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His Harvard gig
By Bernadette HoGan
and Bruce GoldinG
We paid $54,000 in
tuition for this?
Harvard students
are learning what New
Yorkers figured out a
long time ago about their
now-ex-mayor — they don’t
like him.
According to a report in
the undergradu-
ate-run Harvard
Independent,
Bill de Blasio
gets a big fat “F”
when it comes
to winning over
scholars at the
Ivy League uni-
versity, where
he’s now a visit-
ing fellow.
Making
“Honestly I
don’t have a
great impression of de
Blasio,” said Owen Wiese,
who grew up in Manhattan
and is a member of the
Class of 2025.
scenes “I think he irked a lot of
New Yorkers by campaign-
ing for president in other
states when NYC was deal-
ing with a lot of problems.
He generally was perceived
at Fash
as politically opportunistic
and someone who changed
his opinions based on who
he was talking to.”
De Blasio (inset), born in
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Manhattan but raised in
Week
Harvard’s home base of
Cambridge, Mass., is teach-
ing an eight-week course
this fall and holding one-on-
one meetings with students
at the Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health and
The high-fashion world broke out the glam on Opening Day of Institute of Politics at the
New York Fashion Week. ABOVE, Haley Kalil hits her stride at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Saks show. UPPER INSET: A “gussy-her-up” pit crew goes all out His course pontificates on
backstage at the Naeem Khan show. LOWER INSET: Mayor what he believes are the two
Adams makes the scene with Vera Wang and Anna Wintour. New biggest accomplishments of
York Fashion Week runs through next Wednesday. his two terms as mayor —
MORE FASHION WEEK ON PAGE SIX / Page 16 securing universal pre-K
and combating COVID.
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But throughout the pan-
demic, the mayor and then-
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s
known hatred of one an-
other got in the way of key
public-health decisions.
Former city Health Com-
missioner Dave Chokshi
even said in June the pair’s
constant feuding slowed
down decision-making.
Harvard students also
questioned Hiz-
zoner’s commit-
ment to the job
— citing his
search for
higher office.
“As a New
Yorker who
watched him try
to will himself
into a higher job
than mayor for
years, it’s not
that surprising
he would want to be in-
volved with Harvard some-
how,” said Class of 2025’s
Jack Silvers, of Scarsdale.
“His past is complicated
and who knows that his leg-
acy will be like. I hope stu-
dents engage with his study
group. I just worry about the
stigma from his presidential
run and antics as mayor.”
De Blasio mounted a 2020
presidential bid — despite
holding on to his day job as
mayor — but quit the race
after failing to score even a
measly 1% in national polls.
Before scoring the Har-
vard gig, de Blasio dropped
his bid as a Democratic pri-
mary candidate in New
York’s 10th Congressional
District amid disastrous
polling numbers.
He also toyed with run-
ning for governor after Cu-
omo stepped down amid
sexual harassment allega-
tions and threat of im-
peachment but decided not
to amid polling that found
voters just don’t like him.
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Charles honors late queen mum
William & Kate receive new titles
Vows to follow in Liz’s footsteps
By LEE BrOwn, OLivia Land
and EmiLy CranE
An emotional King Charles III re-
turned to Buckingham Palace on
Friday for the first time as the UK’s
new monarch — before giving a
solemn speech honoring his “dar-
ling” late mother, Queen Elizabeth
II, and mapping out a future for the
royal family.
“I speak to you today with feel-
ings of profound sorrow,” Charles,
73, said as he began his nine-min-
ute, pretaped address.
“Queen Elizabeth was a life well
lived; a promise with destiny kept
and she is mourned most deeply in
her passing,” he said.
In one of his first acts as mon-
arch, the king bestowed the titles of
Prince and Princess of Wales on his
eldest son, William, and William’s
wife, Kate — the same titles that
Charles and his late ex-wife, Diana,
held.
He also extended an olive branch
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to his son and daughter-in-law,
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle,
who quit the royal life for the glam-
our of Hollywood and criticized
the family.
“I want also to express my love
for Harry and Meghan. As they
continue to build their lives over-
seas,” he said.
In addition to the speech, the day
was a whirlwind of events:
 Charles held his first official
audience with British Prime Minis-
ter Liz Truss, during which he told
her that his mother’s death was a
“moment I’ve been dreading.”
 After being named Princess of
Wales, Kate Middleton was said to
be fully prepared, but looking to
forge “her own path,” royal sources
revealed.
Despite an initial announce-
ment that she and Harry would
travel together, Markle wound up
not joining her husband in dashing
Debut: King Charles III addresses the nation for the first time Friday as its new monarch in a pretaped
speech. In London, the king mingled with supporters outside the palace — and received a kiss (inset).
to the queen’s Balmoral Castle on
Thursday because “tensions were
so high,” a palace source told The
Post.
Charles’ younger siblings,
Prince Edward and Princess Anne,
remembered their mother fondly in
a BBC special documentary that
aired Friday, recalling her humor
and the “jaw-dropping” moment
she appeared in the Opening Cere-
mony of the 2012 London Olym-
pics.
Paul McCartney also paid trib-
ute to the queen, hailing her “fabu-
lous sense of humor” and “dignity”
during the eight or nine times they
met.
A public memorial service for
the queen at London’s St. Paul’s Ca-
thedral drew thousands of mourn-
ers, including Truss and other high-
ranking politicians.
 President Biden said he would
attend the queen’s funeral, but con-
firmed he had not yet spoken to
Charles following his accession to
the throne.
On his first full day of duties as
king, Charles left Balmoral Castle
in Scotland and flew to London,
where mourners have been filling
the streets near Buckingham Palace
at the start of a 10-day mourning
period.
Charles and his wife, Camilla, the
new queen consort, arrived at the
palace, where the crowd shouted,
“Well done, Charlie,” and “God
save the king.”
(1926-2022)
The couple shook hands with
mourners, including one who
kissed Charles on the cheek, and
walked slowly by the mass of flow-
ers that had been left by the palace
gates for the queen.
Charles’ inexperience in office
seemed to show when he was seen
on video entering the palace and
apparently not knowing what door
to use.
In his speech, broadcast at 6 p.m.
London time, Charles vowed to fol-
low in his mother’s footsteps,
pledging to serve with the same
“loyalty, respect and love” as she
did over her seven-decade reign.
Charles also praised his late
mother as an inspiration and
thanked her for her “dedication
and devotion as sovereign.”
“To my darling Mama, as you be-
gin your last great journey to join
my dear late Papa, I want simply to
say this: Thank you,” he said, refer-
ring to his father, Prince Philip, who
died in April last year.
“Thank you for your love and de-
votion to our family and to the fam-
ily of nations you have served so
diligently all these years.”
He added, “Throughout her life,
Her Majesty the Queen — my be-
loved mother — was an inspiration
and example to me and to all my
family, and we owe her the most
heartfelt debt any family can owe to
their mother; for her love, affection,
guidance, understanding and ex-
ample.”
Charles also reflected on the
promise Elizabeth made on her 21st
birthday, in 1947, to devote her life
to service.
“That was more than a promise:
It was a profound personal com-
mitment which defined her whole
life. She made sacrifices for duty,”
Charles said. “Her dedication and
devotion as sovereign never wa-
vered, through times of change and
progress, through times of joy and
celebration, and through times of
sadness and loss.”
Charles, who has spent much of
his 73 years preparing for his new
role, acknowledged that his life
“will, of course, change” as he as-
cends to the throne, adding that he
will pass on some of his official and
charitable duties to others.
“This is also a time of change for
my family. I count on the loving
help of my darling wife, Camilla,”
Charles said.
Charles didn’t specify whether
Prince William, under his new title,
would take on the duties being re-
linquished by his father.
The now-king had been known as
the Prince of Wales for more than
five decades until Elizabeth’s death.

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A spot of Diana in Kate’s new title
King Charles III announced on
Friday in his first public address
since Queen Elizabeth II’s death
that his heir Prince William is
now the Prince of Wales and
that Kate Middleton (right) has
been named the Princess of
Wales, a title held by the late
Princess Diana (left).
“Today, I am proud to create
him Prince of Wales, Tywysog
Cymru, the country whose title I
have been so greatly privileged
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to bear during so much of my
life and duty,” Charles said
Friday. “With Catherine be-
side him, our new Prince and
Princess of Wales will, I know,
continue to inspire and lead
our national conversations,
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of Wales
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The new line
of succession
helping to bring the marginal to
the center ground where vital
help can be given.”
A royal source told Page Six
that William and Kate “are fo-
cused on deepening the trust and
respect of the people of Wales.”
“Over time, Prince and Princess
of Wales will approach their roles
in the modest and humble way
they’ve approached their work
previously,” the source added.
“The new Princess of Wales ap-
preciates the history associated
with this role, but will understand-
ably want to look to the future as
she creates her own path.”
Elsewhere in the speech,
Charles made specific mention
of his younger son, Prince Harry,
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Harry
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Prince (?) Archie
Mountbatten-
Windsor, 3
Princess (?) Lilibet
Mountbatten-
Windsor, 1
and his daughter-in-law Meghan
Markle, saying he expressed “his
love” to the couple as they con-
tinue to build their lives in Cali-
fornia after resigning from their
royal duties.
“I speak to you today with feel-
ings of profound sorrow,” the
newly named monarch, 73, said
in the prerecorded message, call-
ing his late mother “an inspira-
tion and example” to himself and
his family members.
“We owe her the most heart-
felt debt any family could owe to
their mother; for her love, affec-
tion, guidance, understanding
and example,” Charles said.
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and Sara Nathan
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‘Entitled’
grandkids
Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle’s children, Archie and
Lilibet, are now entitled to in-
herit royal titles after Queen
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Elizabeth II’s death — unless the
Archie Mountbatten-Windsor,
3, and his 15-month-old sister,
Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor,
can now be referred to as prince
and princess.
Under the rejiggered order of
succession following King
Charles III’s ascension, the young
royals, who live with their par-
ents in California, are sixth and
seventh in line for the throne.
They are preceded by their uncle
Prince William’s three children,
George, Charlotte and Louis.
As grandchildren of the sover-
eign, the siblings are entitled to
the regal titles under rules put in
place by King George V, Queen
Elizabeth II’s grandfather, in 1917.
Markle claimed in her March
2021 interview with Oprah Win-
frey that before she and Harry
decided to step away from their
roles as senior royals, her son
was denied the title of prince.
Asked if the title was impor-
tant to her, Markle said that, to
her, “Mom” was her most impor-
tant title. Snejana Farberov
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Too tense
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for Meg to
join royals
grandmum: Meghan Markle, joined by mom Doria Rag-
land and Prince Harry, shows son Archie to the queen in 2019.
Tensions were too high for
Meghan Markle to join the
royal family at Balmoral after
Queen Elizabeth II’s death,
insiders say.
Members of the family, in-
cluding Prince William,
dashed to the monarch’s
bedside Thursday but were
too late to say goodbye.
As Page Six reported, Mar-
kle was due to accompany
her husband, Prince Harry,
to the Scottish estate, but
those plans were canceled.
The queen’s death at age
96 came days after Markle
told The Cut that Harry had
“lost” his father, now King
Charles III, due to Megxit.
“Tensions were so high,
and there was no way Me-
ghan could have gone to Bal-
moral,” a highly placed palace
insider told The Post on Fri-
day.
“The fact the Sussex camp
did say both Harry and Me-
ghan were going — and then
quickly retracted that state-
ment — will tell you every-
thing you need to know about
the drama behind the
scenes.” Markle also told The
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Cut that she and Harry of-
fered to move to a Common-
wealth country when it be-
came untenable for them to
stay in Britain. “Just by exist-
ing, we were upsetting the
dynamic of the hierarchy. So
we go, ‘OK, fine, let’s get out
of here. Happy to,’ ” she said.
On Thursday, the BBC’s
veteran royal correspondent,
Nicholas Witchell, said on
air that Markle “might not be
terribly warmly welcomed.”
The palace insider said:
“Harry and Meghan do hate
being separated from each
other, so being alone in Scot-
land will have been very
hard for Harry. No wonder
why he left so early.”
Markle and Harry were re-
united Friday morning at
their Windsor home, Frog-
more Cottage, where it was
expected that Harry would
stay until his grandmother’s
state funeral, thought to be
scheduled for Sept. 19.
It was not known whether
the couple’s children — Ar-
chie, 3, and Lilibet, 1 — would
be brought over from Cali-
fornia. Sara Nathan
(1926-2022)
fresh prince: Charles is
crowned the Prince of Wales
by his mom, Queen Elizabeth
II, in a ceremony in Wales in
1969. He was officially given
the title 11 years earlier.
By Lee BrowN
and Sara NathaN
King Charles III was groomed
for his new role from birth —
before becoming the longest
heir-in-waiting in the nearly
1,200 years of British royalty.
Charles was just 3 when his
then-25-year-old mother, Eliza-
beth, became queen, with her
historic reign ultimately leaving
him as the oldest-ever new
monarch, at 73, after her death
Thursday.
Here, The Post looks into the
life of the boy who became king.
Early life
Charles Philip Arthur George
was born in a room set up as a
temporary maternity ward in
Buckingham Palace on Nov. 14,
1948 — while his father, Prince
Philip, played squash.
His mother became queen
immediately after the death of
her father, King George VI, on
Feb. 6, 1952, starting the longest
reign in royal history.
Unlike his predecessors edu-
cated by private tutors, Charles
went to Hill House school in
West London. In 1966, he also
spent a year as an exchange stu-
dent in Melbourne, Australia.
He was sent as a boarder to
two of his father’s alma maters:
Cheam School in Berkshire,
where he became head boy, and
then the Gordonstoun, a tough
boarding school in Scotland.
His “alpha male” father sent
him there because he feared the
prince was a “very sensitive and
emotional young man” who
needed toughening up, royal bi-
ographer Tina Brown has said.
Gordonstoun was a bad fit for
Charles, who called it “a prison
sentence” and “Colditz with kilts.”
Breaking with tradition again,
he went to Trinity College,
Cambridge, to study archaeol-
ogy and physical and social an-
thropology but later changed to
history. In 1970, he became the
first royal to get a degree, albeit
with mediocre grades.
Prince of Wales
Charles was a 20-year-old stu-
dent when his mother crowned
him as the Prince of Wales at a
grand ceremony in 1969.
While he had been given the
title — one traditionally given
to the heir — in writing in 1958,
when he was 9, he would have to
wait another 11 years for the for-
mal ceremony at Caernarfon
Castle in Wales.
There, the queen bestowed
upon Charles five pieces of in-
signia: a sword, coronet, ring,
the gold rod and the kingly
mantle, Town & Country mag
reported.
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Charles’ long, long journey to the throne — the year the queen dubbed her
“annus horribilis,” Latin for “horri-
ble year” — amid salacious stories
of cheating by both.
all the king’s Charles admitted as much in 1994
women: Prince when he was asked whether he had
Charles with mom been faithful. “Yes . . . Until it be-
Queen Elizabeth II came clear that the marriage had ir-
in 2019, and with retrievably broken down,” he said.
first wife Diana in Diana, still only estranged from
1981and second Charles, went further the next year,
wife Camilla Parker blaming Charles’ cheating with
Bowles in 2005. Camilla Parker Bowles, now the
queen consort, for the ugly end of
their marriage.
“There were three of us in this

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marriage, so it was a bit crowded,”
she famously said in an interview.
Many questioned the divorced
royal’s fitness for the throne, a sen-
timent that grew after Diana’s 1997
death in a car crash in Paris.

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Meghan & Harry
Prince Harry, now 37, was long a
problem child for the family, with his
drug-taking, partying and Nazi
dress-up. But little did Charles know
what awaited after the prince wed
TV actress Meghan Markle.
After quitting life as senior royals
and moving to California, the Duke
and Duchess of Sussex have made
ugly accusations against the royals,
including bullying and racism.
Harry has made clear that he
mostly blames his dad, saying
Charles felt his son should suffer as
he had and claiming his father
handed down a “cycle” of “genetic
pain and suffering.”
Harry admitted that his father
stopped taking his calls, and the
pair appear estranged to this day.

ple set by his mother, who refused

to publicly discuss her views.
“I have tended to make a habit of
sticking my head above the parapet
and generally getting it shot off for
pointing out what has always been
blindingly obvious to me,” he said
in a speech in January 2014.
Charles has stood by much of his
campaigning, such as fighting to
improve conditions for people in
UK inner cities. “If that’s meddling,
I’m very proud of it,” he told a 2018
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Ready to rule
Royal experts say Charles has
been training his whole life to take
over the throne.
“The one thing we can say about
Charles is that he’s the best-trained
monarch-in-waiting — he’s had
half a century of training,” Joe Lit-
tle, managing editor of Majesty
magazine, told The Post.
Charles is cognizant that his du-
ties as king would vary greatly from

documentary. his time as heir.

“If you become the sovereign,
then you play the role in the way
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that it is expected,” he has said. “So,

Military service
Like many royals before him, in-
cluding his father, grandfather and
great-grandfathers, he joined the
armed forces — the Royal Air Force
in 1971 and later the Royal Navy. He
rose through the ranks to command
the minesweeper HMS Bronington.
After leaving active duty with the
navy in 1976, Charles admitted he
struggled to find his role in public
life, saying he had to “make it up as
you go along.”
Pet projects & politics
Charles dedicated himself to a
number of wonky pet projects, fo-
cused on the “environment, global
sustainability, youth opportunity,
education and faith.”
He has long been derided for re-
vealing that he communicates with
plants — insisting, “They respond”
— and shake hands with trees.
“I happily talk to plants and trees
and listen to them. I think it’s abso-
lutely crucial,” he said in 2010.
His views have often gone from
quirky to controversial, with
Charles wading into politics, buck-
ing tradition and defying the exam-
After meeting in 1977, Charles
wed Lady Diana Spencer on July 29,
1981, in extravagant nuptials that
were televised and watched by a
record 750 million viewers. An-
other 600,000 people lined the
streets around St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Diana would later say they were
virtually strangers at the time. “We
met 13 times, and we got married,”
she said.
The marriage crumbled in 1992
clearly, I won’t be able to do the
same things I’ve done as heir. So, of
course, you operate within the con-
stitutional parameters. But it’s a dif-
ferent function. I think people have
forgotten that the two are very dif-
ferent.”
In a 2018 BBC interview to mark
his 70th birthday, Charles also de-
nied that he would be a “meddling”
or activist king, saying, “I’m not
that stupid.” With Wires
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The tasteless
‘Weak’ take
New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022
An MSNBC political analyst
questioned why US news outlets
were devoting so much coverage to
the death of Queen Elizabeth II —
and claimed the answer was “weak-
ness in the American character.”
Richard Stengel, who served as
undersecretary of state in the Ob-
ama administration, spoke as
MSNBC aired footage of mourn-
ers outside Buckingham Palace.
“You played a clip of her speak-
ing in Cape Town in 1947, in South
Africa. That’s the year apartheid
took effect in South Africa,” he
said. “That was something British
colonialism ushered in.”
He added, “There’s a weakness
in the American character that
still yearns for that era of heredi-
tary privilege, which is the very
thing that we escaped from.”
It’s ‘excruciating’
Carnegie Mellon University has
yet to indicate whether it will take
any disciplinary action against a
linguistics professor whose tweet
wishing for Queen Elizabeth II to
suffer an “excruciating” death
earned her condemnation from
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The Pittsburgh university re-
leased a statement calling Uju
Anya’s tweet “offensive and objec-
tionable.” But experts told The
Post the school is caught between
“cancel culture” and the “legal
ramifications” of firing a professor.
Irish ire
Video shows Irish soccer fans
chanting “Lizzy’s in a box” during
a game in Dublin on Thursday.
The crude ditty, set to the tune of
KC & The Sunshine Band’s hit
“Baby Give It Up,” rang out at Tal-
laght Stadium during a UEFA Eu-
ropa Conference League match.
Scenes of jubilation were also re-
ported in Derry, Northern Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland, North-
ern Ireland and the UK have a
troubled history dating to the 1600s.
Three jeers
An Argentinian TV host un-
corked a bottle of champagne and
toasted the death of Queen Eliza-
beth II live on air Thursday.
In a viral clip, Buenos Aires-based
politician Santiago Cúneo pours
himself some bubbly as a chyron
reads: “The old bag of s--t has died.”
He calls her an “old b---h” on air
and adds, “Loud applause for Satan
who has finally taken her,” in an ap-
parent expression of anti-British
animus over the 1982 Falklands War
between the UK and Argentina.
(1926-2022)
What ‘The Crown’ got right
By CHUCK ARNOLD
Commoners around the world
may have never gotten to know
the real Queen Elizabeth II in
her 70-year rule before her
death on Thursday.
But the Emmy-winning Netflix
hit “The Crown” has given us
some insight into the monarch
who has been played by Claire
Foy, Olivia Colman and now Im-
elda Staunton.
The show has employed a fair
amount of creative license in
taking us behind the walls of
Buckingham Place and across
the history of the queen’s reign.
In fact, series creator Peter
Morgan has admitted that he has
“made up” scenes, while one Pal-
ace source accused the show of
“trolling on a Hollywood budget.”
Still, “The Crown” — which will
return in November for Season 5
— had enough respect for the
queen to have a plan in place in
the event of her death: The series
shut down production for at least
a week on Season 6, due in 2023.
Until the royal family is back
on “The Crown,” we break down
how much was fact versus fic-
tion in the queen’s most memo-
rable moments.
Yes, the queen did talk her
cousin out of staging a coup.
In the third season of “The
Crown,” Lord Mountbatten — the
queen’s second cousin once re-
moved, who was also Prince Phi-
lip’s maternal uncle affectionately
known as “Uncle Dickie” — was
approached by a group plotting palace intrigue: Jackie Kennedy’s dinner with
to depose Prime Minister Harold the queen (inset) was as awkward in reality as de-
Wilson. Although the show picted on “The Crown” (above); but the real Queen
stretched the truth for dramatic Elizabeth was a lot nicer to Winston Churchill (bottom
effect, the intervention that the right) than was her “Crown” counterpart (top right).
queen staged with Mountbatten
may very well have happened. “It
was not [Baron] Solly Zuckerman queen wasn’t so heartless. In fact, out of the room, her little bare riage,” the Queen reportedly said,
who talked Mountbatten out of she is said to have written the feet running across the floor.” while the royal press secretary,
staging a coup and making him- prime minister a letter express- Richard Colville, collected the
self president of Britain,” said his- ing her concern for his health. No, the queen did not con- offending footage from the film
torian Alex von Tunzelmann in front Philip over his alleged crew before it could ever be seen.
“Indian Summer: The Secret His- Yes, an intruder really did infidelities.
tory of the End of an Empire,” cit- surprise the queen in bed. While there have been abun- Yes, the queen had secret
ing a source from Buckingham In a total breakdown of Her dant rumors, there is no evidence cousins in a mental institution.
Palace, who reportedly said, “It Majesty’s security detail, a Brit- that Prince Philip — who pre- In Season 4 of “The Crown,”
was the queen herself.” ish man named Michael Fagan ceded the queen in death in April the queen and Princess Margaret
entered the queen’s Buckingham 2021 — ever cheated on his wife, are revealed to have secret first
No, the queen did not dress Palace bedroom in 1982. “I was let alone that she called him out cousins hidden away in mental
down Winston Churchill. scareder than I’d ever been in my for it. But their marriage wasn’t institutions. During a time when
The second season of “The life,” said Fagan in a 2012 inter- perfect either — as accurately children with disabilities brought
Crown” depicted a young queen view with The Independent. depicted in Season 1 of “The shame to families, the young
who rebuked Prime Minister “Then she speaks, and it’s like Crown.” During their royal tour girls, who could not speak, were
Churchill about conspiring to the finest glass you can imagine of the Commonwealth in 1954, admitted to the Royal Earlswood
conceal the leader’s diminished breaking: ‘Wawrt are you doing cameras caught the normally Asylum for Mental Defectives in
capacities after he suffered a here?!’ ” But no, the rumors about composed couple in the middle Surrey in 1941 by their parents —
stroke in 1953. But when Church- the two having some bedroom of a big bustup outside of their the Queen Mother’s older
ill’s private secretary, “Jock” Col- banter — as depicted in the Australian chalet. “I’m sorry for brother and his wife. To keep it
ville, published his memoir in show’s fourth season — are not that little interlude but, as you all secret, Nerissa Bowes-Lyon
1985, it was revealed that the true: “She went past me and ran know, it happens in every mar- and Katherine Bowes-Lyon were

Q UEEN ELIZABETH II
& wrong about the monarchy
listed as dead in a guide to the Brit-
ish aristocracy, even though they
were very much alive. But the queen
never commented on the revelation.
Yes, Jackie Kennedy really did
bad-mouth the queen.
Oh no she didn’t! That’s what
viewers surely thought when Jackie
Kennedy talked smack about the
queen in Season 2 of “The Crown.”
The scandalous swipes went down
during a Buckingham Palace dinner
with the queen and Prince Philip
hosting President Kennedy and the
First Lady. In the episode, Her Maj-
esty gets the tea during dinner that
Kennedy called her “a middle-aged
woman so incurious, unintelligent
and unremarkable that Britain’s
new reduced place in the world was
not a surprise but an inevitability.”
But while the dish on Kennedy was
true, the queen probably wouldn’t
have found out about it until long
after that dinner had been digested.
Yes, the queen did publicly re-
buke Margaret Thatcher on
apartheid.
Season 4 of “The Crown” showed
there was no love lost between the
queen and Prime Minister Thatcher.
And their ideological differences
came to a head when Britain was the
only one of the Commonwealth na-
tions that failed to impose economic
sanctions on South Africa in opposi-
tion to apartheid. The queen was so
against Thatcher’s stance that she
considered canceling one of their
weekly meetings. And then an article
appeared in the Sunday Times in
which an anonymous Palace source
said the queen was “dismayed” about
the Iron Lady’s lack of compassion.
‘Full of fun’ until end
Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed a
final weekend “full of fun” and
was the “life and soul of things”
just days before her death, ac-
cording to a clergyman who was
with her.
The Right Rev. Iain Green-
shields, 68, told The Times of
London that he had dinner Sat-
urday and then Sunday lunch
with the queen in Balmoral,
where she would die four days
later.
“It was a fantastic visit. Her
memory was absolutely amazing
and she was really full of fun,” he
said of his visit.
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“It came as a great shock to me
when I heard she was gravely ill
because she was in amazingly
good form over the weekend . . .
It was only a few days ago, I
can’t believe it,” he added.
The lunch also included the
queen’s two eldest children,
Charles and Anne, the only two
thought to have made it to say
their final goodbyes Thursday.
The queen was last seen Tues-
day, smiling widely as she
greeted new Prime Minister Liz
Truss at Balmoral to formally ac-
cept her appointment.
Lee Brown
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Joe: I’ll be
at funeral
President Biden said Fri-
day he plans to attend the
state funeral of Queen Eliza-
beth II — after the White
House initially declined to
confirm any travel plans.
“Yes. I don’t know what
the details are yet, but I’ll be
going,” Biden said in Ohio.
Biden also told reporters
that he had not yet spoken
to King Charles III.
Late Thursday, the presi-
dent told Daily Mail re-
nypost.com
porter Nikki Schwab as he
left a Democratic National
Committee event in Mary-
land that he would “proba-
bly” go to the funeral.
But White House press
secretary Karine Jean-
Pierre told reporters on Air
Force One en route to Ohio
Friday morning that the ad-
ministration would not get
ahead of an official invita-
tion from the British.
Biden would be the first
sitting president to attend a
British state funeral.
Samuel Chamberlain
and Steven Nelson
‘Mournful’
Vlad jeered
Vladimir Putin joined
world leaders who have
been paying tribute to
Queen Elizabeth, calling her
death an “irreparable loss.”
But the Russian strong-
man’s words of sympathy
immediately drew jeers.
Piers Morgan said: “It’s
the loss you’re causing to
lives in Ukraine that I’m
concerned about. So stick
your condolences where the
sun don’t shine.”
On Friday, it was con-
firmed that Putin will not be
attending the queen’s state
funeral at Westminster Ab-
bey on Sept. 19.
Snejana Farberov, Wires
Adams’ respects
Mayor Adams paid his re-
spects to Queen Elizabeth II
early Friday with a visit to
the British Consulate Gen-
eral in New York.
He arrived around 8:15
a.m. to sign the condolence
book for the queen.
Adams on Thursday even-
ing ordered all flags on city
buildings to be flown at half-
staff. Bernadette Hogan
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Lenient laws cause crime: poll
By Zach WilliamS
and Kyle SchnitZer
An overwhelming major-
ity of New Yorkers — 61%
— blame bail reform for ris-
ing crime, according to an
Emerson College/PIX-11/
The Hill poll released Fri-
day that finds Gov. Hochul
still leading big over Repub-
lican challenger Lee Zeldin.
Zeldin has campaigned
hard against bail reform,
which 61% of New York vot-
ers in the survey believe has
increased crime compared
with 11% who say bail re-
form has decreased crime.
Meanwhile, 27% of re-
spondents said the contro-
versial laws have not af-
fected crime rates.
“You’ve heard [Mayor Ad-
ams] talking about how in
order for him to do his job,
in order for law enforce-
ment to be able to do theirs,
in order for law-abiding
New Yorkers to be able to
live in New York City safe,
secure and free, we have to
end what is the law, what is
the policy of this state, to
provide for catch, release,
repeat,” Zeldin said at a
campaign appearance.
The GOP standard-bearer
has joined Adams in calling
for a special session of the
state Legislature to enact
changes to the new laws
aimed at keeping alleged re-
peat offenders behind bars
while awaiting trials on a
growing list of alleged of-
fenses. Hochul has ruled
out changes to bail reform
ahead of the Nov. 8 election
against Zeldin.
Overall, the poll found
Hochul leading Zeldin
50%-35%.
“There are stark racial di-
vides in the gubernatorial
election — Gov. Hochul
holds the majority of sup-
port among Hispanic votes
at 59% and black voters at
72%, whereas white voters
are evenly split between
Hochul and Zeldin with
44% apiece,” Spencer Kim-
ball, executive director of
Emerson College Polling,
said of the poll.
And a slight majority of
respondents — 52% — said
they believe people fired
for refusing COVID-19 man-
dates backed by Democratic
pols like Hochul and Adams
ought to get their jobs back,
an idea that Zeldin has also
campaigned on.
But voters have less com-
mon ground with the pro-
life Zeldin on abortion, with
80% of voters supporting
allowing abortions in the
third trimester of preg-
nancy “if there is a risk to
the mother’s life,” according
to the poll.
21, raped
in subway
A 21-year-old St. Louis
tourist was raped inside a
New York City subway sta-
tion by a man who ap-
proached her at a Times
Square hub offering to show
her around, authorities said.
The woman was inside
the station at 42nd Street
and Eighth Avenue around 3
a.m. Sept. 1 when the perv
walked up to her, cops said.
He rode with her on the
train past multiple stations
before stopping at a final,
unnamed location, where
he took her to the end of the
platform near the tunnel
and raped her, authorities
said.
The victim was taken to
Bellevue Hospital after the
horrifying ordeal.
Her attacker was still on
the loose Friday.
Amanda Woods
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Matthew McDermott
By Zach Williams

Gov. Hochul had New

New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

Yorkers pay twice as much
for COVID tests from a
company tied to nearly
$300,000 in donations to
her campaign compared
with other state vendors, a
new report details, raising
fresh concerns of alleged
pay-to-play behavior ahead
of the Nov. 8 election.
“Whether it was pay-to-
play or total incompetence
— New York taxpayers and
then the federal taxpayers
got massively ripped off,”
John Kaehny, of the good-
government
group Rein-
vent Albany,
said of the
Digital Gad-
gets deal

funded by
New York
taxpayers
with the help
of federal relief aid.
While some companies
charged the state $5 for
rapid tests, the New Jersey-
based Digital Gadgets got
as much as $13 per unit in a
total of $637 million worth
of no-bid deals for millions
of tests as Hochul pushed
schools to stay open amid
the Omicron wave last
year, according to the Al-
bany Times Union.
The deal was made un-
der suspended procure-
ment rules enabled by a
state of emergency that
Hochul has renewed every
month since late last year.
Some Republicans are
now calling for Hochul to
come clean about the
questionable purchases.
“At the very least, the pub-
lic deserves a hearing to ad-
dress how this deal was ar-
ranged, why it lacked a for-
Ouch! Taxpayers
shelled out when
Gov. Hochul bought
tests from exec
Charlie Tebele (left).
mal contract and the seem-
ingly questionable timing of
relevant communications,”
Republican Assembly Mi-
nority Leader William Bar-
clay said Friday.
‘The dirtiest’
Government watchdogs
say the test purchases stick
out even compared with
other alleged instances of
her administration helping
donors tied to causes as di-
verse as rapid tests, Medi-
caid transportation servi-
ces and overhauling Man-
hattan’s Penn Station.
Hochul raised eyebrows
for backing a Penn Station
overhaul that would poten-
tially direct more than
$1 billion in tax breaks to
Vornado Realty Trust after
its CEO, Steve Roth, gave
the maximum $68,700 to
her campaign in December.
A company called Medi-
cal Answering Services
has landed millions of dol-
lars in state Medicaid busi-
ness under Hochul’s watch
after its president and his
wife gave $52,600 stretch-
ing back to last September,
when Hochul was still lieu-
tenant governor under An-
drew Cuomo.
“This deal looks to be the
dirtiest,” Kaehny said of
the business Hochul did
with Digital Gadgets and
its CEO, Charlie Tebele, on
rapid tests in late 2021 and
early 2022.
The incumbent Demo-
crat — who has raised
more than $34 million in
campaign funds at a rapid
rate over the past year —
has denied that campaign
cash has anything to do
with decision-making on
government contracts.
“At a time when at-home
tests were nearly impossi-
ble to find in stores and the
Omicron variant caused a
spike in COVID-19 cases,
state agencies worked dili-
gently to secure a large
quantity of tests to allow
kids across New York to
safely return to in-person
learning and protect resi-
dents and visitors in nurs-
ing homes,” said Hochul
spokesman Avi Small.
A campaign spokesman
told The Post on Friday that
“high ethical standards”
mean donors have “no in-
fluence” over government
decision-making.
Rules suspended
Digital Gadgets offered
to sell the state rapid tests
last December shortly
after Hochul declared a
state of emergency sus-
pending purchasing rules
requiring state Comptrol-
ler Thomas DiNapoli to
sign off on state contracts.
It remains unclear to
what extent the Hochul ad-
ministration sought to ne-
gotiate down the price for
52 million test delivered on
time through two purchase
orders that charged $13
and $11.50 per unit, accord-
ing to documents obtained
nypost.com
by the Times Union.
Two other companies
charged the state at least
several dollars less per
unit, but the administra-
tion has claimed the tests
bought through Digital
Gadgets were of a higher
quality than those offered
by other companies, which
could only provide a lim-
ited volume in time for the
reopening of schools amid
the Omicron wave.
“Because of the reliabil-
ity of the tests themselves
and the assurances around
delivery, comparing US-
made AccessBio tests to
inferior-quality tests that
were manufactured in
China is not valid,” said
John Gallagher, a spokes-
man for Digital Gadgets.

