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How Yankees and Mets fans are viewing Subway Series this season

The alternative “Let’s go Yankees! Let’s go Mets!” chants will be absent. Instead of sold-out stadiums, the seats will be empty. Since interleague play began in 1997, there has never been a Subway Series quite like the one that is…

A talk with Mekhi Becton’s best fan: His 13-year-old brother

He had planned on wearing No. 77, just like big brother does, but there will be no football season at John Rolfe Middle School in Richmond, Va., thanks to the pandemic. But at least Michael Becton will get the chance…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to resign over health concerns

Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving prime minister in Japan’s history, is expected to resign over health issues, reports said early Friday. Japan’s national broadcaster said that the prime minister will announce in a press conference Friday evening that he “intends to…

Sterling Shepard’s celebration became Joe Judge lesson for Giants

It was a play worth celebrating, but Sterling Shepard went too far. The slippery Shepard caused Corey Ballentine to fall down in coverage and streaked open, hauling in a deep pass from Daniel Jones and hanging on through a collision…

Dom Smith’s tearful message moved players across baseball

Dom Smith’s raw moment in Queens reached far and wide. The Mets first baseman and outfielder choked up after Wednesday’s win over the Marlins when talking about the police shooting of 29-year-old black man Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. “I’ve…

There’s a reason for beach vibe and games in US Open bubble

The U.S. Open players are stuck in a Long Island/Queens bubble and not permitted to visit either Jones Beach or Rockaway Beach. But they have full clearance to lay out on Ashe Beach. In an attempt to spice up the…

Trump goes scorched earth in RNC 2020 acceptance speech: Goodwin

And on Day 4, there was no more Mr. Nice Guy! Republicans spent the better part of three nights in their convention presenting softer and gentler sides of President Trump, but the president gets the final words and he came…

Legendary Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson dies at age 85

TUCSON, Ariz. — Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. He was 85. Olson’s family said he died Thursday evening. The cause of death wasn’t given. “Coach Olson is the…

Fred and Jeff Wilpon rip Brodie Van Wagenen for hot-mic comments

The Wilpons didn’t let Brodie Van Wagenen’s apology be the last word regarding Thursday’s hot-mic video flap. Mets owner Fred Wilpon and his son, COO Jeff Wilpon, blasted their general manager for comments on a hot-mic in which he mistakenly ripped…

NHL analyst Mike Milbury latest victim of selective justice

Repent, sinners! Well, not all of you. After all, TV judges not the sin but the sinner. Why did NBC hire Mike Milbury if not for his lure as a player and coach given to brutish, caveman displays and wild…

Tom Cotton says China ‘rooting’ for ‘weak’ Joe Biden at RNC

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton on Thursday said China is “rooting for Joe Biden” because the Democratic presidential candidate is weak. “Joe Biden would return us to a weak and dangerous past,” the foreign policy hawk said in a speech at…

Paralyzed dog stranded in quarantine at JFK Airport could be euthanized

A paralyzed rescue dog has been stranded in quarantine at JFK Airport for three days — and could soon be euthanized — because Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials wrongly assumed she’s sick, animal advocates told The Post Thursday.…

Islanders’ Anthony Beauvillier has stepped it up during playoffs

Anthony Beauvillier has been a consistent source of offensive production for the Islanders throughout the postseason. In fact, the left winger has notched at least one point in all but three of the Islanders’ 11 games since arriving in the…