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Senator comically
claims he hid cash
‘because of Cuban
history’ (He was
born in New York)

HAVANA
LAUGH
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
defiantly vowed yesterday to
stay in office despite being
indicted for corruption —
and ludicrously claimed
that the piles of cash
investigators found in
his closet (pictured)
were because of his
Cuban heritage,
REFUSES
that he wanted to
protect assets from
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for Ron
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By NOLAN HICKS

A boost in subway ridership at

key Manhattan stations suggests
many workers have returned to & Gavin
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

the city post-pandemic, and that

companies’ push to return white- The showdown that pol-
collar employees to their desks is icy wonks have been wait-
sticking. ing for is happening.
Some of the sharpest year-to- Republican Florida Gov.
year increases have been in office- Ron DeSantis will square
heavy parts of lower Manhattan off with Democratic Cali-
and Midtown, with at least two fornia Gov. Gavin Newsom
stations hitting even their pre- in a debate hosted by Fox
pandemic levels, according to a News host Sean Hannity on
snapshot of the MTA’s station-by- Nov. 30, the network an-
station ridership data. nounced Monday.
A survey from the city’s biggest It will take place in the
employers set to be released Tues- swing state of Georgia.
day backs up the premise. Hannity had pitched the
The data, collected by the Part- verbal bout to Newsom in
nership for New York City, shows June, and the governors
the number of workers back in the soon agreed publicly as
office has climbed 9 percentage their teams hashed out the
points, to 58%, between Aug. 23 details behind the scenes.
and Sept. 15 compared with 49% “I’m looking forward to
for the same period in 2022. providing viewers with an
“We are confident that New York informative debate about
City commuters will continue to the everyday issues and

Office workers
depend on the subway as their pri- governing philosophies that
mary form of transit,” said Kathy impact the lives of every
Wylde, head of the Partnership, American,” Hannity said in
which represents the biggest em- a statement.
ployers across the five boroughs. DeSantis and Newsom
have styled themselves ava-
‘Investments pay off’ tars of two visions of Amer-
ican politics. Ryan King
“The investments that the

mayor and governor have made in
making the system safer are pay-
ing off,’’ she said.
The survey from Wylde’s group
estimates that when incorporating
vacations, holidays and business
travel, the drop-off between pre-
pandemic and post-pandemic work-
in-office is even less steep — with
offices back to 72% of “normal.”
Overall, nearly three-quarters of
Manhattan office workers are now
coming in at least three days a
week, the survey shows.
The questionnaire indicates that
the back-to-office figures will
likely flatline for the time being.
But the recent uptick is clearly
evident in the increasingly
crowded subway system.
Ridership has surged to new
post-pandemic highs this month
after the end of the summer holi-
days, the beginning of a new aca-
demic year for the city’s schools
back on track
and universities and the renewed
return-to-office push.
Overall, the trains have gotten
back to roughly 68% to 72% of
their pre-pandemic ridership.
An analysis of the MTA’s sta-
tion-by-station ridership data
comparing Sept. 13, 2023 — the
second Wednesday after Labor
Day — with the same day of the
week last year shows usage has
soared at some prime Manhattan
stations.
Ridership at the World Trade
Center-Cortlandt stop served by
the No. 1 line jumped 24% com-
pared with the same day last year.
This year’s figure was even
greater than pre-pandemic.
The 11,178 straphangers who
swiped in Sept. 13 well exceeded
the 10,187 who used it on the same
Wednesday in September 2019,
months before the pandemic
struck and the city shut down.
Hudson Yards-34th Street also
not only saw its ridership jump
20% when comparing Sept. 13 with
Violence raps
vs. migrants
A migrant staying at an
emergency shelter in
Queens has been charged
with attacking his wife over
the weekend, officials said
the same day in 2022 — but the Monday, as two other asy-
19,265 who swiped or tapped in lum-seekers were hit with
were just shy of the 19,856 who domestic-violence raps at
used it on the same Wednesday in the Roosevelt Hotel in Man-
2019. hattan.
Both figures are noteworthy but An allegedly drunken Mil-
come with caveats: WTC had just ton Vargas-Torapanta, 31,
reopened in September 2018 after was charged with slugging
the 9/11 attacks, while portions of his wife at the shelter Sun-
Hudson Yards were still under day, police said. Yefferson
construction. Rivera, 23, slugged his girl-
friend, and Franklin Men-
Cuozzo / Page 36 doza Dominquez, 23,
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SWIFT

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New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

CLEARS
THE FIELD

Empties eatery for NFLer date
By MIKE ROSENSTEIN
Taylor Swift and Travis
Kelce enjoyed a postgame
meal Sunday at a local Kansas
City restaurant, but to do so
the 12-time Grammy winner
and NFL star cleared out the
joint, Page Six has learned.
The fun went till 2 a.m. at
Prime Social Rooftop in Kan-
sas City, Mo., and the new po-
tential couple were “very af-
fectionate,” Entertainment
Tonight reported.
“Travis bought out the res-
taurant for his family and
team. Taylor arrived, wearing
a denim dress, and was seen
snacking, having some cock-
tails and dancing alongside
Travis,” an eyewitness told
the website.
“The two were very affec-
tionate with one another but
kept things fun and light-
hearted. Travis’ teammates
also showed up to the after-
party, as well as his mom,
Donna Kelce.”
A TikTok user claimed
Swift paid for all of the regu-
lar customers to leave.
“They were eating and the
waitress came up to them and
said, ‘Here’s the deal. Every-
thing’s paid for, but you have
to leave, like, right now,’” she
continued. “How freaking in-
sane is this?”
The TikTok user also wrote
that according to her eyewit-
ness friend, “a bunch of the
other players arrived.”
Kansas City heat
Swift attended Sunday’s
Chiefs-Bears game as a guest
of Kelce and sat in a box with
his mom, Donna.
After Kansas City’s 41-10
thrashing of Chicago, Swift
was spotted leaving Arrow-
head Stadium with Kelce,
who put on a show Sunday
with seven catches for 69
yards and one touchdown.
The pair were shown leaving
in the same car in photos
shared on social media.
A potential Swift-Kelce ro-
mance has been brewing
since July, when the eight-
time Pro Bowler revealed on
an episode of his and his
brother’s “New Heights” pod-
cast how he planned to give
Swift a friendship bracelet
with his number on it over
the summer when he caught
her “Eras Tour” in Kansas
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City.
A report last week from
The Messenger claimed the
pair have “been quietly hang-
ing out.”
Jason Kelce refused to com-
ment on the rumors Sept. 15
after the Eagles beat the Vi-
kings on “Thursday Night
Football.”
“Ever since [the reality dat-
ing show] ‘Catching Kelce,’
everybody has been infatu-
ated with Travis’ love life,” Ja-
son replied. “I don’t really
know what’s going on there. I
know Trav is having fun.
Last week, Jason said the ru-
mors were “100% true” before
admitting he was just joking.
Thursday on “The Pat
McAfee Show,” Travis Kelce
finally addressed the buzz.
“I threw the ball in her
court. I told her, ‘I’ve seen you
rock the stage in Arrowhead
[Stadium]. You might have to
come see me rock the stage in
Arrowhead and see which
one is a little more lit.’
“So, we’ll see what happens GO TIME: NFL star Travis
in the near future,” he said,
smirking, before adding his Kelce and rumored
signature comment: “All right squeeze Taylor Swift exit
now.” his game Sunday in Kansas
All right indeed. City, Mo., for some nightlife.

Did Taylor sneak out in a popcorn cart?

Fans know Taylor Swift’s
tricks “All Too Well.”
Several Swifties are con-
vinced pop star Swift left Tra-
vis Kelce’s suite in a popcorn
cart Sunday after the singer
was spotted cheering him on
as the Kansas City Chiefs took
on the Chicago Bears.
In a video uploaded by Tik-
Tok user Cassie Musfeld, Ar-
rowhead Stadium staff is seen
wheeling a massive gray box
adorned with a giant bag of
popcorn down a hallway while
fans gather around a barricade.
“You can’t convince me Tay-
lor didn’t leave in the popcorn
cart,” reads the video’s caption.
Since being posted, the 26-
second video has gained nearly
2.3 million views.
The fan’s guess at Swift’s
whereabouts isn’t too outra-
geous. In April, Swift, 33, was
caught being wheeled in a jani-
tor’s cart backstage at her Eras
Tour concert.“She’s like ‘Yeah,
I’ll just hop in there. I’m used
to it,’ ” one fan referred to the
popcorn-cart theory from Sun-
day. “It’s always how there’s
random stuff on top of the
carts so ppl are distracted,”
wrote a second person.
“You can’t fool Swifties,” a
third person noted. “We know
how Blondie rolls (literally).”
Instagram
Other fans, however, said
that the theorists “need to
calm down” because Swift was
seen leaving with Kelce, 33, LET’S ROLL: Taylor Swift fans think
through the players entrance. she secretly exited Sunday’s game in
Jack Hobbs this rolling popcorn cart.
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BOB’S A REGULAR
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New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
$tashing excuse:
’Cause I’m Cuban
By JOSH CHRISTENSON
Sen. Bob Menendez on Monday
denounced efforts to prosecute
him on federal bribery charges,
saying he kept the piles of cash
that federal agents found at his
home and that allegedly link him
to the crimes — because he is the
son of Cuban immigrants.
“For 30 years, I have withdrawn
thousands of dollars in cash from
my personal savings account,
which I have kept for emergen-
cies, and because of the history of
my family facing confiscation in
Cuba,” the 69-year-old Menendez
(D-NJ) said at a press conference
in his hometown of Union City.
“Now, this may seem old-fash-
ioned, but these were monies
drawn from my personal savings
account based on the income that
I have lawfully derived over
those 30 years.”
Mum on gold bricks
Menendez ducked out after he
made remarks in English and
Spanish, ignoring shouted ques-
tions from the approximately 50
reporters in the room. He did not
explain how more than $100,000
worth of gold bars came to be in
his Englewood Cliffs home in ad-
dition to the greenbacks.
The senator was born in New
York City on New Year’s Day
1954, months after his parents left
the Caribbean island dictatorship
of Fulgencio Batista — who was
overthrown on Menendez’s fifth
birthday by Fidel Castro.
The twice-indicted senator was
hit with three counts of accepting
$486,461 in cash bribes, as well as
at least 13 ingots and a Mercedes-
Benz convertible, according to a
Manhattan federal indictment
unsealed Friday.
The money, which was found
“stuffed in envelopes” and “hid-
den in clothing, closets and a
safe” was allegedly taken “to pro-
tect and to enrich” three wealthy
New Jersey businessmen and “to
benefit the government of
Egypt,” the indictment states.
JERSEY DEVIL
If convicted on all counts, he
faces up to 45 years in prison.
At least two Senate Democrats
— John Fetterman of Pennsylva-
nia and Sherrod Brown of Ohio
— have called on Menendez to
resign, while Senate Majority
Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
and Majority Whip Dick Durbin
(D-Ill.) have stopped short of
asking him to leave office.
Menendez agreed to step down
as chairman of the Senate For-
eign Relations Committee, Schu-
mer announced on Friday.
About last indict
The Garden State senator was
indicted in 2015 for allegedly tak-
ing improper gifts from a Florida
eye surgeon, but that case ended
in a hung jury two years later.
“The allegations leveled against
me are just that — allegations,”
he told reporters Monday at
Hudson County Community Col-
lege. “For anyone who has known
me throughout my 50 years of
public service, they know I have of that “corrupt bribery agree- vate business” and “can-
always fought for what is right. ment” — and discovered Menen- not get involved in crimi-
“My advocacy has always been dez made questionable Web nal matters, or cases, pe-
grounded in what I learned from searches for a “kilo of gold price.” riod,” Williams said.
growing up as a son of Cuban ref- His wife also stashed $70,000 in “But we allege behind
ugees, especially my mom, my cash in a safe deposit box. the scenes, Senator Men-
hero, Evangelina Menendez,” he endez was doing those
went on. “Everything I’ve accom-
plished I’ve worked for, despite
Biden ‘power’ play things for certain people,
the people who were
the naysayers and everyone who Menendez has further been ac- bribing him and his wife,” Willi-
has underestimated me. cused of meddling in a separate ams added, before saying that the for all the facts to be presented,
“I recognize this will be the criminal case involving Daibes probe was “very much ongoing.” others have rushed to judgment
biggest fight yet. But as I have by urging President Biden to Menendez at his Monday because they see a political
stated throughout this whole pick Philip Sellinger as the US at- presser urged others to opportunity for them-
process, I firmly believe that torney for New Jersey to oversee presume his innocence selves or those around
when all the facts are presented, that prosecution, prosecutors until he is proven guilty, them.
not only will I be exonerated, but say. saying the indictment was “All I humbly ask for in
I still will be New Jersey’s senior Manhattan US Attorney Dam- “based on a limited set of this moment, from my
senator.” ian Williams said at a press con- facts framed by the prose- colleagues in Congress
Menendez was indicted along- ference on Friday that Menendez cution to be as salacious and those I have worked
side his wife, Nadine, over what had also used his “power and in- as possible.” with for years, as
prosecutors called a “corrupt re- fluence” on the Senate Foreign “Remember, well as each
lationship” he had from 2018 to Relations Committee to “aid the prosecutors get it person who
2022 with businessmen Wael government of Egypt.” wrong some- calls New
Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred The actions contradict his times,” he Jersey
Daibes, and the nation of Egypt, pledge as a member of Congress noted. home, is to
according to federal prosecutors. — stated on his website — that “Sadly, I pause and
Federal agents raided the sena- “he cannot compel an agency to know that allow all the
tor’s Englewood Cliffs home in act in someone’s favor,” “cannot instead of facts to be
June 2022 and found “the fruits” influence matters involving a pri- waiting presented.”

FIDEL CASH-TRO!
Legal eagle back in Dem’s nest
Sen. Bob Menendez is getting
his legal team back together.
The New Jersey Democrat has
picked defense attorney Abbe
Lowell, who got Menendez off
on corruption charges six years
ago, to defend him against three
federal bribery counts, accord-
ing to the Justice Department.
Menendez, 69, tapped Lowell
(inset) to represent him after the
indictment was unsealed Friday,
a spokesman for the Manhattan
US Attorney’s Office confirmed
JERSEY DEVIL
CHE WHAT? Big Apple-born Sen. Bob
Menendez, whose parents fled Cuba before
Fidel Castro (below left) came to power, arrives
at his NJ home Monday where he hid wads of
cash (left), as he faces bribery charges
alongside wife Nadine (together, far left).
Monday. Lowell, who has been
busy representing First Son
Hunter Biden, did not
respond to a request for
comment.
The high-profile Dem-
ocrat-tied attorney han-
dled Menendez’s last
federal case, when the
senator was accused of accept-
ing improper gifts from a Florida
eye surgeon. That case ended in
a hung jury.
Lowell also won an acquittal
His shamelessness
Leonardo Munoz
just politics as usual
DAN
McLAUGHLIN
S
EN. Bob Menendez is
running for re-election.
Of course he is.
Doesn’t anybody have
any shame anymore? Thirty
years ago, Washington, DC,
was a national laughingstock
for reelecting Marion Barry
mayor after he was caught on
video smoking crack with a
woman not his wife. Today,
Barry would fit right in.
Almost nobody quits in dis-
grace anymore, even when
caught totally red-handed. The
rare ones who do — such as
Andrew Cuomo — go only
when pushed and then immedi-
ately resurface totally unrepent-
ant and looking for a new angle.
Rep. George Santos hasn’t
quit yet and says he’s running
again, too. It took 25 years to
get rid of the Clintons.
Indicted & re-elected
In Menendez’s case, the New
Jersey Democrat looked fin-
ished when he was indicted on
corruption charges in 2015,
from which he skated due to a
hung jury. He still got re-
elected by 12 points in 2018.
This seems to have convinced
him he was bulletproof.
Now, he’s the first senator in
last year of Matthew Grimes, an history to be indicted in two
employee of Trump supporter different scandals. Two more,
Tom Barrack, on charges and he can run for president.
of unlawfully acting as a The latest indictment reveals
foreign agent. He also a man so comically crooked
represented Ivanka he’d have to be toned down to
Trump and her husband, be a character on “The Sopra-
Jared Kushner, during nos.” Menendez is alleged to
the FBI’s long-running have interfered in criminal
Russia investigation. prosecutions in exchange for a
Lowell is advocating for Mercedes-Benz, sold sensitive
Hunter Biden against a three- information to Egypt and taken
count indictment on gun char- payoffs for helping the country
ges. Josh Christenson get American military aid.
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New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
nypost.com
Upon Menendez’s return
from one Egypt trip, he “per-
formed a Web search for “how
much is one kilo of gold worth.”
More than a year ago, a fed-
eral search of his home turned
up (among other things)
$100,000 in gold bars, the Mer-
cedes and half a million in cash,
some of which was stuffed into
pockets of jackets with his
name emblazoned on them.
The gold bars had traceable
serial numbers. Envelopes of
cash had the fingerprints or
DNA of people alleged to have
bribed Menendez.
Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t
be needed to crack this case.
Brazen refugee card
What’s Menendez’s excuse?
Of course he’s playing the race
card, suggesting that Joe
Biden’s Justice Department is
targeting him for being Cuban
American. Hilariously, the son
of Cuban refugees claims that
he was in the habit of hoarding
cash in his house (in jackets?)
due to his family’s history of
facing confiscation by totalitar-
ian governments.
And Republicans thought they
had a dim view of what New Jer-
sey is like under Phil Murphy.
The question isn’t just why
Menendez has dug in after be-
ing indicted. It’s how he has
managed, with a straight face,
to remain chairman of the Sen-
ate Foreign Relations Commit-
tee for 15 months after the feds
found all that loot in his house.
Did anybody tell Chuck Schu-
mer in the interim? If not,
shouldn’t Attorney General
Merrick Garland have alerted
the Senate to evidence of a se-
curity threat? If so, why didn’t
Schumer do anything?
Why would Menendez quit?
Nobody’s going to make him go
— and experience has taught
him that brazening it out just
might work.
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CLOSER LOOK: The company running the bus from Long Island that tumbled in a fatal crash last week has been cited in the past for violations.
By JORGE FITZ-GIBBON
The company whose bus
crashed on a Long Island school
trip last week, killing two teachers
and leaving five students in criti-
cal condition, has been cited for
federal safety violations more
than two dozen times — and was
on a recent list of “unacceptable
operators.”
Regency Transportation LTD
has had 42 inspections of its buses
over the last two years, before one
careened off I-84 on Thursday, in-
juring at least 40 Farmingdale HS
students and faculty on their way
to a band camp in Pennsylvania,
online records show.
It has been cited for 25 viola-
tions since 2021 — failing five in-
spections in the 2023 fiscal year,
according to records from the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-
ministration.
Among the violations were “de-
fective bus emergency exits,” “in-
operable brake lamps” and “inop-
erable headlamps,” as well as oil
and grease leaks, the agency
records show.
Regency was placed on the
state’s most recent list of “unac-
ceptable operators” because of the
failed inspections, according to
lohud.com.
It is unclear which of the com-
pany’s vehicles were cited.
Meanwhile, a company bus was
also involved in a two-vehicle
crash on Long Island last year that
resulted in one injury — although
no citations were issued, the out-
let noted.
were minor. “The buses would
have been taken out of service if
they were major violations,” he
told the outlet.
The bus operator has eight vehi-
cles and employs 14 drivers, the
outlet said. The company did not
respond to a request for comment
from The Post on Monday.
Thursday’s crash came as a six-
bus convoy from Farmingdale was
taking the high-school marching
band and several adults to a camp
in Greeley, Pa.
One of the buses veered off the
Dennis A. Clark
highway and down a 50-foot ra-
vine shortly before 1:20 p.m.
The crash killed marching-band
director Gina Pellettiere, 43, and
retired music teacher Beatrice
However, it still had “valid oper- Ferrari, 77, who was on the trip as
ating authority from the state De- a chaperone. Five students were
partment of Transportation and a critically injured.
valid semi-annual inspection,” of- The crash is being investigated
ficials stated, noting that the uni- by the National Transportation
dentified driver was also “prop- Safety Board.
erly licensed.” “Our goal is to find out what
Carl Berkowitz, an expert on happened, why it happened and to
highway-safety regulations and in- make sure that something like this
vestigations, also told lohud.com never happens again,” John
that the violations cited against Humm, who is leading the investi-
Nesconset-based Regency Buses gation for the agency, told lohud.
Subway
grope
& bash
A 24-year-old woman was
sexually assaulted at a Man-
hattan subway station by a
stranger who slammed her
head down onto the plat-
form and then ran off with
her cellphone when a good
Samaritan stepped in and
thwarted the terrifying at-
tack, police said Monday.
The sicko accosted the
victim as she was waiting
for a northbound N train at
the 14th Street-Union
Square station around 3:25
a.m. Sunday and grabbed
her breast, cops said.
She tried to get away, but
the creep shoved his hand
down her pants and grab-
bed her private parts before
forcing her down on the
platform, according to cops.
He then slammed her
head to the ground and con-
tinued to grope her until a
bystander intervened and
scared him off, police said.
The attacker fled, taking
the woman’s phone with
him, according to cops.
The victim was treated at
Mount Sinai Morningside
for unspecified injuries, po-
lice said.
The NYPD released sur-
veillance footage of the sus-
pect, showing him passing
through the turnstile to
leave the station, dressed in
dark clothing.
He was described as a
man with a dark complex-
ion, about 40 years old, 6
feet tall and around 160
pounds. Amanda Woods
LA golf-cart
‘thief’ nailed
Wild video shows a sus-
pected drunken driver giv-
ing cops the slip during a
10-mile chase through the
streets of California while
shirtless and driving a golf
cart with a dog in his lap.
News helicopters filmed
LAPD squad cars following
the cart Sunday after it was
reported stolen from a San
Fernando Valley shopping
center. Police captured the
suspect, who admitted to
drinking and had not been
identified as of Monday, in a
7-Eleven parking lot. It was
not known what charges he
was facing.
Snejana Farberov
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Foodies fooled by ‘historic’ pop-up eatery

New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Justin Quan
ATE IT UP: Diners in NYC think they
were plucked off a list for a “famed”
eatery, complete with fake photos (left).
Photos: Hannah Frishberg

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By HANNAH FRISHBERG

This Manhattan restaurant is a

tough reservation to book — be-
cause it doesn’t exist.
The foodie gentry who gath-
ered for their dinner at Mehran’s
Steakhouse last weekend be-
lieved they’d at last gotten off the
years-long waitlist for a highly
exclusive, 100-year-old chop
house, which finally had an avail-
able table at its Lower East Side
location.
In reality, what some 140 diners
experienced Saturday evening
was an elaborate prank pulled off
by a 21-year-old AI startup
founder — and some 65 of his
friends.
The practical joke of a white ta-
blecloth institution was born
during the pandemic, in 2021,
when Mehran Jalali’s 16 house-
mates decided to commemorate
the biweekly steak dinners he’d house was not immediately ob- text describing their upcoming, a solemn chef as he ambled
cook them by marking their Up- vious as being a one-night-only $114 prix-fixe meal. among tables in a black double-
per East Side home as a chop joke, although over the course of “The bright blissful days, the breasted jacket.
house on Google Maps. the night most guests appeared frigid unforgiving nights, heat,
The mostly teenage roomies all
left glowing reviews for the new-
to notice that something was off. snow, drought, storm, all earthly
experiences felt in tandem. Is
The show goes on
found institution, leading to in-
trigued strangers showing up at
Famous ‘clientele’ this not community?” read one
high-brow gibberish line from
At around 8 p.m., a large crowd
could briefly be heard screaming
their door seeking steak. The first clue for the more ob- the giant block of text describing for Drake at the front of the
Mehran then made a website servant of the crowd lay off the the “Agrarian Synergies” course, building, and at 8:30, the music
for their solidly booked, “revolu- lobby, hanging on a wall en route one of five themed to “the Bo- stopped (and never resumed) as
tionary steak experience” and by to the main dining area: a selec- vine Circle of Life.” a disheveled man gave an ex-
the end of 2022, had accrued a tion of framed photographs de- As part of this meal concept, tremely scripted-sounding mar-
2,600-person waitlist. picting chef Mehran posing with two suited waiters at one point riage proposal to a woman he
Seeking to make the hoax a re- an array of celebrities he had os- paraded around a gallon of had known “for five to six years.”
ality, he and a crew of co-con- tensibly cooked for over the whole milk as though it were a (“Did she say yes?” asked a
spirators recruited friends to many, many years. Pictured stars fine wine. blonde at the table next to us
compose the volunteer staff, included Albert Einstein, Mari- “The milk is intended to repre- who seemed very much not in on
found a venue, got a one-day li- lyn Monroe, a group of 1920s sent the bovine life cycle,” a 21- the joke.)
quor license, food handling per- mobsters, Barack Obama and year-old server, Erika, informed Overall, as the five-or-so hours
mits, plane tickets to New York JFK. projection varyingly showed vid- this Post reporter as a sommelier of Mehran’s Steakhouse’s brief
(he now lives in San Francisco) “I would recommend suspend- eos of raw meat cooling off, being suppressed a smile and poured a existence progressed, the general
and a 212 number to invite select ing your understanding of linear salted and in a skillet. large glass of it, adding, “We felt ambiance remained typical of an
waitlisters to his ephemeral eat- time,” Mehran advised when As violin covers of pop hits it would be remiss to not include NYC restaurant’s on a rainy Sat-
ery. asked about the images. (and at one point the “Curb Your the cow’s byproducts.” urday. Guests checked their
For those who attended, the Further down the wall were a Enthusiasm” theme song) played, A different waiter later said the phones, checked out their neigh-
relatively subtle charade was an series of large format promo- one of the ridiculously over- milk came from a cow in Uganda bors, ate their food and other-
only-in-New-York stunt to be re- tional posters from Mehran’s staffed venue’s army of servers named Philip. wise went through the normal
membered. Steakhouse over the decades, in- showed the well-dressed patrons “Mmm, yes, Philip, a common motions of those enjoying a nice
Set in an unmarked public cluding one advertising “bone- to their seats, where a 15-inch la- name for a female cow,” Mehran meal on the town — not realizing
bathhouse-turned-event space on marrow ice cream.” Across the ser-etched wood cut provided commented, hands perpetually they were part of an intricate
East 11th Street, Mehran’s Steak- way, a looping black and white them with a comedic amount of clasped behind his back, playing performance piece.
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New York is calling up another
150 National Guard members to
help deal with the crush of mi-
grants in the Big Apple, includ-
ing by processing asylum seek-
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
ers’ work permits, Gov. Hochul
announced Monday.
Hochul said the personnel will
help migrants in filling out fed-
eral applications, locating hous-
ing and finding jobs.
The move comes as a lower
Manhattan federal office opened
Robert Mecea
‘Pub’lic housing
at ex-hotel bar
By DESHEANIA ANDREWS,
CRAIG McCARTHY
and EMILY CRANE
Scores of migrants have been
sleeping on the floor of an old bar
at the Roosevelt Hotel shelter in
Midtown “for days” — as the first
wave of asylum-seekers was be-
ing booted from city sites under
its stay-limit rule.
Sobering Post photos show the
people sprawled out side by side
in the middle of the once-iconic
hotel’s former Vander Bar early
Monday.
BORDER CRISIS
NY gets Guard up again
and began processing at least 40
applicants waiting for work au-
thorization.
“I walk around New York —
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Is-
land — asking stores if they
need work done,” said Ayad No-
Nearly a dozen others could be
seen sleeping upright in chairs or
hunched over their few belong-
ings as they tried to doze.
“They could be there for hours,
but most times, they could be
there for days,” a shelter worker,
who didn’t want to be named,
said on Monday. “That’s where
the singles are processed, so it
just depends on their situation.”
The harrowing scene came as
the city’s eviction-notice dead-
line passed over the weekend for
the first of 13,000 single adult mi-
grants who have been staying in
fal, 56, a former candle-factory
owner from Venezuela, to The
Post outside the new Beaver
Street processing center.
”I clean the stores and fill the
fridges. I work seven days and
make $20 or $30 or $40 a day in
one of its shelter sites for the past
60 days.
It wasn’t immediately known
how many migrants may have
been booted from shelters over
the weekend.
Over the limit
Under the rule, single adult mi-
grants who reach their two-
month limit have to head back to
the main intake center at the
Roosevelt Hotel to reapply for a
shelter bed. They are still guaran-
teed housing under the city’s
six hours,” said the migrant, who
has been living in a tent with his
wife on Roosevelt Island after
timing out of a city shelter on
the Upper West Side under Got-
ham’s 60-day-stay rule.
“At the shelter on Randall’s Is-
TAPPED OUT: Single adults
Monday wait and sleep in the
former Vander Bar (right) at
the Roosevelt Hotel in Mid-
town, where newly arrived
migrants (left) can apply for
a bed in a shelter and where
those who’ve been in the sys-
tem for 60 days must reapply.
“Right to Shelter” law.
But even after reapplying and
getting another bed, that arrange-
ment will now only last them 30
days before they have to reapply
again, if needed. Mayor Adams
revealed Friday that the city was
slashing the 60-day stay limit to
just 30 days to try to discourage
migrants from using the over-
whelmed system for too long.
It wasn’t clear whether the ma-
jority of asylum-seekers on the
floor of the former Vander Bar
were there after being evicted
from another shelter or had re-
land, I got the application for a
work permit, but I came here,
and they denied me,” lamented
Nofal, who said he was forced to
flee his country because he
voted against the government
and it cracked down on his busi-
ness. “I don’t understand.
They’re saying I have to wait the
full 150 days. I have another ap-
pointment” next week.
Jack Morphet, Haley Brown
and Craig McCarthy
cently arrived in the city and
were waiting to be processed for
the first time.
Martin Cordero, a 30-year-old
asylum-seeker who just got to the
Big Apple from Venezuela, said
he was among those to sleep
overnight inside the bar area.
“I don’t know what the next
step from here is,” he admitted.
“They asked me if I had anyone
that can pick me up, but I don’t
know anyone here.
“They told me this is just tem-
porary,” he said.
Another Venezuelan migrant,

$1 BILLION
only identified as Daniel, said he,
too, slept in a chair after arriving
at the hotel Sunday.
“They were supposedly going to
move us to another place, but we
don’t really know how long we
will be staying here,” the 26-year-
old said. “We have to wait for
space if we don’t have anyone to
contact to come get us. They have
not said how long that will be.”
By midmorning, another dozen
migrants had been led into the
packed area to await processing.
City Hall did not respond to The
Post about the migrants sleeping
BORDER CRISIS
By CARL CAMPANILE
and CRAIG McCARTHY
New York City is preparing for
the worst — extending its con-
tract with local hotels to help
house migrants for up to three
more years at a staggering added
cost of more than $1 billion.
The revised contract’s projec-
ted new total of $1.365 billion is
nearly five times what the origi-
nal deal called for — and will
only cover the rental fees to
more than 100 hotels converted
into emergency migrant shelters.
The eye-watering 10-figure
price tag doesn’t include the cost
of city facilities and other rented
sites housing homeless asylum
seekers pouring into the Big Ap-
ple by the thousands every week.
Critics, including some Demo-
crats, raged that the Adams ad-
ministration’s contract with the
New York City Hotel Associa-
tion, which is set to be extended
through August 2026, reeked of a
taxpayer giveaway.
“Why are we extending this
contract for three years? It sends
the message of not wanting to re-
duce this migrant population,”
said Nicole Gelinas, a senior fel-
low with the Manhattan Insti-
tute. Gelinas said the city created
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“one big monopoly” by giving the
hotel industry an overarching
contract without competing bids
that could lower costs.
‘Boondoggle’
Democratic Queens Council-
man Robert Holden seethed,
“The migrant crisis has evolved
into a financial boondoggle, with
quietly extended contracts fat-
on the shelter floor. tening the pockets of a few at the
In July, dozens of migrants were taxpayer’s expense.
forced to sleep on cardboard “It’s time to halt this fiscal
boxes on the sidewalk outside the recklessness. Let’s send those
Roosevelt after the makeshift pro- [migrant] buses to the White
cessing center hit capacity. House and remember that ‘Right
The city has nearly 60,000 asy- to Shelter’ shouldn’t be miscon-
lum-seekers in its care spread out strued as a global entitlement,”
at more than 200 shelter sites. he said, referring to New York
Migrants — as with anyone in City’s law guaranteeing shelter to
need in the city — are guaranteed the homeless, including asylum-
a bed in the shelter system under seekers.
New York’s “Right to Shelter” rule. A spokeswoman with the city
The Adams administration is Department of Social Services/
challenging the decades-old man- Homeless Services told The Post
date in state Supreme Court. on Monday, “For over a year now,
NYC’s mega
estimate for
hotel shelters
the city has worked to address
this humanitarian crisis with an
all of government approach and
with thousands of asylum seek-
ers arriving each week, we are
constantly reassessing our needs.
“This proposal for contract ex-
tension is designed to provide
capacity as needed, but it also
provides the flexibility to scale
back or terminate if circumstan-
ces on the ground change.”
It was unclear Monday if the fat
hotel contract is part of the esti-
mated total $12 billion that
Mayor Adams has said the mi-
grant crisis could cost the city
over three years absent addi-
tional financial aid from Wash-
ington and Albany.
The billion-dollar revelation
surfaced during a City Council
hearing last week when Council-
woman Julie Won (D-Queens)
asked officials with Adams’ ad-
ministration about the extension
of its contract with the Hotel As-
sociation of New York City from
the current $237 million for 2023
to the astounding $1.365 billion
through August 2026.
The hotel association is the fis-
cal agent that doles out the city
rental fees to individual hotels
that have agreed to take in mi-
grants.
Won, who chairs the contracts
committee, asked why city offi-
cials decided to renew the con-
tract for several years.
DSS Commissioner Molly
Wasow Park responded, “We
have dramatically slowed the
pace of growth of our hotel foot-
print. But we also know it will
take some time to transition to
other kinds of shelters.
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“So we are extending those ho-
tel contracts. We want to do it
one time instead of year-by-year
so we have some predictability. It
helps manage our contract work-
load, and there are cancellation
clauses,” she said of the multi-
year extension.
That’s no guarantee
In other words, the $1.365 bil-
lion figure is not guaranteed: If
the city no longer needs the ho-
tels, it can stop or reduce the
rental payments in the contract.
Adams, meanwhile, has close
ties to the hotel industry. The un-
ion representing 31,000 hotel
workers — the Hotel Trades
Council — was one of the first
unions to endorse his campaign
for mayor in March 2021.
NYC Hotel Association CEO
Vijay Dandapani said he hasn’t
seen the contract-extension de-
tails yet but added that the pro-
jected $1 billion-plus cost could
significantly decrease if the mi-
grant population drops and fewer
hotels are needed.
“It’s unfortunate. The migrant
crisis will last at least another
year, for sure. We never envi-
sioned this,” Dandapani said of
the humanitarian disaster.
He noted that the hotels were
used by the city for 18 months
during the COVID-19 pandemic
to help prevent the spread of in-
fections among homeless indi-
viduals who were in crammed
shelters and relocated to the hos-
pitality businesses.
“The hotel industry has the in-
frastructure to cope with the cri-
sis,” he said.
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WH: We’re trying
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‘everything’ –
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
except anything
ANDREW
ARTHUR
D
URING her Thursday press
briefing, White House press
secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
insisted administration offi-
cials are “doing everything we can
to deal with” the still-increasing
surge of migrants at the southwest
border.
That’s not true, and Jean-Pierre
knows it: President Biden’s not
doing the one thing the law re-
quires — detaining illegal en-
trants.
The reason they’re coming is
they know Biden’s going to release
them, allowing most to live and
work here forever.
The law’s extremely straightfor-
ward, requiring the Department of
Homeland Security to hold all in-
admissible “applicants for admis-
sion” (including and especially il-
licit border crossers) until they’re
either granted asylum or removed.
Biden’s ignored that congressional
mandate since Day One.
Cut-rate policy
Worse, even as migrant appre-
hensions hit new records at the
US-Mexico line, Biden has asked
Congress to cut funding for alien
detention beds for the past two
fiscal years. Congress refused to
do so last year, while its response
this year is yet to be seen.
Biden also blithely ignored the
clear connection between his mi-
grant-release policies and the bor-
der crisis from the beginning, as-
serting during a March 2021 press
conference, “Nothing has
changed” at the border between
his administration and Donald
Trump’s.
He claimed a then-nascent surge
was unremarkable: “It happens ev-
ery single, solitary year.”
That was ignorance, indiffer-
ence or misdirection (and likely a
combination of the three).
The administration continues to
argue its migrant surge is being
driven by “hemispheric condi-
tions” such as “food insecurity”
and “climate change,” even after
BORDER CRISIS
federal Judge Kent Wetherell held
in March that while such “geopoli-
tical factors” have contributed to
the surge, officials’ contentions
“that the crisis at the border is not
largely of their own making be-
cause of their more lenient deten-
tion policies is divorced from real-
ity.”
To paraphrase Chico Marx:
“Who ya gonna believe — Jean-
Pierre or your own eyes?”
Worse, however, are her at-
tempts to blame the crisis on con-
gressional Republicans’ refusal to
consider “a comprehensive piece
of legislation” Biden proposed the
day he took office “to try to deal
with” what she described as our
“broken immigration system.”
That proposal is little more than
a massive amnesty for nearly ev-
ery illegal alien here. And worse,
it would open the door for those
deported under Trump to reenter.
Even the Democrats who con-
trolled Congress during Biden’s
first two years refused to consider
it, and when an amnesty’s too rich
for Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pe-
losi, you know it’s bad.
Joe’s court backlog
As for the purportedly “broken”
immigration system, it worked
fine for decades before Biden
came along. The immigration-
court asylum backlog has in-
creased by more than a third since
Trump’s last full fiscal year and
would be much worse if Biden’s
DHS hadn’t deliberately tanked
nearly 92,000 cases in FY 2022.
If Biden cared about the border
disaster he created, he’d be work-
ing with congressional Republi-
cans to fix it, not sending his press
secretary to peddle blatant un-
truths and deflect the blame for
what’s happening.
And yet most in the media con-
tinue to spoon-feed the White
House line to their audiences.
Plainly, both they and the admin-
istration like what’s happening at
the border, with millions of illegal
entrants already cut loose into the
country and thousands more com-
ing every day, just fine.
Andrew Arthur is the Center for
Immigration Studies’ resident fel-
low in law and policy.
Razor wire fails to deter
By MARYANN MARTINEZ
Gut-wrenching images taken
by The Post show migrant tod-
dlers crawling through razor
wire to reach Eagle Pass,
Texas, howling in pain as
spikes stick into their flesh.
The photos capture the
sheer desperation of the hu-
manitarian crisis playing out
on the border, with families
and even a double amputee
crawling through the sharp
coils of wire to get a shot at
claiming asylum in the US.
Migrants barely out of dia-
pers are being dumped at the
border by cartels, which are
reportedly using them as de-
coys to tie up border agents so
cartel members can shift
drugs and gangsters over more
remote areas of the border.
Around 11,000 migrants
crossed into the US at the
Mexico border from Sunday to
Monday, making it the “single
highest day in recent mem-
ory,” according to Fox News.
Texas towns including Eagle
Pass and El Paso have been
flooded with thousands of
people seeking refuge over the
last week — pushing authori-
ties to a breaking point.
Migrants near Eagle Pass
waded through the dangerous
Rio Grande — the interna-
tional boundary — before get-
ting stuck at the bottom of the
riverbank for hours, unable to
make their way into the US
due to the concertina wire.
After nearly half a day’s wait,
they became desperate and
made their way up the bank.
Video captured by The Post
shows one Honduran woman
crawling through the wire
with her three sons, trying to
shield them from the sharp
spikes with her own body.
Treacherous pass
With the help of other mi-
grants who used clothes as a
buffer, the mom and kids were
able to turn themselves over to
Border Patrol agents.
As more migrants saw that
people had crossed, they, too,
made their way into the Rio
Grande. At that point, Border
Patrol dispatched small boats
to collect the migrants and
bring them around the wire
deterrents and onto US soil,
where they were to be de-
tained and have their cases
evaluated by officers.
“You can’t let an open bor-
der happen without any reper-
cussions,” Republican Rep.
Tony Gonzales, who repre-
sents Eagle Pass and El Paso,
said Monday at a press confer-
ence with other GOP lawmak-
ers just feet from the border.
“Everyone who is crossing
that river, everyone who is
crossing in between the ports
of entry is coming over ille-
gally,” he said. “You should not
be rewarded with work visas.
They should not be rewarded
with free bus rides and plane
tickets everywhere.”
Meanwhile, a man holding a
toddler was also nearly swept
away Sunday in the Rio
Grande. Others crossing into
Eagle Pass saved his life by ty-
ing a rope around him.
They formed a human chain
to pull each other to safety on
the US side of the river.
Among those who made it to
security forces on the border
was a double amputee from
Honduras. Maria Argentina,
who is missing both legs be-
low the knee, made the trek
across Mexico with her daugh-
ter, Nathalie Virginia, 2.
Fellow travelers helped pull
Argentina through the razor
wire. She broke down in tears
when she made it to the US —
after having failed on two pre-
vious attempts.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has
added multiple layers of en-
forcement meant to deter mi-
grants from entering the state
at undesignated crossings
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BORDER CRISIS

New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Photos by James Keivom

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DANGER ZONE: Blood drips from the head of a Border
Patrol agent after he was struck by a gang informer (below).