No-bid COVID contract is sick and wrong

EPORTING from Albany re- same day that Digital Gadgets The no-bid procurement ar- her emergency powers, most re- the presence of poliovirus in

R veals that Gov. Hochul gave

favored insiders — a family
that donated hundreds of thou-
made the overpriced offer,
which Hochul defends on the
grounds that the firm was able
sands of dollars to her campaign to “deliver critically important
— a sweetheart deal amounting tests” during the overhyped Om-
to $637 million. icron wave. She in-
The Tebele fam- sists that the cozy
ily, which owns SETH relationship be-
Digital Gadgets, a BARRON tween her cam-
New Jersey-based paign and the
fulfillment center firm’s owners was
and distributor of tech products, not a factor, and she “was not
got a no-bid deal to provide New aware” of it at all.
York state with 52 million at- If you enjoy that one, how’d
home COVID tests for $13 apiece you like to buy the concession
— double what others were rights to a stadium in Buffalo?
charging. Envelopes can be found under
The deal was signed the very the nearest table.
rangement on COVID tests
would normally be totally illegal.
State purchasing contracts are
supposed to be transparent and
subject to review before deals
are struck.
But these aren’t normal times.
New York state has been under a
“state of emergency” in regard to
COVID-19 since Andrew Cuomo
announced it in March 2020.
This “emergency” means that
the state can sign any contract it
wants, with anyone, as long as it
pertains to protecting New York
from the ravages of the corona-
virus.
Gov. Hochul keeps renewing
cently on Aug. 13, even though
the CDC has all but admitted
that COVID is now a fact of life
and that the “emergency” has
been over for some time. Hochul
has even lifted mask mandates
— which were honored more in
the breach than the observance
— on mass transit.
Even if the governor lifts the
COVID emergency order when it
expires on Sept. 12, her campaign
donors needn’t panic. New York
state is still under a state of emer-
gency for monkeypox, which was
renewed at the end of August.
And she has just announced a
new state of emergency based on
wastewater in Nassau County.
No governor, especially one
facing a crucial election, can
turn down the juicy opportunity
to declare an emergency, and
Kathy Hochul is no exception.
With crime rampant and with-
out the inclination or muscle to
force the Legislature to do any-
thing about the state’s lunatic
no-bail laws, Hochul doesn’t
have a lot in her campaign arse-
nal to boast about. Besides ban-
ning guns in Times Square and
reminding New Yorkers —
again! — that abortion is still le-
gal here, promoting health emer-
gencies is about all she’s got.
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over-inflaTed
New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022
JAMES
BOVARD
T
HE latest Biden victory lap
is the administration’s
most shameless strutting
of 2022. The White House
Friday issued a 58-page Biden-
Harris Economic Blueprint that
claims to have performed more
miracles than accompanied the
Sermon on the Mount.
Biden is still trying to take
credit for job growth that hap-
pened only because of vaccines
and the end of lockdowns. In
fact, his “success” is really a fail-
ure — as fewer people are work-
ing now than before COVID.
It’s just one of the many whop-
pers packed into this ridiculous
piece of propaganda:
CLAIM: “The Administra-
tion’s economic agenda has cre-
ated deep incentives for . . .
workforce training.”
FACT: Federal job training
programs have been a fiasco
since the Kennedy administra-
tion. A training program created
by Biden’s American Rescue
Plan Act spent $386 million but
placed only 397 trainees in jobs.
CLAIM: “The Administration
led the world in an historic re-
lease of oil from global re-
serves.”
FACT: Biden knows that high
gasoline prices endanger Demo-
cratic control of Congress in the
midterm elections so he has
emptied almost half of the US
Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
CLAIM: “The Administration
has taken critical steps forward
in . . . improving our immigra-
tion system.”
FACT: The administration has
effectively opened the southern
border, enabling millions of ille-
gal immigrants to enter the na-
tion and begin collecting federal
benefits. Biden and most of the
nation’s media have ignored the
resulting chaos in Texas, Ari-
zona and other states.
CLAIM: The Biden adminis-
tration “provided targeted stu-
dent debt relief as part of a com-
Bidenomics
‘Fact’ of the matter is . . .
Joe’s telling
pack of lies
prehensive effort to address the
burden of growing college costs
. . .”
FACT: It was “targeted” in the
sense that several dozen of the
45 million people with federal
student debt won’t profit from
Biden’s trillion-dollar (probably
illegal) loan forgiveness decree.
The debt forgiveness will en-
courage more tuition hikes that
will make a mockery of efforts to
control “growing college costs.”
CLAIM: The Biden adminis-
tration is working “to ensure
that every American who wants
to work can join the labor force
. . . Increasing labor force partic-
ipation can expand our econ-
omy’s potential and also help
ease price pressures over time.”
FACT: Biden decreed the larg-
est boost to food stamp benefits
in history and gutted the work
requirement for able-bodied
adults without children. Food
stamps sharply reduce work ef-
fort and recipients are far more
likely to become obese than low-
income individuals not receiving
benefits.
CLAIM: The report boasts of
“a decline of more than $1.20 in
gas prices this summer” and
stresses the administration’s ef-
forts “to bring inflation down.”
FACT: Gasoline is far more
expensive now than at the start
of the Biden administration. In-
flation remains at a 40-year high.
Americans have seen a 10%+ re-
duction in purchasing power
since Biden took office.
CLAIM: “The Biden-Harris
Administration took decisive ac-
tion to open America’s schools
safely, making it easier for par-
ents to work.”
FACT: Biden championed
school closures during the 2020
election campaign, vilifying Do-
nald Trump for keeping class-
rooms open. After he took office,
Biden appointees, kowtowing to
teacher union demands, encour-
aged long delays in reopening.
The resulting vast learning loss
by students has greatly ex-
panded the racial achievement
gap among students.
CLAIM: “Delivering nearly
$3,000 in savings to American
families for a pair of hearing
aids.”
FACT: Last month, the Food
and Drug Administration finally
approved the over-the-counter
sale of hearing aids. But this is
no Biden triumph. After five
years of dallying and dithering,
the FDA finally complied with
the mandate in a law passed by
Congress and signed by Presi-
dent Donald Trump in 2017.
The FDA’s five-year delay in
obeying the law and relieving
consumers epitomizes the ab-
surdity of Bidenomics. The
Blueprint rhapsodizes about the
miraculous benefits from a fed-
eral thumb in every pie. There is
supposedly no private business
or industry that cannot be im-
proved by the intervention of
bureaucratic commissars.
The White House boasts, “The
Blueprint also aggressively
crowds in private investment,
particularly in areas where
America must lead the future.”
“Aggressively crowds in”? Re-
grettably, the White House
failed to provide a translation for
that preceding line.
Biden believes that deluging
scores of failed federal pro-
grams such as Amtrak with bil-
lions of new financing will rev-
olutionize public service — ex-
cept for copy editing. The re-
port declares, “These dynamics
necessited [sic] a fundamental
reimagining of the federal gov-
ernment’s role in promoting the
economy’s productive capacity
and resilience . . .”
Elsewhere, the report refers to
the commander in chief as if he
is a deity or a battleship: “The
President Biden’s leadership on
electric vehicles . . .”
Regardless of its glitches and
mystifying passages, the Biden
Blueprint proclaims: “This new
architecture must replace the
old regime.” But Team Biden ac-
tually champions the “old re-
gime” by which Americans’ free-
dom and prosperity are sacri-
ficed to allow politicians and
their cronies to live like royalty.
rose-colored
glasses: President
Biden touts economic
“progress,” despite
soaring inflation,
including surges in gas
and grocery prices.
By Bruce GoldinG
A new “economic blueprint” re-
leased by the White House on
Friday claims President Biden has
set the stage for a booming, post-
pandemic recovery — despite
near-record inflation and wide-
spread fears of a devastating re-
cession.
Hours before the president’s
visit to the battleground state of
Ohio, the self-serving, 58-page
document said Biden’s “bold and
decisive action” had “laid the
foundation for the strongest and
most equitable economic recov-
ery in modern history.”
It also touted Biden’s purported
“significant progress” battling in-
flation, pointing to “a decline of

sense of self
more than $1.20 in gas prices this
summer” — despite the average
price for a gallon of regular un-
leaded having surged to a record
$5.016 on his watch, hitting the
mark June 14, according to AAA.
In addition, the White House
claimed that “overall prices” de-
clined “moderately” in July —
when the year-to-year inflation
rate was 8.5%, a smidgen below
June’s 9.1%, which was the highest
in more than four decades.
July’s inflation report also re-
vealed that wholesale food prices
were 1% higher than in June,
pointing to the likelihood grocery
prices will climb for months.
The spin from the White House
came just one day after the Ipsos
polling group released data show-
Bidenomics
ing that 66% of Americans sur-
veyed said the country was on the
wrong track, with 30% pointing
to the economy, unemployment
and jobs as its biggest problem.
Bringing the ‘pain’
Even Biden’s fellow Democrats
were most worried about the
economy, with 23% ranking it the
nation’s No. 1 problem, along with
36% of Republicans and 33% of
independents.
An ABC News/Ipsos poll on
Wednesday also showed Ameri-
cans had more faith in Republi-
cans’ ability to handle the econ-
omy, with 34% favoring the GOP,
compared with just 25% who said
they trusted Democrats on the vi-
tal issue.
Meanwhile, the BlackRock in-
vestment firm warned Tuesday
that the Federal Reserve didn’t
appear to be “prioritizing eco-
nomic implications over pressure
to curb inflation.”
“We think getting inflation back
to central bank targets means
crushing demand with a reces-
sion,” company analysts wrote.
“The US economy has already
stalled. Now we see recession in
the cards early next year.”
Last month, Fed Chair Jerome
Powell triggered a 1,008-point
drop in the Dow Jones Industrial
Average when he said efforts to
curb inflation would inevitably
“bring some pain to households
and businesses.”
On Thursday, Powell said he
hoped to “avoid the very high so-
cial costs” that accompanied in-
terest rate hikes during the early
1980s and that his goal was a “soft
landing” that avoids a recession.
Another 0.75% hike?
But many experts expect the
Fed will raise its benchmark in-
terest rate by 0.75% for the third
time in a row later his month to
try to tamp down inflation.
Former Treasury Secretary
Larry Summers, who served un-
der President Barack Obama, has
repeatedly said inflation won’t be
brought under control without
massive job losses.
Last week, Summers called
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Reuters
hopes for a soft landing “the tri-
umph of hope over experience”
and said he’d be “surprised if we
get to the [Fed’s] 2% inflation
target without an unemploy-
ment rate that approaches or ex-
ceeds 6%.”
Biden’s trip to the site of a
planned Intel chip factory in Ohio
came amid a tight race for the US
Senate seat held by retiring Re-
publican Rob Portman.
The battle pits Republican JD
Vance, a first-time candidate who
gained fame with his best-selling,
2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,”
against Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan,
who recently admitted that the
“Democratic brand” was a liabil-
ity in many parts of the Buckeye
State. bgolding@nypost.com
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Ohio College to pay defamed bakery

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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

Neil Gorsuch
Justice confirms.

Supreme
report
due on
Roe leak
Supreme Court Justice
Neil Gorsuch has con-
firmed that the high court’s
internal investigation into
the unprecedented May
leak of a draft opinion in the
Chronicle-Telegram/Bruce Bishop

case that overturned Roe v.

By Priscilla DeGreGory
Oberlin College has agreed to
pay more than $36 million to the
family-owned bakery the Ohio
school falsely accused of being
racist in a shoplifting incident.
Gibson’s Bakery filed suit against
the progressive college in 2017 for
siding with three black students who
claimed the store racially profiled
them when they were caught steal-
ing from the shop the year before.
The payout comes after the Ohio
Supreme Court last month denied
Oberlin’s bid to hear its appeal of the
2019 jury verdict, which found the
college defamed the bakery when a
staffer made flyers claiming Gib-
son’s had a history of racial profiling.
The college announced the award
in a statement Thursday, saying that
the Board of Trustees decided not
to push the matter further.
“We are disappointed by the
Court’s decision. However, this
does not diminish our respect for
the law and the integrity of our le-
gal system,” the college said, add-
ing that it “has initiated payment in
full of the $36.59 million judgment.”
“This matter has been painful
for everyone. We hope that the
end of the litigation will begin the
healing of our entire community,”
the college’s statement continued.
‘The truth prevailed’
Bakery owner Lorna Gibson said
in a piece for The Post last week
that her family’s lives were “turned
upside down” the night of the No-
vember 2016 robbery after students
Jonathan Aladin, Endia Lawrence
and Cecelia Whettstone — who al-
legedly beat up her son Allyn Gib-
son — claimed to cops that Allyn
racially profiled and assaulted them.
Gibson’s nightmare unfolded
when one of the students used a
fake ID to try to buy a bottle of
wine, while swiping two more bot-
tles, court papers said. Allyn, who is
white, chased that student out of
the store — and a scuffle ensued be-
tween him and the three students.
Hundreds of students and teach-
ers picketed outside the bakery the
next day with signs claiming they
were white supremacists.
One college staffer created a
flyer claiming “LONG ACCOUNT
of RACIAL PROFILING and DIS-
CRIMINATION,” urging people to
boycott the shop.
The students eventually admitted
that they weren’t racially profiled
at the time of their guilty pleas to
charges of attempted theft in 2017.
“We felt that we had no choice
other than filing a lawsuit against
Oberlin . . . because David’s 89-year-
old father, who had dedicated his
life to the business, did not want to
die being falsely branded a racist,”
Gibson said in the Post essay. “Call-
ing us racists wasn’t just wrong, it
was deeply painful to our core.”
The business suffered financially
and had to lay off half of the staff
and cut operating hours, she said.
Her lawyer Owen Rarric told The
Post, “As the truth prevailed and
the Gibsons were vindicated, they
can now rebuild their 137-year-old
family business and continue to
serve their cherished community.”
Wade is ongoing — and that
he expects a report soon.
“The chief justice ap-
pointed an internal commit-
tee to oversee the investiga-
tion,” Gorsuch said Thurs-
day at a conference in Colo-
rado for judges and attor-
neys of the 10th Circuit
Court of Appeals, according
to The Wall Street Journal.
“That committee has been
busy, and we’re looking for-
ward to their report, I hope
soon,” he added.
Gorsuch did not indicate
whether the results of the
probe would be made pub-
lic.
Gorsuch, like other justi-
ces, has said he believes the
draft of Justice Samuel Al-
ito’s opinion in Dobbs v.
Jackson Women’s Health
Organization was made
public in order to influence
the court to uphold its 1973
decision declaring the right
to abortion nationwide.
“Improper efforts to influ-
ence judicial decision-mak-
ing, from whatever side, are
a threat [to the judicial pro-
cess],” said Gorsuch, adding
that the disclosure could re-

Slay-suicide in Bronx Guilty pleas in Jan. 6 felonies duce the candor of commu-
nication between justices in
the run-up to decisions.
A man fatally shot his girl- after midnight, cops said. “I very much hope we get
friend inside their Bronx He then shot himself in The founder of the Hawaii connection with the riot. Ochs, 36, and DeCarlo, 32, to the bottom of this sooner
apartment building and then the head, police said. Proud Boys chapter and a Nicholas Ochs, founder of call for sentences between or later,” he added.
turned the gun on himself The man, whose name Texas man who stormed the the far-right group’s Hawaii about 3½ years and four Chief Justice John Roberts
early Friday, cops said. was not immediately re- Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and chapter, and Nicholas De- years behind bars, although ordered an investigation
Kristina Jones, 41, was leased, was pronounced posed for a picture in front Carlo, of Fort Worth, Texas, the judge can decide to go into the leak soon after the
killed when her 42-year-old dead at the scene. of a door on which one of admitted to obstructing the above or below that. In ex- draft was published by Po-
beau shot her in the neck in Jones was rushed to Ja- them had written “Murder congressional certification change for pleading guilty, litico, but the court has
the fifth-floor hallway of cobi hospital, where she too the Media” both pleaded of President Biden’s Elect- prosecutors agreed to dis- been tight-lipped on the
their building on Williams- was pronounced dead, cops guilty Friday in federal oral College victory. miss several other charges probe’s progress.
bridge Road in Allerton just said. Amanda Woods court to a felony charge in Federal guidelines for against them. AP Evan Simko-Bednarski
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push in NY
Gov. Hochul ordered an emer-
gency expansion of the state’s po-
lio vaccination efforts Friday after
scientists detected the deadly vi-
Superstar Taylor Swift is all sparkle and grace at the Toronto In-
ternational Film Festival Friday night, where she presented her
new flick “All Too Well: The Short Film,” based on her hit song.

CheLSeA
rus in Long Island wastewater.
The latest test results add Nassau
County to the list of locales on
alert for potential spread of the dis-
ease amid a resurgence enabled by
low vaccination rates in children.
“On polio, we simply cannot roll
the dice,” said the state’s Health

BLASTS
Commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett. “If
you or your child are unvaccinated
or not up to date with vaccinations,
the risk of paralytic disease is real.”
Hochul’s order comes nearly two
months after officials recorded the

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first — and so far only — case of
paralytic polio in Rockland

IvANkA
County in July, which was con-
tracted by an unidentified person.
Scientists say a genetic analysis
of the virus sample from Nassau
County reveals that it is linked to
the initial case in Rockland.
About one in every 100 people in-
fected with polio will develop a se-
vere version of the disease that of-
ten includes permanent paralysis.
The state Department of Health
aims to keep the polio vaccination
rate at 90% or higher. It currently
sits at 79%. Nolan Hicks,
Friends no more
By Andrew Court time I have spoken to her,” Chel-
Zach Williams, Cayla Bamberger sea said. “But I do not recall being
Chelsea Clinton has blasted invited to dinner.”
Ivanka Trump, with the ex-first The pair — who both have three

Turks catch daughter saying she hasn’t spoken

to her former friend since Ivanka
“crossed to the dark side” almost
children around the same age —
were pals for years before politics
came between them. The Post has

ISIS leader six years ago.

Chelsea, 42, offered the revela-
tion in an interview on “Watch
Turkish police and intelligence What Happens Live with Andy
have captured a senior member of Cohen” Thursday night, where
the Islamic State group, President she was joined by mom
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has an- Hillary, 74.
nounced. “I would say we were
Erdogan identified the captured friends,” Chelsea said of
operative as Bashar Hattab Ghazal her relationship with
Al Sumaidai and said he was Ivanka, 40. “She’s not
known by his code name Abu the person I called when
Zeyd. I was curious about
The militant was seized in a something for my kids
joint operation carried out by po- or if I was debating a life
lice and the Turkish intelligence decision, but we were
agency, who were monitoring his definitely friends. And
connections in Syria and Istanbul then she went to the
and had received intelligence that dark side.”
he would enter Turkey illegally, The pair last spoke in
Erdogan said. November 2016, shortly
Erdogan did not say when he after Chelsea’s mom lost
was captured. AP the presidential election
to Ivanka’s dad, Donald.
During the sit-down
Triple stab in B’klyn with Andy Cohen, Chel-
sea (upper inset) also insinuated
Three men were stabbed during that Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kush-
a large fight in Borough Park Fri- ner, lied about a claim in his new
day evening, police said. book “Breaking History.”
The melee erupted around 10:40 Jared wrote that Ivanka (lower
p.m. on New Utrecht Avenue and inset) had reached out to Chelsea
50th Street, according to the NYPD. after the bitter 2016 election, in-
Getty Images
reached out to reps for Trump for
comment on Clinton’s revelations.
In 2015, Chelsea told People:
“Friendship is always more impor-
tant than politics. I learned that
growing up, watching
my parents be friends
with people across the
political spectrum in Ar-
kansas.”
Later that year she told
Vogue: “I still consider
her [Ivanka] a very close
friend, and she considers
me as well. We have a
great relationship.”
Chelsea later changed
her tune, telling Andy
Cohen in 2020: “I have no
interest in being friends
with someone who is not
only complicit but ac-
tively taking part in this
administration’s everyday
collision of cruelty and
incompetence.”
She added: “We were in touch at
the beginning of the campaign,
but it’s just really hard when
there’s someone who’s actively
embracing their candidate,
whether it’s their father or not,
who is trafficking in racism and

The three victims — men in their viting her over for dinner so that sexism and antisemitism and Is-
20s — were taken to the hospital in they could continue having a “cor- lamophobia and homophobia and
stable condition, police said. An- dial relationship.” transphobia and conspiracy theo-
R

other man in his 20s was taken into “It is true that I spoke to Ivanka ries and lies and is so fundamen-
custody, cops said. Larry Celona in November 2016. It’s the last tally corrupt.”
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Putting the party in politics

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Page
IT’S been a busy week for Eric Adams, the
city’s party-loving mayor who’s celebrating his
62nd birthday and New York Fashion Week.
A source exclusively tells Page Six that the
York City concert in Staten Island on his ac- Mansion with Anna Wintour — whom he
tual birthday, Sept. 1. dubbed “an angel that wears Prada” — and other
According to the Daily Beast, Adams was set fashion bigs on Thursday. “New York is as cool as
to have a birthday bash at members-only club can be right now in Gracie Mansion with these

Six®
mayor-about-town has been out celebrating the Ned, with guests including French Mon- wonderful folks with swagger,” Adams told a
New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

his birthday by attending a number of bashes.
We’re told one small affair, attended by about
30 guests, took place at a building that’s also
home to Chelsea Clinton — though she was
nowhere to be seen — with pals including NYC
Commissioner for International Affairs Edward
tana, David Blaine and Travis Scott. Sadly,
Page Six was told this isn’t true and that Adams
has been to the club just one time for a tour. A
rep told us, “The mayor had only one birthday
party, with a small group of friends. The mayor
is frequently out late, following dinner with
crowd, including Tommy Hilfiger, Tory Burch,
Thom Browne and Diane von Furstenberg.
Another source told Page Six exclusively
that a recent NY Times report on the mayor’s
nighttime habits, which stated he went out a
whopping 22 times in one month, was actually

Ian Mermelstein, Silverstein Properties CEO

Marty Burger, the Real Deal founder Amir
Korangy and Zero Bond’s Scott Sartiano.
tours of the subway, visiting homeless shelters
and walking around the city. He believes this is a
24-hour city and we need a 24-hour mayor. ”
too low. We hear he was out almost every
night, but that the reporters set to track the
mayor went home around 11 p.m., while he
Mohr
imohr@nypost.com
Adams also got onstage at the Rise Up New Adams hosted his own NYFW bash at Gracie sometimes didn’t hit the town till later.

Oli Coleman Arts of the deals

ocoleman@nypost.com
AWAY from New York Fashion Week,
Mara Siegler stars such as Paul Rudd and Jared Leto
msiegler@nypost.com
Carlos Greer flocked to the Armory Show, which kicks
cgreer@nypost.com off the art world’s fall fair season. There
Tashara Jones have already been a number of big sales,
tjones@nypost.com including a $600,000 painting by Chris
Ofili via David Zwirner gallery. Mean-
Tale of the tape while, “Catfish” star Nev Schulman, col-
lector Beth Rudin DeWoody and So-
KRIS Jenner shot down claims phia Cohen, daughter of Mets owner
that she helped her daughter Kim Steven, checked out the Independent
Kardashian spread her infamous
2007 sex tape with Ray J. The Kar-
20th Century art fair’s VIP preview.
We’re told the fair, making its debut as a
At Armas’ length
dashian-Jenner matriarch ap- spinoff of the Independent Art Fair, has WHO would ghost Ana de Armas?
peared Thursday with daughter been a hit. Vito Schnabel sold out his The “Knives Out” star believes Mari-
Kylie Jenner on “The Late Late entire booth of Francesco Clemente lyn Monroe was haunting her new
Show With James Corden” and paintings at $250,000 a pop. The offi- movie “Blonde,” in which she
took a lie detector test. When Cor- cial after-party at the Blond even portrays the Hollywood icon.
den asked if she helped “Kim re- attracted, oddly, “Real House- Follow us “I think she was happy,”
lease her sex tape,” she shook her wife” Dorinda Medley. on Twitter said de Armas. But, “she

@Page
head. “It’s OK, but no,” she said,
before the machine determined
that she was telling the truth, add- Sightings
ing, “Oh, I like that we cleared that
up.” In May, Ray J alleged that the
leaked tape was a “deal and a part-
SINGER J Balvin performing
at the NFL Kickoff concert where
Six
nership between Kris Jenner and he was presented a special jersey as
Kim and me.” He further alleged part of an upcoming collaboration be-
they signed a contract for three ta- tween the NFL and the artist Chito . . .
pes, but one was made public. GLORIA Gaynor celebrating her 79th
birthday at Carmine’s in Times Square
. . . ELLIE Goulding, Marisa Tomei,
Rachel Brosnahan, Casey Affleck,
Heather Graham and Patricia Clark-
son among stars at amfAR’s Gala Ven-
ezia benefit in Italy.
would also throw things
off the wall sometimes
and get mad if she didn’t
like something. Maybe this
sounds very mystical, but it
is true. We all felt it,” the star
(above) told reporters at the
Venice Film Festival. Armas previ-
ously dated Ben Affleck starting in
early 2020 before he wound up mar-
rying Jennifer Lopez. “I truly be-
lieve that she was very close to us.
She was with us,” she said of Mon-
roe’s alleged aura. The film’s director,
Andrew Dominik, agreed that he
felt her presence, “like [at] a seance.”

EmRata finally files for divorce

EMILy Ratajkowski has filed for
divorce after her estranged husband,
Sebastian Bear-McClard, allegedly
Getting too ‘Real’ cheated on her. Court records seen by
Page Six show that the model filed in
LISA Rinna (above) sounds Manhattan Supreme Court Thurs-
more like a member of “Mob day and noted it was contested,
Wives” than “Real Housewives” meaning there are issues to be
lately. The star of the Beverly Striding solo, litigated. Neither Ratajkow-
Hills version of the show shared Jennifer Lawrence ski’s attorney nor a rep for
The Hapa Blonde / BACKGRID
claimed to us. “He’s a serial cheater.
It’s gross. He’s a dog.” Just one day
prior to our report, Ratajkowski, 31,
sparked breakup rumors when she
was spotted walking the now-es-
tranged couple’s 1-year-old son with-
out her wedding ring on. In Septem-
ber, Ratajkowski finally confirmed she
and Bear-McClard had split when she
said in a TikTok video that she was a

on Instagram before its latest re- slides down the side- the film producer immedi- “recently single person” who was
union: “I have been ‘threatened’ walk on her way to LA ately returned Page Six’s re- “thinking about dating and stuff.” The
for the past [four] months by brand Simon Miller’s quest for comment, report “My Body” author and the “Uncut
‘people’ basically trying to scare pop-up in the West The Post’s Priscilla De- Gems” producer, 41, secretly tied the
me, trying to ruin my credibility, Village. Gregory, Francesca Ba- knot at an NYC courthouse in Febru-
trying to call me a liar, creating cardi and Leah Bitsky. Page ary 2018, just two weeks after they
things that aren’t true.” Naturally, Six broke the news in July that were spotted together for the first
she didn’t say who’s allegedly the couple was separating after time on Valentine’s Day. Four years
threatening her — but she prom- four years of marriage. “Yeah, he seems like a good run for people who
ised to reveal deets on the show. cheated,” a source close to the model committed to life after only 14 days.
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Feds probe Trump PAC

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Eye on post-elex donor haul

New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

By SteveN NelSoN
A federal grand jury is in-
vestigating former Presi-
dent Donald Trump’s fun-
draising practices — sug-
gesting a previously un-
known Justice Department
initiative against the 45th
president amid expecta-
tions he will soon launch a
2024 presidential bid.
At least five current or
former Trump associates
were issued subpoenas
Wednesday seeking infor-
mation about the Save
America PAC, The New
York Times reported Friday.
The subpoenas were not
directly quoted by the Times
but reportedly inquire about
the operations of Save Amer-
million but spent just $36
million since its formation
days after the 2020 election
— leaving a nearly nine-fig-
ure political war chest at
Trump’s disposal.
Trump spokesman Taylor
Budowich claimed the sub-
poenas are part of a politi-
cally biased investigation.
‘Divide & destroy’
“It should surprise no one
that days after Biden de-
clared Trump supporters a
‘threat’ to democracy, his
admin goes after those very
same supporters & Save
America PAC, which is
committed to Make Amer-
ica Great Again,” Budowich
tweeted Thursday. “Biden
vide & destroy this nation.”
The subpoenas do not
identify a potential crime
that may have been commit-
ted, according to the Times
— though they were issued
just one week after the Dem-
ocratic-led House select
committee investigating last
year’s Capitol riot withdrew a
subpoena to the software
company Salesforce for infor-
mation about GOP fundrais-
ing after the 2020 election.
The Washington Post re-
ported in March that the se-
lect committee was investi-
gating the use of claims by
Trump and his allies that
the election was stolen in
political advertising and
whether they violated fed-
eral wire-fraud laws.
Committee filed a lawsuit
challenging the House
committee’s effort to ob-
tain donation records, call-
ing it “a transparent effort
to chill the speech of the
Select Committee mem-
bers’ political opponents.”
Investigations
Trump faces other Jus-
tice Department investiga-
tions — most notably the
struggle over classified
documents that were taken
to his Palm Beach, Fla., re-
sort after he left office,
which the FBI retrieved in
a dramatic Aug. 8 raid.
In the Mar-a-Lago probe,
Trump and federal prosecu-
tors on Friday night pro-

ica, which has raked in $135
is using government to di-
The Republican National
Robert Miller
posed their choices for a
special master to arbitrate
the investigation into the re-
covered classified material.
The feds suggested
former Manhattan judge under siege: Feds are looking into whether former
Barbara Jones or retired President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC ran afoul

Stopping America’s
Washington, DC, judge
Thomas Griffith for the
role, court documents show.
Trump asked for former
of the law in claiming that the 2020 election was stolen.
special master review all classified documents or
documents taken from the “adjudicate claims of Exec-

Disasters and Decline

Manhattan US Attorney resort, including those utive Privilege” but argued
and judge Raymond Dearie with classified markings, the independent third-
or Paul Huck, Jr., a former to “evaluate potential Ex- party should consult with
Florida deputy attorney ecutive Privilege claims.” the National Archives and

It is not too late to save this nation! general.

The former president’s
team requested that the
The government told the
court it didn’t want the
special master to review
Records Administration on
the determination of the
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R&B singer had “accumu- victims’ rights to full and fled, and remained at large.
www.jvim.com/stopping-americas-disasters-decline-schedule/ lated substantial funds in his timely restitution.” Larry Celona, Amanda
inmate trust account,” to the Priscilla DeGregory Woods and Patrick Reilly
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STRANGE FICTION

New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

Hilarious
HE new “Weird Al” Yankovic movie, “Those aren’t the words!” his cruel father

CHRisTinA POwELL
Missing for weeks.
T which premiered Thursday at mid-
night at the Toronto International Film
Festival, is called “Weird.” It’s the most
accurate title of anything since “Cats.”
shouts at him.
“I know,” says Little Al, who secretly plays
accordion in the closet. “I made them better.”
Later on, Adult Al (Daniel Radcliffe) —

Al Yankovic
Finding a stranger, more deranged, even a after creating the tune “My Bologna” from

Car death just-as-peculiar biopic will be a tall order.

Damn near impossible. You can hardly be-
lieve it’s real — because it isn’t. Almost
nothing in this
the Knack’s “My Sharona” while making
sandwiches — proclaims his life’s dream:
“I’ll be the most famous accordion player in
an extremely specific genre of music!”

is ruled hilarious story

of the pop music
parody legend, pic is ‘weird’ Lush orchestral music swells throughout
as though cueing us to cry. And we do, but
for a different reason.

accident
who became fa- Radcliffe dons the frizzy wig and thick-

but not
mous with songs framed glasses, and the role fits him like a
like “Yoda” and size-large Hawaiian shirt. Real Radcliffe and
“Fat,” is re- Weird Al share an inherent likability, an in-

nypost.com
A Texas mom’s death was motely true. nocence really, and Radcliffe’s persona ele-
ruled accidental and the Wikipedia vates the film. We really care about what
Johnny
case was closed by cops
after her decomposing body
was found in a shopping
mall parking lot, officials
said Friday.
Oleksinski for
In Toronto

WEIRD: THE
fails to mention,
example,
Weird Al’s rocky
romance with
Madonna, who
at all true happens to his Al, even though everything is
fake and 100% a joke.

