi
Saratoga Results
FIRST-1 mile; $75,000; soc($75,000); 2YO 1 StickyWright (Ortiz) 5.64 3.26 2.86 1 Into the Light (Davis) 3.42 2.90 2 Jets Rio (Santana Jr.) 5.10 1 $1 Exacta (4-1) $8.17 1 $0.1 Superfecta (4-1-2) $10.84 1 $0.5 Trifecta (4-1-2) $21.24
Winner picked by Vic C SECOND-5/5 fur; $90,000; mdn spl wt; 2YO F 5 Ery Autmin (Vizg) 7.42 4.90 3.16 6 Night Sky (Zayas) 10.90 4.66 7 Southern Kiss (Ortiz) 2.20 8 Sct: Cayenne, Atlas & Eye 9 $1 Daily Double (4-5) $21.13 1 $1 Exacta (5-0) $40.23 1 $2 Quayeta (5-0) $24.54 1 $0.1 Superfecta (5-0-6) $38.69 1 $0.5 Trifecta (5-0-6) $54.85
THIRD-1 mile; $125,000; alw; 3up 5 Intellect (PR) (Ortiz) 5.80 2.54 2.12 2 Cosmic Year (GB) (Prince) 2.36 2.10 6 Paros (Carmouche) 3.14 Sct: Georgia Magic, Alan Turing, Sherlock's Jewel, Le Grit 9 $1 Pick 3 (4-5-5) $57.54 1 $1 Daily Double (5-5) $14.72 1 $1 Exacta (5-2) $5.26 1 $0.1 Superfecta (5-0-6) $2.30 1 $0.5 Trifecta (5-2-6) $9.08
FOURTH-7 fur; $65,000; clm($55,000); 3up 3 Freaky (Davis) 26.10 10.58 5.64 7 Swaging (Gaffalione) 8.00 5.36 6 Neigh Baby (Rodriguez) 5.08 9 $1 Pick 3 (5-5-3) $227.02 1 $1 Daily Double (5-3) $49.02 1 $3 Exacta (3-7) $15.13 1 $1 Quintilla (3-7) $43.02 1 $0.1 Superfecta (3-7-6-1) $227.61 1 $0.5 Trifecta (3-7-6) $300.05
FIFTH-1 mile; $71,000; mdn clm($85,000); 3up 3 Overbite (Giffione) 25.62 12.92 6.40 7 Stream (Firano) 6.24 3.84 6 Old Time Rockroll (Crombach) 3.04 9 $1 Pick 3 (5-3-3) $466.12 1 $0.5 Pick 4 (5-3-3) $1557.76 1 $0.5 Pick 5 (4-5-5-3) $7486.47 1 $1 Daily Double (3-3) $139.93 1 $1 Exacta (3-7) $99.96 1 $0.1 Superfecta (3-7-6-1) $108.23 1 $0.5 Trifecta (3-7-6) $154.06
SIXTH-1 1/16 mile; $115,000; mdn; 2YO F 8 Bigie (IRE) (Prince) 3.82 2.74 2.34 10 Met West Home (Saez) 4.18 3.14 2 Whatever It Takes (Velazquez) 4.08 Sct: Littleberry 9 $1 Pick 3 (3-3-0) $886.74 1 $1 Daily Double (3-0) $32.99 1 $1 Exacta (3-10) $8.30 1 $0.1 Superfecta (3-10-2-5) $13.35 1 $0.5 Trifecta (3-10-2) $22.94
SEVENTH-1 mile 1 fur; $45,000; cl($16,000); 3up 7 Glen Ary (Sintis) 5.00 3.22 2.36 5 Sharp Sque (Gonzalez) 5.50 3.18 9 Agatta (Franco) 2.62 Sct: Fever Night 9 $1 Pick 3 (3-8-7) $135.41 1 $0.5 Pick 4 (3-3-6) $4.71 $1,000.05 1 $0.5 Pick 5 (5-3-3) $6.94 (7-7) $2579.88 1 $1 Daily Double (8-7) $5.88 1 $1 Exacta (7-5) $11.68 1 $0.1 Superfecta (7-5-9-6) $7.89 1 $0.5 Trifecta (7-5-9) $10.63
Winner picked by Vic C EIGHTH-7 fur; $125,000; alw; 3up 2 Cntrny Thinking (Wright) 7.42 4.78 2.94 3 Commuted (Santana Jr.) 12.12 5.62 7 Bold Strength (Ortiz) 2.32 9 $1 Pick 3 (8-7-2) $20.15 1 $1 Daily Double (7-2) $11.59 1 $1 Exacta (2-3) $40.56 1 $0.1 Superfecta (2-3-7-1) $25.48 1 $0.5 Trifecta (2-3-7) $27.01
NINTH-5/5 fur; $200,000; Smart & Fancy; 3pf 9 Zeitlos (Ortiz) 4.76 2.98 2.34 2 Delightful Flame (Davis) 6.84 5.18 4 Le Amazonia (Alvarado) 6.76 Sct: Mummings Express, Capturing, Rats Jawa 9 $1 Consolation Pick 3 (7-2-5) $8.87 1 $1 Grand Slam (2/8) 10-5/7/9-2/3/7-9/3/8 1 $1 Grand Slam (2/8) 10-5/7/9-2/3/7-9/3/8 1 $1 Grand Slam (2/8) 10-5/7/9-2/3/7-9/3/8 1 $1 Grand Slam (2/8) 10-5/7/9-2/3/7-9/3/8 1 $1 Grand Slam (2/8) 10-5/7/9-2/3/7-9/3/8 1
TENTH-1 mile; $71,000; mdn clm($85,000); 3up 5 Luz de Gaia (Davis) 12.66 6.08 2.70 7 Languial (Velazquez) 6.90 3.34 2 About Face (Gaffalione) 2.12 Sct: Vivaldi, Melody Man, Minotaur 9 $1 Pick 6 (3-6/9-4/7-2-5/8/9/10-ALL) $6.34 9 $1 Pick 6 (3-6/9-4/7-2-5/8/9/10-ALL) $8.81 1 $1 Consolation Pick 1 (2-5-1/4) $3.67 1 $1 Consolation Pick 1 (2-5-9) $7.75 1 $1 Consolation Pick 1 (2-9-1/4) $11.27 1 $1 Pick 1 (2-9-9) $20.50 1 $0.5 Pick 4 (4/7-2-5/8/9/10-ALL) $10.66 1 $1 Pick 5 (6/9-4/7-2-5/8/9/10-ALL) $10.66 1 $1 Daily Double (9-9) $32.47 1 $1 Exacta (9-7) $18.40 1 $0.1 Superfecta (9-7-2-8) $18.04 1 $0.5 Trifecta (9-7-2) $6.02 1 $1 Consolation Pick 3 (2-5-1/4) $3.67 1 $1 Consolation Pick 3 (2-5-9) $7.75 1 $1 Consolation Pick 3 (2-9-1/4) $11.27 1 $1 Show (9-7-2-8) $38.04 1 $0.5 Trifecta (9-7-2) $61.92
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A NEW CHALLENGE
By JARED SCHWARTZ
The Knicks are losing a valued member of Mike Brown's coaching staff.
Jordan Brink, an assistant who served as the team's director of video services and player development, was hired by the Bulls to be an assistant on Tiago Splitter's staff, The Post confirmed.
Brink was notably in charge of the Knicks' challenges the past two years (under both Tom Thibodeau and Brown) — an area in which they were incredibly successful and often held a clear edge over opponents.
