Head coach Robert Saleh said he was getting his shoulder evaluated, but didn’t offer any further update. Brown’s status for the season opener Sunday against the Ravens appears in doubt, and the question now is whether it is a long-term injury.
Losing the 37-year-old Brown, a five-time Pro Bowler with a strong reputation for his durability, would be a major blow to the offensive line. George Fant, the starter at left tackle who was moved over to the right side upon the addition of Brown, could move back to his original spot.
The two options to start Sunday against the Ravens would be rookie fourth-round draft pick Max Mitchell and veteran Conor McDermott, who missed most of training camp with an ankle injury and didn’t appear in any preseason games. McDermott is practicing with the team, although he was limited in both workouts this week. So was Fant, who is nursing a knee injury.
Jets offensive lineman Duane Brown, working on a drill with a coach earlier in the preseason, is battling a shoulder injury and could miss the season opener.Bill Kostroun
“We still gotta do our jobs,” offensive guard Laken Tomlinson said after practice Thursday. “Obviously, the stuff going on with Duane, that’s for Coach Saleh to comment on. But I still have a job to do, so I’m focused on that right now. I’m focused on Baltimore.”
He added: “All of our guys I feel like I can play, everyone from veterans to rookie class. So we’re preparing like we’re trying to play and win a game.”
The Jets’ offensive line didn’t play well in the final preseason game against the Giants, but there was hope there was enough practice time before the regular-season opener for the unit to develop chemistry. But that is no longer possible with Brown’s status in doubt, creating more questions than answers a few days before the first game against the Ravens.
“Work is work, we have to come together and be tighter as a group and come out and grind every day,” Tomlinson said. “At the end of the day, every guy has to do their job no matter who is in the position.”
Oberlin College, known as a bastion of progressive politics, said on Thursday that it would pay $36.59 million to a local bakery that said it had been defamed and falsely accused of racism after a worker caught a Black student shoplifting.
That 2016 dispute with Gibson’s Bakery resulted in a yearslong legal fight and resonated beyond the small college town in Ohio, turning into a bitter national debate over criminal justice, race, free speech and whether the college had failed to hold students to account.
The decision by the college’s board of trustees, announced Thursday, came nine days after the Ohio Supreme Court had declined to hear the college’s appeal of a lower-court ruling.
“Truth matters,” Lee E. Plakas, the lawyer for the Gibson family, said in an email Thursday. “David, supported by a principled community, can still beat Goliath.”
In a statement, Oberlin said that “this matter has been painful for everyone.” It added, “We hope that the end of the litigation will begin the healing of our entire community.”
The college acknowledged that the size of the judgment, which includes damages and interest, was “significant.” But it said that “with careful financial planning,” including insurance, it could be paid “without impacting our academic and student experience.” Oberlin has a robust endowment of nearly $1 billion.
The case hinged on whether Oberlin officials had defamed the bakery by supporting students who accused it of racial profiling, and the verdict, essentially finding that the officials had done so, may make other colleges and universities think twice about joining student causes, legal experts said.
“Such a large amount is certainly going to make institutions around the country take notice, and to be very careful about the difference between supporting students and being part of a cause,” said Neal Hutchens, a professor of higher education at the University of Kentucky. “It wasn’t so much the students speaking; it’s the institution accepting that statement uncritically. Sometimes you have to take a step back.”
Professor Hutchens said it also made a difference that Gibson’s was a small family business, not a large multinational corporation like Walmart or Amazon, which would be better able to sustain the economic losses from such a protest.
Oberlin is a small liberal arts college with a reputation for turning out students who are strong in the arts and humanities and for its progressive politics, leaning heavily on its history of being a stop on the Underground Railroad as well as one of the first colleges to admit Black students. Tuition at Oberlin is more than $61,000 a year, and the overall cost of attendance tops $80,000 a year. The college is also very much part of the town, which is economically dependent on the school and its students. The bakery, across the street from the college, sold donuts and chocolates, and was considered a must-eat part of the Oberlin dining experience.
The incident that started the dispute unfolded in November 2016, when a studenttried to buy a bottle of wine with a fake ID while shoplifting two more bottles by hiding them under his coat, according to court papers.
