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医院如何通过 向未成年人推销 “性别护理” 牟利

一份名为《白衣狼》的美国卫生与公众服务部 (HHS) 新报告称，包括纽约市的西奈山医院在内的全美多家医院，向未成年人推销了价值 1.2 亿美元的跨性别药物和手术，有时还以欺诈性标签向医疗补助计划 (Medicaid) 报销。克莱门汀·布林（右）表示，尽管她需要的是心理治疗，但洛杉矶儿童医院在她 12 岁时就让她快速进入了青春期阻断剂治疗阶段。

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天花历史揭秘

这是一个被证实为真的“病毒式”理论。根据《科学》(Science) 杂志的一项研究，对智利木乃伊的 DNA 分析证实了一个长期存在的理论，即欧洲殖民者将天花带到了美洲，引发了一场摧毁原住民人口的瘟疫。

据《新科学家》(New Scientist) 报道，爱尔兰都柏林三一学院的研究作者中agome 表示：“我们将此解读为天花通过欧洲殖民进入美洲的第一个直接分子证据。”

据《史密森尼杂志》(Smithsonian Magazine) 报道，邓迪大学的历史学家 Matthew Ward 认为，这次感染导致美洲 95% 的原住民死亡，为欧洲人的征服铺平了道路。

现在，Nakagome 及其团队在重新审视从智利北部卡马罗内斯 (Camarones) 一个存储库收集的骨骼样本后，发现了这次无意间的生物武器行动的证据。

对在该遗址埋葬于西班牙殖民时期的两具木乃伊骨骼进行的基因分析显示，其中含有与欧洲菌株相似的古代天花痕迹。

这标志着该地区首次发现该疾病的证据。

这也将有助于解释在木乃伊身上发现的病变，这些病变此前被认为是砷暴露引起的。Ben Cost

血液癌症药物获批

美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）表示，该卫生监管机构已批准布里斯托-迈尔斯 Squibb（Bristol Myers Squibb）的一款口服联合疗法，用于治疗一种罕见血液癌症患者，这些患者的病情已复发或对其他治疗无反应。

该药物名为 iberdomide，商品名为 Zenbexus，需与强生（J&J）的 Darzalex 以及用于减轻炎症的处方药地塞米松（dexamethasone）联合使用。

Iberdomide 正在针对复发性或难治性多发性骨髓瘤患者进行测试，这是一种在称为浆细胞的白细胞中形成的癌症，该细胞在骨髓中积聚。

布里斯托公司表示，该药物针对此病症的全面批准将取决于确认性试验中临床获益的验证。

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芭比续集“玩偶”戏

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肯能实现吗？ 第一部《芭比》电影赚了 14 亿美元，因此主演瑞安·高斯林（Ryan Gosling）和玛格特·罗比（Margot Robbie）希望在续集中获得巨额报酬。

薪酬谈判陷入僵局

作者：ERIC TODISCO

根据一份新报告，玛格特·罗比通过主演并制作《芭比》赚到了高达 5000 万美元，如果续集能够拍成，她可能会赚得更多。

消息人士告诉《综艺》（Variety），华纳兄弟探索（Warner Bros. Discovery）首席执行官大卫·扎斯拉夫（David Zaslav）拒绝支付《芭比 2》核心团队要求的薪水，该团队包括 36 岁的罗比、她的搭档瑞安·高斯林、导演格蕾塔·格威格（Greta Gerwig）以及格威格的共同编剧丈夫诺亚·鲍姆巴赫（Noah Baumbach）。

据称，自《芭比》上映以来的过去三年里，制片厂已经提出了六次以上的报价，但全部被拒绝。

据《综艺》报道，最新的报价是华纳兄弟制片厂有史以来为电影制作团队提供的最高金额。一名消息人士将该金额描述为“足以改变生活的钱”。

另一名消息人士坚称，提供给罗比、高斯林、格威格和鲍姆巴赫的个人报酬并非没有先例，但总额是“历史性的”。

该报价包括为除鲍姆巴赫以外的四人核心团队提供“预付款的薪资提升和丰厚的后端分成增加”，而鲍姆巴赫仅能获得“费用上涨”。

据报道，45 岁的高斯林要求获得 2000 万美元，以在续集中再次饰演他获得奥斯卡——

奥斯卡提名角色肯（Ken）。

一名业内人士声称，如果华纳兄弟无法与这四人达成协议，《芭比》的电影版权将回归玩具公司美泰（Mattel），美泰可以将该品牌授权给另一家制片厂。

除了确认罗比在《芭比》中的报酬外，消息人士告诉《综艺》，43 岁的格威格从这部 2023 年的电影中赚到了“数千万美元”。

续集构思已就绪

《综艺》确认，格威格和鲍姆巴赫已经有了续集的构思，但据报道，这对夫妇在合同签署之前不会向华纳兄弟透露该概念或开始撰写剧本。

在《芭比》全球赚得 14 亿美元后，包括格威格在内的团队讨论了拍摄续集的可能性。

“我的北极星是‘我深爱着什么？我真正关心的是什么？’比如，‘这个故事之下的故事是什么？’”这位电影制作人在 2024 年 3 月的《时代》年度女性活动上说道。

“我认为在《芭比》中，这个故事之下的故事是我热爱《芭比》。”格威格继续说道，“如果我找到了那个潜流，那么我们就拍。如果我找不到潜流，那就没有了。”

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医院在 1.2亿美元

通过美国未成年人虚报账单

作者：CHRIS NESI

自 2019 年以来，美国医院和诊所针对未成年人的性别相关医疗治疗已开出近 1.2 亿美元的账单，使数千名儿童陷入昂贵且不可逆的循环，需要终身维护——而这得到了医生和左翼政治家的认可。

这份来自特朗普总统领导的美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）的爆炸性报告还声称，保险欺诈现象猖獗，证据表明儿科性别诊所和儿童医院在通过“创意性”篡改账目，以便让年轻患者获得治疗。

美国卫生与公众服务部发现，账单金额最高的是该国一些最大的儿童医院，包括纽约的纽约西奈山医院和波士顿儿童医院，其涉及的治疗包括 5,500 场手术和 8,500 个疗程的激素治疗。

这些令人不安的发现已促使特朗普政府启动刑事调查。

“财务激励”

这份名为《白大褂下的狼》的 64 页报告记录了该机构所称的，在过去十年左右时间里，医疗服务提供者和医院系统通过推广针对性别困惑未成年人的昂贵手术和治疗来中饱私囊，从而给“美国青少年”造成了不可挽回的“伤害”。

“唐纳德·J·特朗普总统的政策已阻止医院提供这些干预措施。但这种疯狂的行为是如何在

牟利： 纽约西奈山医院在 2019 年至 2023 年间，针对性别相关护理开出了 820 万美元的账单。

美国医院系统中滋生的？”报告在引言中问道。

“本报告得出结论，一系列政治和财务激励导致服务提供者提供，甚至敦促为未成年人开具拒绝性别药物和手术的处方。”

美国卫生与公众服务部将“财务激励”视为未成年人性别相关护理激增的一个潜在解释——因为医院在寻求一种方法来提高儿科部门的利润，而儿科部门的利润率通常低于其他专科。

“性别诊所通过引入一种新的收入来源改变了这一计算方式：它们通过接纳生理健康的年轻人——这些人原本不需要寻求医疗关注——并使他们终身依赖医疗系统，从而为儿科、内分泌学和外科专科承诺了一股新的持续收入流。”

报告引用了监督机构的分析，发现自 2019 年以来，医院和诊所已开出近 1.2 亿美元的性别护理治疗账单——涉及 5,500 场手术和 8,500 个疗程的激素或阻断剂。

滥用诊断

美国卫生与公众服务部指责医疗服务提供者故意滥用诊断代码——将患者诊断为内分泌失调或性早熟——以使保险公司买单或保护患者隐私。

由于青少年通常比普通大众更健康，且需要的医疗护理频率越来越低，这意味着提供昂贵治疗的自然机会在减少——除非你人为制造这些机会。

美国卫生与公众服务部引用了一份涵盖近三十年的 2022 年综合报告的索赔数据，写道，一名 18 岁以下儿童的年医疗支出平均约为 3,000 美元，远低于终身激素治

性别“骗局”

索伦（Soren）在青少年时期开始对自己的身体和性别认同感到困扰。

和许多人一样，她转向互联网，在那里她发现了将性别转换定义为对其感受唯一“恰当回应”的社群。当她最终就此问题咨询医生时，索伦被安排使用睾酮，并由包括治疗师、医生和外科医生在内的一系列专家对其性别焦虑进行治疗——而这名青少年并未被提供除“性别拒绝”模型之外的任何治疗方案。

她开始服用睾酮，随后接受了双侧乳房切除术以移除乳房——结果在手术后开始出现严重的

并发症，导致她陷入痛苦，她表示“我想我永远不会忘记那种感觉”。

“尽管出现了这些负面进展，医疗提供者并未对其治疗计划启动结构性的重新评估，”一份联邦报告写道，并指出与那些迅速将其推向改变人生之决定的系统相比，她在治疗后获得的支持几乎不存在。

“索伦的经历反映了像她这样的病例在护理上的不平衡，”报告写道。“虽然她进入性别拒绝医疗化的路径涉及多个提供者之间协调的转诊、批准和干预，但退出该路径则没有一个相当的支持系统。”

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治疗或单次手术。

根据美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）的数据，激素治疗的费用中，雄激素每年在 545 美元之间，雌激素为 735 美元，而价格昂贵得多的“青春期阻断剂”激素 GnRH 则高达 16,385 美元。

“对于从未成年时期开始治疗的患者，即使没有手术，终身总费用也可达 2.5 万至 7.5 万美元，”HHS 引用跨性别权益组织 Human Rights Campaign 的数据写道。“如果包含手术，个人在手术干预上的终身支出很容易超过 10 万美元，并接近 17 万美元。”

“增长领域”

纽约西奈山医院和波士顿儿童医院在 2019 年至 2023 年期间，性别相关护理的计费金额分别为 820 万美元和 650 万美元。

HHS 指出，这些极高的价格标签不包括辅助治疗，如卵子或精子储存、语音治疗、脱毛等。

“在儿科利润极低且医院报销压力巨大的时代，这一新患者群体——年轻、拥有保险或符合医疗补助计划（Medicaid）资格且需要永久随访——代表了一个战略性增长领域，”报告指出。

“内分泌科和外科部门获得了业务量和声望，而医院管理层则获得了一项可靠的收入线，有助于补贴低利润服务。”报告称，逆转其中许多治疗（尤其是那些在青春期之前或期间进行的治疗）的过程，起到了“使患者进一步深陷医疗系统”的作用，使患者不得不接受更加昂贵的治疗。

HHS 写道，一些已经完成医疗转换的患者后来寻求“去转换”（detransition）。

在报告发布的同时，特朗普政府宣布启动刑事调查。“本届政府不会在医疗界某些人为了追求利润而伤害我们孩子时坐视不管，”副总统 JD Vance 周四在 X 上发帖称。

HHS 写道，证据表明医疗提供者可能在通过多种方式实施欺诈，包括虚报账单、故意误诊或滥用医疗编码，以欺骗私人保险公司以及包括医疗补助计划（Medicaid）和医疗保险（Medicare）在内的政府计划。

案例研究 #2 卢克·希利 (Luke Healy)

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案例研究 #3 Clementine Breen

Clementine 当时年仅 12 岁，对她处于青春期而变化的身体感到焦虑，同时还在努力应对数年前遭受性虐待所带来的未处理创伤。

在渴望逃避现实时，她在一次网络搜索中发现了性别转换的想法，并认为这将是应对她对青春期恐惧的完美避风港。

在洛杉矶儿童医院的第一次就诊中（就诊时间约一小时），医生告诉 Clementine 的父母，他们的女儿“100% 是跨性别者”，如果不进行医疗干预，将面临极高的自杀风险。

她惊恐的父母表示同意，一个月后她开始使用青春期阻断剂，13 岁时开始使用睾酮，随后在 14 岁时接受了双侧乳房切除术。Clementine 的心理健康状况崩溃，最终导致一次精神病发作，并且她开始遭受失眠、饮食失调和愤怒发作的困扰。

根据一份美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）的报告，她的医生中没有一个人将她的症状归因于她正在接受的激素治疗，反而给她开了大量的精神药物。

直到她开始针对自己的病情接受严肃的治疗后，她才意识到她的性别困惑可能源于她遭受的性虐待，并在 18 岁时停止服用睾酮。但她的身体已变得糟糕不堪，充满疼痛且月经周期紊乱，需要使用雌激素来修复损伤。

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美国在跨性别者参加体育赛事问题上达成共识

一项新民调发现，近四分之三的美国人不希望跨性别女性在体育赛事中与女性运动员竞争，反之亦然——共和党人和民主党人在这一问题上达成了一致。

根据皮尤研究中心（Pew Research Center）周二发布的一项分析，在受访的美国成年人中，73% 对“跨性别运动员在与其出生性别不符的运动队中竞争”感到不安。

仅 13% 的成年人表示，他们对于跨性别运动员与那些性别认同一致的人竞争感到极其或非常舒适，而 14% 的人表示比较舒适。

共和党人和民主党人在这一问题上都表示赞同，尽管程度不同，其中 91% 的保守派和 55% 的进步派承认对此感到不安。

男性和女性在这一问题上也达成了一致，两个性别的大多数人都承认对此感到不安。

77% 的男性和 69% 的女性反对跨性别运动员与出生性别不同的人竞争。 Anthony Blair

海军上将 BRIAN CHRISTINE, MD & DR. AARON KHERIATY

CLEMENTINE Breen 在接受双侧乳房切除术时年仅 14 岁。Breen 在 12 岁时，在表达了对身体变化的不适并开始质疑自己的性别后，被安排使用青春期阻断剂。

到 13, 岁时，在洛杉矶儿童医院跨性别青少年健康与发展中心的帮助下，她开始使用睾酮，通过化学手段改变身体以使其像男孩。14, 岁时的乳房切除术，仅仅是她一直以来所遵循的治疗路径上的下一站——而她开始走上这条路时，几乎还没有足够大到能理解这一切意味着什么，或者她可能会面临怎样的终身并发症。

18, 岁时，Breen 在接受了针对童年性虐待的治疗后，重新转换回其生物学性别。

但寻求去转换（de-transition）的护理带来的却是审视而非支持：一次乳房重建咨询变成了对其心理稳定性的反复质疑——而她在 14. 岁请求切除乳房时并未面临这种审视——且在她的一位前医生得知她正在转换回去后，完全切断了沟通。18.

诸多并发症

Breen 至今仍承受着青少年时期接受干预治疗所带来的并发症。她的月经周期不规律且无法追踪，伴有严重的经痛和激素不稳定，月经期间会出现胸痛，且患有阴道萎缩，需要使用局部雌激素治疗。一名妇产科医生承认，对于像她这样病史的人，目前不存在标准的护理方案。

Breen 的故事只是数千个类似案例中的一个：孩子们在被承诺这些治疗能“修复”他们的前提下，被引导走向不可逆的医疗化道路，随后却被遗弃，独自面对造成的伤害。

作为医生，我们在阅读 Breen 的故事时，不禁想起职业生涯之初所立的誓言——该誓言建立在这样一个基本原则之上：医生的首要职责是不造成伤害。

这一誓言旨在指导每一次医疗决策，并确保患者能够信任医生是以他们的最大利益为核心的，尤其是像 Breen 这样，患者年龄太小，无法完全理解他人为其做出的决定。

然而，医生对患者最大利益的背叛，已不仅仅限于压力和影响。

“保险欺诈”

美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）卫生助理部长办公室发布的一份名为《白衣狼群：医生和医院如何推动并从性别医学欺诈中获利》的新报告揭露，医疗专业人员通过让脆弱的孩子踏上终身医疗化的道路，从针对儿童的性别拒绝手术中获利。

然而，这种丰厚的收入来源并非仅限于少数几个不良从业者。报告记录了来自多个州诊所的案例，这些诊所分布在大型学术医疗中心、大型私立医院系统（包括一些排名顶尖的儿童医院）以及社区诊所中，其中许多诊所加入了服务儿童的医疗补助计划（Medicaid）和联邦医疗保险（Medicare）计划。

对于涉事医生和机构而言，经济收益十分可观。

例如，单次乳房切除术可为医疗提供者从保险公司获得超过 $12,000 的收益；而一旦将分阶段手术和后续护理计算在内，所谓的“下半身手术”费用可高达 $100,000 以上。

一个追踪未成年人计费情况的监督数据库发现，

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为利润与政治背弃誓言

自 2019, 以来，全美范围内此类费用总计近 1.2亿美元，涵盖了数千次手术以及激素和青春期阻断剂的疗程。

部分机构的获利程度高于其他机构。纽约西奈山医院（Mount Sinai Medical Center）和波士顿儿童医院在全美最高收入的提供者之列，在 2019 至 2023 间，分别为未成年人提供此类服务计费超过 $800 万 和 $6.500 万。

更糟糕的是，报告提供的证据显示，医疗提供者通过潜在的欺诈手段为这些手术获取保险覆盖——系统性地将未成年人诊断为他们并未患有的疾病（如内分泌失调或性早熟），以便为乳房切除和激素治疗等项目证明覆盖的合理性，而这些项目在正常情况下会被保险公司拒绝。

“刑事责任”

该报告对全国保险理赔数据库的分析显示，在 2015 和 2025, 年之间，私人和公共保险公司被开具了近 5000万美元 的账单，用于为 9 至 17 岁、被诊断为内分泌疾病的儿童开具青春期阻断剂。曼哈顿研究所（Manhattan Institute）的一项独立分析发现，在 2020 和 2022 年之间，未成年人中该诊断代码的使用率上升了 30%。

在早发性青春期（即性早熟）的诊断中，这种情况更为触目惊心。包括医疗补助计划（Medicaid）和联邦医疗保险（Medicare）在内的保险公司，被开具了近 1100万美元 的账单，用于为数百名 13 至 17 岁、被诊断为该病症的患者开具青春期阻断剂，尽管根据定义，13 岁或以上的人实际上不可能患有性早熟。这些发现使涉事的服务提供者和机构面临潜在的民事和刑事责任。

这一切并非凭空发生。2021, 年就职几小时后，时任总统乔·拜登签署了一项行政命令，宣布其政府的政策是打击基于所谓“性别认同”的歧视，并指示每个联邦机构采取相应行动。

拜登领导下的美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）在几个月后随即跟进，宣布将医生、医院或保险公司任何拒绝提供或报销拒绝性别（sex-rejecting）手术的行为视为一种非法的性别歧视。

医生被迫就范

这种压力得到了世界跨性别健康专业协会（World Professional Association for Transgender Health）和内分泌学会（Endocrine Society）等医学协会的回响和强化。这些协会的指南并非基于科学证据，却赋予了政治指令以“定论科学”的假象，导致那些本可能保持谨慎的医生面临专业谴责的风险。

作为医生，我们进入这个领域时相信，我们的首要义务是对眼前的患者，而不是对主流的政治共识。我们的行业，以及管理该行业的政治和学术机构，早已到了必须正视这种信任被如此严重背叛的时机，并追究相关医生、医院和政策制定者的责任。

克莱门汀·布林（Clementine Breen）无法找回她的身体。但在她之后的数千名儿童理应拥有一个将他们的福祉置于意识形态、利润和政治压力之上的医疗体系。这项工作始于对所发生事情的坦诚——而且现在就得开始。

布莱恩·克里斯汀（Brian Christine）海军上将是美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）的卫生助理部长，并与亚伦·凯里亚蒂（Aaron Kheriaty）博士共同撰写了《白衣狼》（Wolves in White Coats）报告。

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布朗克斯一名警员因违反“弗洛伊德”法律被定罪

作者：JOE MARINO 和 AMANDA WOODS

布朗克斯一名警察周四被裁定绞杀罪和使用禁用的锁喉动作罪名成立。地区检察官办公室表示，这是纽约市在乔治·弗洛伊德事件后禁止该约束战术以来，首次有纽约市警察局（NYPD）警员因此被定罪。

据当局和检察官称，警员奥马尔·哈比卜（Omar Habib）自2007年起任职，在陪审团裁定其于2023年7月28日将手臂环绕一名被捕男子的脖子并导致其失去意识后，他被解雇。

根据布朗克斯地区检察官办公室的消息，他被裁定犯有二级绞杀罪——这是一项暴力重罪，可能导致他被判处七年监禁——此外还包括三级袭击罪和非法约束手段罪。

这标志着一名NYPD警察首次在第三项指控下被定罪——这是一项轻罪，属于纽约市法规 10-181 范畴，该法规规定警察使用锁喉动作属违法行为。

这项改革是由2020年弗洛伊德在明尼阿波利斯因警察介入而死亡事件引发的。

据 Gothamist 报道，助理地区检察官迈克尔·诺顿（Michael Naughton）在审理时表示，哈比卜和其他警员当时试图逮捕洛德·尼马（Lord Nymaah），后者在东切斯特路（Eastchester Road）一家餐饮大厅的派对上发生了打斗，并开始拳击洗手间的镜子。

尼马表示，他的手被割伤得很严重，血液浸透了他用来包裹伤口的衬衫。当他在救护车后方时，哈比卜试图给他戴上手铐。

“醉酒且扰乱秩序”

布朗克斯检察官表示，尼马当时“醉酒且扰乱秩序，并拒绝被逮捕”。

检察官称，被分配到第47分局的哈比卜随后将尼马“锁喉锁得如此之紧，以至于阻碍了该男子的呼吸和血液循环，导致其暂时失去意识”。

“我说，‘你为什么要掐我？’”尼马作证道，“他说，‘没人掐你。’”

据 Gothamist 报道，该警员的辩护律师雅各布·温斯坦（Jacob Weinstein）辩称，证据并未表明尼马是因为哈比卜的行为而失去意识的。该律师表示，即便情况如此，该警员也从未意图产生该结果——这位律师在紧张的审理过程中主张其当事人“完全做了他应该做的事”。

在线记录显示，在事件发生后，哈比卜被重新分配到 PSA 5 Viper 部门，负责监督纽约市房屋管理局（NYCHA）综合体的监控录像。

但纽约市警察局（NYPD）确认，截至周三，他已被正式开除出局。

公共记录显示，多年来哈比卜面临大量投诉和指控——包括使用肢体暴力、滥用职权和无礼。他还被列入六起诉讼的被告名单，这些诉讼共导致了 854,000 美元的赔付。

警察互助协会（Police Benevolent Association）主席帕特里克·亨德里（Patrick Hendry）谴责了这一决定。

这位工会负责人在一份声明中表示：“这一裁决进一步证明了一个残酷的现实：警察在这一岗位上度过的每一秒都让他们面临刑事起诉的风险，而普遍存在的反警察宣传使得仅基于事实和法律获得公正审判变得极其困难。”

哈比卜于2024年9月首次在该案中被起诉，现被命令羁押在赖克斯岛（Rikers Island），直到 9月10日 下一次就辩方动议进行的出庭日期。

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双重危险

此类协议最终可能会削弱另一宗独立的州级案件——该案的审判定于 9 月 8 日开始。

重大交易： 涉嫌杀害医疗保健公司 CEO 的路易吉·曼吉奥内（Luigi Mangione，上图）预计将于今日在联邦法院认罪，支持者阿什莉·罗哈斯（Ashley Rojas）和艾布里尔·里奥斯（Abril Rios，身着绿色上衣）在旁观看。

——这是因为纽约州禁止“双重危险”（double jeopardy）的规定，即禁止就同一罪行进行两次审判。

曼哈顿地区检察官办公室——由于率先对曼吉奥内提起谋杀指控，该办公室声称对此案拥有“首要管辖权”——如果不同意任何认罪协议的条款，仍可能推动将曼吉奥内提交审判。

这位打扮时髦的宾夕法尼亚大学毕业生在联邦案件中被指控两项导致死亡的跟踪罪。另外两项指控，包括一项可判处死刑的使用枪支谋杀罪，因法官引用“法律缺陷”而被撤销。

这位来自马里兰州富裕家庭的后代在被捕前引发了一场戏剧性的五天大搜捕，最终在宾夕法尼亚州阿尔图纳（Altoona）的当地警察发现他在一家麦当劳吃早餐时被抓获。

检察官表示，他策划这场令人震惊的谋杀是为了发表激进的政治声明，在犯罪现场留下了刻有“延迟”（delay）和“拒绝”（deny）字样的弹壳——这呼应了保险公司据称用来描述逃避赔付理赔金的措辞。

如果未能达成认罪协议，联邦审判初步定于 2027 年初进行。

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袭击嫌疑人为前科犯；前政客亲属质疑自杀结论

联邦政府称，一名在镜头中袭击右翼挑衅者杰克·朗（Jake Lang）的嫌疑人是来自伊拉克的“非法刑事外籍人士”，此前曾因在底特律的一起谋杀案而被判处长期监禁。

据《底特律新闻》（Detroit News）查阅的法院记录显示，57 岁的阿巴斯·阿布杜什（Abbas Abdoush）于 1992 年从伊拉克移民到美国，但在 1999 年被判定犯有二级谋杀罪后失去了合法身份；在此一年前，他故意驾驶一辆借来的面包车撞向一名女性。

据美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）称，阿布杜什服刑超过 15 年，并于 2022 年 6 月被命令驱逐出美国。

然而，他于 8 月 2 日在穆斯林聚集的迪尔伯恩（Dearborn）一年一度的阿巴伊因（Arbaeen）庆祝活动中被捕，涉嫌袭击朗。当时，这位备受争议的竞选者正站在人行道上，通过扩音器高喊反移民、支持 ICE 的言论。Chris Nesi

一名在失控皮卡车内被发现枪杀身亡的俄克拉荷马州参议院候选人被判定为自杀——但其家属因涉嫌现场被“伪造”而对官方报告提出质疑。

俄克拉荷马州首席法医办公室在周二的一份初步报告中宣布，支持特朗普的共和党人巴里·克里斯蒂安（Barry Christian）于 4 月 30 日被发现头部中弹身亡，他当时正在竞选俄克拉荷马州西部的第 38 選区参议院席位。

NonDoc 获得的一份单页报告称，克里斯蒂安的死亡方式被判定为自杀。

这名 54 岁男子的尸体是由一名猎人发现并通知当局的。

其家属表示，官员们在发现他的卡车上布满多个弹孔后，正在调查克里斯蒂安的死亡现场是否被伪造。

Nicholas McEntyre

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独家爆料，就在这里！

全年户外用餐重启

大苹果城的餐饮业菜单上有了新变化。

市议会周四以压倒性多数投票决定在五个区恢复全年户外用餐，撤销了三年前将该一项特权改为季节性的决定。

在一系列措施中，立法者批准了餐厅使用垂直冬季防寒覆盖物，并将法规扩展到路边咖啡馆——撤销了 2023 年的一项投票，该投票曾将此类围挡设为季节性。

“随着夏季接近尾声，我相信我们最不想考虑的就是冬日，但餐厅老板总是前瞻未来的，而我们市议会则在为他们考虑，”市议会议长朱莉·梅宁（Julie Menin）在周四投票前不久表示。

“在今天通过一系列关于户外用餐的法案后，人行道咖啡馆可以一年 365 天运营。对于许多餐厅来说，全年接待户外顾客的能力提供了至关重要的收入，”议长补充道。

梅宁在二月份曾承诺，市议会将恢复全年人行道用餐。

汉娜·菲里克（Hannah Fierick）和豪尔赫·菲茨-吉本（Jorge Fitz-Gibbon）

作者：汉娜·菲里克（HANNAH FIERICK）

他们正在执行“便便巡逻”。市议会正在对狗便便发起战争——周四通过了四项旨在清理城市中猖獗的宠物粪便问题的法律。

这组法案以足以抵御否决的多数票通过，其中包括一项强制要求在公共垃圾桶上安装至少 1,200 个狗便便袋分配器的指令、一项为期三年的公益广告活动，以及一个旨在将狗便便转化为堆肥的志愿者清理计划。

这项被命名为《清理法案》（SCOOP Act）的议会重点项目，在 2027, 财年将花费城市大约 $180,000，该机构称这是一项旨在遏制便便问题的“适度投资”。

“我们正尝试从多种不同方式发起攻击，结果将证明其成效，”议长朱莉·梅宁在一次新闻发布会上表示。

今年以来，提交给 311 的狗便便投诉数量高达 2,926 起，比去年同期增长了 45.5%。一份 2024 年关于这些法案的委员会报告发现，城市里的狗狗每天产生高达 500,000 磅的排泄物。

虽然洛杉矶和芝加哥等其他城市选择提高对不负责任宠物主人的罚款，但梅宁认为，在懒惰的宠物主人出行时对其进行谴责比看起来要困难。

“无论罚款多少，都无法威慑这种行为，因为几乎没有或完全没有执法，”梅宁说。

“你必须在现场抓到现行，而这在实际操作中极具挑战，”她在谈到目前城市政策（对遗留狗便便的失职主人处以 $250 罚款）时说道。

但负责监督公共垃圾桶上狗便便袋分配器的卫生局（Department of Sanitation）声称，他们没有能力补充袋子。

“DSNY 根本没有资源在大规模范围内常规地补

充袋子，”DSNY 在五月的一次证词中声称。“而且没有什么比遛狗时期待能找到袋子，结果却发现分配器是空的更糟糕的了。”

市政府已经开展了鼓励宠物主人清理毛孩子排泄物的营销活动，但新立法将要求开展公众教育和外展计划，并在所有城市公园的入口和出口设置标志。

由市议员哈维·爱泼斯坦（Harvey Epstein）发起的一项试点计划还将与城市 80 多个狗跑道（dog-runs）中已有的志愿者合作，安装狗粪收集箱和可堆肥垃圾袋——这些袋子将用于堆肥并发布在一次公开研究中。

“我们必须利用工具箱中的每一种工具来推进我们的环境政策，而这只是一个巨大拼图中的一块，”爱泼斯坦说。

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市政宠物项目 vs. 狗屎

气味十足的主意： 纽约市将在 2027 年花费 $180,000 来解决全市的狗屎问题。模特 Emily Batejkowski 带着便便袋遛狗。

GCI Images, Liza C. Ribeiro

布莱克猛批加密货币障碍 特朗普将前往长岛讨论犯罪问题

共和党州长候选人 Bruce Blakeman 誓言，如果当选最高职位，将废除纽约州的 BitLicense 监管框架。

“这里应该是世界的金融之都，”Blakeman 在 PubKey（一家位于格林威治村、可以使用加密货币支付的潜水酒吧）举行的新闻发布会上谈到纽约时表示。

“如果没有加密货币，它就不是世界的金融之都，”他说。

BitLicense 于 2015, 年推出，是美国最严格且最全面的加密货币监管政策之一——许多批评者认为，它为希望在纽约启动和发展的公司制造了巨大的障碍。想要在纽约州买卖数字货币的公司需要获得该许可证，其费用可能高达 $10,000，这使得许多初创公司无法负担。David DeTurris 和 Ella Morrison

白宫宣布，特朗普总统将于周五前往长岛，公布一份新的 FBI 犯罪报告，该报告显示暴力犯罪出现了有记录以来最大规模的同比下降。

特朗普计划在共和党州长候选人兼纳苏县行政长官 Bruce Blakeman 的陪同下，参观位于花园城的纳苏县警察学院，随后将就 2025 年犯罪统计报告的具体细节举行新闻发布会，司法部长 Todd Blanche 和 FBI 局长 Kash Patel 将出席。

“特朗普总统承诺让美国再次安全，而数据证明他确实做到了，”白宫发言人 Lauren Bis 表示。“与主张‘削减警察经费’的民主党人不同，特朗普总统将始终支持我们的执法人员，并提供更安全的美国社区。” Brandon Cruz

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泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）周三在伦敦现身，与闺蜜共度夜晚，而她的新婚丈夫特拉维斯·凯尔塞（Travis Kelce）正在酋长队的训练营中。这是斯威夫特上个月在麦迪逊广场花园（MSG）与凯尔塞结婚后的首次公开露面，她被拍到身着紫色碎花迷你裙和高跟鞋走出私人会员俱乐部 Annabel's。斯威夫特尚未公开评论她的婚礼，但凯尔塞在周三称那是他“人生中最美好的一夜”。

泰勒女王在伦敦的紫色统治

麦当劳：您需要配点间谍吗？

持续保存饮食数据档案

作者：ARIEL ZILBER

麦当劳针对其一名忠诚度计划客户编制了一份长达 515 页的档案——利用多年的快餐购买记录来预测该客户的回归频率、消费金额，甚至可能点购的商品。

康泰纳仕（Condé Nast）旗下《连线》（Wired）杂志的记者里斯·罗杰斯（Reece Rogers）在请求获取麦当劳存储的个人数据后，发现了这份详尽的数字化画像。

该文件揭示了一套类似于《少数派报告》（Minority Report）风格的关于其未来行为的预测宝库，包括预测他在接下来的六周内将光顾麦当劳 2.16 次，且每单平均消费 $13.49。

报告显示，这家快餐巨头计算出罗杰斯在这六周期间的总消费将达到 $29.15。

该档案根据罗杰斯的过往行为，将大杯无糖可乐列为与其最相关的产品，其次是辣味小吃卷（Spicy Snack Wrap）。

它还将他的饮食习惯归入极其具体的行为类别中，包括“食物驱动的下午茶点”和“匆忙中的随行午餐”。

麦当劳还给罗杰斯分配了一个为零的“客户流失可能性”——这表明该公司的算法认为他停止光顾这家“金色拱门”餐厅的可能性极小。

这份庞大的文件包含了罗杰斯交易的详细历史、麦当劳向他发送的优惠信息以及他累积的忠诚度积分。

哥伦比亚法学院（Columbia Law School）法律与经济中心高级研究员、前联邦贸易委员会首席技术官斯蒂芬妮·T·阮（Stephanie T. Nguyen）告诉《邮报》，麦当劳声称能够预测消费者的特征类型令她深感震惊。

“他们说他们可以预测消费者的偏好、特征、心理趋势、倾向、行为和态度，”阮表示，“他们甚至提到智能能力和天赋。”

“麦当劳是如何利用这些关于你智能和天赋的心理画像，来驱动长期的重复客户参与的？”她质疑道。

宾夕法尼亚大学安嫩伯格传播学院名誉教授、《个性化的问题》（The Problem with Personalization）一书作者约瑟夫·图罗（Joseph Turow）表示，这份 515 页的档案“令人难以置信。我的意思是，这是 AI 疯了。”

“我们应该在全球范围内对此感到担忧。这只是一个案例，”图罗说，“想象一下，如果这种情况发生在全美数百家零售商中，对吧？这绝非个案。”

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纽约邮报，2026年8月14日，星期五

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伊朗之战

作者：SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN

在多份报告指出长期部署的艰辛已给亚伯拉罕·林肯号（USS Abraham Lincoln）航空母舰上的 5,000 名水兵和海军陆战队员带来严重的心理压力后，民主党议员正要求战争部就该舰上的情况给出答复。

周二，《海军时报》（Navy Times）报道称，至少有两名水兵必须被阻止跳海，而其他与该媒体交谈的家属表示，他们的亲人在林肯号上陷入了深深的沮丧之中。

《华尔街日报》援引一名美国官员的话报道称，一名人员在 8 月初确实“落水”，但很快被救起。

七个月在海上

该航母于去年11月开始在南海进行为期 7 个月的例行部署，但在1月被重新定向至阿拉伯海，就在针对伊朗的“史诗之怒”行动（Operation Epic Fury）开始前不久。此后，它一直驻留在那里。

根据 MS NOW 的报道，上周有 200 多名家属与海军部代理部长洪·考（Hung Cao）会面以表达他们的担忧。一名参会者告诉《星条旗报》（Stars and Stripes），一位军属讲述了她收到丈夫发来的一条信息，称他“希望明天不要醒来”。

“当她能给我发邮件时，她肯定状态很糟糕，”谢尔比·桑德斯（Shelby Sanders）告诉《海军时报》（Navy Times），她的母亲正在林肯号上服役。“我认为他们已经经历了五周不间断的战斗行动或类似的情况，所以很难保持持续沟通，甚至不知道我们是否能够沟通。这太糟糕了。”

众议员迈克·莱文（Mike Levin，加州民主党），其选区涵盖圣地亚哥县的部分地区，在8月7日的一篇 X 帖子中报告称，林肯号“淋浴间发霉，马桶损坏，

战争部遭到抨击

“我们确保每一艘船、每一组船员、每一位船长在每一刻都能获得我们所能提供的一切”

雷·奇茨基（Ray Tschietzky），与赫格塞斯同行

晕船：在伊朗战争期间，美国海军林肯号在一次艰苦的部署中面临供应短缺且没有港口停靠休息的机会。

对林肯号在中东“过长”部署的愤怒

数周没有热水，餐食仅为半杯米饭和两张玉米饼，”以及“舰上商店缺少肥皂、除臭剂和牙膏”，并且“水兵们疲惫不堪，据一名家属称，舰上的医生警告说他们需要尽快抵达港口，否则人们将开始精神崩溃。”

“今天将是[总统]特朗普解雇[战争部长]皮特·赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）并用一个真正称职的人取代他的好日子，”莱文周三在 X 上进一步强调。“每个美国人和每个部署在海外的士兵都会因此变得更安全。”

参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔（Richard Blumenthal，康涅狄格州民主党）在周三给赫格塞斯和考的信中指出，林肯号“已经超过 200 天没有进行港口停靠，创下了连续在海上的天数记录。

供应短缺

“有广泛报道称基本物资短缺、水污染、管道问题、心理健康恶化、甲板安全担忧以及邮件系统中断，导致许多发往该舰的关怀包裹在运输过程中丢失数月，”参议院军事委员会成员布卢门撒尔补充道，并要求海军提供关于航母上状况的自有报告，以及对入伍人员执行任务的身体和心理准备情况的评估。

海军在周四的一份声明中告诉 CNN：“我们没有观察到舰上自杀念头或企图的增加。我们严肃对待每位服役人员的福祉，并提供宗教、医疗和心理健康专业人员，以评估并解决出现的问题。”

美国官员告诉《华尔街日报》，林肯号上的状况在战时部署中并不罕见，但同时也承认，数月没有港口停靠——而港口停靠允许水兵在船舶补充物资时休息和重新整顿——会“给部队带来压力”。

当记者询问关于林肯号的情况时，赫格塞斯断言，该舰的状态和船上服役人员的情况被“完全歪曲了”。

“我们确保每一艘船、每一组船员、每一位船长在每一刻都能获得我们所能提供的一切，”他说。“有些部署比其他部署时间更长，我对那些水兵的尊重和感激超过任何人。”

据《华尔街日报》报道，五角大楼据称正准备用驻日的乔治·华盛顿号取代林肯号，作为计划中的中东部署的一部分。

伊朗就可能由其引发的溢油事件寻求赔偿

伊朗正就本周波及其海岸的石油泄漏事件要求赔偿——据称，该政权在袭击一艘试图穿越霍尔木兹海峡的油轮后，自行导致了此次泄漏。

伊朗外交部发言人 Esmaeil Baqaei 周四表示，该国正在应对霍尔木兹海峡沿线的石油泄漏，并声称一名“外国散货船”似乎是源头。

但根据 Tanker-Trackers.com 的数据，此次泄漏可能来自 Minoan Pioneer 号，该散货船在 8 月 3 日于阿曼海域航行时遭到伊朗袭击。

卫星图像显示，油污如何向东移动至伊朗的盖什姆岛（Qeshm Island），在沿海村庄 Shib Deraz 附近发现了深色油迹。

根据伊朗南部霍尔木兹甘省（Hormozgan）环境保护局的数据，近 8 英亩的沿海地区受到泄漏影响，约 22 英亩的水域也受到了影响。

Baqaei 没有承认有关伊朗自身袭击导致泄漏的报道，他暗示这是由外国公司或政府破坏伊斯兰共和国水域的行为所造成的。

“这次事件只是广泛污染的一个可见例子——无论是公开的还是隐蔽的——在近几十年里，这些污染破坏了波斯湾和阿曼海的水域以及该地区的海洋生态系统，给伊朗沿海地区造成了数万亿美元的损失，”Baqaei 在 X 上写道。

“谁应该承担赔偿这些损失的责任？是那些消费从我们地区出口的廉价能源的国家，是航运保险公司，还是那些将波斯湾和阿曼海变成军事行动和测试高破坏性武器战场的侵略者及其伙伴？”他问道。

伊朗的最新要求是在该伊斯兰共和国坚持认为，在重新开放霍尔木兹海峡之前，美国必须为当前战争和去年 7 月战争造成的损失支付赔偿金之后提出的。

Ronny Reyes, With Wires

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炸弹炸死乌克兰叛逃者

官员表示，一名叛逃至俄罗斯的前乌克兰潜艇指挥官周四被杀，一名代表基辅行动的俄罗斯女性用隐藏在垃圾桶内的炸弹将其炸死。

据俄罗斯联邦安全局（FSB）称，这名 32 岁的俄罗斯女性（尚未立即确认身份）涉嫌收到乌克兰情报网络的指令，去杀掉克里姆林宫黑海舰队的一名军官 Robert Shageev。

据基辅和莫斯科媒体报道，Shageev 是一名在 2014 年克里米亚被吞并后加入俄罗斯军队的乌克兰逃兵，他在上午 10 点左右在塞瓦斯托波尔行走时，身边的垃圾桶发生了爆炸。

爆炸声显然非常大，以至于居民将其误认为是一次无人机袭击，类似于困扰该地区俄罗斯军队的袭击。

涉嫌实施爆炸的女性很快被逮捕，俄罗斯官员称她承认了杀人行为。

“调查人员确定她是根据乌克兰特种服务的指示行动的，且没有表现出任何悔意，”克里姆林宫任命的塞瓦斯托波尔州长 Mikhail Razvozhayev 在一份声明中表示。Ronny Reyes

巴西考虑对美国征收关税

巴西政府在一份周四的声明中表示，已经启动了一项程序，可能会导致采取针对美国的对等措施，以回应华盛顿近期对该国商品征收的关税。

美国政府上个月宣布对部分巴西商品征收 25% 的关税，理由是不公平贸易行为，并对包括巴西在内的数十个国家的商品征收 12.5% 的关税，这与强制劳动禁令执行不力的指控有关。路透社

代孕母亲在被要求堕胎后欲抚养婴儿

作者：KYRA BRESLIN 和 NATALIE O'NEILL

一名代孕母亲在拒绝执行生物学父母的堕胎意愿后，周四誓言将这场法律斗争一直打到最高法院——她的律师宣布：“她是母亲。”

代孕母亲麦肯纳·韦斯特（McKenna West）的律师林肯·威尔逊（Lincoln Wilson）告诉《纽约邮报》，她计划发起一场全力以赴的法庭之争，以成为婴儿“加布里埃尔”（Gabriel）的法定父母。该婴儿于周三在达拉斯地区出生。

“她正在寻求孩子的父母身份，因为她在德克萨斯州分娩，而在德克萨斯州，如果你生了一个孩子，那孩子就是你的，”威尔逊说道。

威尔逊表示，目前这名婴儿由居住在洛杉矶的生物学父母诺辛·吉尔卡（Nausheen Gilkar）和奥马尔·艾哈迈德（Omar Ahmed）监护，是因为一项他认为“无效”的加利福尼亚州指令。

“我们认为，一旦那项加利福尼亚州的判决被撤销……根据德克萨斯州法律，她基本上就是母亲，”威尔逊说道。

“一份杀手合同”

“我们正通过加利福尼亚州法院提出挑战，如果有必要，我们将把它提交给美国最高法院。”

今年早些时候，在未出生的孩子被诊断出患有严重但可治疗的心脏病后，生物学父母要求对其进行堕胎。

来自阿拉斯加的护士韦斯特与生物学父母签署的代孕合同中包含一项条款，规定如果在怀孕期间出现“异常”，允许终止妊娠。

但在该夫妇要求韦斯特堕胎后，她拒绝了，并前往德克萨斯州，在那里她根据州法将被认定为生母。

威尔逊周四表示，像韦斯特案例中这样的代孕合同很常见——但他将其比作“杀手合同”。

“这些强制堕胎条款

要求女性必须在孕晚期堕胎，这在代孕合同中相当普遍，”他说道。

“有些合同法律是不执行的。就像法律不会执行杀手合同一样，”他说道。

“这基本上就是一份杀手合同，而且我们认为，即使你接受对堕胎权的自由主义观点，堕胎权也应包含不堕胎的权利。”

根据该夫妇申请的一项临时限制令，韦斯特目前对她所生的婴儿没有任何法律权力。

据报道，该限制令剥夺了她在婴儿护理方面（包括医疗决定）的任何决策权，并禁止她自称是父母。

即将手术

威尔逊表示，该婴儿很快将在一家拥有卓越记录的医院接受一系列心脏手术。

“在几天之内，三场手术中的第一场将被执行。这被称为诺伍德手术（Norwood procedure），”威尔逊说道。

这场激烈的法律斗争始于 4 月，当时未出生的孩子在 20 周时被诊断出患有严重的心脏病——左心发育不良综合征。

由于法院指令，为孩子取名加布里埃尔的韦斯特被禁止看或抱这个孩子。据报道，艾哈迈德和吉尔卡已为这个男孩选择了另一个名字。

专家：新生儿应归生物学父母所有

她可能保留了妊娠——但她无法保留这个孩子。

一名生殖法律师告诉《邮报》，一名代孕母亲跨州前往分娩一名男婴，而该孩子的生物学父母此前希望她终止妊娠，在这种情况下，代孕母亲对该孩子几乎没有任何法律主张权。

“我不认为有任何理由让这些生物学父母不再成为这个孩子的法定父母，”佛罗里达州的生殖律师、“代孕空间”（The Surrogacy Space）播客主持人马拉·纽费尔德（Marla Neufeld）在谈到代孕母亲麦肯娜·韦斯特（McKenna West）周三在达拉斯分娩的新生儿时表示。在孩子出生不到 24 小时后，这个被韦斯特命名为加百列（Gabriel）的男孩被交由其生物学父母诺辛·吉尔卡（Nausheen Gilkar）和奥马尔·艾哈迈德（Omar Ahmed）监护。

这对洛杉矶夫妇在婴儿在 20 周时被诊断出患有左心发育不良综合征（HLHS）——一种严重但可治疗的心脏病——之后，要求身为阿拉斯加护士的韦斯特终止妊娠。他们的代孕协议中有一项条款规定，如果发现“异常”，他们可以采取终止妊娠的行动。

身为两个孩子的单身母亲的韦斯特反而逃往德克萨斯州，因为根据该州法律，她将被认定为生母。

纽费尔德解释说，大多数代孕协议都包含一份经法院验证的“亲权令”，用以确定婴儿的生物学父母，无论代孕母亲在何处分娩。而加利福尼亚州的一家法院已经裁定，吉尔卡和艾哈迈德事实上是该婴儿的法定父母。Georgia Worrell

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作者：PETER SENZAMICI

暂停被暂停了。

在周四一项出人意料的上诉法院裁决后，市长马姆达尼（Mamdani）那次磕磕绊绊的“临时寓所税”（pied-à-terre tax）推行计划重新生效——但这场斗争尚未结束。

上诉法院的决定仅暂时撤销了下级法院周一针对该税项发布的禁制令，允许市政厅在完整的上诉小组审理此案之前，继续进行这次搞砸了的推行工作。

布鲁克林上诉分庭的助理法官菲利普·霍姆（Phillip Hom）于周四签署了该命令。

在周四提交的上诉案件反对文件中，前第一副市长兰迪·马斯特罗（Randy Mastro）代表三名因推行计划而起诉该市的愤怒业主，称马姆达尼政府试图通过绕道方式继续实施该税收的行为是“令人震惊的厚颜无耻”。

