NEW YORK — Most objective viewers would agree on Jalen Brunson’s preseason: it was as good as you could possibly hope. Maybe even better. There were factors weighing against Brunson in those four games, namely that he never played with any of his teamm…
Editorial: Going long: The ravages of long COVID are coming into focus
It’s becoming clearer that, even in the unlikely event that we somehow, someday manage to eradicate COVID-19 and its many variants, we can’t wipe clean the enormous toll the virus has taken. This is not just because of the incalculable loss of those wh…
Editorial: Grand theft democracy: The maybe-final Jan. 6 hearing makes clear the magnitude of Trump’s crime
In his last tweet of Jan. 6, as order was restored in the Capitol and his mob was cleared out, President Donald Trump extolled the violent ransacking. “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremon…
Nets coast to preseason victory over Timberwolves
The Nets won their second consecutive preseason game, this time in a 112-102 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center on Friday. The preseason finale, however, wasn’t about a win or loss result. It was about how the Nets looked o…
Jose Ramirez’s blooper could shift course of Yankees’ season
NEW YORK — A fading looper that went 200 feet — not even far enough to clear the fences at the Little League World Series — could very well be the play that defines the Yankees’ entire season. In the top of the 10th inning in Friday’s Game 2 of the Ame…
Robbie Coltrane, best known for playing Hagrid in the ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at 72
Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish actor who played the lovable half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in all eight “Harry Potter” films, has died at age 72. Coltrane — who also played a crime boss in two James Bond movies, 1995′s “GoldenEye” and 1999′s “The World is Not…
Mayor Adams releases 2021 tax forms, which appear to contradict NYC financial disclosure
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ most recent tax forms, which he released to the press Thursday night, appear to contradict financial disclosures he made to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board for the 2021 calendar year. Adams earned $231,977 in taxable…
Olivia Wilde slams people who think she ‘abandoned’ her kids
Don’t worry, darlings, Olivia Wilde’s kids are just fine. The “Don’t Worry Darling” director, 38, is addressing speculation that she has put her role as a mother on the back burner. “I share custody of my kids with my ex [fiance Jason Sudeikis],” Wilde…
Emerging LGBTQ filmmakers take the spotlight at New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
NEW YORK — Four emerging LGBTQ filmmakers, who were selected as the first-ever recipients of NewFest’s New Voices Filmmakers Grant, will showcase their work at this year’s New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival. The initiative, a partnership of NewFest with Net…
Oprah had 2 knee surgeries last year that gave her ‘appreciation for every organ and every limb’
Surgery has given Oprah a leg up. The 68-year-old billionaire shared in her “The Life You Want” class that in 2021, she underwent double knee surgeries, People reports. “I had knee surgery in August, and then I had another knee surgery in November,” sa…