Allyn Gibson, a son and grandson of the owners, who is white, chased the student out onto the street, where two of his friends, also Black students at Oberlin, joined in the scuffle.The students later pleaded guilty to various charges.
That altercation led to two days of protests; several hundred students gathered in front of the bakery, accusing it of having racially profiled its customers, according to court papers.
The lawsuit filed by Gibson’s contended that Oberlin had defamed the bakery when the dean of students, Meredith Raimondo, and other members of the administration took sides in the dispute by attending the protests, where fliers, peppered with capital letters, urged a boycott of the bakery and said that it was a “RACIST establishment with a LONG ACCOUNT OF RACIAL PROFILING and DISCRIMINATION.”
Gibson’s also presented testimony that Oberlin had stopped ordering from the bakery but had offered to restore its business if charges were dropped against the three students or if the bakery gave students accused of shoplifting special treatment, which it refused to do.
The store said that the college’s stance had driven customers away, for fear of being perceived as supporting an establishment that the college had tarred as racist.
Oberlin disputed some aspects of that account and countered that students were exercising their First Amendment right to free speech. The administration said it had only been trying to keep the peace. The college’s court papers also said that Allyn Gibson was trained in martial arts and had brought public criticism on the store by chasing the student out of the store and into public view.
In the spring, a three-judge panel of the Ohio Court of Appeals confirmed the jury’s finding, after a six-week trial, that Oberlin was liable for libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress and intentional interference with a business relationship — that it had effectively defamed the business by siding with the protesters. The original jury award was even higher, at $44 million in punitive and compensatory damages, which was reduced by a judge. The latest amount consists of about $5 million in compensatory damages, nearly $20 million in punitive damages, $6.5 million in attorney’s fees and almost $5 million in interest.
In its ruling, the Court of Appeals agreed that students had a right to protest. But the court said that the flier and a related student senate resolution — which said that the store had a history of racial profiling — were not constitutionally protected opinion.
“The message to other colleges is to have the intestinal fortitude to be the adult in the room,” Mr. Plakas said in an interview after the jury had awarded damages in June 2019.
After the 2019 jury award against Oberlin, Carmen Twillie Ambar, the college president, said that the case was far from over and that “none of this will sway us from our core values.” The college said then that the bakery’s “archaic chase-and-detain policy regarding suspected shoplifters was the catalyst for the protests.”
But in its statement on Thursday, Oberlin hinted that the protracted and bitter fight had undermined its relationship with the people and businesses in the surrounding community.
“We value our relationship with the city of Oberlin,” its statement said. “And we look forward to continuing our support of and partnership with local businesses as we work together to help our city thrive.”
Sheelagh McNeill and Jack Begg contributed research.
The longest-reigning monarch in British history, whose dedication to royal tradition and stiff upper lip in the face of family scandals endeared her to generations of Britons, died on September 8. She was 96.
The royal family announced her death from Balmoral Castle, her beloved summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse.
“’The Crown’ is a love letter to her and I’ve nothing to add for now, just silence and respect. I expect we will stop filming out of respect too,” Peter Morgan, writer of the popular Netflix show told Deadline.
Season 6 is slated for release in 2023. Meanwhile, Season 5 is set to premier on the streamer in November.
Queen Elizabeth II the longest-reigning monarch in British history. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Producers for “The Crown” had been prepared for Operation London Bridge, the protocol that establishes what will happen from the moment of the queen’s death to when Prince Charles would be pronounced king.
“We have our own version of Operation London Bridge,” a series insider told The Post. “This is particularly pertinent for if we are filming. Filming will shut down immediately if we are in production, for at least a week. There would also be lots of discussion about when to restart.”
As for Duchess Kate Middleton, also 40, Meg Bellamy will portray her as a young woman.
The upcoming season will show Princess Diana, Prince Charles and the rest of “the Firm” as they deal with the issues that befall them in the 1990s, while Season 6 will move into modern times, chronicling the conflicts they encounter in the 21st century.
Royal fans mourned Queen Elizabeth’s death Thursday as they crowded outside Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle to pay their respects to the long-serving monarch.