It's a significant loss as they'll need someone else to fill that role. "Jordan, he's been a master at this," Brown said previously.
Fans will remember his effect on Game 2 of the NBA Finals, when Brink instructed Brown to challenge a call late in the fourth quarter of their dramatic 105-104 win over the Spurs at Frost Bank Center.
The Knicks were crumbling and had blown a 14-point lead, and with the game tied 97-97 with 2:37 left, referees ruled that the ball went out of bounds off OG Anunoby.
But under Brink's instruction, Brown challenged that Anunoby had been fouled while attempting a 3-pointer on the play.
After a review, the call was reversed and Anunoby received three free-throw attempts. He made all three — instead of the Spurs having possession with a chance to go in front, the successful challenge re-established the Knicks' lead and halted the Spurs' momentum.
"He's been doing this now two
years in a row," Brown said of Brink after that game. "I rely totally on him. Every once in a while I lose my mind, get emotional, and try to stick it to the refs, even though I like all of them. But that never works. So, I try like heck to follow Jordan's lead, and it was 100 percent his call."
Brink's contract was up, and the Bulls job will represents a promotion.
The Knicks coaching staff is crowded, and there is no room at the moment for a promotion.
The Post previously reported that his Brink's future was uncertain, though Brown's front-of-the-bench assistants are expected to be back.
The Knicks also lost a lower-level assistant, Carson Shanks, earlier this offseason, as his contract was up.
Brink has ambitions of becoming a head coach, and this move presents a clearer path toward that goal than staying with the Knicks would have. A Dyer, Ind., native, it also brings him closer to home.
He played collegiately at Calvin College and got his NBA coaching start as an assistant for the Pistons under Dwane Casey.
Brink joined the Knicks in 2023
on Thibodeau's staff and was retained by Brown when he took over last year.
He spent three years with the Knicks — the past two in charge of their challenges. He was also the Knicks' Summer League coach last year. Brink leaves the Knicks as a champion — and with an important role they'll have to replace.
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By ANDREW CRANE
Charles Oakley's lawsuit against Madison Square Garden and owner James Dolan was dismissed for a third time Friday, concluding another chapter in the legal battle involving the former Knicks star that dates back to when he was ejected from the Garden following an altercation with security guards in February 2017.
MSG said in a statement that the claims were dismissed by the court "in their entirety" and that it planned to pursue legal action against Douglas Wigdor — Oakley's lawyer — and "his unscrupulous law firm," Wigdor, in a statement to The Post, expressed disappointment with the court's ruling and
Oak's lawsuit vs. MSG dismissed for third time
still hoped for a jury trial.
"For more than nine years, Mr. Oakley's lawyers have pursued claims they knew were false," MSG said in its statement. "Those claims have now been dismissed by the Court in their entirety — for a third time. We are pursuing legal action against Douglas Wigdor, and his unscrupulous law firm, to hold them accountable for years of frivolous litigation and their blatant abuse of the judicial system."
The case was initially tossed in early 2020, revived later that year, tossed again in 2021 and then revived for a second time in May 2023.
"We are disappointed with the Court's rulings," Wigdor said in his statement to The Post. "We believe there are conflicting accounts and only a jury can decide what exactly happened. We are hopeful that the Second Circuit will agree for a third time and remand the case for an immediate jury trial."
Oakley, who spent 10 years as a player for the Knicks and was a key piece of the franchise's success in the 1990s, was arrested and removed from the Garden during the Knicks game on Feb. 8, 2017, and while the charges were dropped, he filed a lawsuit later that year — alleg-
ing, in part, assault, false imprisonment and defamation. That lawsuit was dismissed in February 2020. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of the battery and assault claims in November 2020. When the appeals court reversed it for a second time in 2023, it ruled that the "question of whether the use of force was reasonable under the circumstances is generally best left for a jury to decide."
But more than three years later, a third dismissal followed. In circuit judge Richard J. Sullivan's opinion and order, he wrote that "no rational jury could conclude
that Oakley reasonably feared himself at risk of wrongful physical contact — let alone that MSG intended to stir such an apprehension."
"Even though the alleged assault occurred in the middle of Madison Square Garden in front of 19,000 and scores of cameras, Oakley concedes there's no other witness — besides himself — who says he was pushed to the ground," Sullivan wrote.
Oakley's public feud with Dolan has loomed over the Knicks since it began. The Post's Jared Schwartz reported in 2025 that the team
was willing to welcome Oakley back as a "celebrated team alumnus" if he dropped the lawsuit. An initial ban instituted by Dolan in 2017 had been lifted. Oakley attended playoff games on the road during the Knicks' championship run in the spring.
"Ample evidence — including videos from multiple angles and the unanimous testimony of every witness (even, to some extent, Oakley himself) — shows that Oakley had a reasonable opportunity to depart the Garden, that he instead resorted to physical violence, and that he was never pushed to the ground," Sullivan wrote.
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By ANDREW CRANE
Butch Huskey, who was the penultimate Met to wear No. 42 and spent parts of five seasons in Queens, has died, the team announced Friday.
He was 54 years old.
Huskey died from a blood clot in his lung, The Post's Dan Martin confirmed.
"I just want to acknowledge this solemn day with the passing of Butch Huskey this morning," Mets interim manager Andy Green said. "Just want to send prayers and thoughts to his family. I know all of our Mets family is thinking of him and the people who love him today."
Huskey was the Mets' seventh-round pick in 1989 out of high school, and he made his MLB debut four years later before going on to appear in 414 games for the Mets — while also spending time with the Mariners, Twins, Red Sox and Rockies. He hit .264 with a .740 OPS with the Mets while playing both infield and outfield.
Until 2016, Huskey held the Mets record for most RBIs in an inning after collecting five during the sixth frame of a 1998 game against the Marlins. After the 1998 season, the Mets traded Huskey to the Mariners, and he was dealt again to the Red Sox — a team that ended up making the ALCS in 1999 before losing to the Yankees and falling short of breaking the franchise's World Series curse.
But a core part of Huskey's legacy with the Mets — as a former hyped prospect who, in a 1993 article in The Post, was dubbed as their "third baseman of the near future" — came with his jersey number. He wore No. 42 when Jackie Robinson's number was universally retired on April 15, 1997 and said on a Mets broadcast in 2024 that he remembers the "whole night" when Robinson's wife Rachel, commissioner Bud Selig and then-President Bill Clinton made the announcement during the fifth
SO LONG, BUTCH
HONORED: Butch Huskey, the penultimate Met to wear Jackie Robinson's since-retired No. 42, said being allowed to continue wearing the number while he was still playing "meant the world to me."
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Blood clot takes life of former Met, fan favorite Huskey at 54
inning of the Mets' game against the Dodgers.
"That's one of the best memories I had in my lifetime," Huskey said on the 2024 broadcast, "and it'll always stay with me."
Huskey, in a 2024 press conference, said he didn't have an inkling about the ceremony. He knew something big was happening because of Clinton and the presiden-
tial security detail, but "I didn't grasp how big it was until that happened." Initially, he didn't think he'd be able to wear his number anymore. But he became one of the players grandfathered in and allowed to continue wearing 42.
Huskey recalled on a 2024 episode of "Amazin' Conversations with Jay Horowitz" that he wrote an essay in high school about the
legacy of Robinson after an English teacher — who loved Robinson and knew that Huskey loved baseball — brought the paper idea to him. And, as of then, he still had that No. 42 jersey from the retirement night with Rachel's autograph. Mo Vaughn, who was another player grandfathered into wearing that number, was the last Mets player to don No. 42.
