• Luann de Lesseps masks up to celebrate new single

    Luann de Lesseps masks up to celebrate new single

    The pandemic has even changed party swag. Guests at Manhattan bashes used to go home with expensive beauty products and bottles of fine spirits — but at a launch party for Luann de Lesseps’ new single, “Viva La Diva,” attendees were treated to masks with the title pasted across the front. The countess and collaborator …
  • Bill Parcells’ advice for Joe Judge after hectic Giants practices

    Bill Parcells’ advice for Joe Judge after hectic Giants practices

    Bill Parcells was 3-12-1 as the rookie head coach of the Giants. He nearly lost his dream job and always knew why. “I was just trying to be a head coach instead of being Bill Parcells,” he said. It is why he has this advice for Joe Judge: “Be yourself.” Judge has not once flinched …
  • What is with these ESPN hirings?

    What is with these ESPN hirings?

    Perhaps we expect better from ESPN because it’s a 24/7 sports network, the last place we’d think would wreck every sport it touches. Yet, here we are. Again, and still. To tune to ESPN to watch a live sports event is to be conditioned — air-conditioned — to anticipate a production that will challenge the …
  • Ex-Knick Gerald Wilkins accused of punching woman in latest arrest

    Ex-Knick Gerald Wilkins accused of punching woman in latest arrest

    Former Knick Gerald Wilkins was arrested Tuesday, marking his latest run-in with the law, for allegedly punching a woman and man at an Atlanta gas station, according to TMZ. Wilkins faces three charges, including battery, after an apparent rideshare dispute gone wrong. The 56-year-old allegedly tried to get in a car, but the female driver …
  • Fire at Rachael Ray’s upstate mansion started in chimney: state officials

    Fire at Rachael Ray’s upstate mansion started in chimney: state officials

    A fire that raced through the upstate mansion of celebrity chef Rachael Ray started by accident in a chimney, state fire officials said. The Office of Fire Prevention and Control released the cause of the Aug. 9 blaze in Lake Luzerne on Friday, the Associated Press reported. Flames heavily damaged the roof and second floor …
  • Yankees still have plenty of depth left to help soothe injury woes

    Yankees still have plenty of depth left to help soothe injury woes

    A weekend series postponed due to the coronavirus and three more guys on the injured list. Nice job perfectly capturing both 2020 and the Yankees, Friday. Yes, hours after Major League Baseball announced the sidelining of the scheduled Subway Series at Citi Field thanks to a pair of positive COVID tests for the Mets, the …
  • Subway Series fans don’t have to choose between devotion and compassion

    Subway Series fans don’t have to choose between devotion and compassion

    The seduction has been easy, for those who’ve invited it in. There were some sports fans who’ve done what some of the athletes have done — they’ve opted out, either for now, or for the duration, or for good. They’ve done this for a variety of reasons: simmering resentment over baseball allowing its labor issues …
  • Giants defense setting training camp tone for Daniel Jones’ offense

    Giants defense setting training camp tone for Daniel Jones’ offense

    By the time T.J. Brunson lowered the boom, the Giants defense already had sent a message worthy of an exclamation point. Widely perceived as the inferior side of the ball for the Giants, the defense held Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley and a dangerous receiving corps in check for most of Friday’s intrasquad scrimmage. It is …
  • Year 3 of Sam Darnold off to same old start in Jets camp

    Year 3 of Sam Darnold off to same old start in Jets camp

    After watching a week’s worth of Jets training camp practices, here are some thoughts and observations: 1. Third-year quarterback Sam Darnold enters the season under the microscope. Is he the answer? Many Jets fans are hoping to say yes by the end of the season. So far in camp he’s looked a lot like … …
  • Gleyber Torres, James Paxton added to Yankees’ ever-growing injured list

    Gleyber Torres, James Paxton added to Yankees’ ever-growing injured list

    The Yankees’ series against the Mets was postponed, but that didn’t stop their list of injuries from growing on Friday, as Gleyber Torres was placed on the injured list. Torres left Thursday’s game with a tight left hamstring suffered running to first base and an MRI exam confirmed a Grade 1 strain (the least severe). …