NYCFC Falls To Philadelphia In Return To Yankee Stadium

 

Philadelphia moving up field looking for a fifth goal, which they eventually got to seal the win. Photo by Jason Schott.

In their first game in nearly two months at Yankee Stadium, New York City Football Club fell to the Philadelphia Union, 5-1, on Wednesday night.

Books: "Precipice" By Robert Harris, Set In World War I London

Precipice

By Robert Harris 

Harper/HarperCollins Publishers; hardcover, 464 pages; $30.00; available today, Tuesday, September 17th

Robert Harris has been a television correspondent with the BBC and a newspaper columnist for London's Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph. He is the author of Act of Oblivion, Pompeii, Enigma, and Fatherland. Most of his fifteen cinematic thrillers have been made into films, including Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow, and it is set to be released this fall. His novels have sold over ten million copies, and have been translated into thirty languages.

College Football: FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll - Week 3

 

In the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll for Week 2 of the 2024 college football season, Texas took the top spot for the first time in the poll's history.

Boston Gave Yanks Fitts Early Before Judge Issued Late Ruling

 

Aaron Judge watching the path of his grand slam in the seventh inning. Photo by Jason Schott.

The Yankees had one of their most thrilling seasons wins of the season on Friday night at a raucous Yankee Stadium, as they stormed back to beat the Boston Red Sox, 5-4, on a game-winning grand slam by Aaron Judge.

Books: On Unique Sports That Are Growing In Popularity

It is September, a wonderful time to be a sports fan, and in this review, we will look at three new books that capture the wide variety of sports that people enjoy: SEC Football: How a Regional League Became a National Obsession, by Colby Newton; F1 Racing Confidential: Inside Stories from the World of Formula One, by Giles Richards; and The Promise of Women's Boxing: A Momentous New Era for the Sweet Science, by Malissa Smith.

Yankees Run Past Royals To Take Series Finale In Extra Innings

 

There was a pregame tribute on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Photo by Jason Schott.

The Yankees won a thriller against the Kansas City Royals, 4-3, in 11 innings on Wednesday night, as they took two out of three in this series that felt like a possible playoff preview right out of the '70s.

Yankees To Offer Prostate Cancer Screening Thursday Night

Yankee Stadium's famous facade. Photo by Jason Schott.

 

On Thursday night, fans attending the Yankees' game against the Boston Red Sox can take a free pregame prostate cancer screening, hosted by the Yankees, Fans for the Cure, and Montefiore Einstein.