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With the 2024-25 season on the horizon, the New York Rangers games are listed in the preseason and regular season schedule. With some rival and otherwise significant matchups coming up for September and October, here are a few dates to keep in mind for when Autumn comes. Preseason New York...

As our very own Lucas Kaplan so eloquently put, The Liberty did not have the “prettiest win” in their 79-71 victory against the Dallas Wings Thursday night in Brooklyn. What seemed to be good performances were underwhelming when considering the flow of the game — such as Kayla Thorton’s 19 points, a nice number until you realize she only shot 2-of-9 from deep.

On their own, Kyle Higashioka and Luis Campusano are two ordinary major league players. But if you mix the stats of the two catchers together, you have the top home run hitter for the playoff-contending San Diego Padres. The Padres will try to take a second straight win from the visiting New York Mets Saturday night in the third of the teams' four-game series. Higashioka knocked in three runs during Friday night's 7-0 win, cracking his career-high 15th homer of the year with a man aboard in the bottom of the second. Combined, the duo has belted 23 homers and knocked in 81 runs, even though neither is hitting higher than .233. The 81 RBIs also would lead the team. Jurickson Profar tops the Padres with 77. "It's been great; they've made the lineup longer," San Diego manager Mike Shildt said after Friday night's game. "Higgy has been fantastic; he had the big swing tonight early and then adds on another run later. Campy has also given us production and has helped us with (Dylan) Cease and (Martin) Perez, so they're a really good combination." While Higashioka has gotten most of the starting assignments lately, Campusano earned his claim to fame on July 25 in Washington when he caught Cease's no-hitter, the second in franchise history. Getting that kind of unnoticed production near the bottom of the lineup helps explain why the Padres are 23-8 since the All-Star break and just a half-game behind Arizona for the first wild-card spot in the National League. They'll try to keep their playoff push going on Saturday night behind right-hander Michael King (11-6, 3.18 ERA). He's won his past two starts, including a 5-3 decision Monday night against Minnesota after permitting two runs on four hits and three walks with six strikeouts in six innings. In five career outings, four of them out of the bullpen, against New York, King has no record but a 2.25 earned run average and 15 strikeouts in 12 innings. Meanwhile, the Mets will turn to left-hander David Peterson (7-1, 3.00) for another key start after getting just 2 1/3 ineffective innings Friday night from Paul Blackburn before he left after taking a liner off his pitching hand. Peterson turned in a quality start Monday night during his team's 4-3 win over Baltimore, striking out eight and giving up just two earned runs in seven innings. He's lost both career starts against San Diego, allowing six runs in 12 innings. New York will hope for length from Peterson after its relievers had to cover 9 2/3 innings in the series' first two games. Manager Carlos Mendoza asked Ryne Stanek, Danny Young and Adam Ottavino for multiple-inning performances, which could affect their availability for Saturday night. The Mets also demoted Huascar Brazoban to Triple-A Syracuse after he gave up two runs in the ninth inning Thursday night, upping his earned run average to 6.30 in nine games since being acquired from Miami at the trade deadline. "He's probably taking it too hard on himself, especially after a bad outing," Mendoza said. "I think it's more of a reset for him because stuff-wise, he is really good." New York activated Dedniel Nunez from the injured list to replace Brazoban. --Field Level Media.

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The New York Mets have once again been linked to a stand-out third baseman slated for free agency in the winter of 2025. Alex Bregman is an elite talent at 3B for the Mets to look into next winter. Houston Astros star Alex Bregman will be a hot commodity once...

The FDNY responded to an early morning report of a sidewalk trash-bag fire on Fourth Street just west of Avenue A, which spread to a parked car. Local Assembly Member Harvey Epstein shared these photos from around 6 a.m. It's unclear what caused the trash fire or if someone intentionally...

Drew Gilbert, who suffered a hamstring injury that has prevented him from competing most of 2024, has started to turn it on for Triple-A Syracuse. Gilbert hit his second home run (and his fifth hit) in the last three games. Durham Bulls (59-65) 6, Syracuse Mets (67-55) 9. DH Drew...

FKA twigs attended Lionsgate’s New York City film premiere and after-party celebrating The Crow, based on the legendary graphic novel. The star looked radiant on the carpet in a vintage Giorgio Armani dress. The Crow is now in theaters. Fantasia, Andra Day, Ludacris, Artist in Residence Wyclef Jean and more star power headlined the Richmond...

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(The Center Square) — New York is getting $12 billion in federal funding to help build a long-delayed second tunnel beneath the Hudson River in what officials are touting as the largest rail construction grant in U.S. history. The Gateway Development Commission announced on Monday that it had signed...

Inside an ornate, red brick building on W47th Street, hundreds of people living with serious mental illnesses are building community. Together, they garden, cook meals and take fitness classes — and they have been doing so on the same Hell’s Kitchen block for the past seven decades.  Fountain House, New York City’s oldest mental health clubhouse, […] The post How the Fountain House Clubhouse in Hell’s Kitchen Forged a Path for Mental Health Worldwide appeared first on W42ST.

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Wagner College Theatre has earned a distinguished spot as No. 7 on The Princeton Review’s list of the top collegiate theater programs in the United States for the 2024 Edition of “The Best 389 Colleges.”. Renowned for its rigorous approach to the performing...

A Franciscan friar in New York City allegedly spent $650,000 on plastic surgery, fine dining, and trips to the Hamptons after claiming he was helping injured people in Lebanon. Pawel ‘Paul’ Bielecki, was charged with wire and mail fraud by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York on Aug. 17. According to the complaint, Bielecki, known as Father Paul, defrauded victims by “falsely representing that he was a medical doctor who runs medical clinics in Beirut,” while soliciting donations on local radio shows and crowdfunding websites for non-existent Lebanese hospitals and ambulances. The priest’s order, the Province of St. Mary, turned him in August 2023. If convicted, Father Paul faces 40 years in prison.Read it at The Daily MailRead more at The Daily Beast.

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