“She meant everything to me,” Londoner John Loughrey, 67, told The Post moments after the announcement was posted at the palace gates.
“We’ll never have one like her,” he said. “To say I’m heartbroken is an understatement. I’m so shocked — I can’t believe this,” he said.
Well-wishers had already ignored heavy rain to flock to the 96-year-old’s residences to drop off bouquets of flowers and tributes as soon as Buckingham Palace announced a serious deterioration in her health.
Hundreds were outside the palace at 6:30 p.m. London time when two royal aides fixed a formal statement to the railings announcing that “the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral.”
Just moments earlier, a stunning double rainbow shone over the palace gates — soon replaced by tears among mourners leaving bouquets.
Spanish tourist Carla Fernandez, 32, headed to the palace on her very first day in London.
“We are not big fans of monarchy — but the queen is more than that,” she said.
Raja Patel, from Essex, said he was “scared this would happen soon” — but it still left him “absolutely devastated.”
He said there were “not enough flowers in the world for her. She was full of class.”
Queen Elizabeth II was loved by many during her rule that lasted decades, since she was just 25 years old. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth, who was the UK’s longest serving monarch after assuming the throne in 1952, had called Buckingham Palace home for most of her record-breaking reign.
In her final years, the Queen had been living at Windsor Castle — her weekend home just outside London — where she had spent her last days with her late husband Prince Philip before he died in April 2021.
Her death Thursday came just two days after she was seen smiling broadly while confirming the appointment of new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral, the late queen’s Scottish residence..
However, the images sparked health concerns over deep blue bruising on her hand — and earlier Thursday the palace revealed that her doctors were “concerned for Her Majesty’s health.”
The Queen’s passing marks the beginning of an official 12-day mourning period across Great Britain.Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
The 96-year-old monarch had cut back her public appearances in the months before her death because of ongoing mobility issues.
Kate Middleton and Prince William have officially moved from London to Windsor, and yesterday, the royal couple joined Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4, for a “settling in” afternoon at their new school — with Middleton sporting a new version of an old dress for the occasion.
Wearing a brown polka dot dress by Rixo, the duchess, 40, beamed as she held hands with her sons, who wore smart navy uniform shorts with white checked button-down shirts.
If the fit looks familiar, Middleton wore the same “Izzy” dress ($276) in a pink zebra print during this spring’s Caribbean tour, choosing the brown dotted version of the style for yesterday’s school visit.
The Cambridges spoke to Lambrook School’s headmaster, Jonathan Perry, as they arrived for the new student event.Getty Images
The button-front shirt dress, which is made from sustainable viscose, features three-quarter sleeves and a drop waist and is also available in a white version with black polka dots.
She kept her accessories simple, pairing the dress with brown suede heels and Kiki McDonough diamond-and-gold hoops ($690) with pearl drops by Annoushka ($480).
The brown outfit was a departure from the usual matching “Cambridge blue” looks the duchess and company usually sport on family outings, but Prince William, 40, did his part to keep the twinning vibes going.
The Cambridges are now living at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor.POOL/AFP via Getty Images
The proud dad coordinated with his kids in a navy blazer and trousers with a light blue button-up, holding hands with Princess Charlotte, who looked adorable in her blue collared uniform dress.
George, Charlotte and Louis attended their first official day at the prestigious Lambrook School in Windsor today following yesterday’s preview event for new students.
While worrying news about the Queen’s health is making headlines today — with family members traveling to Balmoral to be at Her Majesty’s bedside — Middleton stayed behind in Windsor with her children to support them during what is sure to be a time of huge change for the family.
The Cambridge kids previously attended Thomas’s Battersea school in London before moving to Windsor.i-Images / Polaris
The full lineup for Season 31 of “Dancing With the Stars” is finally here!
Following months of anticipation, “Good Morning America” announced the official cast list on Thursday, after revealing the first two contestants – TikTok star Charli D’Amelio and her mother, Heidi D’Amelio – one day prior.
From the show’s first drag queen to a fan-favorite “Housewife” and “Legally Blonde” star, here are all of the celebrities who will be vying for the mirrorball trophy.