"It meant the world to me and not just myself but a lot of other kids, people of color" Huskey said on the 2024 broadcast about wearing Robinson's number. "He went through things that paved for us to have it not as hard as he did, and I just don't think I could've done what he did to go that route with it."
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Soto, Williams aim for returns despite lost season
By DAN MARTIN
Juan Soto played at least 150 games in every full major league season he had appeared in before this season.
Now deep into his second IL stint because of a calf strain this season — this one to his left calf — Soto said again Friday he expects to be back this year.
He added that dealing with these calf issues actually will pay dividends down the road.
"It sucks," Soto said before Friday's 4-1 victory over the Nationals at Citi Field. "It's tough for me,
tough to lose so many games [to injury]. I've never been on this side of it."
But he noted the potential silver lining: "It's good for me, for my career, for the long [term]. It will teach me a lot of things to adjust in training [and] conditioning, to keep moving forward in a positive way."
Still just 27, Soto was productive while healthy with the Mets this season, but it wasn't enough to keep them in contention.
Soto did some pregame agility work at Citi Field and said that as he gets older, he will have to treat his body differently.
And even with the Mets opening Friday 11 ½ games back of the final NL wildcard spot and with the third-worst record in the National League, Soto and another veteran on the injured list, Devin Williams, expressed a strong desire to get back on the field before the end of the season.
"We're playing really good baseball right now," Soto said of a Mets team that won six of seven after the trade deadline before dropping their last two in Atlanta. "Why not join this team? I think it's going to be really fun. It's going to be really great for me and the team."
A playoff run is out of the question, but Soto said the goal is to "finish strong and keep the momentum for next year."
It remains to be seen what kind of momentum the Mets are able to maintain over the final month-plus of the regular season, especially without Soto and a bullpen that was decimated at the deadline and then lost Williams.
Williams said his shoulder strain was "something that had been nagging [and] needed to be addressed."
Still, the closer also said he intended to return in 2026, though he has yet to begin throwing.
"It would be nice to come back and go into the offseason with some positivity," Williams said. "And have some good outings before the inevitable."
The right-hander's first season in Queens has looked more like his lone season with the Yankees, which was marred by inconsistency, than his dominance in Milwaukee.
Williams would like to close the first season of a three-year, $51 million deal on a high note.
"I just want to get back and contribute a little bit, at least, and have a better taste in my mouth going into next year," Williams said.
And Williams continues to lament how poorly this season has gone for a team that entered with high expectations.
"We've had the pieces to be a really good team," Williams said. "We just haven't put it all together."
As for the future, Williams says there's cause for optimism.
"Obviously, there's going to be some moves made this offseason," Williams said. "I think we go into next year with the same goal: to be competing to win the division, hopefully make the playoffs and have a chance to win the World Series."
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Sabally's focus on her health right move after concussions
SATOU Sabally never really wanted to get into the details of the aftermath of the concussion she suffered in Game 3 of last year's WNBA Finals, which sidelined her for most of the offseason.
When she joined the Liberty this offseason, her focus shifted to continuing her sister Nyara's legacy in New York and addressing unfinished business she shares with college teammate Sabrina Ionescu.
Sabally wanted to win a championship, and her addition made the Liberty no-brainer championship favorites.
"I was more so focused on where I want to be next," she said earlier this season.
But the past has a way of catching up to you.
Studies show that once someone suffers a concussion, they are more likely to sustain another.
Sabally, unfortunately, is another example of that.
Sabally exited a June 23 game in Las Vegas after taking NaLyssa Smith's arm across her face in the first quarter. She tried playing through it, but determined in the second quarter that she couldn't.
The team had referred to it as a "facial" injury.
Sabally experienced delayed onset symptoms and entered concussion protocol.
She has been sidelined since. Sabally hasn't spoken with reporters. The Liberty only offered vague updates about her progress and no timeline for her return.
She's since cleared concussion protocol, but remains out with what the team is calling a "head" injury. Head coach Chris DeMarco announced Thursday that Sabally would be away from the team indefinitely as she works to get back to 100 percent.
Ionescu said it was the "right" and "mature" decision.
"You can sympathize with somebody who's just trying to come back from not feeling like
themselves," Ionescu said. "For us as teammates, that's kind of our job to give her the safe space to not put any pressure but understand the human being comes first and the athlete comes second. And she needs to feel her best to be able to go out there and play. I mean, I've done it, probably she's done it, everyone's done it where you come out just because you feel the pressure and you want to get back to playing. But your body's not ready and it tells you, like, you know."
Fans had held out hope that, once Sabally and Leonie Fiebich returned, the
Liberty could reach their potential.
But in the past week, the talk has shifted. Ionescu has mentioned the return of Fiebich at least twice now sans Sabally.
Maybe Sabally isn't coming back this season. It's a bummer for every basketball fan who enjoys her game.
But it would be the right call. She shouldn't force her return.
Suffering a second brain injury in an eight-month period isn't something to mess with. Returning to the court before she's physically and mentally ready would be reckless. Kudos to
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the Liberty for trying to give Sabally the space to step away without pressure.
People can talk about what this means for the Liberty's title hopes.
After all, Sabally was New York's marquee free agent acquisition. General manager Jonathan Kolb signing her to a two-year, $1.67 million contract seemed like a massive discount at the time for a superstar player who could have commanded at least $1 million per season.
People can wonder what this means for Sabally's future.
The 28-year-old unicorn is in what should be the prime years of her career.
It all feels so unfair for her. But her long-term health — both physically and mentally — should be of the utmost importance.
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By MARK W. SANCHEZ
Any game that invokes optimism for the 2027 Mets rather than dismay regarding the 2026 version is a good game for the franchise.
On Friday night, Robert Stock looked like a nice piece rather than a novelty. Each reliever behind him, including closer Kodai Senga, made a case that he belongs on next year's Opening Day roster. Jared Young continued to make the most of his playing time and strengthened his argument for that time to remain next year.
It all added up to a nicely played, 4-1 comeback victory over the Nationals in front of 30,660 at Citi Field, where the Mets (54-69) offered the only thing they have left to offer this season: hope for the future.
It began with Stock, a 36-year-old whose age is looking more like a quirk than a drawback. A journeyman who has pitched just about everywhere from indy ball to South Korea to Mexico; who was signed for a second time by the Mets as a late-career flier and then required surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome this spring; and who is as well-versed in pitching technology and language as anyone in the game, Stock is not a regular case of a kid trying to make an impression late in a lost season.
That impression was darkened in his previous outing, an eight-run blowup in Pittsburgh. On Friday, a pitcher and person known for bouncing back bounced back.
"It's really good stuff," interim manager Andy Green said of Stock, who allowed one unearned run and struck out five in 4 1/3 innings. "So if he gets in the zone, he has quite a bit of success."
He was in and out of the zone, walking three but typically relying on his movement to escape potential jams. Washington only scored in the third when Francisco Lindor did not stay down on a sharp ground ball from Abimelec Ortiz that skipped into the outfield to put runners on the corners, which led to a Brady House RBI single.
Otherwise, Stock was unblemished, in part because Nate Laven-
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der entered with two on and one out in the fifth and escaped. Behind the rookie lefty, Jonathan Pintaro (two scoreless innings and his first major league win), Daniel Duarte (a clean eighth) and ultimately Senga (second save) held down the Nationals.
All are potential pieces of the Mets staff next year.
"Pretty much all we want to do is we want to go out there and compete," said Pintaro, another former indy baller who is trying to find a niche as a multi-inning weapon out of the bullpen. "Just do everything we can to show the world that we deserve this chance
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and that we have a great opportunity here just to compete and help our teammates do everything they can to get the wins."