“令人遗憾的是，该市不能承认自己的错误，不能承认它在推行这项附加税时搞得一团糟，”马斯特罗在声明中表示。

“相反，政府在加倍下注，通过诉讼来确保它可以继续骚扰和威胁那些显然是永久居民的纽约市业主——如果该市愿意做好功课，他们本该知道这一点。”

“向富人征税”运动

马姆达尼将这项需要州政府批准的税收作为其“向富人征税”运动的一部分而推动。霍楚尔（Hochul）州长和州立法者在春季通过了该税法，该税项将针对价值至少 500万美元 的一至三户住宅，以及价值 100万美元 以上且无人居住、非主要居所的公寓征收。

但自推行以来，混乱一直占据主导，批评者质疑该市将如何计算哪些业主应被征税。

市府官员公布了一份包含 900,000 名可能被征税业主的数据库，马姆达尼似乎在讽刺地告诉富裕居民：“当你回到五个区时，记得检查你的信箱，因为你有信件。”

这份名单让业主们感到困惑，许多人表示其中很大一部分

税务员在“嘲讽”： 市长马姆达尼在他那段臭名昭著的 4 月税日视频中，站在 Central Park South，嘲讽居住在那里且将适用临时寓所税的亿万富翁对冲基金经理肯·格里芬（Ken Griffin）。

上诉法院法官“取消暂停”税收

这些列出的房产似乎不在该市税收的范围之内。

市财政局已向 17,000 名房主寄出了通知，告知他们除非申请豁免，否则可能会被征收该税款。这一混乱局面引发了房主的诉讼，他们声称错误地收到了通知。

与此同时，市政府对临时暂停推行该税收提出了上诉。

马斯特罗（Mastro）在提交的文件中指责市政府在寄出这些散播式通知之前，无视触手可及的数据来做出税务判定，行为属于“过失、懒惰或蓄意”，并暗示——

市政府可能故意希望通过房主未能按截止日期提交豁免申请，来攫取额外的资金。

“确保数千人”

“唯一合理的解释是，市政府试图确保数千名无需缴纳该附加税的纽约市居民最终还是得缴纳，”马斯特罗在周四提交的一份法院文件中写道。

“你不能先恐吓后澄清，”马斯特罗说，“而这正是市政府试图做的事情。”斯塔滕岛最高法院

法官韦恩·奥齐（Wayne Ozzi）在周一做出裁决时，在法庭上提出了同样的担忧，他认为市政府在发送通知之前没有进行必要的尽职调查，可能违反了法律。

根据庭审记录，法官表示：“所以，如果他们对那些仅仅因为没有申请豁免而被迫缴纳附加税的人征税，我认为这是不恰当的。”

市法律顾问史蒂夫·班克斯（Steve Banks）援引称，该命令可能导致的一种损害是“城市急需收入以帮助弥补其代际预算缺口”。

市长办公室未立即回应置评请求。

博伯特之子在虐童案中达成协议

据报道，劳伦·博伯特（Lauren Boebert）问题不断的儿子泰勒·博伯特（Tyler Boebert）在其虐待儿童案中接受了一项认罪协议，他可能会因此入狱。

据 TMZ 报道，根据科罗拉多州韦尔德县地区检察官办公室提供的方案，21 岁的泰勒·博伯特将承认虐待 / 过失导致儿童受损（无伤）罪。该方案建议这位国会议员的儿子被监禁最多 30 天，并接受为期一年的监督缓刑。

法院文件显示，他们还要求身为年轻父亲的泰勒参加一个育儿计划。

法院记录显示，他计划于 8 月 19 日在加菲尔德县法院出庭面对法官。

泰勒（插图）在 17 岁时成为父亲。今年早些时候，由于他的 2 岁儿子第二次被发现在他母亲家外游荡，他被指控虐待儿童。

几个月前，他曾被指控犯有轻微虐待儿童罪，劳伦·博伯特将其归结为“在监护我年幼的孙子时沟通不畅，导致他最近跑出了家门”。

加菲尔德县警长办公室表示，泰勒周日在科罗拉多州因涉嫌性剥削儿童及多项其他指控被单独逮捕。帕特里克·赖利（Patrick Reilly）

斯塔滕岛“谋杀-自杀”案；教师因学生阅读能力低下落泪

消息人士告诉《邮报》，周四上午斯塔滕岛发生一起枪击事件，导致一名男子和一名女子死亡，警方正将其作为一起可能的谋杀-自杀案进行调查。

消息人士称，纽约市警察局（NYPD）第122分局的警员在周四上午11点后不久，接到关于加斯法院（Garth Court）一处住宅发生枪击的报告后赶赴现场，并发现了这起惨剧。

据警方称，在住宅内，警方发现一名39岁的女性躯干中弹，一名27岁的男性头部受伤。

警方表示，他们被紧急送往斯塔滕岛大学医院，该女性被宣布死亡，该男性在数小时后死亡。

受害者身份尚未立即确认，但消息人士称两人处于恋爱关系，并将此事定性为家庭内部事件。Joe Marino 和 Amanda Woods

一名德克萨斯州的高中教师在意识到他教授的高年级学生无法完成一项写作练习时，在课堂上流泪崩溃。

休斯顿惠特利高中（Wheatley High School）的达里乌斯·威廉姆斯（Darius Williams）在周二的一段 Instagram 视频中表示，学生们糟糕的读写能力让他难以承受。“我真的在课堂中间崩溃了，”他说。

威廉姆斯说，他给班级布置了两段阅读内容，要求他们完成另一个句子，结果他们竟然无法完成，这让他感到震惊。“这才第二天，而我的高年级学生竟然根本不能阅读和……写作，”威廉姆斯脸上带着泪水说道。

他的崩溃发生在该消息披露几天之后：上学年，纽约市三至五年级的大多数学生未能通过英语语言艺术测试。

Nicholas McEntyre

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贬低女性的卑劣书籍刷新底线

RIKKI SCHLOTT

恶劣且厌女的影响者迈伦·盖恩斯（Myron Gaines）通过他的“Fresh and Fit”播客触达了数百万易受影响的年轻人。

然而，他最忠实的粉丝们可以通过他的自出版书籍进一步深入了解其反女性的世界观：这些书籍包括《为什么女性应获得更少》以及标题极具想象力的 2026 年续作《为什么女性应获得更少》。

看来性格发展也就那样了。

谢天谢地，这两本书分别只有单薄的 84 页和 103 页。书中的目的是帮助读者避免“在没有回报的追求女性上浪费资源，直到毁掉你的生活”。

“男人一生中最大的时间浪费就是女人，”盖恩斯写道。

“女人对关注有着贪得无厌的渴望，她们会欣然在你的面前地晃动性的诱惑，以便尽可能多地吸干你的生命。”

这话出自一个经营播客的男人之口，而在他的播客中，那些对关注贪得无厌的女性在观众面前晃动性的诱惑，而他则在她们说话时打断她们。

荒谬之作

坦白说，这些书读起来非常荒谬，提供的建议诸如停止“充当女孩的情绪棉签”，天知道这意味着什么。但它却能让人毫无过滤地窥见那种滋养了“男性圈”（manosphere）愤怒并为盖恩斯（Gaines）赢得了数百万追随者的意识形态。

“永远不要忘记，仅仅因为想要一个顺从、漂亮的女人，或许再加上几个孩子，你才是那个清醒的人，”他写道。“是社会失去了理智，从而

男性圈的失策： 厌女影响者迈伦·盖恩斯（Myron Gaines，上图为他在一部纪录片中与当时的女友安吉讨论他们的“单向单配偶”关系）正在推销《为什么女性应该得到更少》及其续作。这些指南基于极其浅薄的逻辑，主张女性利用男性及其资源。

让你为此感到羞愧。”

在亚马逊上，已有 1,000 多人对第一本书进行了评价，并给了它 4.7 分（满分 5 分）的高分。

“书库中的绝佳补充，年轻和年长男性都必须拥有，”一名用户写道。

另一名用户则写道：“我对那些我某种程度上知道但从未想过要承认的事情睁开了眼睛。”

他们在书页中发现了什么样的智慧？这比书名暗示的还要有毒。

盖恩斯诗意地描述了一个早已逝去的时代，那时“女性必须寻找一个男人并让他开心”，并且“必须宠爱男人、为男人做饭、与男人发生性关系（即使她们不想），并照顾男人，所有这一切都是为了避免她们死去”。没错，死去！

他感叹道，“就像马牵炮兵的时代已经过去一样，仅仅通过去健身房、穿上一件漂亮的衬衫，然后约那个可爱的网络女孩出去约会的日子也结束了”，因为“你是在 2026 年作战”。

“曾经那些甜美、善良、女性化的女性所在的地方，如今我们面对的是空洞、傲慢、阴险且刻薄的女性，”他声称。

一个合理的观点

尽管这些书可能很荒谬，但确实有一部分年轻男性将这种“男性圈”（manosphere）的废话视为禁忌的智慧。

为了证明“女性对从事真正的工作和支持社会毫无兴趣”，他列举了美国女性占主导地位的职业，其中首位就是学前教育和幼儿园教师。因为谁需要她们，对吧？

但他的世界观中最成问题的一点，在于他建议年轻的（主要是青少年男性）受众，认为与女性建立关系是净负面影响，使他们对寻找爱情和组建家庭产生怀疑——并最终鼓励他们孤独且愤恨地生活。

“如果你的生活中没有女人或孩子，那么唯一值得生存的东西就只剩下——你自己。而这正是本书的核心要义，”盖恩斯（Gaines）写道。真是太充实了！

虽然很难想象怎么会有人持有如此阴暗的世界观，但这并非全部是虚张声势。盖恩斯言行一致，在给女性提供最低限度关注的同时，只为自己而活。

在路易·塞鲁（Louis Theroux）执导的 Netflix 纪录片《深入男性圈》（Inside the Manosphere）的一次客串中，他与女友安吉（Angie）一同出现，吹嘘他们之间“单向单配偶制”的动态关系，这意味着她只能和他在一起，而他可以与任意数量的女性发生关系。

她对这种关系的矛盾心理在屏幕上的表情中显而易见。而且，据报道他们后来确实分手了——这证明了只为自己而活且不尊重女性，最终只会让你变得痛苦且孤独。

尽管充满了毒性，但盖恩斯确实提出了一个非常合理的观点：

他认为，由于一系列社会学变革（如约会软件、避孕药、女权主义和规范的转变），男女关系已被根本性地颠覆，以至于变得无法辨认。

其结果就是约会场景变得混乱、痛苦且功能失调。这一切都是事实。他的错误在于将其定义为一个“我们对抗他们”的问题。盖恩斯在书中简直将女性统称为“他们”。

他忽略的是，在寻找爱情的过程中，女性并不是“坏人”。男人和女人不是敌人。他们是在一个剧烈变革的浪漫世界中共同前行的旅伴。

如今寻找爱情对每个人来说都困难且令人困惑。而将异性视为敌人只会让情况变得更糟。但盖恩斯已经意识到，没有什么比告诉男孩们“世界在针对他们”更赚钱了。

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ELECTION 2026

缅因州政坛大爆料

作者：RYAN KING

华盛顿 —— 一份新出土的警方报告显示，民主党缅因州参议员候选人特洛伊·杰克逊（Troy Jackson）在近四十年前的一次深夜暴走中袭击了另一名男子。

这场发生在 12, 1988, 的斗殴显然是为了杰克逊长期的爱人拉娜·佩莱蒂尔（Lana Pelletier），记录显示她同时也是他的二表妹，这位民主党提名人与她共同育有两个成年子女。

这份首先由《班戈日报》（Bangor Daily News）报道的警方报告指出，佩莱蒂尔当时告诉警察，杰克逊“推搡了她”，但她现在否认说过这句话。

报告称，当时 19 岁的杰克逊在事发当晚凌晨 2 点左右，前往位于加拿大边境的福特肯特镇（Fort Kent）的一处住宅。

“面部重击”

报告称，在屋主要求杰克逊离开后，这位未来的州议员“踢开了门”，掐住对方的喉咙，随后对其面部挥拳，导致受害者的眼镜造成了一道伤口。

愤怒的杰克逊随后警告该匿名男子“离拉娜·佩莱蒂尔远点，否则后果自负”。在受害者死死抓住杰克逊的手臂后，一名朋友将双方分开。

警方报告将佩莱蒂尔描述为杰克逊的前女友，并称她声称杰克逊在打斗后推了她，且她打算对他申请一项“停止骚扰”令。

没有迹象表明佩莱蒂尔曾寻求过该命令，且她否认了警方对当晚情况的描述。

“我不记得说过那些被归于我的话，而且那些话是不准确的。这是我

参议员候选人的“暴力”过去

第一次看到这份 40 年前的报告，”佩莱蒂尔在给《纽约邮报》的一份声明中表示。

“特洛伊和我共同建立了一辈子的生活和家庭，我知道在随后的几十年里他是一个怎样的人，无论是作为一个体贴的伴侣还是父亲。”

据《班戈每日新闻》报道，1988 年的那场斗殴是唯一能追溯到杰克逊的刑事案件，且法院文件随后已被销毁。不过，有迹象表明他支付了 $50 以解决该问题。

“将近 40 年前，在我 19 岁的时候，我与另一名男子发生了打斗。我当时承担了责任，现在我也承担责任，”杰克逊在给《纽约邮报》的一份声明中表示。

脾气火爆

“但让我明确一点：我从未对我的伴侣拉娜或任何其他女性采取暴力行为。这件事发生在近 40 年前，我向缅因州人民保证，这次事件绝不能代表今天的我，也不能代表我此后多年所过的生活。”

杰克逊，58, 被缅因州民主党提名，将面对参议员苏珊·柯林斯（共和党-缅因州）上个月，此前，民主党的首位提名人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳在遭到前女友强奸指控后退选。

这位民主党人以脾气火爆著称，此前曾被指控在一次激烈的争论中向一名州参议院女性同事扔水瓶。杰克逊的竞选团队承认发生了争执，但声称他并没有用瓶子瞄准该女性。

ABDUL EL-SAYED 《蓝色线索》恶搞。

赛义德演唱诡异的《蓝色》

也许他需要在“思考椅”上多待一段时间。

一段密歇根州参议院民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德恶搞《蓝色线索》（Blue's Clues）并随着这部 90 年代儿童节目起舞的视频在互联网上引起轰动，许多人质疑这怎么可能是真的。

早在 6 月，埃尔-赛义德的竞选团队就发布了这段他兴高采烈地扮演《蓝色线索》主持人的剪辑。但该视频在很大程度上一直不被关注，直到本周，保守派网民重新发现了这段“诡异”的片段。

埃尔-赛义德将这次《蓝色线索》的恶搞作为一项公共服务公告，旨在鼓励密歇根州居民通过邮寄方式投票。

社交媒体用户对这段视频进行了猛烈抨击，该视频显然旨在利用千禧一代的童年情结。

埃尔-赛义德赢得了初选，并将与共和党人迈克·罗杰斯在今年竞争最激烈的参议院选战之一中展开对决。

Ryan King

原住民政治人物“排名”民主党人时遗漏了“利兹”

华盛顿 —— 佩吉，你是不是忘了谁？

明尼苏达州民主党副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根（Peggy Flanagan）在周二初选获胜后，其参议院竞选筹款团队在电子邮件中自豪地宣称，她可能成为首位在参议院任职的美国原住民女性。

“朋友，在近 250 年里，美国参议院从未有过原住民女性任职。现在是时候改变这一点了，”邮件中写道。“我是佩吉·弗拉纳根，明尼苏达州美国参议院的民主党提名人。”

“我是奥杰布瓦族人，也是白地球民族（White Earth Nation）的一员。”

记忆力出众的刻薄批评者指出，弗拉纳根忘记了参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren，马萨诸塞州民主党），后者在 2012. 年当选参议员前后，因声称拥有切罗基族血统而广受嘲讽。 瑞安·金（Ryan King）

华盛顿 —— 南希·佩洛西的女儿和众议员杰米·拉斯金（Jamie Raskin）正对民主党采取激进态度，因为该党试图取消一种旨在帮助弱势候选人的古怪投票方式。

民主国家委员会（DNC）周四在德克萨斯州奥斯汀聚集，旨在制定未来几次选举的规则，并就一项禁止排名选择投票（ranked-choice voting）的提案进行投票。

排名选择投票允许选民按偏好顺序对候选人进行排名：第一、第二、第三，以此类推。

拉斯金（马里兰州民主党）表示，这种方式能让党派与选民保持更密切的联系。

但批评者抱怨这种方式过于复杂，且得票最多的候选人可能会落败。

DNC 的投票成员克里斯蒂娜·佩洛西（Christine Pelosi）誓言将对拟议的禁令投反对票。

艾米莉·古丁（Emily Goodin）

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作者：乔·马里诺（JOE MARINO） 和 马特·特劳特曼（MATT TROUTMAN）

他没能对自己的婚姻赌注进行对冲。

一名亿万富翁对冲基金大亨的妻子已提起诉讼，寻求分得其巨额财富中的 62 亿美元 billion ——但据报道，在纽泽西州历史上规模最大的离婚大战中，他据称仅向其提供了 6.33亿美元。

约翰·欧弗戴克（John Overdeck）与其妻子劳拉·欧弗戴克（Laura Overdeck）之间这起令人震惊的分手案于周三在纽瓦克的一家法庭开审。两人在 Two Sigma Investments 公司初创时期结婚，当时并未签署婚前协议。

据彭博社率先报道，劳拉·欧弗戴克寻求获得其丈夫在该家 800 亿美元 billion 公司中持股的 35%，其律师称这部分价值 62 亿美元 billion，此外还要求获得数亿美元的债券以及对家族基金会的平等控制权。

然而，妻子一方表示，他给出的报价仅为 6.33亿美元，他们称这简直是“能给的最少金额”。

据消息人士透露，劳拉·欧弗戴克的律师特蕾莎·里昂斯（Theresa Lyons）在法庭上表示：“约翰·欧弗戴克正试图将精灵重新关回瓶子里。”

筹谋多年

这场审判的核心——莱昂斯在法庭上指出，这是花园州（新泽西州）规模最大的离婚争议案——在于劳拉·欧弗戴克（Laura Overdeck）是否能将丈夫在 Two Sigma 的股份主张为夫妻共同财产。

据消息人士透露，莱昂斯主张，随着公司规模和财富的增长，约翰·欧弗戴克（John Overdeck）在筹划离婚的 20 年间，与夫妇双方的律师共谋，向妻子隐瞒资产。

据彭博社报道，她表示：“约翰·欧弗戴克不是那种某天早晨醒来突然决定离婚的人。”

报道称，约翰·欧弗戴克的律师乔纳森·沃尔夫（Jonathan Wolfe）辩称，这笔钱是在结婚前赚到的。

他反驳了莱昂斯关于 6.33亿美元 补偿金提议的说法，并表示约翰·欧弗戴克实际上向妻子提出了 7.23亿美元 的免税公平分配方案。

报道指出，他表示这“足以满足双方婚姻生活方式的需求”。

他还否认了 62 亿美元 billion 的数字，称约翰·欧弗戴克公司股份的 35% 部分价值 49 亿美元 billion。

约翰·欧弗戴克的律师表示，他的妻子无权将他的公司股份主张为资产，因为该公司在他们 2002 年结婚前两年就已经成立，并且在对冲基金领域已经站稳了脚跟。

报道称，沃尔夫在开庭陈述中表示：“在双方结婚之前，公司已经开展了大量工作并管理了数亿美元。”

然而，消息人士称，莱昂斯主张她的当事人有权获得丈夫部分公司股份，因为欧弗戴克夫妇结婚时 Two Sigma 并没有真正的资产。彭博社报道称，她称该公司在他们结婚前只是一个“公司概念的构想”。

据该媒体报道，约翰·欧弗戴克在福布斯的净资产为 80 亿美元 billion，使其成为全球第 478 位最富有的人。

同样具有对冲基金经验的劳拉·欧弗戴克在 2012 年创立了 Bedtime Math 非营利组织。

权力斗争

他们于 2022 年开始的离婚诉讼还可能影响 Two Sigma 的发展方向。

约翰·欧弗戴克和另一位联合创始人大卫·西格尔（David Siegel）各持有公司约一半的股份，但两人之间发生了分歧，并在 2023 年公开化。他们决定在次年辞去共同首席执行官（co-CEOs）的职务，但这并未停止权力斗争。

据彭博社报道，离婚的结果最终可能会使公司的权力平衡向西格尔倾斜。

据彭博社报道，劳拉·欧弗戴克还在起诉 Seward & Kissel（她丈夫的财产法律事务所），称该公司帮助他隐匿资产。

欧弗戴克夫妇的律师未回复或拒绝了置评请求。

彼得·森扎米奇（Peter Senzamici）参与报道

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杀新娘凶手的同情父亲

新发布的视频显示，杰米·科莫罗斯基（Jamie Komoroski）的父亲在一次监狱通话中对女儿表示同情，而她在通话中抱怨因为醉酒在一名新娘的婚礼当天将其撞死而将被监禁“这么久”。

2023年5月，当时25岁的科莫罗斯基在与父亲查尔斯（Charles）通话时抽泣。此前一个月，在南卡罗来纳州福利海滩（Folly Beach, SC）发生的一起撞击事故导致34岁的新婚妻子萨曼莎·哈钦森（Samantha Hutchinson）死亡，其丈夫阿里克（Aric）受伤。

“我还是不知道为什么这件事会发生在我身上，”科莫罗斯基在KSLA看到的这段监狱通话视频中抱怨道。

“因为坏事总会发生在好人身上，宝贝，”她的父亲一边平静地抽着雪茄，一边表示同情。

“这只是发生在你身上的一件事，我们会尽力处理，好吗，”他说，试图安抚女儿。

这名杀人司机进一步抱怨自己成了受害者，说道：“我简直不敢相信这发生在我身上。为什么是我，爸爸，为什么是我？”

随后在通话中，科莫罗斯基离奇地攻击了媒体。

“这就像是，让我害怕媒体如此深入地介入其中，”她说。“他们为什么介入得这么深？”

查尔斯声称这是因为她的案件“能卖报纸”，但科莫罗斯基的抱怨反而更多了。

“但这对我没有帮助，天呐。等我出去的时候情况会很糟糕。每个人都会对我很刻薄，”她说。Chris Bradford

肯尼迪中心亲特朗普

美国民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂（Joyce Beatty）表示，约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心（John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts）董事会周四投票决定在建筑上刻上特朗普总统的名字，这可能与一名此前下令删除该名字的联邦法官产生冲突。

“在今天的会议上，董事会投票决定将建筑正面的外墙改为‘由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统修复并翻新的约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心’，并将该物理场所重新命名为‘唐纳德·J·特朗普总统广场’，”该中心董事会当然成员比蒂说道。

肯尼迪中心和白宫没有立即回应置评请求，但另一位了解情况的消息人士确认了董事会的决定。路透社

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揭秘佩雷斯的“噩梦”

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抢滩出书

即将到来的鲍勃·艾格（Bob Iger）书籍之战将在下个月打响第一枪，届时艾格在迪士尼的继任者鲍勃·查佩克（Bob Chapek）将发布他的揭秘之作——《城堡墙后：我在地球上最快乐之地的三十年》（Behind the Castle Walls: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth）。该书承诺将讲述查佩克关于两个“鲍勃”之间反目、查佩克在任职不足三年后被不体面地解雇以及随后被好莱坞放逐的个人视角。该书的官方描述写道：“在就任最高职位几周后，COVID-19疫情导致公园、电影院和邮轮关闭——迫使查佩克在前所未有的时期引导这个价值数十亿美元的帝国。”

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走调的视频

大卫·福斯特 (DAVID Foster) 在上周末的一次慈善活动中因疑似冷落 梅根·马克尔 (Meghan Markle) 而在网上走红后，坚称她是他“亲爱的朋友”。这位作曲家（见上图）周三告诉《People》杂志，当马克尔伸出手臂时，他“已经向”哈里 (Harry) 王子和马克尔在大卫·福斯特基金会盛典上打过招呼了——而他当时正好走过了她身边。福斯特表示，他在“红毯相遇前 10 分钟已经在入口处与这对夫妇交谈过了……任何观看的人都能看出并没有尴尬时刻，更没有所谓的冷落”。

佩雷兹·希尔顿 (PEREZ Hilton) 的妹妹在接受 Page Six 的一次感人采访中，分享了关于这位八卦博主自杀企图的令人心碎的第一手描述。

“8 月 4 日将永远是我和家人经历过的最黑暗的日子之一，”芭芭拉·拉万德拉 (Barbara Lavandeira) 在接受 Page Six 独家采访时，讲述了希尔顿在 TikTok 直播中故意伤害自己，随后被送往其迈阿密住所附近医院接受救命治疗的那一夜。

“那天下午，马里奥在卧室里，门关着且锁上了，这不像他的作风，”从加利福尼亚州来访的拉万德拉在谈到她的哥哥（原名马里奥·阿曼多·拉万德拉二世，Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.）时说道。在某个时刻，48 岁的希尔顿不再回应她的敲门声。

由于担心，“我打开了他的卧室门，发现他在浴室里，”她告诉我们。他仍然没有回应，于是她打开了门。她说，就在那时“我的噩梦变成了现实”。“马里奥赤裸地站在淋浴房前，身上有伤口，满身鲜血，手里拿着一把美工刀。”

“当我看着他时，我认不出我的哥哥了，”她告诉我们。“他的眼睛……看起来不一样了。然后，在极短的一瞬间，他对我笑了。感觉我像是在盯着另一个人看。”

在惊慌之中，拉万德拉“离开房间，抓起车钥匙，大喊让孩子们快跑向车里”。她拨打了 911，并请一位朋友接走希尔顿的三个年幼孩子。她说，在等待救护车期间，她回到房子里“在马里奥身上铺上毛巾以帮助止血”。

虽然在接下来的几个小时里“发生了更多事情”，但拉万德拉表示，她的讲述省略了“许多具体细节”，因为“那些细节太痛苦、太血腥且太令人崩溃”。

但作为“唯一见证了从头到尾发生之事的的人”，她告诉我们，她觉得有义务为那恐怖的一天“提供一些真相”。

“最后一顿”晚餐

罗德·斯图尔特 (ROD Stewart) 在宣布他的“最后一次 (One Last Time)”告别巡演将不再继续后的几个小时里，似乎处于一种“永远年轻 (Forever Young)”的心境中。81 岁的斯图尔特在晚上 8 点左右带着一群人出现在 Polo Bar，线人告诉 Page Six，他们立即前往餐厅会见斯图尔特 45 岁的长子肖恩 (Sean)。斯图尔特在推迟了周日在辛辛那提的演唱会后，于周二取消了在克利夫兰的一场演出。他的代表周三宣布，在接受了“常规冠状动脉支架手术”后，他将取消美国巡演的剩余日期。他们没有对斯图尔特的夜晚之行发表评论。

目击记录

哈里·内夫 (HARI Nef)、费恩·马利斯 (Fern Mallis)、塞勒·布林克利·库克 (Sailor Brinkley Cook)、坎迪斯·布什内尔 (Candace Bushnell) 和 珍妮·莫伦 (Jenny Mollen) 出席了 德沃拉·罗斯 (Devorah Rose) 和 卡莱塔·布拉弗·约翰逊 (Kaleta Blaffer Johnson) 为 Studio Mayfair 的 斯特林·迪奥 (Sterling Dio) 举办的派对……米哈伊尔·巴里什尼科夫 (MIKHAIL Baryshnikov)、史蒂文·奥格 (Steven Ogg)、辛西娅·罗利 (Cynthia Rowley)、安娜·德尔维 (Anna Delvey) 和 罗莎娜·斯科托 (Rosanna Scotto) 等人出席了 Watermill Center 的慈善活动……《怪奇物语 (STRANGER Things)》明星 诺亚·施纳普 (Noah Schnapp) 出现在东汉普顿的 Serafina 餐厅。

菲尔德的单身生活

莎莉·菲尔德 (SALLY Field) 与 Anonymous Content 总裁兼首席执行官 达伦·沃克 (Darren Walker) 因彼此的感情生活——或者说缺乏感情生活——而产生了共鸣。周三晚上，沃克在他位于洛杉矶的家中为艾美奖提名者举办了一场派对。一名消息人士告诉我们，沃克在向《非凡的生物》(Remarkably Bright Creatures) 主演菲尔德（79岁）祝酒时说：“莎莉也曾是我可以倾诉心声的肩膀。在我经历了一次极其糟糕的约会后，她一直陪伴在我身边。”菲尔德（见上图）打趣道：“好吧，至少你还约到了会！”出席活动的人员还包括共同获得提名的 莎拉·皮金 (Sarah Pidgeon) (《爱情故事》)、马修·里斯 (Matthew Rhys) (《我心中的野兽》和《寡妇湾》)、凯特·奥弗林 (Kate O'Flynn) (同样来自《寡妇湾》) 以及《镀金时代》执行制片人 索尼娅·沃菲尔德 (Sonja Warfield)，此外还有嘉宾 艾娃·杜弗奈 (Ava DuVernay)、托马斯·多尔蒂 (Thomas Doherty) 和 卡尔·彭 (Kal Penn)。

投资者起诉称遭遇“精神损失”

赛琳娜·戈麦斯 (SELENA Gomez) 和她的母亲 曼迪·蒂菲 (Mandy Teefey) 因涉嫌欺骗其心理健康公司 Wondermind 的投资者而被起诉。根据 Page Six 获得的的文件，两家企业投资者昨日在特拉华州联邦法院起诉了 Wondermind Global、戈麦斯、蒂菲以及一名前商业伙伴。这些企业实体声称，他们在 2022 年 9 月投资了 $1.200 万，而被告“虚假陈述”了 的基础设施、领导层和资源。诉状指控称：“所谓的合作伙伴关系并不存在。各项计划从未实现。应用程序从未被构建。”投资者声称，直到去年 9 月 Cut 刊登了一篇关于该公司“财务和运营完全混乱”的文章，他们才发现 的困境。诉状还指出了戈麦斯与蒂菲之间涉嫌紧张的关系，指责戈麦斯因与母亲之间存在“几起未公开的个人纠纷”而与 保持距离。投资者起诉对方证券欺诈，要求返还投资款，并要求赔偿损失、费用和律师费。Page Six 已联系戈麦斯、蒂菲和 的代表寻求评论。

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华盛顿破坏者损毁二战纪念碑

红色警报：当局表示，涂鸦损毁了华盛顿特区的二战纪念碑，破坏者还在该地点的喷泉中倾倒了泡泡皂。同样，卑劣的破坏者在六月也骚扰了国家首都的华盛顿纪念碑草坪。

作者：STEVEN NELSON 和 RYAN KING

华盛顿 —— 破坏者于周四袭击了二战纪念碑 —— 在喷泉中倾倒泡泡皂并写下了一段古怪的抗议信息。

“干净的手 肮脏的$”红色涂鸦如此宣称 —— 但并未明确说明为何这座纪念 81 年前结束的冲突的遗址会被成为目标。

泡沫在纪念战争大西洋战区的喷泉中升起数英尺，在那个战区，盟军击败了纳粹德国。

劳苦与麻烦

内政部发言人 Cody Sargent 谴责这种“来自精神错乱的失败者的恶心破坏行为”。

“损毁一座纪念我们二战英雄的纪念碑是可悲的，”Sargent 在 X 上发布道。

“庆幸的是，我知道我们优秀的 [国家公园管理局] 会为大多数热爱我们国家的美国人将其清理干净。”

此次事件发生在该地附近林肯纪念堂反思池的新游泳池衬垫涂层涉嫌遭到破坏之后。

六月，破坏者还使用化学药剂在华盛顿纪念碑的草坪上烧出“86 47”字样，以讽刺特朗普总统。

父亲在试图制止斗殴时被杀

一名拥有三个孩子的佛罗里达州父亲在勇敢尝试制止一对在路边争吵的夫妇时被杀，就在他送女儿去上学第一天之后不久。

奥兰治县警长办公室表示，56, 岁的 Daryl Alexander Hill 在周二上午约 8:30 试图制止佛罗里达州 Apopka 发生的一场白日冲突后，涉嫌被 26, 岁的 Raul Vazquez 枪杀。

根据《The Apopka Chief》新闻机构看到的一份逮捕宣誓书，Vazquez 和一名女性在他们的皮卡车内发生争吵，导致车辆撞上一辆黑色 SUV，随后斗殴蔓延到车外。

Hill 在将 10 岁的女儿送到 Wolf Lake 小学后骑着摩托车，在发现打斗后冲上前充当调解人。

Hill 与这对夫妇发生扭打，随后跌入一些灌木丛中。

当 Hill 试图逃离时，Vazquez 涉嫌从车里拿出一把枪并向其背部开枪。 Chris Bradford

您可以领养垃圾桶小狗

动物权益倡导者周四表示，两只被遗弃在皇后区垃圾桶中的可爱小狗正在康复中，并寻找它们的永久之家。

根据美国防止虐待动物协会（ASPCA）的消息，这两只 4 个月大的小狗 Poppy 和 Petunia 在 7 月 12, 日被发现遗弃在 Flushing 后，被紧急送往一家宠物急救中心。

“这些受害的小狗被发现时处于极其糟糕的状态 —— 被冷酷地虐待并丢弃，如果没有好心人的介入，它们根本没有生存机会，”ASPCA 的 David Little 表示。

这两团惊恐的毛球都严重体重不足，下颌有痛苦的撕裂伤。

随后，小狗被转移到曼哈顿的一家动物康复中心，在那里接受伤口治疗并使用抗生素。现在，这些幸运的狗狗可以被领养了。 Natalie O'Neill

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买家绝迹 房屋卖不动

作者：LAUREN ELKIES SCHRAM

对于房屋销售者来说，现在一片死寂。

由于负担能力问题导致潜在购房者处于观望状态，美国活跃购房者的群体已大幅萎缩。

根据 Redfin 的一份新报告，7 月份市场上的买家数量下降到约 967,000 人 —— 这是自 2013. 年 Redfin 开始追踪该指标以来记录的最低水平。这意味着购房者比销售者少约 34%，随着库存增加，买家获得了优势。

Redfin 首席经济学家 Daryl Fairweather 告诉《邮报》，这是因为“2025, 年 7 月抵押贷款利率在下降，这有助于在去年购房季后期吸引更多买家进入市场”。

难以承受

然而，与2025年7月相比，买家群体同比下降了5.5%，从102 万买家减少。

“房价依然高企，且抵押贷款利率在7月升至一年来的最高水平，这使得许多潜在买家难以承受每月的还款额，”Fairweather表示。“经济的不确定性也导致部分买家持观望态度。”

从6月到7月，估计的买家人数下降了2.5%，而卖家人数仅下降了0.3%。

“这导致全国范围内卖家比买家多出近50万名，”Fairweather说。“随着更多房屋竞争更少的买家，留下的买家可以更加挑剔，并且在价格和让步等方面拥有更多的谈判筹码。”

房屋卖家在7月主导了市场，其数量比买家多出惊人的51.3%——高于6月的47.9%，并且非常接近12月创下的51.8%的历史峰值。

对买家有利

根据Redfin的数据，美国超过四分之三的大都市——在分析的49个市场中有39个——被评为买方市场，其中以疫情期间卖家热门的地区为首，包括迈阿密，其次是纳什维尔，随后是德克萨斯州的三座城市。

这些阳光地带（Sun Belt）的市场面临着与其他地区相同的负担能力挑战，但Fairweather指出，在迈阿密和纳什维尔，疫情时期的房屋建设和投资现在正逐步投入市场。这位经济学家表示，在休斯顿、圣安东尼奥和奥斯汀，他们拥有“全美最活跃的房屋建设管线”。

在这五个市场中，卖方供应量均超过买方需求的100%以上。

另一方面，7月的美国仅有六个卖方市场，其中纳苏县（Nassau County）处于领先地位，卖家比买家少36%。

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地面飞行： 由前战斗机飞行员安迪·格林（Andy Green，见下图）驾驶的 JCB Hydromax 刷新了氢动力汽车的速度纪录。

作者：LYDIA MOYNIHAN

周二，英国车手安迪·格林在犹他州驾驶一辆特制的 JCB Hydromax，创下了 406.320 英里 / 小时的氢动力汽车陆地速度纪录。

这一里程碑是在犹他州邦内维尔盐滩（Bonneville Salt Flats）完成的。该车辆呈亮黄色管状，由两台氢内燃机驱动，格林将其称为“未来的燃料”。

格林轻松打破了此前氢发动机的类别纪录，之前的纪录为 185 英里 / 小时。

这位车手曾是英国皇家空军的战斗机飞行员，也是唯一一个在陆地上突破音障的人。他在 1997 年驾驶一辆由双喷气发动机驱动的汽车创下整体陆地速度纪录时，时速达到了 763 英里 / 小时。

成立于 1945, 年的英国公司 JCB 以其重型机械而闻名，

并且是全球最大的私有建筑和农业设备制造商之一——但该公司一直在悄悄地对氢能进行重大押注。

未来动力

安东尼·巴姆福德勋爵（Lord Anthony Bamford）——他担任由其父亲约瑟夫·西里尔·巴姆福德（Joseph Cyril Bamford）创立的公司董事长——在过去五年中投资了超过 1.32亿美元 用于开发氢内燃机。这是一种比柴油发动机更清洁的替代方案，排放的是水而非二氧化碳。

虽然另一种氢能形式，

氢燃料电池，近年来已被用于部分汽车，但 JCB 的研究人员发现该技术过于复杂、成本过高，且不够强韧，无法在其重型设备中运行。因此，该公司专注于一种经过改良的内燃机，这种发动机可以更轻松地集成到未来的设备中。

巴姆福德在接受《纽约邮报》采访时表示，虽然他对速度测试感到兴奋，但他更关注这项技术在盐滩之外能发挥的作用。

“任何东西都可以成为氢发动机，”80, 岁的巴姆福德解释道。

在 JCB 扩大其在美国版图的同时，该公司也在推进氢能发展。该公司正斥资 5亿美元 在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥建设一座新的 100 万平方英尺的工厂。

该工厂最初计划规模为 500,000 平方英尺，但在 2025 年进口关税公布后，规模增加了一倍，因为 JCB 决定投资在美本土为美国客户制造更多设备。该设施预计将雇佣约 1,500 人。

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联邦反犹太主义诉讼被驳回

作者：JOSH CHRISTENSON

华盛顿 —— 一名马萨诸塞州联邦法官驳回了美国司法部（DOJ）针对哈佛大学的一项诉讼。该诉讼指控这所常春藤盟校在校园内“对反犹太主义以及针对犹太人和以色列人的歧视视而不见”。

美国地方法院法官理查德·斯特恩斯（Richard Stearns）在周四的一项命令中写道，特朗普政府在 3 月份提交的申诉中所引用的事件“过于孤立且零散，不足以支持一个合理的推论，即哈佛大学至今仍存在任何制度性的违反《第六章》（Title VI）的情况”。

“修正后的起诉书几乎完全集中在 2023-2024 学年期间发生的事件上，”由时任总统比尔·克林顿任命的联邦法官斯特恩斯写道。

“据称只有三起事件发生在这一时期之后，且全部发生在近一年之后（且在本案提起前超过一个完整的学年），即 2025 年 3 月。”

美国司法部正权衡应对措施

“我们不同意该裁决，并正在评估下一步行动。司法部的民权司正在积极调查全国范围内的反犹主义，”助理总检察长哈米特·迪隆（Harmeet Dhillon）在一份声明中表示。

“民权司在执行反犹主义相关法律方面拥有广泛且活跃的组合方案，包括在全国范围内进行的起诉、检控、和解及调查。”

哈佛大学的代表未立即回应置评请求。

美国司法部（DOJ）的最初起诉指控哈佛大学两项违反 1964 年《民权法案》第六章的行为——该法案禁止在联邦资助的机构中基于种族、肤色或原国籍进行歧视——以及一项违约指控。

联邦政府还请求法院强制该校偿还

法官放过了哈佛

自 2023 年 10 月以来获得的超过 $9.53 亿联邦拨款。

对偏见“漠不关心”

根据诉状，该请求是在犹太学生遭到“暴徒”的“袭击、骚扰或恐吓”之后提出的。在哈马斯 2023 年 10 月 7 日发动袭击导致以色列 1,200 人死亡后，这些暴徒占领了校园建筑和空间。

“这向哈佛大学的犹太和以色列社区传递了一个明确信号，即这种漠不关心并非偶然；他们被故意排除在外，并实际上被剥夺了平等获得教育机会的权利，”最初的起诉书称。

特朗普总统领导的美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）此前曾试图终止向哈佛大学提供的超过 26 亿美元 十亿联邦拨款，但法院同样对此作出了不利裁决。jchristenson@nypost.com

林赛·克兰西（LINDSAY CLANCY） 记录了她的愿望。

“杀掉我”想要第四个孩子

陪审团周四获悉，马萨诸塞州母亲林赛·克兰西在涉嫌杀害她的三个孩子前几周写的一封新披露的信中，写到了她想要第四个孩子。

“我真的很想要第四个孩子，但在那之前我需要一个优秀的治疗师，”克兰西显然在 2022 年 11 月 3 日在其手机备忘录应用的一篇长篇日记式条目中写道——就在她涉嫌将 5 岁的科拉（Cora）、3 岁的道森（Dawson）和 8 个月大的卡兰（Callan）勒死前两个月。

“我仍然不希望卡兰是我们最后一个孩子，但在生下一个之前，我还有很多事情需要理清，”这位在六个月前刚生下最小孩子的母亲写道。

她还写到自己对于“开始服用一种治疗焦虑 / 抑郁的新药物感到犹豫不决”。

“我想感到快乐，但如果能感受到真实的快乐而不是虚假的，那就太好了。”普里西拉·德格雷戈里（Priscilla DeGregory）

朝鲜谴责美韩演习

据国家媒体报道，朝鲜周五谴责了美韩大规模军事演习，并称此次演习比去年更具挑衅性。

朝中社（KCNA）表示，美日韩军事合作正演变为核联盟，朝鲜将以新水平的威慑力予以回应。

当局表示，韩国和美国将于 8 月 17 日至 27 日进行年度“自由之盾”（Ulchi Freedom Shield）联合军事演习。路透社

库什纳将前往加沙参加和平谈判

特朗普总统的女婿兼谈判代表贾里德·库什纳（Jared Kushner）将于下周前往中东，试图推进结束加沙冲突的计划，此前特朗普政府宣布的一项协议遭到了以色列的反对。

和平委员会（Board of Peace）的一名官员表示，库什纳、委员会高级代表尼古拉·姆拉德诺夫（Nickolay Mladenov）以及执行委员会成员、英国前首相托尼·布莱尔（Tony Blair）将于周日抵达以色列。该机构由特朗普设立，旨在监督以色列与哈马斯战争中脆弱的停火状态。

该官员表示，随后该小组将前往开罗。在过去几个月里，一个拟在由美国调停的停火协议下接管加沙的巴勒斯坦技术官僚团体一直在那里举行会议。

Axios 此前已报道了此次行程。

该官员表示，这些会议将展示特朗普和和平委员会的决心，旨在一个非军事化的加沙实现“和平、繁荣和可持续安全”，届时哈马斯将交出控制权，以允许对被摧毁的领土进行重建。

但以色列否决了特朗普最近宣布的一项协议，该协议要求哈马斯解除武装，以色列从巴勒斯坦领土撤军。AP

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鲁比奥是个舞曲迷

国务卿马可·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）理想的一天是观看 15 小时的大学橄榄球赛，而且他比起乡村音乐更喜欢嘻哈和电子舞曲，他认为乡村音乐“太悲伤了”。

这位美国最高外交官在凯蒂·米勒（Katie Miller）的播客节目中敞开心扉，与前 NFL 啦啦队队员妻子珍妮特（Jeanette）进行了一次坦率的对话，话题从他通常关注的世界和平与国家安全转向了其他方面。

尽管如此，鲁比奥分享道，他不得不运用外交手段，才能与妻子在音乐选择上找到共同点。

这位曾经的婚礼 DJ 透露，他已经找到了一种创意方式来让自己对乡村音乐产生热情。

“我喜欢很多电子音乐，因为它融合了古典音乐，而且越来越多地融合了乡村音乐，”鲁比奥在播客中解释道。

“我喜欢很多你听过的歌曲的混音版——有一首《Ring of Fire》的 EDM 混音版非常棒。所以我喜欢这类东西。”

“我并不是反对乡村音乐，但那不是我的菜，”鲁比奥说。

在谈到乡村音乐时他说：“我认为它就是非常悲伤。大多数歌曲都在讲类似妻子和狗都离开某人的故事。”

鲁比奥称已故传奇人物图帕克·沙库尔（Tupac Shakur）是他最喜欢的说唱歌手，并感叹这位演唱《Dear Mama》的歌手寿命太短，让世界无法“知道他最终会变成什么样”。

当米勒建议他采用“Lil' Marco”这个说唱艺名时，他对此感到反感。这个名字是对特朗普总统在 2016 年总统竞选周期中对他常用的侮辱性称呼的恶搞。

这次访谈展现了鲁比奥轻松的一面。

鲁比奥梦想的周末？从早到晚观看大学和 NFL 橄榄球赛，比赛之间短时间小睡。

“在我看来，那将是一个不可思议的周末，”他说。“但这永远不会发生。” Ryan King

马可迷因节

生日贺卡上的多种身份

作者：CHRIS NESI

这是马可·鲁比奥意识到他永远无法摆脱这个梗的样子。

这位深受喜爱的国务卿在 55 岁生日时收到了一幅史诗级的拼贴画，画中集结了他最热门的“鲁比奥意识到”表情包——其中包括粉丝最喜爱的版本：这位国家最高外交官打扮成了伊朗大阿亚图拉，以及在虚构的冰原星球霍斯（Hoth）上的一个《星球大战》反抗军。

白宫在 5 月将这份令人捧腹的礼物送给了这位毫不掩饰自己热爱说唱的官员——但直到周三，由于 Axios 记者 Marc Caputo 发布的一条现已走红的推文，这件事才被公开。

这幅金框马赛克画包含 68 个独立面板，描绘了鲁比奥担任的各种角色——从机械战警到宇航员，再到白宫复活节兔子——并由包括总统在内的政府官员签名，总统在签名正上方用金墨水写道：“你很棒”。

鲁比奥在特朗普的内阁中担任过多种职务。除了国务卿，他还担任代理国家安全顾问。在某个时间点，他还担任过代理国家档案保管员和美国国际发展署（US Agency for Interna-

没有太奇怪的工作： 在总统特朗普签名的贺卡上，关于马可·鲁比奥的描绘中还包括“白宫新闻秘书”和“Pop Tarts 首席执行官”。

tional Development）代理署长。

那张催生了近乎无穷变体——甚至产生了一个在线“博物馆”档案的著名照片，描绘了鲁比奥尴尬地坐在椭圆形办公室沙发上的样子。

这张快照拍摄于去年的 2 月 28 日，当时总统、副总统 JD Vance 以及内阁高层官员与乌克兰领导人弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基会面，讨论一项分享该国矿产资源以抵消美国在乌克兰抗俄战争中投资的协议。

