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n Putin declares
war on Ukraine
at 5:50 a.m.
n Explosions
rock Kyiv
n Warns NATO
to stay out
WAR IN
EUROPE
Russian President
Vladimir Putin declared
war on Ukraine early this
morning in what he called a
“special military operation”
to demilitarize the nation.
Shortly after his
declaration, explosions
were heard in several
major Ukrainian cities,
including the capital Kyiv.
President Biden blasted
Putin for “an unprovoked
and unjustified attack.”
invasion
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Cities Under Attack
RUSSIA
BELARUS
Kyiv
Kharkiv
UKRAINE Kramatorsk
Dnipro
Odessa
ROMANIA
Black Sea
ners will respond in a united and The invasion follows frantic at that. They’re ready.” Russia — more pre-
decisive way. The world will hold diplomatic efforts by the US and US officials estimated that Rus- cisely, Bolshevik,
Russia accountable.” its Western allies to find a middle sia had massed between 150,000 Communist Russia”
Biden was briefed on the Rus- ground with Moscow after reject- and 190,000 troops along and lamented that
sian attack in a secure call late ing the Kremlin’s insistence that Ukraine’s border in recent months, Soviet leaders going TURKEY
Wednesday, White House press Ukraine be kept out of NATO, as which one diplomat described last back to Lenin had
secretary Jen Psaki said. well as that the alliance draw back week as “the most significant mili- erred by “giving in
The president planned to meet its forces from Eastern Europe tary mobilization in Europe since to nationalists.”
with G-7 counterparts Thursday and not deploy missile systems in- the Second World War.” “Why did we have
morning to announce further side Ukraine. to be so generous, and then give ishments, would affect two Krem-
sanctions for “this needless act of On Wednesday, a US defense of- these republics the right to leave?” lin-backed banks and restrict the
aggression.” ficial told reporters that Russian
‘Part of Russia’ Putin asked at one point, making a trading of Russian government
Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s min- forces “could go at any hour now” The situation began deteriorat- clear reference to the breakup of debt on Western finance markets.
ister of foreign affairs, said in a and added that Putin has “near ing on Monday after Putin deliv- the Soviet Union in 1991. “Mad- Biden also announced that the
statement that Putin had 100 percent of all the forces [in ered an astonishing speech in ness.” US would shift an additional 1,000
launched “a full-scale war.” place] that we anticipated that he which he ranted and raved that On Tuesday, Biden denounced military personnel to Poland and
“Strikes continue on peaceful would move in.” Ukraine was not a stand-alone na- Putin’s actions as the “beginning” the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia
Ukrainian cities,” Kuleba said. Pentagon press secretary John tion but rather “an integral part” of an invasion of Ukraine and an- and Lithuania from elsewhere in
“This is a war of aggression. Kirby backed that assessment, of Russia. nounced new economic sanctions Europe. That move follows an
Ukraine will defend and win. The telling reporters that “we believe Delivering a distorted history targeting Russia. earlier deployment of 5,000
world can and must stop Putin. that they are, they are, they are lesson, he insisted that “modern The sanctions, which Biden troops to Poland and Germany
It’s time to act — just now.” ready. I’ll just put it — just leave it Ukraine was entirely created by called the “first tranche” of pun- from the US.
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INVASION
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VLADISLAV
DAVIDZON
Brooklyn-born Vladislav David-
zon (above), author of “From Od-
essa with Love,” is in Kyiv and
writes that the residents of
Ukraine’s capital are starting to
worry.
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and their
two
daughters
are living
without
electricity
amid the
shelling
in the
on guard:
Media-relations
specialist Alisa
poses with her
One family’s nightmare
shotgun in Kyiv By Lee Brown at times even that does not seem
(anti-war protest, safe enough.
opposite page), A terrified family in eastern “When the shelling gets heavy,
as Ukrainian Ukraine is in a “living nightmare” we run to our neighbor’s base-
President and forced to cower from gunfire ment,” Natalia told The Sun, say-
Volodymr and shellings in their “dream ing that “at night it’s very loud.”
Zelensky’s home” as Russian troops flood “The children have somehow
government has their rebel-held region of the learned to sleep through the
moved to expand country. noise . . . but I stay awake because
gun sales (far left) The family of four, including I’m afraid for them. It’s so scary,”
in the country. girls ages 13 and 8, told The Sun she said. “We want to live like
they have no electricity and are normal people. We have done
forced to sleep in a blacked-out, nothing to deserve being used as
windowless corridor of the home human shields.”
By Tina Moore,
GOP lt. gov
New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
Alec Tabak
Benevolent Association boss Ed
hardworking sergeants of the Mullins leaves court Wednesday. said Wednesday at a press confer-
NYPD,” Manhattan US Attorney ence at 1 Police Plaza.
Damian Williams said. “My job was to protect the inno-
In total since 2017, Mullins sub- cent, and keep the people in the
mitted more than $1 million in lins submitted phony expense re- ment says, citing text messages. also allegedly change the vendor city of New York safe. My job now
expense reports, with the bulk of ports — often without receipts In addition to making the on his expense reports to appear is to keep the people of the state
money illegally obtained, the — to get reimbursements from union foot the bill for his per- business-related, the indictment safe.”
feds claim. union members’ dues through sonal meals, he also inflated the reads. Zeldin, who represents Long Is-
Mullins turned himself in the SBA’s expense account. cost of bills and pocketed the re- In April 2021, Mullins submit- land, said “[Esposito] has instilled
Wednesday morning to FBI offi- In late 2019, he dropped more mainder, the feds allege. ted an expense reimbursement fear in the hearts of criminals ev-
cials, nearly five months after than $3,000 on two e dinners at In one case, he changed a from a $658.88 bill at an Italian erywhere.”
agents raided his home and an unnamed “high-end” restau- $152.42 charge at a Long Island restaurant in Manhattan, when in The record of Esposito, the
union offices. rant in Greenwich Village with deli to $352.42 in August 2020, actuality he was charged $185.88 daughter of a former NYPD chief,
He pleaded not guilty in Man- family and friends, according to according to the indictment. at a supermarket, according to is not without blemish. She was
hattan federal court in the after- the indictment. Examples of the expense sheets the indictment. docked 20 vacation days in 2017
noon and was silent as he left the He also bought a pair of $300 provided in court papers and Mullins resigned from his un- when she was a captain for failing
courthouse on $250,000 bond in gift cards to the same eatery, ex- submitted to the union show the ion post and filed for retirement to safeguard her firearm, badge
a blue-gray suit, his travel limited pensed the purchases to the SBA, lower figure typed in one column in the days following the raids and ID, according to police
by the court to the lower New and gave them to family and and the higher amount handwrit- last October. The SBA then hired records.
York state area. friends, who used them for din- ten beside it. an independent accounting firm Carl Campanile, Maggie Hicks
Federal authorities allege Mul- ner in November 2019, the indict- The former sergeant would to review its finances. and Craig McCarthy
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rocks a gown with
bat-signal-
shaped cut-
outs. As for
Brain-study twist
the Dark By andrew court examine what happened to
Knight, Rob- the organ in the moments
ert Pattinson, A groundbreaking study before and after his death.
35, swapped suggests that a person’s life “We measured 900 sec-
out his bat- may indeed flash before onds of brain activity
suit for a tur- them just before death. around the time of death,”
tleneck (left). Brain activity similar to Zemmar said. “We set a spe-
meditation, dreaming or cific focus to investigate
memory recall passes over what happened in the 30
the brain in its final mo- seconds before and after the
ments, the study found, sug- heart stopped beating.”
Hollywood
from this research is: Al- dreaming and information
though our loved ones have processing involving ex-
their eyes closed and are treme concentration, in the
ready to leave us . . . their final seconds before death.
mommy
brains may be replaying The oscillations are also
some of the nicest moments associated with memory re-
they experienced in their trieval and flashbacks, sup-
lives,” said study co-author porting the idea that “your
Jennifer Lawrence is a new mom! Dr. Ajmal Zemmar. life flashes before your eyes”
The Oscar-winning actress wel- The study, published Tues- in the moments before death.
comed her first child in Los Angeles day in the journal Frontiers in “Through generating os-
County, according to public records Aging Neuroscience, is based cillations involved in mem-
obtained by TMZ on Wednesday. on one of the first recordings ory retrieval, the brain may
The exact date she gave birth — and of a dying brain, which oc- be playing a last recall of im-
the sex of the baby — are unknown. curred accidentally at a hos- portant life events just be-
Page Six has reached out to Law- pital in Vancouver, Canada. fore we die, similar to the
rence’s rep for confirmation. An 87-year-old man, who ones reported in near-death
This is Lawrence’s first child with had been admitted following experiences,” Zemmar said.
her husband, art-gallery owner a fall, was hooked up to elec- The recording suggests
Cooke Maroney, whom she married troencephalography tech- that our brains remain ac-
at the famed Belcourt of Newport nology to detect seizures. tive for a short period after
mansion in Rhode Island in October EEG involves the place- our hearts have stopped
2019. Page Six broke the news of Law- ment of electrodes along a beating.
rence and Maroney’s relationship in patient’s scalp in a bid to “These findings challenge
June 2018; a source explained that the measure activity in differ- our understanding of when
“Hunger Games” star’s BFF, Laura ent parts of the brain. exactly life ends, and gener-
Simpson, had introduced them. While the man’s brain ate important subsequent
Lawrence, 31 has referred to her was being recorded, he suf- questions, such as . . . the
hubby as “the greatest person I’ve fered a heart attack and timing of organ donation,”
Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images
ever met,” saying on the “Naked with died, allowing scientists to Zemmar posited.
Catt Sadler” podcast in June 2019, “I
feel very honored to become a Ma-
roney.” The couple confirmed in Sep-
tember 2021 they were expecting.
Busiest airport’s travel taking off
During a December 2021 visit to The world’s busiest airport for international travel, with
“The Late Show,” a pregnant Law- around 29 million passengers last year, was . . . Dubai’s.
rence joked that she spent much of The 2021 passenger figures for Dubai International Air-
her three-year hiatus from acting be- port, or DXB, in the United Arab Emirates, were up 12%
tween the sheets. That same month, over 2020, which had recorded nearly 26 million travelers
she returned to the public eye, walk- — but nowhere near the pre-pandemic milestone of 86.4
ing the red carpet for the “Don’t million in annual traffic logged by the airport, a critical link
Look Up” premiere. Jessica Bennett between East and West, in 2019. AP
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city in crisis
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MTA tests
New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
anti-shove
barriers
Trial at 3 subway stops
By DaviD Meyer door upgrades on several occa-
sions in the past.
Subway platform barriers will A 2017 study found the cost for
be tested at three stations in Man- all 472 subway stations would
hattan and Queens, MTA Chair exceed $7 billion.
Janno Lieber said on Wednesday.
The new shove-stopping barri-
ers will be installed at Times
Potential drawbacks
Square on the 7 line, Third Ave- Kara Gurl of the MTA’s Perma-
nue on the L line and Sutphin nent Citizens Advisory Commit-
Boulevard/JFK Airport at the tee welcomed the three-station
end of the E line, Lieber said trial but questioned the rationale
during an appearance on NY1. of installing barriers everywhere.
Lieber and his team previously “While we’re glad platform
studied and ruled out platform doors are being tested, we don’t
doors as part of the MTA’s cur- believe this is the answer sys-
rent capital improvement plan. tem-wide, as it would mean plat-
That changed after the Jan. 15 form reconstruction, likely tem-
murder of Michelle Go, who was porary closing of stations and
pushed onto the tracks in the other issues including rolling
Times Square station by a men- stock alignment,” Gurl said.
tally ill homeless man. Go’s murder occurred during a
In addition to the trial plat- month that saw a slight bump in
form doors, MTA officials are felonies on the subways in Janu-
exploring using thermal and la- ary compared with December,
ser technology to detect track despite significantly lower rider-
intrusions, Lieber told NY1. ship because of the Omicron
“It’s going to take awhile. variant, according to the NYPD.
We’re going to put the money to- Mayor Adams has pledged to
gether, which is a little compli- send teams of outreach workers
cated,” he said. “But our goal is and NYPD to identify mentally
to try out these technologies, at ill and homeless people who
different places in the system, should be removed from the
including three stations, trying subway system. On Monday, the
out platform doors.” first night of the new initiative,
Lieber told NY1 the MTA outreach teams engaged just 100
would also collaborate with individuals in the subway sys-
Steven Hirsch
NYU Medical Center to deter tem. City Hall has not said how
suicide leaps onto the tracks. many people actually made it
Transit officials have consid- into shelters or were connected
ered, then ruled out platform to services.
city in crisis
Dan Brinzac
behind bars since, Justice Stephen Antig-
nani granted it Wednesday, set at $75,000.
“It’s an indictment on our city when a partment of Education buildings so far this slope.” Adams also again referenced the weapons busts — is a “recipe for disaster,”
child must carry a Taser, a stun gun or a academic year. imminent use of a new “device” that would Floyd said. In its preliminary budget, City
gun,” Adams said at an unrelated press That compares with just one gun recov- help find weapons in schools in a “hu- Hall proposed the elimination of 500 cur-
conference. ery over that same stretch prior to the pan- mane” fashion but didn’t give further de- rently vacant safety-agent positions.
“That is not acceptable.” demic. tails. Adams said he could re-examine that
On Tuesday, The Post reported that Adams rejected the notion that students Hizzoner added that he is open to re- move if conditions deteriorate in the na-
NYPD data shows Taser seizures are up are theoretically justified in carrying plenishing the thinned ranks of city school tion’s largest school system.
600 percent and knife busts have increased weapons due to rising citywide crime safety agents. Greg Floyd, president of “Remember that was a preliminary bud-
by 25 percent this year, when compared rates. Teamsters Local 237, said their numbers get,” the mayor said, “and if we see the
with the 2019-2020 school year. “I’m not accepting anyone stating they’re are down by 25 percent over the course of need to make modifications, we’re open to
In addition, 14 guns — many of them going to carry a weapon because they the pandemic. doing that.”
loaded — have been recovered inside De- don’t feel safe,” he said. “That’s a slippery That erosion — coupled with rising Bernadette Hogan and Selim Algar
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Eric eyes
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vax rules
Mayor Adams said
Wednesday he supports
rolling back the city’s COV-
New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
Reuters
Bernadette Hogan
Sports / Page 54
NBC
hate-vic
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fund the program in the
wake of the 343% surge in
hate crimes against Asian
Americans last year.
“This is a disaster of une-
quivocal proportions that
must be met with the total
mobilization of law-en-
forcement and social-ser-
vice funds,” Kim wrote.
He proposed the creation
of a series of programs for By Mark LungarieLLo sponsible for what happened
which any protected group and I can’t say who that is but I
would be eligible if hate The husband of the cinema- know it’s not me,” Baldwin said
crimes against them spike tographer fatally shot while at the time.
more than 200% in one filming the movie “Rust” said Hutchins had a harsh review
year. The programs in- he was “just so angry” over ac- of the interview, claiming it
clude a voucher system tor Alec Baldwin’s stance re- sounded like Baldwin “was the
that would fund 15 round- jecting blame for the tragic on- victim” in the situation.
trip taxis a month and a set accident. “Watching him, I just felt so
“security companion ser- Matt Hutchins said it was “ab- angry, just so angry to see him
vice” that would send surd” that Baldwin would take talk about her death so publicly
trained peace officers to no responsibility for the Oct. 21 in such a detailed way and then
accompany protected peo- tragedy on the New Mexico set to not accept any responsibility
ple while they’re out in when a gun the actor was han- after having just described kill-
public. dling fired a single shot that ing her,” Hutchins told Kotb.
Kim specifically wants killed Halyna Hutchins and who is suing Baldwin and oth- Baldwin had been seen hug-
the creation of a new wounded director Joel Souza. ers over Halyna’s death. ging Matt Hutchins at a hotel in
agency called the Security The widower opened up “But gun safety was not the the aftermath of the shooting
Companion Service for about his feelings in an inter- only problem on that set,” Hutch- that derailed the ill-fated West-
Protected Groups. Its offi- view with “Today” show ins added. “There were a number ern movie, on which the actor
cers would be trained in co-host Hoda Kotb set to air in of industry standards that were also was serving as a producer.
“basic martial arts,” “hand- its entirety Thursday. not practiced and there’s multi- Baldwin in a New Year’s mes-
to-hand combat,” de-esca- A preview clip of the inter- ple responsible parties.” sage on Instagram called the
lation techniques and baring his anguish: view shows Kotb ask the wid- Kotb also asked Hutchins shooting the “worst situation”
other tools. Matt Hutchins (top) tells NBC’s ower if he thinks Baldwin de- about Baldwin’s comments he has ever faced.
The program would cost “Today” of his anger toward serves “the majority of the during a tearful interview on The late cinematographer’s
between $30 million to $40 Alec Baldwin (above), who blame.” ABC last year saying responsi- family last month sued the
million, he estimated. was holding the gun that mis- “The idea that the person bility lay with whoever allowed makers of the movie, with at-
A spokesperson for Ho- fired on the set of the movie holding the gun and causing it a live round on set. Baldwin has torneys releasing a chilling ani-
chul said the governor will “Rust,” killing Hutchins’ cinema- to discharge is not responsible said he didn’t pull the trigger. mated video to reenact the fatal
“review” Kim’s recommen- tographer wife, Halyna (inset). is absurd to me,” said Hutchins, “I feel that someone is re- shooting.
dations. Bernadette Hogan
and Gabrielle Fonrouge
quits Don
New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
probe
Irked with Bragg
By Tamar Lapin Trump’s tax records.