The Mets' offense consisted of rallies in the sixth and seventh, the former including a Lindor homer that atoned for his error and an RBI knock from Carson Benge, and the latter featuring Young teeing off on former Yankee Jake Bird and Bo Bichette adding an RBI single.
Barring something unforeseen,
Lindor, Benge and Bichette will be members of the 2027 Mets.
Increasingly, Young is building a case that he belongs within this offensive group, too.
A complementary piece who has held his own at first base and consistently hit righty pitching, Young is under team control and only playing better with added playing time, now slashing .319/.396/.495 over his past 30 games.
"He knows what he's good at and he stays consistent with it," Green said of Young, who has gone from the KBO to a legitimate Mets silver lining.
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Alvarez finally finding footing at plate, hungers for more
By MARK W. SANCHEZ
Francisco Alvarez disagreed with the premise of the question.
"There's a lot of good guys right now, a lot of good hitting catchers," the Mets catcher said when asked about the dearth of such players. "[Cal] Raleigh. We have Gabriel Moreno. We have Hunter Goodman. We have [Shea] Langeliers."
Major league catchers entered play Friday hitting a cumulative .232 with a .689
OPS. Across town, Yankees catchers had batted .198 with a .583 OPS. With apologies to Alvarez, the position — likely because of the amount of work that goes into defensive and game-planning preparation along with the toll that nine innings of kneeling takes on the body — is a dark hole in many lineups.
With compliments to Alvarez, it's a bright spot for the Mets.
Amid a year of Mets frustrations, Alvarez is putting together what director of
major league hitting Jeff Albert said is a "great" and "more consistent" campaign. A former No. 1 prospect in all of baseball, Alvarez might be authoring his best of four complete major league seasons, albeit while missing about four weeks — somehow only four weeks — after tearing the meniscus in his right knee in May.
He has 13 home runs in 85 games, his most since
slugging 25 as a rookie in 2023. His average and on-base percentage were poor that first season, though, and Alvarez is hitting better (.248) and matched his career high in walks during Friday's 4-1 win over the Nationals (0-for-3, 3 K, 1 BB), which had contributed to a .339 OBP. His .766 OPS was the seventh best in the majors among catchers with at least 250 plate appearances, trailing only
Goodman, Dillon Dingler, Moreno, Langeliers, Liam Hicks and Drake Baldwin.
"Those guys, they're having an unbelievable year, and I feel I'm not," said Alvarez, who believes there is another level he can reach. "... I think I can be up there with those guys."
To do so would require another leap.
The largest difference in his age-24 campaign is that Alvarez often is pulling the ball. He entered sending 457 percent of his batted balls toward the left side, a spike
from 2024 (34.8 percent) and 2025 (31.2 percent). For years, there has been internal and external debate regarding whether Alvarez is best as a pull-side slugger or a hitter who sprays balls around the field.
According to both the hitter and the coach, the change is not intentional. Alvarez theorized he is jumping on more breaking pitches. It's true that he is seeing fewer but putting more in play, and his numbers against those pitches have improved.
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LHP Sean Manaan
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INJURY REPORT
■ Devin Williams (right shoulder strain) still is not throwing but hopes to return at some point this season.
■ Mark Vientos (right hand fracture) is hitting, running and fielding, but the Mets are not sure when he will begin a rehab assignment.
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- ■ Cody Bellinger (hamstring strain) did a full workout on the field early Friday afternoon, taking fly balls in left field and running the bases as he inches closer to a return.
- ■ Angel Chivilli landed on the IL at Triple-A with right posterior elbow soreness.
at Blue Jays Saturday, 2:07 p.m., YES, WFAN (660 AM, 101.9 FM)
RHP Cam Schlittler
2026 stats: 10-6, 2.21 ERA
Career vs. TOR: 0-2, 4.12 ERA
Last start: Sun. vs. ATL; 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER
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NO CAN' DO
Lack of hitting, miscues doom Bombers in loss to Blue Jays
By GREG JOYCE
TORONTO — The place that served as the Yankees' house of horrors last year delivered a nightmare of a throwback inning Friday night.
And thanks to another quiet offensive night, it was enough to sink them in another loss.
What should have been an inning-ending double play to preserve a one-run lead in the sixth inning turned into a comedy of errors — somewhere, Benny Hill's "Yakety Sax" must have been playing — tying the game and extending the inning so the Blue Jays could take the lead on the way to a 3-1 win over the Yankees at a sold-out Rogers Centre.
Continuing to operate with a razor-thin margin for error because their offense has been doing next to nothing on most nights, the Yankees (68-54) once again got quality pitching from Gerrit Cole but were let down by their defense and baserunning while remaining 6 1/2 games back of the Rays in the AL East.
"Obviously, it continues to be a challenge for us [offensively]," said manager Aaron Boone, who was ejected in the top of the sixth for arguing balls and strikes rather mildly from the dugout. "This is another night where we made decent contact and we were having some of the right at-bats. But at the end of the day, we got to push runs across when we get opportunities because that's where we've struggled. We got to make it happen."
The sequence that ru-
ined Cole's start and the Yankees' night started harmlessly enough. They led 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth with one out and runners on first and second when George Springer hit a chopper to third base. Ryan
McMahon fielded it, stepped on third and threw across the diamond trying to complete the double play. But his throw was a one-hopper to Luis García Jr., who tried to backhand the scoop, only for his glove to fly off in the process.
"Springer's moving pretty good, felt like I had to throw it as soon as I stepped on the bag," McMahon said. "Just didn't get enough on it to get it all the way over there."
García then made matters worse by picking up the ball, spinning and firing to third base, where shortstop George Lombard Jr. was in the general vicinity (McMahon had trailed toward home after throwing to first) but not in a position to handle García's wild throw. Lombard then collided with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. while trying to chase after the loose ball to no avail as Guerrero raced home to tie the game.
"Once he got his back to the play, I think he just got overly aggressive throwing to third," Boone said. "Should've obviously held it."
With the extra out, Alejandro Kirk drilled a double that scored Springer to put the Blue Jays ahead 2-1. Cole, who became frustrated during Guerrero's at-bat when he lost track of how many disengagements he had left and could not
get clarification quickly enough from the umps, lamented leaving a first-pitch slider down the middle to Kirk (who later added a solo shot in the eighth inning off Bradley Hanner in his MLB debut).
Trent Grisham snapped the Yankees' 14-inning scoreless streak by leading off the top of the sixth inning with a solo shot off Shane Bieber for the 1-0 lead.
But that was the only offense they could muster, now having scored just one run over their last 18 innings since Wednesday's 10-run outburst. It marked the ninth time in their last 14 games that the Yankees have scored two runs or fewer, wasting another strong pitching performance from Cole, who allowed just two runs (one earned) across six innings.
The Yankees' baserunning miscue came in the third inning from Lombard, who took what Boone described as an "overly aggressive" turn around second base on Grisham's single to right field and was caught in a pickle for the second out.
Cole insisted that the bats' extended malaise was not adding extra stress on the pitchers, though common sense would say otherwise.
"We're having a good time pitching and playing close games," Cole said. "Certainly we want to blow guys out and secure as many wins as possible, but at the same time, we're throwing the ball well, we're playing good defense and we're hanging in a lot of games, giving ourselves a chance to win."
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By GREG JOYCE
TORONTO — Heliot Ramos knows why the Yankees acquired him at the trade deadline: to help lift up a scuffling offense.