在每一张修改后的照片中，鲁比奥交叠的手指和沮丧的表情保持不变，这为每个他突然意识到现在由他负责的新工作增添了一层喜剧般的勉强感。

这个梗紧跟全球事件，无论是在现实还是幻想领域，每当有一个新“职位”出现，很快就会有一个新的“马可·鲁比奥意识到”表情包亮相。

在表情包的生命周期中，沙发上的鲁比奥被描绘成格陵兰岛省长、伊朗国王、教皇以及一大堆其他职业。

当美国海军“杰拉尔德·R·福特”号航空母舰的厕所在 3 月发生故障时，鲁比奥以一名水管工的形象出现在沙发上，手里拿着皮搋子。

委内瑞拉的“老大”

在美国抓获委内瑞拉独裁者尼古拉斯·马杜罗后不久，鲁比奥出现时佩戴着一条饰有该国国旗的绶带，袖口和衣领带有高级军官的金边装饰，腰间佩戴着一把金柄军刀。

鲁比奥在最近接受福克斯新闻（Fox News）采访时告诉 Lara Trump，起初他“讨厌”这个走红的表情包，但后来觉得它很有趣。

他说，照片中他瘫掉的姿势是因为背后没有枕头，导致他陷进了沙发里。

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15 岁少年在布朗克斯公寓内中枪

青少年被杀引发痛苦与愤怒

作者：JOE MARINO, PATRICK REILLY, GEORGETT ROBERTS 以及 JORGE FITZ-GIBBON

据警方称，周三晚上在布朗克斯区的一处公寓内，一名 15 岁男孩被杀，一名 13 岁男孩受伤。警方仍在搜寻一名枪手，据称该枪手曾对这名男孩说：“我要让你尝尝痛苦。”

警方表示，下午 5:30 左右，警方接到 911 报警称克拉夫林大道（Claflin Avenue）的一处公寓内发生枪击事件，出警后发现赖利·比林斯利（Riley Billingslea）头部中弹身亡。

死者悲痛欲绝的祖母回忆起朋友们敲开她的门告知这个悲剧消息时的恐怖时刻。

“我无法理解他们在说什么，你知道吗！‘他被枪击了。’我无法理解他们的话，”62 岁的伊莱恩·罗杰斯（Elaine Rogers）告诉《纽约邮报》。“我甚至无法处理那部分记忆。这很难让人相信。”

她说，赖利当天早些时候对她说的最后一句话是：“回头见，奶奶（G-Ma）。那是他对我的称呼。”

据消息人士透露，枪手在争执过程中从背包里掏出一把枪，向武器内装入弹匣，并告诉比林斯利：“我要让你尝尝痛苦。”

警方正在调查枪击是否发生在枪手在争论期间拉动枪栓时意外走火。

枪支走火击中青少年后，枪手随即逃离。消息人士称，警方在现场与目击者进行了交谈，并找到了第二名枪击受害者，后者在躯干被子弹擦伤后跑回了家人的公寓。

邻居克拉拉·埃尔南德斯（Clara Hernandez）说，当她听到门外的骚动时，她正处于熟睡之中。

“我没有开门，”62 岁的埃尔南德斯告诉《纽约邮报》。“我在这里住了 15 年，从未听闻这里发生过这样的事情。”

“我很害怕，”她补充道。“今天我的情绪很糟糕。我想哭。”

难以置信： 赖利·比林斯利（上图及与祖母伊莱恩·罗杰斯合影，左）周三被一名枪手枪杀，据称该枪手在开火前誓言要“让人尝尝痛苦”。

据消息人士透露，年龄较小的受害者声称，他看到比林斯利与枪击嫌疑人发生了某种争执，随后演变成了致命事件。

消息人士称，这名较小的青少年被跳弹击中并被送往医院，目前情况稳定。

警方周四下午表示，目前尚未有人被捕。

“无法用言语表达”

与此同时，赖利的祖母形容他“机智”，说他“总是能对任何事情给出答案，从不词穷”。

她说，这场毫无意义的枪击也让她感到愤怒。

“无法用言语表达，”罗杰斯说。“‘愤怒’甚至不足以形容这种感觉。这比愤怒更深。我无法表达，因为那样说还不够。”

“我只希望那个人能站出来，”她补充道。“如果像我听新闻报道的那样是个意外，那就这么说。过来解释清楚。当你逃跑时，你看起来就像是有罪的。”

这名不幸去世的青少年的姑姑也表达了她的痛苦。

“在某个时刻，我只希望我的家人终于能喘口气，因为我的精力已经耗尽了，”死者的姑姑埃博尼·比林斯利（Ebony Billingslea）在 Facebook 上发帖称。“我会非常想念你的，侄子，我希望你知道你对我意味着多少，以及我有多爱你……愿赖利安息。”

在接听电话时，男孩悲痛欲绝的母亲告诉《纽约邮报》：“这一刻我的大脑完全无法正常运转。”

在一次可能与周三布朗克斯枪击案惊人相似的事件中，10 月份，纽约州北部纽堡（Newburgh）一名 11 岁男孩在与伙伴玩枪时头部中弹身亡。

该市警方表示，一名 13 岁男孩在课前不久涉嫌操作该武器，随后武器走火击中其年幼的朋友并导致其死亡。

这名较大的男孩随后被指控谋杀。

学校“变态”被捕

据当局称，一名来自威斯特彻斯特（Westchester）中学的“堕落”食堂工作人员被抓获，其持有令人不安的儿童视频和照片，其中儿童可能年仅 5 岁，且涉及性行为。

据威斯特彻斯特县地方检察官办公室称，在莱克兰学区（Lakeland School District）的莱克菲尔德铜山中学（Lakefield Copper Beech Middle School）工作的 69 岁男子弗朗西斯·约翰·蒂林（Francis John Teeling）涉嫌上传并存储涉及小学年龄女性儿童的诡异儿童色情内容。

地方检察官苏珊·卡卡塞（Susan Cacace）在声明中表示：“那些持有或分享儿童性虐待材料的人不应抱有幻想，认为其堕落行为能瞒过执法部门。”

据报道，蒂林上传了一个包含 7 至 10 岁女性儿童进行性行为的数字文件，警方在他位于舒鲁布奥克（Shrub Oak）家中发现了一个包含一名 5 至 8 岁女性进行性行为的数字文件。

约克敦（Yorktown）警方于周二将其逮捕，随后他在镇法院被提审。

他面临推广和持有儿童淫秽性表演的重罪指控，最高可判处 11 年监禁。

蒂林辩称无罪，目前被要求缴纳 $10,000 现金保释金、$25,000 保证金以及 $50,000 的部分担保保证金。丹尼尔·科迪（Daniel Cody）报道

数十人逃离希腊火灾

周四，随着强风助长山火，在度假旺季期间，希腊北部哈尔基迪基（Halkidiki）地区的一处度假区附近的房屋和树木被吞噬，游客和居民通过陆路和海路逃离村庄。

当地媒体称，强劲的阵风也给克罗地亚热门的达尔马提亚海岸（Dalmatian coast）的灭火工作带来了困难。

在整个欧洲，今年夏天接连而至的热浪加剧了干旱，使水资源供应紧张，导致植被极度干燥，使得西班牙、法国以及希腊的山火烧毁了近乎前所未有的土地面积。路透社报道

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By KAREN TALLEY

经典电影明星的形象正在迎来现代化的改造。

伊丽莎白·泰勒（Elizabeth Taylor）此前在贝尔艾尔（Bel Air）的庄园将由著名的建筑商阿尔迪·塔万加里安（Ardie Tavangarian）进行近 5000万美元 的升级——但他计划保留大部分原始室内设计，包括她将传奇珠宝存放在天鹅绒衬里展柜中的那个巨大房间，将其完全保持原样。

“我们试图创造一些能够延续伊丽莎白·泰勒及其遗产的东西，同时创建‘第二阶段’来增强这里已有的美感，”塔万加里安说道。

1981 年，泰勒以 200万美元 的价格从弗兰克·辛纳屈（Frank Sinatra）的第一任妻子南希（Nancy）手中买下这座庄园，并一直居住在这里，直到 2011 年以 79 岁高龄去世。原有的 7,000 平方英尺住宅的部分区域实质上将作为“伊丽莎白·泰勒翼”，计划对其主卧和浴室、美容中心以及她珍视的其他区域进行修复。“我们只是从功能性的角度对其进行现代化改造，”塔万加里安说。

旧好莱坞与新风尚

塔万加里安还计划在屋内设立一个画廊，展出与伊丽莎白·泰勒相关的艺术作品。

泰勒的这座牧场风格住宅共有两层，设有五个卧室。

像莉兹一样生活

他所保留的元素

但 Tavangarian 正在增加一个 12,000 平方英尺的扩建部分，其中包括一个巨大的新地下空间。这里将有一个 4,500 平方英尺的可伸缩屋顶用于观星，以及大面积的草坪覆盖。

现有房屋的砖墙外立面将被保留，并延伸至新结构中，以创造视觉上的连续性。

新结构将设有三间卧室、一个高端放映室、一个水疗中心和其他健康设施，以及一个家庭“睡衣房”，住户和客人在那里可以放松身心，在巨大的电视屏幕前享受娱乐，同时品尝来自周围舒适布置的容器中的爆米花和其他点心。室外仍将拥有泰勒那座引人注目的蓝宝石色泳池（其颜色映衬着她的眼睛），周围环绕着自然景观和高大的树木。由她侄子建造的锦鲤池和贝壳形喷泉正在翻新，攀缘玫瑰花架和名为“伊丽莎白·泰勒”的亮粉色混合茶玫瑰仍将点缀在区域内。

4700万美元 翻新

这位设计师兼建筑商表示，他以 1500万美元 买下了这个庄园，并预计将再投入至少 4700万美元 用于翻新和扩建。Tavangarian 表示，该项目目前还没有预定的买家，且他拒绝透露明年完工后可能会以什么价格挂牌出售。他定制的豪宅交易价格通常在 1亿美元 以上。

Tavangarian 表示，他觉得这次改造将是泰勒“会舒适居住”的风格。

“我对待这个项目就像她是我的客户一样，”他说。

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“性交易”律师被捕

他需要一个好律师了！

据调查人员称，一名德克萨斯州知名律师要求一名经济拮据的女性提供性服务，以换取为其入狱的哥哥提供法律代理——随后却从未兑现承诺。

据周三逮捕他的执法官员称，56, 岁的圣安东尼奥刑事辩护律师 Neil Calfas 涉嫌告诉这名被确认为“Julie”的女性，在她 2024, 3 月打电话寻求法律帮助后，她可以用金钱或身体来支付费用。

据 News 4 San Antonio 引用德克萨斯州公共安全部的逮捕报告称，她最初拒绝了，但后来决定“顺从”，因为她认为这个法律界的色情狂可以帮助她的哥哥获得自由。

他涉嫌对她说：“要么是你，要么是钱。”

他被指控涉嫌招嫖。

据调查人员称，在同年 3 月 5 of that year 给哥哥打的一通监狱电话中，Julie 描述了与该律师的一次互动，在这次互动中，律师要求发生性关系，并给了她用于支付电话费和房租的现金。

Calfas 的办公室在周四未立即回应 The Post 寻求评论的电话。Natalie O'Neill

“惊叹”

更多的人通过 BYCIG 的投资部门参与其中，该部门管理着一项由家长和金融专业人士筹集的约 $50,000 的基金。学生团队研究投资想法并向顾问委员会进行推介，经董事会投票通过的提案将发送给会计师执行交易。随后，该团体将部分收益捐给慈善机构。

总而言之，该基金的表现优于市场，在 12 个持仓头寸中，有 3 个增长了 40% 以上。

“最主要的反应是惊叹，”贾斯珀的父亲尼克·古尔德（Nick Gould）说道。他是一位科技行业资深人士，也是一名拥有 200 名订阅者的自雇执行教练（他将自己创办一年的刊物所取得的任何增长主要归功于 PTT）。

现在正处于大学申请季的紧张阶段，即将升入高年级的古尔德和奇林吉里安（Chilingirian）正在考虑该刊物和非营利组织的接班计划。

“我们现在还不能成立对冲基金，”古尔德说。“我还得再过两个月才满 18 岁。”

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棘皮狗鱼 被冲上新泽西州海岸。

新泽西州出现30条“狗鱼”鲨鱼坟场

周三早晨，近30条死掉的狗鱼鲨鱼神秘地漂浮在新泽西海岸的沙滩上，令偶然发现此景的当地人感到震惊。

据 ABC 7 报道，这片海洋捕食者的坟场出现在海岛市（Sea Isle City）的一段海滩沿线。

“突然之间，你开始看到大量的小沙鲨聚集在一起，我想，‘这太奇怪了’，”米歇尔·格林林（Michelle Greenling）说道，她在周三散步时看到这些生物散落在10个街区。

专家表示，这些体长在 3 到 5 英尺之间的小鲨鱼通常成群结队地游动，规模从数百条到数千条不等。它们的死因目前尚不清楚。

“可能有几种原因，”斯托克顿大学（Stockton University）的海洋科学家斯蒂芬·纳吉维奇（Stephen Nagiewicz）告诉 ABC 7。

“可能是水里有什么东西，导致它们生病死亡。但这不太可能，因为人们没有受到影响。”

纳吉维奇补充说，这些体重通常在 8 到 22 磅之间的狗鱼极有可能是被渔民捕获，随后被丢回大海的。

“他们把它们从船舷丢下去，或者不小心丢失了装满鱼的网，然后所有这些鲨鱼就随着潮汐漂到了海滩上，”他说。

狗鱼在新泽西海岸和东海岸沿线相对常见。

由于数量众多，渔民经常称它们为“垃圾鱼”，因为它们会吃掉旨在诱捕其他物种的饵料。

丹尼尔·科迪（Daniel Cody）

作者：玛丽莎·马托佐（MARISSA MATOZZO）

我上一次来到康涅狄格州利奇菲尔德山丘（Litchfield Hills）的 Getaway 俱乐部（Club Getaway）是在 2011 年——那时我 12 岁，坐在拥挤的校车上，用我的 iPod Nano 大声播放着 Grouplove 的《Tongue Tied》，正专心地为朋友们编织友谊手链，内心则在苦恼如何逃避大部分的活动。

十五年后，上周末，我回来了——成为了 Z 世代的一种趋势，即逃离工作和城市生活，前往成人夏令营，像孩子一样生活，这里配备了宿舍式的小屋、体育运动、游泳和烤棉花糖（s'mores）。

在纽约市附近，成人的寄宿选项包括波科诺山（Poconos）的无辅导员营地（Camp No Counselors）、宾夕法尼亚州仅限女性的社交营地（Camp Social）以及卡茨基尔山（Catskills）的 Retrofolk 夏令营。

自 1976 年起就开始接待成年人的 Getaway 俱乐部是该领域的先驱。

其在每个夏季周末提供的 21 岁以上套餐包括“乡村时尚”住宿、餐饮、晚餐配酒、50 项以上的活动、主题派对和现场娱乐——四人间小屋的价格约为 $559，单人间为 $869。

所有者大卫·施赖伯（David Schreiber）告诉我，这个概念可以追溯到 1976 年，当时创始人维克多·芬克（Victor Fink）将他家族经营的、现已拥有 100 年历史但陷入困境的儿童营地转变为成人营地模式。

如今，在典型的周末，大约有 200 到 250 名成年人聚集在该物业，营员的平均年龄在 36 岁左右。

“再次成为孩子”

“人们每个周末都来到这里，为了度过一段美好的时光，再次成为孩子，”施赖伯（Schreiber）说道。“我们的团队在这里帮助人们结识新朋友，对许多人来说，甚至能找到灵魂伴侣。”

我能遇到我的那个吗？周五，我从大中央车站乘坐 Metro-North 列车抵达哈莱姆谷-温格代尔站（Harlem Valley-Wingdale station），那里有一辆接驳车在等待。

在营地，我办理了入住，住进了一间与三名室友共用的池畔小屋，然后前往营地主白色帐篷下参加欢乐时光，随后享用家庭式晚餐。

不久，我们被带进一个房间，舞池里正播放着 2010 年代初的热门金曲——其中恰如其分地包括了《Tongue Tied》。

同样逃离哥谭（纽约市）的卡莉·齐夫（Carly Ziff），34 岁，来自中东区，告诉我她小时候从未体验过寄宿夏令营。“我听说这里每个人都在重现童年的营地时光，但我现在作为成年人，第一次在创造这些回忆，”她说。

她说她在营地的“绘画与品酒”课程上结识了新朋友，那里美酒畅饮——并且她非常渴望尝试皮划艇和其他户外活动。

来自新泽西州欧文顿（Irvington, NJ）的桑德拉·弗洛伦特（Sandra Florent）与一名朋友一起来庆祝她的 40 岁生日——并终于体验到她小时候也错过的夏令营经历。

“作为成年人，交朋友更难了，”她说。“我觉得小时候人们对此习以为常。”

第二天早晨是自助早餐——随后我前往湖边参加扎染和射箭活动。

在一次风景优美的乘船之旅后，水球投掷和泡沫剑格斗接踵而至，随后是周六晚上的“像 1926 年那样狂欢”化妆舞会。

周日则有“血玛丽宾果游戏”以及与一群资深营地校友的聊天。

“我拥有这么多故事、朋友，还有我的妻子和孩子，这一切都归功于这个营地，”来自斯塔滕岛（Staten Island）的卢·斯基奥波（Lou Schioppo），78 岁，说道。他在 1976 年在营地结识了自己的妻子。“没有其他地方能像这里一样。”

来自新泽西州蒙克莱尔（Montclair, NJ）的弗雷德·科德罗（Fred Cordero），64 岁，和他的妻子杰西卡·斯波恩（Jessica Sporn）表示，他们计划在 Club Getaway 续约誓言——他们两人也是在 1998 年在这里初次相遇。

“除此之外，哪里还能让你在一天之内既能滑水、攀岩，又能遇到未来的妻子？”科德罗问道。

至于我，据我所知，我没有遇到未来的丈夫——但在扎染、射箭、泡沫剑格斗、卡拉 OK 和湖边鸡尾酒之间，我结识了新朋友，在体育活动中幸存下来，并且在整个周末里，让自己再次成为了孩子。

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邪恶之轴

红绿褐联盟 vs. 美国

上个世纪的一幅惊人画面应当在今时今日令我们警醒。1940年11月，苏联外交部长维亚切斯拉夫·莫洛托夫抵达柏林，旨在深化莫斯科与纳粹德国的条约，而后者据称是共产主义的死敌。

历史学家伊恩·克肖（Ian Kershaw）后来写道：“在帝国首都，苏联旗帜上的镰刀锤头与万字旗并肩飘扬，构成了一场极其奇异的景观。”尽管纳粹-苏联条约在几个月后希特勒入侵苏联时崩溃，但其教训依然深刻：那些看似彼此憎恨的极端分子，可以为了共同对抗一个他们更憎恨的敌人而迅速结盟。

如今，那个敌人就是美国。一种新的“红-绿-褐”融合——将激进左翼、伊斯兰极端主义和威权极右翼元素统一在一起——正围绕着对西方民主秩序的共同敌意而形成。

以色列是这种融合最明显的体现。对哈马斯的支撑、对犹太复国主义的仇恨以及对古老反犹主义陈词滥调的回收利用，在那些原本几乎毫无共同点的运动之间创造了共同基础。

但这仅仅是个开始。最终将这些派系联系在一起的，是对那些使美国成为地球上最自由、最强大且最繁荣国家的原则、制度和理想的敌意。

“美国必死”，这是伊朗伊斯兰政权最青睐的口号，捕捉到了这种融合核心的虚无主义。其表达方式因说话者的不同而有所差异。

在极右翼中，像塔克·卡尔森（Tucker Carlson）和坎迪斯·欧文斯（Candace Owens）这样的人物攻击一个自由思考、精英治理的美国，并将美国领导层描绘成一场旨在使国家屈从于外国利益（尤其是以色列）的阴谋。

他们的言论呼应了20世纪30年代的阴谋论，当时查尔斯·林德伯格（Charles Lindbergh）、考格林神父（Father Coughlin）和亨利·福特（Henry Ford）将美国犹太人描绘成腐蚀美国政治和外交政策的阴险势力。如今的版本则将同样的毒药思想重新包装，面向新一代人。

而在问题的另一面，

同路人：派克（左）和埃尔-赛义德协助形成了一个危险的联盟。

激进左翼回收利用了苏联时代对美国资本主义和权力的指控。美国民主社会主义者（Democratic Socialists of America）、像哈桑·派克（Hasan Piker）这样的影响力人物，以及像参议员伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）和众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）这样的政治人物，越来越多地将美国的基本原则——个人自由、开放市场和公开辩论——描绘成压迫体制的伪装，而非值得捍卫的美德。

这两个极端在伊斯兰主义者中都找到了天然的伙伴，因为对于后者而言，自由的西方传统——个人权利、宗教多元主义、男女平等以及开放社会——代表了一种意识形态上的威胁。

其中的矛盾令人震惊。那些表面上仍在捍卫同性恋权利的部分进步左翼，现在竟然与伊斯兰主义者并肩游行，而后者认为同性恋是西方不道德的体现。

与此同时，右翼自称的“美国优先”之声和左翼的“人权”倡导者，重复着被俄罗斯、中国、伊朗等威权政权热切放大叙事——而这些政府的利益绝非“美国优先”。

这并非一个铁板一块的联盟。它也不需要是。

所有革命运动最终都会吞噬自己的成员。希特勒、斯大林、毛泽东、卡斯特罗和霍梅尼在昔日盟友完成其使命后，都对其进行了清洗。但美国人不能简单地等待今天的极端分子反目成仇。

极端候选人和运动在美国政治中影响力日益增强，而社交媒体算法正在加速传播塑造政治身份并日益驱动选票的阴谋谎言。

答案不能是审查或意识形态的统一。那将背叛我们必须捍卫的原则。

回应必须是对美国本身的坚定捍卫。共和党人、传统的民主党人以及相信美国承诺的独立人士，需要划清界限，拒绝反犹主义、政治极端主义、威权主义、共产主义和伊斯兰主义。而且，他们必须面对并击败那种认为美国本质上是邪恶的、理应被摧毁的毒害观念。

随着中期选举即将到来，以及 2028 年的又一次总统大选，这一论点不能再等待。

巨大的危险不在于红色、绿色和棕色派系会在所有事情上达成一致。他们永远不会。危险在于他们达成了一定程度的一致。

而他们日益达成一致的观点是：我们继承的这个美国——自由、多元、民主且强大——是一个应当被摧毁的邪恶之物，而非一份应当捍卫的馈赠。

马克·杜博维茨（Mark Dubowitz）是民主防御基金会（Foundation for Defense of Democracies）的首席执行官，本·科恩（Ben Cohen）在该基金会担任研究员。

本周大谎言

虚假信息与妄想之日记

这项投诉

（纽约的阿拉伯人）仍然面临着排外主义、伊斯兰恐惧症和犹太复国主义——以及敢于发声反对这些现象所带来的后果。

—— Zaina Arafat，发表于《纽约》杂志，周一

我们认为：称犹太复国主义——即相信犹太人应拥有家园的信念——是纽约人必须“面对”的东西，这是一种离谱的诽谤。甚至联合国在 35 年前就停止声称“犹太复国主义即种族主义”了。

—— 众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯，周三

这番掩饰

我不评论我的私生活。

我们认为：奇怪的是，就在奥卡西奥-科尔特斯直播自己向裸露的腹部注射激素以准备冷冻卵子几天后，当被问及感情状态时，她竟然对自己的隐私变得如此矜持。

这项度假计划

根据纽约市警察局（NYPD）的强烈建议，第一夫人前往叙利亚和黎巴嫩探亲时，其安保人员将随行。

—— 市长发言人 Dora Pokec，周一

我们认为：纽约市警察局局长 Flesh 否决了由纽约最精锐警力保护第一夫人 Rana Duwaji 前往安全等级 4 级“请勿旅行”红色区域进行“随意”之行的想法。如果 Duwaji 想在地区战争期间在恐怖分子据点四处游荡，她可以自费雇佣随行人员。

这项国防政策

我们应该派遣庞大的外交团队。

—— 美国民主社会主义者（DSA）共同主席 Megan Romer，周一

我们认为：Romer 同意“疯狂的弗拉基米尔”是一个残暴、好战的独裁者，但她坚称，应对其入侵乌克兰的方式应该是大量的坚定叫嚷，而非武器。DSA 的成员显然根本不屑于考虑他们的“解决方案”有多么荒谬。

—— 由《邮报》编辑委员会汇编

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霍楚的移民政治游戏

面对来自拿骚县布鲁斯·布莱克曼（Bruce Blakeman）的强力挑战，州长霍楚（Gov. Hochul）正渴望能转而与特朗普总统竞争连任：这就是为什么她刚刚宣布拨款 700万美元 的紧急支出，为那些……已经有律师的移民未成年人提供法律代表。

这位州长如此渴望通过保护纽约人免受美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）的影响来赢得选票，以至于她在编造威胁——同时忽视真实的威胁。

本周，她与市长马姆达尼（Mayor Mamdani）以及州总检察长蒂什·詹姆斯（Tish James）共同宣布拨款 $7.2500 万，为约 1,400 名面临遣返程序的移民儿童资助律师，其中包括约 250 名被拘留者——他们声称这是必要的，因为特朗普政府取消了联邦资金，从而“抛弃”了这些孩子。

但事实并非如此，边境主管汤姆·霍曼（Tom Homan）当晚愤怒地反击道：政府所做的只是将该法律代表服务切换到一份更好的合同，这份合同“以比过去更好的费率为儿童提供辩护。在新的合同下，还没有一个在听证会上的孩子是没有律师代表的。”

接下来是霍楚拒绝面对的威胁：霍曼还抨击州长的“避风港”政策，称其掩护了非法越境的暴力犯罪分子免遭遣返。例如，拒绝执行联邦拘留令以扣押罪犯进行移交：霍曼愤怒地表示，在她的任期内，“纽约州拒绝了 14,000 份拘留令”，其中包括“6,800 名被判有袭击罪的非法外籍人士”、800 起针对儿童的犯罪定罪，以及“770 起强奸和其他性犯罪定罪”。

底线是：“别告诉我你在试图保护孩子！你每天都在全州范围内将掠食者释放到街头。”

霍楚在这次最新噱头上浪费的 700万美元，在她任内飙升至 2800 亿美元 billion 的州预算中不过是九牛一毛——但由于她对遣返最恶劣罪犯采取的愤世嫉俗的“抵抗”态度，由此导致的所有流血事件她都负有责任。

为什么民主党人可能会忽视医疗补助计划欺诈

从州参议员刘根礼（John Liu）到州长霍楚，政治人物们对于法拉盛（Flushing）看似明目张胆的医疗补助计划（Medicaid）欺诈行为，采取的似乎是“不看、不想”的态度。

捐款和其他政治支持或许可以解释纽约政客们的视而不见，尽管民主党人似乎认为打击欺诈是浪费纳税人的钱。

《邮报》的查德威克·摩尔（Chadwick Moore）揭露了一条竞选捐款线索，捐款来自法拉盛一些最大规模的社会成人日间护理（SADC）企业的业主，这些捐款流向了霍楚和其他政客——当我们的记者访问这些中心时，里面空无一人（尽管目前还没有人被指控有不当行为）。

2022, 霍楚的竞选团队从 SADC 运营商那里获得了 $55,000，而这些运营商自 2018. 以来向医疗补助计划（Medicaid）开具了超过 4000万美元 的账单。大型 SADC 业主张宝莉（Baoli Zhang）还向众议员孟昭文（Grace Meng，民主党-皇后区）捐赠了 $7,800，向刘根礼捐赠了 $4,950。

捐款或许不能买到偷窃的许可证，但确实能买到好感并减少质疑。无论如何，许多民主党人对反欺诈工作持反对态度，因为揭露盗窃行为可能会削弱公众对这些计划的支持。否则，州总检察长蒂什·詹姆斯为什么要经营全美最懒散的反医疗补助计划欺诈机构之一？

孟昭文表示，她欢迎“诚信调查”，但反感所谓的“针对亚裔美国老年人的 MAGA 运动”。刘根礼表示，在“怀疑存在欺诈和不当行为”的地方，他完全支持“全面的调查和起诉”，尽管他怀疑法拉盛的中心并不像《邮报》报道的那样空旷。

（当像刘根礼这样的政客为了争取老年人的选票而到访竞选时，那里肯定是很热闹的。）

打击目前从政府社会服务计划中被盗的数百亿美元资金至关重要，这能确保资金帮助到真正需要的人，而不是骗子。那些总是试图证明增加支出合理性的民主党人，应该能够明白这一点。

WNBA的“W”代表什么？

一个名称中带有“女性”的组织应该能够定义什么是女性，但美国女子职业篮球联赛（WNBA）却害怕违背关于“性别认同”的进步主义教条。

为了挑起这一议题，NBA老将埃内斯·坎特（Enes Kanter）和罗伊斯·怀特（Royce White）宣布打算以女性身份参加WNBA选秀。联盟为此召开会议，试图制定一项政策将其明确排除在外——结果发现自己做不到。联盟仅仅声明缺乏“影响WNBA的即时资格事项”，并谴责那些“利用这些话题来贬低或边缘化他人的恶意企图”。

但坎特和怀特并非完全是在恶意行动；他们是在揭露一个女子体育联赛的虚伪——该联赛屈从于一种扭曲的意识形态，允许一些堕落的男性伪装成女性。

允许男性参赛将摧毁WNBA，

而且每个人都知道这一点——就像他们知道坎特和怀特都不是真心实意的一样。

但同样的情况也发生在例如那些声称自己认同女性身份以便被安置在女性监狱中的男性强奸犯身上。说这类主张绝不能被否认是疯狂的，但极端的“支持跨性别”立场同样疯狂。

因此，真正行为恶劣的是WNBA——因为它拒绝捍卫真正的女性权利。

在这方面，该联赛已经严重落后：国际奥委会、NCAA、美国力量举协会……甚至管理国际象棋的国际棋联（FIDE），都已坚定地站在理智的一边，将女性体育赛事的参赛资格限制在女性之中。

面对现实并非反跨性别或反同性恋；这只是常识。随着WNBA大规模进入主流视野，它必须抛弃其“觉醒”心态。

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拉玛的中东之行：纽约警局的安保方案行不通

• 市长马姆达尼（Mamdani）表示，由于沟通失误，他的新闻发言人称拉玛·杜瓦吉（Rama Duwaji）在前往叙利亚和黎巴嫩的行程中将获得安保随行（见8月13日《行不通》）。

很抱歉，我不买账——就像往常一样，不过是一堆谎言。我认为马姆达尼本人想让纽约警局（NYPD）陪同她，但当他因此受到大量抨击时，他退缩了。

我很高兴市政厅得到了纽约警局的严厉回应。这位市长想随心所欲地做事，但希望外界有人能阻止他。

罗布·约翰（Rob Johann） 伍德海文（Woodhaven）

• 纽约市第一夫人拉玛·杜瓦吉决定前往被列入“请勿前往”名单的国家。有人建议我们派遣纽约警局的精锐去保护她。在不引发潜在国际灾难的情况下，你打算如何实现这一点？

康妮·阿巴特（Connie Abate） 新泽西州杜蒙（Dumont, NJ）

• 叙利亚和黎巴嫩已被美国政府指定为“请勿前往”国家。

为什么一名“私人公民”需要由警察陪同，而这些警察在他们不该去的国家可能会被杀害？

约翰·凯特尔森（John Ketelsen） 新泽西州欧申（Ocean, NJ）

• 无论市长那位仇犹且仇美的妻子在前往叙利亚和黎巴嫩时随行携带的纽约警局安保力量多么强大，认为这些警员可能会被恐怖分子击溃，并最终成为伊朗手中的人质，从而被折磨并被用作与特朗普总统谈判结束战争的筹码，这并非异想天开。

她不需要纽约警局的安保随行；她在哈马斯和真主党的朋友们无疑会确保她的安全。

查尔斯·康普顿（Charles Compton） 布朗克斯（The Bronx）

• 拉玛·杜瓦吉刚刚学会了一个新词：厚颜无耻（Chutzpah）！

西德·米勒（Syd Miller），曼哈顿

• 市长发言人厚颜无耻地假设纽约警局会陪同其妻子前往叙利亚和黎巴嫩，这是马姆达尼独裁心态的又一个例子。

但愿像他这样的人永远不要进入椭圆形办公室。否则，美国军队将听命于总统的反复无常，就像所有独裁者的军队一样。

伊丽莎白·舒尔茨（Elizabeth Schultz） 曼哈顿

议题：纽约市第一夫人拉玛·杜瓦吉即将前往叙利亚和黎巴嫩，且没有纽约警局陪同。

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威斯康星州恢复了理智

• 威斯康星州的民主党选民终于恢复了理智，后期的激增扭转了州长初选赛的局面（见 8 月 13 日社论《威斯康星州仅是一场战斗》）。

他们没有允许一个完全公开的共产主义者竞选州长，而是推举了一位稍微好一点的社会主义者进入候选人之列。

诚然，弗朗西斯卡·洪（Francesca Hong）憎恨美国、感恩节以及几乎所有国家法定节日。她反以色列，并且反对任何倾向于使我们国家变得伟大的真正美国理想。

议题：左翼候选人弗朗西斯卡·洪在威斯康星州民主党州长初选中落败。

她本周心情有些低落，但我敢打赌，即使是当地的左翼媒体也在松一口气。 罗伯特·洛本斯坦（Robert Lobenstein） 威斯康星州，休伯图斯（Hubertus, Wis.）

• 威斯康星州疯子弗朗西斯卡·洪那条现已删除的、呼吁取消感恩节的推文，可能已经触及了民主党内民主社会主义者（DSA）候选人的红线。这条推文如此致命，以至于像众议员亚历山德里亚·“ Met Gala”·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria "Met Gala" Ocasio-Cortez）和参议员伯尼·“三套房”·桑德斯（Bernie "Three Homes" Sanders）这样攻击犹太人的社会主义工人阶级捍卫者，都不会乘坐私人飞机或在商业航班的一等舱里休息来为她助选。

好吧，感恩节是名誉上的。我们享受火鸡的快乐家庭日可能拯救了威斯康星州，使其免于选出一个。

马修·布里夫（Matthew Brief） 曼哈顿

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唐纳尔德的无人机防御

总统推动配送技术——但 FAA 正在拖延

城里出现了一套新的配送系统。好吧……也许还没到你的城市。

在某些地方，无人机现在被允许配送小包裹、杂货和外卖。像 Wing 和 Zipline 这样的公司能在 10 分钟内为人们送上热餐。我必须亲眼看到才相信。

无人机配送是有道理的。无人机比派遣汽车前往用户家中更快，且通常更高效——为什么要用一整辆车和一个司机来运送一个卷饼？

无人机配送本应在多年前就普及。杰夫·贝佐斯在接受《60 分钟》采访时表示，他预计亚马逊将在 2017. 年开始进行无人机配送。但我们大多数人仍然无法使用这项服务。

为什么？《无须许可的创新》一书的作者亚当·希雷尔（Adam Thierer）表示，原因是“混乱的监管”。

美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）宣布，未经特别授权，无人机不得在“超出视觉视线”的情况下飞行。要让无人机飞得更远，你必须获得航空公司级别的认证。FAA 必须检查你的设施，审查运行和维护程序，并认证你为航空承运人。

“对于像亚马逊这样规模和资源的公司来说，获得这些有限的许可证需要付出大量努力，”希雷尔解释道。

“如果莱特兄弟在尝试第一次飞行时，联邦航空管理局就已经存在，他们还能飞上天吗？不大可能！”

由于获得许可如此困难，目前只有 8 家公司在进行无人机配送。当然，

有些人不希望无人机在他们附近进行配送。我理解原因。

有些人担心隐私被侵犯，担心带有摄像头的无人机在“监视”他们。亚马逊告诉人们，“我们的无人机使用摄像头和其他传感器进行导航、感知并避开障碍物”，而不是为了监视。

一个更大的问题是无人机通常很吵。像 Wing 这样的公司表示，他们正在让无人机变得更安静。

“每天都有卡车和配送员来到我们的车道，我们已经习惯了，”希雷尔指出。

“曾经有一段时间，即使是那样也会被认为非常奇怪。”

“但我不想让所有这些机器在我的头顶嗡嗡作响！”我回应道。

“你可能也不希望吵闹的卡车开进你的车道，”他说。“实际上，如果我们有一架无人机从高空飞来，然后直接降落在我们的房产上，效果会更好，而且潜在地更安静。”

“这些技术如此新颖且不同，然后突然之间，它们就出现在我们面前，就在我们头顶。”

“但你猜怎么着？汽车最初也是这样的。火车最初也是这样的。”

他是对的：当火车刚被引入时，有些人真的认为女性的身体不适合以 50 英里每小时的速度行驶。“我们的子宫会从身体里飞出去，”他们坚持认为。

“这很愚蠢，”希雷尔笑着说，“他们会对无人机感到有点惊慌。这是可以理解的。然后他们会习惯，因为他们会看到它们。他们会将它们引入生活，事情就会改变。”

特朗普总统希望加速这一进程。他签署了一项行政命令，要求 FAA 通过允许无人机在超出视线的情况下飞行，来快轨推进无人机配送。

但他是在一年多以前这么做的。政府一如既往地缓慢——FAA 甚至在数月内都没有对特朗普的命令做出回应。

现在它回应了，但仅是以一项拟议的变更形式。谁知道它何时会生效，或者是否会生效。但至少有一些进展和尝试。

“如果美国慢下来，”希雷尔说，“中国人就会踩油门。是的，他们是一群共产主义者，但现实是，他们在无人机等领域允许发展出一个相当充满活力的市场。”

为亚马逊、DoorDash Air、Wing、Zipline、DEXA 以及其他敢于承担风险以推进这项技术并改善我们生活的无人机配送公司喝彩。

约翰·斯托塞尔（John Stossel）是《给我个机会：我是如何揭露骗子、欺诈者和诈骗艺术家，并成为自由派媒体之敌的》（Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media）一书的作者。

民主党毁掉一个州的5个简单步骤

政治专业人士在谈到我们两个政党如何对待失败与胜利时有一句名言。评论家们说，共和党人失败时，他们担心自己永远无法再次获胜；而民主党人获胜时，他们的治理方式就好像自己再也不需要获胜一样。弗吉尼亚州证明了这一格言。

作为 2022 年至 2026, 期间弗吉尼亚州的共和党总检察长，我与州长格伦·扬金（Glenn Youngkin）共同努力，重建这个处于颓势的州。当我们就职时，弗吉尼亚州在 50 个州中新冠疫情后的就业创造排名第 46 位。谋杀率达到了 20 年来的最高点，芬太尼过量死亡人数创下新纪录。民众和企业正用脚投票：一个世纪以来，弗吉尼亚州首次出现了连续 8 年的人口净流失。

常识性的保守主义理念改变了这一轨迹。在扬金的领导下，弗吉尼亚州的就业创造排名从底层跃升至前 5 名。明智的财政纪律每年都产生了预算盈余。超过 $156 亿的新商业投资涌入。谋杀率下降，弗吉尼亚州在减少过量药物死亡人数方面领先全国。

有些人将其称为“弗吉尼亚文艺复兴”。弗吉尼亚州的民主党人拒绝了它。在这种情况下，州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格（Abigail Spanberger）在就职仅半年多后，就成了现代州历史上最不受欢迎的州长之一。而这一切只需要 5 个简单的步骤。

第一步：驱逐企业 一项分析发现，尽管扬金的政策为他们留下了预算盈余，但弗吉尼亚州民主党人在 2026, 提出了超过 $37 亿的新税收。里士满的民主党人已经颁布了广泛的工资税和碳税，而他们新的规。

“财政损害将是毁灭性的。”

托马斯·杰斐逊公共政策研究所（Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy）估计，监管负担使弗吉尼亚州的实际雇佣成本增加了 22.5%。在斯潘伯格（Spanberger）的领导下，波音、亚马逊以及许多其他公司已宣布在联邦州（commonwealth）境内关闭工厂或裁员。

第 2 步：征收能源税 弗吉尼亚州必须在未来十年内将其基荷电力容量翻倍，以满足日益增长的需求。理性的应对方案应该是扩大天然气和核能——这些是经过验证、可靠且经济的能源来源。

然而，民主党人正强迫电费支付者购买不产生实际电力的“可再生能源信用额度”——这实际上是一种碳税，每年让弗吉尼亚州损失数百百万美元（hundreds of millions of dollars annually），且很快将增加到每年 10 亿美元 billion 或更多。

第 3 步：将罪犯置于受害者之上并阻挠警方 在斯潘伯格领导的民主党人治理下，超过 9,000 名被定罪的重罪犯被提前释放，其中一些人的刑期还剩数十年；其中近一半的人已被再次逮捕。此外，她的首批官方行为之一就是命令州执法部门停止与联邦当局合作遣返暴力非法移民，即使是那些被判定强奸和谋杀的人，这使无辜的——

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第 4 步：强迫地方政府工会化

弗吉尼亚州的“工作权”（right-to-work）法律一直是吸引和留住制造业岗位的关键——但斯潘伯格是《PRO法案》的共同发起人，该法案本将废除弗吉尼亚州及其他 26 个州的工作权保护。作为州长，她准备签署一项强制性集体谈判立法，强迫所有政府雇员加入谈判单位，从而剥夺地方政府的灵活性，并保证全面提高财产税。

仅切斯特菲尔德县（Chesterfield County）估计其纳税人的成本就高达每年 2亿美元。推演至整个弗吉尼亚州，财政损害将是毁灭性的。

第 5 步：推行党派政治，违背州宪法

2020 年，弗吉尼亚州选民以三分之二的绝对多数通过了州宪法修正案，以实施非党派的选区重新划分程序。然而，在竞选期间自称是能够超越党派政治的务实领导人的斯潘伯格，却支持一项极其严重的党派操纵选区行为；在这种方案下，2024 年投票给共和党的 46% 的弗吉尼亚州选民将仅持有该州约 9% 的国会席位。虽然我们州的最高法院否决了这次权力攫取，但斯潘伯格的信誉已经受损。

弗吉尼亚的复兴是基于关注民众而非政治阶层的、有原则且自律的治理产物。现在里士满正在发生的是，在斯潘伯格及其民主党盟友手中，这种复兴正被蓄意破坏。

现在，企业和家庭正在自行计算是留下还是离开。历史和选民终将给出他们的裁决。 杰森·米亚雷斯（Jason Miyares），弗吉尼亚州前总检察长，Torridon Law PLCC 合伙人。改编自《城市杂志》（City Journal）。

杰森·米亚雷斯（JASON MIYARES）

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第 5 步：推行党派政治，违背州宪法

2020 年，弗吉尼亚州选民以三分之二的绝对多数通过了州宪法修正案，以实施非党派的选区重新划分程序。然而，在竞选期间自称是能够超越党派政治的务实领导人的斯潘伯格，却支持一项极其严重的党派操纵选区行为；在这种方案下，2024 年投票给共和党的 46% 的弗吉尼亚州选民将仅持有该州约 9% 的国会席位。虽然我们州的最高法院否决了这次权力攫取，但斯潘伯格的信誉已经受损。

弗吉尼亚的复兴是基于原则且纪律严明的治理产物，其核心关注的是民众而非政治阶层。而现在里士满正在上演的，则是斯潘伯格及其民主党盟友在蓄意地将其摧毁。

如今，企业和家庭正在自行权衡是留下还是离开。历史和选民终将给出他们的裁决。

杰森·米亚雷斯（Jason Miyares）是弗吉尼亚州前总检察长，现为 Torridon Law PLCC 的合伙人。改编自《城市杂志》（City Journal）。

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西家发牌 双方均有漏洞

北家

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西家

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东家

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南家

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西家

邮报益智页

拼字游戏 (SCRABBLE GRAMS)

Hasbro及其标志、SCRABBLE®、相关标志、独特的SCRABBLE品牌游戏盘设计以及独特的字母文件设计是Hasbro在美国和加拿大的商标。©2026 Hasbro。保留所有权利。由Tribune Content Agency, LLC分发。

四个字母架总分 时间限制：20 分钟

说明：使用每行中的字母组成一个 2 到 7 个字母的单词。根据右侧的计分说明计算每个单词的分数。7 个字母的单词可获得 50 分奖金。“空白格”可用作任何字母，但没有分值。所有单词均出自《官方拼字游戏玩家词典》第 4 版。

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北家 ▲ 8 7 3 ▼ A K J 5 4 ◇ A Q 10 ▲ Q 10

西家 ▲ K 10 4 ▼ Q 3 ◇ K 9 5 ▲ A K J 6 3

东家 ▲ 9 5 ▼ 10 9 6 2 ◇ 7 6 3 2 ▲ 9 5 4

南家 ▲ A Q J 6 2 ▼ 8 7 ◇ J 8 4 ▲ 8 7 2

西家 北家 东家 南家 1 NT 加倍(1) 过 过 2 ▲ 2 ▲ 3 ▲(1) 4 ▲ 全部

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“听说那两艘船相撞了吗？” 愤世嫉俗的赛（Cy the Cynic）问我。“一艘是红色的，另一艘是蓝色的。”

“有人丧生吗？”

“没有，”赛说，“但乘客和船员都被困在荒岛上了（marooned）。”

今天的北家出价非常鲁莽。他在完全不确定能否击败西家的情况下，对西家的 1NT 进行了加倍。随后当西家叫到两 clubs，南家叫两 spades 时，尽管南家并未承诺有太强的牌力，北家依然加价。

西家打出了 K-A 和第三张 club，明手吃掉。南家知道接下来不能打一张 trump 到他的 queen（否则西家会赢牌并打出第四张 club，而东家会用他的 trump 9 截击），于是他拿了 ace 并打出 queen。

输一墩

西家赢牌并打出一张 heart。南家拿了 A-K，结果被“困在了荒岛上”——困在明手里。他试图通过吃一张 heart 回到自己的手牌，但被西家顶吃。输一墩，南家气得脸红（red-faced）且忧郁（blue）。

如果南家在打出第二张 trump 之前先拿走 heart 的 A-K，他就能摆脱“困境”。无论西家如何防守，南家都能回到自己的手牌以拔掉最后一张 trump 并赢得剩余的墩数。

单词力量 (Word Force)

FIREBREAK

利用上面的单词或短语，组成至少 11 个五个字母的单词，且同一个单词的不同形式不得重复使用。例如，使用 drink 或 drank（不能两者都用）。

答案见明天的邮报

昨天的单词：

TANAGER

agate arena great agent grant range anger grate retag

向下

1 社交协助 2 格莱美奖得主 Twain 3 《Is This Thing On?》主演 Will 4 大笑 5 活动家 / 演员 Davis 6 坦率地说 7 经典洗衣皂 8 “天哪！”

9 微笑 10 极度恼怒 11 试图纠正 12 帕萨迪纳研究型大学 13 入籍前测试课程（简称） 19 “Meemaw”的替代称呼 21 “McSorley's Bar”的画家 24 “...Andronicus” 25 礼仪配件 26 成交后的租赁，可能 27 Xbox 硬件 32 牛奶来源 33 美网举办地 34 州际公路中途停留点 35 订购替换零件的图表 36 场景道具 37 桃子 38 “太甜了！” 39 后视镜位置 43 苹果酒来源 45 某些芝士蛋糕的特点 46 拥有许多 Nats 粉丝的地区（简称） 47 概览制作者？

