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Why Yankees drool over getting Starlin Castro out of Chicago
Across the final two months of the 2014 season, the Yankees played a 40-year-old Derek Jeter at short and sore-footed Stephen Drew at second base, a new position. Last season, Dustin Ackley, Rob...
View ArticleHow to use Rawls, Dalton fill-ins to hose your fantasy opponent
It seemed like we received a temporary reprieve last week from the major injuries that have haunted fantasy players all year long. Well, the vacation from the cruelty quickly ended in Week 14, which...
View ArticleReeling Rangers face questions, and Lundqvist hasn’t been answer
These Rangers have far more questions than answers. When that incongruity exists, the result is an abundance of platitudes and proclamations that begin to pile up into one big nothing. Because it’s not...
View ArticleWhat happened to Brook Lopez? Nets can’t adjust, get crushed
The Nets are Brook Lopez’s team, so he did what a star does, shouldering the blame for Monday’s loss. But there was plenty of blame to go around, with everybody on the roster culpable during a 105-82...
View ArticleJerian Grant OK after piecing together why he was benched
It really was nothing rookie point guard Jerian Grant did — or didn’t do. It was more what other guys were doing that resulted in his first did not play (DNP), coach’s decision, at the end of the...
View ArticleHow long until Midtown loses its prominence?
As city planners scramble to sell Mayor de Blasio ’s new-housing proposals to neighborhood skeptics, another crucial rezoning initiative — the one to promote new and larger office buildings in East...
View ArticleSlain cops’ widow continuing husband’s legacy
Maritza Ramos, the widow of slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, is launching a foundation in her husband’s honor.
View ArticleFalling oil prices lead to junk bonds meltdown
An oil war between the Middle East and the Midwest has caught Wall Street in the cross hairs. Junk bonds — the debt instruments from companies closest to bankruptcy — got slammed again on Monday as a...
View ArticleMuhammad Wilkerson bearing down on J.J. Watt — and monster payday
You could hear the sound of a cash register with every play Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson made Sunday against the Titans. Batting down a Marcus Mariota pass on the second play of the game....
View ArticleAre consumers finally tiring of the iPhone?
The iPhone may be approaching the end of an era. Wall Street is growing increasingly worried that sales of Apple’s blockbuster device — by some measures the most successful consumer product in history...
View ArticleBlythe Masters’ startup seeks $35M financing round
Blythe Masters is walking a tightrope to her next career in high finance. The 46-year-old finance whiz, once the most powerful woman on Wall Street, is in high-stakes negotiations with investors for a...
View ArticleUgly truth about playoffs: Jets’ perfection can backfire
The Jets have taken care of their business the past three weeks. They have gone from 5-5 to 8-5, gone from middling to ascendant, gone from the crowded pile of teams listed as “in the hunt” for the AFC...
View ArticleCaesars may sink because of alleged $3B typo
Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management is now defending itself against an alleged typo that could cost up to $3 billion. Apollo’s Caesars Entertainment is fighting bondholders in a $750 million New York...
View ArticleAdele’s live-wire humor muffled in taped NBC concert
After selling 5 million copies of “25” in less than a month since its release, it can be said with little argument that Adele can sing — quite well. But what became apparent during Monday night’s NBC...
View ArticleGoPro continues tumble as shares fall to all-time low
GoPro shares hit an all-time low after two analysts cut their recommendations on the stock, citing iffy demand and stiff competition for the company’s action cameras. The San Mateo, Calif., company’s...
View ArticleObama finally talks tough on ISIS, vows to ‘squeeze its heart’
WASHINGTON — Americans hoping to hear of a new strategy to confront ISIS instead got treated to some tough language from President Obama, who vowed Monday to “squeeze its heart” to make it harder for...
View Article‘Fargo’ ends season of bloodshed with a quieter finale
Warning: This article contains spoilers from the “Fargo” season finale After the carnage of last week’s penultimate episode, there weren’t many residents of “Fargo” left standing. An indeed Monday...
View ArticleTrump’s poll numbers surge after Muslim ban comments
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has reached his highest mark yet in a national poll, pulling away from the GOP presidential field with 41 percent of the vote on the eve of their next debate. The real estate...
View ArticleSumner Redstone’s ex wants to be reinstated as heath-care agent
Hear Sumner out. That’s the latest salvo from Sumner Redstone’s ex-girlfriend and former health-care agent in her red-hot battle with the current minders of the 92-year-old Viacom founder. Manuela...
View ArticleOdell Beckham defies reality to somehow save Giants’ season
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Whatever was in that IV, bottle it and distribute it to all the Giants. “The same juice, in a Space Jam bottle,’’ Odell Beckham Jr. joked. After leaving the field at the start of...
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