The outfielder has been eager to do just that. Except in his first handful of games with his new team, despite hitting the ball hard, he has not gotten much in the way of results, which is where human nature starts to kick in and perhaps work against him to an extent.
"Probably just trying to do too
Ramos crushing ball, but
much," Ramos said Friday at Rogers Centre. "Because I see the ones that I hit not landing. I feel like you're going to get out — things happen, baseball happens, you're going to get out. So whenever that happens, I've tried to do too much and that's when the strikeouts happen."
After going 0-for-3 with three hard-hit flyouts in Friday's 3-1 loss to
the Blue Jays, Ramos is batting 2-for-28 with two doubles, 10 strikeouts and three walks in his first nine games as a Yankee. That included being 0-for-6 with two walks against lefties, whom the right-handed hitter had been brought in to mash.
In the extremely small sample size, Ramos has struck out at a higher rate (30.3 percent) than he
did with the Giants (26.8 percent), which he was quick to point out.
"That kind of sucks for me," he said. "But when I hit it, I hit it. So I've been feeling pretty good. I just have to stay within myself. I haven't been chasing a lot, so that's something I like. I just want to stay positive, stay consistent with it."
The underlying numbers have
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Rehabbing Bellinger: 'Advancing very well'
By GREG JOYCE
TORONTO — The end of Cody Bellinger's stay on the injured list is beginning to come into sight.
Almost exactly three weeks removed from suffering a Grade 2 hamstring strain, the Yankees outfielder went through a full pregame workout early Friday afternoon at Rogers Centre, doing defensive work in left field and running the bases close to full speed before later taking batting practice.
If he continues to respond well to the increased workload, Bellinger could 'be in line for a rehab [assignment] sometime next week,' manager Aaron Boone said.
'I feel really good,' Bellinger said before the Yankees opened a series against the Blue Jays with a 3-1 loss. 'Today was a really good day, so I'm advancing very well.'
Bellinger indicated he is still experiencing some tightness in his left hamstring, but he has felt better every day while trying to push the envelope as much as his body allows. On Friday, that included testing the hamstring on the turf (which can often be unforgiving for players dealing with leg issues), and it 'went way better than I expected.'
'I was doing a lot of defense with [outfield] third base coach Luis Rojas — breaking in, breaking back, first step was good,' Bellinger said. 'Bases went well. So defensively, it was my best day effort-wise.'
Once he is cleared for a rehab assignment, Bellinger might only need a few games before he returns to the Yankees lineup, given that he has not been out of action for too long.
► Aaron Boone picked up his 50th career ejection Friday rather quietly, then took the field to get his money's worth.
Boone claimed he simply told home plate umpire Vic Carapazza in the top of the sixth that a pitch to Luis García Jr. was low. When Carapazza asked what Boone said, the manager repeated himself and got the hook, at which point he went to meet Carapazza face to face and argue in more heated fashion.
'Quick trigger,' said Boone, who leads the AL with four ejections this season. 'That was the first time I said anything. Obviously, there
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were a lot of challenges early, rightfully so. I just said, 'We can't challenge everything.' He asked what I said. I said, 'I just said it was low.' You saw how innocuous [it was].
'It's a tired toss with a guy that was struggling early on in this game.'
► Angel Chivilli, who had been a pleasant bullpen surprise up until a clunker in his last outing before being demoted to Triple-A earlier this month, may not be available to come back up any time soon.
The reliever landed on the injured list Friday at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with 'some posterior elbow stuff going on,' Boone said.
'So he'll be seeing the doc here in the next day or two,' Boone said.
Chivilli only appeared in one game at Triple-A after he was optioned there last week.
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► Carlos Rodón (left elbow inflammation) 'looked really good' in his second rehab start Thursday night, Boone said, though it sounds like he may need at least one more before he returns. The left-hander built up to 58 pitches across 4½ scoreless innings with seven strikeouts and one walk with Double-A Somerset.
'Talking to the pitching group, they've felt like he's in the best physical place he's been in all year the last couple weeks,' Boone said.
So why not bring him back up for his next outing?
'It's complicated,' Boone said. 'It's not something I want to go into here necessarily, but just trying to look at the schedule and how it lays out and what makes the most sense. There's a lot of factors other than, 'Bring him,' which we might do. Obviously, he's not fully built up yet. So we're still talking through that the next couple days.'
► Luis Gil (right shoulder inflammation) made a second rehab start Friday with High-A Hudson Valley — throwing 30 pitches across two scoreless innings — three days after his first outing when he threw 13 pitches in one inning. If Gil is going to help the Yankees at all the rest of the way, it is likely to come in a bullpen role.
outfielder still can't buy hit
been more encouraging.
Entering Friday, of the 15 balls he had put in play as a member of the Yankees, Ramos' average exit velocity was 93.8 mph, a tick up from his season average (92 mph) that ranks in the 88th percentile. He added to that tally Friday with flyouts on exit velocities of 106.6 mph, 102.1 mph and 96.7 mph. But of the 10 balls he
has now hit at 95 mph or higher — registering as hard-hit balls — nine have gone for outs.
'OK for not having any results, really,' manager Aaron Boone said of Ramos' at-bats. 'He's squaring the ball up a fair amount. He's just got to get some to fall and get him going, get him settled a little bit more. I haven't felt like, 'Oh man, he's struggling,'
gling,' even though he obviously hasn't gotten results. Because there's been a number of balls he's hit on the screws, lined out to right, lined out to center some.
'He's having competitive at-bats. He's had some tough matchups in there along the way as well. He doesn't feel like a guy that's scuffling to me.'
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To Harbaugh, every game carries Giant significance — even preseason
THERE WAS a bit of an edge in John Harbaugh's voice as he recounted to The Post the finality of an impressive yet strange achievement, now resigned to history, never quite understood during its lifespan.
Harbaugh's Ravens somehow compiled a 24-game preseason winning streak, starting in August 2016 and ending in August 2023 (there were no preseason games during the 2020 COVID summer). Every detail is not locked into his brain, but Harbaugh was fully aware how that streak was snapped.
"I know it was the Commanders and they celebrated like it was their latest Super Bowl victory," Harbaugh said, sounding a bit bemused and still rankled.
The 29-28 loss was sealed by Joey Slye's 49-yard field goal with nine seconds remaining.
"Is that what happened?" Harbaugh said, shaking his head. "Damn."
What this means for the Giants and Harbaugh for Saturday's preseason opener against the Vikings is not absolutely significant and not completely irrelevant. When the Giants were courting him, how Harbaugh approached preseason games and his uncanny success in them was not paramount in anyone's mind. Yet it comes as no surprise that if there is a game to be played and a score to be kept, Harbaugh is interested in finishing on top — always.
This is someone who concedes nothing. He does not back off from working his players hard and long; they buy in because he is so skilled explaining to them the importance of the labors. There is no in-between with Harbaugh and he does not appreciate it when anything less than full-bore is insinuated.
Just the other day — Thursday — Harbaugh put the Giants through a walk-through practice. The decreased pace was obvious, yet Harbaugh recoiled a bit when it was suggested that the session was half speed.
"They seem half speed to you?" Harbaugh scoffed, as if "half speed" was a disgraceful accusation. He explained, "It was a no-
Three things to watch
1 Odell Beckham Jr. will play in a Giants uniform for the first time since Dec. 2, 2018. He somehow never played at MetLife Stadium as a visitor. The cheers he receives during introductions, and any time that he touches the ball, should be regular-season-esque. But he also is fighting to make the team and show, along with fellow veteran wideouts JuJu Smith-Schuster and Braxton Berrios, that he has something left in the tank.