之前的谜题答案

(C) 2026 Tribune Media Services 49 水壶堆叠 50 被认为 51 1-Down 的呼叫者 52 不酷 56 汽车护理品牌 57 女演员 Grier 58 可能不足 59 小争执

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道琼斯工业平均指数 69.72 上涨 53,839.99 平均值

商业

纳斯达克综合指数 上涨 214.54 上涨 26,803.03

商业简讯

物价降温

上个月批发通胀率持平，因为汽油价格在伊朗战争引发的飙升后有所回落，这表明未来几个月消费者通胀可能会缓慢下降。劳工部的生产者价格指数在 6 月下降 0.1% 后，7 月保持平稳。

是时候加息了

克利夫兰联邦储备银行行长 Beth Hammack 重申她的观点，认为央行应提高利率以将通胀率降低至目标水平。Hammack 表示：“我认为现在采取行动至关重要。”

依然有韧性

惠誉确认美国主权信用评级为“AA+”，展望稳定，理由是其庞大的经济规模、高人均收入以及美元作为全球领先储备货币的地位。

最后的辉煌？

据一家德国媒体报道，由于销量低迷，陷入困境的保时捷计划在 2030 年前停止生产其电动车型 Taycan。Taycan 于 2019 年推出，是保时捷的首款电动汽车。

Reddit 受邀

Reddit 股价在盘后上涨 11%，因为该公司被选中加入标准普尔 500 指数。Reddit 将在下周取代 AvalonBay。

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缺失的成分

比尔·盖茨 23 岁的女儿 Phoebe 在其初创公司 Phia 涉嫌通过“Cookie 填充”获取不当佣金，她更有可能面临经济处罚，而非难以证明的刑事指控。

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Cookie，这可能会让你付出沉重代价！

作者：ARIEL ZILBER 和 TAYLOR HEZRLICH

专家表示，Phoebe Gates 不太可能因其 AI 驱动的购物初创公司 Phia 陷入的“Cookie 填充”指控而面临最高 20 年的监禁，但如果指控属实，她可能会面临民事诉讼和经济处罚。

Cyber Law Firm 的创始合伙人 Star Kashman 表示，联邦电汇欺诈的法定最高刑期为 20 年监禁，并伴有潜在的经济处罚——但她强调，检察官必须首先证明 Gates 明知并参与了欺诈计划。

她告诉《邮报》：“这不能是一个粗心或过失的错误。”

犯罪要素

“电汇欺诈必须描绘出一幅蓄意计划的图景，即有组织地欺骗这些人的钱财。”卡什曼（Kashman）表示，对于盖茨（Gates）和 Phia 而言，“更有可能”的后果是“经济处罚”。

她表示，能够证明因 Phia 涉嫌的行为而损失资金的当事人，可能会就佣金、合同和商业关系，以及隐私和消费者保护问题提起民事诉讼。

盖茨是微软联合创始人比尔·盖茨（Bill Gates）23岁的女儿，她与斯坦福大学校友索菲亚·基安尼（Sophia Kianni）共同创立了 。这是一个由 AI 驱动的购物平台，于 2025 年 4 月推出了消费者应用程序和浏览器扩展程序。

彭博社（Bloomberg）本周报道称， 的浏览器扩展程序可能会投放联盟营销追踪 Cookie，即使购物者没有采取该初创公司获得销售额认定通常所需的行动，这种做法被称为“Cookie 填充”（cookie stuffing）。

对彭博社调查结果的部分内容提出了异议，且尚未被指控犯罪。

一名代表表示，“任何导致归属错误的功能”已在 7 月被删除。

“即使有意图，起诉也绝非自动发生的，”卡什曼表示。

OPENAI 高管危机

第二起 IPO 前离职事件

作者：MARC VARTABEDIAN

OpenAI 首席营收官丹尼斯·德雷瑟（Denise Dresser）在加入公司不到一年后离职——随着这家人工智能巨头准备进行一场轰动市场的公开上市，这是近期一系列令人意外的高层离职事件中的最新一起。

此次人事变动发生之际， 正与 Anthropic 陷入激烈竞争——后者投资者希望其在今年晚些时候上市时能获得高达 $2 trillion 的巨额估值。

六名该公司投资者告诉《金融时报》（Financial Times），由达里奥·阿莫代（Dario Amodei）领导的这家 AI 实验室营收激增，可能使其在预计于 10 月左右进行的 IPO 中，将其当前估值增加一倍以上。

奋力追赶

自身的 IPO 预计将在 Anthropic 之后进行。该公司周四表示，德雷瑟离职是“为了寻求其他机会”，将由达利·拉吉奇（Dali Rajic）接任，后者此前担任网络安全公司 Wiz 的总裁兼首席运营官。

德雷瑟的离职是这家由萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）领导的旧金山初创公司在几天内发生的第二起高管离职事件。 高管兼首席执行官好友布拉德·莱特卡普（Brad Lightcap）周二在 X 平台的一篇帖子中表示，他在公司工作八年后离职，并称他将要“开始一些新尝试”。

一直在努力追赶 Anthropic 在企业客户销售方面的进度——这一业务板块推动了 Anthropic 营收的激增。德雷瑟的离职造成了真空，因为她为公司带来了企业级经验。

12 月加入

她的离职造成了额外的困境，因为在 今年表示莱特卡普将转型为专注于“特别项目”的新角色后，她被部分聘请是为了接管莱特卡普的部分职责。

德雷瑟在 LinkedIn 上写道，她正与 总裁格雷格·布罗克曼（Greg Brockman）合作，以确保“平稳过渡”。

在担任 Salesforce 高管十多年后，她于 12 月加入 。

在 匆忙完善财务状况以迎接可能引发轰动的首次公开募股之际，这一连串的离职事件发生在一个不合时宜的时机。该公司在 6 月向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）秘密提交了 IPO 文件，仅在 Anthropic 提交几天之后。

3 月， 完成了一轮巨额融资，估值达到了令人瞠目的 8520 亿美元 billion。

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阿克曼亮出他的“底牌”

比尔·阿克曼（Bill Ackman）披露了六项新持仓，包括 Netflix、Visa 和 Mastercard，这标志着这位亿万富翁投资者多年来最大规模的投资组合调整。

阿克曼（右）周四表示，他从第二季度开始收购股份，这些股份将由他的投资基金持有，其中包括他最新的产品 Pershing Square USA，该公司已于 4 月在纽约证券交易所上市。除了 Netflix（阿克曼曾在 2022 年短暂持有，随后亏损卖出）之外，他的基金还投资了眼科护理公司 Alcon、交易所运营商洲际交易所（Intercontinental Exchange）以及金融数据提供商标普全球（S&P Global）。

阿克曼表示，他认为这些公司的收益有望强劲增长，而他将此视为长期投资价值的最大驱动力。

周四，Netflix 股价上涨 5%，标普全球上涨 3%，除 Alcon 外的其他公司股价小幅上涨。在周三公布投资披露和第二季度收益后，Pershing Square USA 的股价上涨超过 2%。

此次新增持仓标志着阿克曼投资组合多年来最大的一次调整，其投资组合传统上持有的公司不超过 12 家。阿克曼在今年早些时候加入了微软。路透社

标普 500 指数再创新高

在 Sandisk 和其他权重科技股上涨的推动下，标普 500 指数在周四创下历史收盘新高，而温和的生产者物价通胀数据支持了市场对美联储在 9 月会议上不会加息的预期。

存储芯片制造商 Sandisk 和美光科技（Micron Technology）分别飙升 14% 和 4%，而微软上涨近 1%，Meta Platforms 上涨 2.8%。

AI 云计算公司 CoreWeave 的股价下跌 1.3%。此前该公司上调了年度资本支出预测，导致股价在一天前飙升 19%。

近几周，包括微软和亚马逊在内的公司发布的强劲预测减轻了投资者对 AI 数据中心巨额支出的担忧。

“由 AI 收益驱动的科技繁荣仍在继续，”纽约 Infrastructure Capital Advisors 的首席执行官杰伊·海菲尔德（Jay Hatfield）表示，“这是一场收益繁荣，而不是泡沫。”

标普 500 指数上涨 0.7%，收于 7,798.99 点，超过了上周五的历史收盘高点。该综合指数在 2026 年上涨了约 14%。

科技股权重较大的纳斯达克指数上涨 0.8%，而蓝筹股道琼斯指数微涨 0.1%，收盘价距离历史高点不足 1%。路透社

Fear Coach 熄火

Tapestry 旗下的 Coach 品牌在财年结束时再次迎来一个销售增长突出的季度，但投资者担心该公司无法在未来一年保持这一势头。

由于其手袋受到 Z 世代购物者的青睐，Coach 今年让股东们赞叹不已。但 Tapestry 周四表达了保守态度，并表示目前预计新财年下半年的营收将有所放缓。

这家同时拥有 Kate Spade 的公司股价下跌 16%。道琼斯

Jeepers 'peepers'!

Planet Fitness 允许色狼偷拍裸女：面临多起诉讼

作者：ARIEL ZILBER

Planet Fitness 正面临一群女性发起的密集诉讼。这些女性声称，一名男性健身房会员多次闯入锁定的晒黑室，秘密拍摄数十名裸体顾客——有时还记录自己手淫的过程——而员工据称在数月内忽视了警告和可疑行为。

这些爆炸性指控集中在加利福尼亚州阿罗约格兰德（Arroyo Grande）的一家 Planet Fitness。根据法院文件，凯尔·康姆斯（Kyle Combs）被指控在 2025, 1 月至 12 月 2025 期间，收集了大约 47 名处于不同脱衣状态的女性的 50 多张照片和视频。

据检察官称，来自加利福尼亚州格罗弗海滩（Grover Beach）的 40 岁男子康姆斯已被指控 12 项轻罪，罪名是在晒黑亭内秘密录制裸女，涉嫌侵犯隐私。

他已否认指控。在最近提交给圣路易斯-奥比斯波县（San Luis Obispo County）高等法院的四份起诉书之一中，八名以“简·多伊”（Jane Does）化名起诉的女性指称，康姆斯在拍摄毫无防备的受害者时，有时会录制自己手淫的视频。一名女性声称，她在 2025 年 5 月发现康姆斯在她的晒黑区域内，并立即请求 Planet Fitness 的一名员工和经理提供帮助——结果他们却嘲笑她，并指责她据称没有锁门。诉讼称，当该女性坚持认为自己锁了门时，工作人员据称驳回了她的投诉，并告诉她锁没有问题。

尽管如此，康姆斯的所谓疯狂行为仍持续了另外七个月，直到 12 月 29 日，另一名女性发现他正通过晒黑亭的一道缝隙用手机摄像头拍摄，起诉书如此写道。

诉讼指称，这名被标识为“简·多伊 I”的女性当时除了比基尼上衣外已全部脱光，随后她发现摄像头镜头正对着她未着衣的身体。

Planet Fitness 表示，会员的安全和隐私是其首要任务，公司已取消了康姆斯的会员资格，并与当地警方密切合作开展调查。

康姆斯未对此发表评论。azilber@nypost.com

库克的告别之旅 泰森结束牛肉业务

在作为苹果公司 CEO 的最后几次公开露面之一中，蒂姆·库克与商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克共同参观了一家休斯顿工厂，展示了一所新的制造学校和一条组装线，该线将于今年晚些时候开始生产 Mac mini 电脑。

此次参观展示了苹果公司与特朗普政府之间的紧密关系。特朗普政府一直将苹果公司投资美国的承诺视为总统重建美国制造业努力的核心。卢特尼克在面对一屋子正在学习苹果制造技术的工人时表示：“先进制造业是未来的发展方向。问题是我们需要培训美国人。”

库克在演讲中说：“我们相信这个国家的潜力，并自豪地用实际行动证明我们的承诺。”道琼斯

泰森食品计划关闭一家大型牛肉加工厂并出售另一家，这是这家肉类包装巨头从陷入困境的牛肉业务中撤出的最新举措。

这家总部位于阿肯色州的公司表示，它将关闭位于伊利诺伊州乔斯林（Joslin）的工厂，该厂雇佣了 2,000 多人，每天可屠宰约 3,000 头牛。此外，它还计划出售位于华盛顿州帕斯科（Pasco）的设施，该设施每天可屠宰约 2,000 头牛。泰森还表示，计划关闭犹他州的一家大型牛肉包装设施。

由于长达一年的牛只短缺，美国肉类包装商面临巨大的财务压力，国内供应量跌至 75 年来的最低水平，大幅推高了肉类加工商的成本。消费者对牛肉的需求依然强劲，推动价格攀升至历史最高水平。道琼斯

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FLOCK 摄像头 新的反滥用功能。

Flock 升级摄像头“防护”

Flock Safety 表示，在经历了数月的抵制以及其 AI 摄像头系统遭到破坏后，该公司将为其监控产品增加安全保障措施，以解决执法部门潜在的滥用问题。

该公司周四表示，所有执法部门客户将被要求采用一种能够标记异常活动以供审查的工具。总部位于亚特兰大的 Flock 表示，该工具已经与几名被指控滥用系统的警员被捕事件相关联。公司还将设立一种“主动锁定”机制，在系统检测到可疑行为时暂停访问权限。

该公司还表示，将把默认的数据保留期限从 30 天缩短至 7 天。

全美范围内，人们对这些摄像头的紧张情绪日益增加。这些摄像头会拍摄经过车辆的背面，并收集车牌数据及其他识别信息。《道琼斯》

Z世代利用 AI 寻求理财建议

在涉及金钱问题时，许多年轻投资者正转向人工智能。

这是财富管理公司 Betterment 的一项新调查结果。调查发现，48% 的 Z 世代投资者表示 AI 已经影响了他们的财务决策。

Betterment 的调查还显示，出生于 1997 年至 2007 年之间的 Z 世代投资者比年长一代更倾向于使用并信任 AI。《道琼斯》

STUBHUB 陷入困境

作者：TAYLOR HERZLICH

由于其灾难性的世界杯合作伙伴关系，StubHub 的股价周四大跌 10%。这次合作抹去了其季度利润，并导致购买门票的客户被困在体育场外，引发了媒体的疯狂报道和法律诉讼。

在该公司周三的财报中，这家票务转售商报告称，截至 6 月 30 日的季度，归属于普通股股东的亏损为 $40,000，即每股亏损不足一美分，较去年同期的 $75.900 万 亏损有所改善。

营收激增 33% 至 $573.100 万，超过了分析师 $513.300 万 的预期——但由于世界杯票务灾难抹去了利润，支出增长速度更快，增幅达 37%。

2026 年国际足联世界杯由 16 个城市主办（包括美国的 11 个城市），此前人们普遍预期这将为 StubHub 带来利润激增。

但该公司却饱受客户投诉之苦，这些客户提前数月支付了票款，结果却发现自己被困在全国各地的体育场外，没有入场券。

归咎于应用程序

“作为球迷，我们理解出现这些问题时的失望心情，”首席执行官埃里克·贝克（Eric Baker）在周三晚间的财报电话会议上表示，“只有当球迷能够参加活动时，我们的市场才能运作。”

贝克将糟糕的业绩归咎于国际足联（FIFA）的移动应用程序。他表示，该程序是由赛事组织者创建的，“仅仅是为本次锦标赛定制的东西，而不是任何人通常会依赖的东西。”

他补充说，在 StubHub 试图管理两周内分布在全国各城市 75 场足球赛的激增订单时，国际足联的应用程序“增加了一层复杂性”。

贝克表示，大多数 StubHub 客户在世界杯期间并未遇到任何问题。

沉重打击

世界杯门票故障导致股价暴跌10%

门票，并补充说“有一小部分球迷没有获得他们想要的体验，不得不申请退款”。

“这对我们来说是不可接受的。我们每天都在努力尝试消除这种情况。即使是一次退款……也太多了，”他补充道。

该股票目前较去年的上市价格下跌了近 60%。

该公司在去年 9 月以 $23.50 的价格向公众出售股票。

曼哈顿联邦法院的一起寻求集体诉讼地位的诉讼指称，两名加利福尼亚州居民花费数千美元购买世界杯门票，结果 StubHub 在最后一刻取消了他们的订单。

诉讼称，洛杉矶居民 Reuben Renteria 为墨西哥对阵韩国队的两张门票支付了 $2,294，并一路前往墨西哥，随后才意识到 StubHub 取消了订单。

诉讼还称，橙县居民 Julia Reeker Moghal 在购买了瑞士队比赛的门票后，也被困在洛杉矶 SoFi 体育场外。

在另一个案例中，《纽约邮报》此前报道，89 岁的 Chico Mendez 梦想观看他心爱的墨西哥队比赛，但由于 StubHub 未能将已付款的门票发送给他的孙女 Paola Hernández，这一梦想被击碎了。

美国撤回对耐克的诉讼

负责执行禁止职场歧视法律的联邦机构撤回了一项旨在强制执行传票的诉讼，该诉讼涉及对耐克对待白人员工情况的调查；该机构表示，该公司已提交了大量信息。

圣路易斯的地区法官 Cristian Stevens 周四批准了平等就业机会委员会（EEOC）提出的撤销其 2 月份提起诉讼的动议。

该委员会此前声称，这家运动鞋巨头拒绝遵守提供信息的要求，例如有关公司员工的数据。撤回传票行动并不意味着该机构已结束其调查。路透社

Workday 的“银色”曙光

据消息人士透露，私募股权公司 Silver Lake 正在洽谈收购 Workday，后者的市值约为 $430 亿。如果交易达成，这将成为历史上规模最大的软件收购案之一。

消息人士称，Silver Lake 与这家人力资源及财务管理软件公司在近几个月内就潜在交易进行了讨论。

一名消息人士表示，Silver Lake 可能会引入额外的投资者来为此次交易提供资金，这将代表该公司迄今为止最大的技术投资之一。去年，这家私募股权公司与沙特阿拉伯公共投资基金以及 Affinity Partners 合作，以约 $550 亿的价格将电子游戏制造商 Electronic Arts 私有化。

Workday 的股价周四飙升 18%，但今年以来仍下跌近 4%。路透社

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海鹰队将签下面临多项重罪指控的角卫 Arnold

作者：THOMAS GAMBA-ELLIS

深陷麻烦的角卫 Terrion Arnold 找到了他在 NFL 的新东家。据 ESPN 的 Adam Schefter 周四报道，因涉嫌 2 月的一起抢劫和绑架案而面临 8 项重罪指控的 将与海鹰队签署合同。

合同的具体细节尚不明确。在过去几周里，这位 23 岁的球员引起了包括巨人队和喷气机队在内的多支球队的兴趣，随后达成了此次交易。

在 2024 年 NFL 选秀中被狮子队以第 24 顺位选中，但在 6 月因涉嫌参与绑架案在佛罗里达州坦帕被捕后，最终被底特律队解雇。

他此前在刚过去的周末与海鹰队会面，并在周三访问了巨人队。

在 7 月的一次庭前听证会上， 的经纪人 Nicole Lynn 表示，喷气机队是对此角卫感兴趣的球队之一。

在 签约之后，NFL 现在必须决定是否在他在面对指控期间将其列入专员豁免名单（Com-

TERRION

missioner's Exempt List）。

据称， 是 2 月绑架案中的“主要共谋者”，并被指控在佛罗里达州 Lago 的一家 Airbnb 住所内殴打三名男子，检察官称他错误地怀疑这些人抢劫了他及他人超过 $250,000 的财物。

据《底特律自由新闻报》报道，他还声称自己被盗了大约 $100,000 的现金、手表、珠宝、名牌包、鞋子和一部手机。

坦帕警方表示，指控 及其六名涉嫌共谋者抢劫他们的男子据称有“被殴打、被枪指着以及在个人财产被盗并被命令离开前被枪托击打而导致的明显伤痕”。

警方称：“三名受害者均被持枪嫌疑人护送出公寓，强行塞进车内，随后受害者立即离开了现场。”

尽管 在 6 月 24 日前往 Orient Road 监狱自首，但他坚称自己是清白的。

EAG 体育管理公司首席执行官 Denise White 在一份声明中表示：“Terrion 断然否认参与任何与针对他的指控相关的事务，并坚称自己是清白的。没有任何可靠证据将 先生与这些指控联系起来。”

在两个 NFL 赛季的 24 场职业比赛中， 共有 1 次拦截和 18 次击飞传球。 tgamba-ellis@nypost.com

前 LSU 四分卫就号码风波发声

Jayden Daniels 对围绕这位 NFL 四分卫决定向其母校发送停止并终止函（cease and desist letter）的争议发表了看法，该函件禁止 LSU 使用他的姓名、形象或肖像。

这起于 8 月 5 日发送给 体育总监 Verge Ausberry 的要求，于周三晚由 ESPN 报道，Daniels 随后在周四下午通过其社交媒体渠道发表声明。

“我一直专注于训练营，那是我的首要重点，” 表示。“我对在 的时光充满感激，并为我和队友在那里取得的成就感到自豪。显然，我的团队与 之间有一些问题需要解决，我希望这能私下完成。我个人的唯一焦点是指挥官队的足球赛。我意识到足球这项业务很独特，我相信这一切都能得到解决。”

在 将他的 5 号球衣交给大二角卫 DJ Pickett 之后发出了这封信。

目前的问题源于 的家人认为他的号码应该被“尊重和保护”，并且将成为 在巴吞鲁格遗产中一个“有意义”的部分。

的一名发言人告诉 ESPN：“ 家族对 将 Jayden 的号码交给另一名球员的决定感到深切失望，并感到受到了极大的不尊重。”

自从他进入 NFL 以来，还没有其他 球员穿过 的号码，但 5 号从未被该足球项目正式退役。 — Christian

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足球：内卡克萨淘汰纽约城足球俱乐部

纽约城足球俱乐部（NYCFC）未能守住早期的领先优势。凭借胡安·大卫·巴伦西亚·隆加（Juan David Valencia Longa）的进球以及胡安·帕布罗·托雷斯（Juan Pablo Torres）在第79分钟的得分，内卡克萨队在周四晚上于新泽西州哈里森以 2-1 赢得了联赛杯的胜利。

这场小组赛第三场也是最后一场比赛的失利使纽约城足球俱乐部被淘汰出联赛杯。基顿·帕克斯（Keaton Parks）曾在第37分钟进球，为东道主取得了 1-0 的领先。

MLB：费城人队在“梦想之场”获胜

凯尔·舒瓦伯（Kyle Schwarber）将两个本垒打击入了右外野后的玉米地，使其大联盟领先的总数增加到 37 个。费城人队在爱荷华州戴尔斯维尔的《梦想之场》电影拍摄地四年来首场比赛中，以 7-1 击败了双城队。

● 在波士顿，出色的新秀佩顿·托尔（Payton Tolle）在 8 局中仅允许 2 次安打，卡莱布·德宾（Caleb Durbin）击出了一次满贯本垒打，红袜队以 7-0 战胜蓝鸟队，结束了五连败。

● 在华盛顿，凯德·卡瓦利（Cade Cavalli）在第七局之前保持无安打记录，国民队以 7-0 击败小熊队，避免了被横扫三场。

● 在芝加哥，萨尔·斯图尔特（Sal Stewart）、欧亨尼奥·苏亚雷斯（Eugenio Suárez）和泰勒·史蒂芬森（Tyler Stephenson）均击出本垒打，红人队以 9-8 险胜白袜队。

● 在底特律，凯德·蒙特罗（Keider Montero）在第七局之前仅允许 3 次安打，尽管未能记录到三振，但老虎队以 3-0 完胜守护者队。

● 在迈阿密，布拉克顿·艾什克拉夫特（Braxton Ashcraft）投出了一场完封且仅允许 3 次安打的比赛，拉斐尔·弗洛雷斯（Rafael Flores）击出两个三分本垒打，海盗队以 13-1 击败马林鱼队。

NFL：弗拉科带领孟加拉虎队获胜

乔·弗拉科（Joe Flacco）在接替乔·伯로우（Joe Burrow）出场后投出一个达阵传球，埃文·麦克菲森（Evan McPherson）踢进三个射门，孟加拉虎队在辛辛那提以 16-14 击败狮子队，这是两支球队的季前赛首秀。伯로우和首发进攻线参加了两组进攻，这位球队主力四分卫 6 次传球成功 5 次，获得 39 码。

● 在拉斯维加斯，选秀状元费尔南多·门多萨（Fernando Mendoza）在拉斯维加斯的季前赛首秀中投出一个达阵传球，但球队以 27-14 输给了红雀队。这位海斯曼奖得主 16 次传球成功 10 次，获得 97 码，并向杰克·贝克（Jack Bech）传出一个 6 码的达阵球。

● 在匹兹堡，新秀德鲁·阿拉尔（Drew Allar）在令人印象深刻的首秀中投出两个达阵并跑出一个达阵，钢人队以 28-9 击败包装工队。

高尔夫：拉姆将离开 LIV 高尔夫

据报道，LIV 高尔夫正准备迎接西班牙球星琼·拉姆（Jon Rahm）的即将离队，他最近赢得了连续第三个个人赛季冠军。

由于 LIV 高尔夫在失去沙特资金支持的情况下努力维持生存，《电报》周四报道称，联赛消息人士对于拉姆在本月晚些时候赛季结束时离队“几乎已认命”。

● 在田纳西州孟菲斯，乔丹·斯皮思（Jordan Spieth）认为自己的球技有所提升，并且终于在成绩上得到了体现。他没有出现博基（bogey），以 65 杆（低于标准杆 5 杆）的成绩与另外三人并列联邦快递圣朱德锦标赛的领先位置。火箭经典赛冠军迈克尔·索布约恩森（Michael Thorbjørnsen）、杰克·克纳普（Jake Knapp）、迈克尔·金（Michael Kim）和库尔特·基塔山（Kurt Kitayama）在首轮也打出了 65 杆。

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Royal Enclosure (7-1) 在雨中首次亮相，表现出色获得第2名。利润为 +$24。

周五推荐三场。在第2场比赛的 Night Sky 和第10场比赛的 Melody Man 上各投注 $4 全包（across the board）。并在第3场比赛的 Cosmic Year 上投注 $30 赢单。 — Vic Cangialosi

面对海盗队的替补阵容，吉诺（Geno）是首选

作者：DYLAN SVOBODA

纽约喷气机队将于周五晚上在大都会体育场迎接坦帕湾海盗队的到来，进行 2026 年的首场季前赛。

由于球队迎来了一名新四分卫，且许多首发位置尚未确定，喷气机队主教练亚伦·格伦（Aaron Glenn）确认“每个人都会上场”，包括吉诺·史密斯（Geno Smith）。

在周二与坦帕湾队的联合训练中，史密斯的表现并不理想，他投出了三次被截球，其中一次被截球后直接被对方得分（pick-6），但我希望通过这次投注，他能把所有糟糕的表现都排遣掉。

海盗队对待这场比赛的态度远没有那么认真。

四分卫贝克·梅菲尔德（Baker Mayfield）预计不会上场，而他的替补四分卫杰克·布朗宁（Jake Browning）在周二的联合训练中因背部拉伤而受伤，他的出场状态同样存疑。

如果布朗宁无法上场，那么康纳·巴泽拉克（Connor Bazelak）和新秀贾隆·丹尼尔斯（Jalon Daniels）将承担大量职责。

海盗队的官方网站表示，这场比赛“可能会由年轻球员以及那些在争夺常规赛名单最后席位的人员参加”，这使得喷气机队在比赛的至少一部分时间里拥有巨大的天赋优势。

在整个夜晚，喷气机队的阵容应该也更有动力。

由于格伦仍在评估几个位置的竞争情况，他的球队替补球员有很多需要证明的东西，而坦帕湾队似乎更感兴趣于评估阵容深度，而不是赢得一场毫无意义的 8 月比赛。

尽管这套阵容看起来很不稳定，但喷气机队应该能够搞定海盗队的“B队”和“C队”。

如果不能，那么对于“绿帮”（Gang Green）来说，这可能又是另一个糟糕的赛季。

投注建议：纽约喷气机队 -5.5 (-110, FanDuel)。

在 330 场比赛中赢大钱

作者：ERICH RICHTER

现场报道自费城，UFC 330. 的对阵表非常精彩。两场冠军战足以让周六的头牌赛事变得极其有趣，共有 12 场比赛可供深入分析。

由于 UFC 在安排比赛时倾向于追求终结，我们再次预测大多数比赛将在规定回合内结束。

12 场比赛中有 9 场预计将以 KO / TKO 或提交结束，不过主赛和副主赛是预计将打满回合的两场比赛。

全赛程将于下午 5 点在 Paramount+ 开始，随后主赛于晚上 9 点开始。

伊斯兰·马哈切夫 vs. 伊恩·马查多·加里

马查多·加里是一名有天赋的选手，当他进入八角笼面对前轻量级冠军马哈切夫时，应该拥有体型优势。

虽然这位爱尔兰人无疑很有天赋，但他也有些难以捉摸。他总是倾向于稳扎稳打，而不是冒险出击。

在对阵沙夫卡特·拉赫莫诺夫的比赛中，我们看到马查多·加里输掉了前两回合，赢得了第三回合，然后诡异地在整个第四回合中接受处于底层位置。

这种比赛意识的缺乏非常令人不安，尽管我认为他的天赋确实存在。

马查多·加里是一名强大的反击拳手，拥有良好的防摔能力，当他不可避免地被马哈切夫摔倒时，不会像离开水的鱼一样不知所措。

作为一名 +290 的大冷门，押注马查多·加里并非糟糕之选，因为你知道他具备相关技能，且理论上他体型更大。

马查多·加里在被摔倒处于底层位置时会使用一种奇怪的身体三角锁，这能限制对手的移动，但也会迫使他浪费时间并丢失回合。如果他对马哈切夫这样做，他可能会以判定落败，尽管他的其他技能足以让他获胜。

我不认为马查多·加里会在任何情况下被马哈切夫提交，但我认为他通常缺乏采取重大行动的紧迫感，这将成为他快速丢失时间的主要因素。尽管如此，赔率对我来说差距太大了。

我的目标是马查多·加里在独赢盘（moneyline）获胜，且 11 / 1 的击倒赔率具有一定价值。

记住，马哈切夫曾被 145 磅冠军亚历山大·沃尔卡诺夫斯基击倒，而马查多·加里在 170 磅级别中体型巨大。

预测：伊恩·马查多·加里独赢 (+290, the Score Bet)。

麦肯齐·德恩 vs. 吉莉安·罗伯逊

罗伯逊长期是我最喜欢的 UFC 女性选手之一，她终于迎来了期待已久的冠军机会。她在地面缠斗和打击方面都得到了全面提升，去年以统治级的 TKO 击败玛丽娜·罗德里格斯就证明了这一点。

但罗德里格斯是一个糟糕的地面缠斗者，而德恩可能是该级别历史上最顶尖的提交艺术家。

尽管如此，我认为罗伯逊在活跃度、力量以及在对对手造成伤害时的无畏精神方面被低估了。

因此，我的目标是罗伯逊获胜，我认为她将通过地面砸拳以 KO / TKO 获胜。

预测：罗伯逊以 KO / TKO 获胜 (14 / 1, FanDuel)。

其余对阵

贾林·特纳 . 考埃·费尔南德斯：特纳以判定获胜 (+650, BetRivers)。

曼苏尔·阿卜杜勒-马利克 . 达斯汀·斯托尔茨富斯：阿卜杜勒-马利克在第一回合 1 (+200, BetMGM)。

埃德森·巴博萨 . 埃斯特班·里博维克斯：里博维克斯获胜且比赛进入第二回合 2 (-120 或更高)。

奇迪·恩久夸尼 . 乔尔·阿尔瓦雷斯：阿尔瓦雷斯以提交获胜 (+195, FanDuel)。

查尔斯·约翰逊 . 爱德华多·查波林：比赛打满回合 (-176, FanDuel)。

唐特·约翰逊 . 埃里克·麦考密克：约翰逊以 KO / TKO 获胜 (+128, BetRivers)。

维森特·卢克 . 特里森·戈尔：戈尔以 KO / TKO 获胜 (+380, BetRivers)。

拉斐尔·托比亚斯 . 卢卡斯·费尔南多：跳过。

尼尔·马格尼 . 拉米兹·布拉希迈：比赛打满回合 (+173, Kalshi)。

杰里迈亚·威尔斯 . 迈克特贝克·奥罗尔拜：奥罗尔拜以提交获胜 (+245, Bet-Rivers)。

伊恩·马查多·加里

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篮网队：艰难的开局

作者：JARED SCHWARTZ

篮网队在过去两年里一直试图在赛程中尽可能多地挑选失败的比赛，试图以此获得尽可能高的选秀顺位（但失败了）。

本赛季有潜力变得好一点，不过更有可能的是，更多的失利正等待着他们。

现在他们的完整赛程已经公布，让我们来看看五个要点：

• 开局极其艰苦。他们将在 19 天内进行前 10 场比赛，其中包括三组背靠背比赛。而且这 10 场比赛中有 6 场是客场。在 10 场比赛中，有 7 场是对阵去年进入季后赛或附加赛的球队。

总计，篮网队有 16 组背靠背比赛——

这是允许的最大数量。鹈鹕队是唯一另一支被安排了 16 组背靠背的球队。

在赛程密集度方面，联盟没有给篮网队任何优待。

• 篮网队在交易截止日后的第一场比赛是 2 月 12 日在华盛顿对阵奇才队。正如《邮报》的 Brian Lewis 最近所写，考虑到篮网队目前仍是一支主要由二年级球员和新秀组成的重建球队，今年他们更有可能是卖家而非买家。

因此，这个日期对于他们的两名顶尖老将迈克尔·波特（Michael Porter Jr.）和朱利叶斯·兰德尔（Julius Randle）来说至关重要。到那场比赛时，他们还会留在名单中吗？还是会被交易走？那个日期可能是篮网队全面接受又一年“摆烂”的时刻。

• 他们将在麦迪逊广场花园面对尼克斯队

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惊险时刻

再次相遇： 米卡尔·布里奇斯（Mikal Bridges）和尼克斯队在赛季揭幕战中对阵乔尔·恩比德（Joel Embiid）和 76 人队——对于卡尔-安东尼-唐斯（Karl Anthony-Towns，左）及其队友来说，这是 34 场全美电视转播比赛中的一场。图片来源：Jason Szeres; Getty Images

● 另一个值得关注的回归麦迪逊广场花园（MSG）的时间是 11 月 22 日，当时尼克斯队的“反派”蒂雷塞·哈利伯顿（Tyrese Haliburton）——他因跟腱撕裂缺席了整个上赛季——将迎来他自 2025 年东部决赛中他与步行者队淘汰尼克斯队以来，在“圣地”的第一场比赛。

尼克斯队还将在 11 月 27 日于 MSG 首次面对扬尼斯·阿德托昆博（Giannis Antetokounmpo）和热火队。

● 在赛程密集度方面，尼克斯队有 13 组背靠背比赛，比去年少一组。一支球队被允许的最大数量是 16 组。与去年一样， 12 月可能会因为大量的旅行而变得极其疲惫。在 12 场已确认的比赛中，他们有 9 场在客场，具体情况还取决于他们在 NBA 杯中的表现。包括去年在拉斯维加斯举行的 NBA 杯半决赛和决赛在内，尼克斯队 12 月在客场打了 9 场比赛——而随后他们遭遇了赛季至今最糟糕的低谷，在 11 场比赛中输掉 9 场，这绝非巧合。本月下旬到 1 月初包括一次在西海岸的六场客场之旅，对手包括犹他、菲尼克斯、丹佛、波特兰、金州和萨克拉门托。除非他们在 12 月初的 NBA 杯中增加客场比赛，否则这将是他们本赛季最长的客场之旅。

● 一个有趣的细节是，尼克斯队有两次连续两场客场比赛面对同一个对手。他们将在 11 月 15 日和 17 日在多伦多对阵猛龙队，并在 3 月 28 日和 30 日在奥兰多对阵魔术队。jschwartz@nypost.com

《SVU》明星暗示 Jalen 将客串出演

作者：BRIDGE REILLY

准备迎接《法律与秩序：最有价值球员》（Law & Order: MVP）吧。

在周四参加《今日》（Today）节目期间，《法律与秩序：特殊受害者单元》（Law & Order: SVU）的明星兼尼克斯队球迷 Mariska Hargitay 透露，我们可能很快就能在屏幕上看到 NBA 总决赛 MVP 的身影。

“别告诉任何人，但他在《SVU》里会出现，”她周四向 Savannah Guthrie 低声说道，“别告诉任何人，我们有一些计划正在进行中。”

Guthrie 直觉地意识到这一定是真的，因为 Hargitay 承认她经常告诉这位主持人“很多秘密”。

“我喜欢这样！那么你告诉我，这一切都会成真，”Guthrie 说。

在尼克斯队自 1973 年以来首次获得 NBA 冠军后，Brunson 透露他的休赛期计划包括与 一起出演《法律与秩序：SVU》。

这位尼克斯球星甚至得到了《法律与秩序》同事 Christopher Meloni 的认可，后者表示他“绝对”支持。

“我不知道你是否听说过，但他是个世界冠军，他想干什么就干什么，”Meloni 说。

Brunson 和 多年来建立了深厚的友谊。62 岁的 是尼克斯队的忠实球迷，并在麦迪逊广场花园持有场边席位。

她全程参与了这次疯狂的夺冠之旅，

在 NBA 总决赛第四场尼克斯队在落后 29 分的情况下完成逆转后，她与 共度了一个激动人心的时刻。

两人在球场上拥抱， 说：“我太爱你过；我太开心了！”

在此之前，她冲进球场拥抱了 的父亲 Rick ，后者是主教练 Mike Brown 麾下的一名助理教练，并且曾是 99 年进入总决赛的尼克斯队成员。

还与她的儿子 August 一起，乘坐 的花车参加了在曼哈顿下城举行的冠军游行。

随后予以回馈，在 6 月份支持 的百老汇个人剧目《每一件灿烂的事》（Every Brilliant Thing）。

他与妻子 Ali 在演出结束后在后台拜访了 ，她的丈夫 Peter Hermann 也参加了这次会面。

这种特殊的纽带甚至让资深尼克斯球迷兼演员 Ben Stiller 都感到羡慕。

“Mariska 在赛后从你那里得到的爱，是每个尼克斯球迷、每个尼克斯名人球迷所羡慕的。即使在输球后，她也能得到一个拥抱，”Stiller 在 与 Josh Hart 共同主持的《室友》（Roommates）播客中说道。

在之前的一次《今日》节目亮相中， 承认 是她的“灵感来源”。

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明星之姿： Jalen 与 Mariska （中）建立了深厚的友谊，似乎已准备好在《法律与秩序：SVU》的一集中出演。

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长岛体育

五名 NCAA 运动员利用在牡蛎湾（Oyster Bay）的救生员职责为大学赛季做准备

救援评论

守护者

海滩律动： 泰勒·拜恩斯（Tyler Byrnes）在奥斯特贝（Oyster Bay）的托贝海滩（Tobay Beach）监视着游泳者。拜恩斯（下方，最右侧）是一名城镇救生员，他的同事还包括同样是大学运动员的帕特里克·拉多姆斯基（Patrick Radomski）、卡西迪·莫罗（Cassidy Morrow）、艾莉森·普里斯特利（Allison Priestley）和夏洛特·麦凯尔维（Charlotte McKelvey）（下方，从左至右）。海瑟·哈利法 (2)

作者：亚历克斯·米切尔（ALEX MITCHELL）

现在，他们站在了哨子（指挥）的另一侧。

数以千计的长岛游泳者在水中的安全，要归功于一群顶尖的大学运动员，他们在暑假回家期间兼职担任救生员——而这份重要的水上工作让他们在各自的体育项目中表现得更好。

“沟通和团队基础——你们共同协作，如果需要救援，所有人都会一起行动，”锡耶纳学院（Siena）的长曲棍球进攻手帕特里克·拉多姆斯基告诉《纽约邮报》。

“每个人都有自己的职责，就像参加体育比赛一样。大家共同努力，我们的目标一致。”

拉多姆斯基在奥斯特贝镇的各个泳池工作，他的同事包括同样具备明星潜质的人才：康涅狄格大学（UConn）的啦啦队长夏洛特·麦凯尔维、纽约州立大学奥斯威戈分校（SUNY Oswego）的游泳运动员艾莉森·普里斯特利、即将成为马萨诸塞大学（UMass）新生的长曲棍球运动员泰勒·拜恩斯，以及锡耶纳女子长曲棍球队的卡西迪·莫罗。

“学习如何在压力下执行任务是其中很重要的一部分，”莫罗说道。

“在学校，我们每天练习好几个小时来为比赛做准备。在这里，当我们练习演习、心肺复苏（CPR）并准备好可能要拯救某人的生命时，情况是一样的，”这位大二的进攻手补充道。

紧急救援

普里斯特利在普莱恩维尤（Plainview）的一个泳池工作时，已经经历了一次她永远不会忘记的英雄时刻。

一个小男孩误从跳板上跳下，突然因为鼻子进水而开始挣扎。

“我从看台上跳下来，潜入水中将他带到了岸边，”她在回忆那个“令人紧张”的时刻时说道。“这很突然，很可怕，但他没事。”

这位出生于法明代尔（Farmingdale）的游泳运动员还感到欣慰，因为她知道在关键时刻，她的同事们随时准备支持她。麦凯尔维表示，这有助于每个人在高度紧张的情况下应对。

“这里非常有家庭氛围。大家都是朋友；我们并不会觉得彼此厌烦。实际上，我们下班后还会一起出去玩，”她在该镇的瑰宝托贝海滩补充道，这里是救生员无论是否在岗都喜欢聚集的热门地点。

“我觉得尽管我们的工作很严肃，但我们确实找到了让它变得有趣并享受彼此陪伴的方法。”

全力投入

这“神奇五人组”还利用暑期工作来保持顶尖的训练状态，以便在秋季返回校园。

“游泳等活动能让你保持体形，”进攻手拜恩斯说。“我尽量保证每周至少游泳三次。”

与此同时，莫罗确保每天在水中进行大量的重复练习。

“32圈大约是半英里，所以我尽量每天游一次，以增加额外的耐力，”她说。

麦凯尔维也将她每天艰苦的游泳圈归功于“极强的耐力”，这在康涅狄格大学的场边和底线表现中得到了很好的转化，比如她在女子四强赛（Women's Final Four）上担任啦啦队时。

此外还有在酷暑中的坚持——尤其是7月份席卷长岛、导致气温连续数日超过 100 华氏度的热浪。

“在橄榄球赛中，我们在户外为期四五个小时地欢呼、跳跃、做特技和翻滚，而且是在高温下，”这位大三学生说道。

“这绝对能让你为此做好准备，”麦凯尔维补充道。和她的同伴一样，她在回到校园后经常想念长岛的海滩。

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奖杯，奖杯，出发

斯坦利杯正前往长岛。

飓风队守门员 Brandon Bussi 为周三与斯坦利杯共度的一天制定了极具情感意义的计划。作为首位赢得这座久负盛名的奖杯的萨福克县原住民，他将奖杯带回了他儿时梦想开始的地方——位于豪波格（Hauppauge）的 The Rinx 冰上竞技场。

“The Rinx 是我第一次穿上守门员装备的地方，”Bussi 告诉《邮报》。

“当时我在参加一个训练营。我希望我能告诉你那是星期几。”

这位 27 岁的球员于 10 月首次进入 NHL，并在总决赛第六场对阵黄金骑士队的比赛中凭借一场 3-0 的零封夺冠，令冰球界惊叹。他将在上午 10:15-11:45 将奖杯公开展示。

同时，他还将在这个溜冰场被该县体育名人堂评为首届萨福克年度体育人物。

“能看到下一代冰球运动员对我来说很酷，因为赢得斯坦利杯也是他们的梦想，”Bussi 说。

来自 Sound Beach 的 Bussi 在晚上也为奖杯安排了特别计划。

他将向首位举起该奖杯的长岛人——来自纳苏县赛奥塞特（Syosset）的后卫 Rob Scuderi 致敬。他将把斯坦利杯带到自由港（Freeport）航海里程（Nautical Mile）上的 Bracco's 餐厅——Scuderi 在 2009 年随企鹅队和 2014 年随国王队夺冠后曾在此庆祝。

“我认为这是一个将这一整天联系在一起的很酷的小方式，”Bussi 说，“有机会把它带回那里。”

这位已退役的防守型后卫对这一致敬举动感到非常激动。

“在他现在很容易变得有点自私的时候，能想到我，这对他来说是非常慷慨的……这充分体现了他的为人，” 说。

目前是掠夺者队的助理教练，他最初在 2009 年选择这家水边酒吧，是因为他在长岛长大，那一段沿海的餐厅和酒吧街在他心中占据着特殊位置。

“我认为与你成长起来的社区分享这座奖杯非常重要，” 补充道。

Bussi 和奖杯将在下午 6-9 p.m. 出现在这个海鲜爱好者的天堂——这位冠军已经准备好在季前赛前狂欢一场。

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作者：RYAN DUNLEAVY

巨人队最终可能还是会给 Evan Neal 留个位置。如果 53 人的名单中包含 10 名进攻线球员，那么身高 6 英尺 7,340 磅的 Neal 可能会抢到五个替补席位之一，因为他现在被列为右卫位置上与 Aaron Stinnie 并列的第二梯队成员。在五名首发球员之后，领先的替补似乎是截锋 J.C. Davis 和 Marcus Mbow，卫锋 Daniel Faalele，中锋 Lucas Patrick 以及……Neal、Stinnie、Joshua Ezeudu 或 Bryan Hudson。

巨人队笔记

“我看到 Evan 在接受指导的能力以及尝试理解不仅是纸面情况、而且是某些阵型对他意味着什么的能力方面有了巨大的成长，”首年进攻线教练 Mike Bloomgren 表示。“我认为他在起势时观察得更多，打球也更有信心。听取队内其他人的意见，他们觉得他已经迈出了不错的一步。我们将看看他在这些（季前）比赛中能做出什么。”Neal 是 2022 年选秀的第 7 顺位，他在右截锋位置上表现糟糕，在转为右卫后，上赛季没有出场过一次。令人震惊的是，他作为自由球员以零保障金额与巨人队重新签约，而不是寻求一个新的开始。

尼尔努力证明自己，可能留队担任“蓝色巨头”替补

进步显著： 也许管理层的变动正是埃文·尼尔 (73) 所需要的。首年进攻线教练迈克·布鲁姆格伦表示，巨人队内部的人员认为这位前右截锋在训练营期间“取得了不错进展”。Corey Sipkin

► 角卫特里翁·阿诺德 (Terrion Arnold) 周三访问了巨人队设施，尽管其绑架和武装抢劫指控尚未在法律上得到解决，但他仍将与海鹰队签约。巨人队曾对签约阿诺德持开放态度（他在被逮捕后被狮队释放），但合同谈判从未取得实质性进展，因为巨人队很清楚这位 2024 年首轮秀更倾向于加盟超级碗冠军球队，因为那里有更直接的上场机会，且他在西雅图地区有亲属。

► 主教练约翰·哈博 (John Harbaugh) 未透露首发球员是否会在周六对阵维京人的比赛中出场。但听起来他希望四分卫贾克森·达特 (Jaxson Dart) 能积累经验。“我们有一个年轻的四分卫，才进入第二年，去年甚至没有打满整个赛季，”哈博说。“所以，他才刚刚起步。而且我们在赛季伊始就要面对本组最强的两支球队 [牛仔队和公羊队]。因此，我们希望为此做好准备。”

► 外接手贾林·海亚特 (Jalin Hyatt)（腿部受伤）和中锋约翰·迈克尔·施密茨 (John Michael Schmitz)（脑震荡）未参加训练，哈博宣布海亚特将缺席比赛。