Pomerantz, a former fed-
Two prosecutors heading eral prosecutor in Manhat-
the Manhattan District At- tan and criminal defense at-
torney’s Office’s probe into torney, was brought on by
the Trump Organization Vance last year to join the
called it quits on Wednes- probe. Neither immediately
day — throwing the case returned messages.
into question. The Times, which first re-
The DA’s Office con- ported the move, said the
firmed the resignations of move came after Bragg sug-
Mark Pomerantz and Carey gested to the attorneys that
Dunne. he had doubts
A source told about moving
The Post that forward.
the prosecutors Without
jointly stepped Pomerantz and
down, stressing Dunne there to
that the coordi- steer the probe, mary
nated nature of
the departures
its future is un-
certain.
harrington
was a sign of Criminal de-
intense frustra- fense attorney he scandal of a child molester given a
tion with the
direction of the case.
“We are grateful for their
service,” DA spokeswoman
Danielle Filson said in a
Ron Fischetti,
who represents Trump and
his company, told The Post
he saw the resignations
coming and was “happy”
T soft sentence by Los Angeles District
Attorney George Gascón may finally
mark the beginning of the end of
America’s disastrous experiment with “pro-
gressive” justice.
statement. She declined to with the development, In 2014, at the age of 17, James Tubbs went
comment further, saying while maintaining his cli- into a ladies’ public bathroom, pushed into a
the probe is ongoing. ents’ innocence. stall and forced one hand down the pants of
The investigation into He said there was “no in- a 10-year-old girl in a violent sexual assault
former President Donald vestigation” without Pom- that was only halted by someone else com-
Trump (inset) was erantz and Dunne, adding ing into the bathroom.
launched in 2018 under that the resignations were a When Tubbs was identified as the attacker
then-DA Cyrus Vance, who sign that Bragg could soon some years later, following his arrest on an-
charged the Trump Organi- close the case. other offense, progressive Gascón insisted
zation and its longtime The DA’s Office didn’t on trying the case under juvenile rules — de-
chief financial officer Allen comment on whether the spite Tubbs being well into adulthood.
Weisselberg with tax fraud case was still moving for- Gascón was further induced to soften the
last June. Vance convened ward. sentence by the fact that Tubbs now identi-
another grand jury before Bragg hasn’t said much fies as a woman and goes by the name “Han-
new DA Alvin Bragg took about the investigation pub- nah.”
over in January. Prosecutors licly since taking office. Concerned for Tubbs’ supposed risk of
had been questioning wit- During a media availability victimization as a transgender woman in an
nesses before the grand jury in late January, he said he sick: Hannah Tubbs, adult prison, Gascón cited a probation re-
until about a month ago, es- was still “getting up to above right when she was port that had recommended home confine-
sentially stopping the inves- speed” and “following the booked as James Tubbs ment. Tubbs was eventually sent to a facility
tigation, according to The facts,” adding he was con- after a 2014 assault of a for violent juveniles, despite being 26 at the
New York Times. strained from saying more. 10-year-old girl (security time.
Dunne, who joined the of- The criminal probe coin- video above) is heard in “The things he did to me and made me do
fice in 1984 and served as cides with New York Attor- leaked audio laughing at that day was beyond horrible for a 10-year-
Vance’s general counsel, ney General Letitia James’ the light treatment she old girl to have to go through,” Tubbs’ victim
had overseen the investiga- investigation into the received from the LA DA. said in vain. “I want him tried as an adult for
tion from the outset, suc- Trump Organization’s busi- the crimes he committed against me.”
cessfully arguing before the ness dealings. Gascón’s choices here reflect progressive
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AgAinst
Manhattan
lefty DAs
beliefs that date back to the dawn of the lib-
eral era, summed up by the 1762 claim of
French philosopher Rousseau, “Man is born
ual violence perpetrated by a mentally ill re-
peat offender on the cusp of adulthood,
against a defenseless 10-year-old girl.
chesa boudin
San Francisco
piSceS
(Feb. 20-Mar. 20) DiScOver MOre ABOut yOurSelF AND whAt the Future hOlDS At
things easier for them, and for
yourself, by choosing your words
Neptune, your ruler, is linked to SAllyBrOMptON.cOM carefully and showing you have
love planet Venus today and the some empathy for their situation.
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most likely outcome is that you Give the straight talk a rest.
will form deeper feelings for
someone you previously saw as geMiNi
(May 22-June 21)
opportunities don't ignore it. The
planets suggest their motives ScOrpiO
(Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
AquAriuS
just a friend. Will the Forget about getting on top of may not be entirely honest and As one of the zodiac's fixed signs (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19)
relationship last on this new your chores today and do there is no reason why you need you tend to see the world in black You may have all the facts and
level? It will if you want it to. something that challenges you to take the risk. and white but today's Venus- figures on your side but if
creatively. You are at your best Neptune link will make it easier someone doesn't want to agree
ArieS
(March 21-April 20)
when your thoughts and feelings
are allowed to flow in a direction virgO
(Aug. 24-Sept. 23)
for you to see things from the
other person's point of view.
with your conclusions no
amount of evidence will change
Don't worry too much about of their own choosing, so give up Don't sit around with the same What you discover will both their point of view. Is that a big
what you need to do at work a bit on the self-control. old people discussing the same surprise and delight you. enough issue to end your
today because the planets are old things today, get out into the relationship? It doesn't have to
directing you to have a good time
socially. If you enjoy yourself on cANcer
(June 22-July 23)
world and visit a place you have
never been before. The new SAgittAriuS
(Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)
be.
a personal level it will have a Your feelings for a certain person friends you make when you get You may be regretting a course of BirthDAy thurSDAy
hugely positive knock-on effect are so intense that you won't be there will bring out the action you took just a while ago Something will happen over
on your career. able to hide them over the next adventurous side of your nature. but what's the point of dwelling the next few months that
few days. But why would you on it when you can't go back and expands your awareness of
tAuruS
(April 21-May 21)
want to hide them when there is
every likelihood that their liBrA
(Sept. 24-Oct. 23)
change the past? Learn from the
mistake, resolve not to make it
what life is about and your
outlook will never go back to
You may be tempted to back off feelings for you are every bit as The more you try to force your again, then move on mentally what it was before. Will you
from life and spend time with passionate? views on other people today the and emotionally. be a happier person because
your own thoughts today and more likely it is they will back of it? Happy is not a big
that's okay. But the issues you are
struggling with won't disappear leO
(July 24-Aug. 23)
away from you, so be smart and
respect the fact that they have cApricOrN
(Dec. 22 - Jan. 20)
enough word - you'll be
ecstatic!
just because you ignore them for If your sixth sense tells you to be opinions too. There is plenty of You need to tell a friend
a while - they will still be there wary of someone who offers you space in the world for everyone something they probably don't
when the real world returns. one of those "too good to be true" to have their say. want to hear but you can make
Miranda Devine
T Biden.
The US attorney in Delaware inves-
tigating his business affairs has been
busy subpoenaing his bank records and
calling in his ex-girlfriends to testify in
compensation business to be lucrative, in
large part thanks to Joe, who used his
power to block asbestos-litigation reform
when a bill reached the Senate floor, as
Paul Sperry from RealClearInvestigations
front of a grand jury about his wild spend- has reported.
ing sprees. When Joe became VP, Cooper put
Devon Archer, his former business part- Hunter on the board of his venture capital
ner, best friend and fellow Yale alum, faces firm Eudora Global and gave him shares in
sentencing Monday, four years after being the business, worth around $80,000 a year,
convicted over a $60 million scheme to de- documents on Hunter’s laptop show.
fraud one of the poorest Indian tribes in Additionally, Hunter received a “one-
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America. time payment” of $300,000 in 2015 from
Prosecutors from the Southern District Cooper’s firm Eudora, according to an
of New York have recommended to US email on the laptop from Hunter’s then
District Court Judge Ronnie Abrams that business partner Eric Schwerin.
Archer serve 30 months in prison, the same SimmonsCooper also put up $1 million in
as co-defendant Bevan Cooney. investment capital for Hunter and his Un-
But Wednesday, Archer’s lawyer, Matt- cle Jim’s abortive attempt in 2009 to ac-
hew Schwartz of Boies Schiller Flexner, quire a hedge fund.
asked Judge Abrams for a non-custodial To add to the incestuous nature of
sentence, arguing he has suffered enough. Archer’s ties with the Biden family, his cur-
He “has been subject to pretrial supervi- rent law firm Boies Schiller Flexner previ-
sion for nearly seven years during which ously paid Hunter $216,000 a year for the
he has a spotless record of compliance, has honorary role “of counsel,” and its chair-
lived an otherwise exemplary life, and has man is longtime Joe Biden donor David
already suffered greatly due to the collat- Boies.
eral consequences of his arrest, trial and Also causing Hunter sleepless nights is Zoe
conviction.” Kestan (near left, with Hunter), 28, a one-
No further punishment is warranted, be- time Pornhub “model” and “lingerie entre-
cause Archer, a former Abercrombie & Fitch preneur” who stayed with Hunter at Holly-
model, has “watched his reputation and ca- wood’s Chateau Marmont hotel in 2018 dur-
reer systemically crumble” and he “and his ing one of his extended crack benders.
family have been affected financially, and She testified for five hours on Feb. 15 be-
are currently severely cash-negative.” fore the Delaware grand jury that is inves-
Prosecutors gave short shrift to Archer tigating Hunter’s tax affairs, and reportedly
crying poor, arguing that he “is living in a provided details of his lavish spending
multimillion-dollar Brooklyn townhouse, sprees. Also testifying last week was
and owns a second residence in the Hamp- Hunter’s “baby mama,” the former stripper
tons, both of which have significant equity. Lunden Roberts, who sued him for pater-
He and his wife [Krista, a doctor] own in- nity of their now 3-year-old daughter, who
vestment assets worth more than several he never has acknowledged.
million dollars . . . Zoe’s name appears in a Suspicious Ac-
“In short, while Archer may well be liv- tivity Report compiled by JPMorgan Chase
ing beyond his current means, he is none- bank and obtained by nonprofit research
theless living an indisputably privileged outfit Marco Polo.
lifestyle and nothing about his finances The bank was issued a subpoena in May
warrants a reduction in sentence.” 2019 by the US attorney in Delaware for
It will be up to Judge Abrams, an Obama transactions involving Hunter, his uncle
appointee married to Mueller special- Jim Biden and partners Archer and
counsel prosecutor Greg Andres, whether Schwerin involving the Bank of China.
to show mercy to Archer, 48, on Monday. Hunter and Zoe’s relationship was rocky,
She has been kind to him before, when messages on the laptop show.
she overturned his original conviction in “Zoe is livid,” he texted a female friend in
November 2019, before her decision was May 2018. “My father is livid. Everyone is
reversed on appeal. f*cking livid. [I] have been hanging out
She also granted him permission while with some seriously f*cked up homeless.
he was on bail to jet around the world to 24 ous year and found on his abandoned lap- SDNY pointed out in its sentencing sub- I’m a narcissistic altruist, according to
destinations, from Jamaica and Turks & top, Hunter was less sanguine about mission that Archer currently has a well-pay- Zoe.”
Caicos to China, Russia, Ukraine and Ka- Archer’s legal troubles. ing job, working for former asbestos attorney In another text exchange, with a bellhop
zakhstan, places where he and Hunter had “My best friend in business, Devon, has Jeff Cooper, a longtime Joe Biden donor. friend from the Chateau Marmont, Hunter
done business deals leveraging then VP Joe named me as a witness, without telling me, Cooper’s relationship with the Biden says that Zoe “really angered me” by re-
Biden’s name. in a criminal case,” he wails. “I’m talking family stretches back two decades to when cording a conversation between him and
But anything short of a custodial sentence about a f*cking criminal case in which he ran one of the largest asbestos-litigation the bellhop.
will be seen as a political scandal, consider- Devon has named me as a witness.” firms in the country, the Illinois-based “How the f*ck did she get a tape of the
ing Archer’s close ties to the Bidens. If Archer does end up facing prison time, SimmonsCooper. two of us talking . . . about why I need to
Hunter promised Archer in a 2019 text there is always the possibility that he might He began filing multimillion-dollar law- end it with her - the tape begins with me
message that he is “part of a great family — cooperate with authorities investigating suits in Delaware in 2005 in association saying I need her for her contacts . . . She is
not a side show, not deserted by them even Hunter’s business dealings in return for a with Joe’s late son Beau Biden’s firm Biffer- so connected I didn’t want to burn bridges.
in your darkest moments. That’s the way reduction in his sentence. ato, Gentilotti & Biden, when Joe was a US Because she really is connected.”
Bidens are different, and you are a Biden.” That prospect must be keeping Hunter senator for Delaware and leader of the Connections mean everything in Biden
But in a voice memo recorded the previ- awake at night. powerful Senate Judiciary Committee. world.
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CHARLIE Sheen is doing lines again, Page — and that he wanted to also get Martin phenomenally successful TV career in 2011
Six has learned. But don’t worry — this time Sheen in the show. when he launched a public assault on Chuck
it’s the kind you find in a script. Now we hear that they started shooting an Lorre, the creator and executive producer of
We’re told the star — who hasn’t appeared untitled pilot in Los Angeles yesterday and Sheen’s hit show “Two and a Half Men.” Sheen
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on camera in anything since 2017 other than a they have indeed convinced Sheen Sr. to do a — who has long-running and well-docu-
New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
cameo role — has started shooting a TV pilot cameo. We’re told “Entourage” alums Kevin mented substance abuse issues — was fired,
written and produced by “Entourage” creator Connolly and Kevin Dillon are also appear- and shortly afterward entered his “tiger blood”
Doug Ellin. ing in the new project. phase, giving a series of bizarre TV interviews
Ellin and Sheen apparently became friendly The “Major League” star recently hinted that in which he claimed to be a “warlock.”
when Ellin landed Sheen last year as a guest he was working with Ellin, Connolly and Dil- He returned to a regular gig on TV with FX’s
on his “Victory the Podcast,” and he then lon when he posted a picture of the four of “Anger Management,” which ran from 2012 to
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with a booze brand. Naturally, Le- reached out to Haart’s reps.
onardo DiCaprio’s Champagne is
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bubbly brand Telmont, which the bash and “his team spent money on the party,” said a source. “He was supposed to be CARA Delevingne dancing in
star says protects “biodiversity on there.” But while West was absent at the event at XXIII Club, plenty of his famous the DJ booth at Nebula nightclub
its land” and uses “100 percent re- friends attended. “All these people showed up and were wondering ‘Where is Kanye?’ ” said a source. “It was as Diplo spun tunes . . .
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“upcycles” used bottles into soy with tech issues. The show included samples of his ex Kim Kardashian’s “SNL” monologue, and he trolled lian King’s pajama party event in
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he’s invested. Either way, he can West’s ex Julia Fox (above) was spotted sitting in the front row at fashion brand Diesel’s Milan fashion playing with Vince Giordano
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Fernando Cabrera, Brook-
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and Erick Salgado joining
the administration.
“This is a different
America when marriage
was first brought to the
floor. If we say ‘everyone
who did not get it then
should be banished perma-
nently,’ that’s the wrong
message,” Adams told re-
porters during a press con-
ference in Brooklyn. He
said the goal is to let peo-
ple evolve and “see the er-
ror of their ways.”
He added for his LGBTQ
“allies” that he’s “fought
with you side by side, even
at my political detriment.”
Monrose was hired to
head the Mayor’s Office of
Faith-Based and Commu-
nity Partnerships, where
Cabrera will be a senior
advisor. Salgado was hired lol: Tom Holland (l-r) Andrew Garfield
as a top official in the and Tobey Maguire recreate the popular
mayor’s Office of Immi- pointing-Spideys meme (inset) as a
grant Affairs. Nolan Hicks teaser for the home-video release of the
and Bernadette Hogan trio’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
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The upstate man charged a set . . . and re-create an iconic ter account for the film, the scene from the 1960s “Spider- to an interview with Holland, 25,
in the drive-by shooting Internet meme. highest-grossing release of the Man” cartoon, during an episode for IndieWire, who suggested
death of SUNY Potsdam Tom Holland, Andrew Gar- pandemic era and sixth-highest that features the real superhero the three live-action Spidey ac-
student Elizabeth Howell field and Tobey Maguire posed grossing film ever worldwide, and two imposters. tors pay homage to the gag while
won’t appear in court later for the ultimate comic photo with $1.8 billion and counting. The image has been widely filming “No Way Home.”
this week, prosecutors said
Wednesday.
A public defender for
Michael J. Snow, 31, who re-
mains held without bond on
a second-degree murder
charge, waived the prelimi-
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B’klyn ‘evict’ landlords fork over $2M brownstone
in Massena’s town court, St. A prominent Brooklyn The city filed suit against Crown Heights brownstone. als of out of nine buildings. said in a joint press release.
Lawrence County District couple accused of illegally the landlords — so-called They were accused of try- The duo settled both cases “The matter was settled
Attorney Gary Pasqua con- trying to boot tenants dur- “eco-builder” Gennaro ing to boot their tenants de- in agreeing to turn over the without the need for pro-
firmed to The Post. ing the pandemic has agreed Brooks-Church and his ex- spite a pandemic-related building at 1214 Dean St. tracted and expensive litiga-
The case will be trans- to turn over their $2 million wife and former yoga-stu- state eviction moratorium. worth $2 million so that it tion and without any admis-
ferred to St. Lawrence property to the city so that dio guru, Loretta Gendville A month later, the city can be converted into af- sion of liability,” the land-
County Court for further it can be converted into af- — in November 2020 after filed another suit claiming fordable housing, New York lords’ lawyer, Kenneth Fisher,
proceedings, Pasqua said. fordable housing, according they were accused of har- the pair was running Attorney General Letitia said. “It was a good out-
Joshua Rhett Miller to a settlement Wednesday. assing the tenants of their shoddy, illegal Airbnb rent- James and Mayor Adams come.” Priscilla DeGregory
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Only God can judge that.” activist (right) , was someone is struggling with a
Despite Brown’s mysterious dis- charged (above) with mental illness and is in custody,
appearance from Louisville last shooting at Craig they should be evaluated and
June — that ended with his re- Greenberg treated in custody.”
portedly being found by his dad (below).
on a bench in Brooklyn nearly
two weeks later — and his in-
Bailed out
creasing social media interest in Helm, who founded the BLM
revolutionary communism and chapter that put up the bond
black nationalism, family and money, told The Post: “You have
friends from the local chapter of to look at where he’s coming
Black Lives Matter alluded to only from. He grew up in West Louis-
vague “emotional issues” he ville, where people are deprived
might have had. of resources for things like mental
Brown’s Twitter account has health. He’s a brilliant writer and
since been deleted, but he posted an excellent organizer. But we
support for the Lion of Judah have so many people suffering in
Armed Forces on the Instagram this city from fascism and racism.
account he created last December Helm continued: “Mental ill-
when announcing a run for the ness doesn’t come out of the blue.