Cartel ‘RATA’
attacks guard
A Border Patrol agent The former lawmaker
was bloodied in an attack and current candidate
by a migrant cartel in- posted an image of the
former whose forehead wounded migrant, whose
bore the word “RATA forehead bore a word put
[rat],” a former Texas Re- there a Mexican drug car-
publican lawmaker said. tel.
Former Cartels
Rep. Mayra have been
Flores, 37, known to
the wife of a carry out
Border Pa- public acts
trol agent, of violent
shared the revenge —
gory image including
in her so- beheadings,
cial-media hangings
accounts and acid
Sunday of baths —
the fed after against trai-
the southern tors, but
border at- they also
tack and de- have
scribed branded
what she claimed led to his those who dared to cross
injuries. them with body paint.
“This is the type of vio- In 2021, the New Genera-
lence that is being exerted tion Jalisco Cartel, one of
on Border Patrol agents by the largest drug-trafficking
those who don’t want to be organizations on the
apprehended,” she wrote, planet, gunned down a
adding that agents encoun- North Carolina charter
tered the alleged attacker school teacher when he
DESPERATION: A Honduran mom near McAllen, Texas. tried to rob one of their
“The suspect was labeled stash houses.
(top) and her three kids crawl over razor a rat by the cartels and Earlier that year, a
wire — after crossing the Rio Grande, fought against the agent former lieutenant for the
with others like amputee Maria Argen- until backup arrived,” cartel was found dead with
tina (above) — to reach Texas, where Flores wrote. “Please pray a sign pinned to his body
border agents detained migrants (left). for our men and women in that said, “the traitor El
uniform.” Cholo.”
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Who’s that girl? Fashionista shocker!
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WHAT’S UP,
SHORTY?
Kim Kardashian
shocks the world
with a buzz cut
and whole new
look for CR
Fashion Book.
Reactions online
were mixed
for the daring
fashion choice.
By KRISTIN CONTINO
Kim Kardashian’s new haircut
has everyone buzzing.
The star is practically unrecog-
nizable on the cover of the new is-
sue of CR Fashion Book, sporting
a super-short ’do, pencil-thin eye-
brows and cat-eye glasses.
“Crazy I was on the 1st cover
and now 10 years later still in-
spired by @carineroitfeld. I love
you,” Kardashian captioned shots
from her high-fashion spread on
Instagram on Monday.
Along with her striking, spiky
buzz cut, Kardashian sported
smeared lipstick and puffed on a
cigarette for her shoot.
Her looks for the editorial were
equally edgy, ranging from a dirty
Dsquared2 tank top to a pair of
Falke fishnets cut into shorts, the
latter styled with an oversized
Jacquemus sweater and tutu-style
skirt.
Other standout styles included a
sheer Nensi Dojaka bra accented
with strategically placed rosettes
and a belted sweater and hot pants
by Marc Jacobs.
People are talking
“She’s looking like Bianca Cen-
sori LOL” one fan commented on
Kardashian’s post, referring to her
ex-husband Kanye West’s new
“wife,” who sports a pixie cut.
“It’s giving Bianca in Italy
vibes,” another Instagram user
agreed.
Cop ‘lied’
to lock up
‘crazy’ ex
A married Pennsylvania
State Police trooper is facing
false-imprisonment charges
after he allegedly violently
detained his ex-girlfriend and
committed her to a mental-
health treatment program un-
der bogus claims.
Ronald Davis, 37, was ar-
rested Thursday on accusa-
tions he abused his authority
to carry out the takedown
that left his former girlfriend
improperly stuck in a medical
facility for multiple days, the
Dauphin County District At-
torney’s Office said.
Davis reportedly told her: “I
know you’re not crazy, I’ll
paint you as crazy” leading up
to the forced medical treat-
ment, the victim claimed, ac-
cording to court documents
released by the District Attor-
ney’s Office.
His quest to have his ex
committed allegedly began
Aug. 21 when he sought help
from fellow troopers because
he said the victim had mental-
health problems, according to
an affidavit of probable cause.
On advice from State Po-
lice, Davis, who was off duty
at the time, contacted county
officials via his police email
account and identified him-
self as a trooper to obtain an
order after he submitted pur-
ported texts from her in
which she threatened suicide,
according to the court docs.
David Propper
7 set for 2nd
GOP debate
Nadia Lee Cohen/CR Fashion Book
Seven candidates have
qualified for the second
GOP presidential primary
debate Wednesday in Simi
Valley, Calif., the Republican
National Committee said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,
entrepreneur Vivek Ramas-
wamy, former South Caro-
lina Gov. Nikki Haley, former
“What in the doja cat is this,” an- Vice President Mike Pence,
other commenter asked, while a Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC),
fourth joked, “Not Glenn from former New Jersey Gov.
Seed of Chucky.” Chris Christie and North
The SKKN by Kim founder is no
stranger to a style switch-up, hav-
Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum
will take the stage.
ing chopped her locks into a bob Ex-Arkansas Gov. Asa
in July. Hutchinson was the only can-
However, she’s been wearing didate from the first debate
long extensions in recent days, who failed to make the cut.
making her CR Fashion Book Former President Donald
makeover particularly shocking. Trump is expected to skip
Time will tell if Kardashian the event and instead speak
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Missile strike razes Black Sea Fleet HQ
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By SNEJANA FARBEROV
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Ukraine claimed Monday to

have blown up the commander
of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in a
missile attack — its highest-
ranking kill in 19 months of war.
Adm. Viktor Sokolov was
identified among those killed by
the devastating strike on the
Russian navy’s Crimean head-
quarters in Sevastopol on Fri-
day, according to a celebratory
Telegram post by Ukraine’s
Special Forces.
“After the strike on the head-
quarters of the Russian Armed
Forces, 34 officers died, includ-
ing the commander of the Rus-
sian Armed Forces,” it said.
Anton Gerashchenko, a top
aide to Ukraine’s minister of
internal affairs, also posted
Sokolov’s photo online to
report his death.
Ukraine’s military
said in the post that
“another 105 occupiers
were wounded” in the
attack — a sharp in-
crease from the ini-
tial reports of 9 dead
and 16 wounded.
“The headquarters
building cannot be re-
stored,” it said. “We’re COMMANDER: Ukraine claims its forces killed
moving forward!” Adm. Viktor Sokolov (pictured). He’d be the
Kyiv offered no proof of Soko- highest ranking Russian officer slain in the war.
lov’s death, and it was not clear
how Ukraine identified him or

Ukraine goes kamikaze

counted the number of dead
and wounded.
The Russian Defense Ministry
did not respond when asked by
Reuters to confirm or deny that
Sokolov had been killed.
If true, Sokolov would be the
highest-ranking Russian service
member to have been killed
since his president, Vladimir
Putin, ordered the invasion of
Ukraine in February last year.
Sokolov was appointed com-
mander of the Black Sea Fleet
last year and received the rank
of admiral June 6 this year.
Russia’s military confirmed
the strike on the headquarters
in Crimea and initially said one
serviceman was killed before
saying that the person only was
missing.
Ukraine’s military offered
more information about the at-
tack Monday, revealing that the
air force conducted 12 strikes on
the fleet headquarters, targeting
areas where personnel, military
equipment and weapons were
amassed.
It also said that two anti-air-
craft missile systems and four
Russian artillery units were hit.
Ukraine has stepped up its at-
tacks in Crimea — which was il-
legally annexed by Russia in
2014 — in recent weeks while
the bulk of its forces press on
with their slow-moving coun-
teroffensive in the south.
The updated casualty figures
were announced as Russian
strikes continued near Odessa,
damaging an abandoned hotel
and a grain silo and killing two
people who were buried in the
rubble, Ukrainian officials said.
Russian attacks elsewhere
were blamed for killing six
other civilians in the past day in
Ukraine. With Wires
Gripping video follows a
Ukrainian kamikaze drone as
it zigzags through a forest in
search of a Russian dugout,
before locating the targeted
bunker and blowing up inside.
The bird’s-eye-view video
footage — set to the tune of
the Guns N’ Roses 1987 hit
“Welcome to the Jungle” —
was released Sunday by the
Combined Tactical Group
“Adam” of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine along with the
message: “Delivery to your
door.”
The attack on the Russian
fortification reportedly took
place in a forest outside the
occupied city of Kreminna in
the Luhansk region, according
to a post on the Telegram
channel Adam_tactic_group.
Snejana Farberov

Zel: Tanks a lot, America

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The first batch of Ameri- Ukraine advance in its Zelensky did not say how ing months.
can-made Abrams tanks ar- nearly 3-month-old coun- many of the tanks arrived, The Abrams tanks will
rived in Ukraine on Mon- terstrike, which may be although the US is ex- be added to Ukraine’s ar-
day, months ahead of hampered with winter fast pected to deliver 31 over senal as the country at-
schedule, President Volo- approaching. the next several weeks. tempts to reclaim Rus-
dymyr Zelensky an- “Good news from Minis- Unnamed US defense of- sian-held territory in
nounced, thanking Wash- ter Umerov. Abrams are al- ficials told The New York Ukraine’s eastern and
ington for keeping its word ready in Ukraine and are Times that two platoons southern regions, where
to help in the counteroffen- being prepared to reinforce worth of tanks — between the fighting has dragged
sive against Russian forces. our brigades,” Zelensky eight and 10 — were deliv- on incessantly without
FIREPOWER: US-made M1 Abrams tanks, like this one, The much-needed tanks said on Telegram, adding ered Monday, and more any major victories.
have arrived in Ukraine and are being prepared for combat. came just in time to help he was “grateful to allies.” M1s will be sent in the com- Isabel Keane

Dems rip sore loser Don, while Hill still cries collusion
Photos: MSNBC
HYPOCRITE: Hillary Clinton on Sunday again
says that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
PIERS
MORGAN
D
EMOCRATS hate election de-
niers.
Specifically, they hate election
deniers named Donald Trump.
Why, they cry, can’t the sore loser
man-baby stop whining about having
the 2020 election “stolen” and just ad-
mit he was beaten fair and square by
Joe Biden?
To be honest, they’ve got a good
point.
For all his constant indignant fulmi-
nating, Trump’s never produced any
actual evidence that the 2020 election
was “rigged” as he’d like everyone to
believe.
So, I agree with the Democrats when
they lambast him for refusing to accept
the cold, hard reality that he lost.
In fact, I told Trump this to his face
in an interview for my Fox Nation
show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” last
year, saying he should stop his ridicu-
lous democracy-damaging claptrap,
only for him to respond by calling me a
fool seven times.
‘Illegitimate president’
But the passionate, angry, almost de-
mented way the Democrats go about
attacking election denial might seduce
you into the massive misapprehension
that they feel the same way regardless
of who’s doing the denying.
They don’t.
In an MSNBC interview on Sunday
with President Biden’s former White
House press chief Jen Psaki, Hillary
Clinton launched into her favorite sub-
ject: why she herself had an election
robbed from her.
Yes, Hillary still resolutely believes
that the only reason Trump beat her is
because Russian President Vladimir
Putin interfered in the 2016 election to
stop her winning.
“The Russians have proved them-
selves to be quite adept at interfering,
and if he has a chance, he’ll do it again,”
she said. “I don’t think, despite all of
the deniers, there’s any doubt that he
interfered in our election. Part of the
reason he worked so hard against me is
because he didn’t think that he wanted
me in the White House.”
Of course, Clinton has never been
able to prove her claims that Putin
fixed it for Trump to win.
Instead, a lengthy investigation into
supposed “Russia Collusion” between
Trump and Putin resulted in a gigantic
nothingburger that established there
was no election-fixing collusion.
But this hasn’t stopped Trump’s de-
feated opponent from continuing to
peddle that lie and refusing to admit
she lost fairly.
“I believe he knows he is an illegiti-
mate president,” Hillary said in 2017.
Later, she said: “You can run the best
campaign, you can even become the
Living in
election
denial
nominee, and you can have the elec-
tion stolen from you.”
Sowing distrust
And after Trump lost the 2020 elec-
tion, and he and his supporters said the
exact same thing about their election
loss, she was enraged.
“We never thought we had to worry
about domestic enemies,” she told
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “We never
thought we had to worry about people
who didn’t believe in our democracy.
Sadly, what we’ve seen over the last
four years and especially since the
election is that we have people in our
own country who are doing Putin’s
work. They are doing his work to sow
distrust, to sow divisiveness, to give
aid and comfort to those in our coun-
try who, for whatever reason, are being
not only disruptive but very danger-
ous.”
Fine words, Hillary — perish the
thought that anyone like you would do
Putin’s dirty work by sowing danger-
ous distrust in the US democratic pro-
cess!
The brazen hypocrisy is truly stag-
gering.
This is a woman who has relentlessly
and deliberately used Putin to mislead
the American people into thinking the
only reason she lost in 2016 was be-
cause Russia colluded with Trump.
And as we saw on Sunday, she’s still
doing it now despite it
being an established
fact that Russia
didn’t.
The truth is that
Hillary Clinton lost
in 2016 because
Trump proved to be
a more popular candi-
date than she to the
American
people
due to
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the “most qualified candidate in pres-
idential history” running a dreadful
elitist campaign.
Yet here she is, still blaming the
beastly Russians for her humiliation, a
tactic straight from the Trump school
of reality denial.
You might think Jen Psaki, who has
regularly criticized Trump for his sto-
len election claims, would be equally
upset when she had a former presiden-
tial candidate sitting right in front of
her doing the same thing.
But that would assume Ms. Psaki is an
impartial journalist applying the same
rules to everyone, when, in fact, she’s a
hyperpartisan Democrat activist.
So, MSNBC viewers, who for years
have been told by all the network’s
hosts to believe Trump’s election-de-
nial is an evil affront to democracy,
were presumably left thinking: “Wait,
is election denial OK now, if it’s our
side doing it?”
Double standard
My favorite moment of the inter-
view came when Clinton told Psaki
about Trump: “You know, the thing
about him — and I’m not the only one
person who’s noticed this — is he en-
gages in what psychologists call pro-
jection. So, whenever he accuses
somebody of doing something, it’s al-
most guaranteed he’s doing it himself
or he’s already done it.”
Psaki didn’t even crack a smile as her
guest spewed a double standard so
laugh-out-loud absurd it would have
left me a hysterical mess if I’d been the
interviewer.
So let me say what Psaki should
have said to her:
“Pipe down Hillary, you flaming
hypocrite. When it comes to election-
denying bull, you’re wallowing in the
same woefully delusional
swamp as Trump.”
Reuters
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DRUGGIE
A mother and her teenage
daughter were discovered
dead alongside their dog in
a horrific scene inside their
Brooklyn home Monday,
police said.
The bodies of the 37-year-
old woman and her 14-year-

DAY CARE
By LARRY CELONA, BEN KOCHMAN,
TINA MOORE & JORGE FITZ-GIBBON
The man married to the owner
of a Bronx day care where a
1-year-old boy was killed
from alleged fentanyl
poisoning is seen in
photos made public
Monday fleeing
out a rear door of
the building just
after the child’s
tragic death.
Juan Ventura is
being sought by
police in connec-
tion with the drug-
infested day care
where little Nicholas Fe-
liz Dominici died and three
other toddlers were sickened ear-
lier this month.
International search
His wife, day-care owner Grei
Mendez De Ventura, 36, and ac-
cused cohort Carlisto Acevedo
Brito, 41, face federal drug charges
The fugitive was described by
police sources as “the main
player” in the alleged drug-selling
operation.
Surveillance photos released by
prosecutors captured him
lugging bags allegedly
filled with drugs
from the day-care
center and into
their apartment
next door just
minutes before
cops arrived.
Meanwhile
Monday, federal
prosecutors
charged a third sus-
pect in connection to
the child’s death for al-
legedly conspiring to hawk the
lethal opioid out of the day-care
center.
Renny Antonio Parra Paredes,
38, was charged with conspiracy
to distribute narcotics resulting in
death for his alleged role in the
drug-front child-care facility in
Kingsbridge, Manhattan federal
prosecutors said.
old daughter were found in
a New York Avenue home
in Flatbush’s Little Haiti
section around 4:30 p.m.,
according to police and
sources.
The mother’s body was
found face up in the living
room with a slash wound to
her face.
Her daughter was found
face down with head
trauma, law enforcement
sources said.
Their dog’s body was next
to them with a bag over its
head, according to the sour-
ces.
A police source described
the murder scene as partic-
ularly gruesome and
bloody.
The names of the de-
ceased were not immedi-
ately released on Monday.
Authorities had been
called to the location by a
witness who dialed 911
after hearing screams be-
fore the bodies were dis-
covered.
It’s unclear when that call
was made.
A friend of the family told
authorities that they hadn’t
heard from the mom or
AT LARGE: Juan Ventura is seen with alleged drug-filled bags ducking daughter since Friday.
out the back of the Divino Nino Daycare in The Bronx — minutes before Police are investigating
cops arrived after the fatal overdose of Nicholas Feliz Dominici (circled). the deaths. Joe Marino

Soccer
in the Sept. 15 death. Paredes, who is nicknamed “El Paredes and his co-conspirators and Brito have been locked up
The manhunt for Ventura has Gallo” — Spanish for rooster — maintained large quantities of nar- without bail since their arrests.
expanded to the couple’s native was part of a crew that had been cotics,” prosecutors said. “Today’s arrest is one more

Dominican Republic, federal law-
enforcement sources told The
Post on Monday.
“We’re all working together to
find him, nationally and over in the
Dominican Republic,” sources said.
peddling drugs out of the Divino
Nino Daycare on Morris Avenue
since at least July, according to a
federal complaint.
“There, despite the daily pres-
ence of children, including infants,
The drugs were allegedly sold in
packages stamped “RED DAWN.”
Paredes showed no emotion as
he stood before a judge in Manhat-
tan federal court Monday. He was
ordered held without bail. Mendez
exec slain
step toward obtaining justice for
the child victims of this heinous
offense and their families,” Man-
hattan US Attorney Damian
Williams said. The president of Colom-
lcelona@nypost.com bian second-division soccer
club Tigres FC, Edgar Paez,
was shot dead after his

Idaho vic’s mom stuns true-crime crowd

The mother of one of Uni-
versity of Idaho murder vic-
tims, Ethan Chapin shocked
a true-crime convention
with an unexpected and
heartfelt speech about her
son and the three other
slain students.
Stacy Chapin took to the
microphone during a Q&A
session to introduce herself
to a jam-packed auditorium
following a forensics ex-
pert’s talk on the student
murders Friday in Orlando
during CrimeCon 2023, ac-
cording to Fox News Digi-
tal.
“I’m Stacy Chapin, and
I’m Ethan’s mom,” she said,
receiving a loud gasp fol-
lowed by applause from the
crowd of around 3,200 true-
crime junkies.
“I want all of you to know
that these were four of the
greatest kids, and all of the
great things that you read
about them [are] legiti-
mately true.”
Jacksonville State Univer-
sity in Alabama professor
and host of the “Body Bags”
podcast, Joseph Scott Mor-
gan, had wrapped up his
lecture titled “The Idaho
Murders: An Expert Foren-
sic Analysis” before turning
to the crowd for questions.
Chapin revealed she did
not sit through the presen-
tation about the November
2022 killings.
Her son, Ethan, 20, was
killed alongside his girl-
friend Xana Kernodle, 20,
her housemate Kaylee Gon-
calves, 21, and best friend
Madison Mogen, 21, at an
off-campus home.
Bryan Kohberger, 28, has
been charged with four
counts of murder in con-
nection with the deaths.
Richard Pollina
team’s defeat Saturday, the
club has announced.
Paez, 63, was returning
home by car with his daugh-
ter after the 3-2 home loss to
the Atlético FC when he was
killed by two men on a mo-
torbike close to the stadium,
local media reported.
His daughter escaped un-
harmed, and authorities are
conducting an investigation.
There will be a minute’s
silence for Paez in each of
the next two rounds of
matches. Reuters
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CASA Cipriani is cleaning house, we hear.
Multiple sources have told Page Six the
members-only club in lower Manhattan is be-
coming even more exclusive by “actively
year.” In fact, as of this month, “your member- The rep did not comment on the recent al-
ship is no longer active.” The message signs leged thinning of the herd.
off with “Warm regards” and includes the logo Either way, there’s no denying there’s a high
of “Casa Cipriani New York — Membership.” demand for the club, which counts Leonardo

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“It’s a real thing,” a source told Page Six. “It’s
a real purging. No one is safe. Members are
not being renewed, and people are getting
emails that membership is now inactive.”
We’re told it’s “just an email saying, ‘You’re
“looking for a cooler clientele, like art world
people . . . more high-profile,” a source told us.
A rep for the club denied that they were ax-
ing members at the time, telling us, “We pride
ourselves on the privacy of our community
supposedly has a 4,000-person waitlist. It also
revoked access to a few members after they al-
legedly broke club rules by snapping photos of
Taylor Swift with rocker Matty Healy when
they got drinks and “cuddled” there in May.

Ian
no longer a member.’ ” and do not comment on false accusations.” Said another insider of Casa Cipriani’s ambi-
One such email — sent to an abruptly The rep added: “Sounds like someone who is tions, “They’re super successful and want high-
bounced member and shown to Page Six — upset they can’t get in . . . since the reality is er-end people. They opened one way and are

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reads: “Please be advised that your club mem- that we have had more and more interest from now going the other direction. Other private
bership will not be renewed for the upcoming the art and entertainment worlds.” clubs are a disaster. They know what they have.”
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EVERYBODY reads The attic-floor bedroom that
Mara Siegler Post — as one homeowner was apparently installed
msiegler@nypost.com
Carlos Greer found out the hard way. without permits.” The
cgreer@nypost.com An article ran in August owner of the 2,150-square-
Tashara Jones about a trailer park home foot property near Ditch
tjones@nypost.com in the Hamptons that was Plains Beach was issued a
listed for $4.4 million. warning of a town code vi-
Swiss misstep While the coverage has no
doubt helped spark inter-
olation for a “habitable
sleeping area in attic” and
SOPHIA Loren, 89, underwent est in the spot in Montauk “full stairs leading to the
surgery and remains hospitalized Shores, it also got the attic.” He was given two
after falling in her home in Switz- owner in trouble after lo- weeks to make correc-
erland. A rep for the “Two cal officials saw some- tions. Earlier in the year, a
Women” star confirmed to The thing amiss in the pics that home at the trailer park
Post’s Francesca Bacardi yester- accompanied the piece. sold for a record $3.75 mil-
day that the accident took place According to a press re- lion. Owners in the neigh-
Sunday in Loren’s bathroom in lease from East Hampton, borhood include hedge
Geneva, and she sustained multi- officers from its Public fund manager Dan Loeb
ple fractures, including to her hip Safety Division “noted in- and Vitaminwater co-
and femur. The rep added that terior photos depicting an founder Darius Bikoff.
they’re waiting to see how her re-
covery progresses and don’t have
further info. The Instagram ac-
count for Loren’s restaurant
Chef ’s kiss
chain also shared the news of the DANE Cook wed fiancée
Italian icon’s injuries, but added, Kelsi Taylor in an intimate
“The Lady will be back with us Oahu, Hawaii, ceremony
very soon.” Phew! Saturday, People magazine
reports. The comic, 51, and
the fitness instructor, 24,
started dating five years
ago. The couple (right) tied
the knot in front of just 20
guests on the tropical is-
land. He proposed last July.

Lasso wrangles a deal

JASON Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde have reportedly
settled their bitter custody battle. The “Ted Lasso” star
Nothing scandalous has agreed to pay his ex $27,500 per month in child sup-
port for their two kids, ages 9 and 6. The settlement —
KERRY Washington reveals almost two years in the making — is said to
in a new memoir she had an abor- be based on Sudeikis’ estimated 2023 in-
tion in her 20s. The “Scandal” come of $10.5 million and Wilde’s Follow us
star (above) reportedly writes in
You just
$500,000, the Daily Mail reports. The on Twitter
@Page
“Thicker Than Water” that she proceedings took a drastic turn last
accidentally got pregnant shortly ’stache to laugh: year when the “Don’t Worry Darling”
after her role in the 2004 film Ryan Gosling goes director was served legal papers while
greaser while Julia
Six
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“She Hate Me.” Washington, 46, discussing her film onstage at Cinema-
gave the doctors a false name be- Roberts brings her Con. A source told Page Six at the time
cause of her then-rising Holly- usual smile to brighten that Wilde was mortified; Sudeikis’ camp
wood career. But now, the mom of up the Gucci show in claimed he had no idea about the plan. But
two told People mag of revealing Milan, Italy. since then, they’ve put on a united front — especially in
her experience, “it’s just so im- front of their children. The exes have been spotted at
portant to me that abortion is not their son’s weekly soccer games, high-fiving each other
a bad word, and that my abortion on the sidelines. Wilde and Sudeikis were together for
is not another thing on the list of nearly 10 years before their 2020 split. Wilde then dated
things that I’m ashamed of.” Harry Styles until they broke up this past November.
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Six® KOURTNEY Kardashian

re-created the Happiest Place
ing ‘rented’ for an ‘influencer
event.’ ” He added that this was
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on Earth over the weekend for “not a good look for the city.”
an epic Disney-themed baby Silverstein and Kourtney’s
shower. The pregnant reality reps have yet to respond to Page
star showed off her “special Six’s requests for comment.
day” celebrating “Baby Barker” It’s unclear whether Kourtney
via Instagram Stories Sunday. even attended the Poolside
Her social media uploads gave With Poosh party.
a glimpse of Mickey Mouse- A few weeks ago, she under-
shaped pancakes, a barbershop went “urgent fetal surgery,”
quartet and decor modeled after with her drummer husband
Disneyland, including colorful leaving his band’s European
flags, balloons and “Alice in tour early to be by her side.
Wonderland” green juice. The
baby bash also included a wish-
ing tree and a Mickey Mouse
cake in the style of “Steamboat
Willie.”
Kourtney wore a head-to-toe
snakeskin outfit, accessorizing
with black sunglasses and
Mickey Mouse ears. Her hus-
band, Travis Barker, dressed in
all black and wore a black face
mask, after testing positive for
COVID-19 on Friday.
Kourtney’s sisters, Kim and
Khloé, attended along with
their children.
The Sunday baby shower, held
at Kourtney’s Calabasas, Calif.,
mansion, followed an event the
day before that angered the
mayor of Malibu, who accused
the Poosh founder of misrepre-
Kourtney Kardashian went all senting a pool party that the
in Sunday on a Disney-themed brand threw there on Saturday.
Travisbarker/Instagram

baby shower complete with a Mayor Bruce Silverstein

barbershop quartet, “Alice in claimed that the expectant star
Wonderland”-esque “drink me” allegedly lied on her permit ap-
vials of green juice and towers plication for the privately held
of cakes and cupcakes. Poosh wellness event, which a
source told Page Six was at-
tended by “no more than 100
guests.”
The “appalled” politician
wrote, “I understand that the
event has been represented to
be a baby shower that is being
hosted by the owner of the
property. Both of those repre-
sentations are contrary to what
the event planner told me —
which was that the house is be-
KimAndNorth/TikTok
Their little one will be Kourt-
ney’s fourth child. She has three
children — Mason, 13, Penel-
ope, 11, and Reign, 8 — with her
former partner Scott Disick.
Barker has three children from
his relationship with Shanna
Moakler: Atiana, 24, Landon,
19, and Alabama, 17.
Barker and Kourtney wed last
year, tying the knot in three
separate ceremonies. They re-
vealed their pregnancy news in
June.

Turtles unshell for book

Keep your DM hands off
“JERSEY Shore” star Angelina Pivarnick
was accused by an NFL wife of “sliding
KhloeKardashian/Instagram (2)
AN upcoming book on the
Turtles — the ’60s chart-top-
ping band behind “Happy To-
gether” — chronicles the Hol-
lywood act’s highs, lows and
truly wild misadventures, in-
cluding their inept record la-
Just Happy Together: The
Turtles A-Z (AM Radio to
Zappa)” by Mark Arnold and
Charles Rosenay is due out
Nov. 1, we hear. We’re told
that Turtles member Mark
Volman joked, “The Turtles

into” her hubby’s direct messages on Insta-
gram. Alexis Bawden, wife of Jets player
Nick Bawden, said on TikTok that Pivar-
nick sent her full-time fullback a DM while
at the Jets-Pats game Sunday that read, “See
u soon.” Alexis married Nick in July. She
subsequently shared screenshots of Pivar-
nick responding to the accusations that said:
“I meant it in a nice mature way.” Pivarnick
added that she’s engaged.
bel’s accounting practices, an
ill-fated album produced by
Ray Davies of the Kinks and
the notorious 1971 casino fire,
in which their equipment
burned along with Frank
Zappa’s instruments, inspir-
ing the song “Smoke on the
Water” by Deep Purple. “Not
missed being The Beatles by
only four letters and some $7
billion dollars.” Volman and
Howard Kaylan, a k a Flo &
Eddie, also lent their voices to
hits by T. Rex and Bruce
Springsteen, and sang the
theme song to “It’s Garry
Shandling’s Show.”
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Our city of crime & grime
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Cindy
Adams
THE daily lousy news. Last
week, 2 p.m., gray-haired lady
walking alone east side of Madi-
son, between 72nd and 71st, past
Ralph Lauren’s and a long-stand-
ing church. Right in front, broad
daylight, she was mugged. Pas-
sersby ran after him. Caught,
grabbed him. This is what NYC
lives have become? Gun targets?
Robbery targets? Knife-wielding
targets? Tax targets? Rat targets?
Once Mayor Koch declared
NYC a “sanctuary.” Mayor Giul-
iani, who enlivened Koch’s invi-
tation, now claims Democrats
have made NYC hospitable to
immigrants. Koch and Giuliani
set this pattern.
Solution: Remember DeSantis
saying he’s humane and taking
immigrants to Martha’s Vine-
yard? Winter’s coming. Cruel to
send immigrants to the frozen
north. He could fund a bus caval-
cade to South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida. Costs less than housing
and feeding them shipped in
from Texas — and spares them
sleeping on New York’s freezing
streets.
More in the peelitical world. I
don’t know NJ’s Sen. Menendez
personally. I only know the wife
has custom shmattas, profession-
ally blonded hair, good mani-
cures, expensive necklaces,
bracelets, earrings, nice purses.
It’s all I know.
Appealing celebs
LAWYER Mark Geragos —
clients include Winona Ryder,
Michael Jackson, Colin Kaeper-
nick, Jussie Smollett, Clinton’s
brother Roger. I asked why many
attorneys are now in the can.
MG: “When the feds set sights
on you, the conviction rate is as-
tronomical. High 90s. Few with-
stand such scrutiny.”
He believe all a client tells him?
“No. Round 3 they touch the
truth. Too embarrassing or mor-
tifying earlier so they shade
things until a third round.”
Jussie Smollett? “Nothing was
compelling in their evidence
against him.” Winona Ryder?
Another stage for Barry
AFTER working on
this project two dec-
ades Barry Ma-
nilow’s finally getting
his show on Broad-
way. “Harmony.” Bar-
rymore Theatre. At
the box office periodi-
cally the cast sings
and Manilow himself
is behind the window
hustling tickets. One
Boston lady waited
on line two days.
Previews are com-
ing soon. Opening
night — Nov. 13.
A musical, written by
Barry Manilow, about
a 1930s German band
will hit Broadway soon.
“The supposed shoplifting case charge. Then you’ll cry only
of the century. Some minor once. I did that with Michael and
charge.” Kaepernick? “A light- he paid me.”
ning rod. I couldn’t be more im- One thing with Geragos. Abso-
pressed with him.” Michael Jack- lutely no client was ever guilty.
son? “I told him straight out pay
me full freight, tax and service Calling to mind
REMEMBER when life was
easier, before area codes like 212,
718, 646, when phone numbers
had names like: Plaza, Gramercy,
Columbus, Beekman, Ludlow,
Melrose, Endicott, Trafalgar,
Murray Hill, and we actually had
an operator?
And when we could squeeze
into restaurants like Tudor City
Steakhouse who this week fed
Slovenia’s and Bosnia’s presi-
dents plus Bahamas’ prime min-
ister, while uptown Elvis Sum-
berac of Canaletto’s fed such a
load of UN VIPs that cars had to
park blocks away?
Ethan Miller/Getty Images
WHILE the UN cluttered the
city, this ambassador asked
where his wife, who came home
late, had gone. She said: “I was
with my secretary.” He said: “Not
possible. Because I was with
your secretary.”
Only in New York, kids,
only in New York.
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Fox News commentator and

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political analyst Gianno Cald-

well will testify before the
House Judiciary Committee in
Chicago Tuesday on how pro-
gressive “soft-on-crime” policies
are turning the city into an “ac-
tive warzone” — after the South
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Side native lost his baby brother

in June 2022 to gun violence.
Here is Caldwell’s opening
statement:

GIANNO
CALDWELL
Good morning.
Thank you, Chairman Jordan,
for the opportunity to speak be-
fore you all today. Also a special
thank you to Congressman Bur-
gess Owens who has worked be-
hind the scenes with his staff to
ensure that I could be before
this body.
My name is Gianno Caldwell. I
was born and raised on South
Side of Chicago. I got involved
in public service at the age of 14
working for my local alderman
because I actually believed my
community in Chatham could
be saved from violence, crime,
and drugs. I eventually moved
— with the same goals — to
Washington, DC, and became a
political consultant and a na-
tional media analyst and TV
personality.
Before I begin, I truly wish
that it was not my place to be
here today . . . but I believe that I
have no choice. No choice be-
cause of the countless people in
my hometown — including my
own family — who are innocent
victims of murder and violent
crime — those who are shot,
robbed, carjacked or even worse
— those who’ve had multiple IN HAPPIER TIMES: Gianno Caldwell (right) is scheduled to
people in their family murdered testify before the House Judiciary Committee in Chicago on
in Chicago; these voices scream Tuesday on his outrage over the gun violence that is claiming
out for justice. lives in his city, including that of his younger brother Christian.