“What? Like, it’s hard?” The 50-year-old actress, who portrayed Vivian in “Legally Blonde,” is bringing her undeniable star power to the ballroom.
Blair, whose other famous projects include “Cruel Intentions,” “The Sweetest Thing,” and “Hellboy,” will have a unique experience this season due to her battle with multiple sclerosis. The actress has been vocal about her journey ever since her diagnosis in 2018, including in her new memoir, “Mean Baby.”
“It really was the gift I received when I was vulnerable about the MS,” Blair previously said during a “Today” show appearance. “There’s no real room for guilt.”
After previously turning down the offer to do “DWTS” in 2016, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star finally said “yes” for Season 31.
Her ballroom debut will come just weeks after she said “I do” to Luis “Louie” Ruelas in a lavish New Jersey wedding. The reality star, 50, follows in the footsteps of a number of “Housewives” who have previously competed on the show, including Lisa Rinna, Kenya Moore, Erika Jayne, Nene Leakes and Lisa Vanderpump.
Fresh off filming for “The Bachelorette” and straight into rehearsals for “DWTS,” the reality star, 31, certainly isn’t wasting any time.
Windey has big shoes to fill, as former “Bachelorette” stars Hannah Brown and Kaitlyn Bristowe won the mirrorball trophy in Season 28 and Season 29, respectively. However, we’re guessing her five-year stint as a Denver Broncos cheerleader will help put her on the leaderboard in the weeks to come.
Gym, tan and… learning how to quickstep. The “Jersey Shore” star, 34, will also be one to watch, seeing as he spent plenty of time onstage (shirtless, nonetheless) dancing for Chippendales in Las Vegas.
“He was definitely one of the best-received guest hosts we have had, bringing in tons of ‘Jersey Shore’ and ‘Double Shot at Love’ fans,” a rep for the male striptease show previously told Page Six. “He basically sold out almost every performance.”
She won Season 6 of “American Idol” when she was just 17 years old. Can the Grammy-nominated singer, now 32, top that and take home another reality TV competition win?
Sparks is definitely in good hands with her pro partner, who has previously worked with singing legends like Tinashe (Season 27) and Supremes icon Mary Wilson (Season 28).
We didn’t get an NFL star this season, but we did get a former football player’s wife! The country singer, who is married to Eric Decker, will be showing off her stage skills in the ballroom, and we already know her game face will be on.
In addition to music, Jessie James, 34, is also a TV personality, fashion designer, beauty and lifestyle influencer/entrepreneur, and a two-time New York Times bestselling author.
The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star, 40, is of course no stranger to making history, however. Shangela previously made headlines for being the first person to walk the red carpet in drag at the Oscars for her supporting role in “A Star Is Born,” which starred Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. The activist currently stars on HBO’s “We’re Here.”
The beloved actress, 71, portrayed Kris Munroe in “Charlie’s Angels,” taking on the role from Farrah Fawcett in 1977.
Since then, she’s appeared in a variety of TV shows like “Ballers,” “Ray Donovan,” “NCIS,” and “American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson.” She also sang and danced as Mrs. Claus in the Disney musical “The Search For Santa Paws: Santa Pups 2” and as Annie Oakley in “Annie Get Your Gun!” on Broadway.
As for her partner, he’s returning as a pro for the first time since Season 21. His “DWTS” history dates all the way back to the show’s first season when he competed with “Bachelorette” alum Trista Sutter.
The actor, 51, is best known for playing Smith Jerrod – a boyfriend of Kim Cattrall’s character, Samantha – on HBO’s iconic “Sex and the City” series. He also reprised his role for both feature films, “Sex and the City” and “Sex and the City 2.”
Other notable projects include “Midnight, Texas,” “House M.D.,” “CSI,” “How I Met Your Mother” and “Charmed.”
Seeing as the fitness model, who is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mildred Patricia Baena, is paired with the show’s reigning mirrorball champion, fans will likely have their sights set high on him being an early frontrunner.
In addition to heath and fitness, the 24-year-old has a passion for acting and has starred in projects like “Called To Duty: The Last Airshow,” “Terminator 2 remake with Joseph Baena: Bad to the Bone” and “Bully High.”