Louisville metro council. Lion of We’re trying to figure out what
Judah is an armed, militant group happened to him while everyone
with similar beliefs to the Black else is vilifying him.”
Hebrew Israelites who espouse Brown mysteriously disap-
an ideology that African-Ameri- peared from Louisville last June,
cans, not Jews, are the true de- only to be found by his worried
scendants of the biblical He- dad, Jacob Daugherty, in Brooklyn
brews. 11 days later, according to the fa-
Lion of Judah has been identi- ther’s social media. At the time,
fied by the Southern Poverty Law Daugherty and Brown’s step-
Center as a hate group. mother told local press that their
son might be going through a
mental-health crisis and pleaded
Motive unclear with the public for help to find
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Louisville Metro Police Chief him. They said he vanished after a
Erika Shields told reporters that fight at a local swimming pool.
police did not yet have a motive They were critical of the Louis-
to explain the shooting, but ville Metro Police Department at
pointed out that Craig Greenberg, the time, saying they were ill-
the victim, “is Jewish, so there’s of first-degree wanton endanger- campaign rhetoric against Green- we wanted to see in our young equipped” to help find him.
that. We don’t know if it’s tied to ment. berg in his social media posts, people.” Brown gained national recogni-
the candidates or is political or if His lawyer, Rob Eggert, ap- some of which have apparently “He needs to get mental-health tion as a social-justice activist in
we are dealing with someone peared in court Wednesday in been deleted. support,” Chanelle Helm, the co- 2018, speaking about gun reform
with mental issues or is venom- Louisville. Both the prosecutors Findley, who has been active in founder of Black Lives Matter in with Joy Reid on the host’s
ous,” Shields said. “We are look- and Eggert agreed to waive pre- protests in Louisville, said he be- Louisville who has known Brown MSNBC show.
ing at this from all angles.” liminary hearings and take lieves his rivalry with Green- since he joined the group at age The Obama Foundation called him
On Feb. 14, Brown allegedly the case straight to the berg had nothing to do 16, told The Post but declined to a “rising face,” and Brown broke
walked into the campaign head- grand jury on March with Brown allegedly be more specific about his issues. bread with the Rev. Al Sharpton and
quarters of Greenberg and fired 21.. Brown appeared by shooting at the candi- Brown, a 21-year-old college former Kentucky state lawmaker
multiple shots at him using a video conference. date. senior who wrote op-ed columns Charles Booker, who called him a
9mm handgun. No one was hurt, Brown is close to “Quintez is a son of for The Courier-Journal, the “brilliant scholar.”
but a bullet grazed Greenberg’s another mayoral can- the city,” Findley told state’s biggest newspaper, was One month ago, Brown pub-
sweater and shirt. didate, Pastor Tim The Post. “He’s bril- called a “high-achieving golden lished on Medium.com “A Revo-
Police said Brown was found Findley, who is run- liant, but we know boy” by a college professor. lutionary Love Letter,” invoking
with a loaded 9mm magazine in ning against Green- there were emotional is- Prior to the shooting, Brown Huey Newton, co-founder of the
his pocket and a handgun, hand- berg. A source close to sues. It’s very sad because suffered a “mental breakdown” Black Panthers, and Kwame Ture,
gun case and additional maga- the mayoral campaign in what I saw was a bright and had not slept for “days or né Stokely Carmichael, also a
zines inside a bag. Louisville told The Post shining star. He weeks,” said his lawyer, Eggert. Black Panther and a leader of the
Brown pleaded not guilty to at- that Findley focused represented Brown was freed two days later, global Pan-African movement.
tempted murder and four counts much of his what after a local BLM chapter posted dkennedy@nypost.com
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BORN OUT OF
New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
WED-ROCK
A migrant from Mexico said.
was shot dead by a border The Mexican Consulate
patrol agent as he tried to was notified of the deadly
escape arrest in a remote clash and will be working
area of Arizona, authorities with authorities to identify
announced Wednesday. the man and notify his rel-
US Customs and Border atives, said the Cochise
Patrol agents confronted a County Sheriff ’s Office,
group of illegal immigrants one of the agencies investi-
at about 9 p.m. Saturday in gating the death.
Skeleton Canyon, 32 miles Sheriff ’s office personnel
northeast of Douglas, the had to recover the man’s By ChuCk ArnoLd later, on April 5, 1994. But despite all of
agency said. remains the day after the their troubles — from drug addiction
The agents on horseback shooting, to “allow for the When Nirvana’s “Nevermind” de- to allegations of domestic violence —
had to dismount because safety of detectives, addi- throned Michael Jackson’s “Danger- there was a lot of love along the way.
of the rocky terrain and tional law enforcement ous” from the top of the charts in Janu- “Kurt Cobain picked Courtney Love,
took three migrants into personnel, and air support ary 1992, Kurt Cobain was effectively and Courtney Love picked Kurt Co-
custody — but they spot- from the Arizona Depart- crowned the new king of rock. And by bain,” said Cross. “No matter how
ted a fourth man running ment of Public Safety Ran- the next month, he officially had a flawed they were at times as individu-
downhill into a canyon to ger to access the difficult queen upon marrying Courtney Love als, they were two people that loved
avoid capture, according to terrain to process the — now 30 years ago, on Feb. 24, 1992, each other.”
CBP. One agent followed scene” and transport the on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. And when they took those vows,
and shot the man multiple man’s body to the medical But, in true punk-rock fashion, it they meant them — and made no apol-
times, officials said. examiner, the Cochise of- wasn’t exactly a royal wedding: The ogies to the doubters who predicted a
CBP said the agent “dis- fice said in a news release. bride — who became pregnant with rocky future for the couple.
charged his firearm” while An autopsy by the Pima daughter Frances Bean four months “I was going, ‘Yeah, I know what’s
taking the man into cus- County Medical Examiner after they began dating — wore a going to happen,’ ” Love told Rolling
tody but didn’t describe listed “multiple gunshot white satin and lace dress that was pre- Stone of their tumultuous life in a 1994
the circumstances further. wounds” as the man’s viously owned by tragic actress (and interview after Cobain’s death. “I don’t
Two other migrants who cause of death, according Cobain muse) Frances Farmer. The give a f - - k. I love this guy. My prince
were part of the same to the Cochise Sheriff’s Of- groom wore green and white flannel on a goddamn white horse.”
group were later found in fice. pajamas. The eight guests included
the surrounding area and The incident will also be Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl.
were also taken into cus- reviewed by the CBP’s Na- “Well, they were both pretty un-
Alliance of outsiders
tody, with all five detain- tional Use of Force Review conventional people,” Charles R. Cobain and Love had their fateful the Madonna doc “Truth or Dare” on
ees taken to the Douglas Board. Cross, author of the 2001 book first meeting Jan. 12, 1990, at the Satyri- one platonic outing.
“Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography con nightclub in Portland, Ore., where But they took their flirty friendship
of Kurt Cobain,” told The Post. “I Nirvana was playing an early gig. They to the next level one night later in 1991,
on redraw panel
Democrats on the City Powers, who represents
union that would go down in music
history. Sadly, their romance would
end in tragedy when Cobain commit-
ted suicide slightly over two years
the Van Nuys studio where the band
was making their breakout album.
Love, who was friends with Grohl first,
even went with him and Cobain to see
man. “She found that Billy was with
another woman, and so she left and
she knew Nirvana was in town,” said
Lyndsey Parker, host of SiriusXM’s
Volume West.
Council appointed the cam- part of Manhattan’s East Sparks flew between Love and Co-
paign treasurer of one of its Side, is chairman of the bain after the Nirvana show, when they
most powerful members to Rules Committee, which finally hooked up and began their love
help oversee the sensitive oversees election matters. affair. “Within five minutes of her
task of redrawing the Big “A councilmember’s cam- walking in the dressing room, she was
Apple’s 51 council districts paign treasurer is not an sitting on Kurt’s lap,” said Parker.
— provoking concerns ideal choice for a commis- Cobain was attracted to Love as a
about a potential conflict sion that is supposed to woman who was his equal and peer
and favoritism, sources told draw district lines to reflect with her own group — Love’s band
The Post. the public interest first, Hole had debuted the album “Pretty
The Council’s Democratic without respect to the pref- on the Inside” a week before “Never-
Conference selected lawyer erences of incumbency,”
Gregory Kirschenbaum, said Susan Lerner of Com-
who is still listed in election mon Cause NY. alternative nation:
records as Councilman Election lawyer Arthur Fans mourned Cobain’s death by
Keith Powers’ campaign Schwartz chimed in, “Such suicide in April 1994 with vigils in
treasurer, as one of its five an appointment is not ille- his hometown of Seattle.
members to the redistrict- gal — but it should be.”
ing commission. Carl Campanile
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to “animal interference.” nels her boss. like it, but who knows? And even if
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they were cash
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nations,
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safety level
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nypost.com
$2,696 to $3,950. asked to make if we are to preserve the world our parents and grandpar-
But those who see this as ents struggled to bequeath to us.”
price-gouging that should be il-
legal overlook a crucial fact:
Many such increases are already From the right: Hillary, the FBI & Mueller
illegal — and that’s actually the The “dots” that John Durham is connecting “strongly suggest the Clin-
heart of the problem. ton campaign ran a sophisticated, multi-prong coordinated intelligence
Rent regulation affects operation against Trump with either the active or tacit support of the
960,000 of the city’s 3 million FBI,” thunders Peter van Buren at Spectator World. The campaign indi-
housing units. Rents on these rectly hired ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele to feed “lies” to the FBI
Stefano Giovannini
apartments are not increasing and the press. Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann went to The New York
this year at all, thanks to the Times (as an anonymous source), FBI and likely CIA (allegedly “misrep-
city’s Rent Guidelines Board. A resenting himself as not working for the Clinton campaign”) to push the
good deal for the current occu- lie of secret Trump communications with Russia’s Alfa Bank. And Robert
pants, to be sure — but these Mueller may have declined to indict anyone because “the conspiracy
price controls distort the overall would have been disclosed.” Mueller “was protecting someone in his be-
market and lead to eye-popping Through the roof: Anne Kennedy’s West Village studio is going up to $3,950. loved FBI. This goes deep.”
rent increases on the few non-
regulated units that remain. have to be a housing shortage to New York City must always and
Here’s why. justify the price controls, as had forever be in a housing crisis. Conservative: Fla. Protects Parents v. ‘Aggressors’
The lucky occupants of rent- always been the case. Instead, But most cities don’t have rent President Biden has “called Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill
stabilized units, not surprisingly, rent regulation has no “sunset.” control — and don’t face a per- hateful,” notes Madeleine Kearns at National Review. But the bill simply
tend to stay put once they’ve ef- No other business has to ask ennial housing crisis. states that “classroom instruction . . . on sexual orientation or gender
fectively hit the housing lottery. permission to raise its prices State attorneys in the Rent Sta- identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3.” Critics cry “cen-
That helps explain why Gotham (see: inflation), but property bilization Association case bi- sorship” but “it is perfectly appropriate to censor adult themes and ideas
— once known for welcoming owners must do so in perpetu- zarrely argue that the 2019 law has around small children,” such as the notion of a “true gender.” Nor are
ambitious newcomers — has the ity. And here’s the kicker: made things better. They assert these “hypothetical concerns”: A Florida family filed suit on learning
lowest housing turn- There’s no requirement that only rent regulation stood be- “school staff had held private meetings” with their daughter on “which
over of America’s 10 landlords rent to low- tween the city and a wave of pronouns she would prefer,” “whether she would like to stay with the
largest cities. I call this Howard income tenants. homelessness. To say that with a boys on overnight trips” — and “whether they should keep her parents in
the “frozen city” phe- Husock If there’s any good straight face requires ignoring the the dark.” These lawmakers have “identified the real aggressors.”
nomenon: Regardless of news in all this, it’s the sad and sometimes dangerous fig-
their capacity to pay a possibility the 2019 leg- ures flooding the city’s street cor-
higher rent, households protect islation has gone so far as to be ners and subway cars. Foreign desk: Biden’s Tough Vlad Promises
their good, rent-regulated deals unconstitutional. That’s the con- As the Coalition for the Home- Noting then-candidate Joe Biden’s tweet of Feb.
even if they no longer need the tention of the Rent Stabilization less points out: The number of 21, 2020: “Vladimir Putin doesn’t want me to be
space. Think of the boomer cou- Association, which is challeng- homeless New Yorkers sleeping President. . . . I’m the only person in this field
ples on Central Park West with ing the law in court. each night in municipal shelters who’s ever gone toe-to-toe with him,” Real Clear
empty bedrooms. In the case heard last week by is 16% higher than it was 10 years Politics’ Philip Wegmann observes: “But now, for
It’s not a real housing market the US Court of Appeals and ago; the number of homeless sin- better or worse, the president does find himself
— it’s a variation on musical likely headed to the Supreme gle adults is 91% higher. That’s toe-to-toe with Putin.” Biden also told supporters
chairs. Those left standing when Court, the RSA highlights the come at a time rent regulation that once he won, Putin’s “days of tyranny and
the rent-stabilized vacancies are fact the new law essentially re- was firmly in place, with the trying to intimidate the United States and those
filled must enter the scrum for quires that landlords renew an feckless de Blasio administration in Eastern Europe are over.” And, in the first
vacant, market-rate, non-regu- expiring lease even when a ten- drastically limiting rent in- 2020 debate, “I’ve gone head-to-head with Putin
lated units. It should surprise no ant has passed the apartment on creases. and made it clear to him we’re not going to take
one that as housing demand re- to someone else, such as a Here’s an idea for the “Rent is President Biden any of his stuff.” Oops.
bounds (a good thing), asking younger family member. This, it too damn high” advocates to
rents will rise for those units. It’s says, creates an unending “line consider: Rent controls actually Liberal: Where the Right Is Right
what housing scholar Peter Sa- of strangers” to whom an owner increase homelessness. That’s “Part of developing a genuine liberal nationalism requires examining
lins has rightly termed “scarcity must rent by law. And, of course, because artificially low rents and absorbing good ideas from around the political spectrum,” observes
by design.” it limits turnover, the heart of give wealthy tenants who no John Halpin at Liberal Patriot, noting the “best ideas” of conservatives: A
The situation has been made the city’s problem. longer need a big apartment rea- commitment to “localism,” i.e. asking “political and community leaders to
worse, not better, by 2019’s so- Property owners hope this will son to stay put. Gotham rents design policies . . . from the ground up rather than from the top down.”
called Housing Stability and prove a bridge too far for a con- were the nation’s highest in Jan- Tradition, “vital to maintaining softer norms that keep society together,”
Tenant Protection Act, a vastly servative Supreme Court more uary. Those skyrocketing rent and common sense, which “offers a good corrective” to “bureaucratic tra-
beefed-up set of rent regula- attuned to property rights than increases are an argument not ditions.” Plus a focus on the “potential and real spillover effects” from
tions. It foreclosed the possibil- its predecessors. for but against rent controls. regulation. “Conservative ideas . . . serve American interests by stressing
ity of “decontrol” even for high- It’s a tough moment to push Howard Husock is an American the importance of free enterprise and small business,” and “policy makers
er-end units. Nor does there back on the spurious idea that Enterprise Institute senior fellow. would be wise to incorporate suggestions coming from conservatives and
the private sector.” — Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
30
letters@nypost.com
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lements of the left and right are united: can Dream is still alive. There is little doubt that
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The Issue: Mayor Adams’ plan to make subways safer
The United States should not be the Progressives think some European states the issue of homelessness
by increasing social-service and police presence.
world’s policeman. Whether it be are superior for their social policies, but is an issue that needs to be
Ukraine, the Middle East or China, it’s their democracies flourished under an um- solved (“Subway home-
not our business to get involved. brella of American protection and support. less-aid teams off to slow derstand that the home-
For the progressive left, the refrain is the And what did we ask for in exchange? Not start,” Feb. 23). less are dying.
same as it’s been since at least the 1960s: the toll of empires past, not land, not tribute. Simply ignoring the is- Audrey Lummer, 63,
Who are we to judge? Slandering our coun- We wanted free trade and an end to war. sue, as Mayor Adams’ was found dead Feb. 9 on
try as a racist hellhole, they promote at best We are, of course, not nirvana. But the US predecessor did, is not a the subway platform at
a moral equivalency between the United struggles openly, in debate and at the voting solution. Locking people the 21st Street in Long Is-
States and Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping. Or booth, with political and social relations. We up doesn’t solve the land City. She was home-
they go further, and consider the govern- change. Do our critics even consider that problem either. less. That should not
ments of Venezuela, China and Cuba supe- the reason you don’t hear as much dissent in These people were have happened.
rior because they pursue socialism. other nations is that those voices are stifled? once productive mem- I understand what it is
A rising force on the right is the They But all that is threatened if we retreat into bers of society who, for like to be homeless. I was
Aren’t Worth It Doctrine, or, as former Pres- fortress America. China expects obedience, whatever reason, have homeless myself in 1975
ident Donald Trump would put it, we’re not allies. Russia wants power, not peace. descended into a life of after leaving the US Navy
suckers. Why defend Ukraine? It’s corrupt. There will be more war, more conquering, drug addiction and men- at the end of the Vietnam
Why back Germany? It’s ungrateful. Why more torture and suffering. tal illness. War.
have troops in South Korea? It can protect Adams’ multifaceted Mayor Adams Our government has a
itself. More darkly, autocrats are praised as e are in the most peaceful period of re- plan to include law en- responsibility to help the
strong, efficient and “genius.”