Leaving in droves
Many of the elected officials
here in Chicago have ignored
these voices and it has come at a
great price for the people of the
city. Not just in blood but also
treasure and opportunity as
multibillion-dollar businesses
like Ken Griffin’s Citadel —
which brought millions in tax
revenue — have justifiably fled
our city in droves because crime
has reached state-of-emergency
levels.
We know this has happened in
part due to the policies of the
Cook County Prosecutor, Chic-
ago’s most recent Mayors, the
Governor, and other politicians
throughout the state of Illinois.
These officials have recklessly
ignored the people they were
elected to represent and as a re-
sult, bodies — mostly, Black
bodies — are littered through-
out the streets of Chicago.
I unfortunately understand the
pain of the thousands of victims
whose families have been de-
stroyed.
On June 24th of last year, I re-
ceived the call that my innocent
teenage baby brother, Christian,
had been murdered. Shot down
in the street by a stranger when
a group of men stepped out of a
black SUV and fired into the
crowd on 11400 South Vincennes
street.
The police have repeatedly
said my brother was not the tar-
get — that he just happened to
be at the wrong place at the
wrong time.
But, in Chicago, being at the
wrong place at the wrong time
could be sleeping in your bed
and a bullet comes through your
window OR in the back seat of a
car at a McDonald’s drive
through, as 7-year-old Jaslyn Ad-
ams was murdered.
Living in Chicago should not
come with a death sentence, but
it does for too many Chicagoans.
My brother Christian had the
potential to do well in life. I still
remember the day when he
begged me to take him on a col-
lege tour out of state when he
was just 16 years old, and we
went, but Christian will never
have the opportunity to go to
college. Or to get married, have
kids, build his career.
And so many other youth in
Chicago have experienced this
same reality.
Lost potential
I refuse to capitulate to the
idea that Christian has just be-
come another Chicago statistic.
One of the hundreds of homi-
cides in Chicago in 2022. There’s
an abundance of potential in
Chicago among our youth and
old alike.
Unfortunately, much of that
potential lays in graveyards
across our city. Chicago recently
had the highest number of homi-
cides in more than a quarter of a
century. As of today, 2023 is on
pace to join the previous two as
one of the most violent years in
our city’s history.
From the moment I learned
my brother Christian was mur-
dered, I felt defeated. Since my
younger sister, Mia, called me
on June 24th screaming into the
phone: “Christian is gone,” I
have felt a giant void in my
heart. Never had I made room
for the thought or possibility
that someone so close to my life
would be stolen so violently.
But, that’s naïve I suppose.
On the same day my brother
was killed, a five-month-old girl
by the name of Cecilia, was mur-
dered in a drive-by shooting
while sitting in the back seat of a
car with her family.
Chicago is an active warzone.
This is not hyperbole. It’s the
people who are afraid to leave
their homes; to walk to or from

work. To walk to school. Would
this same fear, would these ran-
dom murders, be as accepted in
the suburbs? Absolutely not!
The soft-on-crime policies —
Prosecutors who refuse to
prosecute
Decriminalization of of-
fenses
Laws like the Safe T Act
(which ends cash bail and allows
criminals back on the streets to
commit more crime)
And, the “no-chase” policy
which constrains the police
from doing their jobs
— Policies pushed by the
Cook County prosecutor, and
the current and previous may-
ors, have proved to be a death
sentence for the people of Chic-
ago. What started off as, per-
haps, a noble cause of criminal
justice reform has become jus-
tice for . . . the criminal.
It is our police who have been
handcuffed . . . as criminals no
longer live in fear of arrest or
prosecution. When you can steal
at will, when you can drive away
from the police during a traffic
stop — the streets become law-
less. Murder, as many like my
family know too well, is close
behind.
Racial chasm
The elected officials here have
systematically endangered the
lives of all Chicagoans, but espe-
cially those of color — the mar-
ginalized who they “claim” to
care most about. Most of those
MORE BLOODSHED: Police investigate a shooting spree that led
to a shootout with cops in Evanston, Ill., in January 2021.
shot and murdered in Chicago
are Black men.
According to the Chicago Po-
lice Department, African-Amer-
icans — including my brother —
made up 80% of the murder vic-
tims in Chicago in 2022. For the
record, Black people make up
only 29% of the city’s popula-
tion.
We. Need. Help.
Congress MUST use the
power of the purse and place re-
strictions on the funding re-
ceived by local governments to
ensure elected officials are fo-
cused on what should be the #1
priority — the protection of its
citizens.
Federal dollars are used effec-
tively for natural disasters from
storms to pandemics. It’s time to
use the same resources for man-
made disasters.
Provide funding for local
law enforcement agencies to
help local agencies hire and train
more officers with the latest
crime-fighting techniques.
Support programs that ad-
dress the root causes of crime:
Job training, education, and
other social services to people in
at-risk communities.
As small as it sounds, the
federal government can help
provide some special funding for
funerals as innocent people be-
ing killed are those who need
such help the most. Let the world
know how many are being bur-
ied in our communities!
Pass legislation that sup-
ports community policing, which
emphasizes building much-
needed relationships between
law enforcement officers and the
communities they serve.
The First Step Act, a law I
lobbied for personally, provides
funding for programs that help
people who have been incarcer-
ated successfully reintegrate into
society. Congress could increase
funding for the Second Chance
Act to help reduce recidivism
rates.
FBI help
Finally, congress and the fed-
eral government should employ
the full use of the FBI to help
clear murder cases in our cities.
When I first spoke to the de-
tective handling my brother’s
case, he told me he “had other
priorities and more cases had
come in since my brother was
murdered.” (I’ve since been told
Chicago, alone, needs 2,000 new
detectives to handle the current
caseload.)
It wasn’t until I angrily went on
Chicago and national media that
the detective took me seriously. I
had access to a platform most
families of victims do not. Even
then, it didn’t last long.
Soon, the police weren’t re-
turning my calls again and they
haven’t yet “solved” — even
though the murder weapon was
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found on someone arrested
weeks later — my brother’s mur-
der.
Ultimately, the Chicago Police
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Department have failed my fam-
ily and countless others. Reforms
within the Chicago Police De-
partment are needed. I’ve had to
go through hell in an attempt to
get justice for my brother. I am
now working directly with the
FBI Chicago field office. How
many of the hundreds murdered
have that same opportunity?
My love for Chicago is infinite
and unconditional. It will always
be home to me. I first got in-
volved in public service when I
was just 14, volunteering for my
local alderman every day after
school like it was a job. A deci-
sion which set me on the path to
public service to help the city I
loved so much.
But no family should ever go
through what mine has gone
through this past year. No family
should get that call.
Kill zones
We have more resources than
any nation in history. Why aren’t
we using these for those that
need them the most? Why are we
allowing our cities — from Chic-
ago to New York to Los Angeles,
to Baltimore to Oakland to Phila-
delphia to San Francisco — to re-
main dangerous kill zones?
While migrants are traveling
across the world to Chicago for
its sanctuary city status — there
continues to be no sanctuary and
no peace for the very people who
have called Chicago home their
entire lives.
Today I am here to Demand
Justice and accountability not
just for my baby brother but the
thousands of other Chicagoans
whom we may NEVER know
their names.
I implore you to exercise your
full powers and resources. Chris-
tian’s death is a senseless loss but
it doesn’t have to be meaning-
less. Please make him one of our
last victims. And help us save the
people of Chicago.
Thank you.

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By JOSH CHRISTENSON
Critics on Monday ripped
President Biden for butchering
the name of LL Cool J during
the Congressional Black Cau-
cus’ Phoenix Awards over the
weekend, referring to the rap-
per as “boy” before hastily cor-
recting himself.
“ ‘Boy’ is a white racist word.
Joe Biden knows this,” radio
host Charlamagne tha God said.
“That’s why he corrected him-
self, but I’m gonna tell you what
I found egregious. The fact that
Joe Biden got LL Cool J’s name
wrong to begin with.
“He fully understands the
word ‘boy’ in a racial context
around a white man referring to
a black man as boy,” Charla-
magne added, before pivoting to
attack the 80-year-old president
over his age.
“A lot of people are upset that
Joe Biden referred to LL Cool J
as a ‘boy.’ As you can hear, he
corrected himself on his spot,”
he said. “You know why Joe
Biden corrected himself? Be-
cause he’s 137 years old.”
The host then dubbed Biden
his “Donkey of the Day” for the
verbal flub.
The president was honoring
the careers of LL Cool J, whose
birth name is Jason Todd Smith,
and rapper and DJ MC Lyte,
Biden’s energy policies anti-US: Haley
Republican presidential hopeful
Nikki Haley delivered a hearty re-
buke Monday of President Biden’s
energy policies, vowing to “open
our country’s energy floodgates.”
“In Joe Biden, we have a presi-
dent who seems to genuinely hate
American energy,” Haley mused at
the American Energy Security
Summit in Oklahoma City, accord-
calling them “two of the great
artists of our time, representing
the groundbreaking legacy of
hip-hop in America.”
“LL J — Cool J,” Biden said
Saturday during his speech,
prompting laughter from the
audience. “By the way, that boy
has got — he’s got — I think that
man has got biceps bigger than
my thighs.”
Biden made a similar racially
insensitive gaffe during an ap-
pearance on Charlamagne’s
show during his presidential
campaign in May 2020, when he
said African-American voters
“ain’t black” if they cast ballots
for Donald Trump.
Conservatives also piled on.
ing to prepared remarks.
Echoing many Republican
gripes about Biden, Haley blasted
the current administration for
throttling US energy potential
while turning to foreign adversa-
ries for imports in a bid to keep gas
prices down.
“Americans are paying more but
getting less. Under this adminis-
SAY WHAT? LL Cool
J accepts a Phoenix
Award from the
Congressional Black
Caucus on Saturday
after President Biden
called him a “boy’
before quickly
correcting himself.
“You do not say ‘boy’ when
referring to a well-grown man
— especially a black man. Be-
cause it harkens back to days
of slavery and there’s a lot of
connotation,” former Fox
News host Trish Regan said.
In February, Biden also re-
ferred to Maryland’s black
governor as a “boy” when de-
livering a speech on the econ-
omy.
“You got a hell of a new gov-
ernor in Wes Moore, I tell ya,”
he said during remarks before
an audience of union workers.
“The boy looked like he
could still play.” Biden added
of Moore, who played football
in college.
tration, energy prices have risen
twice as fast as everything else,”
Haley beefed. “That’s the consist-
ent theme of the past two years —
more suffering at home, less secu-
rity abroad.”
Haley took specific issue with
Biden’s canceling the Keystone
Pipeline, restricting coastal drill-
ing, tapping into the Strategic Pe-
Fett’s
left to
sweat
Slovenly dressed Sen. John
Fetterman was left red-faced
last week after his attempted
dig at coverage of a New York
Times columnist’s viral post
about inflation got a rigorous
fact-check.
Fetterman, 54, had taken to X,
formerly known as Twitter, to
respond to David Brooks’ mis-
sive about a $78 lunch that he
said he ate at Newark Airport
— which he claimed illustrated
Americans’ frustration with a
“terrible economy.”
“This hoodie cost me $78.
This is why Fox News thinks
the economy is terrible,” Fet-
terman (D-Pa.) wrote Friday,
along with a picture of himself
at a lectern wearing his favorite
shabby apparel.
Logan Dobson, a consultant
and former GOP Senate aide,
countered that while the sweat-
shirt only costs $50, according
to its Amazon history, that is
20% higher than when Presi-
dent Biden took office in Janu-
ary 2021.
“I took 10 seconds to check
prices on carhartt [sic] hoodies
He’s lost in Pacific and it turns out yup they’re up
20% in price since Biden was
President Biden botched a inaugurated and that kind of
simple acronym while speak- inflation is noticed by Ameri-
ing to Pacific Island leaders cans,” Dobson wrote on X.
Monday at the White House. Jesse O’Neill
‘Touchy’
Biden, 80, got stumped as
he was trying to dictate the
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abbreviation of his adminis-
tration’s Pacific Islands In-
subject
frastructure Initiative (PIII).
“We’re working with Con-
gress to invest $40 billion in our
Pacific Islands Infrastructure
Initiative,” he said. “We call it
the P, PI — anyways, doesn’t A prominent Republican do-
matter what we call it but that’s nor is having buyer’s remorse.
what it is.” Allie Griffin John Odom, who doled out
some $100,000 to Louisiana
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Jeff
Landry, is demanding his
money back after discovering
Landry hired Corey Lewan-
dowski to advise his campaign.
In September 2021, Lewan-
dowski allegedly propositioned
and inappropriately touched
troleum Reserve and permitting Odom’s then wife at a charity
oil production in Venezuela. dinner. Lewandowski was
“Joe Biden’s endgame could charged with misdemeanor
hardly be more clear: Kill Ameri- battery and took a plea deal.
can jobs, crush American compa- “If you’re running for gover-
nies, and keep American energy in nor and you hire on your team
the ground — forever,” she said. the person that assaulted [my]
“This isn’t just un-American. It’s wife . . . that would be a red
anti-American — and it must end!” flag,” Odom told The Post.
Ryan King Ryan King
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DOLLAR
BABE-Y
Gates’ daughter
“I’m not shy about my body
and/or telling you to keep your
bans off of it. Every person de-

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serves access to sexual and repro-
ductive health care,” she posted in
June 2022, days after the Supreme

a ‘model’ activist
Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
She followed that with a pas-
sionate attack on the decision on
Vogue.com, then interned later
that summer at British Vogue.
By JACQUELYNN POWERS members disrupted the US Open “People have a lot of precon-
MAURICE and tried to shut down Burning ceptions about me, so TikTok has
Man. been a chance for me to tell my
She just turned 21, is outspoken Gates is the youngest of Bill and own story and also use the atten-
about the environment, fashion, his ex-wife Melinda French Gates’ tion my family name might bring SWIMSUIT ISSUES: Bill Gates’
reinstating Roe v. Wade and loves three children, and by far the to spotlight issues that are im- 21-year-old daughter Phoebe
posing on TikTok. most outspoken. portant to me, like women’s (together, inset) dons a bikini on
And her father is worth $108.9 She and her siblings grew up in health and sustainable fashion,” Instagram for reproductive rights,
billion. Medina, Wash., in a $131 million Gates told The Information ear- writing: “I’m not shy about my
lier this year of her social-media body and/or telling you to keep

Meet Bill Gates’ daughter
Phoebe, who combines normal
college life with being an outspo-
ken activist, using her high-soci-
ety connections to push trendy
causes.
On Saturday she was given a
spot on stage at the ultra-progres-
sive Global Citizen Festival in
Central Park — a sign of how she
is being seen as a rising star in
left-leaning circles — after show-
casing a New York Fashion Week
bag “collaboration” with designer
Stella McCartney.
Fashionably left
The Stanford human-biology
junior is also making common
cause with the controversial Hol-
lywood-funded Extinction Rebel-
lion movement by launching a
“sustainable fashion” business
with a fellow student who went
on a hunger strike for the militant
environmental group.
Over the past month alone, its
mansion. The 66,000-square-foot
compound boasts seven bed-
rooms, 24 bathrooms, six kitch-
ens, a 60-foot pool and 20-car ga-
rage, as well as its own man-made
beach, at-home movie theater,
gym and trampoline room.
Bill and Melinda reportedly
waited to divorce until Phoebe
graduated from high school.
Phoebe’s older sister, Jennifer,
27, married fellow equestrian
Nayel Nassar in 2021. The couple
welcomed their first child in Feb-
ruary. Son Rory, 24, a University
of Chicago graduate, is notori-
ously private.
But Phoebe is as comfortable
sharing red-carpet snaps at events
like the Time 100 gala in June
2022 — which she attended with
her father — as she is discussing
abortion rights on social media.
She stripped down to a tiny
white bikini on Instagram to dis-
cuss reproductive rights in the
most attention-getting manner
possible.
presence.
Couples’ couture bid
Her newest venture is a sustain-
able fashion platform Phia, which
will debut later this year and
which calls itself “the future of
fashion.”
Although details are vague, the
brand was named after Phoebe
and her partner Sophia Kianni.
They met when they were as-
signed as roommates at Stanford
University in 2021.
Kianni is an Iranian-American
activist from Fairfax, Va., who has
supported Extinction Rebellion,
taking part as a 17-year-old in a
2019 hunger strike outside former
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s
Washington, DC, office.
The couple launched a collabo-
ration with designer Stella
McCartney during the US Open
and New York Fashion Week, sell-
ing a limited-edition capsule bag
your bans off of it.”
collection honoring the Women’s
Tennis Association’s 50th anni-
versary of equal pay.
The blush-colored, vegan-
leather Frayme bags were in-
spired by tennis player Chris
Evert dropping her eternity dia-
mond bracelet on the court dur-
ing the US Open in 1978.
Mama Melinda’s touch
Gates credits her mother as an
activist inspiration, especially
when it comes to women’s rights.
“When you’re Melinda’s daughter,
it’s easy to be passionate about re-
productive health,” she wrote for
Teen Vogue.
“My mom is my hero. She’s a
brilliant reformer who travels
around the world advocating for
gender equality.”
Even though Bill and Melinda
Instagram
divorced in 2021 — after 27 years
of marriage — they still run their
global foundation together and
are often seen celebrating their
family’s milestones.
For Phoebe’s 21st birthday ear-
lier in September, both parents
joined her at Carbone in Green-
wich Village. Phoebe wore a Bar-
bie-core low-cut pink mini dress
paired with nude heels.
However she appears to have
found an unlikely way for a bil-
lionaire’s daughter to combine
her interest in fashion and the en-
vironment: by wearing used
clothes.
“I start by searching and filter-
ing by items that have a low-im-
pact on the environment,” she
said in an interview about Phia
with fashion brand Reformation.
“I also try to wear second-hand
clothes when I can.”

Guatemalan rains leave 6 dead Woman slain on ‘mystery’ date

Heavy rains overnight
caused a river in Guatemala’s
capital to burst its banks, kill-
ing at least six people and
leaving 13 others missing, au-
thorities said on Monday.
Six homes were swept
away after the Las Vacas
river, which runs through
Guatemala City, overflowed
in an area about 1.8 miles
south of downtown, Guate-
mala’s national disaster
agency Conred said.
“We’ve found six bodies
for the moment, and we’ll
likely find more,” said Sergio
Cabanas, head of operations
for the municipal fire de-
partment. “Among the bod-
ies, there is a girl and five
adults.”
The girl killed was likely
between 3 and 5 years old,
Conred field technician
Kevin Escobar told journal-
ists. Reuters
A mother of six from Okla-
homa was found dead and
wrapped in an old carpet
wedged into a ditch days
after going on a date with an
unknown man, officials said.
Makayla Meave-Byers, a
30-year-old teacher’s assist-
ant, went missing on Sept. 15
after getting into a Chevrolet
pickup truck driven by a tall,
balding man sporting a dark
beard and sunglasses, ac-
cording to a Facebook post by
the Pottawatomie County
Sheriff’s Office.
On Wednesday, Meave-By-
ers’ cousin discovered her body
in a nearly 4-foot-deep culvert
by a creek running under a road
a few miles from her house.
The 30-year-old victim was
wrapped in what police de-
scribed as waterlogged “old
pieces of carpet.”
Investigators said they had
no suspects. Snejana Farberov
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nypost.com
face hot seat
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
By JOSH CHRISTENSON
The House Judiciary
Committee will soon hear
testimony from special
counsel David Weiss and
is preparing to interview
other Justice Department
officials next month in
connection with its exam-
ination of the long-run-
ning probe into First Son
Hunter Biden.
Weiss, Washington, DC,
US Attorney Matthew
Graves, Los Angeles US
Attorney E. Martin Es-
trada and acting Deputy
Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Stuart Goldberg will
all sit for interviews, a
spokesman for the House
panel told The Post Mon-
day.
House Judiciary Chair-
man Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
received a letter from the
DOJ Friday confirming its
“commitment” to having
Weiss testify “in the near
term” on his authority to
bring charges against the
53-year-old Hunter — but
not by mid-October as
Jordan requested, accord-
ing to a copy of the mis-
sive obtained by The Post.
Assistant US Attorney
General Carlos Uriarte
told Jordan that the “vol-
ume and requested pace”
of the Judiciary Commit-
tee’s proposed interview
schedule “far exceeds the
Department’s resources,
especially in light of the
Committee’s other pend-
ing requests and subpoe-
nas to the Department on
other topics.”
“We remain committed
to providing information
voluntarily, without un-
Russia’s eye on Serbs in Kosovo
The Kremlin said Monday
it was closely monitoring
what it called a “potentially
dangerous” situation in Ko-
sovo, where ethnic Serb
gunmen stormed a village
over the weekend, battling
police and barricading
themselves into a monas-
tery. Russia does not recog-
nize Kosovo, which has a
majority ethnic Albanian
HUNTER BIDEN
DOJ probe under scrutiny.
necessary escalation,” he
said. “However, any addi-
tional testimony and doc-
uments shared at this early
juncture must continue to
be appropriately limited to
protect the ongoing matter
and important confiden-
tiality interests.”
Whose authority?
The testimony is meant
to shed light on repeated
claims by Weiss and US
Attorney General Merrick
Garland that the Delaware
US Attorney’s Office
faced no impediment to
bringing charges against
Hunter and maintained
“full authority” to do so.
Last week, Garland con-
tradicted himself about
the inquiry, affirming both
that Weiss had the “au-
thority” to indict Hunter
Biden — and noting that
other US attorneys had
the right to decline part-
nering on the case.
“I’m going to say again
that no one had the au-
thority to turn him down,”
Garland told Jordan in the
Sept. 20 hearing. “They
could refuse to partner
with him.”
population, as an independ-
ent country and tradition-
ally supports Serbia, with
which it has close religious
and cultural ties.
“The situation is ex-
tremely difficult. On Ko-
sovo, we see a traditionally
biased attitude towards the
Serbs . . . The situation is
very, very tense and poten-
tially dangerous, we are
The Justice Department
will make Graves availa-
ble Oct. 3, Estrada Oct. 20
and Goldberg Oct. 24, ac-
cording to its letter to Jor-
dan. A date was not set for
Weiss.
The Judiciary Commit-
tee spokesman told The
Post that interviews with
the federal prosecutors
are being scheduled.
Weiss had been pre-
pared to answer questions
from House lawmakers in
July before plea talks
broke down between his
prosecutors and Hunter
Biden’s defense team.
Weiss’ office June 20
charged Hunter with
evading $1.2 million in tax
payments in 2017 and 2018
— and let him duck a fel-
ony charge of lying on a
firearm purchase form
about his crack cocaine
use in 2018.
But on July 26, the first
son pleaded not guilty to
two tax misdemeanors
and walked away from a
diversion agreement on
the firearms charge.
US District Judge Mar-
yellen Noreika forced
prosecutors to say in
Wilmington, Del., federal
court that a provision in
the plea agreement
would not grant sweep-
ing immunity from past
charges.
Defense attorney Chris
Clark immediately de-
clared the plea agreement
“null and void.”
Weiss’ office hit Hunter
with three charges on the
firearms offense in a Sept.
14 indictment, for which
he faces a maximum 25
years in prison.
monitoring it very closely,”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
Peskov said during a regu-
lar news briefing.
Kosovar police units re-
took the monastery late
Sunday after three attackers
and one police officer were
killed.
They were securing the
village in northern Kosovo
Monday. Reuters
 CRUEL JEWEL THUGS
CYCLE OF VIOLENCE:
Police say this scooter-
riding man is part of a
sadistic crew who are
mugging people
near the Sotomayor
Houses in The
Bronx.
NYPD
Gang terrorizes
NYCHA houses
By AMANDA WOODS
A crew of violent jewelry
robbers has been targeting
Bronx residents for several
months, in one case making
off with a chain worth
$17,000, police said this week.
The NYPD on Sunday re-
leased a surveillance image
of one of the suspects,
wearing a black hoodie
while riding a scooter, who
is believed to be part of the
gang behind the muggings
of at least 10 people on or
near the grounds of NY-
CHA’s Sotomayor Houses in
Soundview since April.
In each case, the fiends ei-
ther flashed guns, used pep-
per spray or beat up their
victims — nine men and one
woman — before snatching
their loot, police said.
The spree began at
around 7:30 p.m. April 10,
when a group armed with
guns came up to a 38-year-
old man outside 1003
Soundview Ave. and ripped
off his gold chain, according
to cops. The next day at
Posse of 12 mugs couple Fatal stab in Qns. bar brawl
A young couple was sur-
rounded by a dozen baby-
faced crooks on an East
Village street and mugged
just after leaving a bar over
the weekend, cops said.
The 22-year-old woman
and 23-year-old man were
confronted by the 12 young-
looking suspects — eight
around 1:45 p.m., the crew,
again wielding guns, ac-
costed a 53-year-old man
outside 1257 Beach Ave.,
pepper-sprayed him in the
face and then took his dia-
mond ring before running
away, police said.
At around 4:30 p.m. April
23, the suspects came up to
a 39-year-old man on
Bruckner Boulevard near
Underhill Avenue, flashing
“cutting instruments” and
making it seem as if they
had guns, cops said.
They pummeled the vic-
tim before grabbing his
chain, valued at around
$17,000, and running off to-
ward the Sotomayor
Houses, police said.
The victim was treated at
the scene by EMS.
In the most recent inci-
dent, from around 3 p.m.
Sept. 11, the crew ambushed
a 49-year-old man on
Bruckner Boulevard near
Beach Avenue while hold-
ing guns, cops said.
They grabbed his bracelet
and chain before taking off.
men and four women — as
they walked on East 12th
Street and Avenue C at
around 3:45 a.m. Sunday,
authorities said.
One of the thieves
flashed an “unknown
weapon” before “forcibly”
ripping off the victims’
cellphones, debit cards,
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New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
nypost.com
Matthew McDermott
LEFT IN PIECES: Shattered glass litters the floor of the Carlton Fine Arts gallery in Midtown after what police
and sources tell The Post was a smash-and-grab robbery early Monday morning of a $5,000 piece of art.
Thief lifts $5K painting
A $5,000 painting was ties and police sources Avenue near East 55th The door was boarded
stolen from a Manhattan said. Street, opened in 1969 up, with a worker stand-
gallery in a smash-and- The break-in activated and specializes in mod- ing guard outside, wait-
grab robbery early Mon- the gallery’s alarm, but ern masters and pop art ing for a glazier to arrive.
day, according to cops the bandit was able to get — promoting artwork by A sign in the front win-
and sources. away, with the painting Keith Haring, Pablo Pi- dow read: “We are closed
The burglar smashed in tow, by jumping into a casso, Andy Warhol, Joan for inventory. We will be
through the glass front waiting silver sedan Miró and Damien Hirst open Tuesday at 10 a.m.
door of Carlton Fine Arts driven by another man. among others. Thank you.”
in Midtown around The name of the pil- On Monday afternoon, The thief wore blue
2:15 a.m. and snatched fered piece and its artist shards of glass, as well as jeans, yellow boots and a
the valuable piece, which were not immediately pieces of the metal door red and white jacket,
had been displayed on a known. handles, could be seen sources said. Joe Marino,
wooden easel in the The family-owned gal- strewn across the floor Jack Morphet, and
front window, authori- lery, located on Madison inside the store. Amanda Woods
purse and wallet, police A man was stabbed and sponsive, with a stab NewYork-Presbyterian
said. Both victims refused left bleeding on a Queens wound to the head, in the Queens, where Ortiz was
medical attention at the sidewalk in a bar fight with bar doorway, cops said. pronounced dead.
scene, police said. a stranger that proved fatal. His alleged assailant, Ja- Schuler was charged
The group ran off, cops The brawl spilled out of son Schuler, 39, was discov- early Monday with murder
said. Kelly’s Pub on 41st Avenue ered with six stab wounds and criminal possession of
Police are seeking the in Flushing just before 10 to the back around the cor- a weapon, police said.
public’s help in tracking p.m. Sunday, police said. ner on Main Street, they Larry Celona,
down the crew. Eliot Ortiz, 45, was found said. Allie Griffin
Amanda Woods unconscious and unre- Both men were taken to and Amanda Woods
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NYC doctor’s suit vs. white neighbor McCarthy

push for
nypost.com

stopgap
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

House Speaker Kevin

McCarthy (R-Calif.) is hold-
ing out hope for a break-
through as the nation barrels
toward a partial government
shutdown in five days.
The House and Senate will
be back in
session
Tuesday
after taking
an extended
break for a
three-day
weekend and the Jewish hol-
iday of Yom Kippur with all
eyes on McCarthy (inset) to
find a way to break the dead-
lock in his chamber.
“Look, I’m a believer in ev-
erything,” the speaker told
reporters Monday. “I never
PARTY FOUL: Dr. Yves Duroseau claims a house party catered by star chef give up.”
Vanessa Cantave (below) took an ugly racial turn over a noise complaint. McCarthy plans to con-

By PRISCILLA DeGREGORY
A black New York City doctor
said his white neighbor “violently”
sprayed a garden hose at about 20
black and Latino dinner party
guests — a move “reminiscent” of
1960s Alabama, when white police
officers used fire hoses on civil
rights activists, court papers allege.
Yves Duroseau — who heads
emergency medicine at Manhat-
tan’s Lenox Hill Hospital —
hosted a posh surprise Saturday-
night birthday party for his sister
Rosevony Duroseau, 48, at his For-
est Hills home with his interior-
designer wife, Claude, on Sept. 17,
2022, according to the lawsuit.
But the swanky backyard gather-
ing “abruptly and forcefully
ended” when white neighbor Mar-
cus Rosebrock sprayed his hose at
the guests in a bid to shut down
the party, claims the suit filed in
Brooklyn Supreme Court.
The unneighborly act was
“much like white law enforcement
officers did to civil rights pioneers
in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama,”
the suit says.
The festivities were attended by
CNN
tinue his push for a stopgap
spending bill this week to
19 people, all family and friends of woman the party was winding suit claims. temporarily keep the gov-
the Duroseaus, including notable down before asking her to leave, One person tried to “calmly” rea- ernment fully open while si-
music executive Rigo Morales and papers claim. son with Rosebrock, who allegedly multaneously plowing ahead
former Fordham Law classmates The revelers rejoined in the then doused her “from head to toe.” with individual appropria-
of Rosevony. One white guest also backyard where Rosebrock started All the attendees “were com- tions bills meant to fund op-
attended. “water hosing” them with a high- pletely drenched” and “humili- erations through next year.
pressure hose that “was extremely ated,” according to the suit. His prior attempts went
Gourmet menu powerful and stinging in nature,”
the filing alleges.
Yves and Claude Duroseau, both
52, and their guests all filed suit
down to defeat last week,
with five Republican rebels
The party’s nine-course meal Yves Duroseau and a few others against Rosebrock and the woman joining House Democrats to
was catered by Vanessa Cantave, a climbed a treehouse to see Rose- with the dog on claims of battery, block the advancement of
champion chef from Bravo reality- brock from over the fence and ask assault, trespassing and related al- any spending measure.
competition series “Rocco’s Din- him to stop, the suit claims. leged violations. They are suing Democrats have been slow
ner Party.” “Instead of stopping the for unspecified damages. to throw McCarthy a lifeline
But the soirée was ab- water hosing of the Duro- “Our clients deserve justice,” and he seems reluctant to
ruptly halted at 9:50 p.m. seaus and their guests, plaintiff lawyer Derek Sells said. accept one as GOP rebels
when a white woman Defendant Rosebrock “Their civil rights have been vio- dangle a motion to oust him.
flanked by a German shep- doubled down and con- lated through no fault of their own.” Rep. Tim Burchett
herd came to the Duro- tinued water hosing,” Brandon Gillard a lawyer for (R-Tenn.) expressed open-
seaus’ house demanding papers charge. Rosebrock, called the claims in the ness to backing a motion to
that they turn down the mu- The neighbor also suit “baseless and inflammatory.” vacate the chair and oust
sic, the filing claims. pointed the powerful “The actual facts will be borne McCarthy. Ryan King
The Duroseaus water stream di- out in a court of law, not the court
met the woman in rectly at the men of public opinion,” Gillard said.
the foyer of their
home and “were
fearful that the
in the perch
making them
“afraid that
“Mr. Rosebrock rejects any charac-
terization that he is racist or that his
actions were racially motivated.”
Cucumbers
dog would at-
tack and seri-
ously injure
they would be
knocked to the
ground from
Gillard also said since the allega-
tions went public his client has re-
ceived “menacing phone calls,
and ‘coke’
them.” But they out of the tree causing him to fear for his and his A Mexican man tried to
assured the house,” the family’s safety.” cross the border into Cali-
fornia with more than 400

Moms’ diet soda ‘link’ to autism: study

Pregnant or breastfeeding
women who consume diet
soda or other foods con-
taining aspartame could ex-
perience higher rates of au-
tism diagnoses in their
sons, a study has found.
Researchers at the Uni-
versity of Texas Health Sci-
ence Center at San Antonio
found that among boys who
had been diagnosed with
autism, their mothers were
three times as likely to re-
port drinking at least one
diet soda — equivalent to
consuming five packets of
aspartame — per day.
“Our study does not
prove causality — it does
not prove that maternal in-
take of . . . aspartame spe-
cifically, during pregnancy
or nursing increases a
child’s risk of autism, but it
does raise a major warning
flag,” lead author Sharon
Parten Fowler, Ph.D., an ad-
junct assistant professor of
medicine at the university,
told Fox News Digital.
The researchers analyzed
self-reported aspartame
consumption of the moth-
ers of 235 children who
were diagnosed with autism
spectrum disorder. Then
they compared those re-
sults to a group of 121 chil-
dren who had “typical neu-
rological development.”
Compared to the control
group, the male offspring
with autism were more than
three times as likely to have
been exposed to aspartame-
sweetened products on a
daily basis while they were
in utero or were breastfed.
Fox News
pounds of cocaine hidden
inside boxes of cucumbers,
authorities said.
The smuggler, identified
only as a 33-year-old, ar-
rived at the Otay Mesa port
on Sept. 15 with a tractor
trailer carrying cucumbers,
the Customs and Border
Protection said.
During the inspection,
however, CBP officers
found 146 packages of co-
caine tucked away inside
the cucumber shipments.
Ronny Reyes
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‘Crisis’ Lost

New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

War beat: If We Stop Funding Ukraine . . .
Why the tune is changing on ‘climate doom’ “Congress should swiftly approve additional military and economic aid
to Ukraine at a critical time when the country is on the offensive,” warns
Daniel F. Runde at Newsweek. “Failing to pass assistance would ‘pull the

H
AS the air gone out and slogans, which plug’ on the offensive, destabilize Ukraine’s weak economy, and it would
of the “climate cri- their follow-the-herd send a terrible message to our allies and opponents.” It “would only em-
sis” balloon? It’s peers uncritically bolden Russian President Vladimir Putin at a moment when he’s on his
starting to look like adopted until they ran back foot, and it could potentially have disastrous consequences for Tai-
it. Some other causes du into reality and the rest wan as China is closely watching our actions.” And “remember that
jour are looking limp of the world noticed. Ukraine has not asked for American soldiers to fight and die for Ukraine.
lately, too. (More to the point, Ukrainians are only asking for the weapons and financial support to be
Oh, hysteria is still out recent polls show Do- able to fight effectively.”
there. In Boston this nald Trump actually
month, I passed a church pulling ahead of Joe
Libertarian: Pols’ ‘Shutdown’ Political Theater

nypost.com
whose door bore a lurid Biden.)
poster reading “DUE TO The reality, as Gates “No matter how D.C. disputes” about the possible government shut-
GLOBAL CLIMATE CRI- is reminding us, is down end, “the federal government will certainly continue spending en-
SIS, WORSHIP IN there’s not actually a tirely too much and, no matter what the headlines say, will never have re-
SANCTUARY 9-17-23 climate “crisis” calling ally shut down,” gripes Reason’s J. D. Tuccille. If it does shutter, “the brief
CANCELED.” If it were for drastic action to- hiatus” in spending “is reserved for anything that inconveniences the
really a global crisis, morrow, and running public and plucks at heart strings. The stuff that government officials ac-
wouldn’t you want to be businesses and insti- tually care about continues,” such as the work of the ATF, FBI and DEA.
praying? tutions as if there is “Does anybody really think that government officials will voluntarily
I first thought it was re- one is counterproduc- stop doing to us what they’ve been empowered to do, just because direct
ferring to Hurricane Lee, tive and even outright deposits are briefly interrupted? Of course not! This is political theater.”
which had been pre- destructive. Another
Glenn Reynolds

dicted to bring apocalyp-

tic storm conditions to
reality is the great
mass of people around Campus report: A New ‘Red Scare’
Beantown. Lee, though, the globe knows this “It is most commonly estimated that around 100 college professors
veered out to sea, and and has lost patience were fired for real or imagined communist sympathies” during the
that Sunday was sunny, with it. 1947-’57 Red Scare, notes Greg Lukianoff at the Washington Examiner, yet
warm and delightful. They’re done praying: A Boston church cancels its Likewise, investors “it’s worse today, much worse, across multiple important metrics.” The
(While the soldiers of services so parishioners can march in New York. have figured out ESG last 9½ years have seen “more than 1,000 campaigns to get professors
God had fled the scene in is just a way for man- punished for their free speech or academic freedom. Of those, about two-
advance, the armies of Mammon growing. agers to substitute fuzzy, hard- thirds succeeded in getting the professor punished, and almost 200 of
were out in force on the Boston He also rained on the greens’ to-assess performance metrics them, nearly twice the number estimated for the Red Scare, ended up
Common, in the form of a massive apocalyptic parade, saying “no — basically a “net wokeness” with the professor getting fired.” And “about 1 in 6 professors report hav-
cannabis fair. Say what you will temperate country is going to calculus — for clear and well-de- ing been disciplined or threatened with discipline for their speech, and a
about the stoners, they’re not become uninhabitable.” And he fined metrics like, you know, whopping 1 in 3 reported having been pressured by colleagues to avoid
prone to panic or overthinking.) cautioned against untested ap- how much profit managers pro- researching controversial topics.”
proaches like massive tree plant- duce for shareholders.
ing: “Are we the science people
or are we the idiots? Which one
It’s not really surprising that,
on reflection, shareholders Media watch: Fetterman’s Press Protectors
GLENN HARLAN
REYNOLDS do we want to be?” would rather have profit than “Why does our free press exist, if not to ask incon-
Well, the climate policies the trendy causes, and voters would venient and uncomfortable questions of the power-
political system supports are rather have jobs and functioning ful?” grumbles Becket Adams at The Hill. When it
But this seems actually a case mostly the ones likely to yield societies than nonstop apocalyp- comes to Sen. John Fetterman, “our vaunted Fourth
of closing church so parishion- the most graft, and those the tic rhetoric. Even Ibram X. Estate simply is not up to the task.” The announce-
ers could go to New York to corporate world supports are Kendi’s antiracism center is fall- ment that “the sergeant-at-arms would no longer en-
“Join us in the March to End Fos- mostly the ones involving mas- ing apart, having produced noth- force the chamber’s dress code on the Senate floor”
sil Fuels,” which is even more sive government subsidies. ing of substance. has his name all over it. After his hospitalization for
amusing, since traveling uses a But it’s interesting to see Gates I hope this trend continues. It clinical depression, “Fetterman has ‘unapologeti-
lot more fossil fuels than staying softening his tone; it feels as if would be nice to see the New cally’ worn shorts and hoodies around the Senate
in Boston and praying for an end climate outrage has passed its York City government empha- building.” To vote, “he rarely if ever enters the cham-
to fossil fuels, which would be at sell-by date. Oh, sure, there are size crime control, subway main- ber itself,” just “shouts his responses to the chair”
least as effective. still kooks in Europe gluing tenance and pothole-fixing in- John Fetterman from the Democratic cloakroom doorway. “Is John
Bill Gates, however, is pump- themselves to roadways and the stead of trendy (and grift-filled) Fetterman okay?” is a question “so many journalists
ing the brakes on climate panic. occasional nut throwing oil on social-justice projects. It would appear afraid to ask.” Yet: “If anything falls under the header of ‘public interest,’
Speaking at a New York Times famous works of art, but it’s all be nice to see the Department of it is surely the overall health and wellbeing of elected officials.”
event, he observed heavy- started to seem rather forced. Defense — which hasn’t won a
handed policies won’t work: “If When you see a shift in a so-
you try to do climate brute force, cial trend like this, it’s almost al-
war since Desert Storm more
than 30 years ago — emphasize Iconoclast: Hilariously Damning Details
you will get people who say, ‘I ways happening for the same defeating our country’s enemies Hell Gate’s Max Rivlin-Nadler revels in the “Hell yes, New Jersey,
like climate but I don’t want to reason: The people behind it over training commanders to you’ve done it again” lowlights of the Bob Menendez indictment. Not just
bear that cost and reduce my have figured out it’s doing the avoid “whiteness” and get their the “$480,000 in cash stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, in-
standard of living.’” left more harm than good. It’s of soldiers’ pronouns right. cluding jackets bearing Menendez’s name” and the gold bars, but that
As Gates noted, many of these a piece with the sudden de-em- Kipling’s “Gods of the Copy- “Menendez, after receiving the gold bars, actually went and GOOGLED
people are in middle-income phasis of ESG (environmental, book Headings” are always wait- how much a gold bar was worth. (Incognito mode, people! It’s not just for
countries, like China and India, social, governance) as a tool of ing for civilizations that lose paywalls!)” And “the senator allegedly interfered with prosecutors pursu-
that are the biggest contributors corporate management. sight of fundamentals in favor of ing state charges against a friend of one of the New Jersey businessmen
to carbon emissions today and In both cases, the detached, glittering fictions. Let’s pray being prosecuted for insurance fraud . . . in exchange for a new car for
whose emissions (unlike those well-off white people who mostly ours is returning to good sense Nadine. ‘All is GREAT! I’m so excited to get a car next week. !!’ Nadine
of the United States) have been run the left dreamed up causes before it’s too late.. texted one of the businessmen, after Menendez made a few calls.”
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
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America’s oldest continuously published daily newspaper Facing Charges — Again:

Sen. Bob vs. Reality Menendez’s Strike Two
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

S
Like
 President Biden, THE ISSUE: Federal corruption charges brought
en. Bob Menendez isn’t giving up eas- Tampered with a Jersey state fraud Sen. Bob Menendez has
against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez last week.
ily, but his defenses are already look- prosecution of a business pal of co-defen- always been sleazy
ing pretty desperate. dant Jose Uribe. (“Menendez’ License To
How long before his colleagues talk Provided “sensitive” secret US infor- Loot,” Editorial, Sept. 23). until proven guilty.
him into facing reality? mation to Egyptian officials. He was spared convic- I believe that federal
On Monday, defiantly announcing his bid Pressured the US Agriculture Depart- tion in 2017 because of a and state laws should
for re-election next year, the New Jersey ment to protect co-defendant Wael Hana’s mistrial and a judge who change. If a member of
Democrat insisted that keeping gobs of “exclusive monopoly” to export halal-certi- subsequently dismissed Congress is indicted he
cash (and gold?) stashed in your home is a fied US foods to Egypt. the case against him, de- or she should be required
Cuban thing. Helped Egyptian officials lobby for spite overwhelming evi- to temporarily step aside,
“For 30 years, I have withdrawn thou- Senate approval of US weapons sales. dence. pending the outcome of a
sands of dollars in cash from my personal None of that constitutes “the normal Because he believes trial. The governor
savings account, which I have kept for work of a Congressional office,” as Menen- himself above the law, his should be empowered to
emergencies and because of the history of dez claims. And the feds say all those “offi- greed overcame his com- appoint an interim re-
my family facing confiscation in Cuba,” cial acts” are clearly tied to payments and mon sense and again he placement, who would
Menendez told the press. favors for the Menendez family. is facing bribery charges. serve until the trial is
Sorry, Bob: We’re talking about half a mil- That’s why Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Now, to add insult to concluded.
lion bucks. Plus, you never lived in Cuba. other top state Democrats called on him to injury, he is blaming the If the person is found
And, per the federal indictment, some of resign Friday, right after the indictment fact that he is a Latino as Bob Menendez innocent, he would re-
the cash-laden envelopes had the finger- landed: They don’t want him dragging the the reason many are call- turn to his Senate duties.
prints and DNA of your co-defendant Fred whole party down. ing on him to resign from Politicians aren’t saints. If the senator is found
Daibes or his driver: Those crisp new bills the Senate. However, he In fact, they’re far from it guilty of the charges, the

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didn’t come from your savings. o far, his Senate colleagues aren’t pub- disgraced himself, and and, like all human be- nation would be spared
And what about the $60,000 Mercedes al- licly calling on him to quit: It’s only left- that is why he is facing ings, have their vulnera- of having an official do-
legedly provided by another co-defendant, ies like Sen. John Fetterman and Rep. another indictment and bilities. Term limits is the ing more damage to our
Jose Uribe? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who dislike had to step down as chair best way to keep politi- country. Paul Feiner
As we’ve noted, Menendez seemed to Menendez’s tough-for-a-Democrat foreign- of the Senate Foreign Re- cians as honest as possi- Greenburgh
take his escape from conviction in his 2017 policy stances. lations Committee. ble and keep them work-
trial as a “license to loot,” but the evidence But the reek is so great that Menendez is He should also resign ing for their constituents, Too
 often we read
this time around seems to exceed even the putting his party at risk of losing a precious from the Senate or be im- not themselves. It’s time. about the total corrup-
absurdly high bar for proving corruption. Senate seat. If you want to bet, wager on peached. As a New Jer- J. M. Norris tion of our elected offi-
That is, the link between his abuse of of- how long it takes Majority Leader Chuck sey resident, I believe Southold cials, but Menendez
fice and the bribes he took looks unmistak- Schumer & Co. to talk him into resigning so New Jersey deserves stands out for the sheer
able. The feds say they have proof he: the party can escape the albatross of his better. Mary Ann Pizzi You
 would think that arrogance he displayed.
Disrupted a federal prosecution into corruption. East Hanover, NJ Menendez would have He narrowly escaped
co-defendant Fred Daibes. Wake up, Bob: You’re toast. taken a page out of the prison in 2017. You would
There’s
 an old saying Bidens’ alleged playbook think that would serve as

Joe’s Border Abdication

that goes, “Fool me once, and had the payoffs laun- a wake-up call.
shame on you. Fool me dered through LLCs, in- But Menendez never
twice, shame on me,” and stead of allegedly taking aspired to be honest or a

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resident Biden has abdicated all re- restored in the Trump years. the people of New Jersey it in gold bars and cash. friend of the working
sponsibility for controlling the border, Because Congress won’t pass a bill giving have been sorely shamed However, Democrats man. Instead he saw him-
with the White House laughably re- everyone in the country legal status, Biden by corrupt Sen. Bob shouldn’t worry too self as untouchable, like a
duced to blaming the migrant crisis on refuses to do anything about border security. Menendez. much, as he has retained Roman emperor. His as-
Republicans. Which, by the way, makes it impossible There are a few rea- Hunter Biden’s lawyer, pirations were more in
The White House claims that Congress for Republicans to negotiate: GOP voters sons a politician can along with his connec- line with Caligula or
won’t “solve” the problem, which means, are seeing thousands a day lined up to get carry on a life of corrup- tions to the Justice De- Nero than Presidents
essentially, that the GOP doesn’t agree with waved in and hearing how New York and tion, unnoticed and un- partment. Abraham Lincoln or
mass amnesty. Because that’s what Biden’s other migrant-friendly cities are over- fettered. And, anyway, when it George Washington.
version of “comprehensive immigration re- whelmed and screaming for help. First, when a majority comes to crimes commit- Congress is no longer
form” amounts to — indeed, is the policy Until “legal” practice starts to resemble of apathetic voters with ted by Democrats in New an institution of trust, but
he’s imposing in bits and pieces by execu- the letter of the law, even Republican elect- heads in the sand repeat- Jersey, as in baseball, it a mafia-like system of
tive decree. eds who favor greater legal immigration edly vote for an incum- takes three strikes to get corruption and extortion.
He’s finding or creating ways to get vari- won’t get caught dead negotiating with this bent, they hand to him or you out. Armand Rose John Fleming
ous groups “legal” status so his Department White House. her the ability to become Arlington, NJ Punta Gorda, Fla.
of Homeland Security can report fewer il- Indeed, as a matter of grassroots politics, untouchable. We can
legal migrants “encountered” and admitted the Democratic-created crisis is moving name any number of Menendez
 should not The
 good news for
into the interior. ever more GOP voters toward a “zero im- long-term politicians who be allowed to continue to Menendez is that thanks
Of course the whole “asylum seeker” cha- migration” stance: We’ve already let in so became suspiciously serve as a senator after to the relaxation of the
rade is itself of dubious legal status, as the many illegals who will never leave, goes the wealthy while in office. being indicted for brib- Senate dress code by the
administration grants itself a license to logic, that we should just keep them all out. The second reason is ery, corruption and his majority leader, he will
wave in people who have no hope of quali- As long as nearly all Democrats in Con- term limits. The longer a inappropriate illegal be able to attend ses-
fying for asylum and will never even file for gress are too afraid of offending the hard senator is in office, the dealings with the govern- sions attired in a new or-
it unless it qualifies them for some interim left to get deeply serious about border en- more power he acquires, ment of Egypt. The sena- ange jumpsuit.
benefits (like work papers) over the decade forcement, any bipartisan compromise is and that power eventu- tor has refused to resign, Fred Raue
or more it’ll take the immigration court to impossible. ally invites corruption. claiming he is innocent West Milford, NJ
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Our Secret Weapon

tage and increase competition.

New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Let’s unleash economic freedom
NIKKI HALEY
Republicans and Democrats
don’t want to talk about this. I will.
Finally, we’ll restore freedom by
stopping Washington from con-
trolling Americans ever again.
We’re beyond merely cutting red
tape. We need to cut Washington
itself down to size. We’ll have term
limits for politicians and bureau-
welfare while the poor get trapped crats. Congress will vote on every
in regular welfare. federal rule and regulation. And
That’s socialism. As history shows, we’ll push authority back to the
socialism kills the middle class. states, from welfare to health care

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OMMUNIST China is an exis-
tential threat. It’s destroyed
our jobs and stolen our secrets
to build a massive military. To
prevent a war and keep the peace,
we must bring out our secret
weapon — the force that built our
middle class, made America the
global heart of innovation and
We’re living through the biggest to education to infrastructure.
revolution since 1776 — and its polar Biden doesn’t believe in the
opposite. We are led by a president American people. I do, and as I
and party who believe central plan- saw in South Carolina, that belief is
ners can run our lives better than we rewarded. After our textile mills
can. Entire industries live or die closed, we refused to prop up the
based on Washington’s whims. textile industry with government
Biden is sending a message to ev- subsidies. We chose economic
ery American: Don’t bother to freedom. When I was governor, we

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crushed the Soviet Union without dream; don’t bother to dare. Gov- moved 35,000 people from welfare

firing a shot.
Freedom is the only way to leave
Chinese Communism on the ash
heap of history.
So imagine Beijing’s happiness
that President Biden is swapping
freedom for socialism here in Amer-
ica. He’s building the most powerful
and controlling government in
American history, weakening our
country by crippling families. Biden
has spent a staggering $6 trillion and
counting, growing government
while driving inflation higher. Sixty
percent of Americans are living pay-
check to paycheck. Half of families
can’t afford diapers.
What kind of government is Biden
building? We have more than 42 mil-
lion people on food stamps and
nearly 100 million people on Medi-
caid. Meanwhile, he’s spending tril-
lions of dollars on taxpayer bailouts,
handouts and carveouts for special
interests. The well-connected are
getting wealthier through corporate
ernment’s got this.
Yet we became the greatest
country the world has ever seen
because we rejected that lie.
My Freedom Plan will take
power from Washington and give
it back to the American people. As
history proves, they’re the only
ones who will outcompete and ul-
timately defeat China.
Restoring freedom starts with fi-
nancial freedom. Every middle-
class family will get thousands of
dollars in tax relief. We’ll com-
pletely eliminate the federal gas
and diesel tax. We’ll cut income
taxes for working families. And
we’ll make the small-business re-
lief in the 2017 tax cuts permanent.
The goal is to create a tax code
that’s so simple, every family can un-
derstand it — no accountant
needed. That means getting rid of
distortions that pick winners and
losers. Look at the state-and-local-
tax deduction, which mostly bene-
Countering China: The author reveals her plan in a New Hampshire speech.
fits high-income people in high-tax
states. We shouldn’t force Tennessee
working-class families to subsidize a
wealthy family in California. And we
should eliminate $500 billion in
Biden’s green-energy subsidies.
We’ll restore freedom by ending
the out-of-control spending that
grows government and drives in-
flation. Joe Biden, Donald Trump
and Barack Obama have added a
combined $23 trillion to our na-
tional debt, pushing interest pay-
ments so high that we’re on track
to spend more on interest than we
pay for national defense. I will veto
any budget that doesn’t address
our debt crisis. We’ll return to pre-
COVID spending levels. And spe-
cial interests won’t get a penny in
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taxpayer bailouts.
Congress needs tough love. I’ll
fight for zero-based budgeting, so
Congress starts from scratch every
year. And if Congress fails to pass a
budget, lawmakers won’t get a pay-
check. No budget, no pay is a no-
brainer.
So is reforming entitlements, the
biggest item in our budget. If we
do nothing, Social Security will
face cuts in 10 years and Medicare
in eight. I will keep these programs
the same for anyone who’s in or
nearing retirement. To protect
these programs for the next gener-
ation, I’ll limit benefits for wealthy
people, raise the retirement age for
younger people just entering the
system, expand Medicare Advan-
to work and cut unemployment
from 11% to 4%. People called us
the “Beast of the Southeast.” We’ll
do the same for all America.
A new birth of freedom will ben-
efit every family with better jobs,
bigger paychecks and a brighter fu-
ture. Yet the most important bene-
fit will be greater national security.
Communist China is the worst
threat we’ve faced in generations,
yet it’s only been able to compete
with us because our leaders have
abandoned America’s principles.
Freedom is still our secret
weapon. If we unlock it, Commu-
nist China doesn’t stand a chance
because nothing is more powerful
than the American people, armed
with freedom.
Nikki Haley is a Republican can-
didate for president. She was gover-
nor of South Carolina and US am-
bassador to the United Nations.
Adapted from a speech she gave in
New Hampshire Sept. 22.

How a Weak Kamala Helps a Weak Joe

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OOR Kamala Harris. The alleged mi-
sogyny that is tearing at her vice presi-
dency apparently extends to highly
partisan Democratic leaders such as
Jamie Raskin and Nancy Pelosi.
Both caused ripples when their praise for
Harris in recent TV interviews was notably
cool, as if they were at a high-end fundraising
dinner and hated the escargot but had to try
to convince the hostess they really loved it.
The Biden campaign reportedly con-
tacted both Raskin and Pelosi. The Mary-
land congressman revised his remarks to
say Harris is “unquestionably the best run-
ning mate for President Biden in 2024,”
while the former House speaker’s office
pointed to the favorable things she said
about Harris in her initial interview.
What Raskin and Pelosi clearly know, if
they can’t say it out loud, is Joe Biden
botched his vice-presidential pick; it is the
worst pick in half a century and easily one
of the worst in the last 80 years.
As Democrats begin to realize Biden’s
political weakness, with Donald Trump
barreling down the pike, Harris is one of ambitions; this time, it could make a differ- inconsequence. Dick Cheney was a govern-
the factors — although not the main one — ence in the presidential race because her ing choice who, despite all the obloquy
keeping them from doing anything about it. standing is, in a word, abysmal. heaped on him, performed admirably. Dan
What if someone did persuade Biden to In the new NBC News poll, the theme of Quayle’s reputation was destroyed by the
step aside for the good of the party? Well, which is Biden and Trump are both abid- press, but he didn’t play into George H. W.
that might open the way for Harris herself ingly unpopular, Harris is right there with Bush’s fate one way or the other.
to become the nominee. In other words, them. At 31%, her positive rating is lower I think to find a worse major-party pick
out of the pan and into the fire. than both of theirs, and her negative rating, — and actual vice president — you have to
Even if she lost in an open nominating 51%, is higher than Biden’s. go back to Spiro Agnew. At least, as far as
process, it’d be quite the The bar Biden had to clear we know, Harris hasn’t been taking kick-
spectacle for Democrats to in his vice-presidential pick backs that will force her to resign — in fact,
turn away a potentially “his- rich wasn’t high. He either she may be the relatively ethical half of the
toric” presidential nominee lowry needed a political nonentity Biden-Harris ticket.
for someone else. or a popular entity, who ide- Prior to that, you probably have to go back
So she’s at least a playing a ally had some governing to Henry Wallace, whom Democrats thank-
role in the propping up of what may prove credibility; instead he went with the un- fully dumped in 1944 after he served one
the weakest incumbent presidential candi- popular nonentity. term as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vice presi-
date since George H. W. Bush. How does this rank with prior bad choi- dent. Wallace’s views on the Soviet Union
This isn’t the only downside. Harris is ces? As it happens (funny how this works), were criminally naïve and disqualifying for
going to be an issue next year because ev- the most maligned recent picks are all Re- any high official of the United States.
eryone realizes there’s a significant chance publicans. Wherever you rank Kamala Harris,
Biden wouldn’t be able to serve out a full Let’s run through them. Sarah Palin was not there’s no doubt she’s a poor selection that
second term. suited to be president of the United States Democrats will almost certainly have to
Typically, a vice president’s popularity but was a Hail Mary in a basically unwinna- tolerate because of an ideological trap of
matters only for his or her own political ble race, so we should discount that pick for their own making.
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3NT, he won the first heart with the 59 “Moonstruck” Oscar winner 12 Kevin of “Dave”
60 Madeline Miller novel about an 13 Goat-legged deity
king, pondered, led a diamond to the “Odyssey” witch 15 Legendary rebuke
ace, returned the ten ... and let it ride! 64 Bluster 21 Broadcaster with pledge drives
66 Monopoly space with a police 24 Tusked beast
West took his jack and led another officer 25 Flaws and all
heart. Cy then claimed nine tricks. 69 “Despite that ... ” 26 Zeros in on
70 Presumptuous newcomers, and 27 Become hazy
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“I don’t trust diamonds,” the Cynic 71 Begin to blush 33 Musical set in Buenos Aires
72 Greek vowels 35 Claiborne of fashion
growled. 73 Private __ 37 React to a shock
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couldn’t win a diamond trick. Cy 9 Recharged, in a way 51 Fancy neckwear 63 Instead
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debt ceiling crisis. By SHANNON THALER ChatGPT’s new voice fea-
ture can also narrate bed-
Bezos move car now. The artificial intelligence time stories, settle debates
Jeff Bezos’ space wars are heating up and at the dinner table, and vo-
company Blue Origin — AOC coming to phones and liv- calize text input from users.
plans to replace CEO ing rooms near you. With images support, us-

AOC zapped for

Bob Smith in Decem- OpenAI said Monday its ers can take pictures of
ber with outgoing Am- ChatGPT is getting a major things around them and ask
azon executive Dave update that will enable the the chatbot to “troubleshoot
Limp, according to an viral chatbot to have voice why your grill won’t start,
email to employees. conversations with users explore the contents of your
and interact using images, fridge to plan a meal, or an-
AA appeals

her nonunion EV
American Airlines
appealed a court deci-
sion requiring it to end
its Northeast alliance
with JetBlue. A judge
ruled in May that the
alliance allowed the
two carriers to coordi- By ARIEL ZILBER
nate flights and pool
revenue, violating anti- Alexandria Ocasio-Cor-
trust law. tez was questioned for her
decision to own a Tesla
$200M hack rather than an electric vehi-
Hackers stole around cle from a brand that em-
$200 million from ploys union workers as la-
Hong Kong crypto bor strikes against Detroit
firm Mixin in what re- automakers entered their
searchers say is the 10th day.
largest crypto theft The Democratic Socialist
this year. congresswoman, who has
famously clashed with Tesla
Sources: Reuters, Dow CEO Elon Musk online,
Jones, AP pledged last year to trade in
her Tesla for a union-made
EV, but apparently has not
Follow us on gotten around to it.
“Our [Tesla] was pur-
chased during the pan-
demic . . . before a vaccine
had come out,” the con-
gresswoman who repre-
sents parts of Queens and
The Bronx told CBS News’
@NYPOSTBIZ “Face the Nation” modera-
tor Margaret Brennan on
Sunday.
“So travel between New
York and Washington —
the safest way that we had
determined was [a Tesla]
EV, but that was prior to
some of the new models
coming out on the market
that had the range availa-
ble,” she added.
“We’re actually looking
into trading in our car now.”
Ocasio-Cortez, a sup-
porter of Green New Deal
legislation to combat cli-
mate change, expressed
similar sentiments last
year, telling Bloomberg
News: “At the time [she
bought the Tesla in 2020], it
was the only EV that could
get me from New York to
Washington on like one, or
one-and-a-half charges.”
“I would love to switch.”
If Ocasio-Cortez were to
moving it closer to popular
AI assistants such as Ama-
zon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri.
Separately Monday, Ama-
zon revealed it plans to in-
vest as much as $4 billion in
a generative AI startup
called Anthropic, which the
follow through on her vow e-commerce giant report-
to rid herself of a Tesla in edly hopes will help Alexa
favor of a union-produced keep pace with AI insur-
EV, she would need to opt gents led by ChatGPT and
for either a Chevrolet Bolt, Google’s Bard chatbot.
the Bolt EUV, or the Ford The new ChatGPT fea-
F-150 Lightning pickup tures will be released for
truck. subscribers of its Plus and
In April of last year, Enterprise plans over the
Musk, the world’s richest next two weeks.
person with a net worth In a blog post Monday,
valued by Bloomberg Bil- OpenAI said its new voice
lionaires Index at $228 bil- feature “opens doors to
lion, took to Twitter and many creative and accessi-
playfully pleaded with Oc- bility-focused applications.”
asio-Cortez to “stop hitting Siri, Alexa and Google’s
on me” because he was voice assistant are inte-
“really shy.” grated with the devices
Musk had responded to a
post from Ocasio-Cortez,
they run on and are often
used to set alarms and re-
who wrote about “some bil- minders, and deliver infor-
lionaire with an ego prob- mation off the Internet.
lem” — though she later in- Since its debut last year,
sisted she was talking about ChatGPT has been adopted
Meta Platforms CEO Mark by companies for a wide
Zuckerberg. range of tasks from summa-
azilber@nypost.com rizing documents to writing
computer code.
alyze a complex graph for
work-related data.”
Improved access
In its deal with Anthropic,
Amazon will give the San
Francisco-based company
access to Amazon Web Ser-
vices’ data centers and
homegrown chips to train
its language models and
power other applications.
Most other AI-powered
applications, including
OpenAI’s portfolio of GPT
models and Google’s Bard,
rely on Nvidia’s pricey chips,
with which Anthropic’s co-
founders, brother and sister
Dario and Daniela Amodei,
are likely very familiar as
they both previously held
VP-level positions for
ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
Amazon chief Andy Jassy
added in a statement to The
Post: “We have tremendous
respect for Anthropic’s
team and foundation mod-
els, and believe we can help
improve many customer ex-
periences, short and long-
term, through our deeper
collaboration.” with Wires
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Crown jewels of ‘cubicles’ has paused work on a
$3.5 billion battery plant in
Plenty of workers have been Michigan, citing concerns

puts 58%
coming and going throughout the about its ability to competi-
workday from premier Manhattan tively operate the plant.
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desks daily
to-Work Barometer misses as Tuesday to join a UAW
none of those addresses is picket line in support of
surveyed by the company, striking workers at Detroit’s
Realty Check points out. Big Three automakers.
Republicans in Congress
have been probing Ford’s
battery plant plan in Mar-
STEVE shall, Mich.
“We are pausing work and
CUOZZO limiting spending on con-
struction on the Marshall
project until we’re confident
about our ability to competi-
REALTY CHECK tively operate the plant,”
Ford said Monday, declining

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ees in Big Apple offices than
the most-often-cited “barom-
eter” of attendance would have
you believe.
The Partnership for New York
City released a survey Monday
claiming that 58% of Manhattan
office workers are at their desks
on an average weekday. That’s up
from 52% in late January 2023 and
49% in September 2022.
The latest data is much higher
than that of Kastle Systems’
Back-to-Work Barometer, which
most recently reported “metro”
New York occupancy at 50.1% —
and has usually cited even lower
attendance in its weekly postings.
The Partnership further found
that the “rate of return” to offices
One Bryant Park, 1585 Broadway,
30 Hudson Yards or 787 Seventh
Ave.
But none of those addresses is
surveyed by Kastle, which only
counts entry clicks at locations
where it provides security servi-
ces.
Most Kastle-covered buildings
Companies as diverse as
JPMorgan Chase, Amazon, law
firm Proskauer and software gi-
ant Salesforce have publicly or
quietly warned staff to spend
more days in the office
Get more
this fall — or else.
Yet, some media
outlets continue to
Realty Check at
triggered the decision.
Ford in July forecast a full-
year loss of $4.5 billion on
its electric-vehicle unit —
50% higher than projected
earlier this year — and said
it was slowing its EV pro-
duction ramp-up.
The auto industry is
watching how new rules
around future EV tax credits
zation, it would rather express will be implemented as it
optimism. But Partnership Chief makes investment decisions
Executive Kathryn Wylde has on producing batteries for
never ever sought to sugarcoat their transition to EVs.
the city’s undeniably troub- Reuters
led economic state.
Exec shift
There’s no doubt
that more flexible
work patterns are

was 72% of pre-pandemic levels.
That means offices were, on aver-
age, 72% occupied — a different
metric from the percentage of
workers who go to the office.
Just about anyone who works in
an office noticed a growing de-
gree of remote-work absenteeism
long before the 2020 lockdown.
In fact, prior to the pandemic, the
Partnership explained, Manhat-
tan offices were on average only
80% occupied on any given day
— due to vacations, business
travel and off-site meetings,
among other reasons for absen-
ces.
“So the actual drop-off in office
attendance since 2019 is much
smaller than has been previously
assumed,” the Partnership said.
None of this should surprise
anyone who counts hordes of
comings and goings at such pre-
mier towers as One Vanderbilt,
are a mix of Class A-minus and
Class B locations. Kastle is not on
hand at any but one of the city’s 11
largest commercial landlords —
as we have reported several times
and Kastle has never disputed.
Its “barometer” includes no
data from SL Green, Vornado, Re-
lated Companies, Boston Proper-
ties, Tishman Speyer and the like
— which have higher attendance
than smaller landlords do, be-
cause the big landlords have the
lion’s share of real-estate, finan-
cial and law-firm tenants.
Those industries, the Partner-
ship reported, have the highest
average daily office attendance
respectively — 75%, 65% and
65%.
The notion that vast numbers
of workers now work entirely
from home is a myth: The survey
found that figure is a mere 6%,
down from 10% last January.
credulously cite
Kastle as gospel.
The New York
Times is the chief
NYPOST.COM
offender. But it was
dismaying that an other-
wise fine scoop in The Real
Deal last week about the foreclo-
sure on a six-story building on
West 34th Street cited Kastle’s ri-
diculous claim of office occu-
pancy at just 42.5%.
A Crain’s story about bosses ca-
joling workers back into offices
similarly relied on Kastle without
challenge, although it cited the
more recent 50.1% figure.
Now, the Partnership’s numbers
are hardly infallible. They’re
based on a survey of “more than
140 major Manhattan office em-
ployers” between Aug. 23 and
Sept. 15, although the Partnership
won’t reveal the names.
As a business-advocacy organi-
at Krispy
here to stay. Or
that lots of obso-
lete older buildings
are in trouble. But it
will be a long time be- Krispy Kreme announced
fore the dust settles a change at the top execu-
enough to know what the fu- tive level Monday.
ture actually holds. The doughnut chain
tapped Josh Charlesworth,
Art of a deal its chief operating officer,
to helm the company start-
The historic (circa 1897), six- ing Jan. 1.
story building at 555 W. 25th St. in He succeeds CEO Mich-
the thriving Chelsea gallery dis- ael Tattersfield, who has
trict has landed three new ten- held the role since 2017.
ants. In the deal with the most Tattersfield plans to join
marquee value, global art icon Panera Brands, the owner
Larry Gagosian added to his of Panera Bread and Cari-
Manhattan footprint with a full- bou Coffee, as chairman.
floor office lease for 9,005 square Krispy Kreme reiterated
feet. its financial guidance for
Newmark’s Andrew Sachs and fiscal 2023. The company’s
Neil Goldmacher represented current guidance calls for
Gagosian. The asking rent was revenue to range from
$60 per square foot. $1.65 billion to $1.68 billion.
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It’s No. 1 somewhere for Buffett
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In the week after Jimmy Buffett
died of skin cancer, sales of the
legendary songwriter’s tracks
collectively rose more than
7,000%, according to data from
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
on the Digital Song Sales chart to
an extent he never achieved in
his six-decade career.
He occupied 12 of the 50 spots
on the list in the week ended
messages
buted in 1974, ranked No. 3 after
14,000 sales, and “It’s Five
O’Clock Somewhere” landed in
the sixth spot with 7,000, per
Billboard. The Securities and Ex-

Luminate published by Billboard.
For the tracking week starting
Sept. 1, the day Buffett passed
away at age 76, paid downloads
hit 103,000 in the US, according to
Luminate, buoyed by the singer’s
famed “Margaritaville” track.
Record sales put Buffett (right)
Sept. 7, according to Billboard,
even topping the chart with
“Margaritaville,” which also hit
No. 1 on both the Country and
Rock Digital Song Sales charts
after the singer sold the classic
16,000 times.
“Come Monday,” which de-
“Cheeseburger in Paradise” change Commission has
and “Changes in Latitudes, collected thousands of staff
Changes in Attitudes” also ap- messages from more than a
peared on the list, in spots No. dozen major investment
8 and 10, respectively. companies, escalating its
A live-recorded version of probe into Wall Street’s use
“Brown Eyed Girl” showed up of private-messaging apps,
at No. 48. Shannon Thaler said four people with direct
knowledge of the matter.

DISC-O IS DEAD
Previously, the SEC had
asked the companies to in-
ternally review the messa-
ges in its investigation of
Wall Street’s use of Whats-
App, Signal and other unap-
proved messaging apps to
discuss work.
The two-year crackdown
into potential breaches of
record-keeping rules ini-

Netflix ends era with final DVD mail shipments

tially targeted broker deal-
ers, netting regulators over
$2 billion in fines.
While Reuters and other
media have reported that
By ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD nessmen who wanted to the SEC’s “off-channel”
Nix the envelope please disrupt the DVD rental communication probe has
Netflix will mail its last business by eliminating expanded to investment ad-
DVDs this week in the due dates, late fees and visers, its move to review
company’s signature red monthly rental limits. thousands of their staff
envelopes — finally put- Netflix grew quickly, messages has not previ-
ting an end to the original squashing competitors like ously been reported.
business that jump-started Blockbuster. It marks an escalation of
the streaming behemoth According to the Times, the investigation and raises
25 years ago. at its height, Netflix was the stakes for the compa-
The Los Gatos, Calif., the Postal Service’s fifth- nies and the executives
company, which began largest customer, operat- concerned by exposing
mailing DVDs in 1998 — ing 58 shipping facilities their conduct to SEC scru-
the first movie shipped and 128 shuttle locations, tiny.
was “Beetlejuice” in a allowing Netflix to serve At least 16 firms, includ-
salvo against entrenched 98.5% of its customer base ing Carlyle, Apollo, KKR,
retail giant Blockbuster with one-day delivery. TPG and Blackstone, have
Video — made the an- Aside from the Anaheim disclosed that the SEC is
nouncement in April. plant, there are four others probing their communica-
Netflix — which has in Fremont, Calif.; Trenton, tions.
since become a $170 bil- Streaming giant Netflix, co-founded by Reed Hastings (inset), NJ; Dallas; and Duluth, Ga. The firms did not provide
lion company with Block- is ending what got the company started — mailing Revenue has shrunk to $60 further details and did not
CNBC

buster filing for bank- DVDs of movies in its signature red envelopes. million for the first half of comment. Reuters

ruptcy more than a decade
ago — plans to shutter its
DVD division Friday.
“It’s sad when you get to
the end, because it’s been a
big part of all of our lives
for so long,” Hank Breegg-
emann, general manager of
Netflix’s DVD division
told The New York Times.
“But everything runs its
cycle. We had a great 25-
year run and changed the
entertainment industry,
the way people viewed
movies at home.”
The publication penned
an extensive feature on the
DVD business and its main
distribution plant in Ana-
heim, Calif., which once
processed 1.2 million
DVDs a week and em-
ployed 50 people, generat-
ing millions of dollars.
Now, the plant has just
six employees, as Netflix’s
DVD business has shriv-
eled in the face of its boom-
ing streaming business.
Netflix was the brain-
child of Reed Hastings and
Marc Randolph, two busi-
Deutsche
2023, a fraction of Netflix’s
$6.5 billion in US stream-
ing revenue for the same
period.
Most of about 100 em-
ployees in the DVD unit
will leave the company
fined $25M
this week, the Times Deutsche Bank’s invest-
reported. ment arm agreed to pay $25
million for overstating how

Hunt’s on to bag ‘brown’ Goog law-firm ‘conflict’

Amazon drivers have UPS envy.
After UPS drivers secured a new
labor contract in August, paying up
to $170,000 including benefits,
some Amazon drivers, who earn
just over minimum wage want to
get behind the wheel of a brown
truck.
Searches for UPS driver positions
shot up 50% on job boards, includ-
ing Indeed, shortly after UPS inked
a deal with the powerful Teamsters
union, according to reports.
What’s more, UPS drivers are
boasting about their generous pay
online as part of a campaign by the
Teamsters to organize Amazon
drivers and warehouse workers.
The pay disparity between the
drivers has inspired online memes
poking fun at Amazon drivers as
“broke,” Insider reported.
Amazon didn’t respond to a re-
quest for comment. Lisa Fickenscher
Yelp and a coalition of news orga-
nizations asked a US judge to dis-
qualify a prominent law firm from
defending Google in the Justice De-
partment’s ad-tech lawsuit, saying
the firm has a conflict of interest
because it previously was their ad-
vocate on matters related to the
case.
Yelp and News/Media Alliance,
which are not defendants in the liti-
gation but are targets of Google’s
subpoenas, argue that law firm
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison should be disqualified.
Google has subpoenaed service-
recommendation site Yelp and the
alliance for information to chal-
lenge claims it has abused its mar-
ket dominance for web advertising.
A spokesperson for Paul Weiss
said the “firm’s representation of
Google is appropriate in all re-
spects.” Reuters
it used environmental, so-
cial and governance factors
in its funds, one of the first
cases that questioned ESG
claims by money managers.
The investment arm,
DWS, also settled allega-
tions from the Securities
and Exchange Commission
that it failed to comply with
anti-money-laundering
rules for its mutual funds.
A whistleblower at DWS
raised questions about its
ESG claims in 2021.
DWS didn’t admit or deny
the charges. Dow Jones
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 40 AL Standings Yankees 6, Diamondbacks 4 Astros 5, Mariners 1 MLS Tennis
Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg ATP World Tour Zhuhai
East W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Carroll rf-lf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .288
Altuve 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .311 EAST W L D Pts GF GA
Championships
z-Baltimore 97 59 .622 — — 6-4 W-2 45-30 52-29 Moreno c 4 1 1 1 1 1 .291
Pham dh 5 0 0 0 0 3 .250 Bregman 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Cincinnati 18 4 8 62 50 33
At Hengqin International Tennis
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z-Tampa Bay 95 62 .605 2½ +9 5-5 L-1 53-28 42-34 Walker 1b 3 1 1 0 1 2 .262 Alvarez dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .297
Toronto 87 69 .558 10 +1½ 7-3 W-1 41-34 46-35 Orlando City 14 7 9 51 46 37 Center; Zhuhai, China; Purse:
Thomas cf 5 0 1 2 0 1 .234 Tucker rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .281 $981,785; Surface: Hardcourt
Yankees 79 77 .506 18 6½ 6-4 W-1 42-39 37-38 Gurriel Jr. lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .258 J.Abreu 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .235
Columbus 14 9 7 49 61 42 outdoor; Center (seedings in
Boston 76 80 .487 21 9½ 2-8 L-2 39-40 37-40 McCarthy rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
McCormick lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Philadelphia 14 8 7 49 51 35 parentheses):
Rivera 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262
Central W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Lawlar ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .154 Peña ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .261 Men's Singles - Semifinals
Atlanta 13 8 10 49 61 47 Karen Khachanov (1), Russia, def.
x-Minnesota 83 73 .532 — — 7-3 W-1 45-33 38-40 Marte ph-2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279 Dubón cf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .280
Sebastian Korda (4), United States, 7-
Perdomo 2b-ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .250 New England 13 6 10 49 49 36
Cleveland 74 83 .471 9½ 12 5-5 L-2 41-38 33-45 Maldonado c 3 1 2 1 1 1 .193 5, 6-4.
Detroit 73 83 .468 10 12½ 6-4 W-1 32-43 41-40 Totals 35 4 8 4 4 10 Nashville 12 9 8 44 36 28
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Totals 34 5 9 5 3 10 Yoshihito Nishioka (8), Japan, def.

