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WASHINGTON — After the entire Yankees roster knelt before the national anthem on Thursday’s Opening Night, two players took the extra step — or simply stayed down, to express it literally — on Saturday night. Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton became the first Yankees to make this controversial statement. Before the Yankees and Nationals continued …
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The Assistant Novel tends to be a gleeful “Gotcha” of the publishing world — a parting shot from a former assistant to the famous boss who made their life hell (the 2003 novel “The Devil Wears Prada” is the gold standard of the genre). But even though “A Star is Bored” by Byron Lane (Henry …
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The ceremonial first pitch of a baseball game is always a big moment, especially when celebrities are involved. When a celebrity’s first pitch goes woefully wrong, it’s all the more memorable. Here are the 10 worst first pitches ever by some of pop culture’s most recognizable names: 1 Anthony Fauci Washington Nationals vs. New York …
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Carlos Ghosn’s son sent about $500,000 in bitcoin earlier this year to one of the Americans accused of helping the ex-Nissan CEO flee house arrest, according to the feds. Anthony Ghosn made the cryptocurrency payments over about four months to Peter Taylor after he and his father — former Green Beret Michael Taylor — allegedly …
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Arie Luyendyk Jr. surprised wife Lauren Burnham with some new sparkle. The former “Bachelor,” 38, recently gifted his wife a new diamond eternity band by jeweler Jean Dousset, and for a very meaningful reason. “This eternity band symbolizes that we will always have each other in our darkest times,” Burnham, 28, captioned a photo of …
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She’s had a string of failed romances including two broken engagements. But it seems that Paris Hilton believes she may have finally found ‘the one’. The hotel heiress, 39, tweeted a throwback snap of herself and boyfriend of 15 months Carter Reum on Thursday and wrote: ‘For the two of us, home isn’t a place. …
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Sometimes, these things can be an illusion on television. A ball looks like it is absolutely clobbered in real time — but on replay, slowed down, you see it was hit south of the trademark, or all the way up to the tip of the barrel. A switch of cameras shows a cannon shot that’s …
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In any other season, Gerrit Cole is the main story and two sidebars. What did you eat for breakfast and how did you feed the Nationals their lunch? No detail would be too small. This is what it is like when you are the big new Yankee making his debut. Whether your name is Clemens …
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WASHINGTON — What Hal Steinbrenner dreamed of when he dropped an ocean of money on Gerrit Cole in December came to life Thursday on a stormy late July evening. Nothing about this baseball season has been normal. Spring training vanished in the middle of March due to the coronavirus and the invisible COVID-19 dances into …
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WASHINGTON — Everyone from both the Yankees and Nationals knelt … before the national anthem. Major League Baseball’s long-awaited opening night featured a pregame ceremony at Nationals Park that recognized a social issue that has risen to prominence since the death of George Floyd in custody of Minneapolis police in May. The entire Yankees and …
WASHINGTON — After the entire Yankees roster knelt before the national anthem on Thursday’s Opening Night, two players took the extra step — or simply stayed down, to express it literally — on Saturday night. Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton became the first Yankees to make this controversial statement. Before the Yankees and Nationals continued …