Part of this is a backlash to the spectacu-
larly failed promises that Iraq and Afghani-
W corded time, and it’s because of the
post-World War II alliances forged by
the West. How many regional conflicts were
forcement, medical care,
drug treatment and hous-
ing is needed if this
to put a blanket over her-
self to obscure what she
was doing underneath.
homeless or more will
surely die. Too much
time has gone by, and our
stan could be transformed into democracies. kept in check by NATO? How many dicta- homeless crisis is to fi- This women needed homeless would have
There’s also the naive fallacy, shared by tors discouraged? And in the global market- nally be resolved. It cer- treatment. We have al- been forgotten if it was
both sides, that America can withdraw from place this fostered, the quality of life rose for tainly is worth the effort. lowed activists to set the not for the homeless
the international stage, and “fix the prob- all. To take just one benchmark: 36% of hu- Robert DiNardo drumbeat on the treat- sleeping on subways and
lems at home” with all the money we’d save. manity lived in extreme poverty in 1990. To- Farmingdale ment of the homeless — people being pushed
day, it’s fallen to 9%, per the World Bank. all in the name of not be- unto the tracks. More
ut the United States should not slink Ukraine is not a “border dispute”; it’s Putin There
is one sure-fire lieving they are sick and must be done now.
vacuum for the tyrannical. dominance in production and trade. Both aim the ones we find at un- cally racist. We need a While
this week might
Pax Americana is worth saving. to break the world order. We can pump all the manned stations. new way of dealing with have seen the first day of
Contra the hashtags of The Squad, the oil we want domestically, we can support They are floor-to-ceil- this problem — not the the mayor’s new plan to
United States is the most pluralistic, diverse American industry, but do we really think ing barred turnstiles that Steven Banks way. He has clean up the subways, he
nation state in history. Its people enjoy free- we’ll enjoy the same prosperity if the rest of you can’t leap over. No done enough damage better hit the ground
dom of expression, freedom of existence, the world is dependent on their whims? more fare-beating and Mark Zafrin running.
more than those under China’s Orwellian We must have enough pride in this nation the crazies and homeless Manhattan With six outlandish and
state, Russia’s soft totalitarianism or the the- to understand that the non-interventionist who commit many of unforgivable stabbings
ocracies of the Middle East. Why is the right and the blame-America left are wrong. these violent crimes I
applaud Mayor Ad- committed last weekend,
United States the No. 1 destination of immi- The world needs us. Let us be there for would be denied access ams’ new policy on tack- the mayor is already be-
grants and refugees worldwide? The Ameri- them. to the platforms because, ling crime in the subway. hind the eight ball.
believe me, few are pay- However, handing out As we all know by now,
ing to get on the trains. summonses for fare- the NYPD and MTA po-
Down With the Monitors! Those emergency
doors? They should be
beating will not be effec-
tive in combating this
lice want to do their jobs,
while the Manhattan dis-
espite spending almost $111 million on Whatever monitors do, the only thing that locked and only opened problem. Arresting them trict attorney and other
Panning Presidents
I It’s un-American. It is, in fact, the kind of rhetoric that exists in tyrannies.
Yet numerous liberals have accused those critical of Joe Biden’s impo-
tent handling of the Ukrainian crisis of sedition.
Harvard prof Laurence Tribe, a favorite of the “resistance” (back when dis-
sent was still patriotic) recently argued that Fox News host Tucker Carlson
and other Republicans he claims are praising Russian President Vladimir Pu-
tin have provided “aid and comfort” to an “enemy” and thus would meet the
definition of “treason” under Article III, Section 3 of the US Constitution.
Reacting to a House GOP tweet censuring Biden for “weakness,” one-
time Republican Michael Steele stated, “This is what disloyalty at home
looks like.” Jennifer Rubin, the White House’s favorite columnist, con-
tended that every Republican
needs to decide: “Are you on team
Trump/Putin or team US/democ-
racy. You cannot be both.” DAVID
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Obama or George W. Bush — loy- Are all the Democrats who oppose
alty. The right to political dissent is a aid to Israel, our staunchest ally,
hallmark of healthy liberalism. And guilty of treason as well?
disparaging elected officials is the Protecting the ability to dissent
God-given right of every American. is patriotic, even if the dissent it-
Though it may be difficult for self is not. Some conservatives, un-
partisans to comprehend the dif- fortunately, admire and repeat Pu-
ference, disparaging the presi- tin’s talking points. Some cham-
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shed 79.26 points to ment trial of ex-Goldman Tim Leissner (right with wife Leissner’s testimony. Ro-
4,225.50, and the Dow Sachs banker Roger Ng took Kimora Lee Simmons) testified at zhan left Astro in 2019.
and Nasdaq headed another strange turn this 1MDB embezzle trial that he paid Goldman Sachs declined
south as well. week when the prosecu- $10 million in blackmail to ex- comment on Leissner’s remarks.
tion’s star witness, Tim lover Rohana Rozhan (below).
Epstein story Leissner, detailed his extra-
Barclays PLC said it marital affairs — including
“Double bigamist”
has frozen former Chief one with a woman who pur- Leissner’s personal life
Executive Jes Staley’s portedly blackmailed him has been under intense
deferred pay while reg- into buying her a $10 million scrutiny during Ng’s trial.
ulators complete a mansion. Earlier this month, Ng’s de-
probe into how he char- Leissner, 52, a former fense attorney Marc Agni-
acterized his relation- Goldman executive, is testi- filo referred to Leissner as a
ship with convicted sex fying against Ng, who faces “double bigamist” who has
offender Jeffrey Epstein. federal charges over his al- been “married to two differ-
leged role in Malaysia’s ent women at the same
Bad discount 1MDB corruption scandal. A time, twice.”
TJX, parent company judge on Wednesday, mean- The defense attorney ar-
of TJ Maxx and Home- while, said she’d pause the gued Leissner “uses women,
Goods, saw shares drop trial after federal prosecu- he uses false intimacy, and
4.2% after the off-price tors said they’d failed to turn now he’s trying to use my
retailer delivered a over a cache of documents client to get him to do his
fourth-quarter miss. to Ng’s defense lawyers. It’s jail time.”
not clear when the trial will Leissner previously
E-unity restart. pleaded guilty to charges of
Automative giant conspiracy to launder
Ford has no plans to money and conspiracy to vi-
spin off its electric vehi-
Open secret olate the Foreign Corrupt
cle or gasoline-powered While on the stand this Practices Act. He agreed to
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vehicle businesses, week, Leissner admitted to forfeit $43.7 million and will
CEO Jim Farley said. prosecutors that he has had be sentenced later this year.
several affairs. Meanwhile, Ng, Gold-
Russia brake One was a decade-long re- man’s former head of invest-
Stellantis is prepared lationship with Rohana Ro- ment banking in Malaysia,
to shift or limit produc- zhan, a media executive and set that I was ending our re- ment in the 1MDB scandal. He admitted to continuing faces federal charges of con-
tion in Russia if West- former CEO of Astro Malay- lationship to be with my fu- She was threatening to ex- the relationship despite spiracy to launder money
ern sanctions disrupt sia Holdings. Leissner said ture wife, with Kimora,” pose me. At the time, 2013, I Gnodde’s warnings to “be and violate US anti-bribery
those operations, the he used money siphoned Leissner said on the stand, was very fearful of that,” careful” because Rozhan’s laws. He is accused of par-
automaker’s CEO said from the 1MDB fund to buy referencing his estranged Leissner added, according company was a client. ticipating in a scheme to
in a sign of how the car Rozhan a $10 million house wife, fashion model and re- to Bloomberg. Leissner said the relation- loot billions of dollars from
industry is navigating after she threatened to re- ality TV star Kimora Lee Leissner testified that he ship was an open secret Malaysia’s sovereign devel-
the fallout of Russian veal his involvement in ille- Simmons. informed Richard Gnodde, known by “pretty much ev- opment fund.
President Vladimir Pu- gal activity following their “If I didn’t buy her a the then-chief of Goldman erybody in our Southeast Ng has pleaded not guilty
tin’s decision to recog- breakup. house, she would tell the au- Sachs’ Asia business, of his Asia territory.” to the charges.
nize two breakaway re- “Ms. Rozhan was very up- thorities about my involve- relationship with Rozhan. Gnodde, Rozhan and As- tbarrabi@nypost.com
gions in eastern
Ukraine.
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Goldman mulls clawbacks for defectors
By ArIel ZIlBer uty to run a Walmart-backed not someone headed out the door. who headed Goldman divisions
Follow us on Goldman Sachs wants to claw
startup, Goldman CEO David Sol-
omon was so angry the bank con-
An attempt by Ismail and deputy,
David Stark, to cash out stock bo-
before leaving for other compa-
nies, had unvested stock options
back bonuses from executives sidered confiscating the pair’s nuses that had vested and were worth millions taken away after
who leave as it scrambles to stem vested stock options, according to subject to taxation dating back five their departures, said the report.
a tide of high-profile departures, Bloomberg. years was denied, according to the A Goldman spokesman said, “In
according to a new report. Taking away vested stock is nor- report. They were also banned each case mentioned by Bloom-
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When one young star, 42-year- mally a last-resort step against from firm-run alumni events. berg, there were explicit terms” of
old Omer Ismail, left with a dep- someone accused of misconduct, Gregg Lemkau and Eric Lane, signed agreements “upheld.”
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The boss of crypto platform company’s Web site. this ad,” Armstrong boasted.
Coinbase was in hot water this
week after he gave his company
credit for coming up with its viral
In his tweets, Armstrong initially
suggested that Coinbase devel-
oped the TV ad in-house because
Armstrong’s tweets drew a
sharp response from Martin
Agency CEO Kristen Cavallo,
Shkreli
New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
Super Bowl commercial — only he “didn’t like” pitches provided who wrote back that her team A federal judge Wednes-
for an ad agency to reveal that it by an outside agency, whose con- had originally pitched the idea day permanently barred
pitched the idea months earlier. cepts were “standard Super Bowl for the commercial to Coinbase former pharmaceutical ex-
The backlash against Coinbase ad ideas.” The executive claimed in a meeting that dated back to ecutive Martin Shkreli from
CEO Brian Armstrong (right) Coinbase brainstormed ideas and August. serving as an officer or di-
stemmed from a lengthy Twitter eventually landed on the QR code “It was actually inspired by rector of publicly traded
thread in which he bragged about concept, which he said came to- presentations our agency companies, and ordered
the ad, which featured a floating gether at the “last minute.” showed your team,” she him to pay a $1.39 million
QR code that drove viewers to the “No ad agency would have done tweeted. Thomas Barrabi fine for violating securities
law from 2009 to 2014.
Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in
Brooklyn issued her ruling
LuCk
investigation for an
array of financial
crimes. He is already a
convicted felon. The
home of his son,
buyk: Local service has Thayer, and his
ties to a Russian startup. daughter-in-law,
SpOrt
Brooke (below right,
‘Sanction’ with her mother, Kim
Richards) was raided
fear at NY by authorities.
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New York employees of a
Russian-funded grocery-de- By Josh Kosman pany has signed up about
livery app are nervous that 500,000 customers in New
new Biden administration If you thought the sports- York since launch. “The vol-
sanctions against Moscow betting ads plastered all over umes in New York were about
could threaten their jobs, New York meant the indus- two times what we were antic-
The Post has learned. try’s having a heyday, take a ipating,” the company’s CEO,
Buyk, a New York-based look at their profits: likely zero. Tom Reeg, told investors on a
startup co-founded by two In fact, a tally of online book- Tuesday earnings call.
Russian entrepreneurs and makers’ profits shows they’ve Caesars’ latest earnings pe-
recently unveiled a partner- very likely lost money, around riod ended in December, so its
ship with Grubhub, cur- $200 million, since launching results since the state legalized
rently offers 15-minute gro- in New York on Jan. 8, accord- online sports betting aren’t
cery deliveries in every ing to an analyst who’s run the available, but the industry ana-
borough except Staten Is- numbers for The Post. lyst said it’s a near certainty the
land. How can that be? Operators company lost money on its
Since much of Buyk’s like Caesars and New York operations.
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complex
STEEL
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history.
Inside NYC’s
record-setting
office conversion
By ZACHARY KUSSIN
F
OR nearly a century, One Wall Street
has towered over the heart of the Fi-
nancial District.
The former home of the Irving Trust
commercial bank, and later the Bank of
New York Mellon Corporation, it was
one of the city’s tallest buildings when it de-
buted in 1931.
Now, the 1.2 million-square-foot, Art Deco
office tower masterpiece is once again mak-
ing an impact.
After nearly eight years of construction, the
tower has officially debuted as a residential
skyscraper. The 566-unit condo building,
transformed by developer Macklowe Proper-
ties, is the city’s largest-ever office-to-resi-
dential conversion.
Together a 50-story landmarked tower and ing, dining and kitchen areas accented with Mi-
a 30-story extension, the conversion ele appliances and waterfall counters.
is a feat of engineering on a scale The firm’s head, Harry Macklowe, designed
never before seen in Manhattan the kitchens himself — with other touches in-
that required a nearly full gut of cluding Lincoln Calacatta marble topping the
the gigantic tower, hundreds of counters and backsplashes, plus custom cabi-
new Landmarks-approved win- nets crafted by Aran Cucine. Ceilings more than
dows and shifting the whole of 10 feet high hover over wide-plank French oak
the building’s mechanics from hardwood floors.
its perimeter to its center. Sales at the tower launched quietly in Septem-
With closings to begin ber. There are now 34 residences for sale, priced
DBOX for Macklowe Properties; Tamara Beckwith/NY Post (inset)
mid-year and comple- between $990,000 for a studio and $12.75 million
tion expected by the for a four-bedroom. A triplex penthouse in the
end of 2022, the building’s crown with 35-foot ceilings may re-
developer has portedly list for $40 million, but Kirk Rundhaug
now unveiled of Compass, which leads sales and marketing at
photographs of One Wall Street, said that an asking price has yet
its model units, a to be set.
collection of Rundhaug declined to say how many units to-
seven apart- tal are spoken for, but he said the building has
ments not cur- some 170 different apartment layouts, which
rently for sale — alone has created demand. For instance, the
and The Post got property houses 11 loft-style units — six of
an exclusive first which have sold and two of which are under ne-
look inside. gotiation.
These dwell- The development — whose helping hands
ings include also include Robert A.M. Stern and SLCE Archi-
floor-to-ceiling tects — is helping to transform the business-
windows that hours neighborhood into a more residential
overlook Broad-
way, and open liv- See ONE WALL ST. on Page 38
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Demographics are shifting as Fidi adds resi towers.
Making change
ties include a coworking tower. For instance, they’ve East-facing residents will become a value prop-
space, a kids’ playroom, a reopened the original entry also get a peek of the Ge- osition, where both
lounge for teens, a private on Broadway, which now orge Washington statue in ample space and
residents’ restaurant next to leads to an Art Deco-style front of Federal Hall, while amenities are a frac-
a 4,000-square-foot land- lobby. The team also demol- those facing west will see a tion of the price of
scaped terrace, a private gym The Red Room survived the ished 30 elevators, then relo- sculpture of an eagle over neighboring areas like
Binyan Studios
— as well as access to the 1960s and is still tricked out cated and rebuilt nearly a the entry of 65 Broadway, Tribeca.
three-story Life Time fitness with luminous red and gold dozen lifts for residents in previously the American Developers are pav-
center in the commercial Art Deco tile and metal work. the center of the building to Express headquarters. A ing the way.
portion. optimize the homes’ layouts, block north of that, resi- Stan Ponte, of So-
But the building’s biggest protest. as well as exposure to light dents can look over the theby’s International
perk is its history. The bank commissioned and air. spire of Trinity Church to Realty, co-sales di- Jolie is one of the ritzy new
In 1929, Irving Trust tapped the 30-story extension in The south-facing façade of see the World Trade Center rector of the Wool- resi towers arriving in Fidi.
architect Ralph Walker — 1963 — and stripped the the landmark tower — which in the backdrop. worth Tower Resi-
whose other work includes build of much of its original had rows of three windows “That’s a couple hundred dences, says that Fidi is experiencing a major renais-
the Stella and Walker towers splendor in the process. — now boasts rows of five to years of history — it’s the sance with restaurants helmed by big names like
in Manhattan — to design The only original portion match the north façade. layers of history of the ar- Danny Meyer and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, a buzz-
the building and it’s said that remaining is the Red Room. “It wound up making the chitecture that make the ing South Street Seaport, pretty parks and charming
Cass Gilbert, the rival archi- That space, a dazzling mo- building symmetrical,” said views so appealing and cobblestone streets, good schools and excellent sub-
tect of the nearby Wool- saic-clad atrium, formerly Smith. “When we presented rich,” said Dubrow. “There way access.
worth Building, withdrew served as a banking hall for [the plan] to Landmarks, we are all these little nice mo- Ryan Serhant, head of sales and marketing at Jolie, a
his money from the bank in Irving Trust’s most loyal cli- asserted that Ralph Walker ments,” added Smith. 42-story luxury residential building located at 77
Greenwich St., noted that a new 450-seat public ele-
mentary school located will open at the building’s base
in September — a bonus for the building’s residents
and other locals with little ones.
Angelo and Sam Franco-DeWitt, a couple in their 30s
who moved from Inwood to a luxury rental located at
63 Wall St. in August, say they like their new neighbor-
hood’s diversity.