Chicago 60 96 .385 23 25½ 4-6 W-2 30-45 30-51 Yankees AB R H BI BB SO Avg CF Montréal 11 15 4 37 30 45 Aslan Karatsev, Russia, 6-4, 6-4.
Kansas City 54 102 .346 29 31½ 9-1 W-6 31-47 23-55 LeMahieu 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .245 Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg
WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open
Judge dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .266 Crawford ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .265 NYCFC 8 10 13 37 33 36
West W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Torres 2b 3 2 2 0 1 1 .272 Rodríguez cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .283 At Utsubo Tennis Center; Tokyo;
D.C. United 9 13 9 36 41 44
Texas 88 68 .564 — — 6-4 W-6 50-31 38-37 Wells c 4 2 2 2 0 0 .185
Raleigh c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .233
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Houston 86 71 .548 2½ — 3-7 W-1 39-42 47-29 Volpe ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .207 Red Bulls 8 12 10 34 30 37 outdoor; seedings in parentheses):
Cabrera rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .218 Hernández dh 3 0 0 0 0 3 .263
Seattle 84 72 .538 4 1½ 3-7 L-4 41-34 43-38 Peraza 3b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .201 Chicago 8 12 10 34 34 47
Women's Singles - Round of 32
Kelenic rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 .252 Anhelina Kalinina, Ukraine, def. Ashlyn
Los Angeles 70 87 .446 18½ 16 2-8 L-2 35-41 35-46 Florial cf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .220 Suárez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Charlotte FC 7 10 12 33 36 48 Krueger, United States, 6-3, 6-1.
Oakland 48 108 .308 40 37½ 2-8 L-1 26-55 22-53 Pereira lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .162
T.France 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Kayla Day, United States, def. Moyuka
*WGB: Games behind third-place team in wild-card race; z-clinched playoff berth Totals 31 6 9 6 5 7 Inter Miami CF 9 15 5 32 37 45 Uchijima, Japan, 6-2, 6-2.
Canzone lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .221
Arizona 200 000 110 — 4 8 1 Toronto FC 4 16 10 22 24 48 Cristina Bucsa, Spain, def. Rina Saigo,
Rojas 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .269
Yankees 000 200 13x — 6 9 0 Japan, 6-1, 6-2.
Monday Oakland at Minnesota, 7:40 Totals 28 1 3 1 1 9 WEST W L D Pts GF GA Liudmila Samsonova (7), Russia, def.
Yankees 6, Arizona 4 Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:38 E: Rivera (3). LOB: Arizona 10, New York 7. Tatjana Maria, Germany, 6-0, 6-2.
Houston at Seattle, 10:05 2B: Thomas (17), Rivera (13), Torres (28), Houston 031 001 000 — 5 9 0 St. Louis City SC 16 10 5 53 58 39
Houston 5, Seattle 1 Mai Hontama, Japan, def. Nao Hibino,
Wednesday Pereira (4). HR: Wells (2), off Kelly; Peraza Seattle 000 000 001 — 1 3 0
Texas 5, L.A. Angels 1 Los Angeles FC 12 9 9 45 44 34 Japan, 6-2, 6-4.
(2), off Thompson. RBIs: Thomas 2 (38),
Arizona at White Sox, ppd. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 Moreno (48), Carroll (74), Wells 2 (7), Peraza LOB: Houston 6, Seattle 2. 2B: Alvarez (24), Seattle FC 12 9 9 45 37 31
Arizona at White Sox, 2:10 2 (14), Florial (7), Pereira (8). SB: Florial (2),
Tuesday
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 6:10 Walker (11), Carroll (51). SF: Florial. Runners
Maldonado (12), Rojas (4). 3B: J.Abreu (1).
HR: Alvarez (30), off Castillo; Tucker (29), off
Houston 12 11 7 43 42 35 Transactions
Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:10 left in scoring position: Arizona 6 (Thomas 2, Castillo. RBIs: Dubón (43), Maldonado (35), Real Salt Lake 12 11 7 43 42 45
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 6:10 Gurriel Jr., Moreno 2, Carroll); New York 3 BASEBALL
Washington at Baltimore, 6:35 Altuve (50), Alvarez (96), Tucker (110), Portland 11 11 9 42 41 48 Major League Baseball
Washington at Baltimore, 6:35 (Judge 2, LeMahieu). RISP: Arizona 3 for 9;
Kansas City at Detroit, 6:40 New York 2 for 10.
Rodríguez (101). CS: McCormick (6). SF:
American League
Kansas City at Detroit, 6:40 Vancouver 11 10 8 41 47 43
Oakland at Minnesota, 7:40 Rodríguez. Runners left in scoring position:
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA New York Yankees: Recalled RHP
Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:38 Kelly 5.0 4 2 2 2 5 96 3.38 Houston 2 (Bregman, Tucker); Seattle 0. San Jose 10 10 11 41 36 40
Matt Bowman from Scranton/Wilkes-
Arizona at White Sox, 7:40 Houston at Seattle, 9:40 Saalfrank 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00 RISP: Houston 2 for 6; Seattle 0 for 2.
FC Dallas 10 10 9 39 34 33
Thompson,
Barre (IL). Placed RHP Tommy Kahlne
1.0 2 1 1 0 1 14 0.82 Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
BS, 1-2 Sporting K.C. 10 13 8 38 41 44 on the 15-day IL, retroactive to
NL Standings Ginkel, L, 9-1,
0.2 2 3 3 2 1 30 2.52
Verlander, W,
6-3
8.0 3 1 1 1 8 96 3.57 Minn. United 9 11 10 37 38 40 September 22.
BS, 4-6 National League
B.Abreu 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1.82 Austin FC 9 13 8 35 43 49
East W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away Castro 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4.52 Arizona Diamondbacks: Reinstated
x-Atlanta 100 56 .641 — — 4-6 W-1 48-27 52-29 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA LA Galaxy 8 11 10 34 42 51 RHP Miguel Castro from the paternity
Philadelphia 87 69 .558 13 +5 8-2 W-5 47-31 40-38 Schmidt 4.0 3 2 2 3 3 79 4.65 Castillo, L, 14-8 6.0 8 5 5 1 8 92 3.20 Colorado 4 15 10 22 21 45 list. Optioned RHP Slade Cecconi to
Miami 81 75 .519 19 1 6-4 W-2 46-35 35-40 Weissert 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 28 4.15 Thornton 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2.01 Reno (PCL).
Ramirez 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 5 2.72 Note: 3 pts. for win, 1 for tie
Mets 71 85 .455 29 11 3-7 L-4 39-36 32-49 Hamilton, W,
Saucedo 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 17 3.69
Monday
Cincinnati Reds: Designated SS Kevin
Washington 69 88 .439 31½ 13½ 4-6 L-1 34-47 35-41 3-2
1.2 2 1 1 1 2 29 2.73 Leone 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 33 5.40
LA Galaxy 3, Austin FC 3
Newman for assignment.
Holmes, S, T: 2:21. A: 39,920 (47,929). BASKETBALL
Central W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 15 2.95 Wednesday National Basketball Association
22-25
z-Milwaukee 88 68 .564 — — 6-4 L-2 45-30 43-38 FC Dallas at Philadelphia, 7:30pm
Brooklyn Nets: Waived Gs Jordan Hall
Chicago 82 74 .526 6 — 4-6 W-3 45-36 37-38 T: 3:01. A: 41,096 (47,309). Giants 2, Padres 1 Vancouver at Colorado, 9:30pm
and Keifer Sykes.
Cincinnati 80 77 .510 8½ 2½ 4-6 W-1 38-43 42-34 San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg Saturday Golden State Warriors: Signed F
Pittsburgh 74 82 .474 14 8 6-4 L-1 38-40 36-42 Rangers 5, Angels 1 Bogaerts ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .283 NYCFC at Miami, 7:30pm
Usman Garuba to a two-way contract.
St. Louis 68 88 .436 20 14 3-7 L-1 33-45 35-43 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg Tatis Jr. rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .264 Chicago at Red Bulls, 7:30pm
FOOTBALL
Semien 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .277 Soto lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Philadelphia at Columbus, 7:30pm
West W L Pct. GB *WGB L10 Streak Home Away National Football League
Seager ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Machado dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .255 Charlotte FC at New England, 7:30pm
x-Los Angeles 96 59 .619 — — 8-2 W-2 53-28 43-31 Grossman lf 1 0 0 0 2 0 .241 CF Montréal at Orlando City, 7:30pm Cincinnati Bengals: Promoted TE
Kim 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .264
Arizona 82 74 .526 14½ — 6-4 L-1 43-35 39-39 Carter lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .318 Cincinnati at Toronto FC, 7:30pm Tanner Hudson and QB Reid Sinnett
Choi 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
San Francisco 78 79 .497 19 4½ 3-7 W-1 44-32 34-47 Jung 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Azocar pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 FC Dallas at Houston, 8:30pm from the practice squad to the active
García rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .244 roster.
San Diego 77 80 .490 20 5½ 8-2 L-1 44-37 33-43 Garver dh 3 1 3 1 1 0 .273 Batten 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .267 San Jose at Minnesota, 8:30pm
Colorado 56 99 .361 40 25½ 3-7 L-7 34-40 22-59 Lowe 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .268 Profar ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Seattle FC at Nashville, 8:30pm Cleveland Browns: Signed TE Devin
*WGB: Games behind third-place team in wild-card race Heim c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .261 Grisham cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .197 Sporting K.C. at Saint Louis City SC, 8:30pm Asiasi to the practice squad.
x-clinched division; z-clinched playoff berth Taveras cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Sullivan c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .222 Austin FC at Colorado, 9:30pm Baltimore Ravens: Re-signed QB Josh
Totals 34 5 9 4 6 3 Totals 33 1 9 1 0 7 Portland at LA Galaxy, 10:30pm Johnson. Placed WR Tylan Wallace on
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg D.C. United at Vancouver, 10:30pm injured reserve.
Monday St. Louis at Milwaukee, 7:40 Schanuel 1b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .284
San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg
Sunda Indianapolis Colts: Released CB Chris
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40, 2nd Escobar 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Slater cf 3 0 3 0 0 0 .258
Yankees 6, Arizona 4 Estrada 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Salt Lake at Los Angeles FC, 8pm Lammons then signed him to the
game Neto ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223
San Francisco 2, San Diego 1 Drury dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .256 Matos lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Wednesday, October 4 practice squad.
San Diego at San Francisco, 9:45
Arizona at White Sox, ppd. Moustakas 3b-1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Yastrzemski ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Red Bulls at Cincinnati, 7:30pm Los Angeles Rams: Promoted RB
Wednesday Royce Freeman and WR Austin
Tuesday O'Hoppe c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .228 Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Toronto FC at Charlotte FC, 7:30pm
Miami at Mets, 7:10 Grichuk lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .218 Wade Jr. ph-1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262 Houston at CF Montréal, 7:30pm Trammell from the practice squad to
Miami at Mets, 7:10 Arizona at White Sox, 2:10 Adell cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .231
Luciano ss 2 1 1 0 2 0 .320 Columbus at New England, 7:30pm the active roster.
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 3:10, 1st Cincinnati at Cleveland, 6:10 Walsh rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .133
Haniger dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 .207
Stefanic 2b 3 0 3 0 0 0 .313 Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:30pm Philadelphia Eagles: Promoted P
game Washington at Baltimore, 6:35 Pederson ph-dh 0 1 0 0 1 0 .243 D.C. United at Austin FC, 8:30pm
Totals 34 1 8 1 0 9 Braden Mann and WR Devon Allen
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 6:10 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:40 Bailey c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241 Miami at Chicago, 8:30pm from the practice squad to the active
Washington at Baltimore, 6:35 Cubs at Atlanta, 7:20 Texas 000 003 110 — 5 9 0 Ramos rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .204 Colorado at FC Dallas, 8:30pm
Los Angeles 010 000 000 — 1 8 0 roster.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:40 St. Louis at Milwaukee, 7:40 Conforto ph-lf 1 0 1 2 0 0 .243 Orlando City at Nashville, 8:30pm Tampa Bay Buccanneers: Promoted
Cubs at Atlanta, 7:20 L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 LOB: Texas 8, Los Angeles 6. 2B: Schanuel (3). Fitzgerald 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Minnesota at Los Angeles FC, 10:30pm
HR: García (36), off Herget; Garver (18), off LB J.J. Russell and DT Deadrin Senat
Arizona at White Sox, 7:40 San Diego at San Francisco, 9:45 Totals 31 2 7 2 4 7 LA Galaxy at Seattle FC, 10:30pm
Herget; Lowe (16), off Herget; Semien (27), off from the practice squad to the active
Saint Louis City SC at Vancouver, 10:30pm
Barría; O'Hoppe (13), off Gray. RBIs: García San Diego 100 000 000 — 1 9 0 roster.
Puzzles on Page 34 (103), Garver (49), Lowe (80), Semien (97), San Francisco 000 000 02x — 2 7 0 Tennessee Titans: Signed S Dane
O'Hoppe (27). CS: Stefanic (1). Runners left in
scoring position: Texas 4 (Taveras 3, Semien); LOB: San Diego 6, San Francisco 10. 2B: Tatis Soccer Cruikshank to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
Jr. (33), Slater (7), Luciano (2). RBIs:
3 8 5 6 4 7 9 1 2 7 5 6 3 2 4 9 1 8 Los Angeles 3 (Escobar 2, Moustakas). RISP: English League Championship
Texas 0 for 6; Los Angeles 1 for 6. Machado (89), Conforto 2 (56). Runners left National Hockey League
1 4 6 9 2 8 3 7 5 4 3 1 9 8 7 6 2 5 Coventry City 1, Huddersfield Town 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA in scoring position: San Diego 1 (Profar); Portugese Primeira Liga Detroit Red Wings: Released C
2 9 7 3 5 1 6 4 8 8 2 9 6 5 1 7 4 3 Gray, W, 8-8 6.0 5 1 1 0 7 81 4.22 San Francisco 5 (Bailey, Ramos, Davis, Sprting CP 2, Rio Ave 0 Cameron Hillis from a professional
Hernández, Fitzgerald, Matos). RISP: San Diego 1 for 7; Saudi King’s Cup tryout contract (PTO).
6 3 1 4 8 2 5 9 7 2 6 7 1 9 8 3 5 4 H, 9
1.2 3 0 0 0 2 26 6.04
San Francisco 1 for 9. Al Hilal 1, Al Jabalain 0 Minnesota Wild: Assigned G Hunter
5 2 4 7 3 9 1 8 6 9 1 4 5 6 3 2 8 7 Heaney 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 22 4.35 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Al Najma 2, Al Read 1
Damac 2, Al Qaisumah 1 Jones to Iowa (AHL). Released G
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Snell 6.0 4 0 0 2 7 100 2.25
9 7 8 1 6 5 4 2 3 5 8 3 7 4 2 1 9 6 Sandoval 3.0 2 0 0 5 2 65 4.11 Cosgrove, H, 6 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 12 1.85
Al Nassr 5, Ohod 1 Peyton Jones from a professional
Turkish Super Lig tryout contract (PTO).
4 5 2 8 1 3 7 6 9 6 7 8 2 1 5 4 3 9 Suarez 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 25 8.51 Suarez, L, 4-3, Hatayspor 3, Trabzonspor 2
Herget, L, 2-4, 1.1 2 2 2 2 0 35 4.21 New York Rangers: Assigned G Talyn
8 1 9 5 7 6 2 3 4 1 9 5 4 3 6 8 7 2 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 19 4.50 BS, 0-3 Greek Super League
BS, 0-4 AEK Athens 2, Panathinaikos 1
Boyko to Hartford (AHL).
7 6 3 2 9 4 8 5 1 3 4 2 8 7 9 5 6 1 Barría 2.0 4 2 2 1 0 41 5.68 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Vancouver Canucks: Signed G Ty
Spanish LaLiga 2
Fulmer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12 5.40 Webb, W, 10-13 9.0 9 1 1 0 7 110 3.35 Racing Ferrol 1, Real Zaragosa 0 Young to a three-year, entry-level
Solution to Very Easy #6,317 Solution to Difficult #6,107
T: 2:41. A: 25,208 (45,517). T: 2:23. A: 28,557 (41,915). Tenerife 1, Espanyol 0 contract.
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NFL Eagles 25, Buccaneers 11 Yonkers Entries for Tuesday SPORTS SHORTS
Philadelphia 3 10 9 3 — 25 FIRST: 1 Mile $22,000 FM50000CLM; PACE 5 Miki Rose (DDube) 7-2-1 0-0
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East W L T Pct. PF PA
Tampa Bay 0 3 0 8 — 11 1 Chuppah On (MKakaley) 3-3-2 0-0 6 Purameri
7 Idealinfun
(MKakaley) 8-1-4 0-0
(JBartlett) 7-3-2 0-0
NCAA: Georgia stays No. 1 in crowded Top 25
2 AcefourtyfourAlex (BHollnd) 4-6-7 0-0

New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Miami 3 0 0 1.000 130 71 First Quarter 3 ShecouldbegoodN (BHolland) 5-3-2 0-0 8 Heavenissofarawy (GBrennn) 1-3-6 0-0 Georgia remains a clear No. 1 in the AP Top 25. The two-
Phi: FG Elliott 36, 3:05. 4 Lady Newton (JStratton) 3-3-6 0-0 SEVENTH: 1 Mile $14,000 FM20000CLM; PACE
time defending national champions have not budged since
Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 91 35
Second Quarter 5 Shecandance N (JBartlett) 6-4-2 0-0 1 Betting Hannah (TMerton) 6-1-1 0-0
Jets 1 2 0 .333 42 61 6 Belladonna Girl A (JBartlett) 1-2-3 0-0 2 Feelin Red Hot (MKakaley) 1-1-5 0-0 last season, a streak of 15 straight polls. The Bulldogs re-
Tb: FG McLaughlin 33, 8:33.
New England 1 2 0 .333 52 59 Phi: Zaccheaus 34 pass from Hurts
7 Phenom Seelster (JStratton) 5-5-6 0-0 3 Diamondtoothgertie(BHllnd) 8-5-1 0-0 ceived 55 first-place votes this week. Five other teams
8 Better DoubleFlip (GBrennan) 3-3-4 0-0
(Elliott kick), 3:32.
4 Magical Mistress (BHolland) 5-6-3 0-0 split the remaining eight first-place votes. No. 2 Michigan
South W L T Pct. PF PA SECOND: 1 Mile $18,000 NW10000L5; PACE 5 Tuapeka Jessie N(GBrennan) 3-6-3 0-0
Phi: FG Elliott 38, :00. 1 Never Say Never N (DDube) 7-7-5 0-0 6 Pray The Rosary (JMarohn) 4-5-7 0-0 got one; No. 3 Texas two; No. 4 Ohio State had one; No. 5
Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 74 70 7 Littlebearcat (JBartlett) 3-4-6 0-0 Florida State got three; and No. 7 Washington one. That’s
Third Quarter 2 Fearful Intent (GBrennan) 2-8-6 0-0
Houston 1 2 0 .333 66 73 Phi: Hurts 1 run (Elliott kick), 9:12. 3 Samhara N (JBartlett) 6-6-4 0-0 8 Lincoln's Girl N(ASiegelman) 4-8-6 0-0 the most teams with a first-place vote during the regular
Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 57 75 4 Seth Hanover (ASiegelman) 6-2-7 0-0 EIGHTH: 1 Mile $25,000 NW20000L5; PACE
Phi: safety, 3:40.
5 Betterrock (JBartlett) 3-6-5 0-0 1 Red Right Hand (JStratton) 8-6-5 0-0
season since November 2015.
Tennessee 1 2 0 .333 45 67 Fourth Quarter 6 Ideal Funding N (GBrennan) 7-6-5 0-0 2 Itsallaboutfaith N (TBA) 3-6-7 0-0  Mel Tucker’s attorney said Monday that Michigan
North W L T Pct. PF PA
Phi: FG Elliott 26, 13:28. 7 Family Recipe (JBartlett) 3-4-5 0-0 3 Hazeville (TBA) 4-3-5 0-0 State does not have cause to fire its suspended football
Tb: M.Evans 1 pass from Mayfield 8 Rolling With Sam (TButer) 4-5-4 0-0 4 Hammering Hank (MKakaley) 2-2-1 0-0 coach after Tucker acknowledged having phone sex with an
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 71 55 (Godwin pass from Mayfield), THIRD: 1 Mile $18,000 CHGNW4PM; PACE 5 PoseidonSeelster (GBrennan) 5-10-6 0-0
9:22. 6 P L Ozzy (JBartlett) 7-8-3 0-0 activist and rape survivor because he did not “engage in un-
Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 73 32 1 Laz (JStratton) 1-3-9 0-0
Phi TB 2 Hunting Zone (JMarohn) 3-4-5 0-0 7 I'll Drink To That (TButer) 4-1-1 0-0 professional or unethical behavior” or violate his contract.
Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 56 70
First downs ...................... 27 12 3 Coaches Corner (JBartlett) 1-1-3 0-0 8 Buddy Hill (MKakaley) 5-6-3 0-0 Attorney Jennifer Belveal denied in a statement that
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 46 67 Total Net Yards ............. 472 174 4 Hurrikane Hunter (DDube) 7-7-5 0-0 NINTH: 1 Mile $20,000 CHGNW7PM; PACE
Tucker’s actions were acts of moral turpitude — “by any
5 CenturyInspectr (ASegelmn) 4-1-2 0-0 1 StrengthandhonorN (BHllnd) 5-5-2 0-0
West W L T Pct. PF PA Rushes-yards ........... 40-201 17-41 6 Silk Road (GBrennan) 6-1-2 0-0 stretch of the imagination” — at the university that oper-
2 ChurchviewfrnklIr(GBrennn) 3-3-1 0-0
Passing ........................... 271 133 7 Counter Offer (MWhelan) 3-4-7 0-0 3 Ontop Rainman (MWhelan) 6-7-4 0-0 ates in the shadow of Larry Nassar’s abuse of more than
Kansas City 2 1 0 .667 78 40 Punt Returns ................ 3-81 0-0
L.A. Chargers 1 2 0 .333 86 87 Kickoff Returns ............ 2-47 0-0
FOURTH: 1 Mile $16,000 CHGNW2PM; PACE 4 Rock The Belles (MKakaley) 6-1-1 0-0 100 athletes. Belveal also cited Tucker’s “serious medical
1 Knockin Out (JStratton) 3-1-3 0-0 5 Bet A Bundle (DDube) 8-2-4 0-0
Las Vegas 1 2 0 .333 45 77 Interceptions Ret. .......... 1-0 2-26 2 Money Exchange (JBartlett) 5-4-6 0-0 6 Lous The Attitude (JBartlett) 8-7-8 0-0 condition” in stating that the embattled coach reserves his
Denver 0 3 0 .000 69 122 Comp-Att-Int ........... 23-37-2 15-25-1 3 Yankee Clout (MWhelan) 4-6-5 0-0 7 Frozen Hanover (PLachance) 7-3-2 0-0 right to fully respond to the university’s planned firing
Sacked-Yards Lost ......... 1-6 2-13 4 Just Call Me Art (JBartlett) 3-6-6 0-0 8 Tuffenuftowearpink (JStrttn) 8-2-6 0-0 when he’s medically cleared.

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE Punts .......................... 1-38.0 4-57.5 5 Cleveland BMiki(PLachance) 2-7-4 0-0 TENTH: 1 Mile $21,000 NW15000L5; PACE
East W L T Pct. PF PA Fumbles-Lost ................. 0-0 2-1 6 Boom Town Boy (JMarohn) 5-2-5 0-0
7 Instant Replay (JBartlett) 6-1-9 0-0
1 Shakespeare (ASiegelman) 4-7-2 0-0 ETC: IndyCar making its return to Milwaukee
2 Caughtinalandslide (JStrattn) 5-8-5 0-0
Philadelphia 3 0 0 1.000 84 59 Penalties-Yards ........... 3-20 4-20
Time of Possession .... 38:55 21:05
8 Best Bettor (BHolland) 6-7-3 0-0 3 Jimmy Connor B (GBrennan) 8-1-7 0-0 IndyCar will return to the Milwaukee Mile next season
Dallas 2 1 0 .667 86 38 FIFTH: 1 Mile $21,000 NW15000L5; PACE 4 Gamblingterror (BHolland) 2-4-5 0-0 and Texas Motor Speedway is off the calendar for the first
Individual Statistics 1 Random Hanover (JMarohn) 7-1-1 0-0 5 Jahan Hanover (JBartlett) 4-4-5 0-0
Washington 2 1 0 .667 58 86 2 Juddy Douglas A (JBartlett) 2-6-6 0-0 6 ThinkbigDreambig (JMarohn) 4-7-1 0-0 time since 1997 as part of the 2024 schedule released
Rushing: Philadelphia, Swift 16-130,
Giants 1 2 0 .333 43 98 Gainwell 14-43, Hurts 10-28. Tampa 3 Seven Hundred (JBartlett) 2-2-1 0-0 7 Orlando Blue A (BHolland) 6-5-1 0-0 Monday. The 17-race schedule features two Saturday night
South W L T Pct. PF PA Bay, R.White 14-38, Mayfield 1-2,
4 Phoenix Of Fluzzy (TButer) 6-3-1 0-0 8 Ignatius A (JStratton) 1-7-5 0-0 races, a $1 million all-star race in Southern California, 12
5 MyUltimateByrnA (GBrennn) 7-4-4 0-0 ELEVENTH: 1 Mile $14,000 FM20000CLM; PACE
Tucker 2-1. 6 Chantee (PLachance) 1-1-6 0-0 races aired on NBC and a shift of the season finale from
Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 55 54 1 Wildcat Antonia (GBrennan) 2-4-4 0-0
Passing: Philadelphia, Hurts 23-37- 7 Nvrpoptdaplugs (GBrennan) 4-1-1 0-0 2 Shortys Girl (ASiegelman) 5-7-2 0-0 the Laguna Seca road course in California to the down-
New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 53 50 2-277. Tampa Bay, Mayfield 15-25- 8 Wichita Lineman (JBartlett) 1-2-5 0-0 3 Truly (JStratton) 5-5-1 0-0 town city streets of Nashville.
1-146.
Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 58 59
Receiving: Philadelphia, A.Brown 9-
SIXTH: 1 Mile $22,000 FM50000CLM; PACE
1 Miki The Clown (GBrennan) 1-1-8 0-0
4 Shotgun Persuasion (TButer) 1-6-3 0-0
5 Fromakingtoaqeen (MKkley) 6-3-5 0-0
 Homophobic chanting by sections of Paris Saint-Ger-
Carolina 0 3 0 .000 54 81 main fans targeting Marseille players has again marred
131, Goedert 5-41, D.Smith 4-28, 2 Sale El Sol (JBartlett) 5-2-3 0-0 6 Lookatmyart (JBartlett) 8-4-5 0-0
North W L T Pct. PF PA Zaccheaus 2-58, Swift 1-8, Stoll 1-6, 3 Trafalgar (GBrennan) 2-7-1 0-0 7 Sweet Sandy Lou (JStratton) 3-5-3 0-0 the biggest game in French football, prompting calls for
Detroit 2 1 0 .667 72 63 Gainwell 1-5. Tampa Bay, Evans 5-60, 4 Bolt Of Beauty (JStratton) 2-6-1 0-0 8 Bettorshighlight N (BHolland) 1-5-4 0-0 sanctions. Olivier Klein, the inter-ministerial delegate
Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 80 62
Godwin 3-32, R.White 3-24, Thompkins for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT
Chicago 0 3 0 .000 47 106
2-6, Otton 1-16, Palmer 1-8. Yonkers Results hatred (DILCRAH), posted a video on Monday of PSG
supporters using insulting homophobic slurs aimed at
Minnesota 0 3 0 .000 69 82 1 Cold Creek Felipe (M Kakaley) 2.80
Bengals 19, Rams 16 FIRST-1-mile pace; 30000clm; purse
• Exacta (2/8) $135.50 • Triple (2/8/1) $649.00
their Marseille rivals.
$18,000
West W L T Pct. PF PA
L.A. Rams 3 3 3 7 — 16 TRACK: CONDITION-GD OFF: 7:05 TIME- • $.10 Superfecta (2/8/1/5) $968.90 • $1 Pick PSG won the game at the Parc des Princes, 4-0.
San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 90 42 Cincinnati 0 6 10 3 — 19 26.4; 56.3; 1:25.0; 1:53.2 3 (5/5/2) $4.95
SEVENTH-1-mile pace; nw30000l5; purse
Seattle 2 1 0 .667 87 88
First Quarter
5 Islndspclmjor(BHllnd) 4.70 3.10 2.20
2 Hudson Phil (G Brennan) 3.50 2.20 $30,000 NHL Preseason WNBA Playoffs
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 72 67 Lar: FG Maher 30, 8:22. 3 Arrhythmic Surge (A Siegelman) 2.30 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 9:21 TIME- Monday Semifinals: Best-of-five
L.A. Rams 1 2 0 .333 69 62 Second Quarter • Exacta (5/2) $5.80 • Triple (5/2/3) $10.30 • 26.4; 56.3; 1:25.0; 1:53.0 Devils, 6, Philadelphia 0 x-if necessary
$.10 Superfecta (5/2/3/4) $2.87 5 AnthrmstrpcN(JBrtltt) 2.90 2.10 2.10 Devils 4, Montreal 2 No. 3. Connecticut Sun vs. No. 2 Liberty
Week 3- Thursday Cin: FG McPherson 49, 12:55. Scr: Decoy. 2 AmercanDealerN(MKakley) 2.80 2.10 Florida 5, Nashville 0 Connecticut leads series 1-0
San Francisco 30, Giants 12 Lar: FG Maher 23, 9:49. SECOND-1-mile pace; nw30000l5; purse 3 Ozone Blue Chip (J Stratton) 4.00
Game 1: Sun 78, Liberty 63
Florida 5, Nashville 2
Cin: FG McPherson 53, :00. $30,000 • Exacta (5/2) $3.70 • Triple (5/2/3) $14.20 • Game 2: Tue.: at Liberty, 8 p.m.
Sunday $.10 Superfecta (5/2/3/6) $7.47
Ottawa 4, Toronto 3, OT
Third Quarter TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:26 TIME- Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 0 Game 3: Fri.: Liberty at Sun, 7:30pm
New England 15, Jets 10 Lar: FG Maher 42, 10:37. 28.1; 57.3; 1:25.1; 1:54.0 EIGHTH-1-mile pace; open hdp; purse x-Game 4: Oct. 1: Liberty at Sun, 3pm
Colorado 2, Vegas 1
Buffalo 37, Washington 3 Cin: Mixon 14 run (McPherson kick), 3 Lou'sSwetrvng(TButr) 4.30 2.40 2.10 $36,000 x-Game 5: Oct. 3: Sun at Liberty, TBD
Seattle 5, Calgary 3
Cleveland 27, Tennessee 3 6 OakwoodntowntIr(MKkley) 9.60 4.10 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 9:42 TIME- No. 4. Dallas Wings vs. No. 1. Las Vegas Aces
5:34. Calgary 3, Seattle 2, SO
Detroit 20, Atlanta 6 1 Delightful Dude N (J Stratton) 3.40 27.2; 56.3; 1:25.0; 1:52.3 Las Vegas leads series, 1-0.
Cin: FG McPherson 48, 3:09. 7 CoverdBrdg(JStrtton) 5.80 4.00 2.60 Tuesday
Green Bay 18, New Orleans 17 • Exacta (3/6) $21.60 • Triple (3/6/1) $39.25 • Islanders at Rangers, 7pm
Game 1: Sun.: Aces 97, Wings 83
Fourth Quarter $.10 Superfecta (3/6/1/2) $10.70 • Daily 4 Leonidas A (A Siegelman) 3.70 2.20 Game 2: Tue.: Wings at Aces, 10 p.m.
Houston 37, Jacksonville 17 Cin: FG McPherson 54, 7:13. double (5/3) $5.10 3 Whats Stanley Got A (M Kakaley) 3.50 Boston at Buffalo, 7pm Game 3: Fri.: Aces at Wings, 9:30pm
Indianapolis 22, Baltimore 19, OT Lar: Atwell 1 pass from Stafford THIRD-1-mile pace; 3-5yo50/75; purse • Exacta (7/4) $11.50 • Triple (7/4/3) $42.50 • Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7pm x-Game 4: Oct. 1: Aces at Wings, TBD
L.A. Chargers 28, Minnesota 24 $.10 Superfecta (7/4/3/6) $19.50 • $1 Pick 3 Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7pm x- Game 5: Oct. 3: Wings at Aces, TBD
(Maher kick), 1:03. $24,000
LAR Cin (2/5/1,7) $18.30 Columbus at St. Louis, 8pm
Miami 70, Denver 20 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 7:50 TIME- Scr: Nandolo N. Minnesota at Dallas, 8pm
Seattle 37, Carolina 27 First downs ...................... 15 19 27.3; 57.1; 1:25.2; 1:54.1
Arizona 28, Dallas 16 Total Net Yards ............. 292 309 7 Certifiable (J Bartlett) 5.60 3.50 2.70
NINTH-1-mile pace; nw30001l5; purse
$30,000
Anaheim at San Jose, 10pm CFL
Rushes-yards ............. 13-71 23-67 5 Fulsome (A Siegelman) 6.70 3.60 Wednesday
Kansas City 41, Chicago 10 TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 10:05 TIME- East Division
Passing ........................... 221 242 2 He's Special (G Brennan) 2.40 Philadelphia at Islanders, 7pm W L T Pct PF PA
Pittsburgh 23, Las Vegas 18 27.3; 56.2; 1:24.0; 1:51.4
Punt Returns .................. 1-3 4-45 • Exacta (7/5) $23.00 • Triple (7/5/2) $85.75 • Buffalo vs. Toronto at Joe Thornton y-Toronto 12 1 0 .923 438 275
Monday $.10 Superfecta (7/5/2/1) $48.40
1 IdlsommgcA(JStrtton) 3.50 2.50 2.10
Community Centre, 6:30pm Montreal 7 7 0 .500 324 333
Kickoff Returns ............ 1-16 0-0 3 Sonny Weaver N (T Buter) 7.00 2.80
Florida at Carolina, 7pm
Philadelphia 25, Tampa Bay 11 FOURTH-1-mile pace; 50000clm; purse 4 Sporty M Three (G Brennan) 2.10 Hamilton 6 8 0 .428 298 377
Interceptions Ret. .......... 1-0 2-0 $22,000 Ottawa at Montreal, 7pm Ottawa 4 10 0 .286 348 379
Cincinnati 19, L.A. Rams 16 • Exacta (1/3) $8.30 • Triple (1/3/4) $17.40 •
Comp-Att-Int ........... 18-33-2 26-49-1 Calgary at Winnipeg, 8pm
Week 4- Thursday TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:12 TIME- $.10 Superfecta (1/3/4/2) $6.55 • $1 Pick 3 West Division
Sacked-Yards Lost ....... 6-48 2-17 27.3; 57.2; 1:25.2; 1:53.1 (5/1,7/1) $13.50 • $.50 Pick 5 (5/2/5/1,7/1) Tampa Bay at Nashville, 8pm W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit at Green Bay, 8:15pm Punts .......................... 6-51.0 5-42.0 5 Deetzy (J Bartlett) 2.70 2.30 2.10 $89.75 Vancouver at Edmonton, 9pm x-Winnipeg 10 4 0 .714 448 292
Sunday Fumbles-Lost ................. 0-0 0-0 4 Pointomygranson (D Dube) 4.70 4.10 TENTH-1-mile pace; nw7500l5; purse Los Angeles at Vegas, 10pm x-BC 10 4 0 .714387 308
Penalties-Yards ........... 4-28 7-49 3 King James Express (B Holland) 3.80 San Jose at Anaheim, 10pm Saskatchewan 6 8 0 .429303 425
Kansas City at Jets, 8:20pm $14,000
Calgary 4 10 0 .286317 378
Atlanta vs Jacksonville at London, Time of Possession .... 54:32 36:00 • Exacta (5/4) $13.70 • Triple (5/4/3) $52.50 • TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 10:26 TIME- Thursday
$.10 Superfecta (5/4/3/2) $15.35 • $1 Pick 3 Edmonton 4 11 0 .267309 402
GBR, 9:30 a.m. 27.3; 56.4; 1:24.3; 1:53.4 Devils at Rangers, 7pm
Individual Statistics (3/7/5) $6.30 • $1 Pick 4 (1,5/3/7/5) $17.80 5 SlbotHnover(MKkley) 5.70 3.50 3.00 Week 17: x-clinched playoff berth;
Baltimore at Cleveland, 1pm Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7pm
Rushing: L.A. Rams, K.Williams 10-38, FIFTH-1-mile pace; 40000clm; purse 2 Copper Teen (J Bartlett) 6.50 3.70 y-clinched division
Detroit at Washington, 7pm
Cincinnati at Tennessee, 1pm Atwell 1-22, Stafford 1-7, Jefferson 1- $20,000 6 Air Force Hanover (D Dube) 3.20 Friday
Colorado at Minnesota, 8pm
Denver at Chicago, 1pm 4. Cincinnati, Mixon 19-65, T.Williams TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:37 TIME- • Exacta (5/2) $10.00 • Triple (5/2/6) $34.00 • Toronto at Winnipeg, 8pm
St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30pm
L.A. Rams at Indianapolis, 1pm 1-4, Burrow 3-(minus 2). 27.4; 57.1; 1:26.0; 1:54.2 $.10 Superfecta (5/2/6/8) $49.90 Saskatchewan at BC, 10:30pm
Vancouver at Seattle, 10pm Saturday
Miami at Buffalo, 1pm Passing: L.A. Rams, Stafford 18-33- 5 BllrtBomrng(GBrnnn) 4.90 3.30 3.00 ELEVENTH-1-mile pace; nw15000l5; purse
2-269. Cincinnati, Burrow 26-49-1- 3 Won Last Feeling(JMarohn) 8.40 5.40 $21,000 Montreal at Ottawa, 4pm
Minnesota at Carolina, 1pm
Pittsburgh at Houston, 1pm 259.
Receiving: L.A. Rams, Nacua 5-72,
6 Alotbettor N (T Buter) 5.70
• Exacta (5/3) $18.20 • Triple (5/3/6) $139.00
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 10:46 TIME-
28.3; 59.1; 1:27.2; 1:55.1
PGA Tour Schedule Calgary at Hamilton, 7pm

