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Jacob deGrom would have thrown one of the first pitches of the 2020 season, shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday. Perhaps 20 minutes later and 205 miles to the south of Citi Field, Gerrit Cole would have unleashed the first pitch of the rest of his life. So much is being lost to the coronavirus pandemic. …
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The Television Academy is adjusting the eligibility and voting deadlines for this year’s Primetime Emmy calendar in response to concerns made by TV communication executives and awards strategists in the current coronavirus climate. The dates for the Creative Emmy Awards and Primetime Emmy shows remain unchanged respectively on Sept. 12 to 13 and Sept. 20, …
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Some things remain unchanged; all along 126th Street, the chop-shop guys still have their eagle eyes tuned to any dent on the bumpers of passing cars. You have a scratch on the door? Like always, they are eager to help, offering up business cards while properly outfitted in uniforms of the day: surgical gloves, masks, …
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The tug-of-war between individual rights and sacrifice for the greater good has spilled into the sports arena with Noah Syndergaard’s looming Tommy John surgery. The Mets right-hander is scheduled to undergo surgery Thursday in West Palm Beach, Fla., to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament, with a rehab that will keep him sidelined into the …
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Mike Francesa called the Mets “dummies” for announcing Tuesday that star pitcher Noah Syndergaard would undergo Tommy John surgery this week to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. Many on social media were angered that Syndergaard would be undergoing the surgery, which has almost become a routine procedure for pitchers, in …
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There are only so many Opening Days. Only so many first ones, like Luis Rojas was going to experience at Citi Field on Thursday. Only so many when you think you have a stacked team, like Aaron Boone believed he possessed. In separate conversations with The Post, both men said they still think there is …
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Woody Allen claims in his new memoir that Timothée Chalamet denounced him in 2018 because the actor thought it would increase his chances of winning an Oscar. Amid the #MeToo movement and following renewed allegations of childhood sexual abuse against Allen by his daughter Dylan Farrow, Chalamet, 24, announced that he would be donating the …
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And then there were five. Among the storylines that had developed before the COVID-19 outbreak suspended spring training was the Mets’ six starters for five rotation spots. Noah Syndergaard’s torn ulnar collateral ligament, which will keep him sidelined into 2021, has ended that rotation battle. Jacob deGrom, Marcus Stroman, Steven Matz, Rick Porcello and Michael …
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Naturally we all want baseball, and normalcy of all kinds, to return as soon as possible as long as it doesn’t further compromise our parents’ and grandparents’ collective health. If you’re a Mets fan with an agenda, though? Suddenly, a severely reduced schedule doesn’t sound so awful. This club’s pitching depth, already suspect out of …
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Elective or non-elective? As New York City imposes a ban on non-essential surgery, Noah Syndergaard will undergo Tommy John surgery Thursday to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow at the Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach, Fla. But with Florida also limiting surgery to essential procedures during the COVID-19 …
Jacob deGrom would have thrown one of the first pitches of the 2020 season, shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday. Perhaps 20 minutes later and 205 miles to the south of Citi Field, Gerrit Cole would have unleashed the first pitch of the rest of his life. So much is being lost to the coronavirus pandemic. …