2 Defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson won't tip too many secrets, but how is versatile rookie LB Arvell Reese deployed? In coverage? Rushing the quarterback on blitzes or off the edge? Filling run lanes? All three? Three other top 75 picks — RG Francis Mauignoa, CB Colton Hood and WR Malachi Fields — are expected to make their NFL debuts and have a chance to fill significant roles on this team.
3 Not that the offense wants to stall out in field goal territory but it could help settle the kicker battle between second-year pro Ben Sauls and undrafted rookie Dominic Zvada. Kicking has been a sore spot for the Giants for three straight seasons. Zvada reportedly is 54-for-58 in training camp, including a walk-off 62-yard field goal this week. The Giants haven't felt a need to add a veteran this summer.
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physicality practice. It was a timing practice, as much as possible, with no physicality."
What goes down this weekend is not Harbaugh's debut with the Giants. That comes Sept. 13 against the Cowboys in the season opener.
This is a trial run for him and his newly assembled coaching staff. Given Harbaugh's sensibilities, it should be expected that he plays quarterback Jaxson Dart and all healthy starters more than a handful of snaps, in this game and the next two preseason games.
This will not be, he insists, scratching the itch to get his Giants on the winning track, right away.
"Yeah, I'm not gonna downplay that," Harbaugh told The Post, "but I don't think you try to
do anything extra special to try to win the game. You don't play your starters longer, you don't bring 'em back in the game, you'd never do that. You just try to play your best football and hopefully we can play our best foot-
ball and it's good enough, with our whole team, our 90-man roster, to win the football game against another whole 90-man roster of a very good football team, one of the best teams in the NFC. That's kind of the deal."
The deal is also this: Harbaugh wins in the preseason with unnatural frequency. He was 48-16 in his 18 years with the Ravens, a ledger he says is "something to be proud of." He theorized that "we usually had a quarterback in the fourth quarter that could run around and make plays" as one
reason why he rules the summer games.
"I think we generally play good defense and that helps you," Harbaugh said. "We usually had a deep roster and we had good practices. Maybe we were ahead of other teams early in training camp a lot of times, if I was being honest about it."
Being ahead of the pack now is meaningful only if it leads to early-season success. Harbaugh was 12-6 in season openers with the Ravens. The Giants the past 15 years are 2-13 in season openers. For them, 0-1 is a way of life that Harbaugh is on the scene to extinguish.
Harbaugh's 24-game preseason winning streak soared past Vince Lombardi's 19 consecutive wins with the Packers from 1999-62. The day it ended for the Ravens — August 21, 2023 — Harbaugh's postgame media session was filled with feistiness. He castigated those who called preseason results inane exhibitions: "Because you never played the game, you never were out there fighting for a spot on the team and yet you have the audacity to say the effort somebody puts into that to fight and win a game like that is meaningless."
Three years later, these fiery words were read back to Harbaugh.
He seemed pleased.
"I stand by those statements," he said, grinning.
"The point of it is, it's meaningless to you, fine, but that doesn't make it meaningless," Harbaugh said, getting riled up. "It's not meaningless to the guys playing in the game. It's not meaningless to the people coaching in the game, either."
"There's probably a few fans, and there's probably a few bettors that really care too."
Probably. But not more than the head coach.
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By RYAN DUNLEAVY
The next time someone tells you that NFL preseason games are just a source of meaningless overreactions, try issuing a reminder that it took four passes for the Jaxson Dart Hype Train to reach full speed last summer — and it hasn't slowed down yet.
By the time the rookie dropped an introductory 28-yard touchdown pass in the bucket to complete an 80-yard drive featuring two scrambles, Dart had shaved some time off the expected number of weeks he had to wait on the bench behind Russell Wilson.
So, while the result of Saturday's 1 p.m. Giants-Vikings clash at MetLife Stadium soon will be forgotten, certain tones will be set. And good vibes — let's call them "points scored" — are needed (especially but not exclusively on any series led by Dart) for the new Matt Nagy-coordinated offense that has looked out of sync for most of training camp.
Preseason offenses are usually vanilla by design but ...
"He's definitely aggressive. He's definitely wanting to create explosive plays," Dart said of Nagy. "But the big thing is he wants to always stay ahead of the sticks. That's the big point of emphasis that we have. Any negative plays, whether it may be penalties [or] loss of yardage on a run or sacks, he's really big on minimizing those things. I think that as an offensive coordinator, when you're able to get your players to do that, it definitely helps him feel like he's in control of the game, helps our
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offense get into a flow."
Head coach John Harbaugh didn't commit to playing his offensive starters given the risk of injury, but it sure sounded like he recognized the importance of Dart and Nagy building a rhythm and gaining confidence before facing the Cowboys and Rams in Weeks 1 and 2, respectively.
The same could be said for Nagy establishing an in-game rapport with passing game coordinator Brian Callahan and running game coordinator Greg Roman. The starters don't need to be in to accomplish that goal.
"That's the crux of what we have to consider," Harbaugh said. "A big part of it [is] executing a new offense but also a young quarterback. He's just getting started. And we're going to be playing two of the best teams in our conference right out of the gates. And so we'd like to be ready for that. So, that's part of the consideration."
Giants fans still are haunted by the way that once-promising quarterback Daniel Jones turtled under coordinator Jason Garrett during his second season and never came out of his shell. Patrick Mahomes' regression from
superhuman to stardom over the last two seasons — when Nagy was the Chiefs' non-play-calling coordinator — is adding to the anxiety.
"Coach Harbaugh is letting his coaches build a system that is very unique to all of them," backup quarterback James Winston said. "I can compare it to gumbo. There's just so many good mixes in there."
Nagy, Callahan and Roman brought to the Giants a very different and more under-center system than what Dart commanded last season. The growing pains are seen in the sacks,
interceptions, pre-snap penalties and three-and-outs during 11-on-11 practice periods.
Only about half of the offense has been installed, according to Nagy, who last called plays regularly as Bears head coach. Chicago fielded one top 20 scoring offense from 2018-21.
"You have to decide what's best for that player and for our offense," Nagy said. "But at the same time, we want to also look at, schematically, where do we see this thing going? Now it gets to this point where we're just trying to load up as much film as possible, as many plays as possible, for us to evaluate and try to see, 'What do our players do well and how do we accentuate their strengths and make us the best team possible?' As we create this identity of what and who we're going to be."
The primary thing that Harbaugh's Giants want to be is physical on the ground.
Offensive line coach Mike Bloomgren rejected the idea that the defensive line "generally" has gotten the better of the blockers on run plays in camp, saying, "When we do it right up front right now, we have guys that are moving people pretty well."
The best way to make that case is for the offensive line to open holes for Tyrone Tracy Jr. and Cam Skattebo during their preseason snaps. Just like the best way for the Giants to prove that their new offense will work is to score points with Nagy calling plays for Dart.
"He's calling every play," Nagy said of Dart. "He's seeing it when he says it. He's not just listening and memorizing it. When you can get to that point and you start seeing guys talk like this in the huddle, they're speaking to the person, he's there. So, he's a good that part. Now we've got to get it to the part of seeing the defense and taking it to the next level."
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McFadden ready to play after foot injury ended '25 early
By RYAN DUNLEAVY
Presented with only two options about how he anticipates feeling shortly before 1 p.m. kick-off Saturday — choked up or amped enough to run through a brick wall? — Micah McFadden laughed.
"I don't think it will be emotional," McFadden said. "I think it will be the second one."