The actor, 43, is best known for portraying Teddy Montgomery on “90210,” and making history as the show’s first and only LGBTQ+ character that was a series regular.
His casting comes one season after former co-star Lori Loughlin’s youngest daughter, Olivia Jade Giannulli, competed and placed eighth with pro Val Chmerkovskiy.
The “CODA” star, 32, has already proved he’s a force on the big screen, but will his acting chops translate to the dance floor?
With help from his pro partner, we have no doubt Durant will compete for his righteous spot on the leaderboard. In addition to starring in the Oscar-winning film, Durant’s other credits include “Switched at Birth,” “You,” and “Silent Notes.”
If the Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated comedian’s previous work is any indication of success, the rest of the cast should be prepared to step it up.
His own accomplishments aside, the “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” star, 50, is paired with the pro who won Season 19 with Alfonso Ribeiro, who is returning to the show to co-host with Tyra Banks. We have a feeling the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum may already be rooting for Brady and Carson to take home the win this season.
The weather anchor’s last name says it all: Champion.
His impressive resume includes a combined 25-year career on WABC-TV and “Good Morning America,” along with work at the Weather Channel and Eyewitness News.
Champion, 61, is also the recipient of a Peabody Award and multiple Emmys. Mix that with Burke’s two “DWTS” wins and we’ve got ourselves a solid partnership.
The TikTok star, 18, will be paired with the fan-favorite veteran dancer, who is returning as a pro for the first time since Season 25. Ballas previously won the mirrorball with Kristi Yamaguchi (Season 6) and Shawn Johnson (Season 8).
In addition to what will surely be a legendary partnership, Charli and her mom’s joint appearance on the show will mark the first time a mother-daughter duo has competed against each other for the coveted trophy.
While the D’Amelio matriarch, 50, will always support her daughter, fans can still expect some friendly competition between the pair.
“It would be nice to have some smack talk, but she is also still my mother,” Charli teased on “GMA,” adding that she hopes to include “a nod” to her TikTok moves this season.
Season 31 kicks off Monday, Sept. 19 on Disney+.ABC
As previously reported, Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Len Goodman will be back at the judges’ table this season. The show will also see the return of a full troupe, featuring dancers like Ezra Sosa, Kateryna Klishyna and “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 17 winner, Alexis Warr.
The all-new season of “Dancing With the Stars” premieres Monday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Disney+.
Aaron Judge’s march toward 61 continued on Wednesday when he hit his 55th homer of the season in the first game of a doubleheader against the Twins.
Though many believe Judge will be considered the new home run champ if he passes Roger Maris’ mark of 61 due to Barry Bonds PED ties, Judge himself indicated he didn’t agree, saying that Bonds’ 73 homers is still the legitimate milestone.
“The record’s the record,” Judge said after the Yankees swept the twin bill against Minnesota. “That’s what I go by. I watched him as a kid flip the ball into the bay with ease. That hasn’t changed.”
“I’m not really chasing or looking at anything,” Judge said of his move up the home run leaderboard. “It’s just happening.”
Aaron Judge belts his 55th homer of the season in the Yankees’ Game 1 win in their doubleheader sweep.N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg
And he doesn’t plan on gunning for 73, either.
“Not really,” Judge said. “That was a pretty unreal year. That’s a hard number to catch.”
Roger Maris Jr., is preparing for Judge to pass his late father’s milestone that was set in 1961 and said it was “disappointing” that Judge didn’t consider Maris’ record as the real one.
“I think a lot of people still look at Dad’s as the real record,” Maris said by phone. “So that was surprising to me.”
And he was somewhat surprised for another reason, since Judge will be a free agent after the season and while he’s going to get a tremendous contract even if he doesn’t hit another homer, he’d likely do even better if he was considered the holder of the true home run record.
“He’s got a lot on the line if that’s what he believes,” Maris said. “So he better start hitting more of them. Maybe he is going after Bonds, with the way he’s killing it lately.”
Wednesday’s homer in game one gave Judge home runs in four straight games. The recent hot streak is also making plans difficult for Maris, who would like to be at the game if Judge is set to get 62.