CBS 的格雷格·纽索姆二世 (Greg Newsome II) 和德鲁·菲利普斯 (Dru Phillips)，外接手朱朱·史密斯-舒斯特 (JuJu Smith-Schuster) 以及帕特里克 —— 这些人均在处理膝盖伤势 —— 均为受限参与训练。角卫保尔森·阿德博 (Paulson Adebo)（腿后腱受伤）在场边进行训练，其出场情况将由“赛前决定”。

► 由于角卫位置伤病严重，巨人队需要健康的补充力量，因此在周四训练前签下了萨姆·韦伯 (Sam Webb) 和乌戈丘库·阿马迪 (Ugochukwu Amadi)，同时释放了后卫大卫·隆 (David Long) 和后卫 D.J. 詹姆斯 (D.J. James)（因伤豁免）。

► 对于替代球衣爱好者，哈博开玩笑说外接手马利克·纳伯斯 (Malik Nabers) 正在“游说争取未来的红色球衣，但这并不是”他在训练中穿红衣的原因。那是一个非接触提醒标志。

巨人队的教练组一直在穿着更多深蓝色 / 海军蓝和红色的服装，但这并非哈博主导的计划。

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损害控制

作者：MADELINE KENNEY

周四晚上，自由队在巴克莱中心以 85-81 击败火花队，险些避免一场历史性的崩盘。

主队在第四节还剩 9:48 时曾建立起 28 分的优势（69-41 领先），形势大好。

直到局面反转。火花队发起猛烈反击，连续砍下 21 分，将分差缩小到 7 分。在比赛还剩 21.7 秒时，洛杉矶队一度将分差缩小到 1 分，但自由队顶住了压力，阻止了对手追平 WNBA 历史上最大分差逆转纪录。

自由队成功挺过了克里斯·德马科（Chris DeMarco）所称的“诡异”的第四节。

“我们有点处于被动状态，”萨布里娜·约内斯库（Sabrina Ionescu）说道。“篮球是一场关于得分波的比赛。对方的波峰来得非常晚，我很庆幸我们能够顶住压力并继续一点点蚕食，找到了获胜的方法。”

在印第安纳遭遇惨败两天后，自由队试图在面对一支注定要参加选秀抽签的球队时挽回颜面。

在前三节中，自由队做到了这一点。在前三节比赛中，他们将火花队限制在仅 41 分，并在进入第四节时领先 26 分。

丽贝卡·艾伦（Rebecca Allen）表示：“那是我的感觉最好的时候，我们作为一支球队在防守端集体感觉最好。”

但在最后一节，自由队的表现糟糕。

在周四之前 10 场比赛中输掉 8 场的火花队在第四节没有举白旗投降，而自由队为此付出了代价。

洛杉矶队——在明星后卫凯尔西·普拉姆（Kelsey Plum）在截止日期前被交易至菲尼克斯后，阵容中已不再有她——发起了一场 21-0 的

惊险万分： 周四晚上在巴克莱中心，萨布里娜·约内斯库在第四节最后几秒被火花队的阿里尔·阿特金斯（Ariel Atkins）犯规。自由队险些避免洛杉矶队追平 WNBA 历史上最大分差逆转胜纪录（28 分）。

狂攻，在不到三分钟的时间里削减了自由队的巨大领先优势。

约内斯库终于用一个急需的进球结束了 4:19 的得分荒。

但火花队没有停止，他们继续进攻。

在分差为 4 分且比赛还剩 3:50 时，德马科对一次尴尬的碰撞提出挑战，导致马琳·约翰内斯（Marine Johannes）被吹犯规。

挑战未果，耗尽了球队最后一次暂停。

赛后，德马科表示他“认为这次挑战值得”，并补充说球队认为约翰内斯没有犯规，

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技术统计

反而被击中了脸部。

在最后四分钟里，火花队三次将分差缩小到 3 分。

迪里卡·汉比（Dearica Hamby）的一次上篮在还剩 57.9 秒时将分差缩小至 82-79。波琳·阿斯蒂埃（Pauline Astier）的一次糟糕底线球被阿里尔·阿特金斯抢回，火花队在还剩 26.6 秒时请求暂停。

雷·伯雷尔（Rae Burrell）完成上篮，在还剩 21.7 秒时将比分变为 82-81。

约内斯库两罚全中，将自由队的领先优势重新扩大到 3 分。这足以确保胜利。

“太诡异了，”德马科说。“我们开始有点被动，基本上在进入进攻端时——没有真正执行我们的战术，只是在传球，或者尝试一些快攻投篮。”

火花队在第四节以 40-18 领先纽约队。

如果他们输了，这可以说将成为自由队本赛季最令人沮丧的失败。

即便赢了，自由队也不应该感到太自豪，因为火花队在那么晚的时候根本不应该还留在比赛中。

“我们有点松懈了，”德马科说。“我们必须打满 40 分钟的比赛。……整体来说就是很诡异。所以我为这个团队能团结在一起感到自豪……我们在整晚的大部分时间里都是紧密连接的。即使在那些时刻，我们也没有脱节。我们只是在进攻端尝试寻找节奏、进入禁区、互相等待时遇到了困难，但在防守端，我们在需要的时候完成了止血，并在进攻端执行了计划。”

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Sabally 因健康原因暂时离开，球队表示支持

作者：MADELINE KENNEY

自由人队前锋 Satou Sabally 将“暂时”离开球队，以继续从 6 月下旬遭受的脑震荡中恢复。

Sabally 的教练和队友完全支持这一决定。

“她能够意识到自己目前的状态以及为了恢复到 100% 的状态并找回自我需要做些什么，这非常成熟，也是朝着正确方向迈出的一步，”Sabrina Ionescu 在周四于巴克莱中心以 85-81 战胜火花队之前表示。“我们会给她充足的时间来完成这件事。”

Sabally 的伤病状态在周三晚上从过去七周的“脑震荡协议”更改为“头部受伤”。她通过了脑震荡协议，但仍未完全恢复健康。

“她将暂时离开球队一段时间，”教练 Chris DeMarco 表示。“这是她在过去 12 个月中第二次严重的头部受伤。因此，与我们所有球员一样，健康永远是重点，我们期待她的回归。她现在只需要一些时间。”当被问及 Sabally 在离开期间是否会进行任何与篮球相关的活动时，DeMarco 表示：“我们会逐步推进的。”

“这是在我们的表现团队指导下进行的，”他继续说道。“但目前，她只是暂时离开一段时间，以确保她的健康。”

Sabally 是球队在休赛期签下的招牌自由球员，在 6 月 23 日自由人队于拉斯维加斯的胜利中，由于王牌队前锋 NaLyssa Smith 的肘击击中其面部，导致她头部受伤。

虽然她已经通过了脑震荡协议，但尚未回到 DeMarco 所称的“舒适区”。

“我们只需要一些时间，确保她 100% 健康，”他继续说道。“我们不想催促任何人回归，球员的健康永远是第一位的。”

Sabally 在 2025 年 WNBA 总决赛第 3 场比赛中也曾遭受脑震荡，导致她在大部分休赛期期间无法上场。她没有参加今年早些时候的 Unrivaled 赛事，直到 3 月才恢复篮球活动。

Sabally 在本休赛期签署了一份为期两年、价值 $1.6700 万的合同，她因囊肿错过了赛季初，并在 5 月下旬生病。

在本赛季的 13 场比赛（其中 5 场首发）中，她场均贡献 10.4 分、2.8 个篮板和 1.9 次助攻。

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Bailey 证明了为何“绿帮”认为他是顶尖之选

作者：BRIAN COSTELLO

喷气机队的球迷将在周五晚上对阵海盗队的首场季前赛中看到总第 2 顺位新秀 David Bailey 的表现，预计他将完成一些具有冲击力的精彩发挥。

Bailey 一直是训练营的明星。这位边缘冲手似乎在对方的进攻后场如鱼得水，并在本周的联合训练中让海盗队感到沮丧。

“嗯，我们都知道他是个优秀的球员，”喷气机队教练 Aaron Glenn 表示。“我们都知道他是个极其出色的冲传手。所以，在某些时刻你会预料到这一点，这能理解吧？你预期他在这类对抗中能赢得多次胜利。同时，你也预期会出现一些需要对他进行指导的情况，他也会学到一些东西。所以，从这个角度看，这其实是双向的。”

Glenn 表示，他实际上更感兴趣观察在

喷气机队笔记

练习中，贝利（Bailey）没有获胜，这样他就可以针对这些回合对他进行指导。

喷气机队用总第 2 顺位选中了贝利，而阿维尔·里斯（Arvell Reese）在第 5 顺位被巨人队选中。贝利在训练营的前几周表现令人印象深刻。

“我接触过很多新秀，”资深线卫德马里奥·戴维斯（Demario Davis）说道，“你知道，15 年来每年都有 7 到 10 个。我见过一些被寄予厚望但表现未达预期的人，也见过一些被低估但表现超出预期的人。”

“他看起来就像个 2 号秀。他看起来完全符合宣传的水平，甚至更高。我认为他的本能不仅体现在冲击四分卫上，还体现在整体对球的掌控力，以及他在应对跑球时表现出的老练，我认为他已经具备了职业球员的许多特质。”

“就他的年龄而言，他很成熟。”

► 虽然球迷们将在周五晚上看到贝利以及同样是首轮秀的接球手奥马尔·库珀二世（Omar Cooper Jr.），但他们将看不到近端锋肯扬·萨迪克（Kenyon Sadiq）或角卫德安杰洛·庞兹（D'Angelo Ponds），这两位备受瞩目的新秀目前正受伤病困扰。

萨迪克在训练营初期参加了练习，但由于 5 月份进行体育疝气手术后出现反复，过去两周一直处于缺阵状态。格伦（Glenn）表示，他预计萨迪克能在第 1 周准备就绪。

庞兹由于小腿受伤，尚未在训练营期间参加练习。格伦多次淡化庞兹的伤情，但如果他不能尽快回到练习场，这将成为一个更大的担忧。庞兹被预计将担任首发镍角卫，但随着缺阵时间的延长，这种情况将变得越来越不可能。

► 喷气机队通过伤病协议解雇了防守端锋埃里克·瓦茨（Eric Watts）。

给老将留下深刻印象： 喷气机队的边缘冲传手大卫·贝利在训练营期间脱颖而出，资深线卫德马里奥·戴维斯评价道：“他看起来就像个 2 号秀。” 比尔·科斯特伦（Bill Kostroun） 著

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周日： 可能有雷阵雨。最高气温 77 至 83 度。晚上 阵雨/雷阵雨。最低气温 68 至 74 度。	周一： 可能有阵雨。最高气温 80 至 86 度。晚上 部分多云。最低气温 65 至 71 度。

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昨日中央公园截至下午 6 点的情况 温度 最高：84，最低：70，平均：77 偏离常态 昨日：0 度 降水量 昨日：0.09°，本月：3.33°， 本年：26.04°，年至今常态：30.31° 昨日制冷度日 ...12 本月总计（常态） ...179 (157) 1 月 1 日至今总计（常态） ...839 (858) 去年同期 ...927 热指数（正午测试） ...85 紫外线指数（周五） ...8 (极高) 湿度（正午） ...60% 空气质量 花粉： 低。主要花粉：树木、杂草、草类 AQI 评级： (周五) ...中等

周五	周六
Sussex 86/59	Peekskill 85/61
Paterson 87/66	White Plains 84/62
Newark 89/69	Stamford 86/65
Garden City 86/69	Huntington 86/67
La G 86/67	Garden City 86/69
JFK 86/69	Deer Park 86/67
Sandy Hook 84/73	Long Beach 83/71
Asbury Park 86/72	Long Beach 83/71
Manasquan 86/71	预报数据截至昨日下午 6 点。温度为今日最高温和今晚最低温。
Toms River 88/69	天气 (W)： s-晴，pc-部分多云，c-多云，sh-阵雨，r-雨，t-雷阵雨，sf-小雪，sn-雪，l-冰
Long Beach 85/71	天气 (W)： s-晴，pc-部分多云，c-多云，sh-阵雨，r-雨，t-雷阵雨，sf-小雪，sn-雪，l-冰

三个关注点

1 首发球员将会上场，但我们不知道会打多久。在经历了一个糟糕的周后，看看首发进攻组的表现将会很有意思。吉诺·史密斯（Geno Smith）及其队友在与海盗队的联合训练中表现不佳。听起来坦帕湾教练托德·鲍尔斯（Todd Bowles）在让他的首发球员休息，因此这对喷气机队的进攻组来说应该是一项更简单的任务。

2 喷气机队的新秀边缘冲传手大卫·贝利（David Bailey）在训练营期间一直创造着高光时刻。他能否在灯光照耀的正式比赛中延续这种表现？贝利拥有极具爆发力的第一步，看起来完全像一名在选秀中排名第2顺位的球员。

3 这些季前赛对于新秀四分卫凯德·克鲁布尼克（Cade Klubnik）来说非常重要，他正试图赢得史密斯之后的2号位置。克鲁布尼克在训练中的表现起伏不定，但如果能在季前赛中表现强劲，他可能会巩固自己的位置。贝利·扎佩（Bailey Zappe）是他内部的主要竞争对手，但总经理达伦·穆吉（Darren Mougey）在赛季开始前仍可能达成一项交易，引进一名资深替补。

“……正在实施，我认为让我们的球员上场很重要，”格伦（Glenn）说道。“现在，关于进行联合训练，以及尝试让球员们至少在整个季前赛期间获得25-30次练习机会（我指的是三场比赛[合计]），这背后也有科学依据。我不知道我会如何分配这些次数，进入季前赛时这是一种感觉，但他们说，当你进行联合训练且首发球员获得大量练习机会，然后在季前赛中拥有这么多次进攻机会（三场比赛共25-30次）时，在今年的第一阶段，受伤的风险实际上会降低。在与那些人的交流中，我非常相信这一点，所以我很……”

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“……期待看到那个。”

格伦表示，他在大都会体育场（MetLife Stadium）的这场比赛中寻求四件事。

“我想看到比赛的基本功体现出来，”格伦说。“当我这么说时，我想看到封堵、擒抱、接球、球权控制、击球，我想看到这些东西。然后我还想看到这些动作背后的技术。我要确保我们在比赛中能在这方面运作。然后我想看到我们的执行力。我想看到这三件事，并且我想看到我们球队的纪律性，明白了吗。”

球员们对于获得上场机会感到非常兴奋，即使是老将也不例外。对于史密斯来说，这将是他自2016年以来第一次身穿喷气机队球衣参加比赛。

“伙计，就是能到场上打球，”史密斯说，“感受真实的、现场的比赛氛围，与我的队友们一起在huddle（战术商议圈）中，看着时钟倒计时，在大都会体育场的球迷面前出战。就是所有真实足球的元素，而不是两手触球或‘thud’（模拟碰撞），就是再次感受比赛。”

跑卫布里斯·霍尔（Breece Hall）表示，他期待被擒抱，而这是在训练中不允许的。喷气机队会进行一种被称为“thud”的训练，即擒抱者迅速抱住持球者然后立即松开。他们不应该将对方撞倒在地。

“真的，就是实际被擒抱，”霍尔说。“甚至[周二]，我和安托万·温菲尔德（Antoine Winfield）进行了一次非常好的‘thud and hold’，我还没有真正受到过太多这样的冲击。能感受到那个很好。就是进行几次携带，无论是5次进攻还是6次进攻，然后被擒抱在地，也许面对一次闪击压力，必须挡住一个试图冲过我的闪击球员，或者被擒杀。我认为感受一下、尝到一点滋味绝对是有好处的。”

这场比赛不仅仅是球员们的彩排。格伦正在适应担任一名负责叫战术的主教练。这将是对他在管理比赛的同时调用防守战术的一次考验。

“说实话，这件事经过了相当深思熟虑，所以现在我该如何让自己被那些能在这一方面帮助我的人围绕，”格伦说道。“因为听着，如果你在负责指挥，你不可能包揽所有事情，我想确保我的指挥是精准无误的。我想确保我让我们的球员处于最佳位置，并且在我在防守端进行指挥时，确保在比赛管理方面有周围人的协助。”

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蓝色巨人的首年外接手渴望赢得出场时间

作者：RYAN DUNLEAVY

当马拉凯·菲尔兹（Malachi Fields）腾空而起，在球场中路接住一个内切路线球时，时间仿佛停止了。

“他就像在漂浮一样，”安全卫杰森·皮诺克（Jason Pinnock）在回忆菲尔兹在春季训练中那个出色的首秀接球时说道，“我简直是在等着他落地。他是个天赋异禀的运动员。如果非要说一个显著的特点，那就是他的接球技巧。”

这位身高6英尺4英寸的新秀在训练营期间完成了几次40码的接球，但自从他作为第三轮秀加入巨人群后，他展现出的路线选择比单纯追踪深球要广泛得多。

当赛季开始时，老将达里乌斯·斯莱顿（Darius Slayton）、达内尔·穆尼（Darnell Mooney）和卡尔文·奥斯汀（Calvin Austin）在成为1号接球手马利克·纳伯斯（Malik Nabers）之后的主要补充选项方面占据优势。但可能不久之后，菲尔兹就会争取从贾克森·达特（Jaxson Dart）那里获得更多传球目标，并利用他的身体对抗能力为跑卫在外围进行封堵。

“他能很快掌握战术手册，所以我们可以真正专注于开球后的情况，而不是开球前，”接球手教练查德·霍尔（Chad Hall）表示，“这对教练来说非常有益，因为我不需要教那些白板上的理论。从开球到起跑，再到路线的顶端，他都变得更好了。他是个身材高大且能很好地弯腰的人。我们只是在尝试让他更多地弯腰，降低重心。”

菲尔兹将在周六对阵维京人的比赛中迎来他的NFL季前赛首秀，他的父母、妻子和儿子将在现场观看。队友们意识到他正迫不及待地想要再次参与竞争。

“他与贾克森的关系非常好，”替补四分卫詹姆斯·温斯顿（James Winston）说，“他对成为最强者所需具备的条件充满好奇。我认为当你拥有这种心态，当你专注于你热爱的事物时，就为成功奠定了基础。”

尽管纳伯斯因伤缺席了最后13场比赛，但巨人在上赛季的20码接球数（52次）中并列第11位，在40码接球数（11次）中并列第5位。

身材娇小的速度型球员万代尔·罗宾逊（Wan'Dale Robinson）曾是这些大码数推进球的主要贡献者，他已在自由球员市场加盟泰坦队，而现在，奔跑如风的菲尔兹正展示出另一种推进球场的方式。

菲尔兹与2023年第三轮秀贾林·海亚特（Jalin Hyatt）的不同之处可能在于——海亚特曾是被高度炒作的深球威胁，但在经历了三个没有触地得分的赛季后，目前处于阵容边缘的危险地带——而菲尔兹拥有一种被低估的能力，即在防守的第二层制造威胁。

“大码数推进很有趣，但其中包含更多东西——你看不到的封堵、第三档4码的转换，所有这些，”菲尔兹说，“我认为[我的其他路线]开始得到更多的认可。能够完成切入和切出，跑那些较短的路线，在球场前方5或10码处完成持球接球，而不是那些50码的远程轰炸。”

霍尔表示，菲尔兹——这位来自弗吉尼亚大学和圣母大学、上赛季场均接球推进17.5码的球员——在入队时存在“技术问题”，并立即着手修复。训练营初期因一项未公开的伤势而导致几次训练受限，但这并未减缓他的进步。

“自从他来到这里，对他来说最重要的词就是‘成长’，”霍尔说，“他在夏天花了很多时间精进自己的比赛。他身材高大，能在球场深处顶住红线并为四分卫创造空间。他身材修长，且不害怕起跳抢球。四分卫们对此也很有信心。他在这里的每一天都证明了这一点。”

菲尔兹正在向位置组的老将学习如何保养身体、研究录像以及不同的路线跑法。但拥有一个222磅的身体作为对抗防守后卫的“挡拆”武器，这是无法复制的。

“当你试图在场上单纯靠欺负对手来推进时，并不总是奏效，”菲尔兹（Fields）说道。“（裁判）可能会扔出黄旗，或者说双方都在打架所以不判罚，但球依然是未接住的。所以，关键在于脚步的运用、起跑时的摆脱，然后在路线顶端利用身体，并结合路线的节奏。对于我个人这样一个体型较大的人来说，那样才能真正创造出更多的空间。”

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纳伯斯意外撞破教练嘴唇

作者：RYAN DUNLEAVY

马利克·纳伯斯（Malik Nabers）周四因工作量增加而感到非常兴奋，结果不小心撞破了他的接球教练的嘴唇。

查德·霍尔（Chad Hall）在一次练习开球线释放动作的训练中，模拟对阵纳伯斯的防守后卫。两人同时向同一个方向转头，纳伯斯的头盔与霍尔相撞。霍尔在训练期间直接在场上接受了缝针治疗。

“我们正让他尝试不同的位置——只是想让他感觉更舒服一些，”霍尔说道，“但他看起来状态很棒。他更有信心了。看到他在场上做出一些动作、承受一点压力，他本人和整个球队一样兴奋。”

纳伯斯在上一赛季第4周遭遇前十字韧带（ACL）撕裂和半月板轻微撕裂，随后接受了多次手术。周四是他训练营期间首次穿着红色非接触球衣。他一直参与个人训练——在14次训练中除了一次外全部参加——以及进攻安装阶段和空场路线跑位。但这次略有增加的是，他参加了一次四分之三速度的11对11实战模拟，并在前4次接球机会中每次都接到了球。

“他一直渴望，渴望，渴望，在六到九个月的时间里拼命努力，就是为了能回到能够上场的状态，”霍尔说，“你看到了他的第一次接球。人们在欢呼呐喊，仅仅是因为看到他在场上做切入动作，甚至接球并做出一些移动。”

在之前于西弗吉尼亚州进行的远程训练中，纳伯斯曾参加过一个类似的但速度较慢的阶段

训练演习期间

速度。他被安全卫泰勒·努宾（Tyler Nubin）撞倒在地（这似乎就是为何要给他穿上通常仅限四分卫穿着的红色球衣的原因）。

“这是在听战术指令、排阵，（在防守端）不知道发生了什么，然后做出反应，”霍尔（Hall）说道。“他并非没被触碰到。在西弗吉尼亚州的时候，那就像是一次美化后的走位演习。而这次要激烈得多。”

主教练约翰·哈博（John Harbaugh）

在周四称之为一次“时机练习”，且不允许有“身体对抗”。这话得去跟霍尔说，他的嘴唇和牙齿上还带着干涸的血迹——但对于纳伯斯（Nabers）能给巨人队带来的巨大回报来说，这只是微小的代价，因为他正朝着在第 1 周对阵牛仔队的比赛中出场而努力。

“今天早上的会议讨论这件事时，球员们都很兴奋，”哈博在谈到纳伯斯的参与时表示。“这是一个巨大的进步。这是一个里程碑。”

巨人队和约翰·哈博——整个 NFL 中最关注特勤组的主教练——真的打算将他们的踢球任务交给一个稚嫩的新秀吗？

这个相当尖锐的问题被抛给了那个稚嫩的新秀多米尼克·兹瓦达（Dominic Zvada），起初他的回应是几乎原封不动地重复这个问题。

“为什么他们应该信任一个新秀？”他说道，听起来对这个疑问感到困惑多于恼怒。

“这很难回答，伙计，”兹瓦达告诉《纽约邮报》。“我的意思是，我想说我会走到场上，尽我所能，为这支球队付出一切。能为这支球队效力是一种荣誉，这是一个如此具有历史意义的球队。”

“对我而言，我会尽一切努力，让自己获得最好的机会，并尽可能出色地完成工作。”

这真的会发生吗？一支在过去三个赛季中忍受了踢球手失误（随着极其可靠的格雷厄姆·加诺（Graham Gano）开始显露年龄迹象）的球队，会在哈博的首个赛季选择一名 NFL 新手吗？

到了 9 月 13 日，在与死敌牛仔队的一场全国电视转播的“周日橄榄球之夜”对决中，是否会是一名 22 岁的瘦弱青年，在座无虚席的大都会体育场（MetLife Stadium）中，潜在地为决定胜负的射门而排阵？

“每个人都有起点，”兹瓦达地分析道。“所以对我来说，就像是：为什么不是现在？”

兹瓦达的“现在”取决于两个因素。首先，在夏季争夺唯一一个踢球手名额的竞争中，他能否比本·索尔斯（Ben Sauls）坚持得更久？其次，兹瓦达是否足够令人印象深刻，以至于哈博被说服去冒险，而不是在自由球员市场中搜寻一名经验更丰富的球员？

早在 2012 年，哈博就愿意给一个孩子机会，当时他在进入该赛季前任命新秀贾斯汀·塔克（Justin Tucker）为乌鸦队的踢球手。塔克在德克萨斯大学的射门命中率为 83.3%，在校史上排名第三，但他并非一名广受赞誉的潜力股。他没有被邀请参加东西部神龛赛（East-West Shrine Game）、高级球员碗赛（Senior Bowl）或 NFL 选秀联合体（NFL scouting combine）。他没有被选中。

兹瓦达则是一个更广为人知的商品。他在未被选中前参加了神龛碗赛和选秀联合体。他在密歇根大学踢了两年的球，因此他经历过大学足球的残酷洗礼。

塔克后来成为了联盟中最顶尖的踢球手之一，且无疑是潜在的名人堂成员。哈博越来越依赖他将势均力敌的比赛转化为振奋人心的胜利。

没有人能将塔克取得的成就与兹瓦达可能取得的成就联系起来。那样做太早且不公平。但塔克得到了机会，而某人也会给兹瓦达一个机会，而那个某人

巨人队可能会依靠一名新秀来开启职业生涯

可能是哈博在巨人队。“我们思考我们所有人是如何开始的，对吧？”特勤组协调员克里斯·霍顿说道。“当我第一次担任协调员时，有些东西

是我需要在工作中学习的，所以这就像任何其他位置，就像任何其他事情一样，我们都得从某个地方开始，对吧？”

没错。

兹瓦达点头表示赞同。

“如果你看我的大学生涯，我是在[阿肯色州立大学]作为一名真正的 freshman 开始的，后来我转学到密歇根大学，一到那里我就开始了，”他说。“无论我去哪里，我都能立即上手。”

兹瓦达在 2024 年进入全国视野，那是他在密歇根大学的第一年，当时他 22 次射门命中 21 次——包括第二季度的一次 54 码射门，以及在比赛还剩 45 秒时的一次 21 码绝杀球，帮助球队在哥伦布的客场以 13-10 击败了宿敌俄亥俄州立大学。兹瓦达在 2025 年大四时的命中率远没有那么高——射门 25 次命中 17 次——这让他的 NFL 价值有所下降。他在四年的大学生涯中，附加分 142 次命中 140 次。

哈博尽可能地给兹瓦达施压，在西弗吉尼亚州的训练期间，在射门尝试前对他大声嚷嚷，并鼓励外部线卫阿卜杜勒·卡特也这样做。

“我有点进入自己的状态了，但我能听到

[哈博]在喊，”兹瓦达说。“我想有一次，阿卜杜勒·卡特在对我喊什么，哈博说，‘哦，那是密歇根对阵宾夕法尼亚州立大学的绝杀球。’类似这种话，就是为了让你心理产生波动，让你失去专注。”

在怀特萨尔弗斯普林斯的最后一天，在哈博和卡特的吠叫声中，兹瓦达命中了一个 55 码的射门。周三，在进攻球员游说哈博让这名新秀上场后，兹瓦达在球队设施的训练结束时命中了一个 62 码的射门。

在休赛期，兹瓦达在社交媒体上发布了一段自己命中 70 码射门的视频。他拒绝用码数来描述自己的腿部力量，但告诉《邮报》他的射程是“远……很远”。

力量固然重要，但前提是能够被掌控。

“拥有强有力的腿是一件大事，”哈博说。“能持续地踢直线是更大的事。我认为这两个家伙都做得非常好。”

兹瓦达说他没有记录这个夏天命中了多少个射门，但他知道自己失误了四个。其中两次失误发生在训练营的第一天。他尝试了近 60 次踢球。

周六是兹瓦达的季前赛首秀，直到本周晚些时候，他还没有踏入过大都会体育场。在巨人队面对维京人队时，哈博尚未透露踢球任务将如何在兹瓦达和索尔斯之间分配。这将是兹瓦达的 NFL 首秀。索尔斯是一名左脚球员，上赛季末为巨人队射门 8 次全部命中。

“我有一个赛前仪式，一个我喜欢做的赛前流程，”兹瓦达说。“对我来说，这不会改变，所以对我而言，就是出去尽我最大努力。”

他的最大努力可能足以让他获得这份工作。他必须从某个地方开始。

paul.schwartz@nypost.com

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乔恩·海曼

MLB 内部消息

jheyman@nypost.com

名单上的“下一个”

大都会队为 2027 年反弹需要解决的问题

大都会队的球迷们，希望还在。不，不是指今年，而是指 2027 年。

根据 Fangraphs 的数据，大都会队今年进入季后赛的概率从周一的 0.2% 下降到周二的 0.1%，而截至周三，这个数字可以四舍五入为 0.0%，这与“布鲁托”布鲁塔斯基（"Bluto" Blutarsky）的平均绩点相当，也相当准确地估算了他们目前的绝望程度。

然而，并非一切都失去了希望。8 月实际上带来了一点曙光。凭借在交易截止日获得的一些有价值（且或许可交易）的资产，以及轮换阵容中的几项发现（扎克·桑顿（Zac Thornton）出人意料的崛起，尤其是肖恩·马纳亚（Sean Manaea）令人震惊的反弹），他们明年竞争冠军的目标现在不再是白日梦。

机会是有的。但挑战也十分严峻。他们将带着一个不完整的轮换阵容、一个重新组建且极度缺乏经验的牛棚、几个不确定的主力位置以及数百万个问题（粗略估计）进入冬季。以下是一些重大问题：

1. 他们需要多少名先发投手？诺兰·麦克莱恩（Nolan McLean）和克里斯蒂安·斯科特（Christian Scott）看起来是值得留用的球员，而且由于新秀桑顿的出现（或许能解决轮换末端问题）以及马纳亚的重新崛起，他们可能初步具备了轮换阵容的雏形。泰勒·梅吉尔（Tylor Megill）应该会回归，左投乔纳森·桑图奇（Jonathan Santucci）可能准备就绪，而且他们还没有放弃乔纳·汤（Jonah Tong），他起伏不定的 3A 赛季正以充满希望的方式收尾。然而，他们认为自己还需要“至少一到两名”先发投手。

幸运的是，投手的自由球员名单不像野手名单那样单薄。如果他们无法签下超级巨星塔里克·斯库巴尔（Tarik Skubal）（详见下文），我们建议关注自由球员迈克尔·金（Michael King）、马修·博伊德（Matthew Boyd）以及老朋友克莱·霍姆斯（Clay Holmes）。由于获得了备受看好的新秀萨米·斯塔富拉（Sammy Stafura）尤其是杰斐逊·罗哈斯（Jefferson Rojas），交易的可能性也更高，这让他们拥有了四名令人期待的游击手候选人（包括埃利安·佩尼亚（Elian Peña）和米奇·沃伊特（Mitch Voit））。

2. 他们有机会签下斯库巴尔吗？有传闻称大都会队对此很感兴趣，这并不奇怪，因为：1）老板史蒂夫·科恩（Steve Cohen）在追求顶尖人才方面有成功经验（包括艺术品和胡安·索托（Juan Soto））；2）他们仍有大量差距需要弥补。他们签下斯库巴尔的机会尚不明确，但可能会略有提高，因为目前尚不确定另一个长期的超级消费大户、被认为的早期热门、且经常成功出价（如山本由伸（Yoshinobu Yamamoto）、凯尔·塔克（Kyle Tucker））且目前雇佣着斯库巴尔的道奇队是否会继续维持如此高昂的投入。

3. 空虚的牛棚怎么办？由于四次截止日交易、伤病和人员损耗，重新组建的牛棚大多由流浪球员和希望之星组成。因此，有大量工作要做。鉴于他们在引进前洋基球员——霍姆斯、卢克·韦弗（Luke Weaver）、路易斯·托伦斯（Luis Torrens）、路易斯·塞维诺（Luis Severino）和索托方面取得的成功，我们将建议关注洋基队的终结者大卫·贝德纳（David Bednar），他即将成为自由球员，凭借多样化的球路和巨大的胆识，他出色地支撑起了 MLB 最顶尖的牛棚之一。

4. 哪些位置需要帮助？二垒（马库斯·塞门（Marcus Semien）近期较好的表现无法完全抵消其数年的下滑趋势）和一垒是他们可能寻求提升的位置。自由球员布兰登·洛（Brandon Lowe）和路易斯·阿拉埃斯（Luis Arraez）看起来是二垒的潜在选择。但从目前来看，一垒是更大的问题。

他们考察了日本明星强棒佐藤辉明（Teruaki Sato），他是一名可以转任一垒的三垒手。他们会考虑将表现稳健的贾里德·杨（Jared Young）作为潜在轮换的一部分。他们可以幻想签下扬迪·迪亚兹（Yandy Diaz），他似乎永远是所有人的白日梦交易目标，但自由球员安德鲁·沃恩（Andrew Vaughn）更容易获得。新加入洋基队的路易斯·加西亚（Luis García Jr.）在潜在交易中具有合理性。大都会队更需要他。

大卫·贝德纳

Robert Sato, Carol Stehl, AP, Getty Images

洋基队能在9月初恢复健康？

目前的初步估计是，科迪·贝林杰（Cody Bellinger）和吉安卡洛·斯坦顿（Giancarlo Stanton）都可能在9月1日左右回归。

洋基队不愿提供关于伟大的亚伦·贾奇（Aaron Judge）的时间表，但已承认他比另外两名球星进度稍慢。

洋基队从未被视为塔里克·斯库巴尔（Tarik Skubal）的严肃追求者，因为他们已经拥有三名王牌（此外卡洛斯·罗东（Carlos Rodón）将作为4号投手回归）。但在简短的谈话中，老虎队首先要求获得乔治·隆巴德二世（George Lombard Jr.，其父亲是老虎队的板凳教练），随后提到一个由两名大联盟球员和两名新秀组成的四人方案，同时还表示他们甚至不确定这样是否能达成交易。

老虎队一直很看好威尔·沃伦（Will Warren）。但很明显，洋基队不会为了两个多月的时间，而放弃沃伦以及四名拥有约20年控制权的年轻球员。

目前表现像个天才的隆巴德告诉我，选择签约洋基队（获得高于市场价的330万美元）而非范德比尔特大学是一个简单的决定。对于洋基队来说，在选秀第25顺位选择隆巴德也是一个相对简单的决定。他们非常欣赏他的性格、职业道德和运动能力。

我们可以理解原因。一些其他球队仍然看重安东尼·沃尔佩（Anthony Volpe）。我建议进行交易，而不是尝试将他转型为二垒手。离开纽约后，他可能会表现得更好。

水手队看起来在与大都会队竞争2026年“最令人失望球队”的称号。

日本明星强棒佐藤进入大都会队的关注视野

纽约大都会队正在考察并考虑阪神虎队的明星三垒手佐藤照明（Teruaki Sato），预计他将进入MLB。但如果他们签下佐藤，他可能需要转任一垒手。

大都会队今年在位置转换方面的结果褒贬不一。博·比舍特（Bo Bichette）无缝衔接到了三垒，但希望担任一垒手的豪尔赫·波兰科（Jorge Polanco）因伤被限制在指定击球手（DH）位置。

目前最好的猜测是比舍特将回到三垒，因为他很有可能选择执行（opt in）一份为期两年、金额$84 million的合同，且还有一个第二次选择退出（opt-out）的机会，尤其是考虑到集体谈判协议（CBA）的不确定性。

就像在白袜队担任一垒强棒并大放异彩的村上宗隆一样，曾获得中央联盟MVP且OPS为1.026的佐藤，根据球探的说法，拥有“强大的击球爆发力”，但在三垒位置上“存疑”。洋基队、道奇队和费城人队也与佐藤有关联。不出所料，大都会队计划拒绝路易斯·罗伯特二世（Luis Robert Jr.）的$20M选择权，并支付$2M买断。A.J. 尤因（A.J. Ewing）将是未来的中外野手。

大都会队的人员仍在表示，计划依然是让临时经理安迪·格林（Andy Green）回到管理层。

亚历克斯·科拉（Alex Cora）应该是大都会队显而易见的外部选择。但费城人队似乎是科拉更可能的落脚点。

费城人队棒球总裁戴夫·多姆布罗夫斯基（Dave Dombrowski）虽然表示他除了费城人队的现状外没有考虑其他事情，但在《邮报》的播客节目《The Show》中称科拉是“一名非常优秀的大联盟经理”、“我的朋友”以及一个“极好的人”。

费城人队可以留用临时经理唐·马廷利（Don Mattingly），其儿子普雷斯顿（Preston）是总经理，但科拉之前仅因向家人承诺夏天休息而拒绝了赛季中的工作，他可能会在费城获得第二次机会。而且如果对方提供机会，既然费城的老板已经很喜欢他，科拉为什么不倾向于他们呢？

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作者：马克·W·桑切斯（MARK W. SANCHEZ）

在29次击球的较小样本量中，斯宾塞·琼斯（Spencer Jones）在面对左投手时取得了25次击球中8次命中，包括两支本垒打、两支二垒安打、一支三垒安打，OPS为1.134。

这位左打强棒在与特别强悍的左投手对阵时，必须证明自己能提供更多，才能留在比赛中。

洋基笔记

在周四一场分差仅为一分的比赛第八局中，主教练亚伦·布恩（Aaron Boone）用右打的赫利奥特·拉莫斯（Heliot Ramos）替换了琼斯，以应对西雅图队的左投手何塞·费雷尔（José Ferrer），后者是目前联盟中在限制左打方面最出色的救援投手之一。

“我们启用赫利奥特·拉莫斯的原因之一就是他在面对[左投手]时的表现，”布恩在谈到这名交易截止日引进的球员时说道。拉莫斯在这次机会中击出地滚球出局，且在洋基队的开局并不理想（2-for-25）。

布恩表示，他没有考虑让琼斯留在场上，琼斯在周三表现强劲，但在周四这场1-0的比赛中0-for-3且有一次三振

斯宾塞在比赛后期被换下，由拉莫斯对阵左投

这场失利中，他被换下以面对费雷尔。在进入比赛前，费雷尔在109次打席中将同样是左投的球员限制在.553的OPS且零本垒打，而右投则对他造成了巨大威胁（OPS .913，五次本垒打）。

就此而言，布恩表示费雷尔很“独特”，因为他“在面对右打者时确实非常吃力”。

这正是总经理布赖恩·卡什曼在引进这位前巨人队球员时可能预想到的场景——拉莫斯在面对左投时的打击率为.271，OPS为.795，因此成为了布恩在琼斯和保罗·戈尔德施密特之上的选择。但在八月的一场比赛中，这并未奏效。

➤ 在取得2-for-4、贡献两分后

请就座： 斯宾塞·琼斯在周四比赛的第六局在休息区观看，随后在第八局被换下，由代打赫利奥特·拉莫斯面对马里内拉的左投何塞·费雷尔。

周三，乔治·隆巴多二世被提升至出场顺序第五位，结果0-for-4且有一次三振。在他大联盟生涯的前七场比赛中，他的打击顺序一直处于第六到第九位。

布恩淡化了这次位置提升，将其归结为他

“试图创造一点平衡的执念”。这位右打者被安排在左打者路易斯·加西亚二世和贾兹·奇索姆二世之间，使得该阵容在第4-9号位实现了左右手交替。

无论如何，布恩需要一名右投提升位置，

并在何塞·卡巴列罗和阿里·桑切斯之间选择了隆巴多。“他的击球方式非常出色，”布恩在谈到隆巴多时说道。

➤ 布恩表示，吉安卡洛·斯坦顿和科迪·贝林格在过去两天都进行了跑垒训练——这通常是进入康复训练计划的重要一步——目前情况良好。

布恩拒绝透露两人的下一步计划，并表示组织尚未决定斯坦顿（自四月起因两次小腿拉伤缺阵）是否需要进行康复训练。

➤ 卡洛斯·罗东在第二次康复首发中投了4 1 / 3局，无失分，投球数58球（41球为好球）。在为双A萨默塞特队效力期间，罗东在允许两次安打和一次保送的同时，完成了七次三振。

➤ 耶里·德洛斯桑托斯（1 2 / 3局无失分，三次三振）在今年的八次出场中，有七次没有允许对方获得得分。

➤ 洋基队在赛前举行了一场仪式向戈尔德施密特致敬，他是本赛季球队的“心与拼搏奖”（Heart and Hustle Award）提名者。该奖项“每年颁发给一名展现出对棒球运动热情，并最能体现该运动价值、精神和传统的现役球员”。

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作者：DAN MARTIN

随着大都会队周五返回 Citi Field 球场开启对阵国民队的系列赛，他们将开始一段在皇后区进行接下来的五场系列赛中的四场比赛的赛程。

这很难说是好消息，因为他们在周四进入比赛时，拥有该项运动中第三糟糕的主场战绩——仅好于奥克兰运动者队及其位于加利福尼亚州西萨克拉门托的小联盟球场，以及华盛顿队。

而且由于球队已完全失去了季后赛竞争力，大都会队的球迷在本赛季剩余时间内选择避开球场——以及电视机——确实是可以被原谅的。

但对于那些愿意在夏季余下时间以及（初）秋季前往球场的人来说，以下是一些值得关注的事项：

留下还是离开？

Bo Bichette 是导致纽约大都会队赛季开局糟糕的原因之一，因为他在休赛期加盟球队后，基本上直到 6 月初才开始找回击球状态。

两个多月后，Bichette 的表现更像他在蓝鸟队大部分时间里展现出的球星水准。

他在客场的表现依然明显优于在花旗球场（Citi Field）的表现，主场 OPS 为 .643，客场为 .730，但此前人们担心他从游击手转任三垒手会对他的打击产生长期影响，目前看来这种担心并未成真。

此外，还有一个关于他选择退出（opt-out）的话题。

Bichette 拥有一个球员选项，金额为 4200万美元，涵盖下个赛季（如果举行）以及 2028。

当他处于赛季初低谷的深渊时，选择退出似乎几乎不可想象，因为他在公开市场上无法获得接近这个数额的薪水。

尽管表现有所提升，但在纽约的首个赛季他依然举步维艰，且球队的表现远低于预期。

但或许随着 Francisco Lindor 和 Juan Soto 在下赛季健康状况的改善，Bichette 能够面对一个强大的阵容，并有机会在进攻端完成一个完整的赛季。

Lindor 回归？

Bichette 不是唯一一名随着赛季推进而状态好转的老将击球手。自 7 月 19, 只有 8 名球员的 OPS 高于 Lindor 的 .961。

本赛季这名游击手依然出现了太多奇怪的心理（以及身体）失误，但由于这名左右开弓的球员在春季经历了钩骨手术，预计他需要一段时间才能找回打击状态。

如果纽约大都会队希望

大都会队虽已失去竞争力，但仍有看点

THE LIPS END

弗拉兴的挫败感： 在从蓝鸟队转会而来后，Bo Bichette —— 今年夏天早些时候曾愤怒地摔头盔 —— 在大都会队的第一个赛季表现不尽如人意。尽管他最近有所进步，但他在赛季结束后可能会选择退出。Charles Wenzelberg / 纽约邮报

在下赛季调整好状态，Lindor 必须延续他近期的表现。

他的防守是其职业生涯中最差的，基本上在任何可衡量指标上都是如此 —— 包括观看比赛的直观感受。

而且在 32, 防守不太可能再有所提升。

关注焦点

A.J. Ewing 和他的新秀队友 Carson Benge 一样，在攻防两端继续给人留下深刻印象。尽管许多人对 Ewing 在交易截止日后仍被安排在左外野（为了让 Luis Robert Jr. 担任中外野）感到惊讶，但许多球探并不在意。

“他就是一个运动员，我认为在防守位置上的变动不会影响他的发展，”一名美国联盟球探表示。“他在小联盟没怎么打过那个位置，现在他们知道把他放在左外野也没问题。”

他的击球表现比 Benge 稍微不稳定一些，但自 Ewing 在 5 月被召回以来，两人的盗垒数在所有新秀中均排名前五。

在合格击球手中，除了 Juan Soto，Ewing 拥有球队最高的主场 OPS (.810)。

下一场：对阵国民队

周五，晚上 7:10，PIX11，WHSQ (880 AM)

右投 Robert Stock

2026 stats: 0-2, 10.13 ERA

Career vs. WSH: 0-0, 4.50 ERA

Last start: 周六，客场对阵 PIT； 3.0 IP, 9 H, 8 ER

投球分析

29% Cutter 26% 4-Seamer 23% Sinker

后续赛程

周六： 对阵国民队，下午 4:10，SNY, FS1, WHSQ 左投 Sean Manaea 对阵 待定 (TBD)

周日： 对阵国民队，下午 1:40，SNY, WHSQ 右投 Christian Scott 对阵 右投 Jake Irvin

伤病报告

■ Austin Warren 在三 A 锡拉丘兹队的轻伤康复赛中连续两场比赛没有失分。这名右投自 7 月初起因前臂拉伤而缺阵。

年轻枪手

目前，Christian Scott、Nolan McLean 和 Zac Thornton 分别被安排在周六、周日和周一先发。

左投 Andrew Alvarez

2026 stats: 2-3, 3.76 ERA

Career vs. NYM: 0-1, 7.36 ERA

Last start: 周六对阵 CIN； 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER

投球分析

30% 曲球 28% 四缝线快速球 24% 滑球

这三位年轻的投手展现出了潜力，尽管过程中也出现了一些波动：Scott 在过去四场先发比赛中的防御率（ERA）为 5.30。McLean 在之前的 10 场出场中曾有 9 场没有被击出本垒球，但在过去四次出场中被击出了 5 支本垒球。

Thornton 是该组中关注度最低的一位，在过去三场先发比赛中仅完成了 7 次三振。

在牛棚方面——在交易截止日因 Luke Weaver、Brooks Raley、A.J. Minter 和 Huascar Brazobán 的离队而导致阵容空虚，且现在 Devin Williams 又遭遇肩伤之后——纽约大都会队将希望有人能脱颖而出，成为赛季剩余时间里可靠的投手人选。

他们之中会有人是 Kodai Senga 吗？

考虑到他的过往记录，这似乎不太可能。

Nate Lavender 到目前为止在 3 1 / 3 局中完成了 5 次三振，仅允许 3 个跑者上垒。这位 26 岁的球员是纽约大都会队在 2021 年第 14 轮选中的球员。

► Chris Devenski——一年前曾为纽约大都会队出场 13 场（包括一次先发）——现已回到该组织，并在周三为 3A 级锡拉丘兹队投了一局无失分。这位 35 岁的右投手上周被海盗队指定转让（DFA）。

dan.martin@nypost.com

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作者：马克·W·桑切斯 (MARK W. SANCHEZ)

在周三用尽了他们每周的得分额度后，洋基队在一天后的下午彻底失去了进攻能力。

如果说周二那个四分的大局和周三那个10分的比赛看起来像是洋基队进攻觉醒的开始，那么到了周四，这群人再次显得昏昏欲睡。

水手队 洋基队

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这或许是洛根·吉尔伯特（Logan Gilbert）效应，但无论原因如何，洋基队在布朗克斯 41,842 名观众面前以 1-0 告负，本赛季第七次被零封，未能完成对水手队的横扫。