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1pm

Washington at Philadelphia, 1pm
Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers, 4:05pm
Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25pm
New England at Dallas, 4:25pm
Monday, Oct. 2
Seattle at Giants, 8:15pm
Higbee 5-71, Atwell 4-50, K.Williams 2-
27, Jefferson 1-46, Skowronek 1-3.
Cincinnati, Chase 12-141, Boyd 5-39,
Hudson 2-30, Higgins 2-21, Wilcox 2-10,
D.Sample 1-7, C.Jones 1-6, Mixon 1-5.
Missed Field Goals: Cincinnati,
McPherson 56.
• $.10 Superfecta (5/3/6/2) $49.70 • $1 Pick 3 2 TheRelOne(PLchnce) 8.40 3.90 2.10 Sept. 29-Oct. 1 — Ryder Cup, Rome
(7/5/5) $7.00
SIXTH-1-mile pace; 3-5yo30clm; purse
1 Yorokobi N (A Siegelman) 3.90 2.10 Oct. 5-8 — Sanderson Farms F1 Schedule
4 Cyrus N (J Bartlett) 2.10
$18,000 • Exacta (2/1) $12.20 • Triple (2/1/4) $24.00 • Championship, Jackson, Miss. Oct. 8 — Qatar Grand Prix, Doha, Qatar.
Oct. 12-15 — Shriners Children's Open,
TRACK: CONDITION-FT OFF: 8:58 TIME- $.10 Superfecta (2/1/4/3) $14.52 • Late double Oct. 22 — US Grand Prix, Austin, Texas.
27.3; 57.0; 1:26.1; 1:55.0 (5/2) $12.50 • $1 Pick 3 (1/5/2) $19.80 • $1 Las Vegas Oct. 29 — Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico City.
2 Twig (G Brennan) 2.90 2.20 2.10 Pick 4 (1,7/1/5/2) $77.00 Oct. 19-22 — ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Nov. 5 — Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao
8 Up The Creek (T Buter) 39.60 12.80 Total Handle-$475,400. Chiba, Japan Paulo.
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Powered by College Football By SEAN TREPPEDI Garrett hasn’t allowed a run in two
Thursday actionnetwork.com consecutive starts that each featured
Favorite PTS (O/U) Underdog seven strikeouts and lasted for six
Tulsa 3.5 (54.5) TEMPLE It’s crunch time for the Marlins, who innings. He’s been Miami’s most reliable
Updated lines at BetMGM.com W. KENTUCKY 5.5 (60.5) Mid. Tenn. St. starting pitcher at 9-6 with a 1.14 WHIP
reside one game outside of a playoff spot
Jacksonville with six left in their season. The Mets and a 3.53 ERA.
NFL Week 4 State 6.5 (36.5) SAM HOUSTON
STATE are eliminated from postseason We’re looking at two top-heavy lineups
Thursday Friday contention but are 7-3 against Miami. trending south in team OPS (Mets .724,
Favorite PTS (O/U) Underdog Louisville 3.5 (54.5) NC STATE The Amazin’s Joey Lucchesi and Miami’s Marlins .723). Neither team is hitting
Lions 1.5 (45.5) PACKERS OREGON STATE 3 (44.5) Utah Braxton Garrett will meet in a rematch of exceptionally well when facing each
Sunday the Marlins’ 4-3 victory last week. other at Citi Field this year, as both are
UTEP 1 (52.5) Louisiana Tech Lucchesi has been steady for the Mets batting .235 or worse. This duel of lefties
Chiefs 9.5 (42.5) JETS BYU 2.5 (50.5) Cincinnati since returning from Tommy John cashed on the Under last week. I’m
*Jaguars 3 (43.5) Falcons Saturday surgery this season. He’s maintaining a expecting another diligent game.
BILLS 2.5 (53.5) Dolphins Penn State 26.5 (45.5) N’WESTERN 2.88 ERA in eight starts. Since his latest THE PLAY: Marlins-Mets Under 8
Broncos 3.5 (45.5) BEARS Usc 21.5 (73.5) COLORADO call-up, he’s allowed two earned runs in runs.
KENTUCKY 3 (46.5) Florida 12 2/3 innings for a 1.42 ERA — including Sean Treppedi handicaps baseball for
BROWNS 2.5 (41.5) Ravens striking out five against Miami. Action Network.
TITANS 1 (42.5) Bengals Texas A&M 6.5 (55.5) ARKANSAS
COLTS 1 (45) Rams Utah State 5.5 (51.5) UCONN
Clemson 7 (52.5) SYRACUSE
SAINTS 3 (40.5) Buccaneers
TULANE 21.5 (57.5) Uab Pitching Form
EAGLES 7 (44.5) Commanders
JAMES MADISON 3 (51.5) South Alabama (Game time) 2023 '23 vs OPP CAREER LAST 3 STARTS
Vikings 3.5 (45.5) PANTHERS AKRON 2.5 (56.5) Buffalo
W-L ERA *REC W-L ERA vs OPP W-L IP ERA
Steelers 3 (40.5) TEXANS Yankees King (R) 4-7 2.66 2-5 0-1 1.69 2-2 0-2 16.2 1.62
C. MICHIGAN 7.5 (47.5) E. Michigan Blue Jays Gausman (R) (7:07pm) 12-9 3.29 16-14 2-0 0.90 10-7 2-1 18.2 2.41
CHARGERS 5.5 (47.5) Raiders BOSTON Marlins Garrett (L) 9-6 3.53 21-8 0-0 2.63 0-1 1-1 15.2 0.57
COWBOYS 7 (42.5) Patriots COLLEGE 3 (55.5) Virginia Mets Lucchesi (L) (7:10pm) 3-0 2.88 4-4 0-0 3.18 1-0 2-0 18.1 0.98
Reds Greene (R) 4-6 4.24 8-12 0-0 0.00 0-0 1-0 18.2 1.93
49ERS 14 (44.5) Cardinals Miami (Ohio) 15.5 (50.5) KENT STATE Guardians Giolito (R) (6:10pm) 8-14 4.60 9-22 0-1 1.50 0-1 1-2 19.1 2.33
*London, England CALIFORNIA 12 (50.5) Arizona State Nationals TBD — — — — — — — — —
Monday Georgia 14.5 (47.5) AUBURN Orioles Bradish (R) (6:35pm) 11-7 3.01 18-10 1-0 0.00 1-0 1-1 19.0 2.84
Michigan 17.5 (40) NEBRASKA D'Backs Davies (R) 2-5 6.81 9-8 0-0 3.18 0-1 0-0 11.0 9.00
Seahawks 1.5 (46.5) GIANTS White Sox Urena (R) (7:40pm) 0-6 7.27 0-8 — — 0-0 0-3 12.2 9.24
Home Teams In CAPS TEXAS 17 (61.5) Kansas Royals Greinke (R) 1-15 5.37 7-18 0-1 3.00 13-9 0-1 10.1 3.48
MARYLAND 14 (50.5) Indiana Tigers Olson (R) (6:40pm) 5-7 4.13 9-8 0-0 4.50 0-0 2-1 18.2 1.93

MLB PURDUE 1 (53.5) Illinois Rays Civale (R) 7-4 3.43 13-9 1-0 4.09 1-1 0-1 13.0 9.00
Red Sox Houck (R) (7:10pm) 5-9 4.92 8-11 0-1 7.20 0-2 1-1 15.1 4.11
Tuesday C. FLORIDA 11.5 (55) Baylor Athletics Blackburn (R) 4-6 4.11 10-9 0-0 0.00 0-0 0-2 11.0 6.55
Favorite Money Line Underdog GEORGIA TECH 23.5 (52.5) Bowling Green Twins Ober (R) (7:40pm) 7-6 3.66 15-9 0-0 0.00 0-0 1-0 14.0 5.79

BLUE JAYS $135-160 Yankees TEXAS TECH 9 (54) Houston Rangers TBD — — — — — — — — —
Angels Detmers (L) (9:38pm) 3-10 4.64 11-16 1-1 2.08 2-2 0-0 17.2 2.04
Marlins $115-135 METS NAVY 3.5 (53.5) South Florida Astros Javier (R) 9-4 4.64 20-9 0-0 3.86 3-1 0-1 14.0 4.50
MARSHALL 13.5 (46.5) Old Dominion Mariners Kirby (R) (10:05pm) 11-10 3.58 15-14 1-0 1.35 1-0 1-1 19.1 5.12
GUARDIANS -110-110 Reds
WESTERN 1 (52.5) Ball State
Dodgers TBD — — — — — — — — —
Rays $110-130 RED SOX MICHIGAN Rockies Anderson (R) (3:10pm) 0-6 5.75 7-9 0-1 14.73 2-5 0-2 16.2 4.86
BRAVES $125-145 Cubs UMASS 1 (53.5) Arkansas St. Pirates Keller (R) 13-9 4.25 17-14 0-1 3.18 0-3 2-1 18.2 7.23
Phillies Nola (R) (6:40pm) 12-9 4.57 18-13 0-1 9.64 4-3 0-0 15.0 4.80
BREWERS $125-145 Cardinals MINNESOTA 12 (47.5) Louisiana Cubs Steele (L) 16-5 3.00 19-10 1-0 5.06 2-0 0-2 16.0 7.31
ORIOLES $204-226 Nationals TOLEDO 13 (50.5) No. Illinois Braves Elder (R) (7:20pm) 12-4 3.63 20-10 0-1 10.38 0-1 1-0 15.2 5.74
Diamondbacks $120-140 WHITE SOX Missouri 13.5 (56.5) VANDERBILT Cardinals Thompson (L) 5-7 4.57 4-4 0-1 6.00 1-1 1-2 15.0 6.60
Brewers Miley (L) (7:40pm) 9-4 3.20 14-8 1-0 1.17 4-6 2-0 15.1 2.35
Padres $105-125 GIANTS MEMPHIS 3.5 (58.5) Boise State Dodgers Miller (R) 10-4 3.97 13-7 0-0 0.00 0-0 1-1 18.2 4.82
MARINERS $120-140 Astros WYOMING 14.5 (41.5) New Mexico Rockies TBD (8:40pm) — — — — — — — — —

ROCKIES-Gm.1 OFF Dodgers UNLV 11.5 (61) Hawaii Padres Lugo (R) 7-7 3.79 11-14 1-0 0.82 3-2 1-1 16.1 6.06
Giants Harrison (L) (9:45pm) 1-1 4.85 3-3 0-1 9.53 0-1 0-0 14.1 5.02
ROCKIES-Gm.2 OFF Dodgers Lsu 2.5 (63.5) OLE MISS
* REC: Won-lost record of pitcher's team in games he has started.
Oregon 27.5 (61.5) STANFORD
TIGERS OFF Royals
OKLAHOMA 20.5 (48.5) Iowa State
PHILLIES
TWINS
OFF
OFF
Pirates
Athletics
GEORGIA
SOUTHERN 6.5 (62.5) Coastal
Carolina STITCHES
ANGELS OFF

WNBA Semifinals
Rangers Texas State
RICE
GEORGIA ST.
7 (61.5)
3 (50.5)
1.5 (52.5)
SO. MISS
East Carolina
Troy
Giolito, Guards dim Reds’ hopes
Tuesday- Game 2 Notre Dame 5.5 (50.5) DUKE Super Bowl odds update: The 49ers are sampling shows Greene has given up 17
Favorite PTS (O/U) Underdog TENNESSEE 12.5 (61.5) South Carolina 6-1, the Chiefs 7-1, the Giants 70-1, the Jets runs over his past 30 innings. The
LIBERTY 9.5 (161.5) Sun are 130-1 and the odds are 2-1 that Travis Guardians Lucas Giolito has been
IOWA 11.5 (36.5) Michigan State
Kelce ends up in a Taylor Swift revenge consistently good, giving up five runs in his
ACES 10.5 (175.5) Wings SMU 23.5 (56.5) Charlotte song ... and with Barry Manilow and Ozzy past 19 ¹/3, striking out 27. Play $50 on the
Pittsburgh 2.5 (42.5) VIRGINIA TECH Osbourne unavailable, Usher will perform Guardians.
NHL TCU 11.5 (50.5) West Virginia at the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime show. -$
Tuesday, Oct. 10 App. State 13.5 (52.5) UL MONROE Deep stretch, and the Reds may have to Finding a reliable pitcher is like finding a
Favorite Money Line Underdog run the table (on the road) to sneak into the clean politician. Clarke Schmidt spotted
AIR FORCE 10.5 (42) San Diego St.
LIGHTNING $165-200 Predators postseason. They can start by beating the Snakes a quick 2-0 lead, but the Yanks
Alabama 14.5 (48.5) MISS. STATE
PENGUINS $185-225 Blackhawks Cleveland. Cincinnati’s Hunter Greene sent the crowd, all 86 of them, home
Washington 17.5 (69.5) ARIZONA happy, beating the D’backs, 6-4. Winner.
GOLDEN $145-165 Kraken comes off a seven-inning gem, allowing one
KNIGHTS FRESNO ST. 24.5 (54) Nevada run while fanning 14 Twins. A larger Down -1,177 pepitones.
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Home Team Lineups HOME AWAY
ODDS & ENDS BET SMART
TODAY WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON
September 26 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Sept. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 COLLEGE
FOOTBALL

Digging
Toronto Favorites to win
7:07 Tor. Tor. K.C. K.C. K.C. 2023-24 national
YES 7:07 7:07 8:10 7:10 3:10 End of
WFAN Amaz. YES YES YES YES season championship
660 AM/ WFAN WFAN WFAN WFAN WFAN TEAM ODDS

deeper
101.9 FM
Georgia +225

Miami Michigan +400

Mia. Mia. Phila. Phila. Phila.
7:10
7:10 7:10 7:10 7:10 3:10 End of Florida State +850
SNY

to mine
WCBS
SNY SNY SNY PIX11 SNY season Ohio State +900
WCBS WCBS WCBS WCBS WCBS
880 AM Texas +900
USC 16/1
(Preseason) (Pre.) (Pre.) Penn State 16/1

Norris
Islanders NO NJD NYI NO NO NO Oregon 20/1
7:00 GAME 7:00 7:00 GAME GAME GAME
MSG MSG MSG Washington 20/1

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LSU 40/1
Notre Dame 40/1

gold
(Preseason) (Pre.) (Pre.) Oklahoma 40/1
(Pre.)
Rangers NO NYR NO NO NJD
Phila. Alabama 50/1
7:00 GAME 7:00 GAME GAME 7:00
7:00
MSGSN MSGSN MSGSN Utah 60/1
Miami (Fla.) 80/1

(Pre.) (Pre.) North Carolina 125/1

(Pre.)
NO NO NYR NO
Phila.
NO NJD Washington State 125/1
GAME GAME 7:00 GAME
MSGSN
7:00
GAME 7:00
MSG Tennessee 150/1 ’CHEV-Y ODDS: Though an afterthought to the likes of Cale Makar and Adam Fox
Texas A&M 150/1 in Norris Trophy futures, the Lightning’s Mikhail Sergachev figures to increase his
Kansas 150/1
scoring output enough to make him a viable choice at 100/1, writes Michael Leboff.
If nec.
Semifinals Semis. Duke 150/1
Connecticut NO NO Conn. NO
Semis
NO By MICHAEL LEBOFF And there’s a reason why Bouchard’s
Conn. Clemson 200/1 actionnetwork.com numbers don’t leap off the page: He
8:00 GAME GAME 7:30 GAME GAME
3:00
ESPN2 ESPN2
TBD Wisconsin 200/1 wasn’t the power play quarterback in
Missouri 200/1 Bookmakers see the Norris Trophy as Edmonton until the team traded away
Cale Makar’s award to lose. Although Tyson Barrie at the deadline. Once the
Chic. WNBA Makar isn’t an odds-on favorite to be club decided that Bouchard was ready
NO NO NO NO 7:30 NO NO Odds to win named the best defenseman in the NHL to take over for Barrie, they shipped
GAME GAME GAME GAME Apple GAME GAME 2023 championship in 2023-24, he’s clearly in a tier of his him to Nashville and gave the keys to
TV+
TEAM ODDS own. Bouchard. He responded with 19 points
Las Vegas Aces -250 Makar is currently sitting at +160 to in 21 games down the stretch.
Mia. New York Liberty +275 win the Norris at Caesar’s, putting him Running a power play with Connor
NO NO NO NO 7:30 NO NO Connecticut Sun +900
ahead of a chasing pack that includes McDavid and Leon Draisaitl gives Bou-
GAME GAME GAME GAME Apple GAME GAME Adam Fox (+700), Rasmus Dahlin chard a massive ceiling and makes him
Dallas Wings 50/1
TV+ (+700), Charlie McAvoy (15/1), Quinn a bona fide threat to win this award at
Tuesday Hughes (15/1), Miro Heiskanen (15/1) big odds.
Sun at Liberty, and Roman Josi (20/1).
Monday Sunday Game 2 And though there’s a good chance that Mikhail Sergachev, Lightning
Seattle FULL-GAME MONEYLINE ODDS the 2023-24 Norris Trophy winner (100/1, Caesars)
8:15 p.m.
Kansas City
Sun +310 comes from that list, there are a couple If you’re yearning for a deep long
8:20 p.m. of names much further down the board shot, look no further than Sergachev,
TV - ABC, ESPN
TV - NBC Liberty -400
WFAN (660 AM/101.9
ESPN (98.7 FM) that bring massive value in this market. who seems poised to take over for Vic-
FM) 1ST-HALF SPREAD ODDS tor Hedman as the No. 1 defenseman for
Sun +4.5 +100 Evan Bouchard, Oilers Tampa Bay. Sergachev isn’t known to be
Liberty -4.5 -120 (50/1, BetMGM) an offensive force like a lot of the play-
Today's Sports on the Air 1ST-HALF TOTAL ODDS The Norris Trophy is often given to ers at the top of the betting board, but
MLB 3 p.m. Dodgers at Rockies MLBN Over 81.5 -105
the defenseman who puts up the best that’s because he was playing behind
offensive numbers in a given season, one of the game’s best rearguards for
7 p.m. Cubs at Braves TBS Under 81.5 -115
and you’d be hard-pressed to find a the lion’s share of his time with the
Yankees at Blue Jays YES, 1ST-HALF MONEYLINE ODDS blueliner in a better situation to do that Bolts.
7:07 p.m.
WFAN (660 AM/101.9 FM) Sun +220 than Bouchard, who will be quarter- But last season we saw Sergachev take
7:10 p.m. Marlins at Mets SNY, WCBS (880 AM) backing a historically good power play on a much larger role with the Light-
Liberty -275
9:30 p.m. Rangers at Angels MLBN in Edmonton. So why are Bouchard’s ning, and the Russian responded with a
FIRST FIELD GOAL ODDS
NHL odds so long if he’s in a grand-slam situ- splendid season that saw him post 64
7 p.m. Islanders at Rangers MSG, MSGSN Breanna Stewart +400
Preseason ation? Because he’s never registered points (10 G, 54 A) in 79 games while
WNBA *Betnijah Laney +500 more than 43 points in a season ... yet. playing nearly 24 minutes a night.
8 p.m. Sun at Liberty, Game 2 ESPN
Playoffs Jonquel Jones +600 But before you discard Bouchard just Sergachev also took plenty of reps
10 p.m. Wings at Aces, Game 2 ESPN Tiffany Hayes +700 because he hasn’t had his star-turning running the top power play unit for the
ATP Zhuhai, ATP Chengdu- Singles Finals; DeWanna Bonner +700 season, there’s a couple of things to Lightning in 2022-23, and it’s hard to see
Tennis 6 a.m. keep in mind here. First, you always him moving off that role for the new
WTA Tokyo- Early Rounds Tennis Alyssa Thomas +700
ATP Astana, WTA Tokyo — want to be ahead of the market in a situ- season.
10 p.m. Courtney Vandersloot +950
ation like this. Bouchard is just 23 and Like Bouchard, Sergachev is in a terri-
Early Rounds Tennis
Sabrina Ionescu +950 has been quite impressive in a growing fic spot to put together a star-turn sea-
Soccer 7 p.m. Binghamton at Hofstra MSG2
CONCACAF Women's Olympic Playoff 2nd Rebecca Allen 11/1 role for the Oilers, but he’s flying a bit son and will likely never be offered at
7 p.m. under the radar here because he hasn’t this kind of number again in his career.
Leg: Jamaica at Canada CBSSN Natisha Hiedeman 20/1
7 p.m. Michigan at Indiana BTN *scored the first field goal of made the leap yet. Once he does, these Michael Leboff analyzes the NHL for
Game 1. kind of numbers disappear. Action Network.
Bowling 8 p.m. PBA: The Elias Cup, Semifinals FS1
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Yankees manager Aaron
Boone argues with the
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of his team’s 6-4 victory over
the Diamondbacks on
Monday afternoon at Yankee
Stadium. With his team
eliminated from postseason
contention, Boone’s status
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beyond this season remains
to be determined. Jason Szenes
Hurts directs Eagles past Bucs to stay perfect
Post wire services
Jalen Hurts threw for a
touchdown, ran for another
and led the Eagles on a
game-ending drive that
lasted more than nine min-
utes as Philadelphia re-
mained unbeaten with a
25-11 victory over the Buc-
caneers in Tampa, Fla., on
Monday night.
The defending NFC
champions, who won their
first eight games a year ago,
are off to a 3-0 start in con-
secutive seasons for the
first time since 1992-93.
NFL ROUNDUP
Hurts improved to 20-1
over his past 21 regular-sea-
son games. He tossed a 34-
yard TD pass to Olamide
Zaccheaus that helped
Philly build a 13-3 halftime
lead, and his 1-yard scoring
run gave the Eagles a 17-
point advantage early in the
second half.
BENGALS 19, RAMS 16:
Joe Burrow shook off a lin-
gering calf injury, throwing
for 259 yards as the Bengals
beat the Rams to get their
first win after starting the
season with two losses.
Joe Mixon’s 14-yard
touchdown run in the third
quarter gave the reigning
AFC North champs their
first lead of the season.
Meanwhile, Logan Wilson
picked off Rams quarter-
back Matthew Stafford
twice and the Bengals
sacked him six times.
CHARGERS: Chargers
wide receiver Mike Willi-
ams will miss the rest of the
season after suffering a torn
ACL in his left knee.
The team said an MRI
By DAN MARTIN
Aaron Boone said he
has not been told he is
coming back next season,
as the Yankees head into
the offseason without a
postseason appearance
for the first time since
2016.
Boone is under contract
through next season, and
the Yankees haven’t fired
a manager in the middle
of a deal since Stump
Merrill was fired follow-
ing the 1991 season during
George Steinbrenner’s
suspension and replaced
by Buck Showalter.
Asked about his own job
performance the day after
the Yankees were offi-
cially eliminated from
playoff contention, Boone
said Monday, “I think that
will be part of the conver-
sations we have organiza-
tionally. I’ll step back and
evaluate where I want to
keep pushing forward on
certain things and where
you want to make adjust-
ments. Hopefully, those
align with us being in a
better place.
“And whether we won
100 games and were going
to the playoffs, that reflec-
tion and evaluation
doesn’t really change.
You’re always trying to
get better. ... All I can do is
the best I can do.”
Hal Steinbrenner has
promised an intense look
at the organization during
the offseason, and every-
one will be under scru-
tiny.
Boone reiterated he
isn’t worried about his fu-
ture in the job because
“it’s out of my hands.”
“I don’t worry about it,’’
the manager said. “I’m
completely comfortable
with who I am and the
exam Monday morning this season.
confirmed the ACL tear. Williams missed four reg-
There isn’t a timetable on ular-season games last sea-
surgery since the swelling son because of an ankle in-
in the knee needs to go jury then was sidelined for
down. a playoff game after a back
Williams suffered the in- injury in the regular-season
jury late in the third quarter finale at Denver.
of Sunday’s 28-24 win over Keenan Allen is the Char-
the Vikings. The seventh- gers’ top receiver, but
year receiver had a catch Joshua Palmer and first-
for an 11-yard gain when the round pick Quentin John-
injury took place. ston will be expected to
Williams had seven re- pick up the slack in Willi-
ceptions for 121 yards and a ams’ absence.
touchdown during the RAIDERS: Quarterback
game. He had 19 catches for Jimmy Garoppolo is in
249 yards and a touchdown concussion protocol, put-
things I can control. My
job, in my mind, is doing
everything to head into
the offseason to prepare
to put us in a better posi-
tion to try and compete
for a championship.
That’s what the goal is,
and until they take that
away, that’s my focus.’’
He acknowledged there
was a different feeling at
the Stadium as Boone pre-
pared to manage a game
for the first time Monday
in which the Yankees
were out of playoff con-
tention.
“The reality of it hits
[Sunday] when you hear
and know you’re elimi-
nated, even though you
realize the last couple
weeks we were up against
it and [it would have
taken] a little bit of a mir-
acle [to make it]. … The
reality of being knocked
out is sobering.”
Boone guided the Yan-
kees to 100-win seasons in
his first two seasons, get-
ting to the ALCS in 2019.
They fell in the ALDS in
the COVID-shortened
2020 season and were
knocked out in the wild-
card round after a 92-win
season in 2021.
The team rebounded by
winning 99 games, as well
as the AL East, a year ago
before getting swept by
the Astros in the ALCS.
This year, they are look-
ing to avoid finishing in
last place for the first time
since 1990.
“We’re playing big
league games all week
against teams that are still
fighting for something,’’
Boone said of Monday’s
game against Arizona, as
well as the upcoming se-
ries in Toronto. “We want
to play well and put our
best foot forward.”
ting his status in question
for when Las Vegas visits
the Chargers on Sunday. He
was injured in Sunday
night’s 23-18 loss to the
Steelers.
Coach Josh McDaniels
said Monday he didn’t
know when the injury oc-
curred, but Garoppolo took
several hits in getting
sacked four times and his
head bounced off the turf
on one play in the fourth
quarter. Steelers safety
Minkah Fitzpatrick was
flagged for roughing the
quarterback.
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By MARK CANNIZZARO they’ll be jam-packed with throaty European

ROME, Italy — It’s finally here.
Well, almost finally.
Ryder Cup week began quietly Monday,
with players and captains trickling onto the
course for some light practice, but the
matches don’t begin until Friday morning at
Marco Simone Country Club.
“The guys are ready,’’ U.S. captain Zach
Johnson said Monday. “Well, I shouldn’t say
that, it’s partially a lie. They are exhausted.
But they will be ready. They are ready to
compete. [I’m] excited about the week.’’
So, too, is European captain Luke Donald,
who’s tasked with making sure his side keeps
its winning streak on home soil intact, with
the U.S. not having won the cup in Europe
since 1993.
“It’s been a long buildup,’’ Donald said. “A
lot has happened. There’s been a big buildup.
I feel like my team is ready. Very excited
about the team that I have and very excited
about the challenge ahead, and looking for-
ward to it, finally, to get going. I think the
players are raring to go and it’s going to be a
fun spectacle.
“I think everyone at Marco Simone, every-
one involved with the Ryder Cup, have done
an amazing job. I’ve never seen stands as big
as these.’’
Indeed, the grandstands that envelope the
first tee are gigantic and intimidating, and
supporters who’ve been waiting four years
for this.
In the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits
in Wisconsin, where the U.S. routed the Eu-
ropeans, 19-9, there were strict COVID-19
travel restrictions still in place, which pre-
vented the well-traveled Euro fans from
making the trip.
“In the end, we didn’t perform at what we
needed to perform at, a good standard of
golf,’’ Donald said of the last Ryder Cup.
“The Americans were strong and they
played how they know they can play. And
certainly, being at home, we know that’s an
advantage. We know it’s an advantage when
you’re in the U.S., and it’s an advantage to us.
But having that support, that crowd behind
you, is helpful and it picks up your energy as
a player and you can feed off it.
“Absolutely, we are looking forward to hav- feel like as a team, statistically we are — if any — players go the distance like
ing a lot more support this time around. It stronger in foursomes within our team than Dustin Johnson did for the Americans, going
was certainly lacking a lot because of we would be in four-balls. Why not get off to 5-0-0 two years ago.
COVID two years ago, and hopefully that is a fast start? That’s it.’’ “In terms of playing five [matches], I think
something that will certainly be in our favor.’’ One thing to watch this week is how many there’s some guys that certainly could do
Donald, as the home captain, has the matches Donald and Johnson might play that and we have done that in the past,’’ Do-
choice on what order the matches are played even their strongest players. Traditionally, nald said. “This is a very tiring, taxing golf
on the first two days. Predictably, he chose the best workhorse players play all five course. I think the weather is not meant to be
foursomes (alternate shot) to start the pro- matches — two on Friday, two on Saturday too hot, but it’s certainly a warm weather
ceedings Friday morning because the Euro- and singles on Sunday. week with hills, and it’s a long buildup, the
pean players are traditionally stronger in that But Marco Simone is a very hilly golf Ryder Cup. These next few days, there’s a lot
format. course, and the weather is expected to be in of team dinners and practice and dealing
“Pretty simple, really,’’ Donald said. “We the 80s all week, so it’s likely we’ll see fewer with the crowds.

R Team captains have tough job just

OME, Italy — Control.
It’s a powerful weapon in
golf. Players control their own
ball, their emotions, their opponent
and momentum of a round.
They do this with clubs in hand,
determining their own fate with
their own swings.
For Ryder Cup captains, that
changes. They have no tangible
control over the result because
they’re not the ones hitting the
shots.
That makes the dynamic to this
week much, much different for U.S.
captain Zach Johnson and Euro-
pean skipper Luke Donald as their
respective sides duel it out on the
hilly links of Marco Simone Coun-
try Club in the shadow of the Eter-
nal City, Rome.
It makes the week a hell of a lot
more stressful for both, who have
played in a combined nine Ryder He was on the winning side of all But this is a lot more difficult. sure of executing the shots on the
Cups, spanning 32 matches. four Ryder Cups he played. “However,’’ he added, “I’ve rel- golf course than calling the shots.
Between 2006-16, Johnson com- Both men, in their opening press ished every second of it.’’ There’s an uneasy element of help-
peted in five Ryder Cups, played 17 conference of the week, were asked Donald was quick to agree with lessness to being a captain because
matches and won 9 points for the Monday which is more difficult — his American counterpart. control is taken from them and they
Americans with competing as a “I think being a captain is far can only watch and hope their play-
an 8-7-2 record. He player or leading more difficult than being a player,’’ ers are in good form.
was on the losing as a captain. the Englishman said. “As a player, The dynamic is not dissimilar to
end of three road “I’ll go really you do this day-in, day-out. This is Jets head coach Robert Saleh stand-
Ryder Cups and is quick on that one a new experience for both of us to ing helplessly on the sideline Sun-
trying to lead the … definitely cap- be able to manage a team, to be able day against the Patriots watching
U.S. to a first win tain,’’ Johnson said. to manage different characters, to his quarterback, Zach Wilson,
on European soil
Mark Cannizzaro “When you’re come up with ideas that you think flounder, squandering chance after
in 30 years. playing, you, for will help your team. precious chance to end the Patriots’
From 2004-12, Donald competed the most part … you’ve just got to get “It’s been a labor of love in a way, 14-game winning streak over them.
in four Ryder Cups, played 16 ready, be prepared, ideally have your but a really fun one. I’ve tried to en- Sunday in Spain, the Solheim Cup
matches and scored 10.5 points for A Game, be a decent cheerleader for joy the journey as much as possible.’’ captains, Suzanne Peterson for Eu-
Team Europe with a 10-4-1 mark. your teammates, that kind of thing. Both would rather have the pres- rope and Stacy Lewis for the U.S.,
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When in Rome ...
Team USA is in Europe for the latest edition of the

New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Ryder Cup, hoping to win on the road for the first time
in 30 years. Here’s a look at the event:

The Course
Marco Simone Country Club, Rome, Italy
Par: 71 | Distance: 7,181 yards

The Rosters
TEAM USA TEAM EUROPE
Sam Burns Ludvig Aberg
Age: 27 | World Rank: 20 Age: 23 | World Rank: 90
Patrick Cantlay Matt Fitzpatrick
Age: 31 | World Rank: 5 Age: 29 | World Rank: 8
Wyndham Clark Tommy Fleetwood
Age: 29 | World Rank: 10 Age: 32 | World Rank: 14
Rickie Fowler Tyrrell Hatton
Age: 34 | World Rank: 26 Age: 31 | World Rank: 13

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Brian Harman Nicolai Højgaard
Age: 36 | World Rank: 9 Age: 22 | World Rank: 78
Max Homa Viktor Hovland
Age: 32 | World Rank: 7 Age: 25 | World Rank: 4
Brooks Koepka Shane Lowry
Age: 33 | World Rank: 15 Age: 36 | World Rank: 37
Collin Morikawa Robert MacIntyre
Age: 26 | World Rank: 19 Age: 27 | World Rank: 54
Xander Schauffele Rory McIlroy
Age: 29 | World Rank: 6 Age: 34 | World Rank: 2
Scottie Scheffler Jon Rahm
Age: 27 | World Rank: 1 Age: 28 | World Rank: 3
Jordan Spieth Justin Rose
Age: 30 | World Rank: 12 Age: 43 | World Rank: 34
Justin Thomas Sepp Straka
EURO TRIP! The Age: 30 | World Rank: 25 Age: 30 | World Rank: 23
Ryder Cup is set to
“I remember, as a player, that you were re- few days. The U.S. are very strong. We know get underway at
ally ready to go by Friday and you wanted to that. We are coming off our worst defeat ever Marco Simone
The Odds
compete, but it’s a long buildup. So, I’m wary in a Ryder Cup. U.S. players are strong, high Country Club in Top USA points scorer Top Euro points scorer
of some of that. I’ll certainly be considering up in the World Rankings and they have Rome, Italy, which will
that but it’s not out of the question that some some great partnerships and have had a lot be the event’s return PLAYER ODDS PLAYER ODDS
people might play five. I very much doubt of success. to being a full-capacity Scottie Scheffler +400 Rory McIlroy +450
that someone wouldn’t play until the Sunday “We have our work cut out, but you have to event, unlike the
singles.’’ have belief in your team that you’re going to Patrick Cantlay +600 Jon Rahm +500
COVID-restricted
Donald maintained his confidence in his get them into a place where they are going to 2021 Cup at Whistling Xander Schauffele +650 Viktor Hovland +550
team. be successful. I’m sure Zach feels the same Straights in Collin Morikawa +800 Tommy Fleetwood +650
“As captain, you have to be confident,’’ he way. I’m looking forward to seeing how it all Wisconsin, which
said. “I certainly have a lot of belief in my unfolds over the coming days.’’ Brooks Koepka +900 Tyrrell Hatton +700
Team USA won. Reuters
team. I know it’s going to be a difficult next mcannizzaro@nypost.com Max Homa +900 Matt Fitzpatrick +900
Jordan Spieth 10/1 Justin Rose 11/1

watching
like the Solheim Cup did, Donald Rickie Fowler 10/1 Ludvig Alberg 12/1
said, “It would be high. I think when Justin Thomas 12/1 Shane Lowry 16/1
you don’t have control, when you’re Sam Burns 16/1 Nicolai Hojgaard 20/1
watching as a spectator, as I will be
— I’ll be a captain, but I’ll be spectat- Wyndham Clark 16/1 Sepp Straka 25/1
felt that dreaded sense of helpless- ing — not being able to have any Brian Harman 25/1 Robert MacIntyre 28/1
ness as their teams battled in the control over those shots, I think Source: BetMGM
singles to the very end, with Europe that’s when you really feel nervous.
finally retaining the cup with Car- “We would love to be out there Fore-cast
lota Ciganda’s victory over Nelly just hitting the shots. At least you
Korda in the penultimate match. feel that you have control and you THURSDAY SATURDAY
Donald said the dramatic Solheim have destiny in your own hands.’’ High 85; High 85; Sunny
Cup victory by the European Both Donald and Johnson —
Partly cloudy 1% chance of rain
women was noticed by his players. come Sunday singles in Italy, which
“Certainly, a lot of the guys were will surely determine whether the 1% chance of rain Winds: SSE 6 mph
talking about it, a lot of the guys U.S. retains the treasured golden LEAD THE WAY: Ryder Cup captains Zach Winds: SSE 7 mph
SUNDAY
were posting stuff on their social chalice or Europe gets it back — Johnson of Team USA and Luke Donald of FRIDAY
[media],’’ Donald said. “I think that’s hope it’s one of their players who Team Europe know the pressure of playing in High 85;
only good inspiration for our team does what Ciganda did. golf’s biggest international competition, with High 85; Sunny Mostly sunny
going forward for this week.’’ Because they’ll have no say in it Johnson playing in five Cups and Donald play- 1% chance of rain 25% chance of rain
Asked what his heart rate would with their own golf clubs. They’ll ing in four. But they both say captaining, where Winds: NW 7 mph Winds: S 6 mph
be like if the Ryder Cup comes down have no control. they can’t control what happens on the course,
to the final couple of singles matches mcannizzaro@nypost.com is much harder. Getty Images
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Frustration not on Adams set

to return
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Gang Green’s mind vs. Giants

