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A Yankees-Giants trade that will make Red Sox fans sick to their stomachs
If you're a hitter that can hit at league average or above and you're on the trade market this season, the New York Yankees want you. As much as this would be a funny joke to make, it's almost completely true. The Yankees are in the market for offense, period. They have two spots in their lineup that are producing at a high level and that's Aaron Judge and Juan Soto. Beyond them, everybody has been disappointing.
Billy Joel wrapped up MSG residency w/ Axl Rose, Jimmy Fallon & his daughters (video, setlist)
Billy Joel played what he said was the final performance of his monthly Madison Square Garden residency with his 150th lifetime show at the venue on Thursday night (7/25). As Rolling Stone points out, Billy told the crowd, “Let me mention a couple of things that we’ve done. We were the first group to play at Yankee Stadium [in 1990]. We were the last band to play at Shea Stadium [in 2008]. We played Berlin the night that the Berlin Wall came down [in 1990, so not quite]. We were the first American full-fledged performance in the Soviet Union [in 1987]. And we were the first band to play after Castro came to power, and we played Cuba [1979]. We played in front of the Coliseum in Rome for a half million people [in 2006]. And the food was great. But out of all of them, this is the best. There’s no place like this.”
Justin Timberlake, New Kids On The Block, Tate McRae among 2024 We Can Survive headliners
The 11th annual event benefits the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Audacy has announced the 2024 lineup for We Can Survive, the annual event supporting the company’s mental health initiative, I’m Listening. Superstar Justin Timberlake will be joined by mega boy band New Kids On The Block, singer-songwriter Tate McRae, multi-instrumentalist Benson Boone, R&B crooner Khalid, and emerging artist Isabel LaRosa at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, on Saturday, September 28th. Hosted by New 102.7 FM (WNEW-FM), the event exemplifies music’s power to connect communities and promotes having more mental health conversations.
3 things to love (and 3 to hate) about living in Queens, N.Y., according to residents
Manhattan may be fanciest, and Brooklyn may be hipper, but the borough of Queens, N.Y., has the best culture, at least according to the small cross-section of residents who spoke to Yahoo Local for this story. Sharing their experience of living in neighborhoods across the borough, these locals dished on all the highlights and lowlights of living in the linguistic capital of the world.
Happy Day! Furtastic Funny Photo!
Thank you Francesca from Brooklyn for sending this photo! You will receive a signed copy of Wendy Diamond’s best selling book It’s a Dog’s World: The Savvy Guide to Four-Legged Living. (Random House) for making us smile! If anyone has a furtastic photo please submit to yappy@animalfair.com...
Bitwise Ethereum ETF Banner Hung on New York Stock Exchange
Days after its Ethereum ETF began trading, Bitwise Asset Management unveiled a banner promoting its ETH fund on the New York Stock Exchange. The banner, which reads "ETHW, Bitwise Ethereum ETF," signals the company's push to promote its spot ETH exchange-traded fund (ETF) product. "Bitwise Ethereum ETF banner going up...
Why a Mets trade for Michael Conforto is romantically flawed
There are a couple of New York Mets reunions we could see at this year’s trade deadline. One name fans are beginning to talk about on social media is making a trade with the San Francisco Giants for Michael Conforto. A better plot point for a fictional romantic novel...
Count Your Mitzvos Like Money
When the Bergstein family entered yechidus, the Rebbe asked young Chaim Moshe how many strings he had in his tzitzis. When the boy didn’t know, the Rebbe taught him a lifelong lesson from money. When the Bergstein family entered yechidus, in 5715 (1955), the Rebbe addressed the small children...
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