在光芒队休息的一天里，洋基队 (68-53) 在前往多伦多和巴尔的摩之前，在美联东区落后幅度扩大至赛季最差的 6 1 / 2 场。

像这场系列赛收官战这样的比赛——洋基队最终仅获得四次安打，得点圈机会 0-for-5，并目睹了马克斯·弗里德（Max Fried）甚至他们的“B组”牛棚（瑞安·亚伯罗（Ryan Yarbrough）、耶里·德洛斯·桑托斯（Yerry De los Santos）和费尔南多·克鲁兹（Fernando Cruz））的出色发挥——对于一支在核心击球手受伤且得分不足的球队来说，已经变得司空见惯。

然而，他们竟然在过去 29 场比赛中赢了 18 场，在每一次惊险的胜利和狭窄的失败中苦苦支撑。

“每天都像是在打季后赛，它

洋基队在系列赛开局爆发后再次被零封

耶尔出局！ 特伦特·格里舍姆（Trent Grisham）在尝试将安打延长为二垒安打时被触杀——在球队阵容经历几次爆发后出现严重下滑的情况下，这是洋基队仅有的四次安打之一。贾兹·奇索姆二世（Jazz Chisholm Jr.，右）是罪魁祸首之一，4次机会0次安打，且有3次三振。Robert Sabo; Charles Wenzelberg / NY Post

“感觉就像这样，”经理亚伦·布恩（Aaron Boone）在谈到一支过去三场失利比分为1-0、2-1和3-1的球队时说道。“街上有人跟我说：‘嘿，情况会好转的。’”

“我就说：‘我们表现还行。’”在几乎每场比赛都难分胜负的漫长时期里，俱乐部休息室里的口号是，这些焦虑在以后会有所帮助。

“像这样的比赛就是战斗，”乔治·隆巴德二世（George Lombard Jr.）说道，他的防守再次令人印象深刻，但进攻端4次机会0次安打，且有一次三振。“10月的比赛就是这样。所以现在就练习寻找赢得这些胶着比赛的方法。”

在对阵西雅图队的前两场比赛中，他们的进攻曾显示出突破的迹象，而西雅图队拥有体育界最顶尖的投手阵容之一，但吉尔伯特（Gilbert，六局，四次安打，七次三振）和水手队的牛棚压制力极强。

在亚伦·贾奇（Aaron Judge）、吉安卡洛·斯坦顿（Giancarlo Stanton）和科迪·贝林杰（Cody Bellinger）在休息区观看的情况下，留下的进攻线没有创造太多机会，而且在少数机会面前也毫无作为。

“我认为在比赛初期，我们面对[吉尔伯特]时有一些不错的击球，从一开始[特伦特]·格里舍姆和[斯宾塞]·琼斯就在第一局击出强力球但被接杀，然后[路易斯]·加西亚 [二世] 在第二局首位击出二垒安打，给了我们很好的得分机会，”布恩说。“但从那之后，我们就没能做出太多贡献。”

在击出二垒安打后，加西亚（唯一一名多次安打的洋基球员）看着隆巴德（界外出局）、贾兹·奇索姆二世（他的三次三振之一）和何塞·卡巴列罗（高飞球出局）接连出局。

他们最好的机会可能出现在第三局，当时阿里·桑切斯（Ali Sánchez）在一次出局后击出了一记沿右外野线切入的安打，随后格里舍姆击出了一球，看起来像是打到了同一区域的二垒安打。但格里舍姆的惯性使他冲入并短暂离开了二垒基地，水手队的挑战显示他在离开基地时被触杀。在本·赖斯（Ben Rice）击球出局后，桑切斯被留在三垒。

直到第七局，没有其他洋基球员进入得分位置。当时卡巴列罗通过保送上垒，因对方失误到达二垒并盗垒至三垒，与瑞安·麦克马洪（Ryan McMahon）的保送共同形成了一次进攻机会。但代打的阿梅德·罗萨里奥（Amed Rosario）成为了第三个在水手队自动球好系统挑战中被三振出局的洋基击球手。

马克斯·弗里德（Max Fried）付出了稳健但不够高效的努力，这在结果面前被浪费了。他在五局中仅丢一分，允许五次安打和两次保送，但在88球的下午比赛中，投球好球数不足（55）。

他唯一的瑕疵是第二局面对韦斯顿·威尔逊（Weston Wilson）的一次2-2速球，后者精准击球，将球轰向左外野，击出一支本垒打。在本赛季弗里德的前14次先发中，他在面对312名击球手时仅允许一次本垒打。

比赛就这样结束了。这就是洋基队的容错空间。

“我们现在只能硬扛，”布恩在又一次感觉并不像胜利的系列赛胜利后说道。

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寻求答案，贾兹坚信自己不该在板凳上

作者：ETHAN SEARS

在面对水手队的一场糟糕打击表现后，贾兹·奇肖姆（Jazz Chisholm Jr.）在沮丧与自信之间摇摆，他相信自己在赛季最后六周能扭转这个地狱般的赛季，但这位洋基队内野手不愿考虑的一种解决方案就是坐在板凳上休息几天。

“我不认为那样会有帮助，”奇肖姆在周四三次三振（包括在 1-0 输给水手队的比赛中成为最后一个出局者）后表示。“我知道度过任何困境的唯一方法就是继续面对它。我觉得坐下来死磕并不是一个好主意。”

上周五对阵勇士队的比赛中，奇肖姆在面对左投手时被换下由代打顶替，尽管洋基队可能会寻找类似的替代机会，但他同样不喜欢这个想法。

“我对阵左投的数据 [与去年相比] 更好，”他说。“我不认为——比如，为什么要那样。”

奇肖姆对阵左投和右投的打击率相近，但面对左投手时的 OPS 低了近 90 个点。洋基队在通过交易获得赫利奥特·拉莫斯（Heliot Ramos）后也增加了一些右打深度，拉莫斯在周四第八局为斯宾塞·琼斯（Spencer Jones）代打。

至于如何解决他整个赛季的打击困境——他的 .687 OPS 比一年前的 .813 大幅下降，大多数数据也是如此——奇肖姆听起来已经没主意了。当被告知他对变化球的挥空率高达 40% 时，奇肖姆回答道：“我现在面对每一种球的挥空率都是 40%。”

“错过正中央的速球。错过正中央的滑球。我没法告诉你为什么，”他说。“否则我就能击中了。”

奇肖姆表示，他曾与保罗·戈德施密特（Paul Goldschmidt）讨论过几次关于即将成为自由球员的压力，但他声称这并没有像他整体的低迷状态那样让他感到沉重。

考虑到洋基队整体的打击问题（周四再次成为焦点），球队迫切需要奇肖姆尽快解决自己的问题。

“我觉得总体而言，他的挥棒决策是正确的，”经理亚伦·布恩（Aaron Boone）说。“他没有盲目追球。他是有耐心的。但可能，无论是单纯的挥空，还是被击出界外球，或者挥空球的次数比他习惯的要多，他就是一直没能进入那种火热的状态。”

奇肖姆说，那种状态可能会到来。不过，他是否真的相信这一点可能还是个未知数。

“41 场出色的比赛就能扭转一个赛季。这就是我计划要做的事，”他说。“我觉得在心理上，我没有被打败。如果我在心理上被打败了，我想在我看来情况会截然不同，但我没有。我觉得我依然像以前一样优秀。”

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击球手徒劳，弗里德赞赏防守

作者：ETHAN SEARS

马克斯·弗里德（Max Fried）周四的登场表现足够出色，以至于在洋基队最终 1-0 输给水手队的比赛中，他承担 0 责任。

然而，这还不足以让他赛后对自己感到特别满意。

“绝对是一场苦战，”弗里德说道。他投了五局，仅失一分，韦斯顿·威尔逊（Weston Wilson）的一支本垒打是他记录单上唯一的瑕疵。“感觉我的球路不一定是最好的状态，而且有点不稳定。依赖阿里 [桑切斯，捕手] 和防守。我们今天有一些漂亮的防守表现。”

弗里德在五局工作中共投了 88 球，且大部分时间是以诱导击球为主。在开局让兰迪·阿罗扎雷纳（Randy Arozarena）和胡里奥·罗德里格斯（Julio Rodriguez）被三振出局后，弗里德仅让两名水手队球员三振。不过，洋基队的内野防守在他身后表现卓越；根据 Statcast 的数据，水手队在他面前仅击出 6 个强力球。

小乔治·隆巴德（George Lombard Jr.）发起了一次双杀，在另一次双杀中在二垒完成了干净的转接，并在第二局面对布兰登·多诺万（Brandon Donovan）的地面球时做出了一次冲刺拦截，而贾兹·奇索姆（Jazz Chisholm Jr.）当时则在原地等待。

一个 2-2 计数时落在好球区中间的滑球是弗里德当天唯一的真正失误，而且那个球仅以一排座位的之差飞过了洋基体育场的左外野墙。

“确实希望在那次两好球的情况下能把球投回威尔逊的身体附近，”弗里德说。“但总的来说，挺过来了。今天绝对是一场艰苦的比赛。”

如果非要说有什么问题，那就是弗里德投球数过多，这或许让他失去了在比赛中投更深局数的机会。

“我认为在其中几局，他本有机会快速结束，但对方可能通过耐心等待或击出界外球等方式延长了投球数，”经理亚伦·布恩（Aaron Boone）表示。“因此，在一些需要出局的局面下，他在场上的时间变得更长了。”

“我认为[他的]球路依然非常好。几次双杀球对他很有帮助。”

事实上，如果这被定义为“不尽如人意”，那么洋基队会对这位王牌投手的大局前景感到满意。周四是弗里德连续第三场——也是五场中的第四场——失分在 1 分或以下。

“只要能失 1 分并把比赛带入中局，我就愿意接受，”布恩说。“我们只是在进攻端没能发挥出多少作用。但总的来说，我认为他投得相当不错。”

一个失误：在洋基队 1-0 输球的比赛中，马克斯·弗里德在被韦斯顿·威尔逊击出本垒打后低下了头。 Robert Sabo 摄

Montefiore Einstein 纽约洋基队官方医院

■ 卡洛斯·罗东（Carlos Rodón，肘部炎症）周四在 AA 级萨默塞特队进行了第二次康复登场，投了 4 1 / 3 局且未失分。

■ 布恩表示，科迪·贝林杰（Cody Bellinger，腿筋拉伤）和吉安卡洛·斯坦顿（Giancarlo Stanton，小腿拉伤）在周二和周三跑垒时没有出现异常。两人的下一步计划尚不明确。

即将到来

客场对阵蓝鸟队 周五，晚上 7:15，Apple TV, WFAN (660 AM, 101.9 FM)

右投 盖雷特·科尔 (Gerrit Cole)

2026 赛季数据： 6-5, 3.35 ERA 对阵 TOR 生涯数据： 9-2, 2.75 ERA 上次登场： 周六，对阵 ATL： 7 IP, 2 ER, 9 K

球种分布

48% 20% 15% 四缝线速球 滑球 变速球

右投 肖恩·比伯 (Shane Bieber)

2026 赛季数据： 3-2, 5.48 ERA 对阵 NYY 生涯数据： 2-1, 4.11 ERA 上次登场： 周日，客场对阵 PHI： 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER

球种分布

34% 19% 19% 四缝线速球 变速球 曲球

后续赛程

周六：客场对阵蓝鸟队， 下午 3:07，YES, WFAN 右投 凯姆·施利特勒 (Cam Schlittler) 对阵 待定

周日：客场对阵蓝鸟队， 下午 3:07，YES, WFAN 左投 瑞安·韦瑟斯 (Ryan Weathers) 对阵 右投 迪伦·西斯 (Dylan Cease)

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沉闷的《冬日假期》（Netflix）未能兑现其强大主演基兰·辛兹 (Ciarán Hinds) 和莱斯利·曼维尔 (Lesley Manville)（左）带来的期待。 我们的结论：直接跳过

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查理·吉莱斯皮（Charlie Gillespie，最左）将在 2027 年春季播出的《激烈竞争》（Heated Rivalry）第 2 季中饰演特洛伊·巴雷特（Troy Barrett），但对许多人来说，我们第一次接触这位加拿大演员是在《朱莉与幽灵》（Julie and the Phantoms，Netflix）中担任主角之一。该剧讲述了青少年朱莉的故事，她是一位才华横溢的音乐家，但在母亲去世后失去了对唱歌的热情。

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《麦克比王朝》明星艾莉·埃克隆德（Allie Eklund）深知她必须公开史蒂文·麦克比二世（Steven McBee Jr.）的短信内容

作者：凯伦·凯默勒（KAREN KEMMERLE）

没有任何准备能让艾莉·埃克隆德应对她在 Bravo 频道真人秀《麦克比王朝：真正的美国牛仔》（The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys）中的首次尝试。这位社交营销专家 / 网红完全没有想到，她与该剧明星史蒂文·麦克比二世的恋情会以那样的方式结束——他公开且虚假地指控她在 Stagecoach 音乐节期间出轨。为了洗清自己的名声，埃克隆德被迫公开了他们的短信记录，而这些记录同时也揭露了麦克比粗鲁且令人不安的语气。

尽管埃克隆德和麦克比已不再在一起，但两人必须在《麦克比王朝》Season 3 中回顾他们关系初期的日子。不过，埃克隆德对麦克比及其家人并没有任何怨恨。“我试着以欣赏和感激的心态回顾所有经历，”埃克隆德说道，“我们一起创造了一些美好的回忆。”然而，回顾两人之间发生的一切对她来说很有意思。在谈到本季的进展时，埃克隆德透露道：“你会看到我对某些我认为被隐瞒的事情逐渐觉醒。”

幸运的是，埃克隆德有很多事情可以分散注意力，让她不必沉溺于过去的戏剧性冲突中。她的家族牧场——

EEE 牧场——让她非常忙碌，她的新服装和家居用品系列也是如此。EEE Mercantile 是由埃克隆德和她的姐姐主导的一个热爱项目。“这最初是我和家人的一项爱好，但我们很快意识到我们的产品有市场，”埃克隆德说，“我们的商品线已经扩大，团队也在增长。”

DECIDER：艾莉，感觉自从拍摄《麦克比王朝》Season 3. 以来，你仿佛经历了好几段不同的人生。今天你如何回顾那段经历？

艾莉·埃克隆德： 我觉得总的来说我经历了好几段人生，但自从拍摄以来确实经历了 3 [笑]。我试着以欣赏和感激的心态回顾所有经历。

秉承你的创业精神，你拥有一个与家族牧场相关的服装和家居用品系列。能给我们更新一下近况吗？

这是我们过去五六年一直在努力的事情。我的职业生涯始于在线销售和社交销售。这个热爱项目是其自然延伸。这最初是我和家人——特别是我的姐姐——的一项爱好，但我们很快意识到我们的产品线有市场。它已经扩大，我们的团队也在增长。我们的产品还进驻了德克萨斯州几家 ACE Hardware 门店。这非常令人兴奋。

很高兴在这么多戏剧性事件发生时，你有事情能让自己忙起来。很多人在议论，在你踏入麦克比农场拜访史蒂文之前，你的团队就已经在谈判你的合同了。回顾发生的一切，你觉得自己的行为得到了证明吗？

是的。在我去麦克比农场之前，史蒂文曾多次在纳什维尔拜访我。到那时我们已经聊了一个月左右，但随后他必须投入拍摄。他想让我去拜访。自然地，对于任何新型的商业风险投资，我都有一个需要咨询的团队。我有必须保护的既有业务。

在史蒂文公开指控你在 Stagecoach 出轨后，你在 Instagram 上发布了他发给你的那些短信。为什么你觉得在社交媒体上分享这些很重要？

他在我们进行真正的沟通之前就发布了关于我的帖子。当时我有大约 $50,000 的品牌合作协议面临风险，因为网上流传的种种戏剧性传闻，这些合作有被取消的危险。我发布这些信息是为了专门回应他对我的指控，因为我觉得展示我对情况的看法很重要。

我当时无计可施。在那一刻我没有其他选择。我必须做出回应，并证明他的指控是虚假的。我会鼓励我的姐妹们、朋友们、家人，或者任何其他女性，采取任何必要的手段为自己辩护。史蒂文不习惯女性为自己挺身而出。我已经立场坚定地拒绝了。现在回想起来，我很庆幸自己那样做了。

当下热门

想了解《The Lowdown》Season 2 的内幕吗？贝蒂·吉尔平 (Betty Gilpin，最左) 和汤米·李·琼斯 (Tommy Lee Jones) 在本季加入了主演伊桑·霍克 (Ethan Hawke，左) 的行列。该剧将于 10 月 14 日在 FX 和 Hulu 首播。

新剧速递

HBO / HBO MAX 平台

《Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes》托马斯 (Thomas) 的第 2 部 HBO 单口喜剧特辑（左）。

NETFLIX 平台

《Don't Say Good Luck》一部关于成长的剧情喜剧。

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《角斗士》 (Gladiator)： 5:15 p.m. 在 PARSHO 播出。罗素·克劳，华金·菲尼克斯。一名前罗马将军决定向腐败的皇帝展开复仇。

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《最危险的渔业》 (Deadliest Catch)： 8 p.m. 在 DSC 播出。由于连续的受伤困扰着“西北号”的甲板船员，西格 (Sig) 和索菲亚 (Sophia) 两位船长调整了他们的捕鱼策略。

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《王牌大侦探》 (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)： 8 p.m. 在 VHL 播出。金·凯瑞，肖恩·杨。一名专门研究动物的古怪侦探寻找一只失踪的吉祥物。

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How hospitals profited from pushing minors to 'gender care'

A new HHS report, "Wolves in White Coats," says hospitals nationwide, including Mount Sinai in New York, pushed $120 million in transgender drugs and surgeries on minors, sometimes billing Medicaid under fraudulent labels. Clementine

Breen (right) says she was fast-tracked into puberty blockers at age 12 by Children's Hospital in Los Angeles despite needing therapy.

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It's a viral theory made true. A DNA analysis of mummies in Chile has confirmed the long-standing theory that European colonists brought smallpox to the Americas, unleashing a plague that decimated native populations, per a study in the journal Science.

"We interpreted this as the first direct molecular evidence of smallpox introduction into the Americas through European colonization," said study author Shigeki Nakagome at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, New Scientist reported.

Historians believe that the infection killed 95% of the Americas' indigenous inhabitants, paving the way for their conquest at the hands of Europeans, according to historian Matthew Ward of the University of Dundee, Smithsonian Magazine reported.

Now, Nakagome and his team have found evidence of this inadvertent bioweapons campaign after revisiting bone samples collected from a repository at Camarones in northern Chile.

Gene analysis of the mummified skeletons of two people interred at the site during the Spanish colonial period revealed traces of ancient smallpox that were similar to the European strains.

This marked the first evidence of the disease in that region.

It would also help explain the lesions found on the mummies, which had previously been attributed to arsenic exposure. Ben Cost

Blood cancer Rx approval

The FDA approved Bristol Myers Squibb's oral combination treatment for patients with a rare form of blood cancer whose illness had relapsed or not responded to other treatments, the health regulator said.

The drug, iberdomide, with brand name Zenbexus, is given in combination with J&J's Darzalex and dexamethasone, a prescription medication used to reduce inflammation.

Iberdomide was being tested in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell that builds up in the bone marrow.

Full approval for the drug for this condition will be contingent on the verification of clinical benefit in the confirmatory trials, Bristol said.

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KEN IT HAPPEN? The first "Barbie" film earned $1.4 billion, so stars Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie want huge paydays for a sequel.

Talks stall over pay

By ERIC TODISCO

Margot Robbie made a whopping $50 million from starring in and producing "Barbie," according to a new report, and could make even more off a sequel — if it ever happens.

Sources told Variety that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has refused to pay the salaries demanded for the core "Barbie 2' team, which includes Robbie, 36, her co-star Ryan Gosling, director Greta Gerwig and Gerwig's co-writer husband, Noah Baumbach.

The studio has allegedly made more than six offers in the last three years since "Barbie" came out, but they've all been rejected.

The latest offer, per Variety, was the highest Warner Bros. studio has ever offered for a filmmaking team. One source described the amount as "life-changing money."

Another source insisted the individual compensation offered to Robbie, Gosling, Gerwig and Baumbach is not unprecedented, but the combined figure is "historic."

The offer includes "pay bumps in upfront fees and generous increases in back-end participation" for the core team of four, minus Baumbach, who would only get "a fee hike."

Gosling, 45, is reportedly asking for $20 million to reprise his Oscar-

Oscar-nominated role as Ken in the sequel.

One insider claimed that if Warner Bros. can't reach an agreement with the foursome, the "Barbie" movie rights will go to toy company Mattel, who can license the brand to another studio.

Aside from confirming Robbie's "Barbie" payday, sources told Variety that Gerwig, 43, made "tens of millions of dollars" from the 2023 film.

Sequel idea in place

Gerwig and Baumbach have an idea for a sequel, Variety confirmed, but the couple reportedly won't tell Warner Bros. about the concept or start writing it until the contracts are signed.

After "Barbie" earned $1.4 billion worldwide, the team — including Gerwig — spoke about the possibility of making a sequel.

"My North Star is 'What do I deeply love? What do I really care about?' Like, 'What's the story underneath this story?' the filmmaker said at Time's Women of the Year event in March 2024.

"And I think with 'Barbie,' the story underneath this story was I loved 'Barbie.'' Gerwig continued. "If I find the undertow, then we get it. If I don't find an undertow, there's no more."

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HOSPS IN $120M

Run up billing via US minors

By CHRIS NESI

US hospitals and clinics have billed out nearly $120 million in gender-related medical treatments to minors since 2019, putting thousands of children on an expensive and irreversible treadmill requiring lifelong upkeep — with the blessing of doctors and lefty politicians.

The bombshell report from President Trump's Department of Health and Human Services also claims insurance fraud is rampant, with evidence suggesting pediatric gender clinics and children's hospitals are creatively cooking the books to get young patients treatment.

Those with the highest billings — which encompassed more than 5,500 surgical procedures and 8,500 courses of hormone treatments — were some of the largest children's hospitals in the country, including Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and Boston Children's Hospital, HHS found.

The unsettling findings have prompted the Trump administration to launch a criminal investigation.

'Financial incentives'

The 64-page report, titled "Wolves in White Coats," documents what the agency calls irreparable "harm to America's youth" inflicted over the last decade or so by healthcare providers and hospital systems that have allegedly lined their pockets by promoting costly procedures and treatments for gender-confused minors.

"The policies of President Donald J. Trump have discouraged hospitals from providing these interventions. But how was this madness allowed to fester under

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CASHING IN: Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York billed $8.2M for gender-related care between 2019 and 2023.

America's hospital system?" the report asks in the introduction.

"This report concludes that a litany of political and financial incentives led providers to offer, and indeed urge, the prescription of sex-rejection drugs and surgeries for minors."

HHS points to "financial incentives" as one potential explanation for the explosion in gender-related care for minors — as hospitals sought a way to juice profits in pediatric departments, which typically bring in lower

margins than other specialties.

"Gender clinics changed that calculus by introducing a novel source of revenue: They promised a new stream of continuous revenue for pediatrics, endocrinology and surgical specialties by taking physiologically healthy young people — who otherwise would not need to seek medical attention — and rendering them dependent for life on the medical system."

The report cited watchdog analyses that have found hospi-

tals and clinics have billed almost $120 million in gender-care treatments since 2019 — involving 5,500 surgical procedures and 8,500 courses of hormones or blockers.

Misusing diagnoses

HHS accuses healthcare providers of willfully misusing diagnostic codes — diagnosing patients with endocrine disorder or precocious puberty — to get insurance to foot the bill or to

protect a patient's privacy.

Youths being typically healthier than the general public and requiring less and less frequent medical care means fewer organic opportunities to provide pricier treatments — unless you manufacture them.

Citing claims data from a comprehensive 2022 report spanning nearly three decades, HHS writes that annual healthcare spending for a child under 18 averaged around $3,000, far less than a lifetime of hormone treat-

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GENDER 'SCAMS'

Soren was a teen when she began feeling distress about her body and gender identity.

Like many others, she turned to the internet, where she found communities that framed gender transitioning as the only "appropriate response" to her feelings. And when she ended up talking to a doctor about the issue, Soren was placed on testosterone with an array of specialists from a therapist to doctors and surgeons treating her for gender dysphoria — while the teen wasn't presented with any treatment options beyond a "sex-rejection" model.

She began taking testosterone and then received a double mastectomy to remove her breasts — only to begin suffering severe

complications after surgery that left her in pain that she said "I don't think I'll ever forget."

"Despite these negative developments, providers did not initiate a structured reassessment of her treatment plan," a federal report read, noting the support she received after her treatments was almost nonexistent compared with the systems that readily pushed her into the life-altering decisions.

"Soren's experience reflects the imbalance of care for cases like hers," the report read. "While her pathway into sex-rejection medicalization involved coordinated referrals, approvals and interventions across multiple providers, the pathway out involved no comparable system of support."

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ments or a single operation.

According to HHS, hormone therapy costs between $545 a year for androgens and $735 for estrogen and a whopping $16,385 for the far more expensive "puberty blocker" hormone GnRH.

"Lifetime totals for a patient starting as a minor can reach $25,000-$75,000 even without surgeries," HHS writes, citing figures from transgender advocacy group Human Rights Campaign. "When surgeries are included, individual lifetime

spending on surgical interventions can easily exceed $100,000 and approach $170,000."

'Area of growth'

Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and Boston Children's Hospital billed $8.2 million and $6.5 million, respectively, for gender-related care between 2019 and 2023.

HHS notes these sky-high price tags exclude ancillary treatments like banking egg or

sperm cells, voice therapy, hair removal and more.

"In an era of razor-thin pediatric margins and pressure on hospital reimbursements, this new patient cohort — young, insured or Medicaid-eligible and requiring perpetual follow-ups — represented a strategic area of growth," the report notes.

"Endocrinology and surgery departments gained volume and prestige, while hospital administrators gained a reliable revenue line that helps subsidize lower-

margin services." The process for reversing many of these treatments, particularly those undertaken before or during puberty, serves to "further embed the patient in the medical system," subjecting patients to still more expensive treatments, according to the report.

Some patients who have medically transitioned later seek to "detransition," HHS writes.

In tandem with the report's release, the Trump administration announced it was launching a

criminal investigation. "This Administration will not stand idly by while some in the medical community harm our children in search of profit," Vice President JD Vance posted on X Thursday.

HHS writes that evidence indicates health providers may be committing fraud in several ways, including inflated billings, deliberate misdiagnosing or misusing medical coding to defraud private insurance carriers and government programs including Medicaid and Medicare.

CASE STUDY #2 Luke Healy

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These doctors

CASE STUDY #3 Clementine Breen

Clementine was just 12 years old and anxious about her changing adolescent body, while simultaneously grappling with unprocessed trauma from sexual abuse years earlier.

Desperate for an escape, she discovered the idea of transitioning gender in an internet search, and thought it would be the perfect refuge for her puberty fears.

At her first medical appointment at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, which was about an hour long, doctors told Clementine's parents their daughter was '100% trans" and at a high risk of suicide without medical intervention.

Her terrified parents agreed, and she was placed on puberty blockers a month later, then testosterone at 13 before undergoing a double mastectomy at 14. Clementine's

mental health cratered, culminating in a psychotic episode, and she began suffering from insomnia, disordered eating and fits of anger.

Not one of her doctors attributed her symptoms to her undergoing hormone therapy, instead loading her up with psychiatric drugs, according to an HHS report.

Only once she started undergoing serious therapy for her condition did she realize her gender confusion likely stemmed from her sexual abuse, and she stopped taking testosterone at 18. But her body was left a wreck, full of pain and irregular menstruation cycles, and requiring estrogen to reverse the damage.

Jordan B. Peterson/YouTube

US united on trans in sports

Almost three-quarters of Americans don't want trans women competing against female athletes in sporting events and vice versa — with both Republicans and Democrats united on the issue, a new poll has found.

Seventy-three percent of US adults surveyed were uncomfortable with "transgender athletes competing on sports teams that don't match their

sex at birth," according to an analysis from Pew Research Center released on Tuesday.

Just 13% of adults said they were extremely or very comfortable with trans athletes competing against those who align with their gender identity, while 14% said they were somewhat comfortable.

Republicans and Democrats both agreed on the issue, although to different degrees,

with 91% of conservatives and 55% of progressives admitting they are uncomfortable with it.

Men and women were also in agreement on the issue, with the majority of both sexes admitting they were not comfortable with it.

Seventy-seven percent of men and 69% of women were against the idea of trans athletes competing with those born a different sex. Anthony Blair

Admiral BRIAN CHRISTINE, MD & DR. AARON KHERIATY

CLEMENTINE Breen was only 14 years old when she underwent a double mastectomy. Breen was put on puberty blockers at age 12 after she expressed discomfort with her changing body and started questioning her sex.

By 13, with the help of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, she was on testosterone, chemically altering her body to resemble a boy. The mastectomy, at 14, was simply the next stop on a treatment track she'd been riding since she was barely old enough to understand what any of it meant or the lifelong complications she might face.

At 18, Breen transitioned back to her biological sex after receiving therapy for childhood sexual abuse.

But seeking care for her de-transition brought scrutiny instead of support: a breast reconstruction consultation turned into repeated questioning of her psychological stability — scrutiny she did not face when requesting a mastectomy at 14 — and one of her former doctors cut off communication entirely once he learned she was transitioning back.

Many complications

Breen still lives with complications from the interventions she underwent as a teenager. She has irregular, untrackable menstrual cycles, severe cramps and hormonal instability, chest pain during menstruation and vaginal atrophy requiring topical estrogen. One OB-GYN admitted that no standard care plan exists for someone with her history.

Breen's story is one of thousands: Children steered toward irreversible medicalization on

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operate immorally.

the promise it would fix them and who were then left to face the damage alone.

As physicians ourselves, we cannot read Breen's story without thinking of the oath we took at the beginning of our careers, one built on the basic principle that a doctor's first duty is to do no harm.

That oath is meant to guide every care decision and ensure patients can trust that doctors have their best interests at heart, especially, as in Breen's case, when the patient is too young to fully understand the decisions being made for her.

Yet physicians' betrayal of their patients' best interests goes beyond mere pressure and influence.

'Insurance fraud'

A new report published by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, titled 'Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of Gender Medicine,' reveals healthcare professionals profited off pediatric sex-rejecting procedures by setting vulnerable children on a lifelong path of medicalization.

Such a lucrative revenue stream was not confined to a handful of bad actors, however. The report documents examples from clinics in multiple states, housed within major academic medical centers, large private hospital systems — including some of the top-ranked children's hospitals — and community clinics, many of them enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare programs that serve children.

For the doctors and institutions involved, the financial upside was substantial.

For example, a single mastectomy nets a provider more than $12,000 from insurers, and so-called 'bottom surgeries' can cost well over $100,000 once staged procedures and follow-up care are factored in.

One watchdog database tracking billing for minors found

Admiral Brian Christine

Betrayal of oath for profit and politics

nearly $120 million in charges nationwide since 2019, spanning thousands of surgeries and courses of hormones and puberty blockers.

Some institutions profited more than others. Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and Boston Children's Hospital were among the top-grossing providers nationwide, billing more than $8 million and $6.5 million, respectively, for these services to minors between 2019 and 2023.

Worse, the report presents evidence that providers secured insurance coverage for these procedures through potentially

fraudulent means, systematically diagnosing minors with conditions they did not have — endocrine disorders or precocious puberty — in order to justify coverage for treatments like breast removal and hormone therapy that insurers otherwise would have denied.

'Criminal liability'

The report's own analysis of a nationwide insurance claims database shows that between 2015 and 2025, private and public insurers were billed nearly $50 million for puberty blockers pre-

prescribed to children ages 9 to 17 under an endocrine disorder diagnosis, a code that a separate Manhattan Institute analysis found rose 30% among minors between 2020 and 2022.

The pattern is even starker with the diagnosis of early onset, or precocious puberty. Insurers, including Medicaid and Medicare, were billed nearly $11 million for puberty blockers prescribed to hundreds of patients between ages 13 and 17 under that diagnosis, even though by definition no one 13 or older can actually have precocious puberty. These findings expose the

providers and institutions involved to potential civil and criminal liability.

None of this happened in a vacuum. Hours after his inauguration in 2021, then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order declaring it the policy of his administration to combat discrimination based on so-called 'gender identity,' directing every federal agency to act accordingly.

Biden's HHS followed within months, announcing it would treat any refusal to provide or cover sex-rejecting procedures by doctors, hospitals or insurers as a form of illegal sex discrimination.

Doctors strong-armed

That pressure was echoed and reinforced by medical associations like the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the Endocrine Society, whose guidelines, which were not grounded in scientific evidence, gave political dictate the appearance of settled science, leaving doctors who might otherwise have exercised caution at risk of professional censure.

As physicians, we entered this field believing that our first obligation was to the patient in front of us, not to the prevailing political consensus. It is long past time for our profession, and the political and academic institutions that govern it, to reckon with how badly that trust was betrayed and to hold accountable the doctors, hospitals and policymakers responsible.

Clementine Breen cannot get her body back. But the thousands of children still ahead of her deserve a medical system that puts their well-being above ideology, profit and political pressure. That work starts with honesty about what happened — and it starts now.

Admiral Brian Christine is the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services and worked with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty on the 'Wolves in White Coats' report.

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'Choke' con guilty.

Bx. officer in 'Floyd' law conviction axed

By JOE MARINO and AMANDA WOODS

A Bronx cop was found guilty Thursday of strangulation and using a prohibited chokehold — the first time an NYPD officer has been convicted under the city's post-George Floyd ban of the restraint tactic, the district attorney's office said.

Officer Omar Habib — who had been on the job since 2007 — was fired after a jury convicted him of wrapping his arms around an arrested man's neck, causing him to lose consciousness, on July 28, 2023, according to authorities and prosecutors.

He was found guilty of second-degree strangulation — a violent felony that could land him in prison for seven years — in addition to third-degree assault and unlawful methods of restraint, according to the Bronx DA's Office.

This marks the first time an NYPD cop was convicted under the third charge — a misdemeanor that falls under New York City Statute 10-181, making chokehold use by police officers illegal.

The reform was sparked by Floyd's police-involved death in Minneapolis in 2020.

Habib and other officers were attempting to arrest Lord Nymaah, who got into a fight at an Eastchester Road catering-hall

party and began punching the bathroom mirrors, Assistant DA Michael Naughton said at trial, according to Gothamist.

Nymaah said his hand was cut so badly that blood soaked through his shirt that he used to wrap the wound. And while he was in the back of an ambulance, Habib attempted to cuff him.

'Drunk and disorderly'

Nymaah was 'drunk and disorderly and refused to be placed under arrest,' Bronx prosecutors said.

Habib, assigned to the 47th Precinct, then placed Nymaah 'in a chokehold so tightly, it impeded the man's breathing and circulation, resulting in his temporary loss of consciousness,' prosecutors said.

'I said, 'Why are you choking me?' 'Nymaah testified. 'He said, 'No one is choking you.''

The officer's defense attorney, Jacob Weinstein, argued that evidence does not indicate Nymaah lost consciousness because of Habib's actions, Gothamist reported. And if that was the case, the offi-

cer never intended that outcome, according to the attorney — who during the tense ordeal contended his client 'did exactly what he should have done.'

Following the incident, Habib was reassigned to the PSA 5 Viper unit, overseeing surveillance footage in NYCHA complexes, online records show.

But as of Wednesday, he was officially dismissed from the department, the NYPD confirmed.

Habib had a slew of complaints and allegations leveled against him over the years — including for the use of physical force, abuse of authority and discourtesy, public records show. He has also been named in six lawsuits, which resulted in a total payout of $854,000.

Patrick Hendry, president of the Police Benevolent Association, blasted the decision.

'This verdict is just further proof of a grim reality: every second police officers spend on this job puts them at risk of criminal prosecution, and pervasive anti-police propaganda has made it incredibly difficult to receive a fair trial based on nothing but the facts and the law,' the union head said in a statement.

Habib — initially indicted in the case in September 2024 — was ordered held on Rikers Island until his next court date on Sept. 10, for defense motions.

Judge walks it back

ALBANY — New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson was forced to admit he shouldn't have called on voters to oust jurists who believe in 'stupid' long sentences.

Wilson faced a complaint filed by a group of Republican state lawmakers, who said he crossed a line when he told attendees at a CUNY Law School forum earlier this year that voting out hard-nosed judges was 'something you can do for me.'

'I wish I had been clearer,' Wilson wrote to the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, according to its letter ultimately dismissing the complaint.

He said the remarks were a reaction to hearing about an unnamed judge calling a defendant an 'animal' who 'should be locked up' for the rest of his life before sentencing him.

Wilson — who once penned a widely panned legal opinion arguing that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo had the same rights as humans — said he lost control amid 'extreme disgust of the comparison of human beings to caged animals.'

'I should have said that the voters have that ability and should become informed and express their preferences through the electoral process,' Wilson wrote.

Judges must stick to strict rules governing their political statements, one of the bases for the GOP pols' complaint. A spokesperson for Wilson did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

State Sen. Anthony Palumbo (R-Suffolk) said, 'I'm glad to see that Judge Wilson's conduct was addressed.' Vaughn Golden

NJ '$650M fraudster' on FBI wanted list

An alleged New Jersey thief who bilked investors out of more than $650 million has been named one of the FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters — the first Garden State resident to appear on the infamous list. Fugitive Rey E. Grabato II

is accused of participating in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded some 2,000 investors, hundreds in New Jersey, between February 2018 and January 2022, according to the FBI. The agency is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for in-

formation that leads to Grabato's arrest and conviction. Federal authorities issued an arrest warrant for him in October 2022 and the alleged fraudster has been on the run since. He was acting as president and majority owner of Na-

tional Realty Investment Advisors, LLC — a company he operated with alleged co-conspirators — that misrepresented the value of its investment fund reportedly used to acquire equity interests in companies that invested in real estate assets,

according to the FBI. The fugitive also allegedly participated in a separate scheme to impede the IRS in its efforts to collect approximately $26 million in outstanding tax liabilities owed to the US government. Ella Morrison

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BOLTINHOUSE Axed Miss North Carolina.

'I'm not sorry for N-word'

Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA winner Brittany Boltinhouse emphatically refused to apologize for using the N-word in old social media posts — as she doubled down on claims she was stripped of her title because of her religious and conservative beliefs.

Boltinhouse, 27, is gearing up to file a lawsuit after she was forced to give back the crown over the disturbing posts she is accused of penning between 2017 and 2019.

'I'm going to address those [posts] in my lawsuit. I'm not going to deny them or run from them,' she told the Daily Mail Wednesday.

'But they did not take my crown because of those posts. [It] was because of my political and religious stance.'

'My rights were violated and I'm going to stand up for myself. They defined a narrative and I'm here to redefine that now.'

In a statement provided to The Post, Blaize Productions, which runs the competition in North Carolina and other states, denied Boltinhouse's claims.

When asked if she should apologize for the posts, she arrogantly responded, 'No. Not at all.' Chris Bradford

'Murderer's bid to avoid life in fed case

By LARRY CELONA, JOE MARINO and BEN KOCHMAN

Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday in his federal case tied to his alleged execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — in an apparent bid to dodge a life sentence, sources confirmed to the Post.

The 28-year-old accused killer — who is set to appear at a morning hearing in Manhattan federal court — is charged with two counts of stalking resulting in death stemming from his alleged December 2024 cold-blooded murder of the powerful executive on a Manhattan sidewalk.

Mangione would still likely face a potential life sentence if he were to plead guilty in federal court, but he would hope that US District Judge Margaret Garnett doles out a lesser sentence, according to sources familiar with the matter. The sources cautioned that

Mangione could still decide against copping the plea at any moment before or even during Friday's court appearance.

Double jeopardy

Such a deal could end up crippling a separate state case — where a trial is set to start Sept. 8

BIG DEAL: Alleged healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione (above) is expected to plead guilty in federal court today with supporters like Ashley Rojas and Abril Rios (green top) looking on.

— because of New York's rules against double jeopardy, or being tried twice for the same crime.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office — which has claimed 'primary jurisdiction' in the case because it charged Mangione with the murder first — could still push to take Mangione to trial if it disapproves of the terms of any plea deal.

The preppy University of Pennsylvania grad is charged in the federal case with two counts of stalking resulting in death. Two other counts, including a death-penalty-eligible count of murder through use of a firearm, were tossed, with a judge citing 'legal infirmities.'

The scion of a wealthy Maryland family led authorities on a dramatic five-day manhunt before local cops in Altoona, Pa., finally nabbed him while he munched on breakfast at a local McDonald's.

Prosecutors say he plotted the shocking killing to make a violent political statement, leaving behind bullet casings at the crime scene with the words 'delay' and 'deny' etched into them — echoing a phrase insurers allegedly use to describe dodging paying out claims.

The federal trial, if a plea is not worked out, is tentatively scheduled for early 2027.

lcelona@nypost.com

Beat suspect killer ex-con Pol's kin disputes suicide

A suspect in a caught-on-camera attack on right-wing provocateur Jake Lang is a 'criminal illegal alien from Iraq' who previously served a lengthy prison sentence for a murder in Detroit, according to the feds.

Abbas Abdoush, 57, emigrated to the US from Iraq in 1992 but lost his legal status

when he was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999, a year after intentionally crashing a borrowed van into a woman, according to court records viewed by Detroit News.

Abdoush served more than 15 years and was ordered to be removed from the US in June 2022, accord-

ing to ICE.

However, he was arrested Aug. 2 at the annual Arbaeen celebration in Muslim-heavy Dearborn for allegedly assaulting Lang as the controversial campaigner shouted anti-immigrant, pro-ICE rhetoric through a bullhorn from the sidewalk. Chris Nesi

An Oklahoma state Senate candidate who was found shot to death inside a crashed pickup truck died by suicide — but family members are disputing the official report due to an alleged 'staged' scene.

Barry Christian, a Trump-supporting Republican vying for the District 38 Sen-

ate seat in western Oklahoma, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head on April 30, the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced in a preliminary report Tuesday.

The manner of Christian's death was ruled suicide, a single-page report obtained

by NonDoc said.

The 54-year-old's body was found by a hunter who alerted authorities.

Officials were investigating whether Christian's death was staged after finding his truck riddled with several bullet holes, his family said.

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SCOOP, there it is!

All-year outside dining is back

There's something new on the menu for Big Apple eateries.

The City Council on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to revive year-round outdoor dining in the five boroughs, reversing a three-year-old move to make the perk seasonal.

In a series of measures, lawmakers approved vertical winterization coverings for restaurants and expanded the regs to include roadway cafes — reversing a 2023 vote that made the enclosures seasonal.

"As the summer comes to a close, I'm sure the last thing we want on our minds is the winter months, but restaurant owners are always looking ahead, and we in the Council are looking out for them," City Council Speaker Julie Menin said shortly before the vote Thursday.

"After passing a package of bills on outdoor dining that we're going to be doing today, sidewalk cafes can operate 365 days a year, and for many restaurants, the ability to serve customers outside all year round provides vital revenue," the speaker added.

Menin promised in February that the Council would bring back year-round sidewalk dining.

Hannah Fierick and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

By HANNAH FIERICK

They're on poop patrol. The City Council is waging a war against dog poop — passing four laws aimed at cleaning up the city's rampant pet feces problem on Thursday.

The slate of bills — which passed with a veto-proof majority — includes a mandate to install at least 1,200 dog waste bag dispensers on public trash cans, a three-year PSA campaign and a volunteer poop-pickup program seeking to turn dog waste into compost.

The council's pet project, coined the SCOOP Act, will cost the city roughly $180,000 in fiscal year 2027, in what the body is calling a "modest investment" to curb the poop problem.

"We're trying to attack it from a multitude of different ways, and the proof will be in the pudding," Speaker Julie Menin said at a press conference.

A staggering 2,926 dog waste complaints have been submitted to 311 year-to-date, up 45.5% from the same time last year. A committee report on the bills from 2024 found city pups produce an impressive 500,000 pounds of waste daily.

While other cities like Los Angeles and Chicago have opted to boost fines for irresponsible pet owners, Menin argued that reprimanding lazy pet owners while they're on the go is harder than it looks.

"No matter what the fine was, it was not deterring conduct because there's very little

to no enforcement," Menin said.

"You have to actually catch someone in action, and that can be really challenging to do," she said of the current city policy that fines derelict owners $250 for leaving their dog's mess behind.

But the Department of Sanitation — which is required to oversee the dog waste bag dispensers on public trash bins — claimed they do not have the capacity to restock the bags.

"DSNY simply does not have the resources to routinely re-

stock the bags at any kind of scale," the DSNY claimed in a testimony in May. "And what could be worse than walking your dog, expecting to find bags available and finding an empty dispenser."

The city already does marketing campaigns encouraging pet owners to clean up after their furry friends, but the new legislation will require a public education and outreach program, along with signs at the entrances and exits of all city parks.

A pilot program by Councilman Harvey Epstein will also work with already established volunteers at the city's more than 80 dog-runs to install dog-feces collection bins and compostable waste bags — that will be used for composting and published in a public study.

"We have to use every tool in our toolbox to advance our environmental policies and this is just one piece of a large puzzle," Epstein said.

hfierick@nypost.com

City's pet project vs. dog poop

SCENT-SATIONAL IDEA: The Big Apple will spend $180,000 in 2027 to clean up the city's dog poop problem. Model Emily Batejkowski walks her dog, poo bag in tow.

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Blake blasts crypto hurdle Don hitting LI to talk crime

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman vowed to repeal New York state's BitLicense regulatory framework if elected to the top job.

"This should be the financial capital of the world," Blakeman said of New York at a press conference at PubKey, a Village dive bar

where you can pay with cryptocurrency.

"And without crypto, it is not the financial capital of the world," he said.

Introduced in 2015, BitLicense is one of the strictest and most comprehensive crypto regulatory policies in the United States — with many critics arguing it cre-

ates significant barriers for companies looking to launch and grow in New York. Firms wanting to buy or sell digital currency in New York state require the license, which can cost upwards of $10,000, making it cost-prohibitive for many startups. David DeTurris and Ella Morrison

President Trump is hitting Long Island on Friday to unveil a new FBI crime report showing the largest year-to-year decrease in violent crime ever recorded, the White House announced.

Trump is planning to tour the Nassau County Police Academy in Garden City

along with GOP gubernatorial candidate and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and then will hold a news conference on the specifics of the 2025 Crime Statistics Report, joined by Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel.

"President Trump prom-

ised to make America safe again, and the data proves he has done just that," said White House spokesperson Lauren Bis. "Unlike Defund-the-Police Democrats, President Trump will always stand with our law-enforcement officers and deliver safer American neighborhoods." Brandon Cruz

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Taylor Swift hit the town in London Wednesday for a girls' night out without her new hubby Travis Kelce, who's at Chiefs training camp. In her first public outing since marrying Kelce at MSG last month, Swift was seen exiting Annabel's, a private members-only club, in a floral purple mindress and heels. Swift hasn't publicly commented about her nuptials, but on Wednesday Kelce called it the "best night of [his] life."

Queen Taylor's purple reign in London

McD'S: YOU WANT SPIES WITH THAT?

Keep dossier on meal data

By ARIEL ZILBER

McDonald's compiled a 515-page dossier on one of its loyalty-program customers — using years of fast-food purchases to predict how often he would return, how much he would spend and even what he was likely to order.

