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Former Knick Gerald Wilkins, the brother of NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, has found trouble with the law, facing several charges related to three separate incidents on three different dates. He was most recently arrested and charged with simple battery, theft by taking and aggravated assault, according to CBS46 in Georgia. The incident took …
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Tinsley Mortimer’s “RHONY” run is over. Mortimer has left “The Real Housewives of New York,” with Thursday night’s episode being her final appearance on the show, Page Six has confirmed. The “RHONY” star is moving on in Chicago to be with her fiancé, Scott Kluth. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all …
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Mickey Mantle’s 1953 Yankees contract sold for $39,237 at auction. In the four-page document — signed “Mickey C. Mantle” and dated Feb. 23, 1953 — the slugger agreed to render his “skilled services as a baseball player” for $17,500. He listed his hometown as “Commerce, Okla.” The document is countersigned by general manager George Weiss. …
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The Mets already know they have a fighter in Eric Orze, the right-handed pitcher the organization drafted in the fifth round of the 2020 MLB Draft on Thursday. The 22-year-old pitcher out of the University of New Orleans was unable to compete in part of the 2018 season and all of the 2019 season as …
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The Yankees completed their abbreviated 2020 MLB Draft on Thursday night by selecting second baseman/outfielder Trevor Hauver and right-handed pitcher Beck Way. In the third round of the draft, which was reduced from 40 rounds to five because of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Yankees took Hauver with the No. 99 pick. The Arizona State …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. Do you see Daniel Jones leading the Giants to a Super Bowl in this decade? — Marcadiell …
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Being drafted for a second time by the Yankees and a lot higher than the first stab flushed any thought of returning to college out of Austin Wells’ head. The Yankees’ first-round pick in Wednesday night’s draft was asked Thursday on a conference call if the strong possibility of not having minor league games to …
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After statues of Christopher Columbus were defaced around the country this week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he supports keeping Manhattan’s statue of the Italian explorer, saying it represents “the Italian-American legacy” in America. Asked by a reporter at his daily coronavirus press briefing whether it is time for the 14-foot marble …
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New York City first lady Chirlane McCray speculated that an NYPD-free city would be “Nirvana,” in a Tuesday interview with Time magazine. “That would be like a nirvana, a utopia that we are nowhere close to getting to,” McCray said. When asked whether New York would follow Minneapolis in attempting to disband its police department, McCray …
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Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said Thursday there are four or five parties interested in buying the team. “The team will have some kind of transaction, I can’t tell you exactly what it’s going to be and how it’s going to look,” Wilpon told the UJA-Federation of New York, a Jewish philanthropic organization, according to Bleacher …
Former Knick Gerald Wilkins, the brother of NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, has found trouble with the law, facing several charges related to three separate incidents on three different dates. He was most recently arrested and charged with simple battery, theft by taking and aggravated assault, according to CBS46 in Georgia. The incident took …