Stellar supporting cast

Christina Lee Powell, 39
— who sparked a manhunt AL YANKOVIC then became a
Yoko Ono-esque
And he’s joined by a stacked cast of actors.
Evan Rachel Wood plays a gum-chewing
after she went missing in STORY wedge between ’80s Madonna and Rainn Wilson takes on
San Antonio in July — died This life is a party. him and his the role of radio personality and Weird Al
of hyperthermia with alco- Running time: 108 minutes. Not band. Michael mentor Dr. Demento with the silly serious-
hol-related complications, yet rated. Out Nov. 4 on Roku. Jackson defi- ness of Tom Hanks in “Elvis.”
the Bexar County Medical ★★★ nitely did not re- Best is Toby Huss as Al’s father, Nick. He
Examiner’s office told Fox lease “Beat It” channels every disapproving dad in creative-
News Digital. after Yankovic wrote “Eat It.” Was cocaine genius biopic history, and wrings laughs out
The case’s bizarre conclu- kingpin Pablo Escobar a Weird Al superfan of each sucker punch and grunt.
sion comes after Powell was who offered him 1 billion pesos to perform There are a ton of celeb cameos that I
found dead in her black at his birthday party? Who’s to say? won’t mention. They’re all fantastic.
2020 Nissan Rogue at Weird Al fans, like yours truly, will not
Huebner Oaks Center on only recognize this brand of outrageous hu-
July 23, nearly three weeks
A biopic parody mor from his songs, but also his other forays
after a family member re- What Yankovic and director and co-writer onto the screen. Sendups of movie scenes
ported her missing. Eric Appel have done, brilliantly in spots, is from “Boogie Nights” and “Bohemian Rhap-
Her SUV had been parked parody Yankovic’s own life while sending up sody” harken back to what he did in the un-
in the same spot at the mall the whole biopic genre. In a messed-up way, der-appreciated 1989 comedy movie “UHF”
for about a week, according the maneuver is kinda poetic. And so very (“Badgers? We don’t need no stinking badg-
to a security guard who funny. ers!”). And the pace and dryness of the gags
made the grim discovery. It’s a riot when a teenage Al rebelliously is a dead ringer for the re-edited celebrity in-
Police at the time said sneaks out of the house to attend a cool-kids terviews he used do on “The Weird Al
there was no apparent polka party and gets peer-pressured into Show” on CBS.
trauma to the body and playing the accordion. But what will folks who did not attend Al-
Thursday closed the inves- Or early on when, as a little kid, he be- Con when they were 11 and do not own an
tigation. Natalie O’Neill gins to sing “Amazing Grapes” at the din- autographed “UHF” LP make of this movie?
ner table. Appel’s film, after all, is co-produced by
Funny or Die, so there is a skit-like quality to
No bail for it, even though it exceeds 90 minutes. The
movie is a smidge too long. Yet, there’s
something appealing here for anyone who
Tenn. ‘killer’ enjoys the absurd comedy of Amy Sedaris’
“Strangers With Candy” or the violent liv-
A Tennessee man accused ing-room antics of “Family Guy.” You don’t
of killing four people and have to know all the words to “The
wounding three others in a Saga Begins.”
Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images

livestreamed shooting ram- Any teenager today would have

page that paralyzed Mem- a swell time watching “Weird”
phis and led to a citywide in his basement at 2 a.m. And
manhunt was granted a pub- some of us who were teenag-
lic defender during a Friday ers 20 to 40 years ago will
morning court appearance pull up a chair.
and will remain jailed on a
first-degree murder charge. CRAZY FOR YOU: Daniel
Ezekiel Kelly, 19, told a Radcliffe (left) stars as Yank-
judge he could not afford a ovic in “Weird: The Al Yankovic
lawyer for accusations in
THE REAL DEAL: The actual
Al Yankovic (above, in 1984) Story.” Evan Rachel Wood
Wednesday’s attack that (top) plays Madonna, who has
caused panic and fear
co-wrote the movie, which just
premiered at the Toronto Inter- a romance with Yankovic in
across the city. the fictional world of the film.
Additional charges are ex-
national Film Festival.
pected. AP
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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022
AFP via Getty Images
Kremlin admits to surprise losses
By Evan Simko-BEdnarSki
Moscow’s state-run TV outlet
made a rare admission of battlefield
losses Friday, with an acknowledg-
ment that Ukraine had achieved a
“substantial victory” in breaking
through Russian lines this week.
“The very fact of a breach of our
defenses is already a substantial vic-
tory for the Ukrainian armed for-
ces,” said Vitaly Ganchev, the head
of Russia’s occupation forces in the
Kharkiv province. “The enemy is
being delayed as much as possible,
but several settlements have already
come under the control of Ukrain-
ian armed formations.”
The admission is also a notable
indication of Russian surprise at
the Ukrainian counterattack, given
the Kremlin’s blanket ban on any
war reports that break from offi-
cial accounts.
A
Thugs pummel, rob parade-goer
mob pummeled, Heights around 7 p.m. Mon-
slashed and robbed a man day when about a dozen
in an unprovoked attack at people began punching and
the West Indian Day Parade kicking him, cops said.
on Labor Day, according to Video released by the
police and new video. NYPD Thursday night shows
The 44-year-old man was a group of people fighting in
taking part in the festivities the street — mostly appear-
on Eastern Parkway near ing to target a man in a black
Franklin Avenue in Crown shirt and white shorts (right).
The broadcast comes a day after
Ukraine made a major advance
from Kharkiv toward the contested
Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
The surprise assault caught Rus-
sian troops off guard, as many of
Moscow’s resources had already
been shifted southward to block
Kyiv’s much-telegraphed attempt
to liberate Kherson in the south.
Ukrainian officials indi-
cated the tactic was inten-
tional and that Kyiv’s
publicized focus
Kherson was used to
on
draw troops away from
Russian supply lines in
the north.
“We found a weak spot
where the enemy wasn’t
ready,” Ukrainian
presidential ad-
viser Oleksiy
Arestovych put
The man was also slashed in
the torso and robbed of two
chains, as well as his cell-
phone, car keys and wallet,
cops said.
The suspects fled, and the
victim was taken to Kings
County hospital, where his
condition was stable.
It was an otherwise quiet
Housing
‘arsenic’
a lab flub
The laboratory that de-
tected arsenic in the drink-
ing water at an East Village
public-housing complex re-
tracted its test results and
“admitted to being the ones
that introduced” the toxic
compound in the samples,
officials said.
Environmental Monitor-
ing and Technologies called
the initial results that
showed traces of the dan-
gerous heavy metal at the
Jacob Riis Houses “incor-
rect,” according to a Friday
statement from City Hall
press secretary Fabien Levy.
But despite the retraction,
city officials again warned
the residents of the NY-
CHA complex on Friday to
Fighting back: Ukrainian continue to avoid drinking
soldiers ride atop an armed the water pending addi-
vehicle in Kharkiv on Friday tional tests — extending the
amid a counterattack. now-week-long shutoff.
“[O]ut of an abundance of
caution, we are continuing
to ask Riis House residents
not to drink or cook with
the water in their building,”
said Levy.
Levy said Environmental
Monitoring and Technolo-
it in a video posted on YouTube. fense released a video Friday that gies would be barred from
Ganchev said occupation forces purported to show reinforcements working with city agencies
were evacuating civilians from sev- rushing into the area to stem the again.
eral cities in anticipation of further Ukrainian tide. The lab’s statement re-
Ukrainian gains — including in Iz- But meanwhile, social media vealed that there were two
yum, a northeastern city that has was awash with videos claiming to — ultimately flawed — tests
served as a resupply hub for Rus- show Ukrainian troops raising that came back positive:
sian forces operating in the Donbas. blue and gold flags across what one on Aug. 26; and the sec-
Arestovych said Friday that Rus- until very recently was occupied ond on Sept. 1.
sian forces in Izyum were territory. The victories have been Nolan Hicks
almost cut off from the difficult to confirm, as Ukraine
main Russian force. has been tight-lipped about its op-
The Ukrainian also
claimed that hun-
dreds of Russians
erations.
The counterattack in Kherson
began after weeks of so-called
July hack
had been captured
and hundreds more
killed in the few
“shaping operations,” using long-
range rocket artillery to blow up
bridges and disrupt supply lines,
costs Iran
days of fighting. trapping Russian forces on either The US government on
The Russian side of the wide Dniper river, and Friday imposed sanctions
Ministry slowing the transportation of on Iran’s intelligence
of De- equipment and ammunition. agency and its leadership in
With Wires response to malicious cy-
esimko- bednarski@nypost.com berattacks on Albanian gov-
ernment computer systems
in July.
year for the annual parade,
The Treasury Depart-
ment’s Office of Foreign As-
sets Control designated
Iran’s Ministry of Intelli-
gence and Security and the
which has typically been ministry’s head, Esmail
plagued by violence. Khatib, for what it said were
A short distance away cyber-related activities
from the parade route, a against the US and its allies.
stranger stabbed a Pennsyl- Albania, a NATO member,
vania man in broad daylight cut diplomatic ties with
during a fight over sitting Iran and expelled its em-
on a bench, cops said. bassy staff this week over
Amanda Woods the July 15 attack. AP
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Weird
‘Jude’ abides on Julian Lennon’s new LP
true
BUT

New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

By ChuCk Arnold

Airhead move. He may be hitting the big 6-0 next

A Chinese man got stuck
soaring in a hot-air balloon
for two days after he failed
to properly tether it while
gathering pine nuts from
tree tops, authorities said.
The man, identified only
as Hu, was collecting the
seeds in a park in Heilongji-
ang province Sunday when
he lost control and flew
nearly 200 miles.
Rescuers instructed him
to slowly deflate the bal-
loon to land safely.
April, but in a very meaningful way,
Julian Lennon, the firstborn son of
John, is only 2 years old.
That’s because the singer-song-
writer — born John Charles Julian
Lennon to the late Beatles legend
and his first wife, Cynthia — legally
changed his name to Julian Charles
John Lennon in 2020.
“I’d always take an issue with that,
because I’d always been known as
Julian — first and foremost to my
mum,” Lennon, 59, told The Post.
“And I used to get a lot of crap for
[being named John] at airport secu-
rity. People would look at my pass-
port, maybe not recognize me, and

It was a total ham-bush.
Thieves snatched $100,000
worth of pork from a factory
in Iowa, and police are hop-
ing somebody squeals.
The still-at-large crooks
allegedly went hog wild, fill-
ing three trucks with the
meat at a plant in Ottumwa,
according to cops who are
seeking tips about the crime.
A man impersonating a po-
lice officer in Colorado
landed on the wrong side of
the law when he pulled over
a real off-duty cop.
The phony officer was al-
legedly posing as a plain-
clothes cop in a Dodge SUV
in Brighton on Sept. 3 when
he activated red and blue
lights, directed the real cop
to pull over and flashed a
silver badge.
He was later busted for im-
personating a peace officer.
They say this vacuum
sucks.
Privacy advocates ripped
Amazon’s purchase of the ro-
botic vacuum firm iRobot,
calling it unnerving that the
device can map out the lay-
out of a person’s home.
The tech giant bought the
company, which makes
Roombas, for $1.7 billion —
nypost.com
go, ‘John Lennon — ha, ha, that’s
funny.’ After over 30-40 years of
publicly having to deal with that . . . I
just went, ‘You know what? I want to
be Julian, I want to be me for F
sake.’ ”
And it’s this officially named Ju-
lian who will release “Jude,” his first
album in 11 years, on Friday. The LP
arrives 37 years after Lennon scored
Top 10 hits with his first two US sin-
gles: “Valotte,” the title tune from his
1984 debut album, and “Too Late for
Goodbyes.”
‘A very dark time’
And if that album title of “Jude”
makes Beatlemaniacs take note, yes,
it is indeed a reference to “Hey Jude,”
the 1968 No. 1 hit by the Fab Four.
Paul McCartney originally wrote daddy’s boy: Julian
the song as “Hey Jules” — a refer- Lennon, at top with dad John
ence to Julian’s nickname — to com- Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968,
fort John Lennon’s young son after will release “Jude,” his first
his father left his mother for Yoko album in 11 years, on Friday. Its
Ono. And to this day, the sweetest of cover (above) features a photo
serenades to “make it better” for a of himself as a boy.
little boy stirs mixed feelings in the
Beatles scion.
“Back then, I was too young to un-
derstand what it represented,” Len-
non said. “Obviously, it’s lovely to
have a song written about you, and
especially out of concern.
“But I think a lot of the public
never realized . . . that it reminds me
of a very dark time in many respects,
because, you know, that’s when Dad
walked out the door. That’s when he
left Mum and I, and my concern was

prompting civil rights
groups to pen a letter of
complaint to the Federal
Trade Commission over the
gadget’s “access to ex-
tremely intimate acts.”
A single squirrel knocked
out 10,000 customers’ elec-
tricity in Virginia, leaving
schools and businesses in
the dark Wednesday.
The furry troublemaker
weaseled its way into a sub-
station and got stuck be-
tween a circuit breaker and
a transformer.
Natalie O’Neill, Wires
for my mom’s welfare and well-be-
ing more than my own.”
McCartney himself gave a Face-
Time thumbs-up to “Jude” as the ti-
tle of the album, which pictures a
young Julian looking pensive on its
cover.
“I have much respect and love for
Paul, and I can’t thank him enough,”
Lennon said.
Like the rest of the world, Lennon
got to see the intimate inner work-
ings between his father, McCartney,
George Harrison and Ringo Starr
when the exhaustive documentary
“Get Back” came out last fall, depict-
ing the Beatles on the verge of the
biggest band breakup in history.
After he was initially reluctant to
view the film for the first time in
public, his half-brother, Sean Len-
non, 46, whose mother is Ono, per-
suaded him to bro up for the pre-
miere.
“I said, ‘All right, let’s go together.
We’ll go hand in hand and be broth-
ers in arms,’ ” said Lennon, who felt
a closer connection to his father
while watching the documentary.
“He very much reminded me of
when we used to hang out, you know,
when I was a kid. He was clearly very
goofy, very cynical, a smart ass,
quick-witted . . . I have to say that I
fell in love with that again, because
he was there as I remembered him
before he walked out the door.”
Breaking his rule
Lennon paid moving tribute to his
father when he covered “Imagine” in
Global Citizen’s Stand Up for
Ukraine benefit in April, making a
Robert Ascroft
special exception for a worthy cause.
“I had no intentions of re-record-
ing or singing Beatles or Dad’s
songs,” he said. “I’ve always felt that
they did a great job the first time
around.”
And the Monaco-based artist
keeps his dad’s utopian vision alive
on “Jude.”
“I get angry about situations,” said
Lennon, “but I try to look at it from a
more positive angle with all the
work that I do.”
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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

It’s Park-icide
NY set to kill city oasis out of climate panic
Climate war: Newsom’s Dirty Little Secret
“Democrats blame climate change” for California’s week-long threats of
rolling blackouts, yet the state’s climate hasn’t changed, argue The Wall
Street Journal’s editors; its electric generation has. “Solar and windpower
WO cheers for GOP gu- have rapidly expanded,” while “gas and nuclear generators” have shut down.

T bernatorial candidate
Lee Zeldin’s belated op-
position to the imminent
destruction of Battery Park
City’s beloved Wagner Park.
Yet wind and solar sources can’t always produce power when needed, so
California has imported less reliable juice from other states and taken emer-
gency steps like “asking users to turn up their thermostats,” cutting indus-
trial power usage and installing temporary gas-fired generators. Los Ange-
les’ municipal utility generates 30% of its electricity from coal — “Gavin
The state-driven “resil- Newsom’s dirty little climate secret.” And electric rates have skyrocketed.
iency” scheme to close and Alas, “what starts in California rarely stays in California. Americans every-
tear up the park for two where will soon be soaked with higher prices” for less reliable power.
years in order to replace it

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with an unrecognizably
warped landscape is a stroke
Schools watch: Why’s NYS Hiding Test Scores?
of civic desecration in search Nationwide testing results have revealed “major pandemic learning loss,”
of a legitimate purpose. but the public knows little about the damage in New York, frets the Empire
The Battery Park City Au- Center’s Ian Kingsbury. That’s because the State Education Department has

Helayne Seidman
thority, a creature of the yet to share results of state math and reading tests, which traditionally were
Democratic-dominated state released in late summer. Instead, it’s holding “final” data until a “non-speci-
government, plans to begin fied time ‘this fall.’ ” Why? It’s not clear, but “SED has yet to make a convin-
chopping up the 3.5-acre cing case for the delay,” and “recent Albany history around data transpar-
Hudson River leisure oasis ency invites skepticism” — so the Empire Center issued a Freedom of In-
and uproot its magnificent Green-agenda victim: Say goodbye to Wagner Park in Battery Park City. formation request; with elections just two months away, “education is sure
landscaping within days. The to be a top-of-mind issue.” Residents “deserve to be armed with a full pic-
idea is to protect it from a mon- ity that might never occur. his input and announce she’s ture of the current condition of education” in New York.
ster future storm that exists only The BPCA’s assertion that it pri- canceling the project.
in the dreams of environmental oritizes “science” is as specious as The Post first howled over the
extremists. early-pandemic claims that “sci- Wagner Park drama two months Libertarian: Dems Can Save Democracy
Unfortunately, Zeldin’s wel- ence” justified shutting down the ago. Local residents who’d given “The way President Joe Biden tells it,” observes Reason’s Eric Boehm,
come outrage is too late, too lit- world. In truth, government bu- up hope of blocking the bulldo- “Republicans are already laying the groundwork to steal the 2024 presi-
tle. He said, “Residents have reaucrats prioritize voodoo envi- zers rallied anew against it. dential election.” But “the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Tran-
pointed out that Wagner Park ronmentalism that would, if left The BPCA tried to mollify sition Improvement Act,” which would “force states to abide by the re-
didn’t experience severe flood- unchecked, build a dome over them by proclaiming that the sults of the elections they conduct,” has been “shifted to the back burner
ing during Superstorm Sandy.” Manhattan to protect skyscrapers newly designed venue will have in Congress even as Democrats ramp up their rhetoric about Republicans
Pointed out? It’s an undeniable from falling asteroids. 74% more green space than in trying to destroy democracy” and put efforts to win elections “over actu-
fact. No “severe If there ever was the original design. Goll-y! Yet ally safeguarding them.” Yet “if Congress doesn’t find the time to pass”
flooding?” It hope to block or it’ll still have slightly less green the bill “before the end of the year, there’s little hope that it will ever
didn’t experience stall the Wagner space than now, supposedly to reach Biden’s desk,” given the expected results of the midterms. Demo-
any.
STEVE scheme, our legis- allow other changes to make the crats should act now, “while they still have a chance.”
He and other
CUOZZO lative leaders park more “accessible.”
officials needed needed to throw All this to protect it from an
to howl more than a year ago their bodies in its way years ago imagined, catastrophic future From the right: Dems’ Long String of Lies
when the $221 million (ha!) when the BPCA, egged on by that’s beyond a worst-case sce- The left has called the right “fascists” since “at least 1948, when Harry
boondoggle was announced. It Gov. Andrew Cuomo, declared nario. Superstorm Sandy, which Truman said a Republican election win would pose a fascistic threat to
would raise the park 10 feet and its intentions. walloped the city with the great- America,” recalls Issues & Insights’ editors. Yet it’s
inflict “exposed floodwalls,” Battery Park City Neighbor- est sea surge in its history, didn’t just another in a long string of lies. “Fascists want
“buried floodwalls” and “flip-up hood Association board member lay a drop of water on Wagner to empower the state,” strip people of individuality
deployables” (whatever they are) Britni Erez praised Zeldin, saying, Park. The rest of Battery Park and “eliminate dissent” — which describes Demo-
on what are now some of Man- “Gov. Kathy Hochul should real- City suffered only minor damage crats better than Republicans. The Green New
hattan’s most enjoyable lawns ize this is a big election issue for at a few points near its northern Deal was sold as “an effort to save the planet” but
and vantage points for sunbath- people across Lower Manhattan.” end, far from Wagner Park. “designed” as wealth redistribution. “President
ing and sightseeing. Problem is, their elected repre- Despite warnings from City Barack Obama lied about Obamacare”; Rep. Jerry
The reason: to protect the site sentatives, all Democrats, are to- Hall for Battery Park City’s Nadler said Antifa is “a myth.” Dems “have to lie”
from an entirely theoretical, tally on board with the scheme. 16,000 residents to evacuate as — because Americans wouldn’t vote for candi-
“model”-based prediction of a Among them: Manhattan Bor- the storm approached, the apart- dates who seek a “one-party regime” and “whose
“100-year storm” by 2050. ough President Mark Levine, state ment buildings never lost power ideology is much closer to that of history’s worst
Sure, climate change is real. Sen. Brian Kavanagh (whose dis- and came through just fine. Resi- despots than the Founding Fathers’ vision of free-
But it isn’t occurring with the trict includes Battery Park City!), dents returned to find their dom and independence.” President Truman
speed and intensity that “ex- Assembly Members Charles D. homes intact.
perts” would have us believe. It’s Fall and Yuh-Line Niou and City Why? Because Battery Park
easy to cherry-pick snapshots of Councilman Christopher Marte. City, which is built on landfill, Elex watch: Midterm ‘Winds’ Constantly Shift
environmental damage. But a After the Wagner plan was was designed to be storm-resil- “Most midterm cycles are easily defined by the political winds,” but
longer view recognizes that first made public, they picked ient from the beginning. “this one is all about wind shears,” notes The Hill’s Steve Israel, who ran
there are more polar bears today nits over fine points — but It might be too late for Wagner House Democrats’ campaign committee from 2011 to 2016. “Campaign
than in the 1960s. steered clear of condemning the Park, but a Zeldin victory in No- committees basically plan as political meteorologists,” because “the
Reasonable concern about cli- overall atrocity that it is. vember might steer the city (and winds can change.” Consider the focus on the “congressional generic bal-
mate change shouldn’t authorize Gov. Kathy Hochul, who en- state) back to some sanity on cli- lot,” which merely “reflects vague preferences at a particular moment,
government to ruin perfectly dorses every one of Cuomo’s mate change — and head off the not turnout at the polls,” even though “a midterm election strongly rests
sound and beloved public facili- rotten real-estate and construc- next Wagner Park we’d other- on turnout.” As a result, “offense and defense [are] shifting constantly”
ties in the name of “saving” them tion schemes, is unlikely to wise stand to lose. for GOPers and Dems, with “bursts of propulsion” and “skirmishes and
from a theoretical future calam- thank her opponent Zeldin for scuozzo@nypost.com random eruptions,” while “the majority for both parties seem as thin as
ice.” — Compiled by Adam Brodsky & Sam Munson
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AOC’s White House Hurdle:
Hochul’s Utter Corruption Wokeism, Not Womanhood
New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

ow: The very day that megadonor ing schools required the huge volume of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-

W

The Issue: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s claim that
Charlie Tebele’s company proposed tests that Digital Gadgets was offering. But Cortez laments in GQ
misogyny would prevent her from becoming president.
to sell New York state some 26 mil- she kept on buying from Tebele long after that she wouldn’t be
lion home COVID tests at more than any “crisis” had ended, for an average per- elected president because
twice the going per-test price, Gov. Ho- test price of $12.25. she is a woman of color She championed bail re-
chul’s team agreed — exploiting her emer- And all thanks to the 2021 “emergency” or- (“AOC’s Fiery prez de- form and backed the call
gency powers to reward a fat-cat buddy and der that Hochul has continued to endlessly hate,” Sept. 8). for defunding the police.
rip off the taxpayers. extend. It enables such outrages by sus- The GQ paean actually Neither of these stances
She really is, as Nicole Gelinas wrote last pending both competitive bidding and pay- revealed the true reasons endeared her to honest,
month, Cuomo 2.0: none of the roaming ment-review by the State Comptroller’s Of- why she would be unable hardworking people who
hands, but all the arrogant corruption. fice for key state contracts. to con enough Americans saw and experienced the
Kudos to the Times-Union for breaking Politicians with zero principles are dan- with a functional brain to abuses brought on our so-
the story. New Yorkers already knew that gerous at the best of times. When they oper- pull the lever for her: She ciety by the absurd
Tebele’s medical-device company, Digital ate with zero real oversight (which is pre- proudly exposes herself changes to the bail laws.
Gadgets, had won a mind-boggling $637 mil- cisely what Hochul’s emergency orders per- as woefully ignorant of In addition, while there
lion in total state contracts even as Tebele mit) the damage they do is vast. In this case, history and civics, dis- are no doubt some police
and his family have donated nearly $300,000 taxpayers in an economy on its deathbed got dainful of the constitu- who are racists and
to Hochul’s campaign. But the not-even-a- hosed for tens of millions through a COVID- tional limits placed on should not be in their po-
day-for-due-diligence angle is new. alarmism boondoggle. government and utterly sitions of authority, where
The gov made the Dec. 20 decision even The gov’s other favors for donors, such as clueless about economic Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would society be without
though she’d recently OK’d the purchase of 5 her disastrous Penn Station plan, may be reality. those men and women
million tests at $5 a pop, far less than the $13 more costly, but this outrage is the perfect So, AOC, it is not be- More important, what who wear the uniform
that Tebele wanted — a “wholesale” price emblem of her Cuomo 2.0 administration: cause you’re a woman of has she done for the peo- and put their own lives on
above the retail one at most stores. self-dealing wrapped up in self-righteousness color. It’s just that people ple who continue to vote the line every day?
She now claims that she paid a premium — and terrible for New York. And reason do not want a president for her? What has she ac- AOC, we love and
because the combo of Omicron and reopen- enough to evict her from office come Nov. 8. who is an ill-educated, complished? cherish women all over
hypocritical ideologue She wants to be presi- the world — just not
who takes every oppor- dent? Sure. If Joe Biden those, like you, who wish
Colluding To Censor tunity to tell them that
they live in a terrible
can be president, it can’t
get much worse.
to destroy society.
Alan Brooks
he ugly picture of collusion between the that might implicate muck-a-mucks like Fauci country.

T
B.A. Clerkin Joe Alloy, Wayne, NJ Brooklyn
feds and social media platforms around for spectacularly bad judgment (in this case, Glen Head
COVID just got a whole lot uglier. championing funding for viral gain-of-func- It
 is amazing that AOC AOC,
 stop eating “pity
Recent filings from a lawsuit by the Loui- tion research in China) is deeply unethical. GQ feeds the media cre-
 has the gall to say that pie.” Perhaps the reason
siana and Missouri attorneys general against Recall that Facebook — having left its ban ation known as AOC. she could never be presi- you won’t become presi-
the Biden administration reveal that Face- on such posts in place for months — sud- For someone who grad- dent because men hate dent is because of your
book head Mark Zuckerberg gave Dr. An- denly changed its mind on the issue when uated cum laude from women. silly woke ideas and
thony Fauci his personal phone number the Biden administration announced it was Boston University in for- The truth is that they other nonsense.
shortly before the platform started to crack investigating the possibility of such a leak. eign studies and eco- love women, but they do Who can take you seri-
down on alleged COVID misinformation. Recall, too, that the documents show Fauci nomics, it’s curious how hate AOC and the pro- ously? No one.
Is this how The Post — and many others was only one of some 32 federal officials who she seems to know noth- gressive principles that Judy Riccuiti
— got banned, throttled or labeled as pur- might have been in touch with Facebook ing about either. she stands for. Farmingdale
veyors of misinformation for merely raising about managing the COVID narrative.
the possibility (as we did in a prescient Feb- That the ban was nakedly political in nature
ruary 2020 op-ed) that COVID originated was apparent from the start; the abrupt rever-
from an accidental lab-leak in Wuhan?
Of course federal and state health agen-
cies have the right to take to social media to
sal only made it more blindingly obvious.
These new revelations about Fauci’s direct
line to the man steering Facebook prove be-
Machete Menace’s Free Passes
call out actual errors and engage in argu- yond a doubt that efforts to stamp down the Tuesday’s bloody attack

The Issue: A woman charged with attacking an
ments (even shrill and tendentious ones). lab-leak theory had nothing at all to do with on an elderly New Yorker
elderly man with a machete after seven prior arrests.
But leveraging state power and cozy rela- public health or safety — and everything to by a machete-wielding
tionships with Big Tech to suppress stories do with back-channel deals among the elite. criminal who has been
arrested — and released its citizens safe and evil Bragg and others in the
— seven times under- criminals behind bars. Democratic Party.
Weingarten’s Latest Lies scores that crimes are
committed not by weap-
Marc E. Kasowitz
Manhattan
How many people have
to be attacked or mur-
n her latest entry in the liar-of-the-year Now she pretends that Democrats’ Ameri- ons, but by the evil peo- dered in this city before

I contest, American Federation of Teachers

boss Randi Weingarten has “responded” to
a Wall Street Journal editorial slamming her
for fighting to keep America’s schools
closed, and so producing record learning
loss, by . . . changing the subject.
Teachers didn’t like remote learning ei-
ther, she protests, and Betsy DeVos had
praised it pre-COVID. Randi, in fact, op-
posed Secretary DeVos’ early drive to re-
open the nation’s public schools for full-
time, in-person learning as soon as it be-
came clear that it was perfectly safe.
In early 2021, Weingarten got the Biden
White House to muscle the CDC into set-
ting the bar for reopening absurdly high.
can Rescue Plan was the key to finally re-
opening schools, neatly dodging the indis-
putable fact that most Republican-run states
ple who wield them
(“Machete menace fi-
nally locked up on 500G
As reported in The Post,
a lunatic in lower Man-
hattan slashed a man in
they recognize these pol-
icies are failing their con-
stituents, the people they
and cities reopened before that law passed bail,” Sept. 9). the head with machete, are supposed to protect?
— and far faster than Dem-dominated ones, That attack also con- fracturing his skull. Want to know why so
as teacher unions in Chicago, Los Angeles, firms, yet again, that New His attacker has seven many are leaving this
San Francisco and so on fought tooth and York’s criminal-justice prior arrests yet was still city? Because we no
nail to prevent it. system is continuing to free due to the policies of longer feel safe walking
She closes by accusing her critics of seek- fail miserably in its pri- Gov. Hochul, Manhattan the streets. J. Paino
ing to “divide and distract” and to “shame and mary purpose of keeping District Attorney Alvin Manhattan
blame” teachers. Ha! Randi herself barely
ever taught in an actual classroom, and any- E-MAIL: letters@nypost.com or WRITE to The Editor, The New York Post, 1211 Avenue of the
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Elizabeth’s Rare Virtues

New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

Learn from the Queen show courage and resilience
herself but to encourage it in
others. That is true leader-
It is the values of their ship.
generation that the Queen In 2020 as the whole world
DOUGLAS continued to embody was going into lockdown
MURRAY throughout her life. As a over the coronavirus there
young woman she commit- was worry — even panic —
ted herself to her nation and everywhere. The British
hE outpouring of trib- promised that whether her prime minister was in inten-

T utes to Queen Elizabeth

II has been overwhelm-
ing. They have come
from statesmen, monarchs,
presidents and publics
around the world. And it is
life was long or short she
would dedicate herself to its
service.
That idea — of service —
of putting others above
sive care, feared to be near
death. The nation was
locked in their houses. And
at that moment it was the
Queen whom people
yourself, and putting your wanted to hear from and the

important to consider why
that is.
It is not just to do with the
Queen’s extraordinary lifes-
pan — remarkable though
that was. Nor was it simply
to do with the sparkle, wis-
dom and grace that she
brought to her meetings
with presidents and publics
alike. It was the fact that she
embodied virtues and values
which our age still admires,
though seems to have lost.
She was the last link back
to the “greatest generation”
that Britain and America
produced in the 1930s and
’40s. The generation that
faced down the darkest of all
threats to our freedom.
When the Second World
War ended the then-Prin-
cess Elizabeth — who had
served in the forces herself
— was in uniform on the bal-
cony of Buckingham Palace.
Alongside her were her par-
ents — then King and Queen
— and Winston Churchill.
country above everything
but God is an idea that has
become unpopular in much
of Britain as it has in Amer-
ica. But it is the noblest of
ideals: a demonstration of
sacrifice and of a lack of self-
centeredness. It was at the
core of the Queen’s being.
So too was her faith.
Throughout her reign Eliza-
beth II also held the title
“Defender of the Faith.”
This was not simply a his-
toric title, but a duty she
took seriously.
She never preached, or
told other people what to
believe. But she talked often
about the importance of her
Christian faith in her own
life, of the Christian values
she held to and the Christian
idea which she aimed to live
up to.
Perhaps this was one of
the reasons that she was
able to have that crucial
value so missing from our
age of fragility. The quality
of resilience.
As a young girl, in October
1940, she gave her first
broadcast address to the
children of the Common-
wealth — many of whom
had been sent far from home
because of the war. In that
broadcast she concluded:
“We know, every one of us,
that in the end all will be
well; for God will care for us
and give us victory and
peace.”
Throughout her life that
sense of confidence — of re-
silience — never left her. In
those days there wasn’t time
to grumble or moan about
your lot. Nobody had time.
There were more important
things than “me” to focus
on.
She also knew what it
meant to show true compas-
sion and understanding. Not
the treacly, insincere kind so
common in our time, but a
deep understanding of the
tragedies of life that all of us
at some point go through.
When America was
mourning after the attacks
of 9/11, the Queen sent one
of her most heartfelt messa-
ges to the people of New
York. As read by her ambas-
sador at the memorial ser-
vice at St. Thomas on 5th
Avenue, she shared her sym-
pathies with New Yorkers
during these “dark and har-
rowing times.”
She finished, “My
thoughts and my prayers are
with you all now and in the
difficult days ahead. But
nothing that can be said can
begin to take away the an-
guish and the pain of these
moments. Grief is the price
we pay for love.”
One of her special virtues
was her ability not just to
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Queen who knew what was
needed.
In her live address to the
nation, she promised that
“better days will return: We
will be with our friends
again; we will be with our
families again; we will meet
again.” Nobody needed to
hear anything else. As she
had said all those decades
earlier, as a teenage girl, we
knew afterwards that, “All
will be well.”
They do not make people
like those of that generation
anymore. The generations
that have come after — in-
cluding certain royals — are
cut from different, perhaps
softer, cloth. The concept of
there being something big-
ger than yourself has been
lost on some for the time be-
ing at least.
Perhaps the Queen’s pass-
ing will remind them — and
all of us — of virtues that we
will miss if they are perma-
nently gone.

From ‘California Fun’ to Cali Nightmare

ELL, they’re out there a-having cars, pickup trucks, SUVs and motorcy- recharging electric cars now takes much clean energy source.

‘w fun / In that warm California sun”

(1964 song by The Rivieras).
California has become an exam-
ple of what a state looks like when it is
controlled by a single party — in this case
Democrats, who are trying to impose a
green-energy secular religion on their
people.
State officials have banned the sale of
gas-powered cars by 2035, but a preview of
the nightmare that could occur in the near
future is happening now.
Facing a heat wave this week and the
high chances of rolling blackouts, Califor-
nians are being told to turn up the temper-
ature on air conditioners to at least 78 de-
grees and not charge their electric cars on
Sunday afternoons and evenings. If there
isn’t enough electricity to charge the cur-
rent number of electric cars in California
(estimated by the office of Gov. Gavin
Newsom to be “1 million plug-in electric
cles), how much confidence should Cali- longer. Is California willing to build the
fornians place in the availability of elec- hundreds of thousands of recharging sta-
tricity in 2035 and beyond? tions a complete conversion to battery-
There are approximately 29 million cars, powered cars would require? Could Cali-
light trucks and motorcycles in the state. fornians drive their mandated [zero-emis-
Then there is the premise on which “cli-
mate change” is based. It is more political
than logical. With China and India still
producing the most CO2, will electric cars
in America address the perceived prob-
By some estimates it will take 15 years to sion vehicles] into other states without lem? Not according to David Kelly, aca-
fully transition to all electric vehicles. running out of juice?” demic director of the Master of Science in
Currently, reports the Asso- There are other concerns, Sustainable Business Program at the Uni-
ciated Press, California has such as the cost of EVs, the versity of Miami: “You have to think about
about 80,000 re-charging life of batteries and the high what is the lowest cost way to get where
CAL
stations in public places, cost of replacing them, the we want to go. So, if the goal is to reduce
THOMAS
“far short of the 250,000 it source of lithium from coun- carbon emissions or other pollutants, then
wants by 2025.” tries that are poor practi- electric vehicles are unlikely to be that.”
CalMatters columnist Dan Walters gets tioners of human rights, as well as where Kelly drives a Tesla.
to the heart of the problem for electric-car all the required new electricity will come California is ordering its people to aban-
enthusiasts: “Let’s say someone living in from (mainly fossil fuels now, though don choice when it comes to transporta-
San Francisco wanted to drive to Lake Ta- greenies think costly and ugly windmills, tion in favor of expensive electric vehicles
hoe for skiing. A 150-mile range would not wind and solar sources can produce suffi- that are unlikely to provide the freedom
even cover a one-way trip. The solution cient power, which is unlikely). There is they now enjoy with their gasoline-pow-
might be lots of recharging stations along little consideration for increasing the ered cars, all because of a secular faith
interregional highways, but whereas a availability of nuclear power, again be- that claims to know best what is good for
fill-up of gasoline might take 10 minutes, cause of the left’s antipathy toward that us.
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aPPle takes ‘fire’
Chinese chip plan puts tech giant in senators’ sights
month, offering a re-
prieve to a market that By theo wAyt tor and supply sanctioned
had been weighed Chip on his shoulder parties in China,” the sena-
down by fears of tight- Apple is reportedly look- Sen. Marco Rubio (left) is among senators outraged at reports that Apple, led by CEO tors wrote, according to a
ening monetary policy. ing to use chips from a con- Tim Cook (right), is eyeing a Chinese firm to make chips for its newest iPhone 14s. copy of the letter seen by
The Dow surged more troversial Chinese govern- The Post.