Reece Rogers, a journalist for Condé Nast-owned Wired magazine, discovered the extensive digital profile after requesting the personal data McDonald's had stored about him.

The file revealed a "Minority Report"-style trove of predictions about his future behavior, including that he would visit McDonald's 2.16 times over the next six weeks and spend an average of $13.49 per order.

The fast-food giant calculated Rogers would spend a total of $29.15 over that six-week stretch, according to the report.

The dossier ranked a large Diet Coke as Rogers'

most relevant product based on his past behavior, followed by a Spicy Snack Wrap.

It also slotted his eating habits into oddly specific behavioral categories, including "Food-Led Afternoon Snack" and "On the Go Lunch in a Rush."

McDonald's also assigned Rogers a "Customer Attrition Likelihood" of zero — suggesting the company's algorithm saw little chance he would stop patronizing the Golden Arches.

The massive file contained a detailed history of Rogers' transactions, the offers McDonald's sent him and the loyalty points he accumulated.

Stephanie T. Nguyen, a senior fellow at Columbia Law School's Center for Law and the Economy and former chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission, told The Post she was particularly struck by the types of characteristics McDonald's says it can predict about consumers.

"They say that they can predict a consumer's preferences, their characteristics, their psychological trends, their predispositions, their behavior, their attitudes," Nguyen said. "They even say intelligence abilities and aptitudes."

"How is McDonald's leveraging these psychological profiles about your intelligence and aptitudes to drive repeat customer engagement over time?" she asked.

Joseph Turow, a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication and author of "The Problem with Personalization," said the 515-page dossier "boggles the mind. I mean, that's AI going crazy."

"We ought to be concerned globally. This is one case," Turow said. "Imagine this going on in, you know, hundreds and hundreds of retailers across the United States, right? This is not a one-off."

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THE BATTLE FOR IRAN

By SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN

Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from the War Department about conditions on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln after multiple reports indicate the grind of an extended deployment has taken a severe mental toll on the ship's 5,000 sailors and Marines.

On Tuesday, Navy Times reported that at least two sailors had to be prevented from jumping overboard, while other family members who spoke to the outlet said their loved ones were in a deep funk aboard the Lincoln.

The Wall Street Journal reported that one person actually "went overboard" in early August but was quickly rescued, citing a US official.

Seven months at sea

The carrier began a scheduled seven-month deployment in the South China Sea this past November, but was redirected to the Arabian Sea in January, shortly before the start of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. It has remained there ever since.

Last week, according to MS NOW, more than 200 family members met with acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao to raise their concerns. One military spouse recounted receiving a message from her husband that "he hopes he doesn't wake up tomorrow," an attendee told Stars and Stripes.

"When she can email me, she's definitely down," Shelby Sanders, whose mother is serving on board the Lincoln, told Navy Times. "I think they've had five weeks of nonstop combat operations or something like that, so that makes it really tough to communicate consistently or even know if we'll be able to. It sucks."

Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.), whose district covers part of San Diego County, reported in an X post Aug. 7 that the Lincoln had "moldy showers, broken toilets,

War Dept. takes fire

"We make sure that every ship, every crew, every captain has everything we can provide them at every single moment"

Ray Tschietzky, With Hegseth

SEASICK: The USS Abraham Lincoln deployment is on a grueling deployment with supply shortages and no port-of-call respites amid the Iran war.

Fury at 'overlong' Mideast deployment of USS Lincoln

no hot water for weeks, meals that came down to half a cup of rice and two tortillas," as well as a "ship's store out of soap, deodorant and toothpaste" and "sailors so worn down that, according to one family member, the ship's own doctor warned they need to reach port soon or people are going to start losing their minds."

"Today would be a great day for [President] Trump to fire [War Secretary] Pete Hegseth and replace him with someone who is actually competent," Levin doubled down on X Wednesday. "Every American and every soldier deployed

abroad would be safer for it."

In a Wednesday letter to Hegseth and Cao, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) noted the Lincoln "has not made a port call in over 200 days, setting a record for consecutive days at sea.

Supply shortages

"There have been widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck-safety concerns and disruptions in the mail system, which have caused many care packages en route to the ship to be lost in transit for

months," added Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, demanding the Navy provide its own reporting on conditions aboard the carrier and its assessment of the enlistees' physical and mental readiness to perform their duties.

The Navy told CNN in a statement Thursday: "We have not observed an increase in suicidal ideations or attempts aboard the ship. We take every service member's well-being seriously and have religious, medical and mental-health professionals available to assess and address concerns as they arise."

US officials told the Journal

the conditions aboard the Lincoln aren't unusual for a wartime deployment, while acknowledging that going months without a port call — which allows sailors to rest and regroup as the ship is restocked with supplies — can "weigh on troops."

Hegseth, asked by reporters about the Lincoln, asserted the condition of the ship and the situation of the service members aboard it have been "completely misrepresented."

"We make sure that every ship, every crew, every captain has everything we can provide them at every single moment," he said. "Some deployments are longer than others, and I have more respect and gratitude for those sailors than anybody."

The Pentagon is reportedly preparing to replace the Lincoln with the Japan-based USS George Washington as part of a scheduled Middle East deployment, according to the Journal.

Iran seeks pay for spill it may have caused

Iran is demanding compensation for an oil spill that reached its shores this week — which the regime allegedly caused itself after it attacked a tanker trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Thursday the country was fighting an oil spill along the Strait of Hormuz and claimed that a "foreign

bulk carrier" appeared to be the source.

But the spill was likely from the Minoan Pioneer, a bulk carrier that was attacked by Iran on Aug. 3 while sailing in Omani waters, according to Tanker-Trackers.com.

Satellite images show how the oil spill moved eastward toward Iran's Qeshm Island, with the dark trail spotted near the

coastal village of Shib Deraz.

Nearly 8 acres of coastal area have been affected by the spill, with some 22 acres of water also affected by the spill, according to the Environmental Protection Department in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan.

Baqaei, who did not acknowledge reports that Iran's own attack was to

blame for the spill, suggested it was caused by the actions of foreign companies or governments destroying the Islamic republic's waters.

"This incident is only one visible example of the extensive pollution—both overt and concealed—that has degraded the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, as well as the region's marine ecosystem,

over recent decades, imposing trillions of dollars in damage on Iran's coastal areas," Baqaei wrote on X.

"Who bears responsibility for compensating these damages? Is it the nations that consume the inexpensive energy exported from our region, the shipping insurers, or the aggressors and their partners who have transformed the Persian Gulf and the Sea of

Oman into a theater for military operations and the testing of highly destructive weaponry?" he asked.

Iran's latest demand comes after the Islamic republic insisted the US must pay for damages caused by the current war and last year's July war before the Strait of Hormuz can be reopened.

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Bomb kills Ukr. defector

A former Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia was killed on Thursday when a Russian woman acting on Kyiv's behalf blew him up with a bomb hidden inside a trash bin, officials said.

The 32-year-old Russian woman, who was not immediately identified, allegedly received orders from Ukraine's intelligence network to kill Robert Shageev, an officer in the Kremlin's Black Sea Fleet, according to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

Shageev, a Ukrainian deserter who joined the Russian army after the 2014 annexation of Crimea, was walking in Sevastopol at around 10 a.m. when a trash bin beside him exploded, according to Kyiv and Moscow outlets.

The blast was apparently so loud that residents mistook it for a drone strike, similar to the ones plaguing Russian forces in the area.

The suspected bomber was quickly apprehended, with Russian officials claiming she confessed to the killing.

"Investigators established that she acted on instructions from Ukrainian special services and showed no remorse," Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Kremlin-installed governor of Sevastopol, said in a statement. Ronny Reyes

Brazil eyes tariffs on US

The Brazilian government has opened a process that could result in the adoption of reciprocal measures against the US in response to tariffs recently imposed by Washington on the country's goods, it said in a Thursday statement.

The US government announced tariffs of 25% last month on some Brazilian goods, alleging unfair trade practices, as well as 12.5% tariffs on goods from dozens of nations, including Brazil, linked to allegations of lax enforcement of forced labor bans. Reuters

Surrogate wants baby after abortion ask

By KYRA BRESLIN and NATALIE O'NEILL

The surrogate who refused to have an abortion despite the wishes of the baby's biological parents vowed Thursday to take the legal fight all the way to the Supreme Court — with her lawyer declaring, "She is the mother."

Lincoln Wilson, an attorney for surrogate McKenna West, told The Post she's planning a full-throttle court battle to become the legal parent of baby "Gabriel," who was born in the Dallas area Wednesday.

"She is seeking parentage of the child because she gave birth in Texas, and in Texas if you give birth to a child, it's your child," Wilson said.

Wilson said the reason the baby's LA-based biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, currently have custody is because of a California order he considers "void."

"We think that once that California judgment is removed ... that basically she is the mother under Texas law," Wilson said.

'A hit-man contract'

"We are taking that challenge up through the California courts, and we'll take it up to the US Supreme Court if we have to."

The biological parents had asked that their unborn child be aborted after he was diagnosed with a severe but treatable heart condition earlier this year.

The surrogacy contract between West, a nurse from Alaska, and the biological parents contained a clause that allowed terminations if there was an "anomaly" during the pregnancy.

But after the couple asked West to abort the fetus, she refused and instead traveled to Texas, where she would be recognized as the birth mother under state law.

Wilson said Thursday surrogacy contracts like the one in West's case are common — but likened them to a "hit-man contract."

"These forced abortion clauses

that demand that women have to be required to abort a child at the late term are quite common in surrogacy contracts," he said.

"There's some contracts the law doesn't enforce. Like the law doesn't enforce a hit-man contract," he said.

"This is basically a hit-man contract, and we think that even if you accept a liberal view of abortion

rights, the right to get an abortion also entails the right to not get an abortion."

West currently has no legal authority over the baby to whom she gave birth, under a temporary restraining order filed by the couple.

The restraining order reportedly strips her of any decision-making about the infant's care, including on medical decisions, and bars her

from representing herself as a parent.

Surgeries soon

Wilson said the baby will soon undergo a series of heart surgeries at a hospital with an excellent track record.

"Within a few days, the first of three surgeries will be performed. It's called the Norwood procedure," Wilson said.

The fierce legal battle first began in April after the unborn child was diagnosed with the severe heart condition, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, at 20 weeks.

West, who named the baby Gabriel, was not allowed to see or hold the baby due to the court order. Ahmed and Gilkar have reportedly picked a different name for the boy.

Newborn to biological parents: expert

She may have kept the pregnancy — but she won't be keeping the baby.

The surrogate who crossed state lines to give birth to a baby boy against his biological parents' wishes that she terminate the pregnancy has virtually no legal claim to the child, a reproductive-law attorney told The Post.

"I don't see any reason why these biological parents wouldn't still be the legal parents of this child," Marla Neufeld, a Florida-based reproductive lawyer and host of "The Surrogacy Space" podcast, said of the newborn delivered Wednesday by surrogate McKenna West in Dallas. Less than 24 hours after

his birth, the boy — whom West named Gabriel — was placed in the custody of his biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed.

The Los Angeles couple had asked West, an Alaskan nurse, to terminate the pregnancy after the baby was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome

(HLHS), a severe but treatable heart condition, at 20 weeks. A clause in their surrogate agreement said that if an "anomaly" were found, they could move to abort the pregnancy.

West, a single mom of two, instead bolted to Texas, where she would be recognized as the birth mother under state law.

Most surrogacy agreements include a court-verified "parentage order" establishing the baby's biological parents, regardless of where the surrogate gives birth. Neufeld explained. But a California court has already ruled that Gilkar and Ahmed are, in fact, the baby's legal parents. Georgia Worrell

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By PETER SENZAMICI

The pause is on pause.

Mayor Mamdani's stumbling pied-à-terre tax rollout is back in effect after a surprise appeals court ruling Thursday — but the fight isn't over yet.

The appellate court decision only temporarily lifts a restraining order on the tax issued by a lower court Monday, allowing City Hall to continue with the botched rollout until the full appeals panel considers the case.

Associate Justice Phillip Hom of the Brooklyn Appellate Division signed the order Thursday.

In opposition papers filed Thursday in the appeal case, former First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro — representing three peeved city homeowners suing the city over the rollout — called the Mamdani administration's attempted end run to keep implementing the tax "an astonishing display of chutzpah."

"It is a shame that the city can't own up to its own mistakes and admit that it has badly botched the rollout of this surcharge," Mastro said in a statement.

"Instead, the administration is doubling down, going to court to ensure that it can continue harassing and threatening New York City homeowners who clearly are permanent residents — something the city would know if it would only do its homework."

'Tax the rich' crusade

Mamdani had pushed the tax, which needed approval from the state, as part of his "tax the rich" crusade. Gov. Hochul and state lawmakers pushed through the tax in the spring, and it was to be charged on one- to three-family homes worth at least $5 million and condos valued at $1 million plus that are unoccupied, non-primary residents.

But confusion has reigned over the rollout since, with critics wondering how the city would calculate which property owners should be taxed.

City officials published a database of 900,000 homeowners who might get hit by the tax, with Mamdani seemingly sardonically telling rich residents to "check your mailbox when you're back in the five boroughs, because you've got mail."

The list confused homeowners, with many saying a large chunk of

THE TAXMAN 'MOCKETH': Mayor Mamdani in his infamous April Tax Day video stands on Central Park South mocking billionaire hedge-funder Ken Griffin, who lives there and would be subject to the pied-à-terre tax.

Appeals judge 'unpauses' tax

the listed properties seemed to be outside of the city tax's scope.

The city Department of Finance had mailed out 17,000 notices to homeowners, telling them they could be slapped with the tax unless they requested an exemption. The mess prompted the lawsuit from homeowners who claimed to have incorrectly received notices.

The city, meanwhile, appealed the temporary rollout pause.

Mastro's filing accused the city of "negligence, laziness or intentionality" in ignoring the data at their fingertips to make these tax determinations prior to the scattershot of mailed notices, suggest-

ing that the city may have intentionally hoped to rake in extra cash over a failure to file an exemption by the deadline.

'Ensuring thousands'

"The only reasonable explanation is that the city is trying to ensure thousands more New York City residents who are not liable for this surcharge into having to pay it anyway," Mastro wrote Thursday in a court filing.

"You can't terrorize first and then clarify," Mastro said, "which is exactly what the city is trying to do." Staten Island Supreme Court

Judge Wayne Ozzi raised that very concern in court as he delivered his ruling Monday that the city may have violated the statute by not doing required due diligence prior to sending notices.

"So if they surcharge people who are surcharged only because they didn't file for an exemption, I don't think that's appropriate," the judge said, according to a transcript.

Corporation Counsel Steve Banks cited "sorely needed revenues for the city to help close its generational budget gap" as a harm that could result from the order.

City Hall did not immediately respond for comment.

Boebert son deal for kid abuse

Lauren Boebert's troubled son Tyler Boebert accepted a plea deal in his child abuse case that could see him spend time behind bars, according to a report.

Tyler Boebert, 21, will plead guilty to child abuse/negligence without injury, according to the offer from the Weld County District Attorney's Office in Colorado — which suggested the congresswoman's son spend up to 30 days in jail and serve a year of supervised probation, TMZ reported.

They've also requested that Tyler, a young father, enter a parenting program, according to the court documents.

He is scheduled to appear before a judge at the Garfield County courthouse Aug. 19, court records show.

Tyler (inset), who became a dad when he was 17, was charged with child abuse earlier this year after his 2-year-old son was found wandering around outside of his mother's house for a second time.

Months earlier, he was charged with misdemeanor child abuse, which Lauren Boebert attributed to "a miscommunication on monitoring my young grandson that recently led to him getting out of our house."

Tyler was arrested separately in Colorado Sunday on sexual exploitation of a child and multiple other charges, the Garfield County Sheriff's Office said. Patrick Reilly

Staten Is. 'murder-suicide' Teach's tears at reading fail

A man and a woman are dead after a Thursday morning Staten Island shooting that cops are investigating as a possible murder-suicide, sources tell The Post.

Cops from the NYPD's 122nd Precinct went to a home in Garth Court on reports of a shooting shortly

after 11 a.m. Thursday and made the grisly discovery, the sources said.

In the residence, police found a 39-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the torso and a man, 27, with a head wound, according to police.

They were rushed to Staten Island University

Hospital, where the woman was pronounced dead and the man died hours later, police said.

The victims were not immediately identified, but sources said the two were in a relationship and classified the matter as a domestic incident. Joe Marino and Amanda Woods

A Texas high school teacher was reduced to tears and broke down in front of his class when he realized the seniors he was teaching couldn't complete a writing exercise.

Darius Williams of Houston's Wheatley High School said in an Instagram video Tuesday that his students'

poor literacy skills were too much for him. "I literally broke down in the middle of class," he said.

Williams said he gave his class two paragraphs to read, asked them to complete another sentence, and was stunned when they couldn't. "This is only day two, and I have seniors who

simply cannot read and . . . write," Williams said with tears on his face.

His breakdown came days after it was revealed that a majority of New York City students between third and fifth grades failed their English Language Arts tests last school year.

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Vile book bashing women a new low

RIKKI SCHLOTT

NASTY, misogynist influencer Myron Gaines reaches millions of impressionable young men with his "Fresh and Fit" podcast.

However, his most dedicated fans are treated to an even deeper dive into his anti-woman worldview via his self-published books: "Why Women Deserve Less" and the imaginatively titled 2026 follow-up "Why Women Deserve Even Less."

So much for character development.

Mercifully, they're only a flimsy 84 and 103 pages, respectively. Inside they set out to help the reader avoid "wasting your resources on the unreciprocated romantic pursuit of women to the point it ruins your life."

"The BIGGEST waste of time in a man's life is women," Gaines writes.

"Women have the insatiable desire for attention and will gladly dangle the prospect of sex in front of your face so they can suck away as much of your life as possible."

This from a man who runs a podcast where women with an insatiable desire for attention dangle the prospect of sex in front of viewers, while he talks over them.

Ridiculous read

Frankly, the books are a ridiculous read, offering up advice like stop "being a girl's emotional tampon," whatever that means. But it's an unfiltered peek into the ideology that feeds the fury of the manosphere and has earned Gaines millions of followers.

"Never forget that you are the one who is sane for simply wanting an obedient, pretty woman, and maybe some kids," he writes. "It's society that's lost its mind to

MANOSPHERE MISFIRE: Misogynist influencer Myron Gaines (above with then-girlfriend Angie in a documentary speaking about their "one-way monogamous" relationship) is peddling "Why Women Deserve Less" and its sequel, guides based on paper-thin logic that argue women take advantage of men and their resources.

shame you for that."

More than 1,000 people have reviewed the first book on Amazon, giving it a shining 4.7 out of 5 stars.

"A fine addition to the library, a must have for young and older men," one user wrote.

And another, "My eyes are open about the things which I somehow knew but never wanted to admit."

What sort of wisdom are they finding in the pages? It's even more toxic than the titles suggest.

Gaines waxes poetic about a long-gone time when "women had to find a man and keep him happy" and "had to dote on men, cook for men, have sex with men (even if they didn't want to) and take care of men, all of this lest they cared to die." Yep, die!

He laments that "just as the days of horse-drawn artillery are gone, so too are the days of simply hitting the gym, putting on a nice shirt, and asking that cute girl online out for a date," because "you are fighting in 2026."

"Where sweet, kind, feminine women once were, we now have vapid, arrogant, vindictive, and mean women today," he claims.

One legit point

As ridiculous as the books may be, there is a legitimate subset of young men who consider this sort of manosphere drivel to be forbidden wisdom.

To prove how "disinterested women are in working real jobs and supporting society," he lists the most predominantly female lines of work in the United States, the first of which is preschool and kindergarten teachers. Because who needs them, right?

But perhaps the most problematic feature of his worldview is the way it advises young, predominantly teen male audiences that relationships with women are a net negative, making them suspicious of finding love and forming a family — and ultimately encouraging them to be alone and resentful.

"Without women or children in your life there is only one thing left to live for — yourself. And this has been the whole point of this book," Gaines writes. How fulfilling!

While it's hard to see how anyone could actually have such a dim worldview, it's not all bluff. Gaines walks the walk, living for himself while giving women the bare minimum.

During a cameo in the Netflix documentary "Inside the Manosphere" with Louis Theroux, he appears with his girlfriend, Angie, bragging about their "one-way monogamy" dynamic, meaning she can only be with him but he can have relations with as many women as he wants.

Her ambivalence about the dynamic was evident in her face on screen. And, sure enough, they've reportedly since broken up — proof that living for yourself and disrespecting women only ultimately leaves you bitter and alone.

For all the toxicity, Gaines does make one very legitimate point:

he argues that male-female relations have been so fundamentally turned on their head by a whole number of sociological changes, like dating apps, birth control, feminism and shifting norms, as to be rendered unrecognizable.

The result is a dating scene that's confused, miserable and dysfunctional. This is all true. His mistake is framing it as an "us-versus-them" problem. Gaines literally refers to women as "they" throughout his books.

What he misses is that women aren't the "bad guys" in the search for love. Men and women are not enemies. They're fellow travelers in a radically transformed romantic world.

Finding love today is difficult and confusing for everyone. And treating the other sex as the enemy only makes matters worse. But Gaines has learned nothing is as lucrative as telling boys that the world is stacked against them.

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Bang-er Maine pol

By RYAN KING

WASHINGTON — Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Troy Jackson assaulted another man during a late-night rampage nearly four decades ago, a newly unearthed police report shows.

The March 12, 1988, brawl was apparently over Jackson's longtime love Lana Pelletier, whom records indicate is also his second cousin and with whom the Democratic nominee shares two adult children.

The police report, first reported by the Bangor Daily News, indicates Pelletier told cops at the time that Jackson "pushed her around," a statement she now denies making.

Jackson, then 19, had gone to a home in the town of Fort Kent, located on the Canadian border, at around 2 a.m. on the night in question, according to the report.

'Punch to the face'

After the occupant of the house told Jackson to go away, the report says the future state lawmaker "kicked the door in" and grabbed his rival by the throat before punching him in the face, causing the victim's glasses to leave a cut.

An enraged Jackson then told the unidentified man to "stay away from Lana Pelletier or else." After the victim latched on to Jackson's arm, a friend broke up the combatants.

The police report described Pelletier as Jackson's ex-girlfriend and said she claimed that he shoved her after the fight and that she intended to pursue a "cease harassment" order against him.

There is no indication that Pelletier ever sought the order, and she has disavowed the police account of that night.

"I do not remember making the statements attributed to me, and they are not accurate. This is the

Sen. candidate 'punchy' past

first time I have seen this report from 40 years ago," Pelletier told The Post in a statement.

"Troy and I have built a life and family together, and I know the person he has been through the decades since, both as a caring partner and father."

The 1988 brawl is the only criminal case tied back to Jackson, and the court file has since been destroyed, according to the Bangor Daily News. However, there are indications that he paid $50 to resolve the issue.

"Nearly forty years ago, when I

was 19 years old, I got into a fight with another man. I took responsibility for it then, and I take responsibility for it now," Jackson told The Post in a statement.

Fiery temper

"But let me be clear: I have never been violent with my partner Lana, or any other woman. This happened nearly four decades ago, and I assure Mainers this incident in no way reflects the man I am today or the life I've led in the years since."

Jackson, 58, was nominated by Maine Democrats to face Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) last month after their initial nominee, Graham Platner, dropped out following rape accusations from a former girlfriend.

The Democrat has a reputation for having a hair-trigger temper and previously faced accusations that he chucked a water bottle at a female state Senate colleague during a fiery argument. Jackson's campaign acknowledged the dispute but claimed he did not target the woman with the bottle.

ABDUL EL-SAYED "Blues Clues" parody.

Sayed singin' creepy 'Blue's'

Maybe he needs more time in the thinking chair.

A video of Michigan Senate Democratic hopeful Abdul El-Sayed spoofing "Blue's Clues" and dancing to the 1990s-era children's show took the internet by storm, with many questioning how it could even be real.

Back in June, El-Sayed's campaign pushed out the clip of him jubilantly cosplaying as a "Blue's Clues" host. But the video had largely fallen under the radar until this week, when conservative netizens rediscovered the "creepy" footage.

El-Sayed had used the "Blue's Clues" spoof as a public service announcement to encourage Michiganders to vote by mail.

Social-media users pilloried the video, which was seemingly intended to capitalize on millennials' childhood nostalgia.

El-Sayed won his primary and is set to face off against Republican Mike Rogers in one of the most competitive Senate races this year.

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Left off 'Liz' of Native pols 'Ranking' Dems vs. Dems

WASHINGTON — Forgetting someone, Peggy?

Democratic Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's Senate campaign fundraising operation crowed in an email following her win in Tuesday's primary that she could be the first Native American woman to serve in the upper chamber.

"Friend, in almost 250 years, there's never been a Native woman serving in the US Senate. It's time to change that," read the message. "I'm Peggy Flanagan, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Minnesota."

"I am Ojibwe and a proud member of the

White Earth Nation."

Mischievous critics with long memories pointed out that Flanagan was forgetting about Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who was widely mocked for claiming Cherokee ancestry before and after her election to the Senate in 2012. Ryan King

WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi's daughter and Rep. Jamie Raskin are going scorched earth on the Democratic Party for trying to do away with a bizarre style of voting designed to help the underdog candidate.

The Democratic National Committee gathered

in Austin, Texas, on Thursday to set up rules for the next few elections and vote on a proposal to ban ranked-choice voting.

Ranked choice voting allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference: first, second, third and so forth.

Raskin (D-Md.) said it al-

lows the party to be in closer contact with voters.

But critics complain it is complicated and the candidate with the most votes can lose.

Christine Pelosi, a voting member of the DNC, vowed to vote against the proposed ban.

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By JOE MARINO and MATT TROUTMAN

He didn't hedge his marital bet.

The wife of a billionaire hedge fund mogul has gone to court seeking a $6.2 billion slice of his massive fortune — but he allegedly offered her just $633 million in what is the largest divorce battle in New Jersey history, a report said.

The bombshell breakup between John Overdeck and his wife, Laura Overdeck — who married without a prenup during the infancy of his Two Sigma Investments firm — kicked off Wednesday in a Newark courtroom.

Laura Overdeck is seeking a 35% piece of her hubby's stake in the $80 billion firm, which her lawyer said was worth $6.2 billion, along with hundreds of millions in bonds and equal control of the family foundation, Bloomberg first reported.

However, the wife's camp said, he made her the low-ball offer of $633 million, which they call "as little as possible."

"John Overdeck is trying to put the genie back in the bottle," Laura Overdeck's attorney Theresa Lyons said in court, according to sources.

Years in the making

The heart of the trial — which Lyons noted in court was the Garden State's biggest contested divorce — comes down to whether Laura Overdeck can claim her husband's stake in Two Sigma as a marital asset.

As the company and fortunes grew, John Overdeck conspired with the couple's lawyers to hide assets from his wife as he plotted for divorce over 20 years, Lyons argued, according to the sources.

"John Overdeck is not a man who woke up one morning and decided to divorce his wife," she said, Bloomberg reported.

John Overdeck's lawyer Jonathan Wolfe argued the money was made before the marriage, according to the report.

He contradicted Lyons' claims

of a $633 million payoff offer and said John Overdeck actually proposed a $723 million tax-free equitable distribution to his wife.

He said it was "more than enough to meet the needs of the parties' marital lifestyle," the report states.

He also denied the $6.2 billion figure, saying that a 35% piece of John Overdeck's company shares is worth $4.9 billion.

John Overdeck's lawyers say his wife is not entitled to claim his company stake as an asset since the firm was founded two years before their 2002 nuptials, and was already established in

the hedge fund world.

"The company had done substantial work and managed hundreds of millions of dollars before the parties' marriage," Wolfe said in his opening statement, the report said.

Lyons, however, argues her client was due part of her husband's company stake because Two Sigma had no real assets when the Overdecks tied the knot, sources said. She called the company a "concept of a notion of a company," before their marriage, Bloomberg said.

John Overdeck's Forbes net worth stands at $8 billion, mak-

ing him the 478th richest person in the world, according to the outlet.

Laura Overdeck, who also had experience in hedge funds, founded the Bedtime Math non-profit in 2012.

Power struggle

Their divorce proceedings — which began in 2022 — could also impact the direction of Two Sigma.

John Overdeck and fellow co-founder David Siegel each own roughly half the firm but had a falling out that burst into view in

2023. Their decision to quit as co-CEOs during the next year didn't stop the power struggle.

The outcome of the divorce could end up tipping the firm's balance of power toward Siegel, Bloomberg reported.

Laura Overdeck is also suing Seward & Kissel, her hubby's estate law firm, saying they helped him shield assets, according to Bloomberg.

Attorneys for the Overdecks didn't return or declined requests for comment.

Additional reporting by Peter Senzamici

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Bride-killer's sympathetic dad

Jamie Komoroski's dad sympathized with his daughter in a jailhouse call where she whined about being locked away "so long" for drunkenly mowing down a bride on her wedding day, newly released video shows.

Komoroski, then 25, sobbed in a call with her dad, Charles, in May 2023, a month on from the smash in Folly Beach, SC, that killed

new bride Samantha Hutchinson, 34, and injured her husband, Aric.

"I still just don't know why this had to happen to me," Komoroski complained in a video of the jailhouse call seen by KSLA.

"Because bad things happen to good people, honey," her dad sympathized while calmly puffing on a cigar.

"It's just something that happened to you, and we

are going to deal with it as best as we can, OK," he said, trying to reassure his daughter.

The killer driver further complained about being a victim, saying, "I just can't believe this happened to me. Why me, Dad, why me?"

Later in the call, Komoroski bizarrely attacked the media.

"That's just, like, makes

me scared that the media is so involved in it," she said. "Why are they so involved in it?"

Charles claimed it was because her case "sold newspapers," but Komoroski just complained even more.

"But that's not going to help me like, oh my God. It's going to be so bad when I get out. Everybody's going to be so mean to me," she said. Chris Bradford

Kennedy Center pro-Don

The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted Thursday to inscribe President Trump's name on the building, Democratic US Rep. Joyce Beatty said, setting up a potential clash with a federal judge who had ordered the name removed.

"In its meeting today, the board voted to change the front of the building's facade to read 'The John F. Kennedy Center for the

Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump,' and renamed the physical site 'the President Donald J. Trump Plaza,' said Beatty, an ex officio member on the center's board.

The Kennedy Center and the White House did not immediately reply to requests for comment, although a second source with knowledge of the situation confirmed the board's decision. Reuters

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Bobbing for books

THE first salvo in the upcoming Bob Iger book wars will be fired next month when Bob Chapek — Iger's successor at Disney — releases his tell-all, "Behind the Castle Walls: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth." The book promises to tell Chapek's side of the story regarding the falling out between the two Bobs, Chapek's unceremonious dismissal after less than three years on the job and his subsequent banishment from Hollywood. "Within weeks of starting at the top, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down parks, theaters and cruise ships — forcing Chapek to steer the billion-dollar empire through unprecedented times," reads the book's official description.

Vid's out of tune

DAVID Foster insisted that Meghan Markle is his "dear friend" after going viral for seemingly snubbing her at his charity event last weekend. The composer (above) told People Wednesday he had "already greeted" Prince Harry and Markle at the David Foster Foundation gala when the latter reached out her arm — and he walked past her. Foster said he'd spoken to the couple "at the entrance 10 minutes before the red carpet encounter . . . Anyone watching can see there was no awkward moment and certainly no snub."

PEREZ Hilton's sister shared a heartbreaking firsthand account of the gossip blogger's suicide attempt in an emotional interview with Page Six.

"Aug. 4 will forever be one of the darkest days my family and I have ever experienced," Barbara Lavandeira told Page Six exclusively of the night Hilton intentionally harmed himself on a live TikTok feed before being transported to a hospital near his Miami home for life-saving treatment.

"That afternoon, Mario was in his bedroom with the door closed and locked, which wasn't like him," Lavandeira, who was visiting from California, said of her brother, whose real

name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. At some point, Hilton, 48, stopped responding to her knocks.

Concerned, "I unlocked his bedroom door and realized he was inside the bathroom," she told us. He still didn't respond, so she opened the door. That's when "my nightmare became a reality," she said. "Mario was standing in front of the shower, naked, cut up, covered in blood, with a box cutter in his hand."

"I didn't recognize my brother when I looked at him," she told us. "His eyes . . . didn't look the same. Then, a split second later, he smiled at me. It felt like I was staring at someone else."

In a panic, Lavandeira "left the room, grabbed the car keys and yelled for the kids to run to the car." She called 911 and got a friend to pick up Hilton's three young children. While waiting for the ambulance, she said, she went back into the house to "place towels over Mario to help stop the bleeding."

While "much more happened" in the hours that followed, Lavandeira said her retelling excludes "many of the specific details" because "they're too painful, graphic and overwhelming."

But as the "only person who witnessed what happened from the beginning to the end," she feels obligated to "offer some clarity" about that horrific day, she told us.

'One Last' dinner

ROD Stewart appeared to be in a "Forever Young" state of mind hours after he announced his "One Last Time" farewell tour wouldn't go on. Stewart, 81, showed up with a crew at Polo Bar at around 8 p.m. and spies told Page Six they immediately went down to the dining room to meet Stewart's oldest son, Sean, 45. Stewart canceled a performance in Cleveland on Tuesday after postponing his Sunday concert in Cincinnati. His rep announced Wednesday that he was canceling the remaining dates of the US tour after undergoing "a routine coronary stent procedure." They did not comment on Stewart's night on the town.

Sightings

HARI Nef, Fern Mallis, Sailor Brinkley Cook, Candace Bushnell and Jenny Mollen at Devorah Rose and Kaleta Blaffer Johnson's party for Sterling Dio of the Studio Mayfair . . . MIKHAIL Baryshnikov, Steven Ogg, Cynthia Rowley, Anna Delvey and Rosanna Scotto and more at the Watermill Center benefit . . . "STRANGER Things" star Noah Schnapp at Serafina East Hampton.

Field-ing singles

SALLY Field and Anonymous Content president and CEO Darren Walker bonded over their love lives — or lack thereof. Walker held a party for Emmy nominees at his LA home Wednesday night, with a source telling us that Walker toasted "Remarkably Bright Creatures" star Field, 79, by saying, "Sally has also been a shoulder to cry on. She was there for me after I had a particularly bad date." Field (above) cracked, "Well, at least you had a date!" On hand were fellow nominees Sarah Pidgeon ("Love Story"), Matthew Rhys ("The Beast in Me" and "Widow's Bay"), Kate O'Flynn (also "Widow's Bay") and "The Gilded Age" executive producer Sonja Warfield, plus guests Ava DuVernay, Thomas Doherty and Kal Penn.

Investors sue for 'Mind loss'

SELENA Gomez and her mom, Mandy Teefey, are being sued for allegedly duping investors in their mental health company, Wondermind. Two corporate investors sued Wondermind Global, Gomez, Teefey and a former business partner in federal court in Delaware yesterday, according to documents obtained by Page Six. The corporate entities claim they invested $1.2 million in September 2022 and the defendants "falsely represented" Wondermind's infrastructure, leadership and resources. "The partnerships did not exist. The initiatives never materialized. The app was never built," the suit alleges. The investors claim they didn't find out about Wondermind's struggles until the Cut published an article in September last year about the company's "utter financial and operational disarray." The suit also points to Gomez and Teefey's allegedly troubled relationship, accusing Gomez of distancing herself from Wondermind due to "several undisclosed personal disputes" with her mom. The investors are suing for security fraud and return of their investments, as well as damages, costs and attorneys fees. Page Six has reached out to reps for Gomez, Teefey and Wondermind for comment.

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DC vandals mar WWII memorial

RED ALERT: Graffiti defaces Washington, DC's World War II Memorial, where vandals also dumped bubble soap in the fountain at the site, authorities said. Similarly, vile vandals plagued the Washington Monument lawn in the nation's capital in June.

By STEVEN NELSON and RYAN KING

WASHINGTON — Vandals struck the World War II Memorial Thursday — dumping bubble soap into a fountain and scrawling a bizarre protest message.

"Clean Hands Dirty $"," red graffiti declared — without making it clear why the site commemorating a conflict that ended 81 years ago was targeted.

Frothy bubbles rose sev-

eral feet from a fountain honoring the war's Atlantic theater, in which the Allies defeated Nazi Germany.

Toil and trouble

Interior Department spokesman Cody Sargent condemned the "disgusting vandalism from deranged losers."

"It's pathetic to deface a memorial to our WWII heroes," Sargent posted on X.

"Thankfully, I know our incredible [National Park Service] will get this cleaned up for the majority of Americans who love our country."

The incident followed alleged vandalism to the new swimming pool liner coating the nearby Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

In June, vandals also used chemicals to burn onto the Washington Monument's lawn "86 47" in a jab at President Trump.

Dad slain trying to halt brawl

A Florida dad of three was killed when he bravely tried to stop a couple fighting by the roadside moments after he dropped his daughter off for the first day of school.

Daryl Alexander Hill, 56, was shot dead allegedly by Raul Vazquez, 26, at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after he tried to break up the daylight dust-up in Apopka, Fla., the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

Vazquez and a woman had been fighting in their pickup truck, which caused their vehicle to crash into a black SUV, and the brawl spilled outside, according to an arrest affidavit seen by The Apopka Chief news outlet.

Hill was riding his motorbike after dropping his daughter, 10, at Wolf Lake Elementary when he spotted the fight and rushed over as a peacemaker.

Hill and the couple brawled before falling into some bushes.

When Hill tried to flee, Vazquez allegedly shot him in the back after grabbing a gun from his car. Chris Bradford

You can adopt dumpster pup

Two adorable puppies that were abandoned in a Queens dumpster are on the mend and seeking their fur-ever homes, animal advocates said Thursday.

The 4-month old poochies, Poppy and Petunia, were rushed to an emergency veterinary center after they were found dumped in Flushing on July 12, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

"These victimized puppies were found in horrendous conditions — heartlessly abused and discarded with no chance of survival if not for the good Samaritan who intervened," said David Little, of the ASPCA.

The frightened furballs were both severely underweight with painful gashes on their jaws.

The pups were then transferred to an Animal Recovery Center in Manhattan, where they were treated for their wounds and given antibiotics. Now the lucky dogs are up for adoption. Natalie O'Neill

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BUYER BE NO WHERE Homes not selling

By LAUREN ELKIES SCHRAM

It's crickets out there for home sellers.

The pool of active US homebuyers has dwindled so drastically due to affordability concerns pushing would-be house hunters onto the sidelines.

The number of buyers in the market sunk to about 967,000 in July — the lowest level recorded since Redfin began tracking the metric in 2013. That marks around 34% fewer homebuyers than sellers, giving buyers a leg up as inventory swells, according to a new Redfin report.

That's because "mortgage rates were falling in July 2025, which helped bring more buyers into the market later in last year's homebuying season," Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin, told The Post.

Tough to swallow

Compared to last July 2025, however, the buyer pool is down 5.5% year-over-year from 1.02 million buyers.

"Home prices remain high, and mortgage rates rose to their highest level in a year in July, making monthly payments difficult for many would-be buyers to stomach," Fairweather said. "Economic uncertainty is also causing some

buyers to hold off."

From June to July, the estimated number of buyers fell 2.5%, while the number of sellers fell just 0.3%.

"That left nearly half a million more sellers than buyers nationwide," Fairweather said. "With more homes competing for fewer buyers, the buyers who remain can be choosier and have more leverage to negotiate on things like price and concessions."

Home sellers dominated the market in July, outnumbering buyers by a staggering 51.3% — up from 47.9% in June, and coming dangerously close to the record peak of 51.8% set in December.

Good for buyers

More than three-quarters of US metros — 39 of the 49 markets analyzed — were ranked as buyers markets, per Redfin, led by areas that were hot for sellers during the pandemic — Miami, then Nashville, followed by a trio of Texas cities.

Those Sun Belt markets are facing the same affordability challenges as other areas, but in Miami and Nashville, pandemic-era home building and investing is coming online now, Fairweather indicated. And in Houston, San Antonio and Austin, they have "some of the country's most active homebuilding pipelines," the economist said.

In each of those five markets, seller supply outpaced buyer demand by over 100%.

On the flip side, there were just six sellers markets in the US in July, with Nassau County leading the charge with 36% fewer sellers than buyers.

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Hydrogen speed record may shake up auto biz

FLYING ON THE GROUND: The JCB Hydromax, with ex-fighter pilot Andy Green (below) at the controls, crushed the speed record for hydrogen-powered cars.

By LYDIA MOYNIHAN

A land speed record for a hydrogen-powered car was set Tuesday in Utah by British driver Andy Green, driving a specially designed JCB Hydromax, which reached 406.320 miles per hour.

The milestone was set in the bright yellow tubular vehicle, powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines, which Green calls the "fuel of the future" at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

Green easily beat the previous class record for a hydrogen engine, which had stood at 185 mph.

The driver is a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot who is the only person to have broken the sound barrier on land, which he did when setting the overall land speed record, reaching 763 mph in a car powered by twin jet engines in 1997.

UK company JCB, founded in 1945, is best known for its heavy machinery

and is one of the world's largest privately owned manufacturers of construction and agricultural equipment — but it has also been quietly making a major bet on hydrogen power.

Future power

Lord Anthony Bamford — who chairs the company his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, founded — has invested more than $132 million over the last five years into developing hydrogen combustion engines, a cleaner alternative to diesel engines which emit water instead of carbon dioxide.

While another kind of hydrogen power,

hydrogen fuel cells, has been used for some automobiles in recent years, JCB researchers found the technology too complex, too costly and not robust enough to work in its heavy equipment. The company instead concentrated on a modified internal-combustion engine that can be more easily integrated into future equipment.

While Bamford is excited about the speed test, he is far more focused on what the technology can do beyond the salt flats, he told The Post.

"Anything can be a hydrogen engine," Bamford, 80, explained.

The hydrogen push also comes as JCB expands its footprint in the United States. The company is building a new one-million-square-foot factory in San Antonio, Texas, at a cost of $500 million.

The plant, originally planned at 500,000 square feet, was doubled in size after the 2025 tariffs on imports were announced, as JCB decided to invest in manufacturing more of its equipment for American customers on US soil. The facility is projected to employ about 1,500 people.

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Federal antisemitism suit tossed

By JOSH CHRISTENSON

WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts federal judge has tossed a Justice Department lawsuit against Harvard University that charged the Ivy League school with having “turned a blind eye to antisemitism and discrimination against Jews and Israelis” on campus.

US District Judge Richard Stearns wrote in a Thursday order that the Trump administration’s March complaint cited incidents “too isolated and episodic to support a plausible inference that any institutionalized noncompliance with Title VI persists at Harvard to this day.”

“The Amended Complaint focuses almost entirely on incidents that took place during the 2023-2024 school year,” wrote Stearns, appointed to the federal bench by then-President Bill Clinton.

“Only three incidents are alleged to have occurred after this period, all of which took place nearly a full year later (and more than one full academic year before this case was filed) in March of 2025.”

DOJ weighs response

“We disagree with the ruling and are assessing next steps. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is actively investigating antisemitism nationwide,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement.

“The Civil Rights Division has an extensive and active portfolio of antisemitism enforcement, including indictments, prosecutions, settlements and investigations across the country.”

Reps for Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The initial complaint from the DOJ charged Harvard with two counts of violating Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act — which bars discrimination based on race, color or national origin in federally funded institutions — and one count of breach of contract.

The feds also asked the court to force the school to pay back more

Judge giving Harvard a pass

than $953 million in federal grants awarded since October 2023.

‘Indifference’ to bias

That request came after Jewish students were “assaulted, harassed or intimidated” by “mobs” that took over campus buildings and

spaces in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 in Israel, according to the suit.

“This sent the clear message to Harvard’s Jewish and Israeli community that the indifference was not an accident; they were being intentionally excluded and effectively denied equal access to edu-

cational opportunities,” the initial filing stated.

President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services had previously sought to terminate more than $2.6 billion in federal grants to Harvard, only for courts to rule against that as well. jchristenson@nypost.com

LINDSAY CLANCY Chronicled her wish.

‘Slay ma’ wanted a 4th kid

Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy wrote about how she wanted a fourth child in a newly revealed note written just weeks before she allegedly killed her three kids, jurors learned Thursday.

“I really want a fourth child but I need a good therapist before then,” Clancy apparently wrote in a lengthy journal-like entry on her phone’s Notes app on Nov. 3, 2022 — two months before she allegedly fatally strangled Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months old.

“I still don’t want Cal to be our last but I have a lot of figuring out to do before I have another,” wrote the mother, who gave birth to the youngest child just six months earlier.

She also wrote about being “on the fence about starting a new medication for anxiety/depression.”

“I want to feel happy, but it would be nice to feel authentically happy and not fake.” Priscilla DeGregory

N. Korea rips US-SoKo drills

North Korea on Friday denounced major US-South Korean military drills and said they were more provocative than last year’s, according to state media.

It said US-Japan-South Korea military cooperation is turning into a nuclear alliance, and the country will respond with a new level of deterrent, state media KCNA said.

South Korea and the US will conduct the annual UJchi Freedom Shield joint military drills from Aug. 17 to 27, authorities said. Reuters

Kushner going to Gaza peace talks

President Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump administration ran into Israeli opposition.

An official with the Board of Peace, the body Trump established to oversee the fragile cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, said Kushner, board high representative Nickolay Mladenov, and executive board member and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair

would arrive in Israel on Sunday.

The group will then travel to Cairo, where meetings of a Palestinian technocratic group set to assume control of Gaza under a US-brokered cease-fire deal have been taking place for the past several months, the

official said.

The trip was reported earlier by Axios.

The official said the meetings would demonstrate the determination of Trump and the Board of Peace to “see peace, prosperity and sustainable security emerge” in a demilitarized

Gaza where Hamas has ceded control to allow reconstruction of the devastated territory.

But Israel has dismissed a recent deal announced by Trump for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from the Palestinian territory. AP

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Rubio a dancin' music fool

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's perfect day is watching 15 hours of college football, and he prefers hip-hop and electronic-dance to country music, which he finds "too sad."

America's top diplomat opened up to Katie Miller for her podcast, alongside ex-NFL-cheerleader wife Jeanette in a candid conversation that veered from his typical topics of world peace and national security.

Still, Rubio shared that he had to deploy diplomacy to find common ground with his wife's choice in music.

The one-time wedding DJ revealed he has figured out a creative way to get amped up about country music.

"I love a lot of electronic music because it fuses classical, increasingly, it does country music," Rubio explained on the podcast.

"I like a lot of the remixes of songs that you've heard — there's this EDM mix of 'Ring of Fire' which is really good. So I like that stuff."

"I'm not anti-country music, but that's not my thing," Rubio said.

"I think it's just very sad," he said of country. "Most of the songs are about, like, somebody whose wife and dog left them."

Rubio called late legendary Tupac Shakur his favorite rapper, lamenting the "Dear Mama" singer didn't live long enough for the world "to know what he would've turned into."

He recoiled at Miller's suggestion that he adopt the rapper name "Lil' Marco," a spoof of President Trump's once go-to insult against him during the 2016 presidential campaign cycle.

The sit-down brought out the lighter side of Rubio.

Rubio's dream weekend? Watching college and NFL football from morning to night, with a short nap in between games.

"That is an incredible weekend, in my opinion," he said. "But that's never going to happen." Ryan King

MARCO MEME FEST

Wearing many hats on fun b'day card

By CHRIS NESI

This is Marco Rubio realizing he's never going to live this down.