“This has caught everyone off guard,” Maris said. “He’s definitely killing it. I think we all expected him to get it at this point, but I don’t think anyone saw him going off like this. Anything can happen, but at this point, he looks like he’ll get to the mid-60s. And then, who knows?”
His homer on Wednesday gave Judge the franchise record for a right-handed hitter, previously held by another PED-tainted player, Alex Rodriguez.
And he’s showing no signs of the attention getting to him, which was not the case when Maris was going after Babe Ruth’s record of 60 in 1961.
“It shows how strong and consistent he is,” Maris said. “But the circumstances are way different. Dad was chasing Ruth and had [Mickey] Mantle with him. No one wanted him to get it: The writers, the commissioner, the fans. It seems like everyone is pulling for Judge.”
Including Maris — to a point.
“We like Dad having the record, but records are made to be broken and you have to like greatness and getting to see it,” he said. “You’d be crazy not to applaud what he’s doing.”
The Yankees have seen the future and it is the opposing manager giving them the finger. Four of them. Any time that Aaron Judge has a plate appearance in a meaningful spot.
The next manager who allows Judge to beat his team short of it being a tie or one-run lead with the bases loaded in the final inning should be fired on the spot. Because the rest of the Yankees lineup is hit deficient.
Imagine a high school play with Meryl Streep showing up as the lead and students filling the rest of the cast. That is the Yankees batting order these days. Judge and the Pips — and apologies to the Pips.
That the Yankees swept a doubleheader Wednesday came down to this word — Twins. They just find a way to lose to the Yankees or the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders or whoever exactly that was who took two games on Wednesday to give Minnesota 108 losses in its last 147 games against the Yankees.
Three times from the seventh inning on over the two games, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli put up four fingers to walk Judge. And the Yanks failed to score all three times. Judge now has 14 intentional walks on the season, tied with Pete Alonso for the most in the majors. When asked if he expects this treatment to continue, Aaron Boone said, “Absolutely.”
Aaron Judge, who will be walked more often going forward, homered in Game 1 for the Yankees.Robert Sabo
That reflects injury and ineptitude that has left the Yankees’ attack trapped between helpless and hopeless — with a touch of hapless thrown in. Judge is having one of the great offensive seasons ever surrounded for about a month now by less protection than an umbrella in a monsoon.
Gleyber Torres, who hit third behind Judge in both games of the doubleheader, mainly had good at-bats, which included a two-run homer in the opener. But that is not enough to scare teams into pitching to Judge. Isaiah Kiner-Falefa also had good at-bats through 21 innings. He had the tying single in the 12th inning of what would be a 5-4 Yankee win in the opener. He hit a grand slam as the big blow of a 7-1 nightcap triumph blown open on Aaron Hicks’ thee-run double with two outs in the eighth.
This is the state of the Yankees these days: Oswaldo Cabrera was 0-for-20 to begin the day and hit leadoff in the opener. He ended an 0-for-25 malaise with a walk-off single in the opener, so with a .188 average, no homers and four RBIs he hit cleanup in the nightcap.
The cleanup hitter in the opener was Ronald Guzman, called up earlier in the day. He struck out his first four times then hit into a first-to-home-to-first double play with the bases loaded and no outs in the 11th (that included Judge on via intentional walk).
DJ LeMahieu (toe) and Giancarlo Stanton (foot) were not available to pinch hit, Boone said. The manager added that LeMahieu is a candidate to join an injured list that already has Andrew Benintendi, Matt Carpenter and Anthony Rizzo. Josh Donaldson was gone on paternity leave. So Judge was amid a lineup that needed name tags.
The Yankees nevertheless have won four straight (three over Minnesota). They are 9-6 in their last 15 games. In the first eight wins in that period, Judge drove in a run in each game. He homered in seven straight wins, including hitting his 55th of the season in Wednesday’s opener before drawing three walks in the nightcap. Without him, the Yankees might be, say, 2-13 or 3-12 in this stretch and hugging infamy. Instead, they still lead the Rays by five games in the AL East.