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and finished the week
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Musk battling
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and $7.75 million pay-
ment to a whistleblower
gives Elon Musk an-
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$44 billion agreement
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new iPhone 14 — and sev-
eral US lawmakers are up in
We cannot allow Chinese Just ‘looking’
arms. companiees beholden Schumer has also raised
Following a report in
South Korean media that Communist
to the C concerns about YMTC in
private conversations with
Apple planned to use chips
from Yangtze Memory
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iar with the matter said.
Technologies Co. in its new telecomm munications Apple, McCaul and Schu-
lineup of iPhones, Sen.
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) netwo orks and mer did not respond to re-
quests for comment.
blasted the company for
“playing with fire.”
milllions of Rubio press secretary
Ansley Bradwell told The
Ameericans’

Musk’s lawyers said.
Mooch stake
FTX Ventures plans
to scoop up a 30% stake
in Anthony Scara-
mucci’s SkyBridge Cap-
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knight Sam Bankman-
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iPh more information from Ap-
ple.”
seen from the federal gov-
ernment,” Rubio raged to
— Sen. Marco Rubio Apple told the Financial
Times it did not use YMTC
the Financial Times. “We chips in any products but
cannot allow Chinese com- that it was “evaluating sour-
panies beholden to the cing from YMTC for NAND
Communist Party into our chips to be used in some
telecommunications net- iPhones sold in China.”
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Americans’ iPhones.” production to India and

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ties to the Chinese Commu-
nist Party and military.”
“Apple will effectively be
transferring knowledge and
know-how to YMTC that
will supercharge its capa-
bilities and help the CCP
achieve its national goals,”
McCaul added.
Critics on both sides of
the aisle have painted
YMTC as being a national
security risk, arguing that it
is affiliated and subsidized
by the Chinese government.
They also say the company
may have violated a US
technology export ban by
selling chips to sanctioned
phone-maker Huawei.
In July, a bipartisan group
of senators including Rubio,
Senate Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer (D-NY),
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)
and Sen. John Cornyn
(R-Texas) described YMTC
and other Chinese chip-
makers as a “growing
threat” to US national secu-
rity in a letter to Commerce
NY Post illustration
Vietnam, but Chinese em-
ployees and suppliers have
played an increasingly large
role in the design of the
new iPhone, the New York
Times reported.
Meanwhile, the US has
Secretary Gina Raimondo. looked to reduce its de-
They urged Raimondo to pendence on Chinese and
add the company to a trade Taiwanese chip manufac-
blacklist. turers through legislation,
“By failing to add YMTC including a measure signed
to the Entity List, the US into law in August that
Department of Commerce seeks to subsidize pricey
is allowing the PRC to ex- chip manufacturing facili-
ploit our technological sec- ties in the US.

Painful $$ ‘Holiday’ for hacked hotel

investments most popu-
lar among its user base.

Sources: Reuters, Dow

Jones, AP
A suspected ransomware attack
on Holiday Inn has crippled the ho-
tel giant’s ability to book reserva-
Follow us on tions online, resulting in sharp oc-
cupancy drops that have sparked le-
gal threats from franchisees, The
Post has learned.
InterContinental Hotels Group,
which owns Holiday Inn as well as
down its online reservation book-
ing portal.
In response to the hack, which
also blocked many customers from
booking Holiday Inn rooms on
third-party sites such as Expedia
and Booking.com, IHG said it was
able to resume “intermittent” ser-
vice on Wednesday.
tem as of early Friday. Customers
trying to book rooms can only log
onto Holiday Inn’s site and make
reservations about half the time, ac-
cording to Vimal Patel, a franchisee
who operates Holiday Inn Express
hotels in Louisiana.
As a result, Patel said his hotels
this week were operating at less
compromised.
Rich Gandhi, a Holiday Inn fran-
chisee in Exton, Pa., reported simi-
lar drops in bookings, and said he
has sent multiple emails to IHG
that have gone unanswered. Gandhi
said he plans to file a class-action
suit against IHG in the coming
days.

@NYPOSTBIZ
15 other brands including Crowne Some franchisees, however, told than 50% occupancy, estimating Holiday Inn representatives
Plaza, said hackers breached its sys- The Post that significant disrup- they would be at around 75% if didn’t respond to requests for fur-
tems on Monday, forcing it to shut tions continued to plague the sys- the reservation system weren’t ther comment. Josh Kosman
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‘Hacked’ tacos on the cheap
nypost.com
Chipotle has nixed a “menu
hack” that let customers get a bur-
rito for $3 after the trick report-
edly annoyed employees.
New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022
The hack, which went viral on
TikTok and other social media
platforms, revealed customers
could order a single taco through
Chipotle’s online system with all
available free toppings on the side.
By combining the ingredients with
a plain tortilla, customers could
create a burrito that would other-
Hotter than the sun
Korean physicists’ ‘clean fusion energy’ breakthrough
By Ariel ZilBer Super-solar power
Korean physicists
achieved a breakthrough
in research for clean nu-
clear energy when they
managed to create an “ar-
tificial sun” by igniting a
nuclear reaction so power-
ful that it achieved tem-
peratures seven times hot-
ter than our star.
The team of scientists
from Seoul National Uni-
versity and the Korea In-
stitute of Fusion Energy
reported that the reactor
at the Korea Superconduc-
ting Tokamak Advanced
Research (KSTAR)
reached temperatures of
more than 100 million de-
grees Celsius for some 30
seconds for the first time.
The real sun hits tem- “unlimited clean energy”
peratures of around 15 mil-
lion degrees at its core.
The study, which aims to
— nuclear fusion, which
combines atomic nuclei
found in stars through the
mimic the reactions of the
sun, is considered a break-
self-heating of matter in a
plasma state.
through in what research- Researchers hope that
ers say is the ultimate in the technology can be de-
‘Pulp’ NFT suit settled US family wealth off $6T
Quentin Tarantino and Miramax
have settled a copyright suit over
his “Pulp Fiction” non-fungible to-
kens, court records show.
The Oscar Award-winning di-
rector and Los Angeles-based Mira-
max plan to file dismissal papers
within two weeks, according to a
filing in federal court in California.
Tarantino and Miramax said in a
joint statement that they have put
the matter behind them and look
wise cost much more than $3.
Chipotle executives learned of
the hack and informed managers
that the ability to order a single
taco online would be taken down
“until further notice,” according to
an email obtained by Insider.
A representative later confirmed
that customers are “currently una-
ble to order a single taco from our
online ordering systems.”
“While we have long embraced
customizations and even released
veloped to harness the
vast amounts of energy
produced by nuclear fu-
sion into electricity with-
out emitting greenhouse
gases, or creating the ra-
dioactive waste generated
by fission-based nuclear
forward to future collaborations, in-
cluding possible NFT projects.
The case was one of the first in-
tellectual-property disputes over
the digital assets known as NFTs.
Miramax, which distributed the
landmark 1994 film, sued Tarantino
in November 2021 after blockchain
provider Secret Network an-
nounced it would be selling several
tokens of “uncut Pulp Fiction
scenes.” Reuters
our own hack menu, the current
social media trend is resulting in
a poor experience for our food,
our employees and our custom-
ers waiting for orders,” Chief
Corporate Affairs Officer Laurie
Schalow told the outlet.
“It was horribly obvious what
[customers using the hack] were
trying to do and it was just an-
noying for everyone trying to
just do their jobs,” a worker
said. Thomas Barrabi
Korean physicists
report that their
KSTAR reactor has
produced
temperatures of 100
million degrees
Celsius, a milestone
toward clean,
limitless fusion
energy.
reactors, according to New
Scientist.
The Science Alert web-
site posted a clip on You-
Tube purporting to show
the KSTAR heating up to
the extreme temperatures.
“We usually say that fu-
US household wealth fell by a
record $6.1 trillion in the second
quarter to its lowest in a year as a
bear market in stocks far out-
weighed gains in real estate, a Fed-
eral Reserve report showed Friday.
Household net worth tumbled to
$143.8 trillion at the end of June
from $149.9 trillion at the end of
March, its second consecutive
quarterly decline, the Fed’s quar-
terly snapshot sheet showed.
sion energy is a dream en-
ergy source — it is almost
limitless, with low emis-
sion of greenhouse gases
and no high-level radioac-
tive waste, [but the latest
breakthrough] means fu-
sion is not a dream,” said
Yoo Suk-jae, president of
the Korea Institute of Fu-
sion Energy.
His comments were re-
ported by The Independ-
ent.
Korean researchers are
aiming for plasma temper-
atures of more than 100
AFP via Getty Images
million degrees for 50 sec-
onds by the end of the
year. Eventually, they hope
to reach the same temper-
atures for 300 seconds by
2026.
“This is not the end of
the story. We must move
on to 300 seconds — 300 is
the minimum time frame
to demonstrate steady-
state operations. Then this
plasma can work forever,”
said KSTAR director Yoon
Si-woo.
Through June, Americans’ collec-
tive wealth had fallen by more than
$6.2 trillion from a record $150 tril-
lion at the end of 2021.
The net drop in wealth in the sec-
ond quarter was about $30 billion
larger than the previous record de-
cline notched two years earlier, as
the pandemic upended financial
markets. That decline still stands as
the largest on a percentage basis at
5.2% versus the new 4.1%. Reuters
Exec
change
at MSG
MSG Sports President
and CEO Andrew Lustgar-
ten will step down at the
end of the year, the team
announced Friday.
Lustgarten, 45, a child-
hood friend of MSG Execu-
tive Chair James Dolan, has
run the business side for the
Knicks and Rangers since
MSG split ownership of the
sports teams from arenas
and the cable television net-
work in April 2020.
“With the company on
firm footing and the NBA
and NHL seasons to start
soon, this is the right time
for me to pursue other op-
portunities,” Lustgarten
said in a written statement.
Dolan will continue to
oversee team operations for
the Knicks and Rangers,
MSG said. David Hopkin-
son will be promoted to be-
come president and COO of
MSG Sports.
“Andy’s leadership at both
our sports and entertain-
ment companies has helped
solidify MSG’s position as
an industry leader,” Dolan
said in a written statement.
“He has successfully
driven several strategic ini-
tiatives to grow and diver-
sity our companies.”
There has been specula-
tion Dolan might combine
MSG Sports and MSG En-
tertainment again, but that
now appears to be off the
table.
MSG Sports shares closed
up 1.5% to $160.17.
Josh Kosman
Diversity push
for space cos.
Vice President Kamala
Harris on Friday announced
a new coalition of compa-
nies involved in the space
industry, aimed at increas-
ing job opportunities in the
sector, notably for people
from traditionally under-
represented backgrounds.
The coalition, to be
launched next month with
three pilot programs, will
be anchored by Jeff Bezos’
Blue Origin, Boeing, Lock-
heed Martin and Northrop
Grumman. Other partners
will include Amazon, Elon
Musk’s SpaceX and Richard
Branson’s Virgin Orbit,
Harris’ office said. Reuters
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Franco ss 5 2 3 2 0 0 .267 Lindor ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 D.Swanson ss 4 1 1 2 1 0 .284
Yankees 83 56 .597 — — 5-5 L-2 48-22 35-34 McNeil 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .316
Verdugo rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .286
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Devers 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .287 Olson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244
Toronto 77 60 .562 5 +½ 8-2 W-2 38-29 39-31 Lowe 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .229 Naquin rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .243
Story 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238 d'Arnaud c 4 1 1 1 0 2 .266
Baltimore 73 65 .529 9½ 4 6-4 W-1 41-28 32-37 Paredes ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Canha lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272
Grissom 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .333
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Nido c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .226 Hernandez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Cleveland 70 65 .519 — — 3-7 L-1 33-30 37-35 Siri cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .253
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Los Angeles 60 78 .435 29 17 5-5 L-2 31-40 29-38 Cabrera rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .187 Frazier 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .240
Wendle 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Urias 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .249
Texas 59 78 .431 29½ 17½ 1-9 L-2 28-39 31-39 Stanton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Encarnacion lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .203 Raleigh c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .210
Odor 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Oakland 50 89 .360 39½ 27½ 2-8 L-4 22-47 28-42 Guzman 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bleday lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Crawford ss 4 1 1 1 0 2 .253
Hays lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .247
*WGB: Games behind third-place team in wild-card race Peraza ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .238 De La Cruz cf 2 0 1 0 2 1 .209 Totals 32 4 6 4 4 12
Stowers rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .227
Higashioka c 4 1 3 1 0 0 .205 Totals 32 6 10 6 6 10
Gonzalez 1b-rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .196 Totals 27 3 5 2 6 8 Atlanta 200 112 000 — 6 10 0
Toronto at Texas, 7:05 Mets 001 002 000 — 3 7 0
Friday Totals 36 2 9 2 2 11 Miami 200 110 02x — 6 10 0 Boston 002 000 000 — 2 9 0
Seattle 020 010 100 — 4 6 1
Tampa Bay 4, Yankees 2 Cleveland at Minnesota, 7:15 Baltimore 000 003 00x — 3 5 1 E: Raleigh (6). LOB: Atlanta 7, Seattle 5. 2B:
Tampa Bay 100 300 000 — 4 11 1 LOB: New York 6, Miami 8. 2B: Nido (12), Rojas
Baltimore 3, Boston 2 L.A. Angels at Houston, 7:15 Yankees 000 000 101 — 2 9 1 Harris II (24), France (23). HR: D.Swanson
2 (17), Cooper (27), Fortes (5), De La Cruz (11). E: Tate (2). LOB: Boston 10, Baltimore 7. 2B:
Toronto 4, Texas 3 Atlanta at Seattle, 9:10 (19), off Ray; d'Arnaud (17), off Ray; Harris II
E: Rasmussen (1), Kiner-Falefa (14). LOB: HR: Alonso (33), off Cabrera; Cooper (8), off Verdugo (35), Wong (1), Henderson (3). HR:
Houston 4, L.A. Angels 3 (16), off Festa; Grossman (3), off Festa;
Sunday Tampa Bay 11, New York 9. 2B: Franco 2 (14), Peterson; Leblanc (3), off Rodriguez. RBIs: Bogaerts (13), off Voth. RBIs: Bogaerts 2 Santana 2 (10), off Morton; Crawford (6), off
Detroit 10, Kansas City 2 Arozarena 2 (36). HR: Higashioka (8), off Nimmo (50), Alonso 2 (108), Cooper 2 (45),
(65), Henderson 2 (4). CS: Mullins (9).
White Sox 5, Oakland 3 Tampa Bay at Yankees, 1:35 Rojas (32), Fortes (19), Leblanc 2 (6). Runners Morton. RBIs: D.Swanson 2 (82), Grossman 2
Chargois. RBIs: Arozarena 2 (76), Franco 2 (25), Runners left in scoring position: Boston 5 (15), d'Arnaud (54), Harris II (52), Santana 3
Atlanta 6, Seattle 4 Boston at Baltimore, 1:05 Judge (119), Higashioka (22). SB: Arozarena
left in scoring position: New York 0; Miami 4
(Anderson, Berti, Leblanc, De La Cruz). RISP: (Hernandez, McGuire, Story, Devers 2); (25), Crawford (37). SB: Acuna Jr. (26).
Cleveland at Minnesota, (n) Cleveland at Minnesota, 2:10 (28). Runners left in scoring position: Tampa Baltimore 3 (Hays, Odor 2). RISP: Boston 1
New York 1 for 3; Miami 1 for 12. Runners left in scoring position: Atlanta 2
Saturday Detroit at Kansas City, 2:10 Bay 6 (Franco, Siri, Margot 2, Lowe, Paredes); for 10; Baltimore 1 for 6. (D.Swanson, Grissom); Seattle 2 (France,
New York 3 (Hicks, Stanton, Peraza). RISP: Mets IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Tampa Bay at Yankees, 1:05 L.A. Angels at Houston, 2:10 Peterson, L, Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Haniger). RISP: Atlanta 2 for 6; Seattle 0 for 2.
Tampa Bay 3 for 14; New York 1 for 7. 3.2 5 3 3 2 7 78 3.47
White Sox at Oakland, 4:07 Toronto at Texas, 2:35 7-4 Bello, L, 1-5 5.1 3 3 3 4 7 87 5.79 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Detroit at Kansas City, 4:10 White Sox at Oakland, 4:07 Hunter 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 24 2.75 Ort, BS, 0-1 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 14 6.33 Morton, W, 8-5 6.1 6 4 4 2 5 91 4.08
Rasmussen,
Boston at Baltimore, 5:05 6.0 6 0 0 0 10 94 2.57 Givens 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 23 5.82 Kelly 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 26 2.70 Minter, H, 27 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 13 2.17
Atlanta at Seattle, 4:10 W, 10-4 Rodriguez 0.1 2 2 2 2 0 20 5.31 Barnes 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17 5.58 Iglesias, H, 8 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 20 0.57
Beeks 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 25 2.98 E.Diaz 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 6 1.50 Jansen, S, 33-
Raley, H, 23 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 14 2.08 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 15 3.61
NL Standings Chargois, H, 2 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 13 3.72 Miami
Cabrera, W,
IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Voth 4.0 5 2 2 2 5 88 2.82
39
Armstrong, S, 5.2 5 3 3 2 4 97 2.63 Hall 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 3011.37 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.65
East W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away 2-4 5-2 Reed, W, 1-0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Ray, L, 12-9 5.0 8 4 4 0 6 95 3.56
Atlanta 87 51 .630 — — 8-2 W-8 47-25 40-26 Nance, H, 2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.38
Perez, H, 23 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 15 1.48 Festa 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 31 3.60
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Scott, H, 2 0.1 2 0 0 1 0 19 4.36
Mets 87 52 .626 ½ +10½ 5-5 L-1 46-23 41-29 Montas, L, 1-3 5.2 9 4 4 4 4 106 5.94 Okert, H, 18 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 24 2.37 Baker, H, 8 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 11 4.19 Boyd 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 30 0.00
Philadelphia 76 62 .551 11 — 4-6 W-1 42-31 34-31 Luetge 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 14 2.49 Floro, S, 4-6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.40 Tate, S, 4-5 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 15 2.66 Murfee 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2.47
Miami 57 80 .416 29½ 18½ 2-8 W-2 27-38 30-42 Weber 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 25 0.84 T: 3:05. A: 12,692 (36,742). T: 3:29. A: 16,451 (45,971). T: 3:06. A: 42,114 (47,929).
Washington 49 90 .353 38½ 27½ 6-4 L-1 22-47 27-43 T: 3:32. A: 46,160 (47,309).
Central W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Phillies 5, Nationals 3 Blue Jays 4, Rangers 3 AL Leaders
St. Louis 81 58 .583 — — 6-4 L-2 47-24 34-34 Tigers 10, Royals 2 Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg
BATTING: Bogaerts, Bos, .318; Arraez,
Milwaukee 73 66 .525 8 3½ 4-6 L-1 37-27 36-39 Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg Thomas cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .249 Springer cf-rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .264
Min, .314; J.Abreu, Chi, .308; Gimenez, Cle,
Chicago 58 80 .420 22½ 18 3-7 W-1 30-40 28-40 Greene cf 6 1 2 1 0 1 .255 Garcia 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .290 Guerrero Jr. 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .277
.305; Benintendi, NY, .304; Judge, NY, .304;
Bichette ss 4 1 2 3 0 0 .276
Cincinnati 56 80 .412 23½ 19 6-4 W-3 29-39 27-41 W.Castro rf 6 1 1 1 0 1 .243 Meneses 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .319
Kirk dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .300
N.Lowe, Tex, .303; Kirk, Tor, .300; Gurriel
Pittsburgh 51 86 .372 29 24½ 3-7 W-1 28-41 23-45 Baez ss 4 0 1 1 0 2 .230 Voit dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Jr., Tor, .291; Alvarez, Houston, .290.
Clemens 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .139 Chapman 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 .237 RBIs: Judge, NY, 119; J.Ramirez, Cle,
Hernandez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Tapia lf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .263
Haase c 5 2 3 3 0 1 .257 108; Tucker, Houston, 88; Ohtani, LA, 86;
West W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Abrams ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .228 Espinal 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 A.Garcia, Tex, 84; Bichette, Tor, 83;
Torkelson 1b 5 1 3 0 0 1 .204
Los Angeles 94 42 .691 — — 6-4 W-2 49-18 45-24 Carpenter lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .270
Call lf 4 1 3 1 0 1 .317 Jansen c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .225 Alvarez, Houston, 82; Guerrero Jr., Tor,
San Diego 76 62 .551 19 — 6-4 W-2 37-29 39-33 Palacios rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .194 Bradley Jr. rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .186 82; Santander, Bal, 79; Suarez, Sea, 79.
Schoop 2b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .200
Arizona 65 72 .474 29½ 10½ 5-5 L-3 37-34 28-38 Vargas ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .302 Biggio ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 HOME RUNS: Judge, NY, 55; Trout, LA,
Candelario dh 4 3 3 3 1 1 .207
Adams c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .186 Zimmer cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 33; Ohtani, LA, 33; Alvarez, Houston, 31;
San Francisco 65 73 .471 30 11 4-6 L-5 37-32 28-41 Kreidler 3b-ss 4 0 2 0 1 2 .250 Rizzo, NY, 30; Seager, Tex, 29; Buxton,
Totals 36 3 10 3 0 4 Totals 34 4 10 4 3 8
Colorado 60 79 .432 35½ 16½ 5-5 W-3 39-33 21-46 Totals 44 10 17 9 3 10 Min, 28; Santander, Bal, 27; Suarez, Sea,
Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg 27; Guerrero Jr., Tor, 27.
*WGB: Games behind third-place team in wild-card race Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Semien 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .242 PITCHING: Verlander, Houston, 16-3;
Melendez dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .221 Schwarber lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .212
Seager ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 .247 F.Valdez, Houston, 14-5; Cease, Chi, 14-
Witt Jr. ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .246 Hoskins 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .252
Lowe 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303 6; Manoah, Tor, 14-7; Urquidy, Houston,
Friday Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 7:15 Perez c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Bohm dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .294 13-5; Taillon, NY, 12-4; Gilbert, Sea, 12-
Heim c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Miami 6, Mets 3 St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:35 Rivero c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Realmuto c 3 1 3 2 0 0 .273 Calhoun dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .204 5; Ray, Sea, 12-9; Quantrill, Cle, 11-5;
Arizona at Colorado, 8:10 Pasquantino 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .264 Segura 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 Taveras cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 McClanahan, Tam, 11-5.
Cubs 4, San Francisco 2
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:40 Taylor cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Stott ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 .237 Jung 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .500 ERA: Verlander, Houston, 1.84; Cease,
Philadelphia 5, Washington 3 Atlanta at Seattle, 9:10 Isbel rf-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Chi, 2.06; McClanahan, Tam, 2.20;
Vierling cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Smith lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .213
Pittsburgh 8, St. Louis 2 Dozier 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .237 Manoah, Tor, 2.42; F.Valdez, Houston,
Sunday Sosa 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .378 A.Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248
2.64; M.Perez, Tex, 2.82; Bieber, Cle,
Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 2 O'Hearn ph-rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Guthrie rf 3 0 2 2 0 0 .333 Thompson rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .278
Colorado 13, Arizona 10 Mets at Miami, 1:40 Eaton lf-3b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .263 2.96; Gausman, Tor, 3.12; McKenzie,
Washington at Philadelphia, 1:05 Totals 33 5 13 5 0 4 Totals 34 3 7 3 0 7 Cle, 3.18; Cole, NY, 3.20.
Atlanta 6, Seattle 4 Waters rf-cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .196
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, (n) St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1:35 Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Washington 000 020 100 — 3 10 0 Toronto 102 000 001 — 4 10 0
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 2:10 Totals 32 2 6 2 3 5 Texas 001 001 010 — 3 7 1
Saturday Arizona at Colorado, 3:10
Detroit 040 211 011 —10 17 0
Philadelphia 001 201 10x — 5 13 0
E: Dunning (1). LOB: Toronto 6, Texas 5. 2B:
NL Leaders
Mets at Miami, 6:10 Atlanta at Seattle, 4:10 LOB: Washington 6, Philadelphia 5. 2B: Adams Guerrero Jr. (30), Chapman (26), Semien BATTING: Goldschmidt, St.L, .327; Freeman,
Kansas City 000 000 011 — 2 6 1
San Francisco at Cubs, 2:20 L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 4:10 (2), Bohm (22). 3B: Thomas (2), Sosa (1). HR: (25), Thompson (2), Seager (19). 3B: LA, .324; McNeil, NY, .316; T.Turner, LA, .304;
Washington at Philadelphia, 6:05 San Francisco at Cubs, 8:08 E: Eaton (1). LOB: Detroit 10, Kansas City 6. 2B: Call (3), off Syndergaard; Hoskins (27), off Bichette (1). HR: Bichette (23), off Dunning; J.Iglesias, Col, .300; Arenado, St.L, .299;
Greene (13), Candelario (15), Haase (15), Corbin; Realmuto (16), off Corbin. RBIs: Jung (1), off Stripling. RBIs: Bichette 3 (83), M.Machado, SanD, .297; Bohm, Phi, .294;
Pasquantino (7), O'Hearn (4). HR: Haase (11), Thomas (47), Garcia (34), Call (9), Guthrie 2 (2), Jansen (31), Jung (1), Seager 2 (74). SB: Jung S.Marte, NY, .292; Hoerner, Chi, .288.
Puzzles on Page 26 off Lynch; Candelario (13), off Lynch; Haase Hoskins (67), Realmuto 2 (73). SB: Thomas (6), (1), Tapia (6), Taveras (10). CS: Bichette (8), RBIs: Goldschmidt, St.L, 109; Alonso,
(12), off Keller. RBIs: Haase 3 (39), Candelario 3 Chapman (2). Runners left in scoring NY, 108; Cron, Col, 92; T.Turner, LA, 91;
Abrams (2). Runners left in scoring position:
(45), W.Castro (28), Baez (53), Greene (30), Witt position: Toronto 3 (Chapman, Espinal 2); Arenado, St.L, 90; Olson, Atl, 90; Riley,
Washington 4 (Adams, Meneses, Palacios,
8 9 7 5 4 2 3 1 6 5 1 8 6 2 9 7 3 4 Jr. (71), Eaton (6). Runners left in scoring Texas 5 (Lowe, A.Garcia, Smith 2, Heim). Atl, 89; Lindor, NY, 89; M.Machado,
position: Detroit 4 (Torkelson, W.Castro, Call); Philadelphia 2 (Hoskins, Vierling). RISP: SanD, 88; Freeman, LA, 84.
RISP: Toronto 3 for 8; Texas 2 for 9.
1 6 3 8 9 7 5 2 4 3 6 7 1 4 8 5 2 9 Greene, Schoop); Kansas City 2 (Rivero, Taylor). Washington 2 for 7; Philadelphia 3 for 7. HOME RUNS: Schwarber, Phi, 36;
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Goldschmidt, St.L, 35; Riley, Atl, 35;
2 5 4 1 6 3 8 7 9 4 2 9 5 3 7 1 6 8 RISP: Detroit 3 for 9; Kansas City 2 for 5. Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Stripling 6.0 3 2 2 0 4 68 3.03
Betts, LA, 33; Alonso, NY, 33; C.Walker,
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Corbin, L, 6-18 6.2 12 5 5 0 2 69 6.30 Cimber, H, 15 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 11 3.20
4 8 2 7 5 9 1 6 3 2 9 3 7 6 1 8 4 5 Wentz, W, 1-1 6.2 2 0 0 1 5 87 4.05 Ramirez 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 22 2.78 Y.Garcia, H, 20 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 8 2.45
Ari, 32; Tellez, Mil, 28; Arenado, St.L, 28;
Olson, Atl, 28; Hoskins, Phi, 27.
5 3 6 2 8 1 4 9 7 6 4 5 8 9 3 2 1 7 Cisnero 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.72
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Mayza, W, 6-0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2.97 PITCHING: Wright, Atl, 17-5; Gonsolin, LA,
Norris 2.0 4 2 2 2 0 43 5.12 Romano, S, 16-1; J.Urias, LA, 15-7; T.Anderson, LA, 14-
7 1 9 4 3 6 2 8 5 8 7 1 4 5 2 3 9 6 Syndergaard,
6.0 8 3 3 0 2 86 4.61 32-36
1.0 1 0 0 0 2 16 1.99
3; Fried, Atl, 13-5; Carrasco, NY, 13-6;
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA W, 4-1
9 4 5 6 1 8 7 3 2 9 3 4 2 8 5 6 7 1 Lynch, L, 4-10 3.2 10 6 6 0 4 88 5.14
Bellatti, H, 8 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 3.42 Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Darvish, SanD, 13-7; Bassitt, NY, 13-7;
Cuas 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.44 Me.Kelly, Ari, 12-5; Alcantara, Miami, 12-7.
3 7 8 9 2 4 6 5 1 7 8 2 9 1 6 4 5 3 Keller 2.0 3 2 1 2 3 43 5.24
Alvarado, H, 17 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.83 Dunning
Santana
5.2
0.1
7
0
3 3 2 5 97 4.39
0 0 0 0 4 5.21
ERA: J.Urias, LA, 2.29; Alcantara, Miami,
Hand, H, 13 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 15 2.32 2.42; Gallen, Ari, 2.42; Fried, Atl, 2.48;
6 2 1 3 7 5 9 4 8 1 5 6 3 7 4 9 8 2 Weaver 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 35 6.55
Nelson, S, 1-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.55
Burke 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 32 1.51 T.Anderson, LA, 2.74; Webb, SanF, 2.90;
Misiewicz 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 21 9.64 Leclerc, L, 0-2 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 20 3.18
Solution to Very Easy #5,936 Solution to Difficult #5,726 Burnes, Mil, 2.93; Rodon, SanF, 2.93;
T: 3:05. A: 14,556 (37,903). T: 2:39. A: 22,304 (42,792). T: 2:49. A: 21,329 (40,300). Me.Kelly, Ari, 2.94; Wheeler, Phi, 3.07.
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Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Andrus ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 .237 WASHINGTON Johnson (shoulder/cramps), OL
Fletcher ss
Trout cf
4
4
0
1
0
1
0 0 0 .262
2 0 0 .277
Donovan 2b
Edman ss
5
4
0
0
0
2
0 0 1 .292
1 0 0 .267 Moncada 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .208 SUNDAY Out: S Kamren Curt (thumb). Chukwuma Okorafor (back), DT
Goldschmidt 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .327 Abreu 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308

