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MLB has handed down its punishments stemming from the benches-clearing incident at the end of Tuesday’s Yankees-Rays matchup. Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman will sit out three games for “intentionally throwing a pitch” at the head area of Tampa batter Mike Brosseau in the top of the ninth inning of the 5-3 win. Chapman was also …

The Tampa Bay Rays didn’t just have a problem with Aroldis Chapman after the flame-throwing closer buzzed Mike Brosseau’s head with a 101-mph fastball behind his head in the ninth inning of the Yankees’ 5-3 win Tuesday night at the Stadium. While Rays manager Kevin Cash charged afterwards that his team also has “a whole …

Female-focused dating app Bumble is reportedly gearing up for an initial public offering that could see it seek a valuation of $6 billion. Bumble — which grew in popularity in the Tinder era by allowing women to make the first move in conversations on its platform — could IPO as soon as early next year, …

It’ll be another one for Robin Thicke and fiancée April Love Geary. Geary, 25, is pregnant with her third child with Thicke, 43, Us Weekly confirmed. The couple are already parents to daughters, Mia, 2, and Lola, 18 months. This will be Thicke’s fourth child, as he shares 10-year-old son Julian with ex-wife Paula Patton. …

Old Navy is offering to pay its employees a full day’s rate to volunteer as poll workers on Election Day in November, the company announced Tuesday. It’s a move that comes amid alarming reports of a looming nationwide shortage of poll workers, who are typically elderly and retired people — a population that this year …

Nope. Not in this COVID baseball season. Not at this tempestuous moment in our country’s history. I’m betting Rob Manfred and his deputies will correctly agree. An important Yankees victory Tuesday night — 5-3 over the rival Rays at Yankee Stadium, halting a six-game losing streak against their low-payroll nemeses — turned extremely ugly at …

The Yankees finally beat the Rays on Tuesday night, but not without some late drama. With two outs in the ninth, Aroldis Chapman’s 101 mph fastball went behind Mike Brosseau’s head. After the umpires huddled, both benches were warned, and Chapman fanned Brosseau to finish the 5-3 Yankees win. But before everyone left the field, …

Alphabet’s Google and Apple on Tuesday announced a new system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact tracing without having to build an app. The new system — called Exposure Notifications Express — will allow public health officials to submit a small configuration file to Apple and Google. The …

New, unflattering photos allegedly of Aubrey O’Day are “not altered,” a source close to the photographer exclusively tells Page Six, after the singer slammed the paparazzi pics as “click bait.” In the photos circulating online, a woman said to be O’Day, 36, appears almost unrecognizable in a bralette top, biker shorts and flannel shirt around …

Kim Kardashian is celebrating one year of her shapewear brand. The reality star, 39, has revealed her latest Skims ad campaign ahead of the line’s September 10th anniversary, casting eight of her “biggest fans” in the images. “It’s wild to think that it’s already been one year since we launched Skims,” Kardashian said in a …