Yankees shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa (12) hits a grand slam home run during the fourth inning.Robert Sabo
Their run prevention has remained outstanding. The Yankees used the best of their bullpen to survive Game 1 and their regeneration of Clay Holmes and Jonathan Loaisiga has been instrumental. Gerrit Cole then aced the nightcap by throwing his second-most pitches ever (118) and striking out his second most as a Yankee (14) to hold Minnesota to one run over 6 ²/₃ innings.
It will have to continue this way until the Yankees get healthy and/or more than Judge hits consistently. Because opponents are going to be very intentional in how they treat Judge and the Yankees the rest of the way. Can anyone else left in this shredded Yankees lineup make that a regrettable decision?
Remember a couple of months ago when Joe Biden was overseas and Gavin Newsom sauntered into the White House like he owned the place, jacket slung over the shoulder oh so casually, TV cameras in the perfect place to capture the moment he opened the door and entered the president’s private lair?
Quite some chutzpah.
Immediately, tongues wagged that he was there to “measure the drapes,” which was exactly the point.
The Californian governor is being presented as the pretty face to lead a new generation of moderate Dems and their best hope to hold the White House.
In this scenario, a doddering Joe Biden would be shuffled off before his term ended, so Kamala Harris could grab the mantle — hurrah! — as the first black woman president, at least for a few months, and Newsom could set himself up as VP with a rails run into the White House in 2024. At 54, this distant relative of Nancy Pelosi fancies himself as the “youth ticket” to beat Donald Trump.
But not so fast.
Independent transparency non-profit Open the Books has dived deep into California’s finances to unmask Newsom’s backers and the destructive policies they foster, like misguided criminal-justice reforms which have driven crime rates around the nation.
The Newsom section of the Open The Books report, exclusively provided to The Post, is a fascinating glimpse into the ecosystem of liberal political elites that is ripping this country apart and shows how millions in donations to Newsom’s campaign have resulted in billions of dollars worth of contracts.
Newsom found his way strolling the White House, acting as if it was home a few months ago.Twitter/CAgovernor
After a 10-year battle to unlock California’s secretive checkbook and almost 450 open records requests with every state agency, Open The Books discovered that Newsom’s donors often are richly rewarded for their largesse with grants to their foundations and massive tax credits to their companies. Newsom “solicited roughly 1000 state vendors for $10.5 million worth of campaign donations, and those companies or affiliated companies received $6.2 billion worth of worth of state payments last year,” says CEO and founder Adam Andrzejewski.
His woke quartet
At the center of Newsom’s Berkeley/Bay Area cheer squad are four very rich women whose twin obsessions are climate and criminal-justice reform: Patty Quillin, wife of billionaire Netflix CEO Reed Hastings; Quinn Delaney, wife of real-estate mogul Wayne Jordan; Kaitlyn Krieger, wife of Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger; and Elizabeth Simons, daughter of hedge-fund billionaire James Simons.
The woke quartet poured $22 million into progressive criminal-justice ballot measures and progressive DAs over two years, according to Politico.
They spent almost $4 million just to elect far-left Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, who has brought misery to the lives of so many Californians. They opened their Hermes purses again to defeat two recall efforts and keep him in office.
Open The Books has itemized their contributions to support Gascon and his policies. From Quillin $1.65 million, from Simons $725,000. Delaney gave $448,000 to the Real Justice PAC, which supported Gascón, and Krieger gave $206,500.
The Kriegers founded the Future Justice Fund, whose goal is to end “mass incarceration” because it is racist to put black people in jail. Delaney and Jordan founded the Akonadi Foundation, which is dedicated to “ending the criminalization of black youth” and “supports the development of powerful social-change movements to eliminate structural racism and create a racially just society.”
Akonadi donated $28,200 to Newsom’s reelection. Delaney donated $122,200 to Newsom’s re-election; Jordan donated $89,800 and separately donated $100,000 to the Million Voter Project Action Fund Committee to Oppose Newsom Recall. But the state of California has reciprocated some of this generosity.
For instance, Simons donated $123,200 to Newsom’s reelection, and her private-equity guru husband, Mark Heising, matched it with another $123,200.
California gave back with a grant in 2021 to their Heising-Simons Foundation worth $262,502.40 via UC Berkeley.