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Ohtani dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Questionable: TE Logan Thomas Cameron Heyward (NIR-resting
Arenado 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .299 Jimenez dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .306 GIANTS AT TITANS
Ward rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .261 Sheets rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .248 (knee), TE Cole Turner player).
Dickerson lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .290
Rengifo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .274
O'Neill cf 2 0 1 0 2 1 .227 Grandal ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .203 GIANTS (hamstring). Limited: WR Cam CINCINNATI
Thaiss 1b-c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .320 Garcia pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .214 Sims (concussion). Full: G Trai
Duffy 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Burleson dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Doubtful: OLB Azeez Ojulari Out: TE Devin Asiasi
Pujols ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Pollock cf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242
(calf), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux Turner (quadricep), DT (quadricep). Questionable: TE
Moniak lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Vaughn lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .283 Phidarian Mathis (ankle), TE
Knizner c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221
Stassi c 1 1 0 0 1 0 .186 Engel pr-cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .228 (knee). Questionable: DB Dane Drew Sample (knee), TE Mitchell
Gorman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 John Bates (calf).
Ford 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Nootbaar rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .221
Zavala c 3 1 0 0 0 2 .276 Belton (clavicle). Limited: WR Wilcox (ankle). Limited: WR
Totals 32 3 5 3 1 8 Gonzalez 2b 4 1 1 1 0 3 .333 Sterling Shepard (achilles). CHIEFS AT CARDINALS Trent Taylor (hamstring).
Totals 34 2 6 2 3 5 Totals 36 5 7 5 1 8 TENNESSEE
Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg Out: DB Lonnie Johnson (groin), KANSAS CITY 49ERS AT BEARS
Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Cruz ss 5 1 3 3 0 2 .226 Kemp lf-2b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .231 Limited: DE Frank Clark (illness).
Pena ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .249 Reynolds cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .256
DB Elijah Molden (groin), LB
Murphy c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .253 Chance Campbell (knee), OL Full: DB Deon Bush (foot), DE SAN FRANCISCO
Alvarez lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290 Castro 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .233 Brown 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .228 Out: OL Daniel Brunskill
Gamel dh 3 2 1 1 1 0 .236 Jamarco Jones (trideps). Malik Herring (abdomen), G
Bregman 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .266 Laureano cf-rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .216
Hayes 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 .243 Questionable: OLB Ola Adeniyi Trey Smith (shoulder), WR JuJu (hamstring). Questionable: TE
Tucker rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Machin 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .217
Mancini 1b 2 1 1 0 2 1 .206 Suwinski lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .201 Pinder rf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 (neck). Smith-Schuster (knee), G Darlan George Kittle (groin). Limited:
McCormick cf 3 1 2 3 1 0 .239 Chavis 1b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .238 Langeliers dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .221 Kinnard (elbow). LB Dre Greenlaw (elbow). Full:
Hensley dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 .353 Mitchell rf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .224 Neuse 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .215 RAVENS AT JETS ARIZONA DL Arik Armstead (knee), LB
Matijevic ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Allen pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .194 Pache pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .157 Out: CB Trayvon Hullen (toe), Oren Burks (knee), QB Jimmy
Delay c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .232 Allen ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .201 BALTIMORE OT Cody Ford (ankle), WR
Maldonado c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Garoppolo (right shoulder), T
Totals 35 8 15 8 3 11 Totals 31 3 6 3 3 10 Out: DT Travis Jones (knee). Rondale Moore (hamstring).
Totals 28 4 6 4 7 5
Doubtful: T Ronnie Stanley Mike McGlinchey (knee).
St. Louis 000 001 100 — 2 6 0 Chicago 000 000 005 — 5 7 0 Questionable: DE J.J. Watt (calf), CHICAGO
Los Angeles 000 002 001 — 3 5 0 Pittsburgh 010 030 04x — 8 15 2 Oakland 100 020 000 — 3 6 2 (ankle). Questionable: RB J.K. TE Zach Ertz (calf), G Justin
Houston 000 001 21x — 4 6 0 Dobbins (knee), CB Marcus Doubtful: WR Velus Jones
E: Neuse (14), Machin (5). LOB: Chicago 6, Pugh (neck), CB Byron Murphy
E: Delay 2 (6). LOB: St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 6.
Peters (NIR-rest/knee). DNP: DE (illness). Full: DE Markus Golden (hamstring). Questionable: DE
LOB: Los Angeles 3, Houston 7. 2B: Ohtani 2B: Dickerson (14), Goldschmidt (36), Edman Oakland 4. 2B: Andrus (24), Langeliers (6),
Murphy (31). HR: Jimenez (12), off Puk. RBIs: Calais Campbell (NIR-resting (toe), LS Aaron Brewer (ankle), Dominique Robinson (knee).
(22), Alvarez (19). HR: Trout (33), off (28), Cruz (9), Reynolds (15). 3B: Cruz (4),
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McCullers Jr.; Ward (18), off Pressly; Pena Chavis (3). HR: Gamel (8), off Mikolas. RBIs: Jimenez (39), Vaughn (66), Gonzalez (10), LB Zeke Turner (shoulder), RB BUCCANEERS AT COWBOYS
(17), off Lorenzen; McCormick (13), off Dickerson (29), Edman (54), Gamel (41), Cruz Andrus 2 (30), Laureano (32), Kemp (35), (NIR-resting player). Full: TE Jonathan Ward (shoulder).
3 (42), Reynolds (50), Chavis 2 (45), Mitchell Murphy (63). SB: Andrus (7).RISP: Chicago 3 Nick Boyle (NIR-rest/ankle).
Wantz. RBIs: Trout 2 (64), Ward (50), Pena
for 6; Oakland 1 for 9. RAIDERS AT CHARGERS TAMPA BAY
(47), McCormick 3 (41). SB: Rengifo (6). CS: (14). SB: Edman (27), O'Neill (12). CS: Hayes JETS
(5). Runners left in scoring position: St. Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Out: CB Zyon McCollum
Bregman (2). Runners left in scoring
Giolito 6.0 5 3 3 2 6 96 5.18
Out: OL Duane Brown LAS VEGAS (hamstring). Questionable: WR
Louis 6 (Knizner 3, Goldschmidt, Burleson,
position: Los Angeles 2 (Rengifo, Moniak);
Arenado); Pittsburgh 1 (Chavis). RISP: St. Kelly 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 17 7.04 (shoulder), QB Zach Wilson Full: LB Divine Deablo (wrist). Russell Gage (hamstring), WR
Houston 5 (Matijevic 2, Maldonado 2, Tucker). Bummer, W, (knee). Questionable: OL
RISP: Los Angeles 0 for 4; Houston 0 for 7.
Louis 1 for 9; Pittsburgh 6 for 8.
1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.20 LOS ANGELES Chris Godwin (knee). DNP: OLB
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 2-1 George Fant (knee), DB Justin Doubtful: DB J.C. Jackson Lavonte David (NIR-resting
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Mikolas, L, Hendriks, S, Hardee (calf), OL Conor (ankle), TE Donald Parham
Lorenzen 5.2 3 1 1 4 2 85 4.70 5.0 8 4 4 2 8 100 3.42 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 11 3.24 player), WR Mike Evans (NIR-
11-11 32-36 McDermott (ankle), DB DJ Reed (hamstring). Questionable: LB
Loup, H, 15 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 6 3.86 (knee). resting player). Full: RB Giovani
Zack. Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Drue Tranquill (back). Full: RB
Wantz, L, 2-1, 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 23 2.03 Bernard (ankle), WR Julio Jones
1.0 2 2 2 0 1 17 3.38 Thompson Pruitt 5.0 0 0 0 0 2 55 4.24 BROWNS AT PANTHERS Isaiah Spiller (ankle). (NIR-resting player), S Logan
BS, 0-1 Woodford 1.2 5 4 4 1 2 37 2.92 Payamps, H, 2 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 38 1.74
Marte 1.0 1 1 1 3 1 29 6.00 Acevedo, H, 20 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 16 3.52 PATRIOTS AT DOLPHINS Ryan (hamstring), OT Tristan
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Puk, L, 3-2, CLEVELAND Wirfs (abdominal), S Mike
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Contreras, W, 0.2 4 5 5 1 0 27 3.20
5.1 4 1 1 2 1 96 3.29 BS, 4-9 Out: DB Greedy Williams NEW ENGLAND Edwards (illness).
McCullers Jr., 5-4
7.0 4 2 2 1 6 105 2.20 Tapia 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7.63 (hamstring). Questionable: OT Questionable: S Joshuah DALLAS
W, 3-1 Banuelos, H, 5 1.1 0 1 1 1 1 16 4.07 Jack Conklin (knee), OT Chris Bledsoe (groin), WR Jacobi
Montero, H, 19 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2.45 De Jong, H, 3 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 30 1.82 T: 2:53. A: 11,494 (46,847). Out: WR Michael Gallup (knee).
Hubbard (elbow), WR Mike Meyers (knee), WR, Ty
Pressly, S, 26- Stephenson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 4.50 Questionable: S Jayron Kearse
1.0 1 1 1 0 2 22 3.26 Woods (hamstring). Full: DE Montgomery (knee), CB Shaun
30 T: 3:12. A: 15,718 (38,747). Rockies 13, Diamondbacks 10 Jadeveon Clowney (illness, Wade (ankle), OT Isaiah Wynn (neck). Full: CB Jourdan Lewis
T: 3:00. A: 33,509 (41,168). elbow), S Grant Delpit (hip), DB (back). (hamstring), QB Dak Prescott
Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Reds 8, Brewers 2 Rojas 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .273 A.J. Green (hip), DB Ronnie MIAMI (ankle).
Cubs 4, Giants 2 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Marte 2b
McCarthy dh
4
5
1
2
0
3
1 1 0 .240
3 0 0 .294
Harrison (hamstring), DE Isaiah
Thomas (hand), DE Chase
Questionable: RB Salvon Ahmed
(heel), TE Tanner Conner (knee),
MONDAY
San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg Friedl lf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .276 Walker 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .237
Varsho rf 4 1 1 4 0 1 .243 WInovich (hamstring). DT Raekwon Davis (knee), S Eric BRONCOS AT SEAHAWKS
Brinson cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .227 India 2b 5 2 2 2 0 0 .269 Rowe (pectoral), LB Andrew Van
Carroll lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .286 CAROLINA
Pederson ph-lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .265 K.Farmer 3b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .268 Ginkel (NIR-resting player). Full:
C.Kelly c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .219 Questionable: LB Brandon Smith DENVER
Flores 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Fraley dh 4 2 2 1 0 2 .257 Thomas cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .249 FB Alec Ingold (hamstring), CB
Davis dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .247 Solano 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .304
(thigh). Full: K Eddy Pineiro (left DNP: ILB Josey Jewell (calf).
Perdomo ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .195 Nik Needham (quadricep), OL
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .244 Aquino rf 4 0 3 0 1 0 .207 Totals 35 10 9 10 4 5
hip), TE Giovanni Ricci (hip), RB Limited: OLB Randy Gregory
Christian McCaffrey (shin). Connor Williams (knee). (shoulder/knee), KJ Hamler
T.Estrada ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .257 Senzel cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Yastrzemski rf-cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .210 Barrero ss 4 0 2 1 0 2 .161 McMahon 3b-2b 4 2 2 2 1 1 .246 PACKERS AT VIKINGS SAINTS AT FALCONS (knee/hip), I, OL Billy Turner
Villar 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .216 Romine c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .170 Daza lf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .307 (knee). Full: ILB Jonas Griffith
Dean lf-rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Totals 41 8 17 7 1 8 Cron 1b 3 1 1 2 2 1 .266 GREEN BAY NEW ORLEANS (elbow).
Wynns c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Blackmon dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .262
Doubtful: WR Allen Lazard Out: WR Tre'Quan Smith SEATTLE
Bart pr-c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg Hampson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 (shoulder), RB Dwayne
Rodgers 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .266 (ankle). Questionable: T David DNP: RB Kenneth Walker III
Totals 31 2 3 2 4 10 McCutchen dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .244
Bakhtiari (knee), G/T Elgton Washington (hamstring), CB
Montero 3b 1 1 0 0 1 0 .248 (hernia), LS Tyler Ott (shoulder),
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Adames ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .229 Grichuk cf 4 2 1 0 1 1 .269 Jenkins (pectoral/knee). Paulson Adebo (ankle).
Yelich lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Questionable: T Landon Young CB Artie Burns (groin), Alton
Madrigal 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Toglia rf 4 3 2 0 1 0 .278 Limited: S Darnell Savage
Renfroe rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .254 Diaz c 5 2 4 7 0 0 .236 (hip), WR Michael Thomas Robinson (knee). Limited: G
McKinstry 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .175
Brosseau 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .266 Trejo ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .281 (hamstring), TE Robert Tonyan Damien Lewis (knee/ankle).
Suzuki rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .263 (knee). Full: TE Marcedes Lewis (hamstring), S J.T. Gray
Reyes dh 3 1 0 0 1 1 .279
Hiura 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Totals 36 13 14 12 8 8 (hamstring), S Tyrann Mathieu Full: T Jake Curha (elbow), CB
Urias 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .223 (NIR-resting player), K Mason Sidney Jones IV (concussion),
Hoerner ss 3 2 2 2 0 0 .288 Arizona 100 090 000 —10 9 1
Crosby (right knee), LB Tipa (illness). Full: C Erik McCoy
Gomes c 2 1 1 2 1 1 .236 Caratini c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .202 Colorado 120 501 103 —13 14 0 (calf), LB Pete Werner (groin). LB Boye Mafe (shoulder), S Ryan
Taylor cf 2 1 1 2 0 1 .224 Galeai (elbow), C Jake Hanson
Rivas 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .240 E: Carroll (1). LOB: Arizona 3, Colorado 5. 2B: ATLANTA Neal (ankle), G Gabe Jackson
(shoulder), S Dallin Leavitt
Hermosillo cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .097 Totals 29 2 5 2 0 11 Toglia (5), Trejo (3), Daza (17), Diaz (17). HR: Questionable: WR Drake London (knee).
Bote 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .233 McCarthy (8), off Marquez; Carroll (2), off (shoulder), T Yosh Nijman (knee), CB Darren Hall
Morel lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .246
Cincinnati 500 000 003 — 8 17 0 Marquez; Varsho (24), off Gomber; McMahon (knee), WR Christian Watson (quadriceps).
(knee).
Totals 26 4 5 4 2 14
Milwaukee 002 000 000 — 2 5 0 2 (15), off Davies; Diaz (8), off Davies; Cron
(27), off Middleton; Diaz (9), off Ca.Smith. MINNESOTA EAGLES AT LIONS NFL
LOB: Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 1. 2B: Aquino 3 RBIs: McCarthy 3 (38), Carroll (8), Rojas (47),
San Francisco 000 000 020 — 2 3 1
(9), K.Farmer (23), Adames (25). 3B: India Marte (46), Varsho 4 (68), McMahon 2 (60),
Questionable: DL Jonathan Thursday
Chicago 020 002 00x — 4 5 1 Bullard (bidep), S Lewis Cine PHILADELPHIA
(2). HR: Friedl (6), off Alexander; India (10), Diaz 7 (47), Cron 2 (92), Daza (29). SB:
Full: DE Derek Barmett (ribs), NT Buffalo 31, L.A. Rams 10
E: Wynns (5), Hoerner (12). LOB: San off Suter; Fraley (10), off Suter; Taylor (16), McCarthy (16), Varsho (9), Hampson (10). (knee). DNP: RB Alexander
CS: Trejo (1), Hampson (2). Runners left in Mattison (NIR-resting player. Javon Hargrave (toe), RB Miles Sunday
Francisco 7, Chicago 2. 2B: Villar (3), off Lodolo. RBIs: Friedl (20), K.Farmer (64),
Longoria (12). HR: Gomes (7), off Rodon; scoring position: Arizona 1 (C.Kelly); Sanders (hamstring), CB Josiah Baltimore at Jets, 1pm
Solano (23), Barrero (9), India 2 (35), Fraley COLTS AT TEXANS
Hoerner (9), off Marte. RBIs: Longoria 2 (32),
Colorado 3 (Grichuk, Blackmon, Trejo). RISP: Scott (hamstring). Giants at Tennessee, 4:25pm
(23), Taylor 2 (46). CS: Taylor (2), Aquino (3). Arizona 4 for 6; Colorado 4 for 11.
Gomes 2 (22), Hoerner 2 (49). SB: Hoerner DETROIT Cleveland at Carolina, 1pm
Runners left in scoring position: Cincinnati 6 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA INDIANAPOLIS
(18). S: McKinstry. Runners left in scoring (Friedl, Senzel 2, Aquino 2, Solano);
Out: G Tommy Kraemer (back), Indianapolis at Houston, 1pm
Davies 3.2 7 6 6 3 4 74 4.09 Out: OLB Shaquille Leonard DT Levi Onwuzurike (back).
position: San Francisco 5 (T.Estrada 2, Milwaukee 1 (Yelich). RISP: Cincinnati 3 for Middleton 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 4 3.21 Jacksonville at Washington, 1pm
Longoria, Dean 2); Chicago 1 (Reyes). RISP: Ginkel, H, 3 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 20 4.74
(back). Questionable: OT Dennis Doubtful: S Ifeatu Melifonwu
12; Milwaukee 0 for 1.
Kelly (knee). New England at Miami, 1pm
San Francisco 1 for 5; Chicago 1 for 3. K.Nelson, H, 10 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 14 1.46 (hamstring. Questionable: LB
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Moronta, BS, HOUSTON Julian Okwara (hamstring), C New Orleans at Atlanta, 1pm
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lodolo, W, 4-5 8.0 5 2 2 0 11 107 3.78 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 18 4.76 Philadelphia at Detroit, 1pm
Rodon, L, 12-8 5.1 3 2 2 1 11 96 2.93 0-1 Doubtful: DE Mario Addison Frank Ragnow (groin). Full: LB
Law 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1pm
Marte 0.2 1 2 2 1 2 17 6.38 Ca.Smith, L, (thigh), Questionable: DE Chris Board (knee), DE John
1.2 2 3 3 3 0 34 4.69 San Francisco at Chicago, 1pm
Garcia 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 12 3.44 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 1-2 Rasheem Green (thigh). Cominsky (illness), K Austin
Littell 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 6 4.93 Alexander, L, Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Seibert (right groin). Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:25pm
5.1 9 5 5 1 4 88 5.29 JAGUARS AT COMMANDERS Kansas City at Arizona, 4:25pm
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 2-3 Marquez 4.0 7 9 9 3 2 80 5.25
Gomber 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 24 5.54
STEELERS AT BENGALS
Smyly, W, 6-8 7.0 1 1 0 2 8 104 3.57 Topa 1.2 4 0 0 0 1 32 0.00 JACKSONVILLE Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers, 4:25pm
Perdomo 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3.45 Lamet 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 19 2.08 Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:20pm
Rodriguez 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 24 4.05 Questionable: DT Foley Fatukasi PITTSBURGH
Estevez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 3.73
Hughes, S, 4-8 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 21 3.17 Suter 1.0 4 3 3 0 2 28 4.03 Out: LB Marcus Allen Monday
Bard, W, 5-4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.10 (calf). Limited: OT Cam
T: 2:52. A: 31,309 (41,649). T: 2:42. A: 33,660 (41,900). T: 3:05. A: 34,848 (50,445). Robinson (ankle). (hamstring, WR Diontae Denver at Seattle, 8:15pm
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Powered by NFL- Week 1

Sunday By MichaeL LeBoff In this case, we’re seeing a bit of an over-
Favorite PTS (O/U) Underdog actionnetwork.com adjustment thanks to the circus that App
Updated lines at BetMGM.com State participated in last Saturday. And
TITANS 5.5 (43.5) Giants Appalachian State played one of the while quarterback Chase Brice had his
Ravens 7 (44.5) JETS wildest games you’ll ever see in its 63-61 way against a pedestrian UNC defense, he
MLB Saints 5.5 (42.5) FALCONS loss to North Carolina in Week 1. But won’t have such an easy time against a dy-
Saturday even that ridiculous final score doesn’t namite Texas A&M secondary.
DOLPHINS 3.5 (45.5) Patriots come close to doing the game justice. On the other side of the ball, the
Favorite Money Line Underdog
PANTHERS 1.5 (42) Browns The Mountaineers now head to Kyle Mountaineers’ defense may not get
YANKEES -110-110 Rays
BENGALS 6.5 (44.5) Steelers Field as 16.5-point underdogs against overrun as it did in Week 1, because the
Mets $135-160 MARLINS Texas A&M. The game features a total Aggies are breaking in a new quarter-
Giants -105-115 CUBS 49ers 6.5 (40.5) BEARS
of 53.5. back and have plenty of questions to an-
White Sox $155-190 ATHLETICS Eagles 4 (48.5) LIONS Bettors often will look for spots at swer in the trenches.
PHILLIES $200-250 Nationals Colts 7 (45.5) TEXANS which the market overreacts to what we THE PLAY: Appalachian State-Texas
COMMANDERS 2.5 (43.5) Jaguars saw in Week 1. Perhaps a team with a lot A&M Under 54.
Blue Jays $165-195 RANGERS of hype will underwhelm or a team with Michael Leboff handicaps college foot-
ROYALS $100-120 Tigers Chiefs 6 (53.5) CARDINALS low expectations will pull a stunner. ball for Action Network.
BREWERS $190-235 Reds CHARGERS 3.5 (52.5) Raiders
Guardians $105-125 TWINS Packers 1.5 (47) VIKINGS
ASTROS $115-140 Angels Buccaneers 2.5 (50.5) COWBOYS Pitching Form
Cardinals $180-225 PIRATES Monday (Game time) 2022 '22 vs OPP CAREER LAST 3 STARTS
Diamondbacks -105-115 ROCKIES W-L ERA *REC W-L ERA vs OPP W-L IP ERA
Broncos 6.5 (44.5) SEAHAWKS Rays Kluber (R) 10-7 4.00 15-11 1-1 1.08 6-3 3-0 19.0 1.89
Dodgers $125-155 PADRES Home team in CAPS Yankees Taillon (R) (1:05pm) 12-4 3.95 20-7 1-0 0.00 2-2 1-0 13.0 3.46
Braves $110-135 MARINERS Mets Carrasco (R) 13-6 3.91 15-9 2-0 2.29 4-0 1-2 11.1 4.76
Home team in CAPS College Football Marlins López (R) (6:10pm) 8-9 3.66 13-14 1-2 9.00 3-4 1-1 16.0 2.25
Braves Fried (L) 13-5 2.48 18-8 — — — 2-1 18.0 1.50
Saturday Mariners Kirby (R) (9:10pm) 6-3 3.15 13-7 — — — 1-0 15.0 1.20
College Football Favorite PTS (O/U) Underdog White Sox Lynn (R) 5-5 4.34 9-7 0-1 6.35 4-2 2-0 20.0 0.90
Saturday FLORIDA 6 (51.5) Kentucky Athletics Martinez (R) (4:07pm) 4-3 4.37 4-3 0-0 0.00 0-0 2-1 15.2 1.72
Favorite PTS (O/U) Underdog Usc 8.5 (67.5) STANFORD Red Sox Wacha (R) 10-1 2.58 13-5 1-0 0.00 1-1 2-0 18.0 4.00
North GEORGIA Orioles Lyles (R) (5:05pm) 10-9 4.25 14-13 1-0 5.02 2-1 1-0 17.2 2.55
7.5 (64.5) OKLAHOMA 11.5 (58) Arizona State
Carolina STATE STATE Blue Jays Gausman (R) 11-9 3.12 15-11 0-0 5.40 3-2 2-0 17.2 4.08
Rangers Arihara (R) (7:05pm) 1-2 5.29 1-2 — — — 1-2 15.0 5.40
Alabama 20 (65) TEXAS MICHIGAN 52 (66.5) Hawaii Tigers Manning (R) 1-2 3.86 3-6 0-0 4.50 0-0 1-1 12.1 6.57
MIAMI (FL.) 25.5 (51) Southern Miss BYU 3 (53.5) Baylor Royals Heasley (R) (7:10pm) 3-7 4.98 5-11 1-0 2.57 1-0 2-0 16.2 2.70

OHIO STATE 44.5 (68.5) Arkansas ILLINOIS 4.5 (57.5) Virginia Guardians McKenzie (R) 9-11 3.18 15-10 0-2 8.31 1-5 0-2 16.2 3.78
State CALIFORNIA 13 (48.5) Unlv
Twins Archer (R) (7:15pm) 2-7 4.47 8-16 0-0 2.25 0-0 0-1 13.1 7.43
Wake Forest 13 (65) VANDERBILT Angels Ohtani (R) 11-8 2.58 12-11 2-1 1.09 2-3 1-1 19.0 1.89
COLORADO 11.5 (58.5) Middle Tenn. Astros Urquidy (R) (7:15pm) 13-5 3.51 17-8 3-0 1.00 5-0 2-1 19.0 2.37
ARKANSAS 9 (53) South STATE State Giants Webb (R) 12-8 2.90 15-13 0-0 0.00 1-0 1-2 16.1 1.10
Carolina EAST Cubs Stroman (R) (2:20pm) 3-6 3.73 5-15 1-0 0.00 1-1 0-1 17.0 3.18
NOTRE DAME 20.5 (50) Marshall CAROLINA 12.5 (50) Old Dominion
Nationals Fedde (R) 6-9 5.08 11-11 0-0 0.00 2-5 1-2 13.2 5.93
Appalachian WEST 13.5 (60) Kansas
Phillies Suárez (L) (6:05pm) 8-5 3.52 15-9 2-0 4.91 4-0 0-0 13.1 5.40
TEXAS A&M 19 (54) State VIRGINIA Reds Anderson (R) 0-2 12.60 1-1 0-0 0.00 0-1 0-1 8.0 9.00
Uab 6 (50) LIBERTY Brewers Houser (R) (7:15pm) 5-9 4.83 6-11 2-1 6.00 3-4 1-1 9.2 8.38
Tennessee 6 (64.5) PITTSBURGH
Cardinals Flaherty (R) 0-1 4.15 1-3 0-0 9.00 8-1 0-1 10.0 2.70
Memphis 6 (50.5) NAVY TOLEDO 28.5 (49.5) UMass Pirates Brubaker (R) (7:35pm) 3-11 4.35 8-17 0-2 6.48 0-6 1-1 19.0 3.79
Washington Syracuse 23 (49.5) UCONN D'Backs Bumgarner (L) 6-13 4.83 11-16 1-0 4.26 19-10 0-1 14.0 9.00
WISCONSIN 17 (49) State
TULSA 6.5 (63.5) Northern Rockies Ureña (R) (8:10pm) 3-6 6.13 3-9 0-1 5.25 0-1 1-2 11.2 13.11
PENN STATE 27 (54) Ohio Illinois Dodgers Urías (L) 15-7 2.29 17-9 2-0 1.64 5-1 2-1 18.0 1.50
Florida Padres Snell (L) (8:40pm) 6-8 3.73 6-13 0-0 1.80 1-0 1-2 15.1 4.11
Utsa 3 (54.5) ARMY TEXAS STATE 13.5 (62.5) International * REC: Won-lost record of pitcher's team in games he has started.
N’WESTERN 10 (57.5) Duke
AUBURN 23.5 (48.5) San Jose State

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KANSAS 7.5 (56.5) Missouri Georgia
STATE NEBRASKA 23.5 (62.5) Southern
CENTRAL 5 (59) South VIRGINIA Boston
MICHIGAN Alabama TECH 2.5 (45.5) College
Western
Michigan
Maryland
6.5 (52)
25.5 (65.5)
BALL STATE
CHARLOTTE
UTEP
Oregon State
16.5 (45.5)
1 (61.5)
New Mexico
State
FRESNO STATE
Hot Rays scorch Yankees
Memphis 5 (49.5) NAVY Rome wasn’t built in a day, but my those 25 innings. Tampa Bay is hoping
Mississippi 10.5 (61) ARIZONA
AIR FORCE 17.5 (50) Colorado State colleague Ted Holmlund (11-3) had no for an “Encore, Encore” from the veteran
trouble building a four game lead one Corey Kluber (10-7, 4.00) who two-hit
IOWA 3.5 (40) Iowa State Home team in CAPS week into the college football season. the Yankees over seven shutout innings
MICHIGAN 34.5 (56) Akron Well played Teddy! And thank you at Tropicana Field. Kluber is 4-1 in his
STATE CFL- Week 14 Howie Kussoy and Jeremy Layton for last seven starts. Rays are worthy road
TEXAS TECH 4 (62.5) Houston Saturday helping us feel better about our 5-9 dogs so we will play 10 units on them.
Uab 6.5 (50.5) LIBERTY Favorite PTS (O/U) Underdog start. +$
Eastern Toronto 1.5 (47.5) OTTAWA Huge three-game series in The Bronx ZZZzzz ... Yan Gomes hit a two run
LOUISIANA 11.5 (56.5) Michigan WINNIPEG 7.5 (44.5) Saskatchewan this weekend. The first place Yankees homer off Carlos Rodon and the Shlubs
host the surging Rays. The Yanks’ doubled up the GiAints 4-2. Sleepy loss
OKLAHOMA 33 (72.5) Kent State Calgary 9.5 (49.5) EDMONTON
Jameson Taillon (12-4, 3.95) is 1-2 in his has us at +1,275 joegibbons.
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TV- Fox TV- CBS Over 22.5 +110
WFAN (101.9 FM) ESPN (98.7 FM)
Under 22.5 -155 SECOND & STRONG? Kentucky and QB Will Levis go into The Swamp on Satur-
TOTAL ACES ODDS day as 6-point underdogs vs. Florida. Action Network’s Michael Leboff figures there’s
SportS ShortS Over 6.5 +110 value on the Wildcats as the Gators might be overrated after a big win over Utah.
Under 6.5 -155
MLB: Braves win over M’s; jump into first place TOTAL BREAKS OF
By MichaeL LeBoff it covered the 15-point spread. On the
SERVE ODDS actionnetwork.com surface, everything checked out for the
Dansby Swanson, Travis d’Arnaud, Michael Harris Over 8.5 +110 Wildcats, but their rushing attack
II and Robbie Grossman hit home runs as the Braves de- Week 2 of the college football season stalled and it was the defense that led
Under 8.5 -155
feated the Mariners 6-4 in Seattle for their eighth consec- presents bettors with a fun exercise. the way.
utive victory and take sole possession of first place in the MLS After spending all summer trying to get Quarterback Will Levis seemed com-
National League East for the first time all year. NYCFC at a decent read on a team and how it will fortable, throwing for 303 yards and
 In Arlington, Texas, Bo Bichette homered for the Charlotte FC (Sat.) perform for the upcoming season, Week three touchdowns with one intercep-
fifth time in the last four games, Danny Jansen hit a tie- 3-WAY BETTING ODDS 1 comes along and changes everything. tion, but being that efficient against
breaking RBI single in the ninth inning and the playoff- NYCFC +190 But should it? Florida is a much steeper task than do-
contending Blue Jays beat the Rangers 4-3. Most experienced bettors will tell you ing so against a MAC defense.
Draw +250
 In Baltimore, Gunnar Henderson hit a bases-loaded Charlotte FC +125
that Week 2 (or Game 2) of a given sea- Similarly, it would not be a surprise
single in the sixth inning to cap a big rally, and the Orioles son is one of their favorite spots to for Richardson to find life more difficult
beat the Red Sox 3-2. New England handicap. The working theory is that against a Kentucky defense that excels
 In Philadelphia, Rhys Hoskins and J.T. Realmuto at Red Bulls (Sat.) the market will typically overadjust at stopping explosive plays and boasts
hit solo homers and the Phillies remained in playoff posi- 3-WAY BETTING ODDS based on a team’s season-opening per- one of the best tackling units in the
tion with a 5-3 victory over the Nationals. New England Revolution +280 formance, which allows savvy gamblers country. As good as Richardson was on
to take advantage of soft numbers. the ground against Utah, his aerial num-
UFC: Weight miss shakes up UFC 279 lineup Draw +250
But like anything in sports betting, it bers didn’t leap off the page.
Nate Diaz will take on former interim lightweight Red Bulls -110 isn’t that simple. Sure, the market will There’s a clear blueprint here for Ken-
champion Tony Ferguson in a welterweight bout at UFC UFC 279 overreact in some spots, but there’s also tucky. Force Richardson into passing
279 on Saturday in Las Vegas after Khamzat Chimaev Saturday, Las Vegas the very real possibility that what we downs and rely on the defense to keep
missed weight by 7 ¹/₂ pounds for his main-event show- FIGHTER ODDS saw out of a team in Week 1 is the start him in check. The Wildcats have the
down with Diaz. of a trend. personnel to execute that game plan,
Nate Diaz +120
The top three fights on the pay-per-view card were One team that fits that situation is and if they do, this game would become
shuffled because of Chimaev’s failed weight cut, but all vs. Tony Ferguson -154 Florida. After listening to the experts much closer to a coin flip. That’s how
six fighters will still compete at T-Mobile Arena. Chimaev Khamzat Chimaev -520 hype Utah as a College Football Playoff the Action Network’s projection model
will fight rival Kevin Holland instead at 180 pounds. vs. Kevin Holland +350 dark horse all summer, the Gators took sees the game, as we make Florida a
Both bouts are now scheduled for five rounds. Li Jingliang +122 down the Utes as 2.5-point home under- 2-point favorite at home.
dogs in Week 1. It was a masterful per- There weren’t many folks backing
EtC.: Cunningham rallies Louisville to victory vs. Daniel Rodriguez -150
formance by Florida quarterback An- Florida for a big season in 2022, but the
Irene Aldana -186
Redshirt senior quarterback Malik Cunningham threw thony Richardson, who logged two ex- Gators turned that on its head by scor-
for 195 yards and rushed for 121 more, including a 43-yard vs. Macy Chiasson +144 plosive runs and three rushing touch- ing one of the most notable results in
scoring run in the third quarter, to lead Louisville to a Johnny Walker +152 downs to lead his Gators to a 29-26 vic- Week 1. Now comes the hard part. Was
20-14 victory over UCF. vs. Ion Cutelaba -196 tory. Richardson’s Heisman odds were what the Gators did against Utah a sign
 An investigation by Brigham Young University into Hakeem Dawodu -225 slashed in half off his riveting showing. of things to come or is the market giving
allegations that fans engaged in racial heckling and ut- vs. Julian Erosa +172
The look-ahead line for No. 12 Flor- Billy Napier’s side too much love
tered racial slurs at a Duke volleyball player last month ida’s SEC opener against No. 20 Ken- against a dangerous Kentucky team?
Jailton Almeida -850 In a game that looks as if it could be a
found no evidence to support the claim. tucky was around 4 points, depending
 In St. Louis, Bernhard Langer holed out for eagle from vs. Anton Turkalj +500 on the sportsbook. As expected, the Ga- real grind with thin margins, there’s
76 yards on the opening hole and shot his age for the second Denis Tiuliulin +108 tors’ performance against the Utes (in value on the underdog in the Swamp on
time this year with a 6-under 65 for a share of the lead with vs. Jamie Pickett -138 addition to some lineup issues for Ken- Saturday at +6 points and +180 on the
Padraig Harrington in the Ascension Charity Classic. Jake Collier -430 tucky) has bumped that number up to -6. moneyline.
 In Cincinnati, Jeongeun Lee6 fired the round of the vs. Chris Barnett +300
Kentucky checks into The Swamp off Michael Leboff analyzes college foot-
day, a 9-under 63, to rocket into the lead after two rounds a 37-13 win over Miami (Ohio), in which ball for Action Network.
of the inaugural Kroger Queen City Championship.
34 Yonkers entries for Saturday MLS Golf

Week 1 DFS Post Time: 6:55 p.m.

FIRST: Mile trot; $11,500; cond
4 Big Sir (ASiegelman) 6-5-6 3-1
5 RedbankBlazeA(GNapolitan) 4-5-3 7-2
6 So Many Roads (PLachance) 3-5-6 8-1
EAST
Philadelphia
W
17
L D Pts GF GA
4 9 60 63 21
Champions Tour- Ascension Charity Classic
At West Course; St. Louis; Purse: $2 million;
Yardage: 6,992; Par: 71
nypost.com

1 Moon Bridge (BBoyd) 2-3-5 9-5 7 Braeview Bondi A (DDube) 5-7-1 12-1 First Round
2 Jive Ninety Five (CStratton) 5-2-6 9-2 8 MidnightLightning (BHollnd) 4-8-2 20-1 CF Montréal 16 9 5 53 55 47
3 Living Proof I Am (DDube) 6-1-4 15-1 Padraig Harrington ......... 34-31 65 -6
SIXTH: Mile trot; $13,000; cond
Red Bulls 13 9 8 47 45 36 Bernhard Langer.............. 32-33 65 -6

rosters that
4 Volare (ASiegelman) 5-2-2 12-1
5 SwissHouseOnfire (PLchnce) 4-5-5 6-1 1 Kandy Sweet (JMarohn) 5-3-7 2-1
2 Casino Cutie It (BHolland) 4-4-6 8-1
Steven Alker..................... 33-33 66 -5
6 Preacher Man (JMarohn) 3-8-6 20-1 NYCFC 13 10 7 46 51 38
3 CocktailsNDreams (GNapltn) 6-3-6 5-2 Ernie Els ............................ 35-31 66 -5
7 Seventier (GNapolitano) 7-7-7 2-1
8 Windsong Pioneer (Holland) 6-4-3 20-1 4 Crime Fighter (JBartlett) 4-6-3 6-1 Orlando City 12 10 6 42 35 40 Steve Flesch ..................... 34-32 66 -5
5 Sweetlies N Alibis (BBoyd) 3-4-6 6-1 Jose Maria Olazabal ........ 32-34 66 -5
SECOND: Mile pace; $26,000; claiming Columbus 9 6 14 41 39 33
6 Lifetime Royalty (DDube) 7-3-5 7-1 Mike Weir ......................... 32-34 66 -5
1 ThorAndDrJones (Siegelmn) 3-5-1 6-1 7 Lucky Weekend (PLachance) 3-7-4 20-1
New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

2 Artist Best (GNapolitano) 2-3-4 9-2 Cincinnati 9 8 12 39 48 49 Doug Barron ..................... 33-34 67 -4

could bank
8 P L Oscar (ASiegelman) 4-4-7 12-1
3 Mustang Beach (JBartlett) 2-2-2 3-2 K.J. Choi ............................ 32-35 67 -4
4 Northern Network (Holland) 4-1-3 15-1 SEVENTH: Mile pace; $26,000; claiming New England 9 9 11 38 42 42
John Daly .......................... 35-32 67 -4
5 Butter Up (PLachance) 6-3-1 20-1 1 Midnight Day (GNapolitano) 1-5-4 9-2
6 Caviart Sargent (DDube) 3-3-2 4-1 2 HurrikaneGeorgie(BHolland) 1-1-2 9-5 Inter Miami CF 10 12 6 36 35 46 Joe Durant ........................ 34-33 67 -4
7 Boiler Maker (JMarohn) 2-6-7 9-2 3 Hp Lis Shadow (DDube) 5-2-1 6-1 John Huston ..................... 33-34 67 -4
Toronto FC 9 14 7 34 47 53
THIRD: Mile pace; $13,000; claiming 4 Great Somewhere (JBartlett) 3-4-3 3-1 Robert Karlsson ............... 34-33 67 -4
1 Coach Cal (BBoyd) 5-6-1 9-2
5 Third Power (ASiegelman) 4-3-1 8-1 Atlanta 8 12 9 33 41 48 David McKenzie ............... 34-33 67 -4

some cash
2 Settlemoir (PLachance) 8-6-2 8-1 6 No Better Joy (PLachance) 5-6-2 9-1 Scott Parel........................ 33-34 67 -4
7 Dillinger (JMarohn) 3-3-3 20-1 Charlotte FC 10 17 2 32 34 46
3 Toatsmygoats (BHolland) 3-1-5 20-1 Steve Stricker .................. 34-33 67 -4
4 Pinebush Lifesaver (DDube) 4-6-8 20-1 EIGHTH: Mile pace; $13,000; claiming Chicago 8 13 8 32 28 38 Paul Broadhurst............... 34-34 68 -3
5 Aces Rock (GNapolitano) 7-4-6 2-1 1 Territory (BBoyd) 7-6-2 7-2
6 Soho Wallstreet A (JBartlett) 7-8-4 8-5 Darren Clarke................... 33-35 68 -3
2 Bet The Limit (JMarohn) 3-4-3 5-1 D.C. United 7 17 5 26 32 59
7 Carolina Magic(ASiegelman) 8-4-1 20-1 3 Cashncam (DDube) 8-3-7 10-1 Clark Dennis ..................... 33-35 68 -3
8 JustWaveGoodbye (Marohn) 4-7-7 10-1 4 Lettuceriprita A (JBartlett) 2-1-8 6-5 WEST W L D Pts GF GA Ken Duke .......................... 33-35 68 -3
FOURTH: Mile pace; $25,000; claiming 5 KeptUnderWrapsA (BHollnd) 6-8-1 6-1 Bob Estes.......................... 34-34 68 -3
He sweet sounds of pads crashing into pads, the

T sound of cleat striking ball, the roar of the crowd.