By BRIAN COSTELLO
JETS NOTES
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Seattle safety and former Jet Ja-

Jets coach Robert Saleh does
not believe frustration is becom-
ing a problem for his team.
Several players were visibly up-
set on the sideline Sunday, in-
cluding wide receiver Garrett
Wilson and running back Mich-
ael Carter. There was also some
palpable frustration in the post-
game locker room after the 15-10
loss to the Patriots. But Saleh said
the media was creating drama.
“As far as the frustration thing,
guys, that’s your narrative,” Saleh
said to reporters. “Our guys are
fighting. They’re just trying to
find answers. They’re trying to
find ways to get production for
the offense so we can move the
ball and score points. That’s
where their hearts are. As long as
their hearts are in the right spot ...
because I’ve also been around
players where they really don’t
give a flying whatever. They just
want the ball. These guys want to
win, and they want to help win. If
that shows as a demonstrative
frustration to you guys, it’s not
taken that way here.”
mal Adams is set to return from
Saleh pinned any signs of frus- injury this week and make his
tration on his players wanting to 2023 debut against the Giants,
win. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said
“Anytime you’re not feeling Monday, adding that the three-
success, you’re going to have a lit- time Pro Bowler is “jacked up
tle frustration because guys, and excited.”
they’re competitors,” he said. Adams tore his quad tendon
“Garrett Wilson is not the first in Week 1 of the 2022 season
nor the last receiver in the NFL to and was just able to start prac-
want the ball — news flash for ticing again, in earnest, ahead
the world out there. They all of Week 2 this season.
want the ball. They all feel like “He is so ready,” Carroll said
they’re deserving of the ball. If he CALM AND COLLECTED: Jets coach Robert Saleh said any sup- Monday on his weekly radio
didn’t want the ball, I’d question posed frustration surrounding his team is a product of the media’s col- show. “As jacked up and excited
whether or not he’s worth a lective imagination. N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg of a player as he is, we’ve just
damn. The guy wants the ball. got to keep him calmed down.
He’s going to challenge and fight
to get every ball, no different than
When it hit his shoulder pads, it
ricocheted the other way. I rolled
➤ The Jets defense allowed just
13 points in the loss to the Patri-
I’ve already started talking to
him about that so he doesn’t
any receiver in football, period. I my ankle while reaching for it. It ots, but the defensive players felt lose his brains because he’s so
want that from him.” just happened so fast. There was they did not play up to their stan- fired up to play.”
an opportunity there. It would dard. The game will also mark Ad-
➤ WR Randall Cobb on how
close he was to catching the Hail
have been a hell of a play.” “I thought we played solid but
not good enough to win,” corner-
ams’ return to MetLife Stadium,
where he played three seasons
Mary pass on the final play of the
game: “I got my fingertips on it.
➤ Saleh was asked if he is wor-
ried that MetLife Stadium could
back D.J. Reed said. “I think as a
defense you want to generate
with the Jets until Seattle ac-
quired him in a July 2020 trade.
When it got batted down, it get ugly Sunday night against the turnovers, and I feel like we Adams has 21.5 sacks and 446
bounced off of Garrett’s shoulder Chiefs if the offense continues to didn’t do that ... so we have to be tackles in 71 games [all starts]
pads. I was reacting to right be- struggle. better.” with the Jets and Seahawks.
fore it hit his shoulder pads. “I can’t control that one,” he said. brian.costello@nypost.com — Field Level Media

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RB MAKES YOU Bolt to waivers

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New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

to replace hurt
Chargers WR
WONDER A
S THE dust settles on yet another incred-
ible week of NFL season, fantasy football
managers find themselves headed back
to the waiver wire with another casualty to
replace.
Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams was
on his way to an outstanding day against the
Vikings, collecting 121 yards and a touchdown
on seven catches, but left in the third quarter
after suffering a knee injury. Results from his
Monday MRI exam revealed he suffered a torn
ACL and is out for the season. Williams is an

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incredible talent and will be tough to replace,
but resourceful fantasy managers know that
help is on the way.
We can start with the “next man up” phi-
De’Von losophy and look at the Chargers depth chart,
where we see third-year wideout Joshua Palm-
Achane er and rookie Quentin Johnston waiting in the
wings.
Through the first three weeks of the season,
Palmer has seen roughly a 60 percent snap

T
AYLOR Swift wasn’t a household line of this clunky analogy into focus. term durability if given too heavy a work- share and nearly five targets per game as the
name immediately upon arriving on Of course, you want to grab Achane off load. This isn’t a judgment on Achane, but team’s No. 3 receiver. He actually finished Sun-
the music scene. She had a hit, then waivers if you can this week. Though he a fundamental fact of the game. day with seven targets, as the one who stepped
another, and another ... until she became almost certainly won’t duplicate his Week Plus, Jaylen Waddle didn’t play, rais- into Williams’ role in the fourth quarter, and
a global star. 3 breakout, he still can provide a ceiling ing reliance on the ground game. More he is, without a doubt, your first target. But be
Conversely, Robin Thicke became an high enough to consider him a Flex start directly, fellow RB Salvon Ahmed was out, sure to set up
instant sensation when “Blurred Lines” each week. as was Jeff Wilson. At some point, one or a contingency By HOWARD BENDER
was released. Then his name has faded Just a Flex, you ask? Well, yeah, because both likely will be active and involved in pick for John-
into the fog of memory, like there are other factors at play. the backfield rotation. ston in case
many one-hit wonders. First, Sunday’s 70-20 Dolphins rout of Plus, even with those injuries, Achane you don’t get
Point being, true stardom the Broncos was historic because such is not the lone running back in that back- Palmer first.
often takes time to develop. an outburst happens so seldomly. The field. Raheem Mostert had an incred- Johnston was in competition for the team’s
Now, things can happen chances he exceeds 20 ible day as well — 20 touches, 142 total No. 3 throughout training camp, and there was

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AN
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ASY
more quickly in football, touches again is not as yards and four touchdowns of his own. a reason the Chargers took the 6-foot-4 TCU
and certainly that applies receiver in the first round of the 2023 draft.
TYY
high as you might think. Mostert’s 45.2 PPR points didn’t quite
to fantasy football. So
when Dolphins rookie
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IN NSA
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By DDREW
AANNIIT
SSAN
REW LLOFTIS
We don’t expect him to go
back to just two touches
OFTIS (like his Week 2 debut),
keep up with Achane’s 51.3, but pretty
sure fantasy managers were satisfied with
He’s got the size and speed to enhance the ver-
tical passing game and also has the physicality
De’Von Achane exploded either. to fight for contested catches.
Sunday for 208 yards on but expect less opportu- When you go looking for Achane on Keenan Allen has lined up in the slot for
19 carries with two touchdowns, and also nity just based on normal gameflow. waivers, keep these things in mind. Thus, 65 percent of his snaps, and we know Kellen
had five catches for 34 yards and two more Plus, he averaged 11.3 yards per carry don’t bid upward of 50 percent of your Moore loves his three-receiver sets and shots
touchdowns, the first question is obvious: Sunday. That won’t happen often. It also FAAB, if you go that high. If you have downfield. If Johnston’s snap count jumps
Is he a one-hit wonder? A “Blurred Lines” included a 67-yard scoring run. Big plays Mostert, try to cash in on his huge day in from the current 25 percent mark to the 60
of fantasy? Or is he taking a football short- happen, and certain players make them trade, exploiting his spike in value. percent Palmer was seeing, you’re going to see
cut to Taylor Swift-type fantasy fame? more often, but even they don’t make Don’t let the blurred scoring lines of plenty of targets come his way.
Well, this just in: Fantasy football them routinely. one exceptional week distort your view of And if all else fails, get yourself some Adam
doesn’t operate the same way the music Plus Achane is just 5-foot-8, 188 pounds. the fantasy future. Thielen. The Panthers veteran wideout
industry does. So let’s bring the blurred RBs of similar size often don’t have long- dloftis@nypost.com teamed up with veteran quarterback Andy
Dalton to make 11 catches on 14 targets for 145
STEADY ... STEADY ... PANIC! PANIC! yards and a touchdown. With rookie Bryce
Young expected to miss Week 4 against the
defensively challenged Vikings, Thielen is
Bench, wait for a big game, sell. primed for the ultimate revenge game, facing
Trevor Lawrence Tyler Lockett WR, Seahawks Justin Fields QB, Bears
QB, Jaguars Two duds and one blockbuster A QB who isn’t great when he Najee Harris RB, Steelers the team that discarded him during the offsea-
son.
After three weeks, he is QB17, game so far. But it has been that throws and now isn’t running It hasn’t been pretty, and
Though injuries to top players can tear you
behind even Joshua Dobbs. We way for much of Lockett’s career. productively is bad in both Jaylen Warren has looked more
explosive when he has the ball
up inside, your fantasy team needs you to hold
expect the Jags offense to find As other weapons get integrated reality and fantasy. Feel free
to drop. Try to find C.J. — particularly in the pass game. it together and be the general manager they
its rhythm soon. Too much talent into the offense, Lockett’s
Stroud, Jordan Love or Hard to envision a dramatic want leading them. The wide receiver position
there not to. Hang tight. chances of big plays rise.
even Matthew Stafford. change. Treat similar to Henry. is flush with talent if you know where to look.
Follow the
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@NYPost_Loftis Derrick Henry Garrett Wilson WR, Jets Howard Bender is the head of content at
RB, Broncos TE, Giants RB, Titans FantasyAlarm.com. Follow him on X @roto-
The good news: He likely will
Yet to score double digits in PPR, Despite averaging just 8.4 Averages 4.7 per carry for his continue to be serviceable as buzzguy and catch him on the award-winning
but is coming off an ACL injury. He in PPR, he is TE8 on the season. At career, but just 3.2 so far this a Flex. The bad: Likely no spike “Fantasy Alarm Radio Show” on the SiriusXM
should get better little by little as such a shallow position, he is still season, and his workload is down. in fantasy enthusiasm unless fantasy sports channel weekdays from 6-8 p.m.
season progress. Can bench, but useful. And Giants offense can’t On a lackluster offense with QB the Jets make a QB change, so Go to Fantasy-Alarm.com for all your fantasy
don’t drop or trade at lowest value. get any worse, right? problems, we’re not optimistic. you’re probably stuck. football advice.
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New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
SEE YOU SUNDAY? With Taylor Swift — at the Chiefs game with Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna, this past Sunday
— owning a home in Tribeca, there’s a chance she’ll be in attendance when Kansas City faces the Jets on Sunday.
By CHRISTIAN ARNOLD
Taylor Swift has already
graced MetLife Stadium
with her presence twice in
May for sold-out shows,
and perhaps there’s a
chance she will do so
A NEW YORK JETS again this weekend.
The rumored romance
FOOTBALL PODCAST between Chiefs star tight
end Travis Kelce and the
pop icon has sent the
HOSTED BY heads of Swifties and foot-
ball fans alike spinning.
POST JETS BEAT WRITER Swift was at Sunday’s
BRIAN COSTELLO
Chiefs game in Kelce’s
suite and the duo were
seen exiting Arrowhead
AND JAKE BROWN Stadium together and out
on the town.
And now with the Jets
set to host the Chiefs on
TO LIST Sunday night, could this
AN E N love story be headed to the
SC Big Apple?
MetLife Stadium is only
a hop, skip and a jump
from Swift’s apartment in
Tribeca, where she re-
cently held a girl’s night in
with actress Sophie
Turner, Page Six exclu-
sively reported Monday.
It’s hard to believe Swift
wouldn’t be accommo-
NYPOST.COM/PODCASTS/GANGS-ALL-HERE dated should the song-
stress choose to take in an-
NEW SHOW NOW LIVE other Chiefs game.
Speculation mounts that
Swift will root on rumored
boyfriend Kelce against Jets
Kelce has a suite at Ar-
rowhead Stadium, but it’s
unclear if he’s given the
same accommodations
when the Chiefs are on the
road. It should be noted
visiting team owners are
given their own box at
MetLife Stadium — that’s
where Robert Kraft was
spotted taking in the Patri-
ots’ win over the Jets on
Sunday.
But if Swift wants to en-
joy a suite all to herself to
cheer on her apparent new
beau, then at least one pri-
vate suite is still available
for Sunday’s game, accord-
ing to the Suite Experi-
ence Group’s website. The
“Level 6 — Hertz Gold
Plus Rewards Suite” would
cost the music icon
$27,000.
The suite, according to
the site, includes 18 thea-
ter-style stadium seats and
six barstool/high-top
chairs facing the field,
along with 24 suite tickets
and six parking passes.
MetLife Stadium has al-
ready hosted a number of
stars this season, with U.S.
Open winner Coco Gauff
taking in the Giants’ sea-
son opener on Sept. 10.
Hanna and Haley Cavin-
der were also at the game
as guests of the Giants, and
a slew of celebrities took
in Aaron Rodgers’ short-
lived debut as a Jet during
their season opener.
All eyes will be on Met-
Life Stadium to see if Swift
is in attendance for the
prime-time showdown be-
tween the Jets and Chiefs
on Sunday.
Swift’s appearance at
Sunday’s Chiefs blowout
over the Bears stole the
show at Arrowhead Sta-
dium. Fox cameras con-
stantly panned over to
Kelce’s suite, where Swift
had been sitting next to
the tight end’s mom,
Donna. The “Anti-Hero”
singer blew up social me-
dia with her enthusiastic
celebration of Kelce’s
third-quarter touchdown
catch.
In a potential romance
that has brought the sports
and pop culture worlds
crashing together, neither
has officially confirmed
they’re dating. Earlier this
month a report surfaced
that the two had been
“hanging out,” and Kelce
fanned the flames during
an appearance on “The Pat
McAfee Show” last week.
Swift’s appearance at
Sunday’s game sent things
to DEFCON-1 levels, and
footage of the two exiting
Arrowhead Stadium in
Kelce’s car looking very
cozy had only added to
that.
carnold@nypost.com

By ANDREW CRANE
The numbers even surprised
Sandy Brondello.
The Liberty coach’s offense
has always relied on spacing and
ball movement more than any-
thing else. It’s always been
sparked by 3-pointers — a
league-high 37.3 percent of their
points came from beyond the
arc. Their 13.1 percent rate for
fast break points sat sixth in the
WNBA. Their points in the paint
percentage (39.8 percent) was
11th. Those were byproducts of
the 3-pointer, as well as backup
plans for when the flashy shots
didn’t fall.
But the Sun eliminated nearly
everything with their second-
half defense in Game 1 of the
WNBA semifinals, which the
Liberty lost, 78-63, on Sunday.
The Liberty averaged 42 points
in the paint against Connecticut
in four meetings during the reg-
ular season — an effective solu-
tion against a physical Sun de-
fense — but managed just four
across the final 20 minutes Sun-
day. The Liberty connected on
Liberty
vs. Sun
WNBA SEMIFINALS
Game 1: Sun 78, Liberty 63
Sun lead series, 1-0
Tues.: at Liberty, 8 p.m., ESPN
Fri.: at Sun, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
Sun.: at Sun, 3 p.m., ABC*
Tues., Oct. 3: at Liberty, TBD, ESPNU*
*if necessary
29.6 percent of their 3-point at-
tempts, finished with a season-
low for points and caved on the
biggest stage with what Bron-
dello labeled their worst per-
formance of the year.
“I mean, that’s a crazy stat,
isn’t it?” Brondello said about
her team’s 22 points in the paint
and zero fast-break points.
That’s why the offense — of all
things — sits at the crux of the
Liberty’s dilemma entering
Game 2 on Tuesday at Barclays
Center. For the longest time, that
seemed like an improbable issue
to imagine. The offense was the
superteam’s strength, an ex-
pected scenario when Breanna
Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, Jon-
quel Jones and Courtney Van-
dersloot were on the court at the
same time.
But the WNBA’s No. 2 defense
unveiled a Liberty blueprint that
could counter just about every-
thing. The Sun, from Alyssa
Thomas to Rebecca Allen to
Olivia Nelson-Ododa off the
bench, provided a reality check
at the worst possible time.
“I think we were a little bit in-
decisive in some of our action,”
Brondello said Sunday. “We
talked about just getting to the
rim, getting into the paint. It’s
like we came off, it was semi-
open, but then it closed and then
we didn’t know what else to do.”
The defensive challenge
wasn’t a surprise. Before their
matchup in May, Brondello
pushed back on claims that Con-
necticut would regress after fall-
ing in the 2022 WNBA Finals.
Sure, Jones had been traded to
the Liberty. Sure, their head
coach, Curt Miller, departed for
the Sparks.
Most of their core, though, re-
mained intact, and defense, as
new head coach Stephanie
White said Sunday, remained
their “identity.”
“When we are active, aware
and we anticipate actions, we
can be at our best,” White said.
“I felt like we were really proact-
ive. Our communication was at a
high level, and when we had our
lulls, we responded.”
Sometimes, those corrections
came in timeouts. Other times,
they were on-the-fly adjust-
ments. White wanted to disrupt
the Liberty’s timing and rhythm,
and those tweaks materialized in
the second half.
Jones scored eight points in
the final six minutes of the open-
ing quarter, including one basket
where Stewart drew an extra de-
fender to the 3-point line before
threading a pass underneath the
basket. Then, the Sun “brought a
crowd” to defend Jones in the
second half, Brondello said.
“We didn’t put her in [the] best
positions, because the pressure
that was being put on us,” Bron-
dello said. “I think we handled
the pressure as well as we know
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NOTHING CAME EASY:
Sabrina Ionescu is harassed
defensively by Connecticut’s
DeWanna Bonner on
Sunday. The Liberty’s 63
points was the team’s lowest
output of the season. AP
we can, and we didn’t have great
spacing and we just got stuck in
and not moving the second and
third side and getting downhill
to create wide-open looks — like
I said, stagnant.”
The Liberty had already suc-
ceeded against the Sun’s defense
earlier this season, too. They
scored 26 of 32 first-half points
inside the paint May 27. Ionescu
said at the time that Connecti-
cut’s physicality wasn’t anything
the Liberty hadn’t seen before.
But on Sunday, the Sun solved
a defensive puzzle that no other
team had come close to figuring
out since the Mystics held the
Liberty to 64 points in the sea-
son opener. The Liberty only
had five other games under 80
points.
Connecticut allowed Stewart
to still score 19 points, while De-
Wanna Bonner said they needed
to cut down on Ionescu’s open
3-point attempts, too. They
stumped the Liberty and still
had room for improvement.
And now, the Liberty need a
response to save their season.
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By MOLLIE WALKER
HEART & SOUL: Ryan
From trade package Lindgren has become a leader
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sweetener to the top defen-
sive pair, Ryan Lindgren has
become the heartbeat of the
Rangers in just five years.
No one could’ve foreseen
that the 20-year-old pros-
pect the Rangers acquired
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
and the engine that makes the
Rangers go despite just seven
goals in his career. That energy
has been invaluable as Lindgren
enters a contract year. Robert Sabo

— as part of a haul from the

Bruins in exchange for Rick
Nash — in February 2018
would eventually serve as
the team’s strongest motor.
That’s just how it hap-
pened for the Rangers and
Lindgren.
And no matter how tight
the NHL’s cap constraints
are, Lindgren’s inte-
gral role on the Ran-
gers will still ring true
next summer.
“When I got traded here,
you never know what’s go-
ing to happen,” Lindgren
told The Post after practice
in Tarrytown on Monday.
“As soon as I got here and I
started playing for the Ran-
gers, there was no other
place I’d rather be. I’ve loved
my time here and want to be
here as long as I can.”
Lindgren is entering a
contract year for the second
time in his career, but the
circumstances surrounding
his impending restricted
free agency feel different you that it’s just not the during a contract year, but “Hard worker,” Laviolette player “who best exempli- “First off, he’s a great guy
this time around. same when Lindgren isn’t for Lindgren it could end up said of his early impressions fies what it means to be a and you look up to him in
In the past three seasons, on the ice. being a unique season, re- of Lindgren. “He’s a fierce team player.” the locker room,” Braden
during which Lindgren car- That alone is cause for gardless. competitor. Get to see him Last season, the 25-year- Schneider said of Lind-
ried a cap hit of $3 million prioritizing re-signing Lind- New head coach Peter La- [from] behind the bench [in old blueliner also won the gren. “I think, with him, he
per campaign, it’s become gren either this season or violette has expressed an the exhibition game against fan-voted Steven McDonald is always ready to go. You
more apparent than ever early next summer. Lind- inclination to switch up the the Islanders on Tuesday], Extra Effort Award as a know he’s putting every-
just how vital the Minne- gren said it doesn’t matter defensive pairs that have so that’ll be good. … Cer- player who “goes beyond thing that he has, every
sota native is to the flow of to him if negotiations begin been skating together for tainly a guy that has been the call of duty.” game, every practice and
the Rangers’ game. now or later. years. counted on here for a few With seven goals and 56 it’s easy to follow a guy like
Anybody who’s watched “I’m not trying to think There’s a solid chance years now to be a real pres- assists in 257 career NHL that because you know he’s
the Blueshirts, with and about it,” he said. “I know Lindgren won’t start the ence on the back end, and a games, Lindgren isn’t a here to work. You know
without Lindgren, can tell it’s a cliché answer. You do season alongside Fox, with real leader for this team.” mainstream star player like he’s here to win. I think it
the difference. your best not to think about whom he’s grown as a per- Lindgren is a two-time some of his Rangers team- just passes through every
Every player in the Ran- it and just go out there and son and player since their winner of the organization’s mates. guy. He’s an awesome
gers locker room — espe- play your game, have fun days together as teenagers Player’s Player Award, To the Rangers, however, teammate and I’m glad we
cially his longtime D part- and see what happens.” with the U.S. National Team which is voted on annually Lindgren is much more have him.”
ner Adam Fox — will tell Stakes are always higher Development Program. by the team and given to the than that. mwalker1@nypost.com

Few spots left up for grabs in Blueshirts lineup

By MOLLIE WALKER
Fostering lineup competition is a
part of every NHL coach’s respon-
sibilities during training camp, but
in the modern NHL, legitimate bat-
tles for lineup spots are not as
common as they once were.
The Rangers are no different,
and new head coach Peter Lavio-
lette has had to navigate that just as
he has with other teams he’s
coached in years past.
There are way more players de-
finitively projected to play with the
Rangers this season than there are
players duking it out for a job.
“I do think it’s changed a little bit
from a mindset, even for me as a
coach,” Laviolette said when asked
about having so many players who
are essentially locked in the lineup.
“I was honest with what I said on
the first day, I think it gave me an
opportunity to work with the guys
that are under contract that you
think will be part of the New York
Rangers group moving forward.
And then it gave me a chance to
evaluate in the scrimmage and
now exhibition games, players that
you want to compete and push for
a job. There are openings, there are
spots and there is opportunity.
“But I think, on all teams proba-
bly, that window has closed a little
bit. There’s contracts that are in
place and that’s not to say that any
contract is locked in. There’s al-
ways moves you can make.”
RANGERS NOTES
There are only a few openings in
the Rangers’ lineup this training
camp. The sixth defenseman role
is the recurring vacancy. Zac Jones
and Erik Gustafsson are the lead-
ing candidates for the job, and Ben
Harpur is also in the mix.
It’s likely Tyler Pitlick will snag
one of the final two forward spots
on the roster, but Alex Belzile and
Riley Nash are also competing for
the 12th and 13th forward roles.
“I do think the game’s changed a
little bit with regard to that,” Lavio-
lette said of lineup competition.
“But there’s still some players that
have put themselves in a position
through their past few years that
are going to get an opportunity to
show what they can do. You’ll see it
in the lineup and exhibition games
here every night. We’re hoping
they push and they can make
noise.”
➤ Mika Zibanejad, who exited
Sunday’s intra-team scrimmage
with an upper-body injury, re-
turned to the ice Monday in a red
non-contact jersey.
“We’ll be 100 percent careful with
that,” Laviolette said of getting Zib-
anejad in a preseason game. “It was
good to see him out there today. I
think any time a player gets back
out on the ice with your group,
that’s a good thing. Different color
jersey. There won’t be any push or
rush to make that happen.”
After sitting out Sunday’s prac-
tice with an upper-body injury,
which he may have sustained dur-
ing the rookie games in Allentown,
Pa., Brennan Othmann was back
at practice as a full participant.
➤ The Rangers assigned goalten-
der Talyn Boyko to AHL Hartford
on Monday.
➤ The Rangers will play their
first preseason game at Madison
Square Garden on Tuesday when
the Islanders come to town. The
non-game group will practice in
the morning at MSG Training
Center.

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HE past year has been
quite a ride, eh? You might
even call it a roller coaster
as we’ve scaled the emo- cars navigate 3,000 feet of mono-
tional lows of a pandemic rail track. The unusual single-rail
and are (finally) ap-
proaching what will hopefully be
the end of it. Now it’s time to get stall” that will leave passengers
out and celebrate with a thrill ride
(or two, or three.) It’s completely
appropriate to cathartically
scream, even if your much-de-
served howls might be partially
muted by a face mask.
That’s why we’ve compiled a list
of the top not-to-miss coasters in
the area. Warning: Don’t stand up
beyond this point.
NEW AND MIGHTY
1. Six Flags Great Adventure in
Jackson, NJ has one of the most
compelling collections of crazy
coasters in the region, and it’s
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Billed as the world’s tallest, fastest,
and longest single-rail coaster, it
will climb 130 feet, drop at a near-
vertical 87-degrees, and hit 58 mph
as its low-slung, single-passenger
configuration will allow the ride to
deliver smooth and nimble acro-
batic moves, including a “zero-G
hanging upside down for an un-
nerving amount of time.
2. After being shuttered for over
a year, the venerable Deno’s Won-
der Wheel Amusement Park in
Brooklyn’s Coney Island will rise
from the ashes with the brand-new
oeni . Representing the big-
gest investment in the family-
owned park’s history, the trains on
the suspended family thrill coaster
will hang from the track above and
leave passengers’ legs dangling,
ski-lift style. Riders will ascend 68
feet and reach a top speed of about
34 mph as they soar alongside the
legendary boardwalk.
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out at area theme parks, Page 32
The
Coney Island
Cyclone wooden
coaster in Brooklyn
has been thrilling
riders since it
opened
in .
turing a magnetic
3. Hersheypark in Hershey,
Pennsylvaniagives Six Flags Great
launch that sends
its trains catapult-
Adventure a run for its money in
both the number and intensity of
ing from 0 to 62
mph in two sec-
its thrill machines. Last year, the onds flat, it also
park opened its tallest, fastest,
longest, and, it argues, sweetest
has a vertical lift
coaster yet, Candymonium. It
hill that raises
passengers 141
rises 210 feet, hits a potent 76 mph,
and delivers a remarkably smooth
feet for a com-
ride along its 4,636-foot, nearly
manding view of
the Manhattan
two-and-a-half-minute journey.
skyline only to
The coaster’s candy-themed trains
then take a final victory lap around
then plummet
down at a severe
a Hershey’s Kisses fountain. (To
boot, you could celebrate your
122-degree angle,
making it one of
coaster conquest by indulging in
something sweet at the park’s new
the most extreme
Milton’s Ice Cream Parlor or the
indoor coasters in
the world. (While you’re there,
Sweeterie Confectionery Kitchen.)
check out the four other coasters
4. It opened in late 2019, but
since it was mostly closed since
at the park, including the spinning-
due to the pandemic, it’s likely you
car ride, Shredder.)
haven’t made it over to Nickelo-
CLASSY CLASSICS
deon Universe Theme Park inside 5. Tried and true favorites, some
the American Dream complex in
of which have been giving rides on
East Rutherford, NJ for a ride
ell ai e . Fea- their rails for around 100 years,
aboard
Enjoy a kaleidoscopic, fast descent on
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in the sun) await at water parks.
Let’s check out some of the re-
gion’s wettest, wildest, must-do
slides and rides.
New waves
Drip the light fantastic on the
new Aquazoid Amped family
raft ride at Water Country USA in
Williamsburg, Va. Up to four pas-
sengers will pile into circular
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(see also page 36).
It’s graced the
seaside amuse-
ment area since
1927 and is perhaps the most fa-
mous roller coaster in the world,
and the grand dame still delivers
a
surprisingly fearsome ride.
Park in Rye, NY is
6. Playland
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which dates back to 1929. It climbs
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at Water Country USA in Williamsburg,
Va. Below: Shoot up a 60-foot wall on
Wahoo Wave at Hurricane Harbor, NY.
rafts and enter an 864-foot,
H, summer. Long, lazy degree luminescent rings adding
mostly enclosed flume. Formerly
days. Fun in the sun.
known as Aquazoid, the ride used a visual element that is going to
Clear, blue skies. be really cool.”
to feature a lights-out, what-the-
Shvitzing from the in- A couple of other water slides
heck-is-happening experience.
sufferable heat and hu- will also be getting makeovers
It’s still partly in the dark, but
midity. this season. The former Abyss at
sections of Aquazoid are now
Cool relief (and fun amped with a trippy light show Splish Splash on Long Island will
be transformed into Hyperlight.
and a grooving soundtrack. You
could do some head bopping to Each of its two slides, which can
accommodate one- or two-pas-
the music, but you’ll probably
want to keep your jazz hands senger tubes, will feature four
firmly on the raft’s handles dur- different light and sound experi-
ences.
ing the twisty ride.
“Aquazoid is the No. 1 ride in Similarly, the water slide that
wraps around the lighthouse at
the park,” said Kevin Lembke,
park president of Water Country Lake Compounce in Bristol,
Conn., will be outfitted with a
Six Flags
USA and Busch Gardens Willi-
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By MARK W. SANCHEZ
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023
The Mets will play meaningful
games in the final week of the sea-
son — they just won’t be meaning-
ful for the Mets.
Buck Showalter’s eliminated group
finds itself in the middle of a heated
NL wild-card chase and will repeat
two series with contenders from last
week. First they will host the Mar-
lins, from whom the Mets took a sig-
nificant series last week in Miami,
before closing the season with three
games at Citi Field against the Phil-
lies, who just swept the Mets and
own the first wild-card spot.
The Marlins (81-75) are one game
back of the Cubs (82-74) and Dia-
mondbacks (82-74) for the final NL
playoff spot.
Miami rebounded from losing two
of three to the Mets by taking two of
three from the Brewers. The Mets
could continue to play spoiler and
knock out David Robertson’s club,
whose rotation has fallen apart.
Reigning Cy Young Award winner
Sandy Alcantara is out for the sea-
son with a right UCL sprain, and 20-
year-old phenom Eury Perez joined
Alcantara on the IL on Saturday
with left SI joint inflammation.
The Marlins will throw Braxton
Garrett on Tuesday and Jesus Lu-
zardo on Thursday against the Mets
but have not announced Wednes-
day’s starter. The Mets will answer
with Joey Lucchesi, Kodai Senga
and David Peterson, respectively.
Further hurting the Marlins’ playoff
hopes is one more significant injury.
ON DECK: vs. Marlins
Tuesday, 7:10 p.m., SNY, WCBS (880 AM)
LHP Joey Lucchesi
2023 stats:
3-0, 2.88 ERA
Career vs. MIA:
1-0, 1.69 ERA
Last start:
Sept. 19, at Marlins
5.2 IP, 2 ER, 2BB
PITCH BREAKDOWN
52% 25% 22%
Fastball Curveball Cutter
WEDNESDAY: vs. Marlins, 7:10 p.m., SNY, WCBS
UP RHP Kodai Senga vs. TBD
NEXT THURSDAY: vs. Marlins, 7:10 p.m., SNY, WCBS
LHP David Peterson vs. LHP Jesus Luzardo
STAT SO?
8
Mets players who have recorded at least 10 home runs this
year. The team record is 10 players with 10 or more home runs,
accomplished in 2017. The 2019 team featured nine players,
while the 2007 and 2005 teams feature eight players as well.
METS NOTES
Luis Arraez and his .353 batting aver-
age are in jeopardy after slipping on
the dugout steps Saturday — when
the loanDepot park lights were
turned off for the entrance of closer
Tanner Scott — and aggravated an
ankle injury. The infielder did not
play in Sunday’s win over Milwaukee.
The Marlins have not reached the
postseason following a full, 162-
game season since 2003, when they
won the World Series. The Mets —
who have won 7 of 10 head-to-head
matchups this season — will aim to
keep that streak going.
➤ With six games to go, Fran-
cisco Lindor has 27 home runs and
30 steals. Just three players in Mets
franchise history have gone 30-30:
David Wright (2007), Howard
Johnson (1991, 1989, 1987) and Dar-
ryl Strawberry (1987).
➤ Showalter on Anthony Kay,
who made a successful 2023 debut
with the Mets — throwing 1 2/3 score-
less innings during Sunday’s loss in
Philadelphia — in his latest attempt
to stick with the organization:
“Threw it over, attacked people,”
Showalter said of the lefty Kay, who
was a first-round pick of the Mets in
2016 and traded three years later to
the Blue Jays in the Marcus Stro-
man deal. “Can see why he was and
is well-thought of. He’s an interest-
ing option. I know [lefty Brooks]
Raley’s happy to see him.”
LHP Braxton Garrett
2023 stats:
9-6, 3.53 ERA
Career vs. NYM:
0-1. 3.18 ERA
Last start:
Sept. 19, vs. Mets
6 IP, 0 ER, 7 K
PITCH BREAKDOWN
38% 26% 18%
Fastball Slider Cutter
By MARK W. SANCHEZ
BINGHAMTON — Jett Williams
has learned it is helpful to jot down his
goals before conquering them.
The ritual began before his first year
of Rockwall-Heath High School in
Texas, when his father suggested he
create a goal board. Williams listed 10
goals for his freshman season and
hung the board on his wall so he could
go to sleep and wake up with his
dreams in view. By the year’s end, each
was checked off.
“It’s usually not going to happen like
that,” his father told him, perhaps in-
correctly.
As his high school career wound
down, Williams logged that he wanted
to become a first-round draft pick —
which was accomplished, too, when
the Mets selected him No. 14 overall
last year.
Before his first full professional sea-
son, he wrote on the board that he
wanted to finish the season at Dou-
ble-A Binghamton — with whom Will-
iams suited up Monday night for
Game 1 of the Eastern League Champi-
onship Series.
The Mets named Williams their
Player of the Year after the teenager
made short work of Low-A St. Lucie,
High-A Brooklyn and has touched
Binghamton, having debuted Sept. 12,
before he can legally touch an alco-
holic drink. He is the first Mets posi-
tion player drafted out of high school
to reach Double-A the next season
since Gregg Jefferies in 1986.
“His production was probably about as
good as he could have envisioned and as
we could have envisioned,” general man-
ager Billy Eppler said over the phone.
The organization’s No. 3 prospect,
according to MLB Pipeline, is their
fastest riser. He is 19, one year removed
from high school and two calls away
from the major leagues.
Williams already knows the first
goal for his board when he constructs
it this offseason: reach the major lea-
gues in 2024.
“I feel like it’ll be my No. 1 goal next
year,” Williams said this week from
Binghamton’s Mirabito Stadium. “Be a
September call-up, if not earlier. I’m
not really focusing on that too much.
Obviously, you wake up every day, see-
ing that as a goal — I feel like every
time I see that, it’s the reason I come to
the field, work hard every day. Trying
to check that goal off.”
The work so far has been paying off.
The teenager’s first taste of full-sea-
son, regular-season ball ended with an
.876 OPS with 13 home runs, 45 steals
and nearly as many walks (104) as
strikeouts (118). Only one player in all
of minor league baseball (Detroit’s Jus-
tyn-Henry Malloy) drew more walks
this year, and Malloy is four years
older than Williams.
The 5-foot-6, top-of-the-lineup
sparkplug has played bigger than his
height and older than his age, with a
disciplined approach and a good
knowledge of the strike zone.
“I feel like I’ve had a really good sea-
son. Been through a lot of ups and
downs,” said Williams, who struggled
initially with St. Lucie as he tinkered
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THE GAME
Amazin’ prospect Williams quickly

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achieving goals, inching toward bigs
with his leg kick, then took off begin-
ning in June. “I never really freaked out,
I would say, when not hitting at Low-A.
… I didn’t really let that affect me.
“But this year’s gone pretty well. Just
how I am, I feel like I could have done
a lot better if I didn’t have the slow
start. But sometimes I think you’ve got
to fail in order to succeed.”
Williams is a natural shortstop with
enough athleticism to move around,
which will be important for an organi-
zation that has Francisco Lindor
signed through 2031. The Mets have

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begun testing Williams’ defensive ver-
satility earlier than they had with
Ronny Mauricio, who is trying to
prove he can move around the infield BASEBALL PODCAST
and outfield in the majors.
At Double-A, Williams has bounced
between shortstop and center field, HOSTED BY FORMER METS
where his speed plays. Williams said
he can also play second, having spent
PITCHER & EMMY-AWARD
some time at the spot in high school. In WINNING TV ANALYST
underlining his athleticism, his Brook-
lyn manager, Chris Newell, joked Willi-
ams could play catcher if asked.
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play in the middle [of the field] and
stay in the middle,” Eppler said of
Williams, who idolized Mookie Betts
growing up and hopes to become as
defensively flexible.
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
Williams acknowledged that he and POST REPORTER
his teammates, who are competing for
a minor league championship, repre-
sent the “next wave” of hopes for the
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Mets. With Williams, infielder Lui- TO LIST
sangel Acuña, outfielder Drew Gilbert AN EN
SC
and catcher Kevin Parada, Binghamton
contains four of the organization’s top
five prospects.
They hope to move fast. Williams
has been moving just as quickly as he
envisioned.
“Can’t knock finishing in Double-A
as a 19-year-old,” Williams said. “Just
continue to get better each and every WORKING HARD: Jett Williams, the Mets’ No. 3 prospect, said one of his
day. Go into the offseason with this lit- goals for the 2023 season was to reach Double-A — a feat he accomplished
tle taste of Double-A so I know what to just one year after the Amazin’s selected him with the 14th pick in the MLB NYPOST.COM/PODCASTS/AMAZIN-BUT-TRUE
work on and go from there.” draft. The 19-year-old’s next goal: reach the majors in 2024. Getty Images (2)
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schedule
By DAN MARTIN

A cold, wet, miserable after-

noon was perhaps a fitting way
for the Yankees to close out
their home schedule in a disap-
pointing season, but they did
manage to beat Arizona, 6-4.
It came a day after the Yankees
were officially eliminated from
playoff contention for the first
time since 2016, when maybe a
thousand sturdy fans showed up
— though the announced crowd
was 41,096, since it was a
makeup of Saturday’s game that
included an Aaron Judge bob-
blehead giveaway.