McFadden returns to the field for the Giants against the Vikings after suffering a season-ending Lisfranc foot injury in the first quarter of Week 1
last season. It's safe to say this moment is a long time coming.
"I was thinking about it recently, it's almost a year since that happened," McFadden said. "I'm excited, feeling ready to go play. Foot feels good moving around out there. Just getting a hold of the defense and learning all the nuance to it. Trying to learn all the positions and just understand it holistically so I can play fast."
McFadden, a two-year starting inside linebacker, only logged 12 plays in his contract walk year. He re-signed a one-year, $3.75 million prove-it free agent deal and then lost his starting job when the Giants drafted first-rounder Arvell Reese to pair with free agent
addition Tremaine Edmunds.
"At this point, it's just control the controllables," McFadden said, "and be ready when the opportunity is called."
McFadden isn't starting from scratch because new defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson's system contains similar terminology and responsibility to what he was drafted into for Wink Martindale (2022-23).
"It's a sense of security knowing that I have three guys I can put out there and we can play at a high level," linebackers coach Frank Bush said.
"Micah is a pro's pro. When he's out there, there are certain things we do that he's an example for the rest of the
guys in the room [because] he does it right and I can use that film as teaching film. To his credit, he's embraced his role, he's making plays and he's putting pressure on us to put him out there. It looks like he's fully back."
► If the starters play, others like McFadden who will be returning from a season-ending injury include OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux, S Tyler Nubin, LT Andrew Thomas, RB Cam Skattebo, CB Nic Jones, OG Evan Neal, OT Josh Ezedu and TE Thomas Fidone.
WR Malik Nabers (knee) and C John Michael Schmitz (concussion suffered in training camp) are unlikely to return just yet.
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By BRIAN COSTELLO
Well, we know the Jets offense can move the ball on the Buccaneers backups, even with their second-string quarterback.
The Jets were without starting quarterback Geno Smith, who is dealing with an ankle injury, Friday night and that left rookie Cade Klubnik to start the preseason opener against Tampa Bay. Klubnik was surrounded by the rest of the starting offense and led a 12-play drive that ended with a field goal. He then got a series with the backups and they scored a touchdown on four plays.
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In all, Klubnik went 5-for-7 for 56 yards on 16 snaps. The performance increased his chances of winning the backup quarterback job. Those chances jumped up even more when Bailey Zappe replaced Klubnik and threw two interceptions, one that was returned for a touchdown.
Jets coach Aaron Glenn said Klubnik was "champing at the bit" to play and was excited when he told him Thursday that he would be starting. Glenn called it a "thumbs up" for Klubnik.
"I thought he did a hell of a job, not getting a lot of reps with the ones [in practice]," Glenn said. "I give him a lot of credit for going out there and operating the way that he did."
Klubnik's performance was a highlight, but other than that the Jets did not get many answers about their team since the Buccaneers sat all of their starters and Smith did not play in the 24-16 loss.
Smith was a surprise scratch before the game. Glenn said Smith has a "sore ankle" and is day to day. The Jets could have used a series or two to feel good about their offense after some rough joint practices this week against the Buccaneers.
The Jets went 65 yards in 12 plays on the opening drive but the drive stalled on the 9-yard line and Cade York kicked a 27-yard field goal to make it 3-0. Klubnik looked comfortable on the drive outside of a botched handoff. His first pass was a 12-yard completion to tight end Mason Taylor. He then threw a
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'Poised' young QB impresses in surprising preseason start
DOUBLE TROUBLE: Jets rookie David Bailey (No. 31) is double-teamed by Luke Haggard (left) and Benjamin Chukwuma during the first quarter.
strike to Garrett Wilson on third-and-8 that Wilson caught after making a leap for a first down.
It was a good performance for Klubnik, the fourth-round pick out of Clemson. Klubnik did not seem fared by his first NFL game.
"Although I'm a young player, I think I'm poised," Klubnik said. "I don't feel like I get really flustered from big games and big moments and stuff like that."
It was a positive night for Wilson, who missed the final 10 games of last season with a knee injury. Wilson looked like himself and not only converted that third down but another one on the drive, an 11-yard completion on a crossing route.
It looked like Breece Hall was go-
ing to score an easy touchdown after he broke outside but he stumbled after gaining 14 yards and went out of bounds at the Bucs' 9-yard line. Klubnik had a chance to hit Wilson for a touchdown but he sailed the ball over his head and out of the end zone.
York made a 27-yard field goal and later hit a 38-yarder at the end of the first half that looked like he may have actually missed it. The officials took a few seconds before declaring the field goal good. York is competing with Jason Sanders for the kicking job. Sanders made a 47-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.
The starting offense headed for the sideline after that first drive but Klubnik remained in with the back-
ups. This time, the Jets found the end zone but Klubnik did not have to only had to throw one pass. Braelon Allen put a nice cutback on the Tampa defense and went 31 yards for the touchdown and a 10-0 lead with 2:06 left in the first quarter.
Klubnik exited the game with a firmer grip on the backup job.
"He has some moxie to him," Glenn said. "He's very confident. He's confident in his arm. He's confident in his ability to elude and make plays with his feet."
Zappe replaced Klubnik and threw an interception to Ayden Gaines, who returned it 47 yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 10-10. Zappe threw another interception on the next series, but this one was not his fault. Receiver Arian Smith let the ball bounce off his hands and Rashad Wisdom picked it off.
The Jets starting defense played two series and allowed one first down. They were facing all backups, including third-string quarterback Connor Baselak. Baker Mayfield was in street clothes and backup Jake Browning was injured this week.
Will McDonald had a highlight, sacking Baselak on third down to end Tampa's first series. Rookie sensation David Bailey had a quiet debut. He played just eight snaps and had one tackle and one quarterback pressure. The Buccaneers did give the rookie a lot of attention, double-teaming him on one play and chipping him on another.
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Jets takeaways
■ Garrett Wilson looked like himself Friday night. After losing the last 10 games of 2025 to a knee injury, Wilson has been full speed this summer. He had two catches for 32 yards, one of them a leaping grab. Both catches were third-down conversions.
■ It is clear that Isaiah Williams has passed rookie Omar Cooper on the depth chart. Williams opened the game with the starters, alongside Wilson and Adonai Mitchell at receiver. Williams has had a strong camp while Cooper has been quiet. Cooper did have two catches, including one for 26 yards.
■ One position battle to watch has been safety. Andre Cisco and Dane Belton are competing for the starting job opposite Minkah Fitzpatrick. On Friday, Cisco started but it was notable that he was the only starter who stayed in the game when the backups entered. He and Belton played together with the second team.
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Glenn: Geno's sore ankle 'nothing to be alarmed about'
By BRIAN COSTELLO
The return of Geno Smith will have to wait.
Smith was held out of Friday's preseason opener against the Buccaneers with what coach Aaron Glenn called a "sore ankle."
"It actually happened to him in the last joint practice with Tampa [on Wednesday]," Glenn said. "Nothing to be alarmed about. He'll be day to day."
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Glenn said he told Smith on Thursday that he was not going to play as a precaution after Smith told the team his ankle was sore. The plan had been to play all the starters.
Smith gets another chance to play next Friday in Pittsburgh against the Steelers if he's healthy.
The Jets traded for Smith in March, acquiring him
from the Raiders along with a seventh-round pick in exchange for a sixth-round pick. Glenn immediately said Smith would be the Jets starting quarterback. It's a return to the Jets for Smith, who was a second-round pick of the team in 2013 and played for the Jets from 2013-16.