Yes, at long last, the NFL is back.
After a couple of months of drafting fantasy teams in
1 Aberdeen Hanover (Bartlett) 2-4-6
2 Roll With Jr (BBoyd) 2-7-4
3 Real Lucky N (ASiegelman) 1-4-1
4 Lyons Liberty (PLachance) 3-7-2
5 Shark Play
6 Bolt Of Luck
(GNapolitano) 5-4-4
(DDube) 8-1-2
5-2
3-1
3-1
12-1
5-1
8-1
6 Snap Call (PLachance) 8-3-6 20-1
7 JessicasBeachBoy (GNapltn) 8-8-2 20-1
8 Waves Of FireA (Siegelman) 6-8-4 20-1
NINTH: Mile pace; $25,000; claiming
1 Rock N Tony (ASiegelman) 6-3-7 9-2
Los Angeles FC 19
Austin FC
FC Dallas
Nashville
15
12
12
7
8
8 10
9
3
6

9
60 59 32
51 60 42
46 43 33
45 48 37
Timothy O'Neal ................ 35-33 68 -3
Rod Pampling................... 34-34 68 -3
Kirk Triplett ...................... 36-32 68 -3
Y.E. Yang........................... 33-35 68 -3
David Branshaw............... 34-35 69 -2
preparation for the joyous return of our favorite game, 7 Ginger Tree Pete (BHolland) 6-5-3 20-1
2 Fox Valley Inferno (DDube) 4-2-7 5-1
Tom Byrum....................... 33-36 69 -2
3 Urban Renewal (BBoyd) 6-5-7 8-1
we now enthusiastically build our first daily lineups 8 Eddard Hanover (JMarohn) 7-7-7 20-1
4 Odds On Delray (JBartlett) 4-3-3 7-5 Minn. United 13 11 5 44 44 43 Scott Dunlap..................... 34-35 69 -2
for Week 1. FIFTH: Mile pace; $17,500; cond 5 MaromaBeach(GNapolitano) 5-6-8 4-1 Harrison Frazar................ 35-34 69 -2
Real Salt Lake 11 9 9 42 38 38
1 Gamblingterror (JMarohn) 7-7-6 7-1 6 Deetzy (BHolland) 5-2-4 20-1 Jerry Kelly......................... 34-35 69 -2
As is always the case when trying to win big bucks in 2 Rock Lights (BBoyd) 1-4-4 5-1 7 Classifiedmaterial(JMarohn) 8-8-5 20-1 Portland 10 8 12 42 49 47 Justin Leonard.................. 34-35 69 -2
large tournaments, you aren’t just looking for top per- 3 Heavenly Sound (JBartlett) 1-6-7 7-2 8 IammrbrightsideN(PLchnce) 8-2-5 20-1
LA Galaxy 11 11 6 39 46 42 Billy Mayfair ..................... 33-36 69 -2
formers, you’re looking for some who are not among the Scott McCarron................ 35-34 69 -2
most popular, and you’ll need a couple of cheap options. Seattle FC 11 15 3 36 40 40 Colin Montgomerie.......... 34-35 69 -2
Yonkers results
Tom Pernice ..................... 35-34 69 -2
First we pick our favorite (highest-projected- Payoff)) $25.85 • $.10 Superfecta (4-2-3-8
Vancouver 9 13 7 34 32 51
Wes Short ......................... 34-35 69 -2
FIRST-1-mile pace; 20,000clm; purse $17,500
scoring) game of the week, and we TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:04 TIME-
($.10 Payoff)) $30.90 • $1 Pick 3 (3-2-2 ($2 Colorado 8 12 9 33 38 50 David Toms....................... 33-36 69 -2
like Raiders-Chargers. Derek Carr payoff)) $236.50 • $1 Pick 3 (3-2-4 ($2 payoff))
27.2; 57.0; 1:25.1; 1:54.1 Sporting K.C. 8 15 6 30 33 51 Kroger Queen City Championship presented
$1,296.00
($5,900) is nearly $2,000 cheaper 3 Kenrick N (B Holland) 10.60 3.70 2.80
SEVENTH-1-mile trot; nw15000l5; purse San Jose 7 12 9 30 44 55
by P&G
1 Jojo's Place (J Bartlett) 2.30 2.10 At Kendale Course; Cincinnati; Purse: $1.8
than Justin Herbert 4 Farmer's Tan (M Kakaley) 3.40 $21,500 million; Yardage: 6,515; Par: 72
Houston 8 16 5 29 36 48

FANTASY
($7,600) at DraftKings • $ 2 Exacta (3-1) $23.40 • $2 Triple (3-1-4) $104.00 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 9:08 TIME- Second Round
28.4; 58.2; 1:26.3; 1:55.3 Note: 3 pts. for win, 1 for tie
($50,000 cap), so we

TYY
SECOND-1-mile pace; nw7500l5; purse $13,000 Jeongeun Lee6 ................. 68-63 131 -13

INSA
INS ANI
SAN IT
NITY take Carr. As much as
we like Davante Ad-
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:23 TIME-
26.3; 56.0; 1:24.4; 1:53.3
1 Alotbettor N (T Buter) 24.20 8.20 4.40
By DREW LOFTIS ams, at $8,100, in his 2 I Get That (B Holland)
3 Conboyville (A Siegelman)
5.50 3.00
2.30
first game in the of- • $ 2 Exacta (1-2) $106.50 • $2 Triple (1-2-3)
fense, we’ll pass and in- $236.00 • $.10 Superfecta (1-2-3-4 ($.10
stead pair Carr with Hunter Renfrow ($5,800). Payoff)) $37.20 • Daily double (3-1) $97.50
We want a receiver on the opposite side of this THIRD-1-mile pace; 25,000clm; purse $22,000
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:42 TIME-
matchup, so we’ll take the small discount we get with 27.1; 55.4; 1:24.0; 1:53.0
Mike Williams ($6,600) over Keenan Allen ($7,000). 2 MjestcKwN(GBrennn) 23.00 9.80 6.00
3 Provocativeprincen(BBoyd) 20.00 9.30
Now we turn to other positions. Though we are eager 4 Uptown Funk (T Buter) 3.00
to play guys such as Christian McCaffrey ($8,500), Alvin • $ 2 Exacta (2-3) $407.50 • $2 Triple (2-3-4)
Kamara ($7,600) and Saquon Barkley ($6,100) — since $1,187.00
FOURTH-1-mile pace; 40,000clm; purse
their value is reasonable considering their upside, and $26,000
they are currently healthy, and remaining that way is no
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:03 TIME-
guarantee — we can’t fit all of them into lineups. 27.1; 55.3; 1:23.2; 1:52.0
Barkley’s price makes him one of our favorite plays of 3 GhostDnce(ASeglmn) 18.60 6.70 2.70
5 Keystone Dash (T Buter) 3.20 2.40
the week. We expect feature-back volume from Texans 1 Beach Boogie (S Allard) 2.40
RB Dameon Pierce, which at $4,800 is reason enough for • $ 2 Exacta (3-5) $76.00 • $2 Triple (3-5-1)
us to ignore the fact he plays on an awful offense. $119.00 • $.10 Superfecta (3-5-1-4 ($.10 Payoff))
$25.85 • $1 Pick 3 (1-2-3 ($2 payoff)) $1,557.00 •
We don’t want too much exposure to the Colts-Texans, $1 Pick 4 (3-1-2-3 (3-of-4) $2 payoff) $344.50
considering the relatively low expected offense, but FIFTH-1-mile pace; nw5000l5; purse $11,500
Michael Pittman Jr. at $5,500 is too good to pass up. We TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:27 TIME-
27.0; 56.2; 1:24.2; 1:53.0
get the cheapest tight end we actually like, David Njoku 2 He'sElectrc(BHolland) 12.60 5.10 3.20
($3,900), which leaves us with just the Flex and DST. 4 LDeesJackLopez(JStratton) 3.10 2.20
5 Mohawk Warrior (J Bartlett) 2.50
In order to afford McCaffrey (we’re not worried about • $ 2 Exacta (2-4) $38.60 • $2 Triple (2-4-5) $130.50
a shin issue he practiced through last this week), that
SIXTH-1-mile pace; nw7500l5; purse $13,000
means we have to go with the Lions defense/special TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:47 TIME-
teams ($2,000). Or we could use Kamara with the Dol- 27.1; 56.3; 1:25.0; 1:53.1
2 Shanway N (JBartlett) 4.40 4.20 2.70
phins ($2,600) or Commanders ($2,500). As much as we 4 Chiefs Beach (TButer) 9.80 7.20 4.60
3 Monty Mono (B Boyd) 3.10
like Kamara, he is more dependent on his surrounding
• $ 2 Exacta (2-4) $33.40 • $ 2 Exacta (4-2)
offense than CMC, plus his upside isn’t quite as high, and $43.40 • $2 Triple (2-4-3) $99.00 • $2 Triple (4-
he has a lower floor. So CMC it is. 2-3) $118.00 • $.10 Superfecta (2-4-3-8 ($.10
We’ll diversify in others lineups, but we also are going
to build a FanDuel ($60,000 cap) in the same spirit. Pric- Friday’s Crossword
ing is a bit looser there, and with half-point instead of full
PPR, we make Derrick Henry ($9,700) a priority. Answers
We’ll shake it up a little, with Mecole Hardman ($5,400) S E N T Y E L L
T R E A T E D I
at WR to give us exposure to the Chiefs-Cardinals, and
A T L I U L O B
Pat Freiermuth ($5,300) at tight end. And we’ll lean into
possible early struggles for Aaron Rodgers and the Pack- B E L T R E I G O R
ers by using the Minnesota defense ($3,200). N A S C A R
That leaves us with Carr ($7,400), CMC ($9,500), Bark- M E R C H Carlos Alcaraz (3), Spain, def. Frances
ley ($6,800), Williams ($6,600), Renfrow ($5,900), Hard- E V E R T H
man, Freiermuth, Henry and the Vikings DST. B L E U H E R M A N
A I R S M A E D
Now let’s kick off this season by winning some coin.
B O S E E P E E
dloftis@nypost.com
E T A L T R E A
4 FlpTheSwtch(JBrtlett) 2.50 2.10 2.10
3 KndaLuckyLndy(MKakaley) 4.90 2.60
5 Johan Palema (B Holland) 2.40
Friday
Columbus 2, CF Montréal 2
Saturday
Xiyu Lin ............................. 64-68 132 -12
Ally Ewing......................... 69-64 133 -11
Maria Fassi ....................... 68-66 134 -10
• $ 2 Exacta (4-3) $7.60 • $2 Triple (4-3-5) $18.20
EIGHTH-1-mile pace; 40,000clm; purse $26,000 NYCFC at Charlotte FC, 1pm Sarah Kemp...................... 66-68 134 -10
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 9:31 TIME- New England at Red Bulls, 6pm Nasa Hataoka................... 65-70 135 -9
Ariya Jutanugarn ............. 68-67 135 -9
26.4; 56.0; 1:24.0; 1:52.1 LA Galaxy at Nashville, 3:30pm
Megan Khang ................... 69-66 135 -9
1 VenerHnover(JBrtltt) 2.50 2.10 2.10 Toronto FC at Atlanta, 7:30pm
6 LyonsJohnnyjnr(MKakaley) 5.70 3.90 A Lim Kim ......................... 66-69 135 -9
San Jose at Cincinnati, 7:30pm
3 Black Chevron N (J Marohn) 3.20 Andrea Lee ....................... 69-66 135 -9
Orlando City at Philadelphia, 7:30pm
• $ 2 Exacta (1-6) $15.40 • $2 Triple (1-6-3) Angel Yin .......................... 69-67 136 -8
$65.50 • $.10 Superfecta (1-6-3-2 ($.10 Miami at Chicago, 8pm Leona Maguire ................. 70-67 137 -7
Payoff)) $23.12 • $1 Pick 3 (2-4-1 ($2 payoff)) Austin FC at Seattle FC, 8pm Anna Nordqvist ................ 71-66 137 -7
$7.10 • $1 Pick 3 (4-4-1 ($2 payoff)) $17.80 • Los Angeles FC at FC Dallas, 8:30pm Lauren Stephenson ......... 69-68 137 -7
$1 Pick 6 (2-3-2-2,4-4-1 no winners) $0.00 • $1
Pick 6 (2-3-2-2,4-4-1 (5-of-6) $1 payoff) $163.50
Sporting K.C. at Houston, 8:30pm Marina Alex ...................... 70-68 138 -6
Vancouver at Colorado, 9:30pm Na Rin An .......................... 70-68 138 -6
NINTH-1-mile trot; nw24001l5; purse $25,000
D.C. United at Salt Lake, 9:30pm Aditi Ashok ....................... 68-70 138 -6
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 9:50 TIME-
Minnesota at Portland, 10pm Hye Jin Choi...................... 67-71 138 -6
27.3; 57.2; 1:25.4; 1:55.2
4 HatTrckMrleu(SAllrd) 30.60 16.60 13.60 Tuesday Brooke Henderson........... 71-67 138 -6
1 NewHeaven(BHollnd) 20.00 6.40 6.90 Chicago at CF Montréal, 7:30pm Moriya Jutanugarn .......... 67-71 138 -6
2 Im The Muscle (J Bartlett) 12.40 Emma Talley..................... 69-69 138 -6
Columbus at Miami, 8pm
• $ 2 Exacta (1-4) $117.00 • $ 2 Exacta (4-1) Los Angeles FC at Minnesota, 8pm
$108.50 • $2 Triple (1-4-2) $387.00 • $2 Triple
(4-1-2) $358.50 • $.10 Superfecta (1-4-2-6 D.C. United at Sporting K.C., 8:30pm
($.10Payoff)) $120.55 • $.10 Superfecta (4-1-2- New England at Houston, 8:30pm WNBA Playoffs
6 ($.10 Payoff)) $129.15 • Pick 5 (2-2,4-4-1-1,4
Wednesday Finals; (Best-of-5); x (if necessary)
($.50 Payoff)) $344.25
Atlanta at Orlando City, 6pm Las Vegas vs. Connecticut
TENTH-1-mile pace; 25,000clm; purse $22,000
Salt Lake at Austin FC, 9:15pm Sunday: at Las Vegas, 3pm
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 10:08 TIME-
27.3; 57.1; 1:25.0; 1:53.3
San Jose at Colorado, 10pm Tuesday: at Las Vegas, 9pm
5 AstonHllDave(BBoyd) 9.60 2.80 3.20 LA Galaxy at Vancouver, 10pm Thursday: at Connecticut, 9pm
2 Gothic Rock (A Siegelman) 2.40 3.30 Saturday, September 17 Sunday, Sept. 16: at Connecticut, 4pm
3 PoshOntheBechA(JStrtton) 2.10 2.20 Tuesday, Sept. 20: at Las Vegas, 9pm
• $ 2 Exacta (5-2) $14.60 • $ 2 Exacta (5-3)
Red Bulls at NYCFC, 1pm
$11.60 • $2 Triple (5-2-3) $29.20 • $2 Triple (5-
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 3:30pm
3-2) $24.20 • $.10 Superfecta (5-2-3-4 ($.10 CF Montréal at New England, 7:30pm
Payoff)) $9.15 • $.10 Superfecta (5-3-2-4 ($.10 Toronto FC at Orlando City, 7:30pm CFL
Payoff)) $7.15 • Late double (1-5) $64.50 • Charlotte FC at Chicago, 8pm
Late double (4-5) $69.50 • $1 Pick 3 (1-1-5 ($2 Minnesota at Sporting K.C., 8:30pm EAST W L T Pts PF PA
payoff)) $205.00 • $1 Pick 3 (1-4-5 ($2 payoff))
$176.50 • $1 Pick 4 (4-1-1,4-5 ($2 payoff)) Nashville at Austin FC, 9pm Toronto 6 5 0 12 264 258
Cincinnati at Salt Lake, 9:30pm
$397.00 Montreal 5 7 0 10 315 321
Seattle FC at Vancouver, 10pm
Total Handle-$484,158.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 10:30pm
Ottawa 3 8 0 6 230 267
Colorado at LA Galaxy, 10:30pm Hamilton 3 9 0 6 251 330
U.S. Open Sunday, September 18 WEST W L T Pts PF PA
Portland at Columbus, 1pm
At USTA Billie Jean King National
Miami at D.C. United, 5pm
Winnipeg 11 1 0 22 318 229
Tennis Center; New York; Surface: BC 8 3 0 16 349 239
Houston at Los Angeles FC, 10:30pm
Hardcourt outdoor; (seedings in
E Calgary 7 4 0 14 323 259
parentheses):
E Men's Singles - Semifinals Saskatchewan 6 6 0 12 285 279
Casper Ruud (5), Norway, def. Karen Soccer
Edmonton 3 9 0 6 234 387
Khachanov (27), Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-2,
5-7, 6-2. United States NWSL two points for a win, one for a tie
Portland Thorns FC 2, Orlando Pride 0 Week Fourteen
Tiafoe (22), United States, 6-7 (6), 6-3, OL Reign 2, Chicago Red Stars 2
Spanish LaLiga Friday
6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Montreal 31, BC 10
Men's Doubles - Championship Girona 2, Real Valladolid 1
A Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe German Bundesliga Saturday
FC Augsburg 1, Werder Bremen 0 Toronto at Ottawa, 2pm
S Salisbury (1), Britain, def. Wesley
Koolhof, Netherlands, and Neal French Ligue 1 Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 5pm
Skupski (2), Britain, 7-6 (4), 7-5. Lens 1, Troyes 0 Calgary at Edmonton, 8pm

 virgO
(Aug. 24-Sept. 23)
Mercury, your ruler, turns
retrograde in the money area of
your chart this weekend, which is
a clear cosmic warning that your
cash must stay in your pocket. If
you buy things you don't really
need you will regret it before the
end of the month.
 liBrA
(Sept. 24-Oct. 23)
A misunderstanding of one sort
or another is likely this weekend
but it will only be a big deal if you
choose to make it a big deal.
Everyone falls out once in a
while, it's not the end of the
world nor even the end of the
relationship.
 ScOrpiO
(Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
You must stick rigidly to the facts
over the next 48 hours, because
your rivals will come down on
you like a ton of bricks if they
discover you have been less than
truthful. Be honest at all times
and in all situations, even when it
costs you.
Sally Brompton
DiScOver MOre ABOut yOurSelF AND whAt the Future hOlDS At
SAllyBrOMptON.cOM
 SAgittAriuS
(Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)
You may be full of energy and
raring to go but some of the
people you live and work with
just won't have that spark this
weekend. That's okay though,
you don't need them. In fact you
may be better off working on
your own for a while.
 cApricOrN
(Dec. 22 - Jan. 20)
Any claims you make on the
work front will be investigated
thoroughly by colleagues and
employers this weekend, so make
sure you stick to the truth from
beginning to end. You don't have
to big yourself up, everyone
knows what you can do.
 AquAriuS
(Jan. 21 - Feb. 19)
As one of the zodiac's "fixed"
signs it takes a lot to dent your
confidence but what happens
Daily Horoscope
this weekend may spark a doubt
or two about what you've been
up to. It's okay to admit you are
less than perfect. It also reminds
others you are human!
 piSceS
(Feb. 20-Mar. 20)
Make sure everything you do
over the next 48 hours is done for
practical reasons only. Don't
worry that others might find you
a bit dull for their liking, because
it's better to be dull than broke,
which is what you could be if
you're not careful!
 ArieS
(March 21-April 20)
Don't waste time trying to
explain what you are doing and
why over the next 48 hours
because others won't
understand. As mind planet
Mercury begins one of its
retrograde phases you will have
to accept that being
misunderstood cannot be
avoided.
 tAuruS
(April 21-May 21)
You need to be ruthlessly honest
with yourself about the way a
work-related matter has gone off
the rails of late. Can it be
rescued? Perhaps. Is it worth the
effort? Probably not. Maybe you
should take the hint and move on
to something else.
 geMiNi
(May 22-June 21)
Your powers of persuasion may be
formidable but with your ruling
planet Mercury turning retrograde
this weekend you may find it
harder than usual to get your
message across. Still, if friends and
colleagues don't understand that's
their loss, not yours.
 cANcer
(June 22-July 23)
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If someone gives you a hard time
this weekend your first reaction
will be to hit back at them, but
that may not be a good idea. The
situation could spiral out of
control if you choose to make an
issue of it. Just this once, let it go.
 leO
(July 24-Aug. 23)
You can, if you wish, choose to
believe that nothing really
matters and that the problems of
the world might as well be
ignored, but deep down you
know you can't do that. As
someone who cares you can and
you must get involved this
weekend.
nypost.com
BirthDAy SAturDAy
Not only is there a full moon
on your birthday but
Mercury, your ruler, turns
retrograde too, so extra care
will be needed both at home
and at work. You can still do
some remarkable things but
you must be aware that you
can't do it all.
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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

By Marc BerMan

After a sensational first set, the

Frances Tiafoe Express derailed
Friday night at the U.S. Open, but
not before the young American
did himself proud.
Tiafoe even got to meet Miche-
lle Obama in the bowels of Ar-
thur Ashe Stadium after he
forced a fifth set against Carlos
Alcaraz in a monumental semifi-
nal.
But Alcaraz, the 19-year-old
Spanish marathon man, ended
Tiafoe’s run with a spectacular
rally to move to his first U.S.
Open final with a 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-1,
6-7, 6-3 victory in a four-hour-
plus slugfest that didn’t end until
midnight.
Alcaraz looked fresh as a daisy
after losing a first-set tiebreaker.
He used his breathtaking speed,
drop shots and full arsenal of an-
gled groundstrokes to wear
down Tiafoe, who looked up to
the challenge early before sput-
tering, though he rose up to force
a fourth-set tiebreaker with ex-
ceptional grit and then pushed it
to a fifth set that sent Ashe Sta-
dium ablaze.
“I gave everything I had,’’ Tia-
foe said in the on-court inter-
view. “I gave everything I had the
last two weeks. I wanted to win
the U.S. Open. I felt I let every-
one down. Kudos to Carlos.
You’re going to win a lot of
Grand Slams. I will come back
and win this thing one day.”
It felt like a celebration in the
wee hours as Tiafoe gathered
with family and friends in the
players’ lounge. The former First
Tiafoe’s brilliant Open run ends
with semifinal loss to Alcaraz
U.S. OPEN FINALS
Saturday
Arthur Ashe Stadium,
Women’s singles
4 p.m.
Iga Swiatek (1)
vs. Ons Jabeur (5)
Sunday
Arthur Ashe Stadium,
Men’s singles
4 p.m.
Carlos Alcaraz (3)
vs. Casper Ruud (5)
Both matches on ESPN
Lady was shuttled into a private
room to meet with Tiafoe, the
first black man to make the Open
semifinals since Arthur Ashe
himself in 1972.
“It was so electric,’’ Tiafoe said.
“The tennis matched the hype of
the night. Unbelievable points. I
wish I won, but tennis won.’’
Obama also took photos with
Tiafoe’s family members, includ-
ing his mother, Kamara, who em-
igrated from Sierra Leone to the
Washington metropolitan area
and managed to cultivate a pro-
fessional tennis player who has
finally become a big star.
The former First Lady could be
seen during the fourth-set tie-
breaker out of her seat and
cheering like everyone else.
“It was very nice she came to
support,’’ Kamara Tiafoe told
The Post. “This is a beautiful and
happy time in our life. We will al-
ways remember it.’’
“Was crazy to see her there,’’
Tiafoe said of Obama.
Tiafoe’s deep run and fourth-
set revival offered hope the 24-
year-old can be a factor in Grand
Slam tournaments for years to
come after a somewhat disap-
pointing career that began at
Flushing Meadows when he was
16.
This Tiafoe-Alcaraz match
could be the start of a long ri-
valry that could go deep in ma-
jors.
“I proved I can play with the
best and can win Grand Slams,’’
Tiafoe said.
For a while, the two warriors,
Tiafoe and Alcaraz, went toe-to-
toe, trading their power and dis-
playing their speed in a breath-
taking spectacle. Tiafoe is fast.
Alcaraz is faster.
Dubbed “The Next Nadal,’’ Al-
caraz now will face Norwegian
Casper Ruud in the Open final on
Sunday. It remains to be seen if
Alcaraz has anything left.
Alcaraz has now survived three
straight five-setters, including a 5
hour, 15 minute war that ended at
2:50 on Thursday morning. But
he somehow has responded with
fresh legs each time.
With fans chanting “Let’s go
Frances,” Tiafoe got a second
wind when all looked hopeless.
Trailing 5-4 in the fourth set, he
saved a match point with a
sensational get of an Alcaraz
drop shot. He spun it in for a
winner that died two feet
past the net, sending the
fans into a frenzy.
And then Tiafoe forced a
fourth-set tiebreaker, took a
3-1 lead and repelled an Al-
caraz rally to 4-4 after the
Spaniard hit a wondrous
dropshot to tie. Tiafoe
fought back with his nerves
of steel while Alcaraz
drilled two bullet fore-
hand shots that barely
missed to force a fifth
set.
Tiafoe, the first
American man in the
Open semis since
Andy Roddick in
2006, couldn’t get
his first serve in LEFT iT ALL OUT ON
often enough THE COURT: Frances
in the fifth set Tiafoe, right, is consoled by
and Alcaraz Carlos Alcaraz following their
held on. five-set battle on Friday night
marc. at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
berman Alcaraz now will face Casper
@nypost Ruud in the U.S. Open final
.com on Sunday. Reuters

HE U.S. Open’s fare-

T well gala for Serena

Williams has evolved
into a coming-out party
for Carlos Alcaraz.
Youth is being served.
The 19-year-old Spaniard
took out Frances Tiafoe 6-7
(8), 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 on Fri-
day night in a wildly enter-
taining match that featured
a four hour and 17 minute
display of dazzling shot-
making, inspired play at
net, a bevy of drop shots,
angled slices at net and
powerful winners from the
baseline.
Tennis is alive and well.
This one had everything,
Tiafoe saved match point
while serving at 4-5 of the
10th game of the fourth set
With youngsters, we have the
before taking his second
tiebreak of the night to run
his tournament mark to 8-0.
These guys ran all night and
tracked down just about ev-
erything.
The fact is, they not only
tracked down just about
everything, but also they
created brilliant shots
when they got there. The
whole reservations thing,
you know. And while Tia-
foe did get to just about
everything, Alcaraz re-
peatedly got to balls even
when that seemed a physi-
cal impossibility.
And then Alcaraz hit win-
ners, such as the lob that
kissed the baseline after
running a mile to set up the
teenager with triple match
point in the final game.
No wonder Yogi Laver
once said that points are
not over until they are over
when Alcaraz in on court.
As his reward, Alcaraz ad-
vances to the final on Sun-
day against Norway’s Cas-
per Ruud, who defeated Ka-
ren Khachanov in a rather
humdrum four-set affair
Larry Brooks
Friday afternoon to advance
to his second Grand Slam
final of the season. Ruud
was beaten in straight sets
by Rafa Nadal at the French
Open.
There is more than the
U.S. Open championship at
stake. The winner of the fi-
nal will ascend to No. 1 in
the ATP world ranking. If it
is Alcaraz, long ago dubbed
“The Next Nadal,” he would
be the youngest man to ever
hold that No.1 spot since
the inception of the rank-
ings in 1973. And he would
be the youngest man to win
the Open since Pete Sam-
pras won at age 19 in 1990.
Tiafoe, meanwhile, played
one of the best matches of
his life following a breakout
tournament in which he
took out the original Nadal
in the Round of 16 and then
backed that up with a
straight-sets quarterfinal
victory over Andrey Rublev.
He became the first
American to reach a Grand
Slam semifinal since Andy
Roddick was beaten in a
16-14 fifth set by Roger Fed-
erer in the 2009 Wimble-
don final and the first to
reach one at the U.S. Open
since Roddick in 2006.
And so there will be at
least a full year of turning
the pages of the calendar
until the American men can
end their insufferable
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Cavalier

New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

set to emerge from wager
Serena’s shadow
By MarC BerMan strengths, especially her forehand
By ThoMas Casale

Illinois should be 2-0 to

start this season, but the
Fighting Illini lost to Indi-
that has Nadalian heft. But her ex- ana last week in a game
It’s not the most glamorous treme grip makes it harder for her to they let slip away late. De-
women’s finals matchup of all time, get up and over the shot on a fast spite rolling up 448 yards
but the two most deserving players hardcourt. When your go-to shot is and 29 first downs, Illinois
have made it to Saturday at the U.S. difficult to produce on grass or hard- scored 20 points and left
Open. court, you can’t lean up against it. the door open for Indiana to
Arthur Ashe Stadium will be “Iga has not found her best form, win the game in the final
decked out with its share of red and but is still in the championship seconds.
white Polish flags waving at 4 p.m., match. The question becomes
when the No. 1 seed, Iga Swiatek of should that give her reason to believe
Poland, faces the 2022 Wimbledon or reason to doubt.’’

nypost.com
finalist, No. 5 seed Ons Jabeur of Tu- No women’s player has captured The most alarming takea-
nisia. two majors in a year since way from that game, how-
Neither of them is a house- 2016, when Angelique ever, is the Illini defense al-
hold name in America, but in Kerber won the Australian lowing Indiana quarterback
this spectacularly deep Open and U.S. Open. Swi- Connor Bazelak to throw
women’s game, they have atek can match that accom- for 330 yards. That’s not
weaved the finest years. plishment if she takes out great news with Virginia
And considering she’s just Jabeur. and Brennan Armstrong
21, Swiatek is poised to be- “I’m pretty happy that on coming to town.
come the next dominant this tournament, I just was Armstrong threw for 405
player amid the women’s re- IGA kind of fresh mentally,’’ Swi- yards and five touchdowns
volving door of champions. SWIATEK atek said. against Illinois last season
Swiatek posted a 37-match Jabeur, the 28-year-old in the Cavaliers’ 42-14 blow-
winning streak earlier this year and who became the first African woman out win. Illinois opened
won her second French Open title in to make the U.S. Open finals in the against two offenses (Wy-
May, after which she then suffered a Open Era, whipped the tour’s hottest oming, Indiana) that aren’t
dip. Plus, as No. 1 seed, she was vastly player, Caroline Garcia, in a 6-1, 6-3 projected to be great pass-
overshadowed by Serena Williams’ semifinal. ing teams and its secondary
farewell, which Swiatek acknowl- Jabeur has her finals loss to Elena still struggled. That’s not
edged as making for “less pressure’’ Rybakina as an experience to learn likely to change on Saturday.
on her. from. The pick: Virginia +4.5
Though not in her best form, she She didn’t get any rankings points AIR FORCE (-10) over
quietly marched through the Open for her All-England Club march be- Colorado, first half: You
draw until she was nearly was up- cause those points were not awarded might be surprised to see
ended Thursday in the semifinals. for Wimbledon after the banning of Air Force listed as a full-
Trailing 4-2, she had to reel off four Russians and Belarusians from that game 17.5-point favorite
straight games in the third set to out- tournament. But Jabeur will rise to over a Pac-12 school. Don’t
last Aryna Sabalenka. No. 2 after this Open. be. The Falcons are loaded
Swiatek is best on clay. Tennis ana- “It feels more real, to be honest this season and I believe
lyst Mary Carillo has pointed out her with you just to be in the finals they are a team with a
loping forehand isn’t quite as devas- again,’’ Jabeur said. “At Wimbledon I puncher’s chance to go un-
tating on fast hardcourts. was kind of just living the dream, and defeated in the regular sea-
“No woman is more comfortable I couldn’t believe it. now just I hope son. Colorado? Not so
on clay than Iga,’’ Carillo said. “It I’m getting used to it and, maybe I much.
plays to all of her considerable know what to do in the finals.’’ The Buffaloes have a lot
of issues, but the biggest
might be stopping the run.

makings of rivalry for the ages

drought. And Tiafoe, who
after thudding a ball into
the net to end the match,
embraced Alcaraz in a
heartfelt, extended congrat-
ulatory hug, pledged to do
just that after apologizing
to the fans for letting them
down.
“I gave everything I had.
Carlos, you were too good,”
Tiafoe said in an on-court
interview. “I came here to
win the U.S. Open and I feel
like I let you guys down.”
(Accompanying sound-
track: “NO!”)
“I will come back and win
this thing one day,” the 24-
year-old said. “Sorry, guys.”
There was nothing for
which to apologize, nothing
for which to be sorry. Tia-
foe pushed Alcaraz to the
limit ... except that this
Spaniard doesn’t seem to
have one. Because it’s one
thing to be young, one thing
to have 19-year-old legs,
and another to persevere in
a match of 4:17 after being
on the court for 9 hours and
9 minutes in his previous
two matches the previous
four days and nights.
That included Wednes-
day’s 5:15 quarterfinal vic-
tory over Jannik Sinner,
which ended at 2:50 a.m.
Thursday. Earlier, Alcaraz
had gotten off the court at
2:23 a.m. following his
Round of 16 victory over
Marin Cilic.
Sleep, apparently, is over-
rated.
By the way, this was not
necessarily a hometown
crowd for Tiafoe. There
were dueling intermittent
sing-song chants, alternat-
ing with “Let’s Go Carlos!”
and “Let’s Go Frances!” The
atmosphere matched the
entertainment. This was
one to remember.
Dozens of players get to
the semis of a slam and are
never heard from again. It
is, of course, on Tiafoe to
take this experience and
transform the fortnight into
a stepping stone for future
deep runs at a Grand Slam
and at this Open, which he
has now vowed to win.
And if he can do that, we
just might have a rivalry for
the ages. Alcaraz will be in
his way, just as Jimmy Con-
nors was once in John
McEnroe’s way and Andre
Agassi was once in Pete
Sampras’ way and then
Roger Federer, Novak Djok-
ovic and Nadal were in ev-
erybody else’s way.
So it will be on Tiafoe to
chase Alcaraz to the ends of
the earth, if necessary.
Catching him will be some-
thing else altogether, but
dang, won’t it be fun watch-
ing him try?
larry.brooks@nypost.com
Last week against TCU, the
Horned Frogs racked up 275
yards rushing. What do you
think Air Force will finish
with on Saturday?
Kentucky (+6) over
FLORIDA: The Gators are
being a little overvalued
right now because of their
Week 1 win over Utah.
While quarterback Anthony
Richardson looked like a le-
git Heisman contender, it
overshadowed Florida’s de-
fense allowing 230 rushing
yards and Utah running 71
plays.
LAST WEEK: 1-2. Syra-
cuse (W), Oregon (L),
Maryland (L).
Thomas Casale handicaps
college football for Action
Network.
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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