YANKEES NOTES
Those who braved the
weather got a peak at what
might be some of the Yankees’
future — Austin Wells, Oswald
Peraza and Everson Pereira
were among the young players
that keyed the victory.
Wells homered in the fourth
and scored the go-ahead run in
the eighth, Peraza had a 443-
foot homer despite the tough
conditions and Pereira had a
pair of hits, including the single
that put the Yankees up for
good before Clay Holmes
pitched a scoreless ninth for
the save.
Aaron Boone said he was im-
pressed with the rookies in the
lineup in the eighth.
“It was good to see that kind of
inning,” Boone said. “It was fun
seeing guys execute like that.”
Wells said the newcomers are
trying to make the most of
their opportunities. By DAN MARTIN “better position next year.” Extended absences by Judge — think, as we get into the offsea-
“Even though we’re out [of “We’re always accountable and who missed nearly two months son even more, we’ll be able to
playoff contention], every at- The reverberations of Aaron we have an expectation around with a torn ligament in his right dissect what didn’t go well.”
bat matters,” said Wells, who Judge’s comments Sunday that here to be playing next week at big toe — and Giancarlo Stanton The first baseman is among
has 10 hits since being called this Yankees season had been a this time [in the postseason] and were also noted. the key offensive players that
up, six for extra-bases. “big failure” and that there is “a lot unfortunately, that’s not the “But I go back to 2019, when we was doomed by health issues, as
of stuff going on around here that case,” Boone said. “We’ve got to were decimated with injuries,” he was shut down with post con-
➤ Anthony Rizzo said he’s
feeling “good, a lot better” after
needs to be fixed” were still being
felt in The Bronx on Monday.
ask some tough questions and
will ask some tough questions
Boone said. “It doesn’t mean
that’s the end-all, be-all. And it’s
cussion symptoms that he’s just
now overcoming.
dealing with post-concussion “You can’t just sit here and say and try to fortify ourselves bet- on us to figure it out when it He expects to be fully healthy
symptoms that wound up end- what we did this year is good ter moving forward.” happens.” in the offseason and will be ready
ing his season in August. enough to go into next year,” An- The manager also noted that as Rizzo said it “starts with the for a regular spring training.
“I think we just ran out of thony Rizzo said before the Yan- bad as the team played, they little things.” Rizzo will be among the play-
time to come back, but I’m def- kees beat the Diamondbacks, 6-4, were dealt some misfortune. “You come in here and say, ers the Yankees will look to for a
initely feeling back to myself,” in their final home game of 2023. “I don’t think you can discount ‘Why wasn’t this clubhouse good rebound next year.
Rizzo said. “I’m feeling a lot Like Judge on Sunday, Rizzo, injuries,” Boone said. “I think, enough?’ ” Rizzo said. “It’s not “There’s no doubt we have to,
clearer and pretty strong.” some teammates and Aaron Boone going in, from a starting rotation like the personalities didn’t on some level, count on guys that
He expects a regular offsea- acknowledged there were parts of standpoint, we’d be in a really mesh. We all got along. There were missing this year,” Boone
son and to be fully healthy for the team that have to be “fixed” good spot. It’s been a struggle all was no divide in here. But over said. “I don’t think it’s wrong to
spring training. but declined to get into specifics. year, whether it’s keeping guys the course of the season, we just think we should count on those
Boone said there would be healthy, getting guys back or didn’t play well enough. guys. It’s reasonable to think we’ll
talks about putting the team in a down performances.” “There’s stuff behind that I get those guys going again. Some
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T
HE first full day of the 2024
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New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

a couple of hundred fans in The
at Blue Jays Bronx, the game replete in mean-
ing for the visiting Diamond-
Tuesday, 7:07 p.m., YES,
WFAN (660 AM, 101.9 FM) backs and worth nothing in the
present for the home squad.
RHP Michael King On the previous day — official
elimination day — the captain of
2023 stats: the Yankees, Aaron Judge, in-
4-7, 2.66 ERA sisted that changes would have to
Career vs. TOR: be made without detailing speci-
2-2, 3.35 ERA fics. Aaron Boone did the same
Monday morning before the
Last start:
home finale. Maybe it was an
Wed., vs. TOR
Aaron thing, though Mr. Hicks
7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER
was unavailable for comment.
PITCH BREAKDOWN

55% 30% 14%

Fastball Slider Changeup

RHP Kevin Gausman

Joel Sherman

POWER PAIR: Yankees
right fielder Aaron Judge,
reacting after a strikeout
Monday in The Bronx, was
joined by Anthony Rizzo
nypost.com
2023 stats:
12-9, 3.29 ERA
Career vs. NYY: Whatever is coming, Judge will
10-7, 3.15 ERA have a voice in offseason discus-
Last start: sions. Boone is a public unknown
Wed., at NYY until Hal Steinbrenner reveals
6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER just how many firings will be the
result of missing the playoffs for
PITCH BREAKDOWN the first time since 2016. The
Yankees owner has vowed to
50% 38% 11% bring in an outside firm to audit
Fastball Changeup Slider what went wrong.
There is no simple answer.
UP NEXT Those who scream about “ana-
WEDNESDAY: at Blue Jays,
lytics” probably can’t provide a
7:07 p.m., Amazon, WFAN coherent sentence on what ana-
RHP Gerrit Cole lytics are or how the Yankees’
vs. RHP Jose Berrios version differs from those of
metric-heavy organizations go-
THURSDAY: at Blue Jays, ing to the postseason such as the NUMBERS GAME: The Yankees, under general manager Brian
7:07 p.m., YES, WFAN
RHP Luke Weaver
Dodgers, Orioles and Rays. Yet, I Cashman, have leaned toward treating analytics as a bible rather than
vs. RHP Chris Bassitt
believe that the Yankees’ prob- just a tool, writes Post columnist Joel Sherman. Jason Szenes
lems are rooted here, because
STAT SO? Brian Cashman’s baseball opera- individual instructor and each speaks to arrogance that the other
tions veered toward treating ana- individual coach is solely fo- teams are not going to school on

(inset) in calling out the
status quo and to “dissect
what didn’t go well.”
Jason Szenes; Robert Sabo
guys need to make some changes
and adjustments, but there’s also
other parts of the roster and
team that we have to be able to
fortify better. We’ve got to make
a lot of really good decisions.”
Beyond Judge, and likely
Boone and general manager
Brian Cashman, it’s unclear
who will have a voice.
DJ LeMahieu is among the
veteran players who also are in-
vested in the future.
“There are definitely things
that need to be addressed,”
LeMahieu said. “I just want a
reset on the season. I don’t
know what the changes are and
I don’t know what the direction
is, but I am excited about the
future, that’s for sure. Some of
the younger guys are good and
1.78
ERA posted by
Michael King
in his seven
starts this season. He ranks
second, behind the Giants’
John Brebbia (1.74), among
all pitchers with at least that
many starts in 2023.
our pitching staff is great. I
know we have the pieces.”
Those pieces might look dif-
ferent the next time the Yan-
kees play in The Bronx.
“Put it on us players,” Rizzo
said of the blame for ’23. “We
didn’t play well enough as a
whole. We didn’t do [well]
enough to be competing in Oc-
tober. ... It’s gonna be really
easy in all the stories written
about this and that, pointing
fingers here and there, and I’m
sure fingers are gonna be
pointed. But for me, I person-
ally didn’t do a good enough job
of being a leader. Performance-
wise, I didn’t play well enough.
As a team, a lot of guys didn’t
play up to their capability.”
dmartin@nypost.com
lytics as a bible rather than a tool.
The absolutism locked them
into philosophies that have dis-
served them in areas such as who
they hire (they lead the league in
charlatans), how they construct
rosters, and what they teach and
value. It was camouflaged in re-
cent seasons by Judge, Gerrit Cole
and deep/excellent bullpens help-
ing the Yankees make the playoffs.
But it obviously cannot be ig-
nored any longer with the fran-
chise’s worst season in three dec-
ades. And if I were going to make
an educated guess on what Judge, in
particular, was alluding to, it is the
lack of front-office feel that has di-
minished the baseball IQ , flexibility
and competitiveness of the roster.
Let’s see if I can offer an anal-
ogy: If you build a house and pri-
oritize how each of, say, 10 rooms
look without thinking enough
about how they fit within the
whole, you will end up with a dis-
jointed house. The Yankees did
that with roster-building. I bet the
front office would justify each ac-
quisition on its own while it was
assembling a too right-handed,
too-unathletic positional group.
I sense that silo effect in every-
thing the Yankees do — as if each
cused on an area without much
cohesion on how it all impacts
coming together to win a game.
I wonder, for example, if you
sell out completely on maximiz-
ing velocity or spin or bat speed,
are you ever talking enough
about game situations — about
reading the scoreboard and the
moment for what is needed.
If you hire one-size-fits-all in-
structors to prophesize, say, pull it
in the air, does anyone ever think
what these guys might have tried
to tell Derek Jeter? Oswaldo Ca-
brera came up last year, precocious
and full of talent and baseball IQ.
There was prime Marwin Gonza-
lez in him — perhaps more. Then
he tried to become a pull monster
and had a dreadful season. I
watched Anthony Volpe hit three
more grounders to third Monday
in a 6-4 win against Arizona and
am curious where the all-field
skills I heard so much about went.
Has Yankees leadership become
so stuck in what it believes that
what once might have been an an-
alytic advantage has evaporated —
after all, some team has to be the
30th-best at analytics and 29th and
28th. … Because becoming so en-
trenched in one way of operating
you while the sport (as ever) re-
volves heavily around adaptation
and adjustment. Does this look
like a group that has evolved with
new rules, for example?
There seems a lack of feel, both
in day-to-day decision-making and
putting the roster together. Cash-
man’s group has had a terrible run
the past three-ish years in acquisi-
tions. Joey Gallo. Josh Donaldson/
Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Frankie Mon-
tas. They traded Jordan Montgom-
ery at the 2022 deadline, citing
that he would have not been in
their playoff rotation, only to see
him blossom into one of the ma-
jors’ 15 best starters since. Have
the formulas that worked at one
point become outdated?
Look, maybe it was just a bad
year and that nothing mattered
more than freak injuries to Judge
and Anthony Rizzo that no team
could prepare to avoid. I think
that would be the wrong lesson.
The Yankees annually have been
eliminated from the playoffs by a
team that played baseball better
than them in October.
This year, they were eliminated
for the same reason from April
through September.
joel.sherman@nypost.com
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McKinney
calls out
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two issues
on defense
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

By RYAN DUNLEAVY

In Xavier McKinney’s estima-

tion, the Giants have bigger is-
sues to tackle than their inabil-
ity to get ball-carriers on the
ground.
The defensive co-captain sug-
gested Monday that the Giants’
16 missed tackles in last week’s
loss to the 49ers is a concern
but not indicative of a panic-in-
ducing trend. The Giants face
the Seahawks and tackle-break-
ers Kenneth Walker (14) and
DK Metcalf (six) on Monday.

GIANTS NOTES
“That’s not why we lost two
games,” McKinney said. “We
have to be better with it. The
fundamentals matter, and we
have to be a lot better in that
aspect — which we will. But
that’s not the reason why the
games are going how they’re
going.
“I’m not going to stress too
much over that because I know
that we’re a good tackling
team. Obviously, we’re just go-
ing through a little hiccup, but,
like I said, we’ll correct it and
we’ll keep moving forward.”
McKinney’s attention is fo-
cused on two points recurring
over the first three games: The
Giants have zero takeaways —
after going five-plus games into
last season without recording
an interception — and have al-
lowed 10 first-half scoring
drives responsible for halftime
deficits of 26, 20 and 14 points,
respectively.
“I think those are two of the By RYAN DUNLEAVY Monday coordinator Mike Kafka to call should be in line for a bigger
big keys in my mind,” McKin- SEAHAWKS plays that squeezed every drop role. “I don’t think we’re a fin-
ney said. “Right now, we’re just Some NFL passing attacks out of a cast of weapons assem- ished product or anything like
trying to figure out a way AT GIANTS bled from a lot of spare parts. that. We just have to keep work-
were so explosive Sunday that a
8:15 p.m.
where we can be able to force fan prone to hyperbole might How then did the Giants man- ing, keep taking the steps for-
ABC, ESPN
these turnovers. For me, that’s wonder if the Giants could reach WFAN (660 AM; age their lowest yardage total ward and everything will come
something that I’m constantly those same numbers in a 101.9 FM) (150) in 10 years during the Week our way.”
trying to figure out — how to month’s worth of games. 3 loss to the 49ers? In an effort to cut down on the
Line: Giants —1.5 • O/U: 46.5
get the ball back for our of- Wait a minute ... where’s the “We didn’t make enough “15-, 16-play” methodical scoring
fense.” exaggeration? plays,” quarterback Daniel Jones drives the Giants relied on last
The Chiefs scored 41 points, of 20 yards or more (six). Not “When you play a good team like season, general manager Joe
➤ WR Wan’Dale Robinson
reported no ill effects from his
the Dolphins totaled 726 offen-
sive yards and the Chargers’
exactly the fireworks advertised
after trading for Waller, signing
that, you have to be crisp. There
were some plays across the
Schoen’s offseason focus was up-
grading speed in hopes that
first game in 305 days, after re- Keenan Allen hauled in 18 recep- Parris Campbell and drafting Ja- board I’d like to have back.” yards after catch would increase
covering from the torn ACL tions during respective Week 3 lin Hyatt to add to a returning Of course, the issues in need of the league’s least-explosive of-
that cut short his rookie season. wins. The Giants’ combined nucleus of Saquon Barkley, Dar- attention before Monday’s game fense (28 completions of 20
He had four catches on 11 snaps three-game offensive totals in- ius Slayton, Isaiah Hodgins, against the Seahawks run deeper yards or more).
last week against the 49ers. clude 43 points, 760 yards and a Sterling Shepard and Wan’Dale than executing a few plays. And yet Campbell (minus-0.6)
“Never having to really miss team-high 12 catches by Darren Robinson. “Just three games in, I think, and Slayton (minus-0.4) are pro-
time like that before,” Robin- Waller. Seven of those top-eight play- there’s obviously still room for ducing fewer yards after catch
son said, “I’m definitely cher- The Giants will finish Septem- makers entered the season improvement,” said Robinson, than the analytics project based
ishing all of the moments being ber ranked in the bottom five in healthy, too, so there was sup- who efficiently produced four on factors such as speed, separa-
back out there and just wanting the league in points per game, posed to be less stress on head catches on 11 snaps in his season tion and the ratio of blockers to
to give everything I’ve got with yards per game and completions coach Brian Daboll and offensive debut against the 49ers and tacklers in space, according to
all of the snaps that I’m getting
right now.”
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NOWHERE TO GO BUT
UP: Daniel Jones, getting
sacked against the 49ers on
Thursday, and the Giants will
finish September in the
bottom five of the NFL in
points per game, yards per
game, and completions of 20
yards or more. USA TODAY Sports

nypost.com
TACKLING ADVERSITY: Despite the acquisition of fellow inside
linebacker Isaiah Simmons this summer, Micah McFadden — tack-
ling Deebo Samuel on Thursday — welcomes the competition and is
keeping a team-first attitude. AP

NextGenStats. Hodgins (0.1) and
Waller (0.1) are contributing
negligible gains.
Of the 135 NFL pass-catchers
who have seen at least eight tar-
gets, Campbell is the only Giant
ranked among the top 97 in
terms of separation created (3.4
yards per route). Waller (2.6),
Slayton (2.0) and Hodgins (1.8)
rank No. 98, No. 130 and No. 133,
respectively.
Then again, how can receivers
run smooth routes to comple-
tion when the pocket is collaps-
ing before they are out of their
breaks?
“Sometimes things take time,”
said safety Xavier McKinney,
who spoke highly of the of-
fense’s potential after head-to-
head training camp battles and
isn’t wavering. “And I think it’s
one of those things right now.
But I think we’ll be a lot better.”
Jones, whose 11 scrambles are
fourth-most in the league, is the
quarterback who has faced the
most pressures (56) while play-
ing behind three different start-
ing offensive line combinations
in as many games.
“It goes back to everybody:
running backs, quarterbacks, of-
fensive line, even some of the
play calls,” Robinson said. “Not
everything’s going to be perfect
at all times, and we just have to
make things work sometimes.
Obviously, we still believe in our
O-line.”
By adding those targets and
not signing Barkley beyond this
season, the Giants signaled an
intent to shift into a pass-first
offense behind their $160 mil-
lion quarterback.
With his improved cast of
weapons, Jones is averaging a
career-low 5.8 yards per attempt.
He has nearly as many intercep-
tions (four) on 97 throws as he
did last season (five) on 472.
And the first game without
Barkley — who is sidelined by a
high ankle sprain — resulted in
the Giants’ fewest rushing at-
tempts (11) since 1989 instead of
running back by committee.
It’s already clear that recaptur-
ing last year’s magic touch won’t
be easy.
“You have a baseline of a sys-
tem,” Daboll said before the sea-
son, “but just because one play
looked good one year really has
nothing to do with the next
year.”
The Giants still need to find
what’s going to look good this
year. Fast.
rdunleavy@nypost.com
McFadden keeps
focus on field,
not playing time
By ZACH BRAZILLER
There was disappointment
and there was uncertainty.
When the Giants dealt for
former first-round pick Isaiah
Simmons two weeks before the
start of the season, Micah
McFadden was unsure of what
his role would be. How the new-
comer would change things for
him. But the inside linebacker
also didn’t let it distract him
from the bigger picture.
“I mean, obviously, everybody
wants to be on the field, and ev-
erybody wants to play, but at the
same time, I think it’s a lot big-
ger than that,” McFadden said
over Zoom on Monday. “It’s
about the team and getting the
best guys in the building so that
we can win on Sunday.”
McFadden certainly was one
of the best guys in last Thurs-
day’s loss to the 49ers on the de-
fensive side of the ball. He was
active getting into the backfield
— producing 10 tackles, four for
loss. The rest of the team had
just two. Simmons didn’t make
much of an impact, and really
hasn’t so far as a Giant.
“The biggest difference, I
would say, I felt like in both
games, a lot of times I was in the
right position, doing the right
thing up until the ball,” McFad-
den said. “I’d say Week 2, I just
probably could have finished a
few more plays. Obviously, that
comes down to tackling and get-
ting the ball carrier on the
ground when I have those op-
portunities, and I think there
was a lot to improve too in
Week 3. Still had some missed
tackles against San Francisco,
and that’s something to clean up
moving forward.”
A fifth-round pick a year ago
out of Indiana, McFadden en-
joyed a productive rookie year
— producing 59 tackles, includ-
ing six for loss, two sacks and a
forced fumble. He was in a bat-
tle to be a starter this summer
alongside Bobby Okereke. Then,
the Giants traded for Simmons.
But McFadden has hung on to
his job so far. However, he’s
more focused on the shaky de-
fense figuring things out after a
shaky first three games.
“There is going to be competi-
tion in this league, and that’s on
any team you play for,” McFad-
den said. “After meeting [Sim-
mons] and having him in the
room with us, becoming close
with him, and playing with him
on the field, I think Isaiah is a
great fit for this team. I’ve been
really excited to get to know
him and obviously see him per-
form and do his thing on Sun-
days.”
zbraziller@nypost.com
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By BRIAN COSTELLO

Robert Saleh clearly is not

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ready to sack Zach.

The Jets coach reiterated his
belief in quarterback Zach Wil-
son on Monday, a day after a
dreadful performance by Wil-
son in a 15-10 loss to the Patri-
ots. Jets fans booed Wilson
New York Post, Tuesday, September 26, 2023

during the game and called for

him to be replaced after it. But
Saleh said the team is sticking
with Wilson this week against
the Chiefs and beyond.
“He’s our unquestioned
quarterback, guys,” Saleh said
Monday. “As long as he contin-
ues to show in his preparation,
the way he’s been practicing
and even in these games, guys.
He’s not the reason we lost
yesterday. It’s always a team ef-
fort. As long as he continues to
show improvement, and I
know from a box score stand-
point it’s not showing, he’s go-
ing to be our quarterback.”
Saleh sounds like he is
in denial when he says
Wilson is not the
reason the Jets
lost. Wilson was
unable to gener-
ate any offense
outside of one
fourth-quarter
drive. The defense
held the Patriots to
13 points and kept
them in the game. Wil-
son completed 50 per-
cent of his passes and
threw for just 157
yards, with most of
those coming
in the fourth quarter. Sunday
Saleh would not say whether CHIEFS AT JETS
they plan to add a quarterback 8:20 p.m.
this week, deferring to general NBC
manager Joe Douglas. ESPN Radio
“That one is a Joe question,” 98.7 FM
Saleh said. Line: Jets +9.5 • O/U: 42.5
It is possible the Jets add a
quarterback this week, but that give him credit for is he had a
player will be brought in to turnover-free game yesterday,”
learn the offense for a Saleh said. “He had no turn-
few weeks before over-worthy throws from my
the they would recollection, and because of
even con- that we were in position and
sider play- had the ball at midfield with
ing him. 1:40 to go and two timeouts to
For now, go win the game. Because we
the Zach Wil- played a clean game of football
son show con- on the offensive side of the ball
tinues, much and we were able to win the
to the fans’ field-position battle in the sec-
chagrin. ond half.”
“One thing The Jets never intended to
I’m going to have Wilson play in 2023, of
course. This was supposed to
be a redshirt season for him to
sit and watch Aaron Rodgers,
decompress and learn. In-
stead, he was thrown back
into the fire four plays
into the season. Saleh indi-
cated Monday that the team
has struggled to adjust the of-
fense built for Rodgers into an
offense built for Wilson.
“It’s not an excuse, but the re-
ality is it was built a certain
way and now we’re trying to
adjust on the fly, which is a
challenge but a challenge but I
think we’re going to end up
coming to an answer for,” Saleh
said.
The Jets need to figure some-
thing out quickly if they want
to salvage this season. Things
can spiral out of control
quickly. They face the Chiefs,
Broncos and Eagles before
their bye week. The Chiefs and
Eagles are two of the best
teams in football. At 1-2 now, it
is hard to imagine the Jets be-
ing better than 2-4 at the break,
but funny things happen some-
times in the NFL.
As for Wilson, Saleh insists
that Wilson has not lost confi-
dence despite plays on Sunday
when it looked like Wilson was
afraid to throw the ball down-
field.
“I think he’s playing with
confidence,” Saleh said. “He’s
throwing the ball accurately
when it’s in timing and rhythm
and his foot hits his backstep
and he lets that thing rip. It’s
pretty. He’s doing a really nice
job in that regard.”
The Jets made the decision to
stick with Wilson as their
backup in the offseason when
they began their chase of
Rodgers. That decision looks
questionable at best right
now.
“You just don’t throw
people away, man,” Saleh
said. “You’ve just got to
continue to work with
him. He’s here. He
gives us our best
chance to win. As
coaches, we’re go-
ing to do every-
thing we can to
help him.”
bcostello
@nypost.com

STANDING BY HIS MAN: Robert Saleh (left) wasted no time in

backing Zach Wilson on Monday, saying he would remain the Jets’ starter.
That news was not what Joe Namath (below) was hoping to hear as he
called the 24-year-old’s play this season “disgusting.”

Namath says Gang quarterback ‘awful ... disgusting’

By RYAN GLASSPIEGEL
The most accomplished quarterback in
Jets history is throwing in the towel on
Zach Wilson.
Wilson, the second-overall pick in the
2021 draft, has been in the crosshairs after
the Jets fell to the Patriots, 15-10, on Sun-
day in a game in which he averaged a pal-
try 4.4 yards per attempt and has in gen-
eral not shown a readiness to be a win-
ning professional quarterback.
The 80-year-old Namath appeared on
“The Michael Kay Show” on ESPN New
York on Monday and was asked if he took
any positives out of Wilson’s perform-
ance on Sunday.
“No, I didn’t take anything positive out
of it yesterday. It was awful,” said Namath,
who also voiced his displeasure with Wil-
son and the coaches on X, formerly Twit-
ter, during the game.
Asked why, Namath, who quarter-
backed the Jets’ only championship vic-
tory in Super Bowl III in 1969, responded,
“Why? Were you watching? I mean, puh-
lease. You sit down? You sit down on the
play, you go right down? What happened?
I thought you were trying to make plays
and win. You quit on a play. What is going
on? It’s disgusting.”
Head coach Robert Saleh has repeat-
edly said Wilson, who was thrust into ac-
tion when Aaron Rodgers suffered
a season-ending Achilles injury
in Week 1 against the Bills, re-
mains the team’s starting quar-
terback.
“He’s our unquestioned
quarterback, guys,” Saleh
told reporters Monday. “As
long as he continues to show
in his preparation, the way
he’s been practicing and even
in these games, guys.
He’s not the rea-
son we lost
yesterday. It’s
always a was installed for
team effort.
As long as
he contin-
ues to show improvement, and I know
from a box score standpoint it’s not show-
ing, he’s going to be our quarterback.”
Namath was of the belief that the situa-
tion with Wilson is unsalvageable.
“Send him to Kansas City to backup
against somebody like [Patrick] Mahomes
and maybe learn something. I
wouldn’t keep him,” Namath
said. “I’ve seen enough of Zach
Wilson, all right? I’ve seen
enough. Has quick feet, can
throw a little bit, but I don’t be-
lieve what’s going on up there.”
Namath continued to say that
“if you have an eye about football
at all,” then it’s easy to see that
things are “haywire” with the
Jets.
Namath was not
buying the excuse
that the offense
Rodgers, not
Wilson.
“How many
months ago was that to learn
the offense? How many months
ago was that? Come on. Now,
Aaron, he got hurt, OK. Well,
what do you think you have
backups for?” Namath asked.
“They’re ready to go, they’re
supposed to be ready to go. We’re
looking at an offense that just
doesn’t play well. You’ve got an of-
fensive coordinator that doesn’t
seem to be calling the right plays. I
just think for this fan, they’ve got to
make major changes from top to bot-
tom.
“Yes [that includes Saleh]. When
he’s telling me that locker room is to-
gether, when he’s telling me these guys
love one another, yeah, well thanks a
lot. You can go back to whatever place
you learned that stuff. They’re losing.
Guys don’t like to lose. They’re not
holding hands when they’re losing.”
The Jets are 9.5-point home underdogs
against the Chiefs on Sunday night.
rglasspiegel@nypost.com
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how bad Zach has been
J
ETS FANS of a certain age remem-
ber when this was all part of the deal
of rooting for the Jets, perhaps part
of the necessary surcharge for hopping
along with Broadway Joe for that run to
glory 55 years back. One of the great iro-
nies of the fabled Namath years was this:
There was a time when one of his great-
est qualities was his indestructibility.
Despite ruinous knees, Namath went
77-for-77 in his first 77 career starts
once he replaced Mike Taliaferro
as the Jets’ starter in the second
ing just how stark a difference it was be-
tween the dreck they were witnessing
and what was happening across the
league. In those years, what you had in
New York was a Jets game on Sunday, a
Giants game on Sunday (and the Gi-
ants’ QBs in those years weren’t much
better, though at least Fran Tarkenton
was fun to watch). And the Monday
night game. Until the playoffs, that was
it.
Now? Now there
are Thursday games.
and the rest of Wilson’s teammates
have bent themselves into pretzels
showing support — even if they have
seen 100 different legit NFL observers
breaking down the all-22 film and
pointing out all of the open receivers
Wilson never saw or simply never tried
to throw to Sunday.
(Also worth noting that in 1970-73,
there were about 33 people in the entire
world who’d ever
heard of the term
“all-22.”)

game of the 1965 season. There
were weeks he could barely
walk, but he still answered the
bell. That all changed in Week 5
of 1970, when he broke his wrist
in the final drive of a 29-22 loss
to the Colts at Shea Stadium.
From there, Namath played in
just 28 of the next 58 games the
Jets played thanks to a knee injury
(in 1971) and a shoulder injury (in
1973). Fans who came to the Jets in
those years knew Namath mostly
from the movie screen or “The
Brady Bunch” or Noxzema com-
mercials, only occasionally on the
football field. There, the Jets were
led mostly by Al Woodall (in
1970, ’71 and ’73), Bob Davis (’71)
and Bill Demory (’73).
Not surprisingly, they suffered
in Namath’s absence, going 9-21
in the games Namath missed in
those four years. And the quar-
terback play was … putting it
kindly, “substandard,” cer-
tainly compared to Namath in
his prime. Woodall/Davis/
Demory completed 310 out of
688 passes with 32 touch-
downs and 39 interceptions.
Fans were plenty miserable
about that.
But in 1971, that angst wasn’t
instantly compounded by see-
There are Sunday
doubleheader games.
Sunday night games.
There are Monday
games. Most fans
have access to Sun- Mike Vaccaro
day Ticket, even if it’s
just taking a ride to the local Buffalo
Wild Wings. You can see every other
quarterback, even the “bad” ones, so the
fact that even the “bad” ones can com-
plete the occasional 15-yard out pattern
without making it feel that a nuclear
code had to be breached first …
Well, Zach Wilson is bad. Everyone
can see that. Everyone can yell it the
clouds, too — starting with Namath
himself, who on Monday summarized
his opinion of Wilson thusly: “Disgust-
ing.”
But with that many instant compari-
sons, it’s exponentially bad. It’s bad
multiplied by 31. Time was, a Jets fan
could moan that Bob Davis was the
worst quarterback they’d ever seen, and
though it might’ve been true, they had
no proof.
Now, they know. Now they see. And
see. And see.
There is no escaping it. A quarter-
back’s competence isn’t a matter of con-
jecture anymore. It’s a matter of public
record. And that makes it all the more
inescapable.
It is understandable why Robert Saleh
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“Everyone can see
what’s happening,”
Saleh conceded Mon-
day afternoon, even
as he reiterated the
only choice he truly
has at his disposal
next week against Kansas City: sticking
with Wilson (unless the NFL allows the
Jets a special dispensation and allows
Rodgers to suit up and play in a
scooter).
The sad truth is, Wilson is bad
enough if you just watch his games in a
vacuum. But he is actually flooded in
modern-day context, too. Jets fans were
expecting to watch a first-ballot Hall of
Famer this year, after all. The eye in the
sky allows every amateur offensive co-
ordinator a chance to second-guess ev-
ery quarterback’s choices, but espe-
cially the vulnerable ones.
And now you can see folks like Joshua
Dobbs and C.J. Stroud emerge in real
time, you can watch a journeyman like
Gardner Minshew make money throw
after money throw and, well, it’s pretty
stark. Justin Fields is probably experi-
encing the same kind of thing Wilson is,
only in Chicago — another town much
like ours which has been lately overrun
with quarterbacking malfeasance.
Tough town. And a tough time to be
scuffling in a tough town.
mvaccaro@nypost.com

Matty Ice throws cold water on possible Jets interest

By RYAN GLASSPIEGEL
Matt Ryan is not riding
in on a shiny white horse
to try to save the Jets.
After Zach Wilson aver-
aged 4.4 yards per attempt
in a 15-10 loss to the Patriots
on Sunday, the masses are
starting to wonder if perhaps
the Jets’ commitment to the
2021 second-overall draft pick
would be shorter than head
coach Robert Saleh has been
publicly communicating.
Ryan, the 38-year-old
former quarterback of the
Falcons and Colts, is now a
color commentator for CBS,
and was asked on CBS
Sports HQ on Monday if any reached out to the Jets about Though Ryan hasn’t offi-
part of him would be inter- a potential opening. cially retired, Pro Football
ested in potentially joining Ryan continued to say that Talk reported that he has to
the Jets. his agent “wouldn’t keep his NFL options open
“No, not on my be doing his job if he to collect the $12 million the
end,” Ryan answered. wasn’t looking into Colts owe him.
He mentioned all certain situations,” Wilson was foisted into
the fun he is having but reiterated, “I’ve the Jets’ starting quarterback
in the CBS booth. got no interest in do- role after Aaron Rodgers suf-
“I’m really enjoying ing that right now.” fered a likely season-ending
what I’m doing work- His performance Achilles injury just four
ing with Andrew for the Colts last snaps into the opener
[Catalon], Tiki [Bar- season was not es- against the Bills. Saleh has
ber] and A.J. [Ross],” pecially enticing. He outwardly maintained that
Ryan said. “They’ve MATT RYAN threw 14 touchdown Wilson remains the starting
been fun to work passes to 13 inter- quarterback even after his
with.” ceptions and averaged 6.6 poor performance Sunday.
There was a Fox Sports re- yards per attempt as the
port Sunday stating Ryan Colts went 4-7-1 in games he
and Carson Wentz had started. More Jets / P. 51, 48
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It airs in March on Masterpiece on PBS.
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true-crime podcast, “Murder
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The comedian/actress/ tion” has come to an end.
writer’s standup special, Ever since it first pre- Series star
“Salute Me Or Shoot miered in 2019, the raunchy Ncuti Gatwa went
Me,” is on HBO and Max. teen comedy series has on to star in “Barbie.”
been a star-maker for its Below left and right:
1 2 3 young4cast: Ncuti
5 Gatwa 6 began7as an 8 9 Gillian Anderson and
unknown, but he’s since gone on to Asa Butterfield;
“I build Lego sets —
co-star in the billion-dollar hit Emma Mackey
one of my hobbies
movie of the summer, “Barbie,” and as Maeve.
no one knows
about.”
he snagged the coveted role as the
“Doctor Who’s” latest Doctor.
1 2 3 4 Co-star5 Connor 6 Swindells
7 8
was 9
“My thumbs are also in the “Barbie” movie, as was
double-jointed.” Emma Mackey.
Mackey was also in talks to be the
1 2 3 4 5 next Lois
6 Lane7on the big 8 screen 9–
“My high school she ultimately lost the role to Rachel
teachers have tried Brosnahan, but she snagged high-
to fight me more profile roles (she was in “Death on
than once. (I was a the Nile” and she played Emily
hard to deal with Bronte in “Emily”).

Netflix (3)
student and a Now streaming, the fourth and fi-
wiseass.)” nal season of “Sex Education” show-
cases why this series was such a ca-
2 3 4 5 6 reer-launcher.
7 8 9
“I smoked Newports Throughout its four seasons, the
for two weeks to see show has been alternately raunchy
if it was addictive and full of heart, as it followed Otis
and then I just (Asa Butterfield), a socially awk-
stopped.” ward high schooler who is embar-
rassed by his sex therapist mom,
3 4 5 6 7 Jean (Gillian
8 9
Anderson), but uses
“I used to be a polar his knowledge to set up a sex educa-
bear at Girl Scout tion clinic at his high school.
camp — you wake up Rounding out the cast is his char-
at dawn about an ismatic best friend Eric (Gatwa),
hour before the sun troubled former bully Adam
comes up and jump in (Swindells) who was briefly Eric’s
the freezing lake and love interest, snarky Maeve
swim for an hour until (Mackey), conflicted athlete Jackson
the sun comes up.” (Kedar Williams-Stirling), flighty
Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood), and
former popular mean girl Ruby the artsy Cavendish College, where There’s a few missing faces, such est, simply because this ensemble
(Mimi Keene). they must navigate a new social hi- as Ola (Patricia Allison) and Lily comedy is best when everyone can
Season 4 finds the gang in new erarchy. Eric becomes popular and (Tanya Reynolds), since those ac- interact and isn’t so far-flung.
and unfamiliar territory, scattered Otis feels lost in the shuffle. Otis tresses didn’t return. But the main But, it’s still a worthy swan song
40, COUNT ‘EM, 40 to the wind. also gets an enemy, since the cam- characters all get mostly satisfying for a rare Netflix show that lasted 4
Maeve is in America, at- pus has a rival sex therapist, O conclusions to their stories. seasons.
That’s the number of tending Wallace University, (Thaddea Graham). It’s a shame to have the cast There’s still a lot of trademark ir-
holiday movies set to air with Dan Levy (“Schitt’s Adam and Jean get the short end spread out for the final season, but it reverent comedy, smart writing,
on Hallmark and Hallmark Creek”) joining the cast as a of the stick this season, with com- also gives this show a necessary at- oddball situations and emotional
Movies & Mysteries. The professor that she butts paratively dull and isolated story- mosphere of growing up and mov- nuance.
network will also have heads with. Her “Will lines, as Jean is a single mom yet ing on. We’re not leaving these teens There’s a reason that “Sex Educa-
they or won’t they?” dy- again to a new baby. Adam, mean- stagnant, flailing through high tion” has been a star-maker for its
“special content” for namic with Otis is finally on while, is finding an interest in school forever, we’re leaving them young cast: its mixture of goofy hu-
Hallmark Movies Now, its a “They will,” albeit it’s long horses for some reason. Poor Adam when they’ve matured and shifted to mor and likable and quirky charac-
subscription service. distance. feels like the writers didn’t know new phases in their lives. ters made it one of the modern era’s
Otis, Eric, and Ruby are at what to do with him. “Season 4” isn’t the show’s strong- stellar teen comedies.
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