“I think the area is actually a lot more youthful than I
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lage is getting
a new mem-
ber to its club.
A historic home at
188 Sullivan, next door to bil-
lionaire and bestselling author
Ray Dalio (inset) — founder
and co-chief investment offi- 145 Park Place
pope’S addreSS
ber. Chevy congratulated his daughter, her listing bro-
ker Steven Marvin of Serhant and his lawyer Jonat-
han Movtady on his Instagram account: “Congratu-
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CANDALOUS! Actress Kerry sunset views. There’s also open living @jonnymov @serhant.” Emily, who works as a senior
Washington’s (right) former and dining areas divided by a look- manager for the National Audubon Society, left Park
rental is back on the market for through fireplace. And yes, the corner Slope for her parents’ home in Westchester at the start
the queenly sum of $25 million living room sofa was a favorite of lockdown in March 2020. Now, she works remotely
— following a hefty $2.5 mil- go-to for Washington, just like her and no longer has to be at the Audubon office in the
lion price chop and broker iconic “Scandal” character, Olivia West Village. “Moving back in with my parents in my
swap. The stunning Bronx- Pope, savoring a glass of wine on 30s was quite an experiment,” Emily told Gimme. The
born star of “Scandal” and her coach at the end of a long day fourth-floor, one-bedroom, one-bathroom condo is
“Little Fires Everywhere” paid solving presidential problems. 1,060 square feet. It’s in a complex that includes a
close to $70,000 a month to “That Cloud couch is dangerous landmarked eight-story building facing Park Place and
live in the 6,168-square-foot — I never wanted to get up,” 188 Sullivan St. a new construction building facing Flatbush.
Upper West Side penthouse Washington told AD. The pent-
at 50 Riverside Blvd. when house also features an eat-in
she was on Broadway, starring chef’s kitchen, a media room wide and sports 5,075 square 219 Hudson St.
in “American Son” in 2019. with a wet bar and built-in feet. It has only had two buy-
(Common charges are an addi- wine fridge, a mud room and a ers in the last 100 years. Sour-
tional $6,914 a month.) “We laundry room, while the main ces told Gimme that Dalio ex-
spent a lot of time looking for a bedroom boasts custom pressed “serious interest” in
place that had enough space for walk-in closets and bathrooms purchasing the home and dou-
our whole crew, our posse,” Wash- with walk-in showers and one bling his investment on the
ington — who had previously been windowed soaking tub. Building block, but in the end never
living in LA with her husband, the amenities include a gym, spa, a pulled the trigger. Listing bro-
NFL cornerback turned actor pool, a 38-foot rock climbing wall, ker Jeremy V. Stein, of So-
Nnamdi Asomugha and their basketball and squash courts, theby’s, confirms only that the
three kids — told Architectural Di- bowling alley, golf simulator, resi- buyer is not someone who al-
gest at the time. The full-floor dents’ lounge, game room, screen- ready owns in the garden (ex- Douglas Elliman; Hippolyte Petit/WireImage (inset)
home comes with a private eleva- ing room and events room with a isting owners in the commu-
tor landing, six bedrooms and
7½ bathrooms.
catering kitchen. The current
seller paid $19.69 million for the
nity have the right of first re-
fusal). The 22 colorfully
Badge of honor
Floor-to-ceiling penthouse in 2016, according to painted row houses make up EMMY Award-winning actor Camryn Manheim
windows property records. The listing the landmarked MacDougal- (below) is starring on NBC’s “Law & Order” revival as
showcase the broker is Serhant’s Carolina Sullivan Gardens, which is Lt. Kate Dixon — and she’s also been spotted house
Hudson Bravo. Mansion Global first re- filled with mature maple and hunting recently on the streets of New York. Best
River and ported the listing. sycamore trees known for her roles on “The Practice” and “Ghost
Whisperer,” Manheim said she has come “full circle,”
THAT it took a mere five weeks, 42 showings and 11 bids for a Sunny Regalia building as her first acting job out of school was a guest ap-
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Beyond Best (5th) Colgate 78, Holy Cross 71
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Analysis by Vic Cangialosi the Day Meet Record: 81/302 $427.80 Davidson 74, Duquesne 50
Fordham 60, La Salle 54
Lehigh 78, American 61
on the Flatter sired colt. RELATE Distant 2nd last pair, latest at 7/8. Using in Mass.-Lowell 67, Stony Brook 50
1 mile; $35,000; mdn clm($25,000); 4up 6 fur; $88,000; alw; 4up(f) Navy 52, Loyola (Md.) 50
deep exotics with THRILL OF IT who has made 3 starts. 3rd twice and a New Hampshire 83, NJIT 55
We're talkin' graduation for INOUAINTALKINTOME. Board hitter closer 5th. AUNT KAT argued the lead then settled for 3rd. Mott shaves a Providence 99, Xavier 92, 3OT
last 3, latest at this distance. Carmouche to seal the deal. LIVE IN FIVE was PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds furlong. PIECE OF MY HEART led late, settled for 2nd racing 7/8. Cuts back Seton Hall 66, Butler 60
4th, well back of Inouaintalkintome. In light (115) for rematch as Gomez as well but 0 for 4 at this distance. Franco picks up the Keeneland invader Towson 84, James Madison 65
1 Crawford County(M),120 M Franco x-x-x Rodriguez 10-1 UMBC 92, Hartford 85
rides for Baker. And BANANA FANNA FOE was 9th behind top pair at 38-1. for Gargan. EASY TO BLESS enters off an easy W. Now 6 for 9 racing 6/8.
2 Saratoga Sky(M),120 E Cancel 7-x-x Ferraro 12-1 Must be considered. ITS COLD IN DEHERE finished strong to be 2nd, a neck Vermont 66, Binghamton 49
Midpack racing a mile at Belmont.
PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds
better than Aunt Kat. About 8 lengths shy last time she ran this distance. South
3 Royal Time(M),120 J Correa x-x-x Ferraro 15-1 GLORY DIA moves higher after scoring at Parx. Auburn 77, Ole Miss. 64
1 Elegant Laoban,122 J Davis 3-5-4 K O'Brien 15-1 4 Colloquy(M),120 D Davis x-x-x Clement 5-2 PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds Boston College 69, NC State 61
Cent. Arkansas 81, North Alabama 72
2 Emerald Banker,122 G Richards 6-7-8 S Jerkens 30-1 5 Juggler(L),120 J Davis 4-3-2 Vazquez 6-1 1 Hey Mamaluke(L),113 A Hernandez 9-2-5 Sciacca 20-1 Chattanooga 83, ETSU 77
Clemson 80, Wake Forest 69
3 Bonana Fanna Foe(L),122 T McCarthy 9-4-4 Englehart 6-1 6 Relate(L),120 J Lezcano 2-2-4 Asmussen 3-1 2 Glory Dia(L),123 G Milan 1-6-1 Dominguez 8-1 Duke 65, Virginia 61
4 Causeway of Dreams(L),122 A Worrie 8-3-7 Quick 12-1 East Carolina 64, South Florida 60
7 Thrill of It(M),113 J Gomez 3-5-3 Terranova II 5-1 3 Piece of My Heart(L),118 M Franco 2-5-3 Gargan 3-1 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Liberty 72, OT
5 Live in Five(L),115 J Gomez 4-7-9 Baker 6-5 8 Clash A. J.(L),120 O Gomez 2-6-2 Jones 8-1 4 Aunt Kat(L),118 D Davis 3-7-2 Mott 2-1 Gardner-Webb 60, UNC-Asheville 59
Georgia St. 82, Louisiana-Monroe 70
6 Inouaintalkintome(L),122 K Carmouche 2-3-2 Falcone 1-1 9 Joshua(M),120 K Carmouche x-x-x Falcone 10-1 5 Its Cold in Dehere(L),123 J Lezcano 2-5-1 Rice 4-1 Houston 81, Tulane 67
Kentucky 71, LSU 66
6 1/2 fur; $37,000; clm($25,000); 4up
Both BASTET and R WORKING GIRL move lower after coming up 1 1/8 miles; $80,000; mdn; 3YO
Todd Pletcher has BEYOND BEST stretch longer and the Curlin colt
6 Easy to Bless(L),123
7 Sweet Willemina(L),123
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Longwood 71, Radford 66
Louisiana 82, Georgia So. 69
South Carolina 66, Mississippi St. 56
well short. Bastet missed by a neck racing at this level here in November. R should relish the real estate. Finished well for 4th at Gulfstream in latest. Texas St. 55, South Alabama 52
Working Girl scored easily at this longer distance 2 back. A RING THING Edge over SOUTH STREET who ran evenly, 3rd of 5 before leaving Santa
6 fur; $55,000; alw; 3YO The Citadel 71, Mercer 67
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was 3rd, about 4 lengths back of Bastet. Anita. Mott gives him another 1/16 to get there; gets Lezcano to ride. FROSTED WILD RIDE may be on the lead at a price. Fast filly has Troy 59, Texas-Arlington 53
PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds STJAMES Some changes after finishing up the track here. Cancel UNC-Greensboro 73, W. Carolina 64
won 2 in a row here, latest with similar at 17-1. BEVERLYS CHARGE VCU 72, George Mason 66
on..blinkers on..1st time lasix. Extreme value. RED LINE OVERDRIVE Kentucky shipper placed 2nd with comparable. No history at Aqueduct.
1 Left Leaning Lucy(L),120 J Vargas, Jr 4-6-3 Donk 7-2 Another Pletcher colt who can benefit extending longer. 2nd racing 7/8. Virginia Tech 62, Georgia Tech 58
ROOSKI and LADY MILAGRO ran 2-3 behind top pick. Rooski won previous Wofford 83, VMI 72
2 Mia Bea Star(L),120 S Camacho, Jr 9-5-2 Persaud 12-1 PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds pair. Lady Milagro was 3rd again next out. OFALLTHEGINJOINTS smashed Midwest
3 Investment Grade(L),120 O Gomez 4-7-6 Jones 20-1 1 Stjames(M),120 E Cancel 6-4-x Gyarmati 30-1 her debut by 4+. Competitively spotted. Dayton 82, UMass 61
PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds Drake 71, Valparaiso 65
4 Charlotte Webley(L),123 S Fret 6-1-5 Simmonds 8-1 2 Awesome Aaron(L),120 M Franco 5-x-x C Brown 9-2 Iowa St. 84, West Virginia 81
1 Lady Milagro(L),120 E Cancel 3-3-2 C Martin 9-2 Loyola Chicago 82, Evansville 31
5 A Ring Thing(L),123 J Lezcano 8-3-1 Vazquez 6-1 3 Beyond Best(L),120 T McCarthy 4-5-x Pletcher 8-5
2 Sweet Surprise(L),120 D Davis 1-8-9 Hills 15-1
Michigan 71, Rutgers 62
6 R Working Girl(L),123 H Harkie 4-1-4 Kantarmaci 5-2 4 South Street(L),120 J Lezcano 3-4-5 Mott 3-1 Missouri St. 83, Bradley 67
3 Frosted Wild Ride(L),115 J Gomez 1-1-9 Vazquez 8-1 N. Iowa 88, Indiana St. 82
7 Bastet(L),113 J Gomez 6-2-4 Barker 8-5 5 Writeitontheice(L),120 L Rod Castro 3-4-x Rodriguez 15-1 Notre Dame 79, Syracuse 69
4 Beverly's Charge(L),122 M Franco 2-6-8 Maker 5-2 S. Illinois 90, Illinois St. 69
6 Cheeky Tico(L),113 J Gomez 3-9-x Noda 15-1
1 mile; $22,000; clm($8,000); 4up Wisconsin 68, Minnesota 67
5 Ofalltheginjoints(M),120 K Carmouche 1-x-x Levine 6-1 Southwest
7 Nobodyridesforfree(L),120 D Davis 3-x-x Englehart 12-1
Playing PLAYWRIGHT again but he left us 7th of 9 last time. Closer Appalachian St. 78, UALR 66
got up in time 2 races back, nipping the desperate MAGNETRON in a photo 8 Red Line Overdrive(M),120 K Carmouche 2-4-x Pletcher 7-2 6 Lanfrankophile(L),122 L Rod Castro 6-3-5 Lynch 12-1
SMU 75, Tulsa 61
finish. He was claimed by Atras who makes a rider change to Carmouche. 7 Bistrita(L),120 T McCarthy 1-2-x Englehart 6-1 Texas 75, TCU 66
POTANTICO Still skidding. Hasn't won in a couple of years. 4th racing a
mile here weeks ago. Speed on the rail; Gomez takes him as far as he goes.
1 mile; $72,000; alw; 4up
The BREADMAN is 0 for 2 on dirt after running home a wide 3rd off
8 Kingdom Queen(L),120 J Davis 2-4-10 Mc Allen 12-1
Far West
Colorado St. 61, Wyoming 55
PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds the layoff. Turf victory was earned racing a mile. DR ARDITO stretched to a 9 Rooski(L),122 J Vargas, Jr 2-1-1 Englehart 4-1
2 Potantico(L),113 J Gomez 4-4-3 Morley 5-2
mile and won at 2nd asking last April. Chad Browns colt may need a race. Tennis
PLAY OF THE DAY
FENWAY graduated on his 6th attempt then retreated sprinting with
3 Playwright(L),123 T McCarthy 7-1-3 Schettino 4-1 similar. Not sure he wants a mile yet. FORTY TWO ACE has won 2 straight, ATP World Tour Dubai Duty Free
4 Invest(L),120 L Rod Castro 6-6-2 Shivmangal 15-1
this oval, this distance. Threepeat in cards. SON OF AN EX broke maiden Tennis Championships
moving a mile, then a non-threatening 2nd racing 1 1/8. Closer needs it At Dubai Tennis Stadium; Dubai,
1 a-Threethehardway(L),120 M Luzzi 6-3-2 Barrera 8-1 fast up front to rebound. One of our President’s Day picks, Gentle United Arab Emirates; Purse:
PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds Annie, scratched. The other, Caragate, got a $2,794,840; Surface: Hardcourt
5 Trappeze Artist(L),110 E Fuentes 9-7-6 Mc Allen 30-1 outdoor; Wednesday (seedings in
1A a-Blood Moon(L),116 O Hrndz Mreno 8-5-8 Barrera 8-1
1 Run for Boston(L),123 K Carmouche 6-2-3 Ryerson 12-1 piece of the pie, finishing third at 26-1 in the parentheses):
Men's Singles - Round of 16
6 Flowers for Lisa(L),115 A Hernandez 8-2-7 Englehart 6-1
2 Son of an Ex(L),123 H Harkie 2-1-8 Persaud 8-1 Maddie May Stakes. Unfortunately, that was Hubert Hurkacz (5), Poland, def. Alex
7 Magnetron(L),120 K Carmouche 2-6-2 Atras 9-5
3 Kodiak Brown(L),120 E Cancel 3-4-2 Englehart 20-1 one of the highlights last week. Down Molcan, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.
Jannik Sinner (4), Italy, def. Andy
4 Fenway(L),120 T McCarthy 7-1-5 Terranova II 5-1 -$159.80 for the meet. Murray, Britain, 7-5, 6-2.
8 Nutzforboltz(L),120 J Samuel 5-6-5 Noda 10-1
Race 5: Beyond Best, $30 to win. Andrey Rublev (2), Russia, def. Kwon
5 Breadman(L),123 J Lezcano 3-4-6 Terranova II 9-2 Soon Woo, South Korea, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
7 fur; $70,000; mdn; 3YO
More ground for JUGGLER. Raced evenly, midpack last out.
6 Dr Ardito(L),123 M Franco 1-2-x C Brown 9-5
Race 8: Frosted Wild Ride, $4 across the
board. — Vic Cangialosi
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Karen
Khachanov, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (2).
7 Forty Two Ace(L),120 M Luzzi 1-1-2 Baker 2-1 Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Roberto
Runnerup lone try at this distance. COLLOQUY debuts for Clement. Davis Bautista Agut (8), Spain, 6-2, 6-4.
Denis Shapovalov (6), Canada, def.
Taro Daniel, Japan, 6-4, 6-3.
Yonkers results WTA Qatar Open
At Khalifa International Tennis and
FIRST: mile trot; nw7500l5; purse $13,000 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:43 TIME- 28.3; 58.3; 1:27.0; 1:57.0 28.1; 58.1; 1:27.1; 1:56.4 1 VoletsRnbow(JBrtltt) 3.80 2.50 2.20 Squash Complex; Doha, Qatar; Purse:
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 6:55 TIME- 28.0; 58.1; 1:27.3; 1:58.3 1 VoygToPrs(JBongorn) 11.40 4.80 2.60 4 Hunting As (T Buter) 5.90 3.70 2.10 7 Heavenssofarwy(GBrennn) 17.80 8.40 $2,632,448; Surface: Hardcourt
7 OkwoodCrlIr(JBngrn) 2.40 2.10 2.10 6 WldAndCrazyGuy(JBrtlett) 4.40 2.70 5 It AintTheWhisky(JMarohn) 5.80 3.40 2 Tenthousand Angels (JBongiorno) 3.20 outdoor; Wednesday (seedings in
28.3; 59.0; 1:28.1; 1:57.4 parentheses):
2 Bump In The Road (TButer) 7.30 3.30 3 Lucky Matter (M Kakaley) 2.20 1 All Champy (J Bartlett) 2.30 • Exacta (1-7) $80.50 • Triple (1-7-2) $296.00
4 Drazzmatzz(JStrtton) 6.20 3.40 2.50 Women's Singles - Round of 16
5 Im The Muscle (M Miller) 3.60 2.90 5 Ideal Chip (J Stratton) 2.10 • Exacta (1-6) $29.60 • Triple (1-6-3) $153.50 • Exacta (4-5) $26.00 • Triple (4-5-1) $71.00 • Superfecta (1-7-2-4) $44.40 • Pick 5 (1-5-4-7- Coco Gauff (14), United States, def.