By Ryan Dunleavy sion at the top of the positional “I like the guy to be himself,” head
market when first eligible until his coach Brian Daboll said of Barkley
If the Giants want to negotiate third season (2020) was cut short using doubters as motivation.
with Saquon Barkley during the fi- by a torn ACL. “What motivates one player is dif-
nal year of his contract, the phone It wasn’t the right time for either ferent than what motivates another
line is open. side to open negotiations this off- player. All I ask those guys to do is
On the same day that agent-less season, with Barkley coming off a work hard, be a good teammate,
quarterback Lamar Jackson and the second injury-plagued season and learn the system — and he’s done
Ravens mutually agreed to shut career-low numbers, while the Gi- all that.”
down negotiations until after the ants overhauled their front office New York is home to the new
season, the Giants’ most-accom- and coaching staff. But Barkley gold standard of an athlete who
plished offensive playmaker looked explosive and sounded like reaped rewards for playing out a
sounded receptive to his old confident self walk year: Yankees slugger Aaron
talks beginning be- Sunday in training camp, and Judge entered Friday having hit 55
tween the team and GIANTS AT TITANS the new offense is de- home runs after turning down a
agent Kim Miale of 4:25 p.m. signed to feature his seven-year, $213.5 million extension
Roc Nation Sports. Fox dual-threat capability, offer and tabling negotiations. Just
“That’s a great WFAN so all the ingredients as Judge was vocal before declining
question,” Barkley (101.9 FM) are in place for a fast the deadline offer that he wanted to
said. “I really can’t Line: Giants +5.5 • O/U: 43.5 individual start. be a Yankee for life, Barkley has of-
answer that until it “My mindset is to go ten said that he wants to stay put.
comes, to be completely honest. out there Week 1 and be Saquon “Any time an athlete bets on him-
Right now, probably the way I Barkley,” Barkley said. “Whatever self and goes out there and per-
would handle it is to focus on what the team and [coaches] need me to forms at a high level, you love to
I can focus on and let my agent take do, go execute — whether it’s see that,” Barkley said. “Whether
care of all that. I feel like I’ve got catching the ball, whether it’s run- it’s football, whether it’s baseball,
one of the best agents, if not the ning, whether it’s pass protection. whether it’s basketball, I want all
best agent, in the business, so I “My biggest thing I want for this athletes to get what they deserve.”
know if I do what I’ve got to do on week — not only for myself, but for Unlike in MLB, NFL teams have a
the football field and God keeps me the team — is to continue to fall in safety net against losing free agents.
healthy, she’s going to take care of love with the process and don’t get The Ravens could use the franchise
the rest.” too overconcerned with the results. tag on Jackson (about $45 million
Barkley, 25, is playing for $7.2 mil- If we win by 40 or lose by 40, say I for quarterbacks) and the Giants
lion this season — the fourth-high- go for 200 yards or I go for 10 yards, could franchise tag Barkley (about
est salary among NFL running there is going to be overreaction.” $12.7 million for running backs) and
backs — on the team-exercised If Barkley just hits the median of pay for a one-year contract in 2023.
fifth-year option added to his four- those numbers — 105 rushing yards Barkley and the Giants have
year, $31.1 million rookie contract. — behind an offensive line with im- avoided any holdouts or bad blood
The 2018 Offensive Rookie of the proved run-blocking, it will be an thus far, but running backs typically
Year and two-time 1,000-yard encouraging sign and his highest balk at the tag because of their
rusher was on track for an exten- total in 16 games. shorter career spans.
The last Giants first-round draft
pick to play more than five seasons
for the team was Jason Pierre-Paul
FOCUS ON THE in 2010. Eight running backs are av-
FIELD: Saquon eraging at least $12 million per year
Barkley said he will be over the life of their contracts.
concentrating on “It’s not like I’m going to be back
playing while allowing there like, ‘[Doubters] said this
his agent, Kim Miale, about me,’ ” Barkley said. “That’s
to take care of any not my mindset. When you are
potential contract training in the offseason, you hear
extension. The the noise. Now it’s blocking out the
running back will be noise. You can’t get caught up in
playing the season on what people are saying about you
a team-exercised fifth- — the positive and the negative
year option of his things. My main focus is controlling
rookie contract. what I can control and when plays
Noah K. Murray (2)
are out there to be made, go make
plays.”
rdunleavy@nypost.com
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By Ethan SEaRS Ojulari,

New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

On Sunday afternoon in Nashville,
Tenn., wide receiver Sterling Shepard will
step onto a football field and play an NFL
Thibodeaux
game for the first time since calamity
struck.
Shepard’s recovery from the torn Achil-
doubtful
les he suffered last December has gone so
well that he did not appear on the Giants’
injury report Friday. There was not even a
cursory designation of questionable to
for Sunday
By Ryan DunlEavy
keep the Titans wondering. That would
be pointless. Head coach Brian Daboll
“Ain’t no question about it,” Shepard wasn’t ready to sack the Giants’
told The Post. “I’ve been saying I’m play- top two edge rushers.
ing all week, so that’s the plan.” Rookie Kayvon Thibodeaux
In a Giants receivers’ room in which the and Azeez Ojulari, who set a
headlines of late have centered around Giants rookie record with eight
Kenny Golladay’s and Kadarius Toney’s sacks last season, were listed as
lack of production in 2021, that is a rare bit doubtful on the final injury re-
of good news. Shepard, a Giant since the port of the week as Daboll de-
Ben McAdoo era, will be back catching cided to put off a final decision
passes, the injury he has rehabbed since on the duo’s availability Sunday

December completely removed from his
mind.
That is something Shepard has earned
through intensive rehab, compressing
what is normally a yearlong recovery to
just nine months. He had never suffered a
major injury before, but attacked this
challenge hard.
“S--t ton of just exercising,” Shepard
said. “Just trying to strengthen my calf as
much as I can so I can still have that pop,
still have that push.”
He’s still doing those exercises — toe
raises and the like — but he feels very
much himself.
“I wouldn’t be back out there if I didn’t,”
he said.
Assuming there are no last-minute
changes, Shepard’s return means Sunday
will be the first time the Giants have had
their top three receivers, top running
nypost.com
against the Titans. It preserved
a little bit of optimism despite
STERLING EFFORT: Giants receiver Sterling Shepard’s dedication to rehab- all signs pointing to Thibo-
bing his torn Achilles has paid off, as he returns to the field nine months after suf- deaux’s NFL debut being de-
fering the injury. It typically takes a year to recover. Noah K. Murray layed and Ojulari’s frustrating
two-injury summer continuing.
back, top tight end and both starting of- his tail off every day. So I’m excited for
fensive tackles available for an entire
game since Nov. 18, 2018 — a span over
him.”
Having never had more than 872 receiv-
GIANTS NOTES
which the expected starters at those posi- ing yards in a season, Shepard wouldn’t be “We’ll just try to take it right
tions have all been healthy for just two of considered a No. 1 receiver on most NFL up to game time, as long as we
228 quarters. teams. But he might well be in that posi- can, to see who’s going to be
“It’s been impressive,” Daniel Jones told tion for the Giants, and he indisputably active and who’s not going to
The Post of Shepard’s recovery. “I think makes the receivers’ room much better. be active,” Daboll said Friday
he’s an extremely hardworking guy. He Despite the story surrounding him, She- afternoon. “So, that’ll be really
puts his heart and soul into playing foot- pard doesn’t expect this Sunday to feel the next 48 hours — let it go as
ball, into preparing and making himself a any different than past Sundays. long as we can let it go.”
better player. He took that approach to his “It shouldn’t,” Shepard said. “I’ll get pre- Thibodeaux (MCL sprain)
rehab and I think that’s why you see him, game jitters, just like I always do. I suspect and Ojulari (calf) were limited
he’s in the position he’s in. it’s gonna be the same as the million other participants in practice, work-
“He stayed consistent with it. He works games that I played.” ing hand-to-hand combat with
little lateral movement. The
Giants will be back on the field
Saturday for a closed-doors

Stars aren’t only Giants facing scrutiny walk-through before heading to

By Ethan SEaRS
The spotlight Sunday will be
on the usual suspects for the
Giants. Daniel Jones, still try-
ing to prove he can be the
franchise quarterback. Saquon
Barkley, coming off a disap-
pointing 2021. Brian Daboll, in
his first game as an NFL head
coach.
But they will not be the only
ones under scrutiny when the
Giants open their season at
the Titans in Nashville, Tenn.
As a byproduct of the team’s
injuries, training camp cuts
and sheer lack of depth at cer-
tain positions, opportunities
are in abundance across the
roster, particularly early in the
season. That means there’s a
lot to look for beyond the top-
line names.
The Post breaks down five
players to pay attention to
against the Titans:
WR Wan’Dale Robinson
It’s no secret that the Gi-
ants’ receiving corps is ...
lacking. Sterling Shepard
will be back on Sunday, but
Kenny Golladay and Kada-
rius Toney both drastically
underproduced last season.
Therefore, it looks as though
the opportunity is there for
the rookie Robinson, should
he establish himself, to move
up the depth chart. The Gi-
ants spent a second-round
pick on Robinson in April, so
it figures that the new re-
gime — one that wasn’t re-
sponsible for bringing in
Golladay or Toney — will
give him every chance to
shine.
Robinson, a Kentucky
product, said he has built up
a strong chemistry with
Jones during camp.
“Actually, I’ve gotten more
time with Daniel than I did
with [Kentucky quarterback]
Will [Levis],” Robinson told
The Post. “We can really go
up to each other whenever
there’s anything and ask
each other a question with
how we feel about some-
thing, so that’s really been
great.”
CB Aaron Robinson
The Titans figure to be a
navigable matchup in the
passing game — they were
24th in passing yardage last
season, with most of their of-
fense coming via Derrick
Henry and the run. And Ten-
nessee has since lost A.J.
Brown, its top receiver in
2021. All that adds up to a
good chance for Robinson to
prove he deserves the start-
ing job opposite Adoree’
Jackson.
LB Austin Calitro
Calitro, ultimately, is the
person who will end up be-
ing judged in Blake Marti-
nez’s spot after the former
captain was cut at the end of
training camp. This is the
first time in Calitro’s five
seasons in which he’ll have
the chance to start every
game (he did so sporadically
for Seattle in 2018 and Jack-
sonville in 2019), and it
comes in the middle of a Gi-
ants defense dotted with
questions.
LG Ben Bredeson
/Josh Ezeudu
We still don’t know for
sure who will start at left
guard when the Giants take
the field on Sunday, as
Daboll declined to answer
that question before practice
Friday. Whomever ends up
starting in place of Shane
Lemieux (foot injury),
though, will be walking un-
der a heat lamp. The Giants
have suffered injuries
throughout their line all
summer, and as a result they
have lost a chance to build
up chemistry as a unit dur-
ing camp. Largely as a result
of that, this will not be an
easy assignment.
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Nashville, Tenn.
The final call will be a “col-
lective” between Daboll and
head athletic trainer Ronnie
Barnes. If either or both are un-
available, the Giants are likely
to elevate edge rusher Quincy
Roche and safety Tony Jeffer-
son from the practice squad to
fill the gaps, including rookie
safety Dane Belton’s (question-
able, clavicle) likely absence.
➤ TE Tanner Hudson, who
joined the Giants on Aug. 25,
grew up about 90 minutes from
Nashville in Camden, Tenn., and
spent his youth going to a hand-
ful of Titans games. His wife,
mother, brother and sister will
be in attendance Sunday, as will
a number of hometown friends.
Hudson’s five career recep-
tions are most among the Gi-
ants’ four tight ends, ahead of
Chris Myarick (three) and
rookies Daniel Bellinger and
Austin Allen (practice squad).
➤ Ben Bredeson and rookie
Josh Ezeudu will continue
competing to start at left guard
through the Saturday walk-
through.
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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022
By Peter Botte
The latest turmoil to strike the Jets’
offensive line only means one thing
for versatile George Fant.
Duane Brown’s shoulder injury will
necessitate Fant switching back to left
tackle yet again for the season opener
Sunday against the Ravens, with rookie
Max Mitchell getting his first career
start at right tackle. Jets head coach
Robert Saleh described Fant as the ulti-
mate team player, but the constant
switching clearly hasn’t been ideal.
“Man, obviously frustrated still. Sec-
ond time in a row that I’ve had to
move the week of the game. I can’t
control it, but it’s obviously a frustrat-
ing situation,” Fant said after practice
Friday in Florham Park. “I just want to
get comfortable and play a position
and I haven’t been afforded that since
I’ve been here.
“It’s almost impossible to really pre-
pare like you want to. Yeah, I’ve played
both positions, but it’s still the situation
of preparing and understanding how
you need to play against certain players
on certain sides. I’m just taking the time
I can to do it right now.”
Brown, the five-time Pro Bowler who
was signed in August after Mekhi
Becton suffered a sea-
son-ending fractured
kneecap early in
training camp, also
will miss at least
the opener. Saleh
said “there’s a pos-
sibility” the 37-year-
old Brown will land
on injured reserve,
which would
sideline him for
at least the first
four games of the
season.
The Jets also will
be without starting
quarterback Zach
Wilson for at least
the first three games
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due to the right-knee injury he suf-
fered during the preseason.
Brown, whose two-year contract
worth $20 million contains $9 million
in guaranteed money, had missed just
four of 65 games with Seattle over the
previous four seasons before suffering
the injury Monday in practice.
“Duane has been very healthy his en-
tire career. He takes amazing care of his
body,” Saleh said. “And it’s unfortunate,
it’s a football injury.”
Fant played so well last year in
Becton’s absence that the organiza-
tion’s original plan coming into train-
ing camp was for Becton to come back
at right tackle. Fant was switched
from the left to the right side upon
Brown’s arrival after Becton went
down again last month.
“I’m sure it’s frustrating for George
because, everybody just wants to settle
on their job,” Saleh said.
“But credit to George,
he is an uber-athlete.
He’s got great ver-
satility. His whole
career, he’s always
been a team guy
first. He’s a phe-
nomenal
teammate.
“For him to sacrifice to jump left,
right, left, right is not easy for him. But
at the same time, he’s so gifted and so
athletic and smart enough to be able
to do that. … So he’s making it very
easy for this transition.”
Fant also had been limited in
practice earlier this week with a
knee issue, but the six-year NFL
veteran said he is “good to go”
against the Ravens and “confi-
dent” in Mitchell stepping in and
playing well
“One thing I can say if you’re on an
NFL roster, whether you’re practice
squad or not, you’re one play away,”
Saleh said of Mitchell, the Jets’ fourth-
round pick out of Louisiana. “I’ve said
it before, Max is much further along
than we thought he’d be at this point.
“We’re very confident that he’ll be
able to step in and do his job. We
think his acceleration is going to go
even faster, because there’s nothing
like getting reps in the NFL and get-
ting baptized early in your career. So
we have a lot of faith in him.”
Mitchell played with the Jets’
starting unit during part of the first
preseason game against the Eagles,
and he faced veteran defensive
lineman Fletcher Cox and line-
backer Haason Reddick. Now, he
will go up against six-time Pro
Bowl pass rusher Calais Camp-
bell, who has 93.5 career sacks.
“Obviously he’s a renowned
guy, but another dude. It’s defi-
nitely a challenge, but I’m pre-
pared for it,” Mitchell said.
“I’ve been taking reps
with the ones, so I
was ready for it.
Personally, I ex-
pect myself to
be ready to
go out there
and play.”
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T You might not believe. that head coach Robert Saleh is

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The rest of the NFL might trying to build.
not believe. “We feel like we’ve got some
Las Vegas might not believe. momentum behind us,” Flacco
But the Jets believe in them- told The Post on Friday. “These
selves. young guys are bringing energy.
In order to really develop, we’ve
got to go out there and prove it
on Sunday.”
What would a win on Sunday do
for this team?
“It’s hard to quantify the power
of going out there and winning a
Mark Cannizzaro football game,” Flacco said. “It’s a
really hard thing to do and there’s
With their anticipated season nothing like it. When you win a
opener against the Ravens at football game it’s an unbelievable
MetLife Stadium looming on feeling. It is hard to quantify how
Sunday, the players in the much it can actually do for you.”
Jets’ locker room don’t so Suffice it to say it would do a lot.
much care about the fact “Joe’s right — I think it is a mat-
that they’re a touchdown ter of guys figuring out how good
underdog at home and they really are,’’ running back

that their win-loss over/
under has been set by
Vegas at an insulting 5.5.
There’s a distinct
“why not us?” vibe
emanating from the
Jets’ locker room on
the eve of the 2022
season opener.
These Jets players
don’t care that the
team went 4-13 last
season or that the fran-
chise hasn’t played a
postseason game since
the 2010 season.
They believe they’re
good. Good enough to
win more games than
they lose. Good enough to
make the playoffs. Good
enough to stun the out-
side world, which has little
belief in any of these things.
“Going out and beating Bal-
timore would show every-
body,” Jets safety Jordan
Whitehead told The Post on
Friday. “I think we all need that.
We need to come out and start
fast and prove to the world what
more than capable: Michael Carter (No. 32), rookies Jermaine Johnson and Sauce Gardner (far
right) and the Jets believe they can and will prove their naysayers wrong, writes The Post’s Mark Cannizzaro.
we’re capable of doing.”
Before the Jets acquired him in
the offseason, Whitehead started
the past four years for the Bucca-
neers, was part of a Super Bowl
winner two seasons ago and was
on a 13-4 team last season that
lost 30-27 in the NFC divisional
playoff round to the Rams, who
went on to win the Super Bowl.
Whitehead has been a part of a
mediocre team that morphed into
a world champion, so there’s some
credibility there. That said, listen
to what he had to say about his
current team: “This might be the
most talented team I’ve ever seen.
The talent in this locker room is
the best I’ve been around.’’
Those are strong words coming
from a player who just played the
past two seasons on a team that
went 29-10 and won a Super Bowl.
“We’ve got talent,” Whitehead
said. “That ain’t even a question.
I’m excited to see these guys
work.”
Sometimes you’re better off not
knowing what you don’t know. Ig-
norance can make you stronger.
Whitehead hasn’t been around
long enough to be suffocated by
the negativity that has engulfed
the franchise as a result of its
perennial shortcomings.
The young, confident players in-
fused into this locker room have
not been around long enough ei-
ther. That includes rookie corner-
back Sauce Gardner, the fifth-
overall pick in the draft, rookie re-
ceiver Garrett Wilson, the 10th-
overall pick, and many of the other
young talents. They don’t know
any better than to expect to win.
Now the trick, according to
veteran quarterback Joe Flacco,
is “getting these young players
to realize how good they are.”
That’s going to take some tan-
gible evidence, the positive rein-
forcement that would come with
an upset win over the Ravens on
Sunday. That would immeasura-
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Michael Carter told The Post.
“There are two types of people
when you’re trying to get some-
one to believe — people that be-
lieve without seeing it and people
that need results to believe,’’ line-
backer C.J. Mosley told The Post.
“I think Saleh does a good job of
bringing guys in who are the
former — guys who already know
they’re good,” Carter said when
Mosley’s theory was relayed to
him. “We have so much talent in
our locker room right now. This is
the most confident team I’ve ever
been on. We are a confident
bunch. We’re a young bunch.
We’re starting to figure things out.
“The goal is to put everything
together for one game and build
on that. I can’t wait to watch ev-
erybody put it all together.’’
What about the low expecta-
tions of the outside world?
“The great thing about sports is
that we get to write our own
story,” Carter said. “Regardless of
what everyone on the outside
thinks, it’s not reality until we cre-
ate our own story.”
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DC: Gang up for challenge of dealing with Ravens QB

By Peter Botte games last season after ex-
ceeding 1,000 in each of the
The Jets already figured previous two years.
to have their hands full “It’s a tremendous chal-
Sunday with elusive Rav- lenge, it’s just one of the
ens quarterback Lamar
Jackson, and that was
most unique offenses and
obviously Lamar is one of
before the former
NFL MVP had the
the most unique players in
the league,” defensive coor-
added motivation of dinator Jeff Ulbrich said.
his self-imposed Fri- “It’s a headache, but I really
day deadline passing
without agreeing to a
believe our guys are up for
it, and I’m excited about the
mammoth contract challenge, although it is a
extension. tremendous one.”
The revamped de-
fense will be tested im-
Jets linebacker C.J. Mos-
ley, a Ravens teammate
mediately facing Jackson, during Jackson’s rookie
a dual threat who rushed season in 2018, said the
for 767 yards in only 12 biggest improvements the
former Heisman Trophy
winner has made is “in his
awareness and under-
standing of the game.”
“It’s not easy [to stop
him], as we’ve all seen.
Most teams try
hard to keep him
contained, but
JETS
we’re not going to NOTES
try to stress our-
selves out trying to be per-
fect and trying to keep him
in the box,” Mosley said.
“We have to try to stay
even-keeled, because we
know he’s gonna make
plays.
“But it’s been cool to see
him go from that rookie
quarterback my last year
there and now seeing him
as one of the faces of the
NFL. Definitely cool to see.”
➤ Addressing not being
able to reach a
long-term deal
with Jackson,
Ravens general
manager Eric
DeCosta said: “We greatly
appreciate how he has
handled this process and
we are excited about our
team with Lamar leading
the way. We will continue
to work towards a long-
term contract after the
season, but for now we are
looking forward to a suc-
cessful 2022 campaign.”
Jackson will therefore
play out the season on his
fifth-year option, making
about $23 million.
The market for top tier
quarterbacks, meanwhile,
has eclipsed $40 million a
year.
➤ Jets head coach Rob-
ert Saleh believes the
opener falling on the anni-
versary of the 9/11 terrorist
attacks — and being played
at MetLife Stadium — will
make the atmosphere even
more emotional than a
usual season opener.
Saleh’s older brother, Da-
vid, made it out of the
South Tower of the World
Trade Center safely on the
morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
“I would love it if every-
one sings the National An-
them, don’t just listen to it,
but sing it,” Saleh said.
“There’s no doubt it’s am-
plified because it is 9/11 in
this city. Not so much for
me, but for the people who
were in the thick of it.”
➤ Cornerback D.J. Reed
had been limited in practice
Thursday with a knee issue,
but he said he’s “ready for
Sunday, no problems.”
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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

By Mike PuMa

MIAMI — Chris Bassitt doesn’t

anticipate the new pitch clock that
Reaction mixed from
will arrive in MLB next season af-
fecting him in the least, but he does
have concerns about the overall
players after baseball
product.
The Mets pitcher told The Post
on Friday that he expects offense
enacts a pitch clock
and shift ban for 2023
will suffer as a result of new rules
the league announced, which are
designed in part to speed up the
game.
“It won’t even be close, the hit- off the rubber as a runner moves the [new] rules are just great and
ters will be most affected,” Bassitt down the line from third base. it’s really good for baseball.”
said before the Mets faced the “There are flaws in the rules and As someone who doesn’t step
IN PITCH CLOCK Marlins. “The speed of the game the players on both sides, the hit- out of the batter’s box much, Fran-
has nothing to do with ters and pitchers, will ex- cisco Lindor doesn’t expect he will
pitching, it’s all the hitters. ploit the flaws and I think be affected much by the pitch
Get in the box, stepping it’s going to be exploited clock. Hitters will have to be in the
out, not stepping out, the pretty quickly,” Bassitt box once the clock reaches eight
hitters are slowing the said. seconds. Pitchers will have 20 sec-
game, but the pitching is Will there be an adjust- onds to deliver a pitch with a run-
so hard they need time. ment needed? ner on base and only 15 if the bases
“Pitching is better than “The adjustment is go- are empty.
it’s ever been, the hitters ing to be, get rid of it,” But Lindor is more enthralled by
need time. For them not to Bassitt said. “But I don’t the new rule that will eliminate de-
have time and then you know how once you im- fensive shifts.
say you want offense, I CHRIS plement it you can get rid “I’m all for being in a position
don’t know. You want of- BASSITT of it. But we’ll see. You where I can be athletic and move a
fense, but now you are try- can’t make predictions little bit more and try to make
ing to speed them up? Good luck.” until it’s actually in place. It might more defensive plays,” the Mets
Bassitt also took issue with a rule help everyone, they might really shortstop said. “I think this is going
that will allow pitchers just two like it, everyone might really hate to put us in a position to make
pickoff attempts per at-bat (the it, but we’ll find out.” good plays and more crazy plays.”
limit will reset if the runner advan- Mark Canha, who is notorious Lindor expressed skepticism
OUT ces). The right-hander cited the ex- for stepping out of the batter’s box, about the length of games shorten-
ample of having runners on first said he’s ready for the changes. ing, even though an experimental
EXTREME and third and a pitcher who has al- “I am hoping to change,” Canha pitch clock in the minor leagues
SHIFTS ready used his two pickoff attempts said. “I think I can evolve with the this season has helped keep the av-
not having the option of stepping times and be open minded. I think erage to 2 hours, 38 minutes. It’s a

reduction of 26 minutes from last
season. MLB games this year have
averaged 3 hours, 7 minutes.
“Things matter just a little bit
more up here than in the minor
leagues, so we’ll see,” Lindor said.
“It’s going to be a process to adapt
to and get comfortable with the
pitch clock and get comfortable
with a bunch of different things.
Minor leagues, TV don’t get paid
over there, so we’ll see how the
[number of] commercials change
over here. We make the adjust-
ment, let’s see now with the TV
stations and the owners how they
are going to make the adjustment.”
Yankees reliever Clarke
Schmidt, who spent part of this
season at Triple-A — where a
pitch clock has been implemented
— said he expects a net-positive
for MLB with the rule changes.
“I think it’s going to help speed
up the game,” Schmidt said. “I
don’t think it’s necessarily a bad
thing. There’s definitely some pos-
itives to it. Maybe a little bit more
extended time would be a little bit
better, but for me personally, I
don’t have a problem with it.”
Gerrit Cole, who serves on the
MLBPA executive subcommittee,
offered a solution to the two pick-
off attempt rule.
“That one is probably the weird-
est one for me,” Cole said. “I guess
it will just be good to have a low
WHIP.”
— Additional reporting
by Greg Joyce in New York
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OUT WITH THE OLD: MLB
commissioner Rob Manfred, speaking
Friday alongside MLB consultant Theo
Epstein (far left) and executive VP of
baseball operations Morgan Sword,
announced a sweeping set of rules
changes set to start in 2023, including
a pitch clock and the banning of some
defensive shifts. AP (3)
A whole new game
Here’s an in-depth look at the rule changes coming to
Major League Baseball next season:
PITCH TIMER
l A pitcher must begin his motion before the expiration
of the timer. Pitchers will have up to 15 seconds between
pitches when the bases are empty and up to 20 seconds
between pitches with at least one runner on base.
l A pitcher may disengage the rubber (with a timer reset)
twice per plate appearance without penalty. Subsequent
disengagements result in a balk, unless an out is recorded
on a runner.
l A hitter must be in the batter’s box and alert to the
pitcher with at least eight seconds remaining.
l A hitter receives one timeout per plate appearance.
l Umpires may provide additional time if warranted by
special circumstances.
DEFENSIVE SHIFT RESTRICTIONS
l Two infielders must be positioned on each side of second
base when the pitch is released.
l All four infielders must have both feet within the outer
boundary of the infield when the pitcher is on the rubber.
l Infielders may not switch sides unless there is a
substitution.
BIGGER BASES
The size of
first, second
and third
base will
increase from
the standard
15-inch square
to an 18-inch
square.
SOURCE: Major
AP
League Baseball
Rule changes may
not go far enough
IAMI — I’m a traditionalist,
M but change can be good, espe-
cially when it comes once ev-
ery generation or so. I’m old. But I’m
not 1,000 years old (not quite). Base-
ball — at least the version currently
being played at the highest level, the
one in which each game takes more
than three hours, .250 hitters are he-
roes and the average pitcher has a
higher strikeout rate than Bob Gib-
son — needed work.
If anything, with its allegedly huge
changes announced Friday, I’m actu-
ally not sure Major League Baseball
went quite far enough.
The alterations sound sweeping
enough. After pouring through data
from more than 8,000 minor league
games, MLB is adapting a pitch
clock (15 seconds when no one’s on
base, 20 when someone is), banning
shifts and enlarging bases.
The first reac-
tion is to go nuts
because that’s
what we baseball
lovers always do.
We can’t stand
change. We hated
the wild card, the Jon Heyman
expanded playoffs
and anything else new, yet none of
those changes hurt the game one iota.
I’m just wondering how many io-
tas these changes are going to help.
I’m going to put this at a two-iota
(on a five-iota scale) change. Which
is something. But is it enough?
Thanks to the clock, the games
will be shorter, which is great for
newspaper deadlines and possibly
even for normal souls who don’t
have to write an early, a running and
a sub. The data from three years of
minor league experimentation
shows 26 minutes per game were
eliminated — from 3:04 to 2:38 —
which might allow reporters to
make two out of three deadlines.
Thanks to the bigger bag, and also
fewer pickoff tosses allowed, there
will be more stolen bases. Oh yes,
the devil is in the details: Only three
pickoff throws will be permitted,
which really means two, because
once you’re at three, second base is
basically gift wrapped. There also
will be two “disengagements” (step-
offs) by pitchers per plate appear-
ance and one timeout per plate ap-
pearance by batters.
Thanks to the bigger bases, there
will be somewhat fewer injuries
around the three bags (home plate
remains the same size, much to the
dismay of Aroldis Chapman).
Numbers galore were all gener-
ously shared by MLB, but one num-
ber stood out, at least to me, and
that is that total runs didn’t change.
Well, it actually went down slightly,
from 5.14 to 5.13 per team per game.
And batting average rose only
barely, from .247 to .249. Let’s hope
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that’s because there’s less shifting in
the minors. And that the difference
will be much more dramatic in the
majors, in which the .243 average is
the lowest since the dead ball year
of 1968, and in which hitter tenden-
cies are much better established and
shifting more commonplace.
The goal is more action, and more
athleticism. Let’s hope so. On the
scale of big baseball changes (break-
ing the color barrier) to small ones
(the three-batter minimum), this
strikes me as closer to the latter.
One thing I will say: MLB’s heart
is in the right place, as it is respond-
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ing to what fans want. They crave
more action in less time. They will
get shorter games, but could this
mean that the games will be just as
dull, but end more quickly. I guess
that’s a good thing. Maybe.
Even if it’s not entirely altruistic —
the fans are the
paying customers
and thus where
the money is —
that’s the constit-
uency to please.
Even though the
game is about the
players, there was
no way to satisfy all the players, most
of the players or even very many of
them. Think about it, the guys in the
majors have thrived under the status
quo. Even the worst of them is a huge
success the way things are.
Thus, it is really no surprise that
the four players on the newly formed,
management-heavy Competition
Committee all voted no on both the
pitch clock and shift ban. No matter,
the deck was rightfully stacked as
MLB won the right to unilaterally im-
pose rules in negotiations.
The powers that be did listen to the
players and made a few adjustments,
and answered a couple of concerns.
For instance, in the minors the pitch
clock is 14 seconds with no one on
base, and 18 or 19 seconds with men
on base. I can just hear the players
saying, “Can I please have a second?”
and MLB giving them exactly that.
MLB also agreed to add an extra
mound visit in the ninth inning,
when the situation is most tense.
Players never made their own full
proposal. How could they? Hitters
and pitchers aren’t going to agree,
home-run hitters and singles hitters
(if there are any left) won’t agree and
the naturally speedy pitchers (Brent
Suter, Brady Singer, Wade Miley)
won’t see eye to eye with the deliber-
ative among us (Kenley Jansen, me).
MLB did the right thing by includ-
ing players in the process, as the
game is ultimately about them, but if
they actually had a real say, you can
imagine nothing would ever get
done about rules changes. And like it
or not, something needed to be done.
jheyman@nypost.com
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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022
By MIKE PUMA
MIAMI — The Mets now need their chasing
shoes.
After nearly five months in first place, manager
Buck Showalter’s crew slipped a
notch in the NL East standings Friday
Marlins 6
night, performing listlessly in a 6-3 Mets 3 Page 30
loss to the Marlins before the Braves
won later in Seattle to take over the top spot.
So, for the first time since April 11, the Mets are
removed from the NL
East lead. Their
deficit is a half-
game behind
the defending
World Series
champion
Braves, who
have shown no
sign of relent-
ing during a
64-24 rampage
since June 1.
The loss Friday
was the Mets’
fourth in their last
six games, against
sub-.500 teams,
which included a
series defeat to the
woeful Nationals
last weekend. On
Friday, an anemic
Marlins lineup
looked just fine
against David Peter-
son and the Mets’ bull-
pen, delivering a
knockout punch with
Charles Leblanc’s two-
run homer in the eighth
inning against Joely
Rodriguez.
“It’s that time
of the
Nowhere to hide: David Peterson, on the Mets bench,
wipes his face after being pulled during the fourth inning on
Friday night in Miami. Peterson surrendered three runs on five
hits, with seven strikeouts and two walks in the loss, which
comes as the team is mired in a slump against sub-.500 ballclubs
while battling the Braves for the NL East crown. Getty Images
year — a lot of us have hit the wall,” Francisco Lin-
dor said. “We have got to find ways to break through
the wall and get through it together. That is what
good teams do and I am sure we are going to do it.”
Showalter was so desperate to get work for Ed-
win Diaz — the team’s lackluster
Boxscore play, sandwiched around a double-
header romp over the Pirates, had
kept him idle for a week — that he
summoned the All-Star closer in the eighth inning
with the Mets behind by three runs.
Offensively, the Mets were stale, receiving most of
their output on a Pete Alonso home run. Overall, the
Mets placed only three runners in scoring position.
The Mets didn’t awaken until in the sixth inning,
when Alonso’s two-run homer sliced the Marlins’
lead to 4-3. Alonso smashed a hanging breaking
ball from Edward Cabrera, clearing the left-field
fence for his 33rd homer this season. It was just
Alonso’s second homer this month — he entered
play with a subpar .646 OPS in September. Bran-
don Nimmo’s leadoff walk started the rally.
But a key opportunity was wasted in the seventh,
when Lindor hit into an inning-ending double play
against lefty Steven Okert with the bases loaded.
“A big moment for both sides, probably the turn-
ing point of the game right there,” Lindor said. “He
executed; I didn’t come through, so that is on me.”
In the eighth, the lefty Rodriguez (who had been
unavailable earlier in the week because of neck
stiffness) allowed a single to Nick Fortes before
Leblanc homered. Rodriguez proceeded to walk
the next two batters before he was removed.
Showalter said he used Rodriguez because he
wanted to stay away from Seth Lugo and Adam Ottav-
ino and originally planned to save Diaz for the ninth.
“We knew we wanted to get [Rodriguez] out
there,” Showalter said. “We were hoping that Joely
could get a couple of outs, he has been pitching
well for us and wasn’t able to. Fortunately, Edwin
didn’t have to throw a lot of pitches.”
Peterson, who received the start in Max Scherzer’s
spot (the right-hander was placed on the injured list
Wednesday with a left oblique irritation), lasted just
3 ²/₃ innings and allowed three earned runs on five
hits with seven strikeouts and two walks.
The lefty was removed in the fourth after he
walked No. 9 hitter Bryan De La Cruz. Earlier in
the inning, Miguel Rojas delivered an RBI double
that extended the Marlins’ lead to 3-1.
“I just wasn’t efficient enough to get deep in that
game,” Peterson said.
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Amazin’ how this team
IAMI — The Mets had ev-