Quillin donated $123,200 to Newsom’s reelection. Hastings donated $94,000 and another $3 million into a fund to fight Newsom’s recall. Netflix employees and executives donated $69,150 to Newsom’s reelection. Netflix, Inc. Federal PAC donated another $5,000.
Lo and behold, Open The Books found that the California Film Commission looked kindly on Netflix when it came to allotting tax credits. Netflix received more than twice as much in tax credits as did any other company ($60 million in the allotment reported in February 2022).
It’s nice to live in a nepotistic state where the media gives you a free pass. But if Newsom plans on stepping up to the big stage, the Open The Books scrutiny is just a taste of what’s to come.
Bragg’s off target
Alvin Bragg refuses to lock up murderous thugs but he’s more than happy to weaponize the law to strike a political enemy of the Biden administration like former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. In the middle of a violent crime wave in this city, Bragg’s priority today is to indict a resident of Washington, DC.
New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a news conference.AP/Yuki Iwamura
Open letter, closed minds
Shame on the never-Trumper former Pentagon leaders who signed an open letter they must know plays right into the Biden administration’s inflammatory election narrative that Trump voters pose some existential threat to “democracy.”
The letter, which alludes to the January 6 Capitol riot, has been carefully written to be opaque, bordering on incoherent. But the 13 signatories know perfectly well that whipping up “MAGA fear” is the Democrats’ only strategy to stave off a wipeout at the midterms. The fact that the letter was organized by Duke political science academic Peter Feaver, a fevered Trump-hater and mentor of General “Thoroughly Modern” Milley, makes its intent clear.
Special criticism is due signatory Leon Panetta, the liberal Californian congressman turned-Obama CIA director and defense secretary who previously also signed the “Dirty 51” letter from 51 ex-intelligence officials framing the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation before the 2020 election.
Some on the list should know better. Others are beyond redemption.
The cancer age gap is closing — to the detriment of younger generations.
A new study has shown that young, ordinarily healthy adults are being diagnosed with cancer at worrying rates.
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital saw that more and more people under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with cancer of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, pancreas and more — globally — in a trend that took a sharp upward turn around the year 1990.
“From our data, we observed something called the birth cohort effect. This effect shows that each successive group of people born at a later time (e.g., decade-later) have a higher risk of developing cancer later in life, likely due to risk factors they were exposed to at a young age,” said Dr. Shuji Ogino, professor of pathology and physician-scientist at Brigham and Women’s, in a press release.
“We found that this risk is increasing with each generation,” Ogino continued. “For instance, people born in 1960 experienced higher cancer risk before they turn 50 than people born in 1950 and we predict that this risk level will continue to climb in successive generations.”
Cancer is a genetic disease — it’s caused by changes in genes that lead to cell division error and tumors. Some of these genetic changes are inherited, but the new study, published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, focused on environmental factors that cause damage to DNA and contribute to the cancer growth.
Researchers found that there was an increase of young people with cancer.Getty Images
Cancer-causing toxins could be more rampant than people believe. There are a few well-known risks out in the world, such as high UV exposure or smoking cigarettes, while emerging research now points to second-, and even third-hand smoke — as in touching surfaces contaminated by smoke residue — as significant carcinogens, too.
When looking at the incidence of 14 types of cancers, Ogino, along with lead study author Dr. Tomotaka Ugai and their team, discovered an increasing trend of cancer presence and diagnosis prior to the age of 50.
Harmful exposures at a young age — which could point to problematic diet, lifestyle behaviors and environmental pollution — could play a vital role. Since those factors have drastically changed in the past few decades, the scientists have suggested that a “westernized” lifestyle could be a major contributor to the development of cancer.
Alcohol consumption, smoking, obesity, eating highly processed foods and sleep deprivation are potential risk factors, much of which is on the rise around the world.
“Among the 14 cancer types on the rise that we studied, eight were related to the digestive system. The food we eat feeds the microorganisms in our gut,” said Ugai. “Diet directly affects microbiome composition and eventually these changes can influence disease risk and outcomes.”
While the team could not adequately analyze low- and middle-income countries due to insufficient data, Ogino and Ugai hope to continue their cancer research and work with international research groups going forward.
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