1 Zooming (T Buter) 6.60 • Exacta (7-2) $18.20 • Triple (7-2-5) $36.80 SIXTH: mile pace; fmnw4pm; purse $18,000 EIGHTH: mile trot; 50000clm; purse $28,000 1) $2,549.00
Paula Badosa (3), Spain, 6-2, 6-3.
• Exacta (4-5) $23.60 • Triple (4-5-1) $240.00 FOURTH: mile trot; nw7500l5; purse $13,000 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:44 TIME- TENTH: mile trot; nw5000l5; purse $11,500 Jelena Ostapenko (15), Latvia, def.
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 9:27 TIME-
SECOND: mile trot; 50000clm; purse $28,000 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:03 TIME- 28.0; 58.0; 1:27.3; 1:57.0 28.3; 58.4; 1:27.1; 1:57.4 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 10:12 TIME Barbora Krejcikova (2), Czech
5 AltaMaderaN(TButer) 2.40 2.10 2.10 7 StckWthMKd(MKkly) 23.80 7.20 3.10 Outa Jail 5 6 5 5 5-5 1/4 6-4 1:59.0 22.10 Republic, 6-3, 6-2.
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:21 TIME- 29.1; 59.0; 1:28.1; 1:59.0 Anett Kontaveit (4), Estonia, def. Elise
1 Stay Safe (A Siegelman) 6.70 4.30 TIME-28.2; 57.3; 1:27.1; 1:58.1
27.4; 56.0; 1:25.4; 1:57.4 1 MyByChrstn(PLchnc) 10.00 4.00 2.60 4 Plumb (J Bongiorno) 3.60 2.50 1 FshonForever(SSmth) 4.10 2.20 2.10 Mertens (16), Belgium, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
5 MufasaAs(ASegelmn) 57.50 22.80 10.20 2 Serrano Volo (G Brennan) 2.10 2.10 6 Who's Smokin N (J Marohn) 7.40 5 Smalltownthrowdown (J Bartlett) 2.30 4 Bazillionaire (J Bongiorno) 2.30 2.20 Ons Jabeur (8), Tunisia, def. Tereza
4 Eva Dairpet Fr (T Buter) 21.40 16.60 5 Miss You Kelly (J Marohn) 4.70 • Exacta (5-1) $13.80 • Triple (5-1-6) $100.50 • Exacta (7-4) $50.50 • Triple (7-4-5) $178.00 2 Teddy Brosevelt (A Siegelman) 2.70 Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
7 Henderson Seelster (M Miller) 13.40 • Exacta (1-2) $15.80 • Triple (1-2-5) $121.00 • Superfecta (5-1-6-3) $18.55 • Pick 3 (1-1-5) • Superfecta (7-4-5-6) $50.45 • Pick 3 (5-4-7) • Exacta (1-4) $8.20 • Triple (1-4-2) $29.60 • Maria Sakkari (6), Greece, def. Jessica
• Exacta (5-4) $534.00 • Triple (5-4-7) • Superfecta (1-2-5-7) $38.35 • Pick 3 (5-7-1) $159.50 $66.50 • $1 Pick 6 (7-1-1-5-4-7) $83.00 Superfecta (1-4-2-6) $4.97 • Late double (1-1) Pegula (9), United States, 6-4, 7-5.
$786.00 • Pick 4 (4-5-7-1) $2,265.00 $11.40 • Pick 3 (7-1-1) $120.00 • Pick 4 (4-7-1- Iga Swiatek (7), Poland, def. Daria
$6,531.00 • Superfecta (5-4-7-3) $215.25 • SEVENTH: mile trot; nw10075l5; purse NINTH: mile pace; fmnw7pm; purse $20,000 Kasatkina, Russia, 6-3, 6-0.
Daily double (4-5) $118.00 FIFTH: mile trot; 75000clm; purse $30,000 $17,500 1) $452.00
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 9:48 TIME- Garbine Muguruza (5), Spain, def.
THIRD: mile pace; fmnw2pm; purse $16,500 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:24 TIME- TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 9:04 TIME- 28.4; 58.2; 1:27.1; 1:55.2 Total Handle-$755,972. Madison Brengle, United States, 6-0, 6-2.
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N. COLORADO 5.5 E. Washington
Flames $125-155 CANUCKS N. ARIZONA 3.5 Idaho State makes sense consid- -6.5 from an open at -2. As a
DePaul 3.5 GEORGETOWN
ering he was the result, the best way to back
Home team in CAPS MVP front-runner the Celtics is their team to-
Uab 15.5 UTSA
prior to his injury. tal, as I expect them to put
NBA ILLINOIS 8.5 Wis. Green Bay
CHICAGO He remains out. up points against this Nets
Thursday Louisiana Tech 4.5 RICE The issue is they team that truly lacks wing
SE MISSOURI Tennessee are now without option No. 2 defenders.
Favorite PTS (O/U) Underdog 6.5 THE PLAY: Celtics
STATE Martin (Kyrie Irving) and No. 3 (Ben
Celtics 6.5 (213.5) NETS UTAH VALLEY 2.5 Seattle Simmons). And the Nets’ of- team total, Over 110.5
Cavaliers 8.5 (210.5) PISTONS UMKC 2 South Dakota fense just cannot outpace (-110).
South Dakota the points their defense Joe Dellera handicaps the
BULLS 3.5 (234.5) Hawks State 3.5 ORAL ROBERTS
was inevitably giving up. NBA for Action Network.
Suns 10.5 (214.5) THUNDER ST. THOMAS 2.5 Denver
Buffalo 12.5 NORTHERN
Grizzlies 2.5 (239.5) T’WOLVES ILLINOIS
Warriors 8.5 (223.5) TRAIL BLAZERS ABILENE 16.5 Lamar
SportS ShortS
CHRISTIAN
Nuggets 4.5 (231.5) KINGS TARLETON Ut Rio Grande SOCCER: NYCFC advances Azzi Fudd added 13 as No. 7 Connecticut
STATE 7.5 Valley won the Big East women’s conference title
Friday Alfredo Morales and Maxime Chanot with a 69-38 victory over Marquette. The
HOUSTON 5.5 Incarnate Word
Heat 5.5 (213.5) KNICKS BAPTIST each scored in the first half and forward Tal- Huskies also clinched the top seed in the Big
MAGIC 4.5 (228.5) Rockets TENNESSEE TECH 5 Tennessee State les Magno added two goals in the second East Tournament.
SIU 2 Austin Peay half to help NYCFC advance in the Concacaf In Charlottesville, Va., A.J. Griffin hit
PACERS 7.5 (216.5) Thunder EDWARDSVILLE Champions League with a 4-0 victory back-to-back 3-pointers and scored on a drive
Spurs 1.5 (225.5) WIZARDS Morehead State 16.5 EASTERN Wednesday over Santos de Guapiles at Banc after making just one basket in the first 36
ILLINOIS of California Stadium in Los Angeles. minutes and No. 7 Duke beat Virginia 65-61.
Raptors 1.5 (225.5) HORNETS Texas A&M
Corpus Christ 1 MCNEESE STATE NYCFC earned a 6-0 win on aggregate in In the Bronx, Chuba Ohams tied his
76ers 1.5 (229.5) TIMBERWOLVES NORTHWESTERN the Round of 16 and await a quarterfinal op- career high with 20 points plus 13 rebounds
Nicholls State 6 STATE ponent to be determined in early March. as Fordham topped La Salle 60-54.
JAZZ 6.5 (216.5) Mavericks
SUNS 7.5 (226.5) Pelicans
Gonzaga 9 SAN FRANCISCO In Frisco, Texas, Catarina Macario and NHL: Perry gets 400th goal in TB win
MURRAY STATE 3.5 Belmont Mallory Pugh each scored two goals and
LAKERS 1.5 (224.5) Clippers SOUTHERN UTAH 5 Montana Kristie Mewis added a tally in the 88th Corey Perry became the 103rd NHL
ILLINOIS 6 Ohio State minute to help the U.S. women’s national player to reach 400 goals with his tally in the
Home team in CAPS team win the SheBelieves Cup title with a 5-0 second period and the Lightning beat the
Ucsb 1 UC DAVIS
California Baptist 1 DIXIE STATE victory over Iceland. Oilers 5-3 in Tampa, Fla.
College Basketball COLORADO 6 Arizona State NCAA: Michigan beats Rutgers In Dallas, Tyler Seguin scored 54 sec-
Thursday SE LOUISIANA 2 New Orleans onds into overtime on a play that required a
Favorite PTS Underdog Ucla 3.5 OREGON Caleb Houstan scored 13 of his career-high review, and the Stars beat the Jets 3-2.
Wagner 12.5 FAIRLEIGH Saint Mary’s CA 12 SAN DIEGO 21 points in the second half when Michigan In Detroit, Gabriel Landeskog opened
DICKINSON Santa Clara 10.5 PEPPERDINE pulled away to beat Rutgers 71-62 in Ann Ar- the scoring 1:12 in and capped it with an emp-
NORTHEASTERN 8.5 William & Mary Portland 1 PACIFIC bor, Mich. without head coach Juwan How- ty-netter for his 25th goal of the season, help-
MIAMI OHIO 10.5 Central Michigan Loyola ard, who was serving the first of a five-game ing the NHL-leading Avalanche beat the Red
WESTERN ILLINOIS 12.5 Nebraska Omaha BYU 12.5 Marymount suspension. Former longtime Saint Joseph’s Wings 5-2.
CHARLOTTE 8.5 Florida Int’l SACRAMENTO coach and current Michigan associate head EtC.: Z. Johnson named captain
STATE 1.5 Idaho
Cleveland State 2.5 DETROIT coach Phil Martelli was filling in for Howard,
INDIANA 6.5 Maryland Weber State 3 PORTLAND ST. suspended and fined by the Big Ten after hit- Two-time major champion Zach John-
Florida Atlantic 1.5 OLD DOMINION Cal Irvine 1 CS FULLERTON ting a Wisconsin assistant coach in the head son is taking over as Ryder Cup captain,
WINTHROP 10.5 Usc Upstate
CAL RIVERSIDE 12 Cs Northridge during the handshake line after a loss Sunday. according to sources, leading an American
LONG BEACH 8 Uc San Diego Ron Harper Jr. scored 19 points for Rutgers. side trying to end 30 years without a vic-
DELAWARE 4.5 Charleston
N. KENTUCKY 10.5 Robert Morris
STATE In Providence, R.I., Jared Bynum had tory on European soil.
DREXEL 5.5 Nc Wilimington
Usc 10 OREGON STATE 27 points, including a key 3-pointer to help Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero
Arizona 11.5 UTAH 11th-ranked Providence hold off Xavier 99-92 became the fourth athlete to fail a doping
HOFSTRA 14.5 Elon HAWAII 11.5 Cal Poly Slo in triple overtime. test from the Beijing Olympics after testing
LONG ISLAND 8.5 Merrimack Home team in CAPS In Hartford, Conn., Evina Westbrook positive for the banned steroid clostebol, the
came off the bench to score 17 points and International Testing Agency said.
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Red Wings 500/1
Oilers 500/1
Pittsburgh Chic. Van. CBJ
NO NO NO Kings 500/1
7:00 8:30 7:30 7:00
GAME GAME GAME
MSG+ MSG+ MSG+ ESPN+ Predators 500/1
Islanders 500/1
Sharks 500/1
DeP. Xav.
NO NO NO NO NO Blues 500/1
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FS1 FS1 Canucks 500/1
Golden Knights 500/1
San Capitals 500/1
NO NO Jose NO NO NO NO Jets 500/1
GAME GAME 6:00 GAME GAME GAME GAME RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME: Ryan Blaney has steadily improved his finish in re-
MSG Odds to win
division cent years at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. Action Network’s Nick Giffen ad-
Metropolitan vises bettors to jump on his 12/1 mid-week odds for the Wise Power 400 on Sunday.
L.A.
NO NO NO NO NO NO TEAM ODDS
5:00 By Nick GiffeN In other words, Blaney is consistently
GAME GAME GAME GAME GAME GAME Hurricanes -350
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actionnetwork.com better at Auto Club than he is at an aver-
Penguins 4/1
age track. Additionally, he’s improved
Rangers 7/1 The Daytona 500 came down to an ex- every year the series has run at Auto
Capitals 80/1 citing overtime finish, with rookie Aus- Club. Blaney is also driving a Ford,
Today's Sports on the Air Devils 500/1 tin Cindric taking home his first career which won the Busch Light Clash, both
Celtics at Nets TNT, Islanders 500/1 NASCAR Cup Series victory. Duels at Daytona and the Daytona 500.
NBA 7:30 p.m.
WFAN (660 AM/101.9 FM) Blue Jackets 500/1 Unfortunately, the 40/1 prop bet I rec- My statistical model gives Blaney a 9.0
10 p.m. Warriors at Trail Blazers TNT Flyers 500/1 ommended barely missed cashing as percent chance to win on Sunday. The
NHL 7 p.m. Capitals at Rangers ESPN, ESPN (98.7 FM) Chase Elliott beat Ty Dillon to the line 12/1 line translates to a 7.7 percent im-
7 p.m. Devils at Penguins MSG+ Atlantic Sunday for top Chevy by a foot. plied win probability.
10:30 p.m. Islanders at Sharks MSG+, ESPN (98.7 FM) TEAM ODDS Nevertheless, we press on. DraftKings has the most generous line
College 11 a.m. Women: Quinnipiac at Marist ESPNU Panthers -200 With the pomp and circumstance of right now with this 12/1 offering, but I
Basketball 6 p.m. Wagner at Fairleigh Dickinson CBSSN
6 p.m. Women: Michigan State at Michigan BTN Lightning 3/1 Daytona now in the rearview mirror, the don’t mind grabbing this at 11/1 on Fan-
7 p.m. Temple at Memphis ESPN2 Maple Leafs 9/2 season-long grind begins this weekend Duel as well.
7 p.m. South Carolina Upstate at Winthrop ESPNU Bruins 150/1 at Auto Club Speedway. The Fontana, Christopher Bell (5/1) for a top-5
7 p.m. Elon at Hofstra SNY Red Wings 500/1
Calif., track is a 2-mile stretch known finish
7 p.m. Maryland at Indiana FS1 for high tire wear. Drivers who can best Bell didn’t exactly shine at the high-
Senators 500/1
8 p.m. DePaul at Georgetown CBSSN manage their tires often do well. wear tracks last year, but there are some
8 p.m. Women: Boston College at Duke YES Sabres 750/1 The most comparable track to Auto good signs for him.
8 p.m. Women: Iowa at Rutgers BTN Canadiens 750/1 Club is Atlanta before it was repaved First, his best finish last year at the
8 p.m. Women: Clemson at Notre Dame ACCN Pacific this past offseason. Others might like to high tire wear tracks came at the second
8:30 p.m. Women: South Carolina at Texas A&M SECN include Homestead and Darlington, as Atlanta race. He also won at Atlanta in
9 p.m. Gonzaga at San Francisco ESPN2 TEAM ODDS
9 p.m. Belmont at Murray State ESPNU Flames -250
well. While they are useful compari- both the Truck and Xfinity Series. Bell
9 p.m. Ohio State at Illinois FS1 sons, they can be a bit misleading be- also grabbed a third-place result at Auto
Golden Knights 5/2
9 p.m. Arizona State at Colorado Pac-12 cause certain drivers perform quite dif- Club in his final Xfinity season.
Oilers 14/1 ferently at Homestead and Darlington Perhaps most impressively, he scored
9:30 p.m. UCLA at Oregon ESPN
10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at BYU CBSSN Kings 35/1 than they do at Atlanta and Auto Club. two top-11 finishes, one each at Home-
11 p.m. Arizona at Utah FS1 Ducks 100/1 Books will often lump these high-tire- stead and Darlington in his rookie sea-
11 p.m. USC at Oregon State ESPN2 Sharks 300/1 wear tracks all together, leaving value son with the underfunded and now-de-
Golf 2 p.m. PGA Tour: The Honda Classic, 1st Round GOLF Canucks 300/1 on the table to bet certain drivers. funct Leavine Family Racing.
ATP Dubai, ATP Santiago, ATP Acapulco, That’s exactly where I’m looking for That said, my model gives Bell a 27.8
Kraken 500/1
Tennis 6 a.m. WTA Doha, WTA Guadalajara: my best outright bet of the week. percent chance of hitting a top five.
Early Rounds TENNIS Central Ryan Blaney (12/1) to win While that might be a bit too generous,
ATP Santiago, ATP Acapulco, WTA TEAM ODDS
6 p.m.
Guadalajara: Early Rounds TENNIS
Blaney opened at 14/1 odds to win he needs to achieve a top five only 16.7
CONCACAF Champions League Round of Avalanche -1600 Sunday, but there’s still value in this line. percent of the time to be profitable.
Soccer 8:30 p.m. Wild 9/1 Just looking at average green flag So, even if my model is overestimating
16: Forge FC at Cruz Azul, 2nd Leg FS2
CONCACAF Champions League Round of Blues 66/1 speed, here are Blaney’s ranks at Auto his chances, it would have to be doing
10:30 p.m. Club compared to his full-year rank: so by quite a wide margin to be wrong.
16: F.C. Motagua at Seattle, 2nd Leg FS2 Predators 80/1
High School: Vertical Academy (N.C.) 2017: 10 vs. 13 I would bet Bell to finish in the top
Basketball 5:30 p.m. Stars 500/1
at Oak Hill Academy (Va.) ESPN2 2018: 8 vs. 11 five as low as 4/1 odds.
G-League: Westchester Knicks Jets 500/1
8 p.m. 2019: 4 vs. 10 Nick Giffen handicaps NASCAR for
at Wisconsin Herd MSG Coyotes 1,000/1 2020: 2 vs. 5 Action Network.