M erything going for them. The

soft September schedule
AT MARLINS

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seemed to invite more wins. They
enjoyed a nice day off in the sun

squanders soft schedule

SATURDAY — and surf here Thursday. Even the
6:10, PIX11 crowd was on their side Friday.
RHP Carlos Carrasco Then they started playing the
game, and everything went kaput.
(13-6, 3.91) vs. RHP The Mets lost for the fourth time
Pablo Lopez (8-9, 3.66) in seven games in what was rightly Following the Miami trip, their
SUNDAY — seen as the easiest part of their September slate reads: Cubs, Pi-
1:40, SNY schedule. rates, Brewers, Athletics, Marlins
RHP Taijuan Walker again.
(10-4, 3.60) vs. LHP If you are scoring at home, that’s
Jesus Luzardo (3-6, 3-36) four also-rans plus the Brewers, a
team that has played like one in the
Both games
second half, before they finish up
on WCBS (880 AM)
against the Braves and Nationals.
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS Jon Heyman Of course, if they play like this, it
won’t matter. Starter David Peter-
METS: Carrasco, in son and reliever Joely Rodriguez,
his first start after a “We never looked at it that way,” who suffered the indignity of being
20-day stay on the Mets manager Buck Showalter said booed for poor performance in an
injured list, did not after the latest loss, a lackluster 6-3 away park (remember, the majority

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last long. In a 7-1 loss defeat to the also-ran Marlins. “I of fans were for the Mets), had
to the Nationals on know everyone else looked at it command issues. The hitters, for
Sunday, “Cookie” like that. We certainly don’t look at once, had clutch issues.
threw just 54 pitches it that way. It’s disrespectful to the Jeff McNeil grounded into a dou-
and tallied eight outs, other team.” ble play with two on and a chance
allowing five runs There’s no room to disrespect to tie it in the third, and Lindor did
— only one earned — anyone these days, as any team the same with the bases loaded in
on six hits and two seems a threat to step right up and the seventh.
walks. beat the Mets. Their once 10 ¹/₂ Want to get aWay? Mets manager Buck Showalter removes re- “I did the last thing I should do,”
game lead in the NL East was liever Joely Rodriguez, who garnered boos from a pro-Mets crowd on Lindor said. “It’s not fun. It’s not
MARLINS: Lopez’s wiped out Friday by their loss and the road, in the eighth inning against the Marlins. Getty Images fun not to help the team. It’s tough.
fast start made him the Braves’ victory in Seattle, espe- But we’ve got to turn the page.”
an All-Star, but a cially impressive as Atlanta has the Mets look at them that way or the Marlins with bad trades, draft The Mets have been doing more
midseason mess been playing against a much not. The Mets played so beautifully picks, free agent signings of posi- than their share of that lately. But
brought him back tougher finishing schedule. for months against the toughest tion players since 2017,” one rival what choice do they have?
to Earth. He has Sure, the Marlins can pitch a lit- part of their schedule, it would be a scout said. “They chased athletes They wouldn’t want to dwell on a
regained his form of tle. But they thoroughly defeated waste to blow it against lineups like who couldn’t hit, chased power game like this, in which Garrett
late, with a 2.25 ERA the Mets on both sides of the ball. these. over hit ability.” Cooper, who recently busted out of
over his last three The team that rarely homers hit The Marlins entered the evening They can be dangerous anyway, a hellacious 2-for-40 slump, hit a
starts. In his latest, one in their first inning and one in with no one in their lineup having at times. The Mets found that out two-run home run early, and light-
a 7-1 loss in Atlanta the last, putting the finishing more than seven home runs, which the hard way. hitting infielder Charles Leblanc
on Sunday, he still touches on an unmemorable defeat is a month for Mets MVP candidate “They’re not the Dodgers, they’re hit a two-run, opposite-field homer
made strides, with that left the Mets’ clubhouse eerily Pete Alonso. The Marlins are 27th not the Braves, but they’re still a in the eighth. So little went right.
just two runs allowed quiet. Heads hung. Forget that out of 30 teams in slugging, on-base good team,” Francisco Lindor said The Mets’ only big blow was a
over four innings to monstrous advantage they once percentage, OPS and runs, and 28th of the Marlins. “[Edward] Cabrera’s scorcher off the bat of Alonso, who
go along with seven held in their division; it’s gone. in batting average. So at least they a good pitcher.” drilled a ball into the first row
strikeouts. Forget that Fangraphs, thanks to are consistent. The Mets were about the most above the scoreboard flashing the
that inviting schedule, still gives While Derek Jeter was being consistently good team in the game name of the starting pitcher he just
them a 63 percent chance to hang honored for his Hall of Fame career for months, fashioning an impress- victimized, Cabrera, for his 33rd
STAT SO? on, too. They need to start winning. as a Yankee up in The Bronx, his ive lead in one of the better divi- homer. Alonso has carried this
Their 3-4 record this week came former Marlins team was outper- sions in the game, while doing it team at times this year. But he’s go-
METS: If Francisco against the Nationals, Pirates and forming its history. As an execu- against better competition. The re- ing to need help. Yes, even against
Lindor, who entered Marlins, inarguably three of the tive, Jeter was less good. “The Jet- ward was a closing schedule that these guys, he needs help.
Friday with 89 RBIs, worst teams in the league, whether er-[Gary] Denbo group, they killed looked like a gift from the gods. jheyman@nypost.com
can join Pete Alonso
(106) with triple digits
in that category, it
would mark the sixth
time the Mets have
Marte’s finger break puts Buck in tough spot
had at least two By MIKE PUMA speed threat. ➤ Tylor Megill pitched a score-
players reach that METS NOTES “I would be concerned about less inning of relief Friday for Tri-
mark. The last came MIAMI — Starling Marte’s right [Marte pinch-running], but if it ple-A Syracuse. The plan now is
in 2008, with David middle finger was swollen and sore day, but would try Saturday. meant winning the game I would for Megill to work more than three
Wright was joined by Friday, keeping him on the Mets’ “He’s a good player worth wait- take that chance,” Showalter said. outs on Tuesday for Syracuse, as
Carlos Delgado and bench and possibly trending him ing on,” Showalter said. “I am really concerned about a the Mets test him for a potential
Carlos Beltran. toward a stint on the injured list. Showalter said the team would displacement. We’re fortunate multi-inning role in the bullpen.
The Mets outfielder planned to have to project when Marte could [the fracture] is not displaced, and
MARLINS: Through
its first 45 games
test the finger — diagnosed two
days earlier with a non-displaced
be ready if deciding to keep him on
the active roster. That decision
I wouldn’t want to take the risk of
displacing it. Until they feel it’s
➤ The Mets have been monitoring
Taijuan Walker after he departed
since the All-Star fracture — during pregame drills, likely will come Saturday, when the not as much an issue, I would his last start with a blister on his in-
break, Miami ranked to see how he could grip the bat Mets will begin losing backdated probably be cautious with it.” dex finger, but the right-hander re-
last in the major and the baseball. Marte sustained days for a potential IL stint. Marte said he thought it would mains in the rotation and is sched-
leagues in batting the injury in Pittsburgh on Tues- Marte can still be used as a be at least a few days until he can uled to start Sunday against the Mar-
average (.210), day, when he was drilled by a pinch runner, but Showalter said rejoin the starting lineup. lins. If Walker has a setback, Trevor
slugging (.321), OPS pitch. the risk of further injury to the “When you get an injury like this, Williams would get the start in his
(.596), home runs After the Mets’ 6-3 loss to the finger sliding into a base might it’s tough,” Marte said. “We’re still place, according to Showalter.
(29) and runs scored Marlins, however, manager Buck outweigh the benefits of such us- in first place, and to lose a guy it’s
(111). Showalter said Marte didn’t at- age. The Mets also have Terrance very tough. I feel sad and will keep ➤ Adonis Medina cleared waiv-
tempt any baseball activities Fri- Gore on the roster as a late-inning doing what I am doing right now.” ers and was outrighted to Syracuse.
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Sir Charles lauds
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Knicks for passing

on a Mitchell deal
New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022

By Marc BerMan and center at Game 1 of the

Jazz-Mavericks playoff game
Charles Barkley praised the this past April in Dallas with
Knicks for showing restraint a Knicks contingent. Subse-
during the Donovan Mitchell quently, an SNY report stated
trade talks, citing a dinner he that rankled Jazz officials.
had with Knicks senior VP The Knicks were long con-
William Wesley on Thurs- sidered the favorites to land
day. Mitchell, 26, in a trade, before
Barkley told SiriusXM Ra- the Cavaliers swooped in last
dio that Jazz president Danny week to acquire the All-Star
Ainge was trying to pull a guard. Cleveland sent Collin
New York City heist. It Sexton, Lauri Markkanen,
has been reported Ochai Agbaji, three un-
Ainge initially protected first-
asked for seven round picks in 2025,
first-round picks 2027 and 2029 and
from the Knicks. two pick swaps
The Post reported (2026 and 2028) to
he eventually the Jazz in the deal.
wanted four un- Before Mitchell
protected draft se- was dealt to Cleve-
lections to send land, the Knicks
Mitchell to his signed emerging
hometown team. guard RJ Barrett to
“I’m going to an extension that all
give you inside in- but removed him
formation,” Bark- charles from the trade talks
ley said, before re- barkley with the Jazz.
laying his conver- Barkley said it’s
sation with Wesley. “I asked, unlike the Knicks to be pa-
‘Why didn’t you make the tient.
trade?’ He said, ‘Oh, man. “I give them credit,” the
Don’t go by the media stuff. TNT analyst said. “You can’t
They wanted my wife, my give away everything for a
kids, my grandkids. I was not guy. I like Donovan. He’s a
going to give them. … We very good player and I like
wanted the deal obviously the deal for the Cavaliers. I
but they were just trying to don’t think they gave up any-
rip somebody off. We had to thing special to get Donovan
pass on it.’ ” and will be a really good
It should be noted Wesley, team and it’s going to be an
the former CAA liaison and exciting year in the NBA.”
backroom dealer, was front marc.berman@nypost.com

Frazier feted by Hall ... again

By Jared Schwartz
Walt Frazier has been hon-
ored by the Hall of Fame
again.
The legendary Knicks
point guard turned broad-
caster, who was inducted as
a player in 1987, was awarded
the Curt Gowdy Award from
the Naismith Memorial Bas-
ketball Hall of Fame in a cer-
emony Friday night in
Springfield, Mass.
Iconic for his outrageous
outfits and suits, the 77-year-
old Frazier donned a pink,
green, purple and yellow-
patterned jacket, gold shirt
and multi-colored tie for the
occasion.
Frazier began his televi-
sion career in 1980, later
joining MSG Network in
1987 — the same year he was
inducted into the Hall for his
playing career — on the ra-
dio, and later transitioning
to TV.
Frazier and play-by-player
Mike Breen have long been
beloved as the network’s
voice of the Knicks.
“When Walt was a player,
he was a Hall of Famer be-
cause of how hard he
worked,” Breen, who re-
Versatile rook Cabrera starts learning
ceived the Gowdy Award in By GreG Joyce noon with infield coach Tra- up for the challenge. When asked if Cabrera
2021, recently told The vis Chapman. “Obviously Oswaldo is a would be an emergency op-
Post’s Marc Berman ahead With the Yankees down Cabrera has never played a pretty talented defender, but tion or a potential regular
of the ceremony. “Same two first basemen, they are game at first base in his pro- we want to have that option starter, Boone said, “We’ll
thing as a broadcaster. He giving one of their most ver- fessional career, over there, see see.”
doesn’t just wing it. And I
think he’s better now than
satile young players a shot at
the position.
but with DJ
LeMahieu and YANKEES what it looks like,
get him some
Though LeMahieu will be
out for at least the next week,
he’s ever been. It’s more than Oswaldo Cabrera, who has Anthony Rizzo NOTES reps over there the Yankees were still waiting
his vocabulary.” already started games at on the injured just in case some- to find out on Friday afternoon
In 10 seasons with the right field, shortstop, third list, the Yankees came to the thing comes up here over the if Rizzo would be cleared to
Knicks, Frazier averaged 19.3 base and second base since rookie in the last few days next week where we see an begin ramping up after he ex-
points, 6.3 assists, 6.1 re- making his MLB debut last and told him they wanted to avenue there,” manager perienced headaches from the
bounds and 2.0 steals while month, spent time working get him some practice time Aaron Boone said before the epidural he recently received
leading the team to two at first base on Friday after- there. The 23-year-old was Yankees’ 4-2 loss to the Rays. for his back issues.
championships.
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RAYSSATURDAY —
1:05, YES
RHP Jameson Taillon
(12-4, 3.95) vs.
RHP Corey Kluber
(10-7, 4.00)
SUNDAY — 1:35
TBD vs. TBD
Both games
on YES, WFAN
(660 AM, 101.9 FM)

INSIDE THE MATCHUPS

YANKEES: Taillon last
pitched on Monday,
allowing just two

what a moment! Derek Jeter along with fellow former Yankees (left to right) Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, CC Sabathia, Joe Torre, Andy Pettitte
and Tino Martinez pose for a photo during a tribute ceremony to mark Jeter’s Hall of Fame induction before the current team’s 4-2 loss to the Rays. Jeter
shares a moment with his daughter, Bella Raine (left), after the Captain, his wife Hannah and children rode onto the field before the ceremony.
By GreG Joyce
A year and a day after he was offi-
cially enshrined in the Baseball Hall
of Fame, Derek Jeter returned to the
place he called home for 20 years to
be honored for his Cooperstown in-
duction.
Though he hinted to the crowd at
a packed Yankee Stadium that he
will be around more often, Jeter
later clarified he did not mean it in
any official capacity.
“I know you guys haven’t seen a
lot of me over the last few years, for
various reasons,” Jeter told his
adoring fans as he finished his
speech that concluded the pregame
ceremony Friday night. “But I really,
truly do look forward to hopefully
seeing a lot more of you here in the
near future.”
Asked about those comments
shortly after, Jeter said he “wouldn’t
read too much into it.”
“I did miss the place,” Jeter said
after repeatedly hearing his name
chanted and then throwing out the
first pitch. “This is home for me. I
was here for 20 years, across the
street and in this building. So 20
years, playing pretty much every
day, this is where I feel most com-
fortable. Of course I missed Yankee
Stadium.
“But I had my head down while I
was in Miami [as CEO of the Mar-
lins]. I was focused on what we
were trying to accomplish down
there. Now that that is behind me,
I’m looking forward to hopefully
spending a little bit more time
here.”
Before Friday, Jeter had returned
to Yankee Stadium for the 1996
team reunion in 2016, his No. 2 re-
tirement ceremony in 2017 and ear-
lier this summer for a limited view-
ing of his ESPN documentary. But
otherwise the former captain had
largely been missing from his long-
time place of work since his retire-
ment in 2014.
“My family’s always going to
come first, no matter what,” Jeter
said. “Now if you take away full-
time [Marlins] commitment every
single day — I’m still really busy —
but I will have … some more time.”
After retiring following the 2014
season, Jeter got back into the game
in 2017 when he was part of the
group that bought the Marlins. He
was named the CEO, overseeing
day-to-day operations of the re-
building club with a limited budget.
But in February, Jeter announced
he was stepping down as CEO and
would no longer be a shareholder in
the team, citing a differing “vision
of the future” for the organization.
Still, Jeter said Friday he would
like to get back into baseball in an
aspect to be determined.
“I think I’ve gained a lot of knowl-
edge, I’ve learned a lot,” Jeter said.
“What that is, time will tell.
Whether it’s sharing information
with individual players, groups of
players, an organization, or directly
with fans, I think there’s a lot of op-
tions there. So time will tell. But I
love this game and I’m interested in
seeing it continue to grow.”
On Friday, Jeter was able to share
the Yankee Stadium experience
with his wife, Hannah, and their
three daughters. The eldest two
stole the show during his speech,
wandering behind Jeter, waving and
asking him about the ice cream he
promised them, he later said.
Also in attendance were Jeter’s
former teammates, Mariano Rivera,
Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, Tino
Martinez and CC Sabathia, plus
former manager Joe Torre.
After the former Yankees and
Jeter’s parents, sister and nephew
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earned runs over
five innings without
recording a decision
in the Yankees’ 5-2
win over the Twins.
He allowed struck
were welcomed onto the field, a out three, walked two
video narrated by Billy Crystal and allowed a home
played before Jeter and his family run. Taillon’s next win
made their entrance. will mark the 50th of
The only boos came for Hal his career.
Steinbrenner — who was also RAYS: Kluber lasted
booed during Paul O’Neill’s num- seven innings last
ber retirement ceremony last
Saturday against
month — as he walked out to
the Yankees, his
present a check to Jeter’s Turn 2
Foundation, and when Jeter longest start since
thanked general manager Brian pitching a no-hitter
Cashman. on May 19, 2021 at
“I see you guys are ready for the the Rangers while
playoff push,” Jeter told the fans he was a Yankee. His
upon hearing the boos. previous season-
“Yeah I was surprised,” Jeter said high was six innings
afterward. “Yankee fans, we’ve all (15 times) and had
been spoiled, right? … Yankee fans never pitched into
expect excellence. Never satisfied, the seventh frame.
which is a good thing. But Yankee Kluber is 6-3 with a
fans boo because they want to 2.08 ERA in 12 career
cheer. That’s the way I look at it.” starts against the
After a career spent chasing rings Yankees, including
and records, Jeter also praised 3-2 with a 2.03 ERA in
Aaron Judge for his current pursuit six starts as a visitor
of Roger Maris’ AL record of 61 at Yankee Stadium.
home runs.“He’s carrying the
team,” Jeter said.
“It’s pretty remarkable what he’s STAT SO?
been able to do here under the
spotlight of New York.” YANKEES: Isiah Kiner-
gjoyce@nypost.com Falefa recorded his
team-leading 18th
stolen base of the

1st new position as injuries pile up for Bombers season on Thursday

The Yankees started Mar-
win Gonzalez (0-for-4) at
first base for the third
straight game Friday against
the Rays while Ronald Guz-
man and, to a lesser extent
Miguel Andujar, are their
other options at the position.
Cabrera has looked
smooth defensively wher-
ever he has played for the
Yankees, including right
field, where he had not
played before this season.
“He’s smart, he’s able to
slow the game down for a
younger player,” Boone said.
“Plays the game with a lot of
poise, with a lot of confi-
dence. We’ve already thrown
him into some unique situa-
tions as a rookie player and
he’s handled them superbly.
So it wouldn’t surprise me if
he went over there and han-
dled himself well.”
Cabrera used Gonzalez’s
first-base mitt on Friday, but
had plans to get his own
soon.
“I think it’s different, way
different than the other posi-
tions I play,” Cabrera said.
“But it’s just about [getting]
reps every day, to practice
and see the game.”
➤ Giancarlo Stanton
(foot) was out of the starting
lineup for a fourth straight
game Friday, but pinch-hit
for a second straight game,
grounding out in the sixth in-
ning. Boone said he was
hopeful Stanton could return
to the lineup at some point
this weekend.
➤ If everything goes ac-
cording to plan, Harrison
Bader (plantar fasciitis) will
begin a rehab assignment on
Sunday, likely with Double-A
Somerset.
The center fielder, who
last played on June 26 (for
the Cardinals), will need at
least a week’s worth of rehab
games, according to Boone.
That would leave Bader
with, at most, two weeks of
MLB games before entering
the postseason.
➤ Before the game Friday,
the Yankees placed Jose
Trevino on the paternity list
and recalled Ben Rortvedt
from Triple-A Scranton/
Wilkes-Barre.
versus Minnesota,
marking the most
stolen bases by a
Yankee in a single
season since 2017,
when Brett Gardner
stole 23 and Jacoby
Ellsbury stole 22.
RAYS: Isaac Paredes
hit 18 home runs in
his first 88 games this
season after hitting
two in his first 57
career games.
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New York Post, Saturday, September 10, 2022
We’ve gone from The Flip
Play to simply flipping out
ARON Hicks must have felt exactly like
A the most fed-up fan in the Bronx. His head
was down in disgust, the ball was sitting
on the left-field line, and just like everyone who
was watching in the ballpark and at home, he
could not believe he hadn’t made the catch.
Of greater consequence, when he looked up
deep in the left-field corner Friday night, Hicks
couldn’t believe there were Rays actively run-
ning around the bases and headed home.
They say the ball hunts
you down when you are
struggling in the field, and
Hicks found out the hard
way they say that for a rea-
son. Right after he dropped
Wander Franco’s fly on the
run in the fourth inning, and
then incorrectly assumed it
Ian O’Connor
was a foul ball, Randy Aro-
zarena sent Frankie Montas’ next pitch scream-
ing into left. That twisted Hicks into a pretzel as
he retreated in vain pursuit, stabbing at the liner
that rattled off the wall.
If the fans were all over Hicks, as they have
been all summer (they were even chanting Joey
Gallo’s name), well, it sure looked as if Montas
and manager Aaron Boone wanted to boo him
too.
No, this disturbing 4-2 loss to the Rays on De-
rek Jeter’s big Hall-of-Fame ceremony night
wasn’t solely Hicks’ fault any more than the
Yankees’ disappearing divisional lead is solely
his fault. Once upon a time, the Yankees held a
15 ½-game divisional lead and invited compari-
sons to Jeter’s 1998 team, which won 114 games
on its way to another World Series crown.
Now the 2022 Yankees are 3 ½ games ahead of
Tampa Bay, and only two ahead in the loss col-
umn. Two. And given that they don’t face the
Twins again over their final 23 games, the un-
fathomable is now a possibility: The Yankees
could enter the postseason as a mere wild card.
Sensing the extreme urgency of the moment,
and applying the mercy rule to a beleaguered ath-
lete, Boone removed Hicks from the game in fa-
vor of Estevan Florial. At least the manager didn’t
pull Hicks in the middle of an inning, the way an
irate Billy Martin once famously pulled Reggie
Jackson during another life at Fenway Park.
“I just felt like I needed to get him out of there
at that point,” said Boone, who maintained that
his move wasn’t punitive.
But this was an embarrassment all the same,
with Hicks standing (and then sitting) as the
most conspicuous symbol of a failing team. He’s
an outfielder in the middle of a seven-year, $70-
million contract who’s no longer a functioning
major leaguer, and yet somehow he plays on in
September while all the important October
goals look less and less attainable.
In the end, it was oddly fitting that this went
down on the night of Jeter’s homecoming cere-
mony. The captain always played through the
whistle, never assumed anything, and never
gave up on a loose ball.
How do you think the Flip Play happened?
How do you think a thousand other charmed
things happened over the dynastic course of
Jeter’s career?
But as great as he was, Jeter
was never, ever a one-man
show. In fact, he was elevated
by the organizational talent
and resources around him,
the ultimate team player on
the ultimate team.
Aaron Judge, good for 55
homers and 119 RBI so far
this season, only wishes he could lean on the
likes of Mariano, Bernie, Paulie, Andy, Tino, Co-
ney, Jorge, and the rest.
“He’s carrying the team,” Jeter said of Judge at
his Stadium press conference. “It’s pretty re-
markable what he’s been able to do here under
the spotlight of New York.”
Yes it is. But too often, when Judge isn’t
launching balls deep into the night, the Yankees
quickly run out of ideas on how to score. They
have lost the creativity and resilience they
showed in the first half of the season, and the
mounting injuries alone aren’t to blame.
Could this second-half plunge actually impact
Judge’s free-agent decision to come? If he wants
to go to the highest bidder this offseason, espe-
cially one with a history of winning, so be it.
Most people in most industries base their ca- JETER TO JEERS:
reer choices on the bottom line. Aaron Hicks’
The Yankees might end up being that highest nightmarish night
bidder, of course, as a $6 billion franchise that is including getting turned
baseball’s most valuable by far. And if Hal Stein- around on Randy
brenner doesn’t weigh in with the best offer for Arozarena’s double —
the slugger who looks certain to break the all- after he misplayed a
time team, American League, and non-PED ball down the left-field
record for homers in a season (see Roger Maris, line he mistakenly
61), he will have a whole lot of explaining to do believed was a foul ball.
to a fan base that let him hear it again during the Boos from the Yankee
Jeter ceremony. Stadium crowd rained
If the Yankees do have an edge here that goes down on Hicks, who
beyond pure dollars, it’s the currency of my- also struck out twice
thology and tradition that no club can touch. before being benched,
The kind they showed off Friday night. during a 4-2 loss to the
But then the home team didn’t bother to go Rays that came after
after a loose ball, and didn’t bother to do any of Derek Jeter (inset) was
the little and not-so-little things the Jeter’s teams honored for his Hall of
did to win games. Now, everything these Yan- Fame induction.
kees are supposed to represent is in serious peril. N.Y. Post: Charles
ioconnor@nypost.com Wenzelberg (2)
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hope for
an ailing
lineup
By GreG Joyce

The Yankees’ patchwork

lineup had some success
against the Twins this week,
but its first crack at the Rays
was much tougher sledding.
Rolling out another lineup
that has been stripped of al-
most all of its key pieces be-
cause of injuries, the Yankees

nypost.com
By GreG Joyce ingly thinking it was foul. In the struggled to produce much
process, both runners scored and offense in a 4-1 loss to the
After relishing in a pregame cer- Franco reached second for a dou- Rays on Friday night in The
emony Friday, during which it be- ble and a 3-0 lead. Bronx.
stowed lavish cheers and love on “I don’t know how I missed it,” Right-hander Drew Ras-
Derek Jeter, a boisterous Yankee Hicks said. “It was in my glove and mussen blanked the Yankees
Stadium crowd spent much of the all of a sudden it’s out of my glove. across six strong innings,
next few hours voicing its frustra- Next thing you know, runners are scattering six singles and no
tions with the current Yankees. running all around and scoring. It’s walks while striking out 10.
The loudest boos were reserved a play that you gotta make.” The Yankees reached second
for Aaron Hicks, who was pulled After Hicks was showered with base three times in the first
mid-game after a pair of defensive loud boos and a brief “Joey Gallo” six innings, but could not get
miscues in left chant, Randy Ar- any further until after Ras-
field, though the RAYS 4 ozarena came up mussen was out of the game.
Boxscore
rest of the Yan- YANKEES and ripped a line “Threw a lot of hits out
2 Page 30
drive to left field.
kees were not there, we had some chances,”
immune from the The ball got over manager Aaron Boone said of
grumblings as they fell to the Rays Hicks’ head and dropped for a Rasmussen. “Obviously
4-2 on Friday night in front of a double that put the Rays up 4-0. didn’t do a lot of damage
sellout crowd of 46,160. “Just got beat on the [second] against him. I thought he
After a rough start to a critical one,” Hicks said. “That ball was hit threw the ball really well. His
series, the Yankees (83-56) now hard, right over my head. But if I cutter was terrific tonight to
lead the Rays (78-58) by just 3 ½ make the first one, we’re out of the righties and lefties. His stuff
games in the AL East — the small- inning.” was good. I thought we were
est their division lead has been Manager Aaron Boone then competitive against him,
since May 9. called on Estevan Florial to replace made him work, but just
“I got benched during the game. Hicks in left field to begin the fifth couldn’t do enough against
That’s rough,” Hicks said. “Espe- inning, a move that drew cheers them. But I thought he threw
cially when all you want to do is from the exasperated crowd. the ball really well.”
produce for your team and your “I just felt like I needed to get Boone jumbled his lineup
first two at-bats are strikeouts. It is him out of there at that point,” said again to have Aaron Judge bat
what it is. I just gotta prepare for Boone, who made clear it was not a leadoff, followed by Gleyber
tomorrow.” punitive move. Torres, Aaron Hicks and Isiah
Another stripped-down Yankees Hicks had lost his everyday job Kiner-Falefa. The Rays still
lineup could not mount any of- last month after the arrival of An- didn’t shy away from pitching
fense against Rays right-hander drew Benintendi. Rrecent injuries to Judge, who went 2-for-4
Drew Rasmussen, who struck out to Benintendi and a slew of other with a walk and an RBI.
10 over six shutout innings. The Yankees, however, led to Hicks get- The Yankees had their best
Yankees then pushed a pair of runs ting back in the lineup more regu- chances against Rasmussen
across against the Rays bullpen, larly — as the No. 3 hitter, no less, in the third and sixth innings,
but it wasn’t enough. on Friday night. He went 0-for-2 both times putting runners
The Rays, meanwhile, got to with a pair of strikeouts. on first and second with one
Frankie Montas for four runs A reprieve from the boos came out. But in the third, Torres
across 5 ²/₃ innings. Three of those in the seventh inning, when Aaron and Hicks struck out, each
runs scored on a pair of tough Judge roped an RBI single off lefty drawing boos from the
plays by Hicks in left field in the reliever Jalen Beeks that scored crowd. And in the sixth, Ras-
fourth, which led to him being Oswald Peraza — who ducked un- mussen struck out Miguel
pulled after the inning. der the tag at home and was ruled Andujar and got pinch-hitter
Hicks’ first mishap came with safe upon replay review — to get Giancarlo Stanton to ground
two outs and runners on first and the Yankees within 4-1. out to end the frame.
second. Rays star Wander Franco, Another came in the ninth, when The Yankees went 1-for-7
who went 3-for-5 in his return from Kyle Higashioka crushed a solo ho- with runners in scoring posi-
an extended stay on the injured mer to make it 4-2. After Marwin tion and left nine men on base.
list, hit a fly ball to left field. Hicks Gonzalez flew out to the warning Judge drove in the Yankees’
ran to track it down, but dropped track, Judge drew a walk to bring first run in the seventh inning
the ball just before he stepped up Gleyber Torres, who also flew on a single against reliever Ja-
across the foul line. He then took a out to the warning track to end it. len Beeks, but Torres
few seconds to pick it up, seem- gjoyce@nypost.com grounded out after him to
end the momentum.
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an earlier generation of the Dutton family. Dale will premiere. The show follows June
play the right hand man to Jacob Dutton (Ford). (Elisabeth Moss, left) as she
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SoutheRn RootS
‘Monarch’ star Anna
Friel on the new
country music show
By LAUREN SARNER Nicky Roman embodies so much emotion.
(Anna Friel) I’m still rocking the country
tunes in my home. It’s great

B
RITISH actress
Anna Friel is enter-
ing the quintessen-
tially American
world of country
music in her new
Fox show “Monarch.”
“I think having a back-
ground in Irish folk music
helped a lot,” Friel, 46, told
The Post. “I’m from quite a
musical family. The bigger
challenge was learning how
to change the sounds that
came out from Irish to coun-
try sounds. Learning the ac-
cent helped a lot with
sounding authentic.”
Premiering Sunday, Sept 11
(8 p.m.), “Monarch” is a
pulpy drama about a coun-
try music dynasty family.
When the story begins, ma-
triarch and reigning coun-
try music queen Dottie
Roman (Susan Sarandon)
is stepping back from the
spotlight, as rumors fly that
she’s ill. Her husband Albie
(Trace Adkins) is also a be-
loved country musician, and
so is their oldest daughter
Nicolette “Nicky” Roman,
who Dottie has groomed to
step up and take her place.
But, matters become com-
Nicolette plicated when the industry
doesn’t seem to want to give
“Nicky” Nicky the spotlight, and
Roman (Anna Friel), Nicky’s sister, Gigi (Beth
who is trying to take Ditto), expresses interest
her mom’s spot as and talent. Their brother,
the queen of Luke (Joshua Sasse), runs
country music. the titular Monarch label on
the corporate side of their
FOX (3)
wife, Kayla (Meagan
Holder).
Friel, who is also known
for “Pushing Daisies”
“Land of the Lost,” “Limit-
less” and “The Girlfriend
Experience,” said there
were several things about
Nicky’s life that she found
relatable.
“I think as a woman in her
40s, juggling trying to be the
best wife, a good mother, liv-
ing up to her parents’ expec-
tations, and trying to main-
tain her looks and keep her
head above water when
there’s so much competi-
tion. She’s a fighter. Every
time she gets knocked
down, she gets back up
again.”
She said the sibling rivalry
part was more challenging
to grasp, however.
“I only have a brother in
real life, I don’t have a sister.
I like to think of women
united and helping each
other. Some storylines were
with her mom,
Dottie (Susan
Sarandon,
left). Below:
with her sister,
Gigi (Beth
Ditto). .
be on some of those deci-
sions. The big arguments
with the sisters were fun,
because it wasn’t what hap-
pens in real life. So, you’d
find yourself going ‘I’m so
sorry, I’ve got to be mean to
you!’”
Even growing up in En-
gland, Friel said that country
music has always been part
of her life.
“I think it’s getting more
popular in England. My dad
would always play Willie
Nelson when we were grow-
ing up. I listened to lots of
Dolly [Parton] and Reba.
Country music is the kind of
genre that can
make you cry,
make you
dance, NOT SO SuNNy
make you Lifetime has announced two
driving music. Every time I
drive, I put that on.”
The singing that Friel does
on the show is really her
voice, and she said she
leaned on her TV dad for
advice.
“Susan [Sarandon] is just
magnificent, it’s always been
a dream of mine to work
with her. And Trace [Ad-
kins] is a wonderful actor.
The best way to learn is to
ask questions. We had so
many people coming to the
set, from Little Big Town to
Martina McBride, and being
with the wonderful Trace
Adkins every day, I found
myself asking questions like,
‘Do you always feel confi-
dent going onstage? Do you
ever get nervous, does it de-
pend on how big your audi-
ence is? If it’s a smaller audi-
ence, would that unsettle
you?’”
It also helped to stay in her
Southern accent, she said.
“On set for the first three
to four months, I stayed in
the accent even in the
makeup chair. The only time
I’d use my British accent
was when I went home,” she
said. “I was honored to be
given such an authentically
American part, and I wanted
to do that justice.”

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