Power Shift: Soto Crosses Town To Join Mets

 

Juan Soto hitting a home run for the Yankees on May 18. Photo by Jason Schott.

When Steve Cohen bought the Mets three years ago, it was felt that their dynamic to the Yankees in this town would change.

Pinstripe Bowl Features BC & Nebraska

 

The George M. Steinbrenner III Championship Trophy. Provided by New York Yankees.

The 2024 Pinstripe Bowl will feature Boston College of the ACC and Nebraska of the Big Ten, and it will kickoff on Saturday, December 28 at high noon at Yankee Stadium.

College Football: FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll - Week 15

 

In the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll for Week 15 of the 2024 college football season, the final one of the season, Oregon came out on top for the eigth straight week with the won the Big 10 Championship over Penn State, 45-37.

St. John's Wins It Late For Lou

 

Photo by Jason Schott.

The St. John's Red Storm, in their first game since the passing of their legendary coach, Lou Carnesecca, last weekend, had another sensational second half to beat Kansas State, 88-71, on Saturday afternoon in the arena bearing his name.

Books: "Once A Giant," By Gary Myers, Now In Paperback

 

Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

By Gary Myers

PublicAffairs; paperback, 320 pages; $19.99

Gary Myers is the former NFL columnist for the New York Daily News and Dallas Morning News, and has covered the league since 1978. He has authored six books, including the New York Times bestseller Brady vs. Manning, an inside look at the greatest rivalry in NFL history, and recently My First Coach (please click here for our review) and How 'Bout Them Cowboys (click here for our review). Myers also was a long-time member of the cast of HBO's Inside The NFL and the YES Network's This Week in Football.

Tennis Returns To The Garden, With Alcaraz, Shelton, Navarro & Pegula

 

Carlos Alcaraz (right) and Ben Shelton battle by the net. Photo by Jason Schott.

Tennis made its triumphant return to Manhattan, as The Garden Cup was held on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

Books: "She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street," By Paulina Bren

 

She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street

By Paulina Bren

W.W. Norton & Company; hardcover, 384 pages; $29.99

Paulina Bren is a writer and award-winning historian who teaches at Vassar College on the Pittsburgh Endowment Chair in the Humanities. Her first book was The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free, and it was a bestseller and a New York Times Editor's Choice.