Horse Racing Noon Trackside Live MSG+ Blackhawks 1,000/1
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New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
By Ethan SEarS
IRONMAN: Zdeno
Chris Chelios and Zdeno Chara is tied with
Chara are both supersti- Chris Chelios for the
tious, so neither reached most games played by
out to each other until a defenseman in NHL
Wednesday, after the Is- history. Getty Images
landers’ Chara had tied
Chelios’ NHL record for
the most career games
played as a defenseman.
The two didn’t cross
paths much when they
were both in the NHL.
Chelios, who played in the
league from 1984-2010, re-
called the one time he tried
to hit the 6-foot-9 Chara
“was like running into a
brick wall.” They spoke for
15-20 minutes Wednesday,
with Chelios conveying his Thursday it was always clear he’d
respect. have longevity.
Chara, in turn, offered to ISlanderS “He signed those long-
fly Chelios and his wife to at SharkS term extensions, the first
San Jose, Calif., for the Is- 10:30 p.m. one he signed was until he
landers-Sharks game MSG+ was 40, and he had all the
Thursday, in which Chara ESPN Radio intention in the world to
will play his 1,652nd game play until the end of that
and become the all-time
(98.7 FM) contract,” Bergeron said.
leader among defensemen. “And I could tell by that last
Chelios had to decline and you’re watching that, year he still had more in
since he’ll be working in you’ve gotta take notice,” the tank and he wanted to
the studio for ESPN, but Trotz said recently. “He’s a accomplish more. So I was
may try to make it to Long total professional.” not surprised to see him
Island for a game if the Is- That won’t show up in carry on and keep playing.”
landers hold a ceremony Chara’s numbers or even Chelios played until he
for Chara at some point on the ice. But Trotz and was 48, finishing out his ca-
this season. the rest of the Islanders reer with a short stint in
“He’s just a class act,” agree how much of a differ- Atlanta. By that measure,
Chelios told The Post of ence it makes in their Chara, who will turn 45 on
Chara. “He has been his room. March 18, still has a few
whole career. It’s a good It took all of a week be- years left. He has managed
thing he wasn’t a real mean fore Mathew Barzal no- to play 18:31 a game for the
guy — he could do a lot of ticed Chara’s work ethic Islanders this season, get-
Steve Phelps
damage out there.” this season. When he went ting penalty-kill minutes as
That encapsulates much into the gym on off days, well as even strength. He
of why, at 44, Chara is still a he’d see Chara already hav- could be a target at the
respected figure on the Is- ing started a workout. trade deadline should he
landers and throughout the When he left, Chara would want to move to a playoff
league. Though he’s not the still be going. team.
player he was a decade ago, “I was like, ‘Oh my god, “I think he provides that
Chara has achieved an al- this guy has a crazy engine,’ leadership,” Chelios said.
most unparalleled longev- ” Barzal said. That assertion would be
ity in a career that has “He doesn’t cut any cor- backed up by the rest of the
spanned 24 seasons, thanks ners,” Trotz said. “I mean, Islanders.
to a willingness to keep his there is no corners cut. After tying the record,
head down and work, al- Doesn’t take a day off un- Trotz gave Chara the floor.
ways putting the team first. less I force him to take a He chose to talk about the
Ahead of the milestone, day off.” team.
Chara declined to talk to Earlier in his career, Pa- “To play as long as long
the media. According to trice Bergeron noticed the as he has and he’s so quiet
teammates, he didn’t say same. about it, it is remarkable,”
anything about the record “The way he takes care of Trotz said. “I don’t know if
internally, either. It’s the his body on and off the ice, we’re gonna see athletes
same quality that leads him he just wants to work on like that playing as long as
to always refer to Barry his weaknesses and make it they have and contributing
Trotz as “coach,” even a strength,” Bergeron said. as long as these two guys
when the Islanders’ boss “To me it’s again, his will. have.
has told him he can go with His will to be at his best “He’s one game away
Barry, or to carry other and push his limits.” from standing there all by
players’ bags when they’re Bergeron said Chara himself. That’s pretty re-
left out for a trainer. never made it explicit how markable.”
“If you’re a young player long he wanted to play, but esears@nypost.com
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a Rangers fan, the chumminess on mean, I grew up with Garnet Hatha- 5-8-2 stretch, hold the first wild-card
the Metropolitan Division way, he’s on Washington, he’s one of spot, four points behind the Rangers
bench between Chris Krei- my best buddies, and that’s a guy who while having played two more games.
der and Tom Wilson, Public does a really good job of putting things The clubs will not meet again until the
Enemy No. 1 around these to the side and doing his job. April 29 season finale at the Garden.
parts for the last nine- “The minute the puck’s dropped, Other than home ice, finishing in
plus months, almost your only friends out there are the the Metro’s top three eliminates the
surely took you aback. guys out there wearing the same jer- possibility of the wild card and draw-
Now, with Wilson sey as you. I think that’s what being a ing either Florida or Tampa Bay in the
and the Capitals pro is all about, it’s being able to re- first round. But all that is still a long
a-back at the spect one another and converse with way away for a Rangers team that
Garden on one another away from the ice but ob- hasn’t qualified for the playoffs since
Thursday for viously doing your job and battling 2017. Hypothetical matchups seem to
the first incredibly hard and being competi- have about as much of the Rangers’
time since tive when you’re playing that game.” immediate attention as does Wilson.
the conflagra- There has been none of the hype “I want to win games to get points.
tion, which en- surrounding Wilson that dominated I’m not really concerned with who
snared Artemi the lead-up to the Oct. 13 opener in you’re going to play in the playoffs, if
Panarin and a cast Washington, which fizzled into a 5-1 you make the playoffs,” Gallant said.
of thousands, erupted on disorderly defeat. It doesn’t seem that “I want to win games, I want to win
the ice last May 3 before this has reached even the level of an the division. It’s a battle to do that.
planting itself in the psy- afterthought on the eve of the clubs’ “If we’re fortunate enough to the
che of citizens of Rangers- first meeting since the first night. playoffs, we’re going to play a good
town right beside Dave “We haven’t talked about it once,” team. I wouldn’t know which to pick
MOST Schultz-Dale Rolfe, Kreider head coach Gerard Gallant said. “I [as an opponent] right now. Can I
WANTED: explained his interactions with think there’s nothing. I really think look at you and say, ‘This is a better
The Garden No. 43 at the Vegas extravaganza. there’s nothing. matchup?’ I can’t say that.
hosts the
Thursday “There’s a respect and professional- “It’s another game against a team “If you look at the eight teams that
Capitals for Capitals ism away from the game and I think that’s a rival, a division opponent
that’s a few points behind us and that’s
are in today, if that’s how it finishes,
what team would you want to play?
everyone understands that,” said
the first time at RangeRs Kreider, who has slipped to third in what’s important. I don’t think there’s Seriously.”
since Tom 7 p.m.
Wilson rag- the Art Ross race with 33 goals, two anything there [regarding Wilson].” Thursday, it’s the Capitals for the
dolled Artemi ESPN behind leader Leon Draisaitl and one The Blueshirts are nestled in third first time since Game 1. They are
Panarin last ESPN Radio behind Auston Matthews. “When the place in the division, four points up bringing Mr. Wilson with them.
season. (98.7 FM) pucks drop, obviously things change with two games in hand on Washing- Shhh.
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Wes ‘rift’
By GreG Joyce
New York Post, Thursday, February 24, 2022
KNICKS NOTES
When the Knicks hired Thibo-
deau, they preached that he and the
front office — led by his former
agent, team president Leon Rose —
were in lockstep.
“I talk to Leon every day, talk to
Wes every day,” said Thibodeau,
who is in the second year of a five-
year contract. “So that doesn’t
change.”
Coming out of the All-Star break,
Thibodeau will be tasked with try-
ing to revive a Knicks team that has
lost 13 of its last 16 games. He hinted
at lineup changes before the break, T IS that time of year again. For Wisconsin game Sunday, the
but did not reveal any on Wednes-
day, aside from Kemba Walker be-
ing shut down for the season.
I the 42nd straight winter, we
can bask in the eternal after-
glow of the Miracle on Ice, which Mike
subject has gone fairly quickly
from hand-shaking to hand-
wringing, as in: Maybe we
Vaccaro
took place this week in 1980. It should just get rid of the post-
➤ Mitchell Robinson practiced
with the Knicks on Wednesday, two
was Feb. 24 when the U.S. beat
Finland for the Olympic gold, 4-2,
game handshake line alto-
gether.
days after revealing that his father when coach Herb Brooks deliv- Which is, in a word, absurd.
is missing in Florida. ered the single-greatest locker- Michigan State coach Tom Izzo to do is shake the
“Just support him as much as we room speech in sports history. Eruzione recalled a few years ago became something of a spokes- other guy’s hand. Then, at 7, you
can,” Thibodeau said. Trailing 2-1 after two periods, at another Olympics. “And we man for sportsmanship Tuesday probably don’t want to do your
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Brooks kept it simple. shook theirs. And, I swear, a few when he opted for a common- homework or take a bath, either.
Office in Pensacola, Fla., said in a “You lose this game,” he told his of the Soviet players even had sense take on all of this: “That, to Except there’s usually a
Feb. 13 Facebook post that a man hickey team, “you’ll take it to smiles on their faces.” me, would be the biggest farce, grown-up somewhere telling you:
identified as 39-year-old Mitchell your f---in’ grave.” They heeded And there you have it: joke, ridiculous nature of any- It’s the right thing to do.
Robinson Jr. has been reported as the warning. If the U.S. and USSR, in the thing I’ve ever heard of,” Izzo Honestly, now more than ever,
missing since Feb. 11. Two days earlier, of course, the very middle of a frigid Cold War, said. it’s important to honor the post-
U.S. beat the USSR in what was could find it in themselves to ac- He added: “Not shaking hands, game handshake line, not make it
➤ Nerlens Noel, who missed the
final five games before the break
understood even in real time as
being something of a genuine
tually go through a postgame
handshake line, then the basket-
that’s typical of our country right
now. Instead of solving the prob-
disappear. It’s part of who we are,
after all. It’s part of our culture.
with a foot injury, practiced fully on marvel. The U.S. team was made ball coach at the University of lem, let’s make an excuse and let’s After they were done pulverizing
Wednesday, Thibodeau said. up of college players from Minne- Michigan — or any other school, see if, instead of confronting and each other for 15 rounds, Apollo
sota and Massachusetts, the Rus- for that matter — ought to be able demanding that it changes, let’s Creed hugged Rocky Balboa, said,
➤ RJ Barrett said the Knicks cel-
ebrated Obi Toppin after he won
sians were comprised of profes-
sionals, the Red Army Team. And
to make it through a postgame
handshake line and not turn into
eliminate it so that we don’t have
those problems.”
“Ain’t gonna be no rematch,” and
Rocky said, “Don’t want one.”
the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on when the deed was done, after Bruce Banner, with one cross He’s right, of course. From the After the Mean Machine beat the
Saturday night. Lake Placid Field House exploded look turning him into The Incred- first time we play competitive guards in “The Longest Yard,”
“First of all, those dunks were ri- in a roar for the ages and the So- ible Hulk. sports as young kids, the first one of the hacks actually told
diculous,” Barrett said. “Some of viets watched with curiosity from In the wake of Juwan Howard thing we learn is that after the Burt Reynolds’ Paul Crewe: “You
those dunks, I’ve never seen before. their blue line as the Americans getting suspended the rest of the game’s over, you shake hands. know, you guys ain’t half bad.”
So man, he can fly for real. Just celebrated raucously, an interest- regular season for throwing a When you’re 7 and you’ve just “You’re right,” Crewe said,
happy that he was able to win that ing thing happened. punch during the postgame hand- lost a basketball game 33-5, the laughing.
for himself and win something for “They shook our hands,” Mike shake line after the Michigan- last thing in the world you want (Of course, at the end of “The
the team.”
St. John’s lets big
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ecca Arena, but the loca- trips in that span, and
tion really doesn’t matter. their two stars — Cham-
History just keeps repeat- pagnie and Alexander —
ing itself. This time, the didn’t get a shot on those
Red Storm wasted a nine- possessions.
point lead. Even an injury With 12:25 left in regula-
to Creighton point guard tion, Creighton lost
Ryan Nembhard couldn’t Nembhard. Going for a
help them. steal at midcourt, the
freshman collided with
CreigHton 81 Alexander and immedi-
ately grabbed his right
St. JoHn’S 78 arm near his wrist. A re-
play seemed to capture
So, a disappointing sea- him saying to the
son that began with such Creighton bench, “it’s
high hopes continued on broken.” He stayed down
its dismal path with an for a few minutes and
81-78 loss to the Bluejays came out, receiving ap-
after yet another poorly plause from the crowd.
executed finish was the He did not return.
Red Storm’s undoing. At the time, it felt like
Montez Mathis’ runner back luck for Creighton.
in traffic didn’t draw iron The Bluejays were able to
with five seconds left, St. 12-for-14 shooting, but is not a scorer, huh? He overcome it, though, with
John’s threw the ball away spent almost the entirety made shots tonight. I late-game execution —
with a chance to pull even of the final eight minutes thought he turned down a something St. John’s is
in the final seconds and on the bench. shot and took a tougher still trying to master.
Aaron Wheeler’s despera- Mathis, a 22 percent shot, that’s what he did.” “I don’t think it’s one
tion 3-pointer at the 3-point shooter, had a A 13-5 Creighton run particular thing. It could
buzzer was off as the Red wide-open look on the gave the Bluejays (19-8, be a big offensive rebound
Storm (15-12, 7-9 Big East) corner on that fateful pos- 11-5) a four-point lead with the team gets or it could
fell to 3-5 this season in session with St. John’s 4:51 left, and St. John’s ap- be a turnover,” Smith said.
games decided by five down a point, but wanted peared tight. Its shots “The positive is that we
points or less. to get something going to- weren’t falling and its de- know we can play with
“If you look at the last wards the rim. fense was lagging. But these teams.”
BaTTle lineS: five possessions, I don’t When asked if he re- then, Esahia Nyiwe hit a That also makes it more
Even Cold War enemies were able to shake hands think we executed what gretted not having an- left-wing transition frustrating.
without incident after the U.S.’s Miracle on Ice win over the Soviets we wanted to do,” St. other shooter in that spot 3-pointer following a Dy- “This one stings a lot,”
in the 1980 Olympics (inset). But that was something the basketball John’s coach Mike Ander- rather than Mathis, An- lan Addae-Wusu steal and Mathis said.
teams of Michigan and Wisconsin couldn’t do recently. son said. “I thought defen- derson said: “I guess ’Tez Mathis scored inside on zbraziller@nypost.com
sively we were good, but
Bad News Bears,” after the Yan- ever been born, once told me, you got to be able to make
kees told the Bears they were
sorry and offered up a cheer for
their rivals, suing for peace, Tan-
“The handshake is a bond. It
says, ‘I respect you,’ even if I
can’t stand you.”
plays. That’s what big-
time teams do, big-time
players do.”
Hall uses bench to beat Butler
ner Boyle screamed, “Hey Yan- Football, too. One of the great Julian Champagnie, the Jared Rhoden scored 17 points and Yetna also had 10 rebounds for Seton
kees, you can take your apology pictures of this recent postseason reigning Big East Player of had three steals as Seton Hall pulled Hall (17-9, 8-8 Big East), which earned
and your trophy and shove it up was the Rams’ Odell Beckham Jr. the Week, shot 3-for-16 ahead down the stretch to beat But- its fourth consecutive home victory.
…” It would appear Juwan How- consoling the 49ers’ disconsolate from the field and passed ler 66-60 at Prudential Center on Samuel added 15 points, while Harris
ard has seen “Bad News Bears” a Deebo Samuel a few minutes after off a chance in the post on Wednesday night. had 10 points.
time or two.) the end of the NFC Championship the Mathis shot. Wheeler, The Pirates were led by The bench trio helped
Yes, it would be madness to game. You see that all across so good in Big East play, their bench, as Tyrese
Seton Hall 66 overcome a season-high
eliminate the postgame hand- sports, at every level. It’s actually was 1-for-10. Samuel, Alexis Yetna and Butler 60 25 points and seven re-
shake. Hockey players (save, no- one of the truly pure things left in “That’s hard to over- Jamir Harris combined for bounds by Bo Hodges for
tably, Billy Smith) can spend those games. come,” Anderson said. 35 points to make up for a lackluster per- Butler (13-16, 6-12). Bryce Nze added 12
seven games trying to obliterate Even in 2022, there ought to be St. John’s two best offen- formance from the starters — including points and 10 rebounds. The Pirates im-
each other, yet always shake room for sportsmanship. If there sive players on this night Rhoden, who went just 6-for-17 from the prove to 2-0 against the Bulldogs this
hands at the end. Scott Stevens, isn’t … honestly, what’s the point? were reserves Stef Smith field, but was 3-for-4 from 3-point range season. Seton Hall defeated Butler 71-56
as fierce a competitor as who’s mvaccaro@nypost.com and O’Mar Stanley, who and made both his free throws. on Jan. 4. — Post staff and wire report
combined for 27 points on
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waits for his shot
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By Mike PuMa
Andrew
Marchand
IT’S GOOD TO BE
EXCLUSIVE THEM: Troy Aikman
(above) is set to join his
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fellow former Cowboys
ESPN declined comment. quarterback Tony
Aikman’s seismic move will Romo atop the NFL
shake-up NFL TV free agency. Al- broadcasting food
ready this offseason, the contract of chain, with his new
Al Michaels, arguably the greatest ESPN “Monday Night
NFL play-by-player of all time, ran Football” deal expected
out with NBC. to approach or surpass
Michaels, 77, has been on the Romo’s $180 million
1-yard line in his negotiations to be deal with CBS. AP (2)
the lead play-by-play voice when
FOX’s Aikman
THE CLOCK’S Amazon Prime Video begins its ex-
TICKING: Mets clusive coverage of “Thursday
pitcher Max Scherzer Night Football.” Michaels had
arrives for contract hoped Aikman would join him on
negotiations between Thursday nights.