Smith has been shaky so far in training camp and has had a bad week of practices, first against his own defense
and then against the Buccaneers in joint practices.
Glenn may have been nervous about putting Smith on the field against Tampa's defense, which was all backups. It can be dangerous when guys just trying to make the team are on the field against starters.
Cade Klubnik started with Smith out and played two series before Bailey Zappe replaced him. The Jets have Klubnik, Zappe and Brady
Cook at quarterback behind Smith. Klubnik, a fourth-round pick from Clemson, is the favorite to win the No. 2 job behind Smith, but it is still possible general manager Darren Mougey will swing a trade for a veteran backup before the season starts Sept. 13.
Zappe threw two interceptions in the game, including a pick-6.
Cook, who started four games last season, was the
third quarterback in the game of Friday night and went 9-for-15 for 108 yards.
► Jets rookie CB Mory Bamba had a good night. Bamba had four passes defensed and also had four tackles. Bamba left briefly to be evaluated for a concussion but returned to the game.
"He's the one that really stands out," Glenn said, "and it's not just what he did on defense, but he did some good plays on special teams too."
SO what if it was the Bucs reserves. The Kid was ready. Kid Klubnik was ready.
Cade Klubnik was ready for his preseason NFL debut Friday night when Geno Smith's sore ankle prevented him from being ready for his preseason Jets homecoming.
Klubnik was informed Thursday by Aaron Glenn that he would be the starter, and when the moment arrived, with his wife and parents in the MetLife Stadium stands, the boyish voice in his head said: "Let's go play some football."
David Bailey, the second pick of the NFL draft, the talk of training camp, didn't register a sack in his two series against quarterback Connor Bazelak, although he managed to unveil a spin move and stop the run on the first series. And the Bucs double-teamed him into the turf on one pass play. He will be a problem.
But the night, a 24-16 Jets loss, would belong to the fourth-round pick out of Clemson, the quarterback who regressed in 2025 and became a veritable afterthought in the scouting and personnel communities to the Ty Simpsons and the Carson Becks and the Drew Allars and, of course, Fernando Mendoza.
There was no deer-in-the-headlights look on Cade Klubnik.
Klubnik (5-for-7, 56 yards) was relieved after two series and 16 snaps by Bailey Zappe, but not before he stamped himself as the odds-on current backup to Smith.
"I've always just loved football, and I love the game and I get so excited," Klubnik said. "Everybody gets nerves, everybody gets butterflies, but, like, for me, I just feel like I've always been really excited to play the game. You train all year long and, like, you get so many opportunities to really put the pads on, put the helmet on and really go play. For me, my whole life I've just been really excited on game days, I've never really been really nervous."
Klubnik is armed with self-confidence, moxie and mental toughness, even if he isn't armed with the biggest arm. No idea whether a regular-season game will be too big for him. This game wasn't. "I'm a winner," Klubnik said back in May.
Klubnik is a student of the game and OC Frank Reich has gushed about his poise and maturity. Klubnik checked significant boxes on Bill Parcells' list of Quarterback Commandments: He was a three-year starter, had a better than 2:1 TD: INT ratio (73-24), completed more than 60 percent of his passes (64), started more than 30 games (40) and won more than 23 games (26).
Klubnik talked about the peace
GETTING TO THE POINT: Cade Klubnik runs upfield during the first half of the Jets' 24-16 preseason loss to the Buccaneers. AP
that his faith gives him.
"Although I'm a young player, I think that I'm poised, and I don't feel like I get really flustered from maybe big games in big moments and stuff like that," he said.
Spoiler alert: General manager Darren Mougey and Glenn should not resist adding a security blanket veteran backup QB who makes sense. A hold-the-fort guy should Smith be sidelined so that Kid Klubnik doesn't have to be thrown to the wolves while trying to save Glenn's job.
Zappe didn't help his cause with a pick-6 and a deflected interception on a pass to Arian Smith.
Klubnik engineered a FG drive on his first possession with the starters and a TD drive on his second.
"He has a moxie to him," Glenn said. "He's confident in his arm, he's confident in his ability to elude and make some
plays with his feet."
"I was happy and proud at the way he operated."
He showed nice mobility bootlegging to his right and finding TE Mason Taylor on his first throw. On third-and-8, he stood poised in the pocket and ripped a 21-yard completion thanks to a twisting Garrett Wilson on a ball behind him.
"It was no surprise to see him make a play like that," Klubnik said. "It's fun to watch."
Klubnik found Wilson again for 11 yards on third-and-5 before firing high for Wilson in the end zone on third-and-goal.
When Braelon Allen took a 31-yard handoff to the house for a 10-0 lead, there was Klubnik pumping his fist and sprinting to the end zone to join the celebration.
He talked about getting to the line faster, and taking a shot when it presented itself. Ever the perfectionist. Of course, Glenn would not concede that the backup QB competition was over. But he did say this about Klubnik: "I was happy and proud at the way he operated."
Amen.
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GIFT OF GRAB: Garrett Wilson, who finished with two receptions for 32 yards, makes a catch over Buccaneers defensive back Damarion Williams during the first quarter. Bill Kostroun
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Charlie Bushnell says Luke will look 'rough' in 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Season 3
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'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Season 3 is almost here and Charlie Bushnell is warning fans that Luke is going to be in bad shape.
Chatting with DECIDER at San Diego Comic-Con about the upcoming season — which is set to premiere in November on Disney+ — Bushnell shared that after the catastrophic attempt to revive the Titan Kronos from the dead, Season 3 might just feature the demigod son of Hermes (Lin-Manuel Miranda) in the trenches.
"I feel like Luke kind of failed Kronos pretty miserably last season and Kronos kind of put him in his place for it," Bushnell said. "I think that's the first time Luke has ever experienced that and so I think in between the end of last season and now, Luke has been working overtime to try and make
things right and climb back up the ladder and get back on Kronos' good side."
At one point in the Rick Riordan book that Season 3 is based on, "The Titan's Curse," Percy (Walker Scobell) says that Luke looks so rough that he might even feel bad for him if he didn't hate his
guts. That directly contrasts with Luke's appearance in the second season and the second novel in Riordan's "Percy Jackson" book series, "The Sea of Monsters," in which he was dazzling and country-club ready after being promised riches and power by the spirit of Kronos.
As for how disheveled the fans will see him after letting down the rogue titan, the young actor teased that fans should brace for Luke to look like he hasn't slept, eaten, or done any of the self-care that gave him his shimmering appearance in Season 2 while aboard the Princess Andromeda.
"I mean without saying too much, the first scene we see him in, he's looking rough. He's lookin' rough. And he's no longer got his nice, like, you know, cruise skinny jeans, the nice Ralph Lauren sweater. He's pretty beat up. He looks like he hasn't showered in months," Bushnell teased with a laugh.
Gone are the days of Luke being on top of the world, especially as he fights to fall back into Kronos' favor. The third season will see him still playing one of the big bads as he and his group of heathens try to start a war over Olympus, bringing down the Gods who have sat for millennia. This season also features Luke back with his old friend Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries), although it's a hostage situation, as Luke and Kronos attempt to lure Percy into taking on a weight of epic proportions (fans
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At first glance, Netflix's enchanting new period drama "My Brilliant Career" feels like just the latest in a long line of modern adaptations that drop anachronistic needledrops and sexy scenes to appeal to contemporary audiences. However, the themes of "My Brilliant Career" — based on Miles Franklin's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name — are specifically about what it's like to feel like a young woman far ahead of your time.
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The first two seasons of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" are streaming on Disney+. Season 3 premieres on Nov. 20.
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