Major League Though Rams head coach Sean
set to make
Baseball and the McVay has said he will continue on
union at Roger Dean the sidelines this year, Amazon
Stadium in Jupiter, could make a serious run at him, ac-
Fla., on Wednesday. cording to sources. Tom Brady can’t
AP
be fully counted out as a candidate,
but it should be stressed he has
Romo $$$ in
shown no indication he wants to
work in a booth.
Balkovec
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But Balkovec, named to the posi-
tion last month, isn’t focused on
that date. There’s too much work
to be done first.
By Dan Martin ten to what we have to say. He’s a really in- pound Rams defensive tackle — but is “I’m grateful for this time to
telligent kid who wants the information noted for his impressive strength. practice with the guys that are
TAMPA — If it were up to Jas- and wants to know why. He asks ques- And Volpe wasn’t the only one to refer- here,’’ the 34-year-old said
son Dominguez, he’d be playing tions. He’s a critical thinker.” ence the gridiron when it came to Domin- Wednesday during the Yankees’
for the Yankees by the time he’s The next step will be refining the raw guez. minicamp at their player develop-
“20 or 21” years old. skills that helped convince the Yankees to “I always tell him he should play foot- ment complex. “We’re here study-
The Yankees’ much-hyped pros- sign Dominguez to a $5.1 million bonus in ball,’’ said Matt Talarico, the team’s base- ing every day,
pect, who turned 19 earlier this month, July 2019. running coordinator. “No one could tackle watching video.
will have to move up quickly for that to Those skills have impressed Anthony that guy. No shot.” I go through my
happen. Volpe, the Yankees’ top overall prospect, None of that, though, means Dominguez day learning as-
He has played just 56 professional who has been working with Dominguez at will emerge as a star in the sport he’s actu- pects of de-
games, all of them last season, which the team’s minicamp this week. ally playing. fense, learning
he split between the Florida Complex “Watching his BP is awesome,’’ Volpe It doesn’t help that his 2020 was wiped our philoso-
League and Low-A Tampa. said. “He’s a specimen. … We call him out when COVID-19 forced the shutdown phies inside and
Dominguez seems set to begin the ‘Mini Aaron Donald.’ ” of the minor league season before he fi- out on defense
upcoming minor league season at Dominguez is listed at 5-foot-10 and 190 nally made his pro debut last year. that I haven’t
Tampa again, where plenty of atten- pounds — a far cry from the 6-1, 280- The Yankees knew they were asking a been really
tion will be paid to the center fielder lot of Dominguez when they sent him to close to as a hit-
and new manager Rachel Balkovec. Low-A Tampa, but that was part of his de- ting coach. I’m Rachel
Not all of the attention has been velopment. not worried Balkovec
positive for Dominguez, whose stock “We’ve seen guys time and time again about the begin- First game is
in prospect rankings took a bit of a hit make it to the big leagues and that’s their ning of the sea- April 8
following his struggles at Tampa last first taste of any challenge or failure,’’ said son right now.”
season, when he had a .744 OPS and 67 Kevin Reese, VP of Player Development. After working her way up pro-
strikeouts in 214 plate appearances. “He hasn’t played a ton of baseball, espe- fessional baseball on the strength
Some scouts began to wonder what his cially against this type of and conditioning side, as well as
ceiling might be. competition. We the hitting side, Balkovec said
But he showed off some power wanted to push him she’s embracing the broader role
Wednesday at the Yankees’ Player De- and will continue to as a manager.
velopment Complex, and after team- do that.’’ “I’ve gotten so much support
mates and coaches praised his attitude There will be even from players,’’ Balkovec said.
and leadership abilities, Dominguez more eyes on him as Dom- “They’re calling me ‘Skip.’ It feels
spoke with confidence about his future. inguez moves through the really natural, to be honest with
“My goal this year is to stay healthy,’’ minor league system, but he you.”
Dominguez said. “I know if I stay healthy, seemed to enjoy the spotlight on She already has garnered plenty
the other things I can control.” Wednesday. He was comfortable, of attention since getting the new
Interestingly, Dominguez conducted confident and at times, self-deprecat- role, and that will continue — and
nearly the entire interview in English, ing, while making a strong effort to com- perhaps intensify — once the sea-
which not many young players from the municate in English alongside Hector son starts in April (the minor
Dominican Republic are comfortable do- Gonazalez, the team’s cultural develop- league season is not impacted by
ing. ment coordinator. the MLB lockout).
That is part of his development as a Balkovec noted Dominguez took it upon “It’s just a part of the job,’’ Balk-
leader, according to Balkovec, who himself to use Rosetta Stone to help him ovec said of the added spotlight.
worked closely with Dominguez last sea- learn the new language. “Definitely, with where I’m going
son, as well. What really matters, though, is what he and want to go in my career, I
“He has super-high aptitude,’’ Balkovec can do on the field. don’t really have a choice. Is it ex-
said. “He wants to learn anything he can to “What’s good about Jasson is he’s ma- tra time? Is it possibly a distrac-
help himself, including English. He’s ture beyond his age,” said new hitting tion? Sure. But if I don’t know how
nervous [giving interviews in a second coach Dillon Lawson, previously the mi- to manage that, then I’m never
language], but he still pushes himself nor league hitting coordinator. “That gonna be where I want to be. … I
to do it. That’s pretty much all around helps us with expectations and being real just view it as another part of my
how he approaches baseball, too. If with him about the hardships he might job. I have to hone those skills my-
we want to try something new or face.” self and be good at those things. …
make an adjustment, he’s gonna lis- dan.martin@nypost.com As soon as I signed on the dotted
line, that’s the responsibility you
accept.”
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Somebody will sell out and with the tour. comments to biogra- tactics because we, as play-
go to it.” “I’m happy with pher Alan Shipnuck ers, had no recourse.”
PGA Tour Commissioner the PGA Tour,” “naive, selfish, egotis- In a long-winded state-
Jay Monahan says he has Koepka said, ac- tical, ignorant.” ment on Tuesday, Mickel-
“zero complacency” when cording to Sports Mickelson has come son apologized for the
it comes to the threat of Illustrated. “I think under fire for saying comments, but claimed
the Saudi-funded league, everybody out he got involved with they were off the record
and he has a clear message here is happy. the proposed golf and praised LIV Golf In-
for any player still tempted [Mickelson] can league despite the Sa- vestments, the Saudi-
to leave. think whatever he udi government’s backed fund behind the
“I told the players we’re wants to think, man. atrocious human league. Shipnuck said on
moving on and anyone on He can do whatever rights record as a Twitter that it’s “com-
the fence needs to make a he wants to do. I way of putting pres- pletely false” that their
decision,” Monahan told think everybody out sure on the PGA conversation was off the
the Associated Press on here is happy. I Tour. He since has record. — With AP
Wednesday in a telephone think a lot of people AP lost two sponsors, esears@nypost.com
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By GreG Joyce
Damaged goods Friday
The clock has struck midnight on Kemba Heat at KnicKs
The version 7:30 p.m.
Walker’s homecoming — for this season and
perhaps altogether. of Kemba MSG, ESPN
The Knicks and the veteran point guard, Walker the ESPN Radio
just six months removed from a ballyhooed Knicks saw
(98.7 FM)
press conference to celebrate his signing, this season
have agreed that he will sit out the rest of this wasn’t the
season to start preparing for next season. former four- for his return on Dec. 18. After a solid stretch
Where the 31-year-old with a balky knee will time All-Star of play, Walker then sat out another string of
play his next game is very much up in the air, they had games to tend to his nagging knee.
but it’s hard to figure it will be in New York hoped for Overall, he averaged 11.6 points, 3.5 assists
after the decision, which was announced when he signed in August (above). and three rebounds in 25.6 minutes per game
Wednesday. Here’s a look at his career averages while shooting 40.3 percent from the field
“We knew there was risk involved [signing compared to the 2021-22 campaign: and 36.7 percent from deep.
Walker],” coach Tom Thibodeau said after Career Category 2021-22 Walker arrived in New York fresh off being
practice. “We thought it was worth it. There bought out by the Thunder, after the Celtics
19.5 Points 11.6
were some good moments. If he’s healthy, had shipped him out of town following an in-
he’s good. So, that’s about it.” 5.3 Assists 3.5 jury-plagued tenure in Boston. But his home-
Walker, the Bronx native who signed a 3.8 Rebounds 3.0 coming, which was initially met with good
two-year, $18 million contract last summer, 41.8 Field-goal percentage 40.3 feelings all around, has since turned into a
was a candidate to be traded before the nightmare for Walker and the Knicks, who
36.0 3-point percentage 36.7
deadline, but the Knicks did not find a deal are coming out of the All-Star break with a
to their liking. A buyout also appeared possi- 33.3 Minutes 25.6 25-34 record.
ble following the deadline, but with this ar- Thibodeau said he did not know whether
rangement, Walker is expected to be back on Walker would be around the team the rest of
the trade market this summer. Thibodeau, who deferred many of the the season, but he was not at practice
“We fully support Kemba’s decision to shut questions about the decision to conversa- Wednesday.
SEE YA: Bronx native Kemba Walker, it down for the remainder of the season and tions between Rose and Walker’s agent, had “I think that just because something didn’t
who only saw action in 37 games this sea- to use this time to prepare for next season,” benched Walker earlier this season. He took go as planned doesn’t mean that it’s not a
son, may have already played his final Knicks president Leon Rose said in a state- the four-time All-Star out of the starting good idea,” RJ Barrett said. “We play hard no
game as a Knick. ment. “His long-term success on the court lineup and rotation altogether for nine matter what, no matter who’s out there on
N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg; Getty Images remains our priority.” straight games until injuries opened the door the court, no matter who suits up for us. As
RJ, Rose
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could turn to a few options for their starting to be seen whether either will
point guard. Derrick Rose practiced fully be ready to play Friday against
Wednesday for the first time since undergo- the Heat. Coach Tom Thibo-
ing ankle surgery in December, but when deau said the team would base
asked whether the veteran would slide right that on how the two feel on
into the starting lineup when he is ready, Thursday.
Thibodeau was noncommittal. Barrett missed the final four
“We’ll see,” Thibodeau said. “I think just games before the All-Star break
looking, digging into the numbers and stuff, after getting injured during gar-
Alec [Burks] has been our best option so far.” bage time during a Feb. 8 loss to
Burks, a natural wing, started at point the Nuggets. Thibodeau took
guard for most of the games Walker missed. criticism for still having Barrett
Thibodeau also mentioned Immanuel on the court at that point in the
Quickley, who went through a rough shoot- game, but Barrett said he had
ing slump before the All-Star break, while no issue with it.
noting rookie shooting guard Quentin “I think I was just frustrated
Grimes can play and guard multiple posi- just with the injury itself,” Bar-
tions. The Knicks could also give more min- rett said Wednesday. “You
utes to rookie Miles McBride, though he has never want to get hurt. It was a
played in just 21 games this season. sprained ankle. I always want to
“We see Julius [Randle] as a point forward be out on the court. It doesn’t
and RJ is handling the ball a lot more,” Thi- matter when. So I feel like es-
bodeau said. “So whatever the strengths of pecially spraining my ankle like
the team are, you want to play to those that, that could have happened
strengths. Derrick was always a power point in the first 10 seconds of the
guard and he played with the ball and off game, so it doesn’t matter.”
the ball. I think we see that with Alec. Alec Just over two weeks later,
can play three positions. So you like ver- Barrett said he still feels pain,
satility.” but wanted to get through it
gjoyce@nypost.com mentally and thought he was
“pretty close” to being back.
in flames
“It’s gonna be sore,” Barrett
said. “But trying to just be men-
tally tough to get through that. I
can move. I can move a little
bit, so like I said, being able to
Walker was probably going to be fur- go out there and practice and
ther minimized anyway. Rose is ex- scrimmage and really do that, it
pected back, and though Alec Burks will was a good sign. I have another
probably start at point for now, Rose will one [Thursday], so just gonna
immediately gobble up Walker’s minutes. continue to see how it feels.”
Thibodeau has said he is committed to turn- Rose, meanwhile, last played
ing the Knicks into a meritocracy over the on Dec. 16, and has missed 30
rest of the season, and while Walker straight games since then. The
wouldn’t have been alone, there’s little ques- Knicks, who will now be with-
tion he would’ve fallen prey to that the way out Kemba Walker for the rest
his game has decayed. of the season, could sorely use
Either way, the narrative had already been Rose’s veteran presence at
broken. What began in The Bronx, at the point guard to run the offense,
Sack Wern Houses in Soundview and moved especially late in games, when
on to the Gauchos and to Rice and to one un- they have faltered lately
forgettable week at the Garden while he was “He’s been doing a lot but he
at UConn was supposed to culminate in this has not taken contact before
grand final act, a No. 8 on his back and “New [Wednesday],” Thibodeau said.
York” on his chest. “So he took contact today, went
Except someone got their hands on that through all that. So that’s good.”
version of the story. And someone took a gjoyce@nypost.com
Zippo lighter to them.
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Red Reddington (James Spader) will return for
for three seasons on CBS, is moving to NBC’s another go-round on “The Blacklist,” now
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streaming service Peacock for Seasons 4 that NBC has renewed the veteran drama
for a 10th season. Former co-star Megan
and 5 — and a total of 80 episodes. Boone left the series after Season 8.
TV Thursday
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SmooVe
moVe
“One Course with
J.B. Smoove”
premieres Friday
on MSG Network
following the
Knicks game. The
new series airs two
episodes a week
after Knicks and
Rangers games,
with Smoove
(“Curb Your
Enthusiasm”)
Crossing swords in feisty spinoff sitting down with
his celeb friends
series ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ on Netflix Sam
over a meal. Guests
include Eli Manning
Corlett (left) (this Sunday), Tracy
By LAuREN SARNER and Leo Suter in Morgan, Tina Fey,
“Vikings: Valhalla.” Kenan Thompson
Below: Frida
‘V
ikingS: Valhalla,” a and his “Curb” co-
spinoff of the History Gustavsson and star Susie Essman.
Channel hit “Vikings,” Corlett.
is an epic and sprawling
affair — and it’s smart
enough to start small, with two
MSG Network.
connected tales of good old-fash- some of them are Pagans while ing too much at the viewer at once. which Ragnar crackled, or the odd-
ioned revenge. some are Christian, and both Every would-be epic wants to be ball Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard). But as
Premiering Friday, Feb. 25 on Net- groups chafe at the prospect of the next “Game of Thrones,” but a tradeoff, the story of “Valhalla” is
flix and set in the 11th century — working together, even as Harald they mistakenly jump straight to more coherent (the “Vikings” nar-
roughly 100 years after the events seeks to unite them. Meanwhile, that show’s bombastic action set- rative often got lost). This is likely
of “Vikings” (which ran from 2013- Freydis and Leif reveal that their pieces – and they forget that “Game due to a regime-change: original
2020) — “Valhalla” is a historical vengeance has a more personal na- of Thrones” began by making the series creator Michael Hirst is still
drama following three main charac- ture: years ago, Freydis was at- audience care about one family, the onboard as an executive producer,
ters. There’s legendary explorer tacked and raped, and she and her Starks. but “Valhalla” gets an infusion of
Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett) before brother are hunting for the culprit “Vikings: Valhalla” follows the ef- new creative blood from Jeb
he became famous famous; his at this large gathering of their peo- fective “start small” rule, and as- Stuart (“The Fugitive”).
fierce sister, Freydis Eriksdotter ple. tutely realizes that the best way to The show’s main morAls CodE
(Frida Gustavsson); and Harald Si- It’s an impressively small-scale tell this story is to anchor it in a tale drawback, funny
gurdsson (Leo Suter, “Sanditon”), way to begin a show with lots of of personal vengeance and family enough, is the two Michael Chiklis will star in
an ambitious rising leader and fu- moving pieces and battles. Too of- love between Leif and his sister. male leads’ appear- the first episode of the Fox
ture king of Norway. ten, shows in this genre give in to (It’s also refreshing that in the rape ances. While Suter anthology series “Accused” as a
The series opens with the St. the temptation to start large, throw- revenge subplot, the rape is not and Corlett are respected surgeon whose uncon-
Brice’s Day massacre, a real shown onscreen — but the both fine actors, ditional love for his teenage son is
historical event in which revenge is). Harald and Leif severely tested. It’s
Vikings living in England in It isn’t necessary for a look almost indis- from the creators of
1002 were murdered by or- viewer to have seen “Vi- tinguishable at
der of the king. After that kings” to understand first, especially “Homeland,” “24”
Getty Images
bloody night, the show what’s going on in “Val- when spattered and “The Good
moves on to follow Vikings halla,” though knowing the with dirt and blood. Doctor.”
from all over as they as- backstory enriches it; in It’s difficult to keep
semble in the familiar loca- addition to the location of track of who is who,
tion of Kattegat (Ragnar’s Kattegat, Ragnar (original and that extra layer of
stomping grounds in the series star Travis Fimmel) confusion isn’t necessary.
original show) to plot re- and Bjorn (Alexander Lud- At least on “Vikings,” Ragnar
venge against the English wig) are both name- and Rollo (Clive Standen) had dif-
— which is how Leif and dropped. ferent hair colors and physiques.
Freydis, who sail in from This show’s characters If you’re hungry for a swords-
Greenland, cross paths are also more straightfor- and-shields period piece with bat-
with Harald. ward than “Vikings,” and tles, high stakes and revenge — an-
As the avengers assem- less charmingly eccentric. chored in some relatable humanity
ble, Viking-style, drama None of them have the un- — you could do a lot worse than
brews among their ranks: predictable energy with “Vikings: Valhalla.”
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