The beloved secretary of state was gifted an epic collage of his most viral "Rubio realizing" memes for his 55th birthday — featuring fan favorites of the country's top diplomat dressed as an Iranian ayatollah and a "Star Wars" rebel on the fictional ice planet Hoth.

The White House presented the hilarious gift to the unabashed rap aficionado in May — but it came to light only Wednesday thanks to a now-viral tweet from Axios reporter Marc Caputo.

The golden-framed mosaic features 68 individual panels depicting Rubio in various roles — from Robocop to astronaut to the White House Easter bunny — and is signed by administration officials including the president, who wrote "You are great" in gold ink right above his signature.

Rubio has worn many hats in Trump's Cabinet. In addition to secretary of state, he also serves as acting national security adviser. At some point, he was also acting archivist and acting administrator of the US Agency for Interna-

NO JOB TOO WEIRD: Among the depictions of Marco Rubio on the card signed by President Trump are "WH press secretary and 'Pop Tarts CEO.'"

tional Development.

The famous photo that spawned nearly endless variants — and even an online "museum" archive — depicts Rubio sitting awkwardly on an Oval Office couch.

The snapshot was taken Feb. 28 of last year when the president, Vice President JD Vance and top Cabinet officials met with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss an agreement to share the country's mineral re-

sources as a method of offsetting US investment in Ukraine's war against Russia.

In every altered photo, Rubio's interlocked fingers and deflated expression remain unchanged, imbuing the meme with a layer of comic reluctance for each new job he's suddenly realizing is now his responsibility.

The meme closely tracked global events, both in the real and fantastical realm, and each time a

new "job" became available, it wouldn't be long before a new "Marco Rubio Realizing" meme made its debut.

Over the meme's lifespan, Rubio on the couch has been depicted as the governor of Greenland, the shah of Iran, the pope and a slew of other occupations.

When the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier's toilets failed in March, Rubio appeared on the couch as a plumber, plunger in hand.

Venezuela's 'el jefe'

Shortly after the US captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, Rubio appeared wearing a sash adorned with the nation's flag and gilded accents on the cuffs and collar of a high-ranking military leader, with a gold-handled saber at his side.

Rubio told Lara Trump in a recent interview on Fox News that at first he "hated" the viral meme, but has come to find it funny.

He said his slumped posture in the picture was the result of there being no pillow behind his back, which caused him to sink into the couch.

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Boy, 15, shot in Bx. apartment

Anguish, anger in teen slay.

By JOE MARINO, PATRICK REILLY, GEORGETT ROBERTS and JORGE FITZ-GIBBON

A 15-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old wounded in a Bronx apartment Wednesday night, according to police — who are still searching for a shooter who allegedly told the boy “I’m gonna throw some pain.”

Riley Billingslea was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head by cops responding to a 911 call for shots fired inside an apartment on Claflin Avenue around 5:30 p.m., according to police.

The dead teen’s grief-stricken grandmother recalled the horrifying moment his friends banged on her door to tell her the tragic news.

“I couldn’t comprehend what they were saying, you know! ‘He’s been shot.’ I couldn’t grasp their words,” Elaine Rogers, 62, told The Post. “I can’t even process that portion of it. It’s hard to believe.”

She said Riley’s last words to her earlier in the day were, “See you

later, G-Ma.’ That’s what he called me.”

According to sources, the gunman pulled a gun out of his backpack during a dispute, loaded a magazine into the weapon and told Billingslea, “I’m gonna throw some pain.”

Police are investigating if the shooting happened when the gunman racked the weapon during the argument and it accidentally fired.

After the gun went off and struck the teens, the shooter ran off. Police spoke with witnesses at the scene and tracked down the second shooting victim, who ran home to his family’s apartment after being grazed in the torso during the shooting, sources said.

Neighbor Clara Hernandez said she was fast asleep when she heard the commotion outside her door.

“I didn’t open the door,” Hernandez, 62, told The Post. “I’m here 15 years, and I’ve never heard anything like this happening here.”

“I’m afraid,” she added. “Today I don’t feel good emotionally. I

HARD TO BELIEVE: Riley Billingslea (above and with his grandmother Elaine Rogers, left) was shot to death Wednesday by a gunman who allegedly vowed to “throw some pain” before firing.

want to cry.”

The younger victim claimed that he saw Billingslea and the shooting suspect get into some kind of dispute that turned deadly, according to sources.

The younger teen was hit by a ricocheted bullet and sent to the hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, sources said.

No arrests have been made, police said Thursday afternoon.

‘Beyond words’

Meanwhile, Riley’s grandma described him as “witty,” saying he “always had an answer for something, never at a loss for words.”

She said the senseless shooting also left her angry.

“Beyond words,” Rogers said. “Anger is not even a good word for it. It’s more than anger. I couldn’t express it because that doesn’t even say enough.”

“I just would want the person to come forward,” she added. “If it was an accident, as I hear, they’re trying to report on the news, then

say so. Come and explain yourself. When you run, you look guilty.”

The tragic teen’s aunt also expressed her pain.

“At some point I just wish my family can finally catch a break cuz my energy is drained,” Ebony Billingslea, the dead teen’s aunt, posted on Facebook. “Imma miss u nephew so much and I hope u kne how much u mean to mean and how much I love you...R.I.P Riley.”

Reached by phone, the boy’s grief-stricken mother told The Post: “My mind is like not right there this second at all.”

In what could be a hauntingly similar incident to Wednesday’s Bronx shooting, an 11-year-old boy in upstate Newburgh was shot in the head and killed while he and his pals played with a gun in October.

Police in the city said a 13-year-old boy was allegedly handling the weapon shortly before school when it discharged and struck his younger friend and killed him.

The older boy was later charged with murder.

School ‘sicko’ arrest

A “depraved” Westchester middle school cafeteria worker was caught with disturbing videos and photos of children possibly as young as 5 engaging in sexual acts, according to authorities.

Francis John Teeling, 69, who worked at Lakefield Copper Beech Middle School in the Lakeland School District, allegedly uploaded and stored the creepy kiddie porn involving female elementary-aged children, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.

“Those who possess or share child sexual abuse material should be under no illusion that their depraved conduct is hidden from law enforcement,” DA Susan Cacace said in a statement.

Teeling reportedly uploaded a digital file of female kids between the ages of 7 and 10 engaging in a sexual act, and police discovered at his Shrub Oak home a digital file of a 5-to-8-year-old female engaged in sexual conduct.

Yorktown police arrested him Tuesday, and he was arraigned in Town Court.

He faces felony charges of promoting and possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, which carry sentences of up to 11 years in prison.

Teeling pleaded not guilty and is being held on $10,000 cash bail, $25,000 bond and $50,000 partially secured bond. Daniel Cody

Scores flee Greek fires

Tourists and residents fled villages in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece by land and sea Thursday as a wildfire fanned by strong winds engulfed houses and trees near a resort during the heart of holiday season.

Heavy gusts also made firefighting difficult on Croatia’s popular Dalmatian coast, local media said.

Across Europe, successive heatwaves this summer have intensified drought, strained water supplies and left vegetation tinder-dry, helping wildfires in Spain, France as well as Greece scorch nearly unprecedented amounts of land. Reuters

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By KAREN TALLEY

The classic movie star is getting a modern makeover.

Elizabeth Taylor's former Bel Air estate will be given a nearly $50 million upgrade by storied builder Ardie Tavangarian — but he plans to keep much of the original interior, including the huge room where she kept her fabled jewelry in velvet-lined cases, exactly as she left them.

"We're trying to create something that is a continuation of Elizabeth Taylor and her legacy while creating a Phase 2 to enhance the beauty that is already here," Tavangarian said.

Taylor bought the estate for $2 million in 1981 from Frank Sinatra's first wife, Nancy, and lived there until her passing in 2011 at age 79. Some parts of the original 7,000-square-foot home will serve, in essence, as the Elizabeth Taylor wing, with a rehabilitation planned for her master bedroom and bath, her beauty center and other areas she treasured. "We're just modernizing it from a point of view of functionality," Tavangarian said.

Old Hollywood & new

Tavangarian also plans a gallery for the home filled with Elizabeth Taylor-related artwork.

Taylor's ranch-style home is two levels, with five bedrooms.

LIVIN' A LA LIZ

ELEMENTS HE'S PRESERVING

But Tavangarian is adding a 12,000-square-foot buildout, including a huge new underground element. There will be a 4,500-square-foot retractable roof for stargazing, as well as an expansive grass overlay.

The existing home's brick exterior will remain and continue onto the new structure to create visual continuity.

The new structure will have three bedrooms, a high-end screening room, a spa and other

wellness amenities, as well as a family "pajama room" where residents and guests can kick back and enjoy entertainment on a huge-screen TV while munching on popcorn and other treats from well-placed canisters in

surrounding comfort. The outside will still boast Taylor's striking sapphire-colored pool, which reflected the color of her eyes, amid natural landscaping and tall trees. The koi pond and shell-shaped fountain that her nephew built is being rehabbed, and arbors of climbing roses and a bright pink hybrid tea rose named "Elizabeth Taylor" will still dot the area.

$47 million refresh

The designer and builder said he paid $15 million for the compound and expects to put at least another $47 million into its rehab and buildout. The project does not have a buyer lined up, Tavangarian said, and he declined to say what he might list it for when it is finished next year. His custom mansions often trade north of $100 million.

Tavangarian says the feels the remodel would be something Taylor "would be comfortable living in."

"I'm approaching this as though she is my client," he said.

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'Sex-pay' lawyer arrested

He's gonna need a good lawyer!

A prominent Texas attorney demanded sex from a cash-strapped woman in exchange for legally representing her jailbird brother — then never delivered on the promise, according to investigators.

San Antonio criminal defense attorney Neil Calfas, 56, allegedly told the woman, identified as 'Julie,' that she could pay him with money or her body after she called seeking legal help in March 2024, according to law enforcement officials who busted him Wednesday.

She initially refused but later decided to 'go along with it' because she believed the legal lothario could help set her brother free, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety arrest report, cited by News 4 San Antonio.

'You or the money,' he allegedly told her.

He was charged with solicitation of prostitution.

In a jailhouse call to her brother on March 5 of that year, Julie described an interaction with the lawyer in which he asked for sex and gave her the cash that she used for a phone and rent, according to investigators.

Calfas' office didn't immediately return The Post's call seeking comment Thursday. Natalie O'Neill

Diarrhea mess eases

Michigan, the hardest-hit state in a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, on Thursday reported 13,909 cases linked to the parasitic disease, up roughly 11% over last week, officials said.

But state officials said the rise largely reflected a processing backlog and the worst may be over.

The 15-state outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce causes explosive diarrhea.

Lettuce sales plummeted last month, although diners are returning to restaurants.

Unlike many foodborne pathogens, the disease cannot be traced using the most advanced genetic testing methods. Reuters

Why bankers read teens' newsletter

By WILL ZIMMERMAN

Wall Street's new guilty pleasure started as a lunchroom debate between pre-calc and chemistry classes.

Passing the Torch, a newsletter covering markets, economics, politics and culture, was founded in 2025 by Jasper Gould and Emile Chilingirian, both now 17, while they were sophomores at the prestigious Berkeley Carroll prep school in Park Slope.

It now has a subscriber list nearly 60,000 strong — with more than two-thirds of readers registering with corporate emails. Addresses belonging to McKinsey, JP Morgan, Blackstone and Nvidia employees number in the thousands. Hundreds more come from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Palantir and Microsoft.

'On politics and on capitalism, we have a lot of differing opinions,' Gould said. 'We probably should have been doing our homework when we were doing this.'

Inside Gen Z

To read PTT is to look inside the collective brain of a generation — one that is largely distrustful of institutions and misunderstood by Wall Street and Main Street alike.

Recent stories from the newsletter have blended anecdotal and statistical data on Gen Z's sentiment toward automated vehicles and robotaxis; examined how the growing bond between teens and wristwatches mirrors a growing distaste for AI; and separated functionality from cultural relevance to explain the death of sneaker culture.

'I read this and The Atlantic with equal levels of intrigue,' said Sam Shaffer, an early reader and former eBay executive now consulting New Zealand's government on business development. 'Their writing is not focused on crushing the market... it's about the trends they see in their world.'

High finance and Big Tech

types buy in, Chilingirian believes, for the 'Gen Z takes... variant views that the market may not have priced in yet. We're experiencing them in real time.'

'The only other source of high school intel is when investors ask their children,' Gould added.

A subscription to Passing the Torch runs $15 per month or $150 per year — with annual revenue for the authors sitting in the five-figure range.

And while Gould and Chilingirian attend a school where tuition costs over $66,000 per year, their reporting is distinctly populist. That's because the writers are in near constant communication with high schoolers all across the country.

When they're not working on the Substack — researching and writing eats up a combined 30 hours per week — or in class, Gould and Chilingirian lead the nonprofit Brooklyn Youth Charitable Investment Group, which came about from them and their

gri

DYNAMIC DUO: Brooklyn prep school teens Emile Chilingirian (far left) and Jasper Gould publish a newsletter called Passing the Torch that is quickly becoming must-read for tycoons interested in the youths' take on politics and business. It offers a rare look on how high schoolers see AI, automated vehicles and big institutions among other subjects.

friends eating pizza and talking about stocks.

Two years in, 1,000 students from all corners of the country have passed through the organization. BYCIG has hosted talks with the chief economists of the White House, Wells Fargo and the Conference Board of Canada, as well as directors at UBS, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase.

'Amazement'

More still have become involved with BYCIG through its investment arm, which manages a fund of about $50,000 raised by parents and finance professionals. Student teams research and pitch investment ideas to an advisory committee, and propositions that the board votes yes on are sent through to an accountant who executes the trade. The group then donates part of their returns to charity.

All in all, the fund has outperformed the market with three of the 12 positions growing more than 40%.

'The primary reaction is amazement,' said Nick Gould, Jasper's father. A tech industry veteran and self-employed executive coach with a 200-subscriber newsletter of his own. (He credits PTT as the primary source of any growth he's seen in his own year-old publication.)

Now in the throes of college application season, rising seniors Gould and Chilingirian are thinking about succession plans for both the newsletter and nonprofit.

'We can't set up a hedge fund just yet,' Gould said. 'I won't be 18 for another two months.'

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Shares s'more sleepaway details

NY Post, Matthew McDermott

SPINY DOGFISH Washes ashore in Jersey.

NJ grave of 30 'dogfish' sharks

Nearly 30 dead dogfish sharks mysteriously floated onto the sands of the Jersey Shore Wednesday morning, stunning locals who stumbled upon the scene.

The graveyard of marine predators popped up along a stretch of beach in Sea Isle City, according to ABC 7.

"All of a sudden you start seeing a concentration of small sand sharks, and I thought, 'Well, this is odd,'" said Michelle Greenling, who saw the creatures scattered across 10 blocks while out walking Wednesday.

Experts say the small sharks — between 3 and 5 feet long — swim in schools ranging from hundreds to thousands. The cause of their deaths remains unknown.

"A couple of things it could be," Stephen Nagiewicz, a marine scientist with Stockton University, told ABC 7.

"There's something in the water, and they got sick and died. That's probably unlikely since people haven't been affected."

The dogfish, which typically weigh between 8 and 22 pounds, were most likely caught by fishermen and later dumped back into the ocean, Nagiewicz added.

"They dumped them over the side or lost a net with all the things in there by accident, and all those sharks just floated up on the beach with the tides," he said.

Dogfish are relatively common along the Jersey Shore and along the east coast.

Because of their abundance, fishermen often call them "junk fish" because they eat bait that is meant to lure other species.

Daniel Cody

By MARISSA MATOZZO

The last time I came to Club Getaway in Connecticut's Litchfield Hills was 2011 — I was 12 years old, sitting on a crowded school bus with my iPod Nano blasting Grouplove's "Tongue Tied," intensely knotting friendship bracelets for my friends, privately agonizing over how I would get out of most of the activities.

Fifteen years later, last weekend, I was back — part of a Gen Z trend of escaping jobs and city life for adult summer camp, to act like kids again, complete with bunk-style cabins, sports, swimming and s'mores.

Near the Big Apple, adult sleepaway options include Camp No Counselors in the Poconos, women's-only Camp Social in Pennsylvania and Retrofolk Summer Camp in the Catskills.

Club Getaway, which has been welcoming grownups since 1976, is a pioneer on the scene.

Held every summer weekend, its over-21 packages include "rustic-chic" lodging, meals, wine with dinner, more than 50 activities, themed parties and live entertainment — for about $559 in a quad-cabin and $869 in a solo.

Owner David Schreiber told me the concept dates back to 1976, when founder Victor Fink transformed his family's struggling children's camp, now 100 years

old, into an adult-camp model.

Today, roughly 200 to 250 adults descend on the property for a typical weekend, with the average camper around 36.

'Be a kid again'

"People come here every weekend to have a great time and to be a kid again," Schreiber said. "Our team is here to help people meet new friends, and for many, even soulmates."

Would I meet mine? I stepped off the Metro-North train from Grand Central at the Harlem Valley-Wingdale station on a Friday, where a shuttle was waiting.

At camp, I checked into the pondside cabin I shared with three roommates and headed to

happy hour under the camp's main white tent, before sitting down to a family-style dinner.

Before long, we were swept into a room with a dance floor thumping with early-2010s hits — including, fittingly, "Tongue Tied."

Fellow escaped Gothamite Carly Ziff, 34, of Midtown East, told me she'd never experienced sleepaway camp as a kid. "I heard about everyone here recreating their camp moments as a child, but I'm creating them now as an adult for the first time," she said.

She said she made new friends at the camp's "Paint and Sip" class where wine flowed — and was eager to try kayaking and other outdoor activities.

Sandra Florent of Irvington, NJ, came with a friend to celebrate

her 40th birthday — and finally have the summer-camp experience she, too, missed as a kid.

"As an adult, it's harder to make friends," she said. "As a kid, I think you take it for granted."

The next morning brought a buffet breakfast — before I headed down to the lake for tie-dye and archery.

After a scenic boat ride, water-balloon toss and foam-sword fighting came Saturday night's "Party Like It's 1926" costume bash.

Sunday featured "Bloody Mary Bingo" and a chat with a group of longtime camp alumni.

"I have so many stories, friends and my wife and children, all thanks to this camp," said Lou Schioppo, 78, of Staten Island, who met his wife at the camp in 1976. "There's nowhere else like it."

Fred Cordero, 64, of Montclair, NJ, and his wife, Jessica Sporn, said they were planning to renew their vows at Club Getaway — where they, too, first met in 1998.

"Where else can you get to water ski, rock climb and meet your future wife all in one day?" Cordero asked.

As for me, I didn't meet my future husband — as far as I know — but between the tie-dye, archery, foam-sword fighting, karaoke and lakeside cocktails, I made new friends, survived the sports and, for one weekend, let myself be a kid again.

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Axis of Evil

The red-green-brown alliance v. America

AN arresting image from the last century should haunt us in this one. In November 1940, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to deepen Moscow's pact with Nazi Germany, supposedly communism's mortal enemy.

"The hammer and sickle on Soviet flags fluttering alongside swastika banners provided an extraordinary spectacle in the Reich's capital," historian Ian Kershaw later wrote. And although the Nazi-Soviet pact collapsed months later when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, its lesson endures: Extremists who appear to hate one another can readily make common cause against an enemy they hate even more.

Today, that enemy is America. A new red-green-brown convergence — uniting elements of the radical left, Islamist extremism and the authoritarian far right — is taking shape around a shared hostility to the Western democratic order.

Israel is where this convergence is most visible. Support for Hamas, hatred of Zionism and the recycling of ancient antisemitic tropes have created common ground among movements that otherwise have little in common.

But that's only the beginning. What ultimately binds these factions is hostility to the principles, institutions and ideals that made the United States the freest, strongest and most prosperous nation on Earth.

"Death to America," the favored slogan of Iran's Islamist regime, captures the nihilism at the heart of this convergence. Its language varies depending on who is speaking.

On the far right, figures like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens attack a free-thinking, meritocratic America and portray US leadership as a conspiracy to subordinate the country to foreign interests — above all, Israel.

Their rhetoric echoes the conspiracy theories of the 1930s, when Charles Lindbergh, Father Coughlin and Henry Ford portrayed American Jews as a sinister force corrupting US politics and foreign policy. Today's version repackages the same poisonous idea for a new generation.

On the other side of the horse-

Fellow travelers: Piker (l.) and El-Sayed help form a dangerous coalition.

shoe, the radical left recycles Soviet-era indictments of American capitalism and power. The Democratic Socialists of America, influencers like Hasan Piker and politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez increasingly portray fundamental

American principles — individual liberty, open markets and open debate — not as virtues worth defending but as camouflage for systems of oppression.

Both extremes find natural partners among Islamists, for whom the liberal Western tradition — individual rights, religious pluralism, equality between men and women and an open society — represents an ideological threat.

The contradictions are staggering. Parts of the progressive left that ostensibly still champion gay rights now march alongside Islamists, whose ideology regards homosexuality as a manifestation of Western immorality.

Meanwhile, self-proclaimed "America First" voices on the right and "human rights" advocates on the left repeat narratives eagerly amplified by authoritarian regimes in Russia, China, Iran and others — governments whose interests are decidedly not America First.

This is not an iron-clad alliance. It doesn't need to be.

All revolutionary movements eventually devour their own. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Castro and Khomeini all purged erstwhile allies once they had served their pur-

pose. But Americans can't simply wait for today's extremists to turn on one another.

Extremist candidates and movements are gaining influence in American politics, and social media algorithms are supercharging conspiracy falsehoods that shape political identities and increasingly drive votes.

The answer cannot be censorship or ideological conformity. That would betray the very principles we must defend.

The response must be a confident defense of America itself. Republicans, traditional Democrats and independents who believe in the promise of America need to draw the line clearly and reject antisemitism, political extremism, authoritarianism, communism and Islamism. And they must confront and defeat the poisonous idea that America is fundamentally wicked and deserves to be torn down.

With the midterm elections soon approaching and another presidential election in 2028, that argument cannot wait.

The great danger is not that the red, green and brown factions will agree on everything. They never will. The danger is that they agree on enough.

And what they increasingly agree on is that the America we inherited — free, pluralistic, democratic and powerful — is an evil to destroy rather than a gift to defend.

Mark Dubowitz is chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where Ben Cohen is a research fellow.

THE WEEK IN WHOPPERS

A diary of disinformation and the delusional

THIS COMPLAINT

(Arab New Yorkers) still face xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Zionism — along with the repercussions of speaking out against them.

— Zaina Arafat in New York magazine, Monday

We say: Saying that Zionism — the belief in a homeland for the Jews — is something that New Yorkers have to "face" is an outlandish slur. Even the United Nations stopped claiming that "Zionism is racism," and that was 35 years ago.

— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Wednesday

THIS COVNESS

I don't comment on my private life.

We say: Odd that AOC got all demure about her privacy when asked about her relationship status just days after she lives-treamed herself injecting hormones into her bare belly en route to freezing her eggs.

THIS VACATION PLAN

Upon the strong recommendation of the NYPD, the first lady's security detail will be joining her when she travels to visit family in Syria and Lebanon.

— Mayoral spokesperson Dora Pokec, Monday

We say: Ornat-NYPD Commish leader Flesh slapped down the idea that New York's Finest would protect First Lady Rana Duwaji on her "discretionary" jaunt to a security Level 4 "DO NOT TRAVEL" red zone. If Duwaji wants to galliivant around terrorist strongholds amid regional war, she can pay for her own entourage.

THIS DEFENSE POLICY

We should be sending huge teams of diplomats.

— Democratic Socialists of America Co-Chair Megan Romer, Monday

We say: Romer agrees that Mad Vlad is a brutal, aggressive dictator, but is adamant that his invasion of Ukraine should have been met with lots of firm yapping, not arms. DSAers plainly don't even bother to consider how ridiculous their "solutions" get.

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board

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Hochul's Migrant Games

Facing a strong challenge from Nassau's Bruce Blakeman, Gov. Hochul is desperate to run for re-election against President Trump instead: That's why she just announced $7 million in emergency spending to provide legal representation for migrant minors who . . . already have lawyers.

The gov is so eager to win votes by protecting New Yorkers from ICE, she's making up threats — and ignoring real ones.

This week she joined Mayor Mamdani and state Attorney General Tish James to announce $7.25 million to fund attorneys for some 1,400 migrant kids facing removal proceedings, including about 250 in detention — necessary, they claimed, because the Trump administration canceled federal funding, "abandoning" the kids.

But it hadn't, border czar Tom Homan thundered back that night: All it did was switch to a better contract for that representation, one which "defends the children at a better rate than what was being done in the

past. There hasn't been one child at a hearing that hasn't been represented by a lawyer under this new contract."

On to the threats Hochul refuses to face: Homan also slammed the gov for her "sanctuary" policies that shield border-hopping violent criminals from deportation. Such as denying federal detainers to hold the perps for handover: On his watch, "New York state has denied 14,000 detainers," Homan fumed — including "6,800 illegal aliens with assault convictions," 800 convictions for crimes against children, and "770 convictions for rape and other sex crimes."

Bottom line: "Don't tell me you're trying to protect children! You're releasing predators to the street every day across the state."

The $7 million Hochul's wasting on this latest stunt is a drop in the bucket of a state budget that's soared to $280 billion on her watch — but she owns every drop of the blood that's shed thanks to her cynical "resistance" to deporting the worst of the worst.

Why Dems May Miss Medicaid Fraud

"Don't look, don't think" looks to be the attitude politicians from state Sen. John Liu to Gov. Hochul took to what seems blatant Medicaid fraud in Flushing.

Donations and other political support may help explain the New York pols' obliviousness, though Democrats seem to think stopping fraud is a waste of taxpayer money.

The Post's Chadwick Moore uncovered a trail of campaign contributions to Hochul and other pols from owners of some Flushing's biggest Social Adult Day-Care businesses — centers that were empty of clients when our reporters visited (though none yet stands accused of wrongdoing).

In 2022, Hochul's campaign took in $55,000 from SADC operators who billed Medicaid over $40 million since 2018. Baoli Zhang, a big SADC owner, also gave $7,800 to Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and $4,950 to Liu.

Donations may not buy a license to steal, but they do buy goodwill and discourage

questions. Many Dems frown on anti-fraud efforts anyway, as exposing theft may undermine public support for these programs. Why else does state Attorney General Tish James run one of the nation's laziest anti-Medicaid-fraud shops?

Meng says she welcomes "good faith investigations" but resents supposed "MAGA campaigns targeting Asian American senior citizens." Liu says he's all for "full investigations and prosecutions" where "fraud and impropriety are suspected," though he doubts the Flushing centers are as empty as Post reporting suggests.

(They're certainly occupied when pols like Liu visit to campaign for seniors' votes.)

Cracking down on the tens of billions now stolen from government social-service programs is vital to ensuring the cash helps the truly needy, not the scammers. Democrats, who are always looking to justify more spending, should be able to see that.

What's the W Mean, WNBA?

An outfit with "women" in its name should be able to say what a woman is, but the Women's National Basketball Association fears defying progressive pieties about "gender identity."

To push the issue, NBA vets Enes Kanter and Royce White declared their intention to enter the WNBA draft as women. The league held an meeting to draw up a policy to clearly exclude them — and found it couldn't. It merely declared a lack of "immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA" and slammed "bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others."

But Kanter and White aren't acting in bad faith, exactly; they're calling out the hypocrisy of a women's sports league bowing to a perverse ideology that allows some depraved men to pose as women.

Letting men play would destroy the WNBA,

and everyone knows it — as they know that neither Kanter nor White is truly sincere.

But the same is true of, e.g., male rapists who claim to identify as female in order to be placed in women's prisons. It's insane to say such claims must not be denied, but the extreme "pro trans" position is insane.

So it's the WNBA that's acting in bad faith — by refusing to stand up for actual women's rights.

In this, the league is way behind the curve: The International Olympic Committee, the NCAA, USA Powerlifting . . . heck, even FIDE, which governs chess, have all landed squarely on the side of sanity by restricting participation in women's sports to women.

Facing reality isn't anti-trans nor anti-gay; it's just common sense. As the WNBA breaks big into the mainstream, it's going have to let go of its woke mentality.

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Rama's Middle East Trip: That NYPD Detail Won't Fly

• Mayor Mamdani said that a miscommunication led his press people to say Rama Duwaji would get a security detail on her trip to Syria and Lebanon ("Won't fly," Aug. 13).

I'm sorry, but I don't buy that — just a bunch of lies, like always. I think Mamdani himself wanted the NYPD to go with her, but when he caught a lot of flack about it, he backed down.

I'm glad City Hall got a harsh response from the NYPD. This mayor wants to do whatever he pleases, but let's hope there's people out there that will stop him.

Rob Johann Woodhaven

• Rama Duwaji, the first lady of New York City, decides to travel to countries on the do-not-travel list. It was suggested we would send the NYPD finest to protect her. How would you do this without causing a potential international disaster?

Connie Abate Dumont, NJ

• Syria and Lebanon have been designated as "do

THE ISSUE: NYC first lady Rama Duwaji's upcoming trip to Syria and Lebanon without an NYPD escort.

Rama Duwaji

not travel" countries by the US government.

Why would a "private citizen" be escorted by police officers who could be killed in countries where they shouldn't be?

John Ketelsen Ocean, NJ

• No matter how robust an NYPD security detail the mayor's Jew-hating and America-hating wife would have brought with her to Syria and Lebanon, it's not far-fetched to think that these officers could be overwhelmed by

terrorists, and ultimately wind up as hostages in Iranian hands, where they could be tortured and used as pawns in negotiations with President Trump to end the war.

She doesn't need a NYPD security detail; her friends in Hamas and Hezbollah will undoubtedly ensure her safety.

Charles Compton The Bronx

• Rama Duwaji has just learned a new word: Chutzpah!

Syd Miller, Manhattan

• The mayor's spokesperson's brazen assumption that the NYPD would accompany his wife to Syria and Lebanon is yet another example of Mamdani's dictatorship mindset.

God forbid someone of his ilk gets to the Oval Office. Then the US military will be at the whim of the president, as it is at the whim of all dictators.

Elizabeth Schultz Manhattan

Wisconsin Came to Its Senses

• Democratic voters in Wisconsin finally came to their senses, and a late surge turned the tide in the gubernatorial primary race ("Wisconsin Was Just One Battle," Editorial, Aug. 13).

Instead of allowing a fully avowed communist to run for governor, they elevated a slightly better socialist to the candidates' perch.

True, Francesca Hong hated America, Thanksgiving and almost all national holidays. She was anti-Israel and anti-anything slanted to the true American ideals that

THE ISSUE: Left-wing candidate Francesca Hong's loss in Wisconsin Democrats gubernatorial primary.

made our country great. She is feeling a bit low this week, but I bet even the local left-wing media is breathing a sigh of relief. Robert Lobenstein Hubertus, Wis.

• Wisconsin loon Francesca Hong's now-deleted tweet calling to cancel Thanksgiving may have crossed the red line for a DSA candidate in the Democratic Party. It was so deadly that even socialist Jew-bash-

ing defenders of the working class like Rep. Alexandria "Met Gala" Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie "Three Homes" Sanders wouldn't jump on one of their private planes or lounge in first class on a commercial airliner to campaign for her.

Well, honorary for Thanksgiving. Our happy family day to enjoy turkey may have saved Wisconsin from electing one.

Matthew Brief Manhattan

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DON'S DRONE DEFENSE

Prez pushes delivery tech — but FAA is stalling

THERE'S a new delivery system in town. Well . . . maybe not in your town.

In some places, drones are now allowed to deliver small packages, groceries and takeout. Companies like Wing and Zipline bring people hot meals in under 10 minutes. I had to see it to believe it.

Drone delivery makes sense. Drones are faster and usually more efficient than sending cars to people's homes — why use a whole car and driver to transport a single burrito?

Drone delivery was supposed to be common years ago. Jeff Bezos told '60 Minutes' he expected Amazon to be sending out drone deliveries by 2017. But most of us still don't have it.

Why? 'Confusing regulations,' said Adam Thierer, author of 'Permissionless Innovation.'

The Federal Aviation Administration declared that drones may not fly 'beyond visual line of sight' without special authorization. To fly a drone farther, you must get airline-level certification. The FAA must inspect your facilities, review operating and maintenance procedures and certify you as an air carrier.

'It takes a lot of work from a company with the size and resources like Amazon to get these limited permits,' Thierer explained.

'Would the Wright brothers have even gotten into the air if the Federal Aviation Administration existed when they were trying to fly for the first time? Unlikely!'

Because it's so hard to get permission, only eight companies now do drone deliveries. Of course,

some people don't want drones making deliveries near them. I understand why.

Some worry about invasion of privacy, about drones with cameras 'spying' on them. Amazon tells people, 'Our drones use cameras and other sensors to navigate, sense and avoid obstacles,' not to spy.

A bigger problem is that drones are often noisy. Companies like Wing say they're making drones quieter.

'We have trucks and delivery men come to our driveways every single day and we've just gotten used to it,' Thierer pointed out.

'There was a time when even that would have been very strange.'

'But I don't want all these machines buzzing around my head!' I responded.

'You probably don't want noisy trucks coming down your driveway either,' he said. 'It would actually be better and potentially quieter if we had a drone that came from far in the sky and then just came down right on our property.'

'These technologies are so new and different, and then, all of a sudden, they're right in our face, right above us.'

'But guess what? That was the way cars were originally. That was the way trains were.'

He's right: When trains were first introduced, some people gen-

uinely believed that women's bodies were not designed to go 50 miles an hour. 'Our uteruses would fly out of our bodies,' they insisted.

'It was silly,' laughed Thierer, 'and they're going to freak out a little bit about drones. It's understandable. Then they're going to get used to it because they're going to see them. They're going to bring them into their lives, and things will change.'

President Trump hopes to speed that process. He signed an executive order telling the FAA to fast-track drone deliveries by allowing drones to fly beyond line of sight.

But he did that more than a year ago. Government is, as usual, so slow — the FAA didn't even respond to Trump's order for months.

Now it has responded, but only with a proposed change. Who knows when, or if, it will go into effect. But at least there's some movement and experimentation.

'If America slows down,' says Thierer, 'the Chinese will step on the gas. Yes, they're a bunch of communists, but the reality is they've allowed a pretty vibrant marketplace to develop in things like drones.'

Three cheers for Amazon, DoorDash Air, Wing, Zipline, DEXA and other drone delivery companies for taking risks to further this technology — and make our lives better.

John Stossel is the author of 'Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.'

Dems' 5 Easy Steps To Ruin a State

POLITICAL pros have a saying about how our two parties handle defeat and victory. When Republicans lose, the pundits say, they fear they'll never win again; when Democrats win, they govern as though they'll never have to win again. Virginia offers proof of the maxim.

As Virginia's Republican attorney general from 2022 to 2026, I worked alongside Gov. Glenn Youngkin to rebuild a state in disrepair. When we took office, Virginia ranked 46th out of 50 in post-COVID job creation. The murder rate had reached a 20-year high, and fentanyl overdose deaths hit new records. People and businesses were voting with their feet: For the first time in a century, Virginia had eight consecutive years of net population loss.

Commonsense conservative ideas changed the trajectory. Under Youngkin, Virginia climbed from the bottom tier of job creation to the top five. Smart fiscal discipline produced budget surpluses every year. Over $156 billion in new business investment flowed in. The murder rate fell, and Virginia led the nation in reducing overdose deaths.

Some dubbed it the 'Virginia Renaissance.' Virginia Democrats have rejected it. In doing so, Gov. Abigail Spanberger has managed to become one of the least popular governors in modern state history after a little more than half a year in office. All it took was five easy steps.

Step 1: Drive businesses away Virginia Democrats have proposed more than $37 billion in new taxes in 2026, one analysis found — despite the budget surplus that Youngkin's policies left them. Democrats in Richmond have enacted a sweeping payroll tax and a carbon tax, and their new regula-

'The fiscal damage will be devastating.'

tory burdens have increased the effective cost of hiring in Virginia by 22.5%, the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy estimates. Under Spanberger, Boeing, Amazon and many other companies have announced closures or layoffs in the commonwealth.

Step 2: Impose an energy tax Virginia must double its base-load electricity capacity over the next decade to meet growing demand. The rational response would be expanding natural gas and nuclear energy — proven, reliable and affordable energy sources.

Instead, Democrats are forcing ratepayers to purchase 'renewable energy credits' that generate no actual electricity — a de facto carbon tax that's costing Virginia's hundreds of millions of dollars annually, and will soon add up to $1 billion or more a year.

Step 3: Put offenders over victims and thwart the police Under Spanberger's Democrats, more than 9,000 convicted felons have been released early, some with decades remaining on their sentences; nearly half of them have already been re-arrested. Moreover, one of her first official acts was ordering state law enforcement to stop cooperating with federal authorities to deport violent illegal immigrants, even those convicted of rape and murder, putting inno-

s200 million per year. Extrapolated across Virginia, the fiscal damage will be devastating. Step 5: Push partisan politics, defying the state constitution In 2020, Virginia voters amended their state constitution — by a two-thirds supermajority — to enact a nonpartisan redistricting process. Yet Spanberger, who campaigned as a pragmatic leader who would transcend party politics, supported an egregious partisan gerrymander under which the 46% of Virginians who voted Republican in 2024 would have held approximately 9% of the state's congressional seats. And while our state Supreme Court struck down the power grab, the damage to Spanberger's credibility was done. The Virginia Renaissance was the product of principled, disciplined governance focused on the people rather than the political class. What's unfolding now in Richmond is its deliberate undoing at the hands of Spanberger and her Democrat allies. Now, businesses and families are making their own calculations about whether to stay or go. History, and the voters, will render their verdict in time. Jason Miyares, Virginia's former attorney general, is a partner at Torridon Law PLCC. Adapted from City Journal.

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cent Virginians at risk.

Step 4: Force unionization on local governments

Virginia's right-to-work law has been key in attracting and retaining manufacturing jobs — but Spanberger was a co-sponsor of the PRO Act, which would have abolished right-to-work protections in Virginia and 26 other states. As governor, she's poised to sign mandatory collective bargaining legislation that forces all government employees into bargaining units, stripping local governments of flexibility and guaranteeing property-tax increases across the board.

Chesterfield County alone estimates the cost to its taxpayers at

$200 million per year. Extrapolated across Virginia, the fiscal damage will be devastating.

Step 5: Push partisan politics, defying the state constitution

In 2020, Virginia voters amended their state constitution — by a two-thirds supermajority — to enact a nonpartisan redistricting process. Yet Spanberger, who campaigned as a pragmatic leader who would transcend party politics, supported an egregious partisan gerrymander under which the 46% of Virginians who voted Republican in 2024 would have held approximately 9% of the state's congressional seats. And while our state Supreme Court struck down the power grab, the damage to Spanberger's credibility was done.

The Virginia Renaissance was the product of principled, disciplined governance focused on the people rather than the political class. What's unfolding now in Richmond is its deliberate undoing at the hands of Spanberger and her Democrat allies.

Now, businesses and families are making their own calculations about whether to stay or go. History, and the voters, will render their verdict in time.

Jason Miyares, Virginia's former attorney general, is a partner at Torridon Law PLCC. Adapted from City Journal.

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Bridge

West dealer Both sides vulnerable

NORTH

▲ 8 7 3

▼ A K J 5 4

◇ A Q 10

▲ Q 10

WEST

▲ K 10 4

▼ Q 3

◇ K 9 5

▲ A K J 6 3

EAST

▲ 9 5

▼ 10 9 6 2

◇ 10 9 6 2

◇ 7 6 3 2

▲ 9 5 4

SOUTH

▲ A Q J 6 2

▼ 8 7

◇ J 8 4

▲ 8 7 2

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NORTH ▲ 8 7 3 ▼ A K J 5 4 ◇ A Q 10 ▲ Q 10

WEST ▲ K 10 4 ▼ Q 3 ◇ K 9 5 ▲ A K J 6 3 EAST ▲ 9 5 ▼ 10 9 6 2 ◇ 7 6 3 2 ▲ 9 5 4

SOUTH ▲ A Q J 6 2 ▼ 8 7 ◇ J 8 4 ▲ 8 7 2

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"Hear about the ships that collided?" Cy the Cynic asked me. "One was red, the other blue."

"Any loss of life?"

"No," Cy said, "but the passengers and crews are marooned."

Today's North bid wildly. He doubled West's 1NT with no idea whether he could beat it. Then when West ran to two clubs, and South bid two spades, North raised though South had not promised much strength.

West led the K-A and a third club, and dummy ruffed. South knew not to lead a trump to his queen next (West would win and lead a fourth club, and East would uppercut with his nine of trumps), so he took the ace and led the queen.

DOWN ONE

West won and led a heart. South took the A-K and was marooned -- in dummy. He tried to get to his hand by ruffing a heart, but West overruffed. Down one, and South was red-faced and blue.

South gets un-marooned if he takes the A-K of hearts before leading a second trump. However West defends, South reaches his hand to draw the last trump and win the rest.

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A	H	H	B	E	A	O	S	A	I	F	P	G	R	E
R	E	Y	C	R	W	M	B	B	M	O	A	N	E	L
U	R	G	S	O	I	S	A	O	A	N	P	W	N	B
D	M	I	B	A	O	C	C	L	I	M	A	T	E	A
R	O	E	I	R	T	L	L	C	G	S	N	N	W	H
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T	A	S	E	N	S	I	T	I	V	E	W	S	E	R
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	8	2	4		3	6	9
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Prices cool

Wholesale inflation was unchanged last month as gas prices reversed some of their Iran war spike, a sign that consumer inflation could grind lower in the months ahead. The Labor Department's producer price index was flat in July, after falling by 0.1% in June.

Time to hike

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack reiterated her view that the central bank should raise interest rates to bring inflation back down to target. "I think it's really critical that we act now," Hammack said.

Still resilient

Fitch affirmed the sovereign credit rating for the US at "AA+" with a stable outlook, citing its large economy, high per-capita income and the dollar's status as the world's leading reserve currency.

Last hurrah?

Struggling Porsche plans to discontinue production of its electric model Taycan by 2030 due to weak sales, a German media outlet reported. Launched in 2019, the Taycan was Porsche's first EV.

Reddit invited

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Missing ingredients

Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe, 23, would more likely face financial penalties than tough-to-prove criminal charges for alleged "cookie stuffing" for unearned commissions at her startup Phia.

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Could cost you big-time, cookie!

By ARIEL ZILBER and TAYLOR HEZRLICH

Phoebe Gates is unlikely to face the maximum 20 years behind bars for potential charges stemming from the "cookie stuffing" allegations engulfing her AI-powered shopping startup Phia — but she could get hit with civil lawsuits and financial penalties if the claims are proven, experts say.

Star Kashman, founding partner of Cyber Law Firm, said federal wire fraud carries a statutory maximum of two decades in prison, along with potential financial penalties — but stressed that prosecutors would first have to prove that Gates knowingly participated in a scheme to defraud.

"This can't be a careless or negligent error," she told The Post.

Crime elements

"Wire fraud would have to paint a picture of a knowing scheme that is organized to defraud these individuals of their money." The "more likely" consequence for Gates and Phia is "financial penalties," Kashman said.

She said parties that can demonstrate they lost money because of Phia's alleged conduct could potentially pursue civil claims over commissions, contracts and business relationships, as well as privacy and consumer-protection issues.

Gates, the 23-year-old daughter of Microsoft co-

founder Bill Gates, and fellow Stanford alum Sophia Kianni co-founded Phia, an AI-powered shopping platform that launched its consumer app and browser extension in April 2025.

Bloomberg reported this week that Phia's browser extension could drop affiliate tracking cookies even when shoppers did not take the action normally required for the startup to claim credit for a sale, a practice known as "cookie stuffing."

Phia has disputed aspects of Bloomberg's findings and hasn't been charged with a crime.

A rep said "any features causing misattributions" were removed in July.

"Even with intent, prosecution is never automatic," Kashman said.

OPENAI EXEC CRUNCH

2nd pre-IPO exit

By MARC VARTABEDIAN

OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser is leaving less than a year after she joined the company — the latest in a series of surprise high-level exits as the artificial-intelligence giant prepares for a blockbuster public listing.

The personnel change comes as OpenAI has been locked in fierce competition with Anthropic — which has investors hoping for a massive $2 trillion valuation when it goes public later this year.

The Dario Amodei-led AI lab's surging revenue could allow Anthropic to more-than-double its current valuation in its IPO, which is expected around October, six investors in the company told the Financial Times.

Playing catch-up

OpenAI's own IPO is expected to follow Anthropic's. The company said Thursday that Dresser is leaving "to pursue other opportunities" and will be replaced by Dali Rajic, who previously served as the president and chief operating officer of the cybersecurity company Wiz.

Dresser's exit is the second senior departure within days at the Sam Altman-led San Francisco startup. Brad Lightcap, a top OpenAI executive and friend of the CEO, said in a post on X Tuesday that he

was leaving the company after eight years, stating he was going to "start something new."

OpenAI has been scrambling to catch up to Anthropic in selling to enterprise clients — a business segment that sent Anthropic's revenue surging. Dresser's exit creates a void, as she had brought enterprise experience to the company.

Joined in December

Her departure creates an additional crunch because she was in part brought on to take over some of Lightcap's duties after OpenAI said this year he was transitioning to a new "special projects"-focused role.

Dresser wrote on LinkedIn that she's working with OpenAI President Greg Brockman to ensure a "smooth transition."

She joined OpenAI in December after more than a decade as a Salesforce executive.

The rash of exits comes at an inopportune time for OpenAI as it rushes to polish up its finances ahead of a likely blockbuster initial public offering. The company confidentially filed its IPO paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June, just days after Anthropic.

In March, OpenAI closed a huge funding round at an eyewatering $852 billion valuation.

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Ackman shows his 'cards'

Bill Ackman unveiled six new holdings, including Netflix, Visa and Mastercard, marking the billionaire investor's biggest portfolio overhaul in years.

Ackman (right) said Thursday he acquired shares starting in the second quarter that will be held in his investment funds, including his newest offering, Pershing Square USA, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April. Along with Netflix, which Ack-

man held briefly in 2022 before selling at a loss, his funds are also investing in eye care firm Alcon, exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange and financial data provider S&P Global.

Ackman said he believes the firms' earnings are poised for strong growth, which he views as the greatest driver of investment value over time.

On Thursday, Netflix jumped 5%, S&P Global added 3% and the oth-

ers, except Alcon, were modestly higher. Pershing Square USA shares were up more than 2% following the investment disclosures and second-quarter earnings released Wednesday.

The new additions mark the biggest overhaul in years for Ackman's portfolio, which traditionally owns no more than a dozen companies. Ackman added Microsoft earlier this year. Reuters

S&P 500 hits new heights

The S&P 500 notched a record-high close Thursday, fueled by advances in Sandisk and other heavyweight technology stocks, as tame producer price inflation data supported expectations that the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates at its September meeting.

Memory chip makers Sandisk and Micron Technology surged 14% and 4%, respectively, while Microsoft added almost 1%, and Meta Platforms rose 2.8%.

Shares of AI cloud company CoreWeave dipped 1.3%. The stock surged 19% a day earlier after the company lifted its annual capital spending forecast.

Strong forecasts in recent weeks from companies including Microsoft and Amazon have reduced investors' concerns about massive spending on AI data centers.

"The AI earnings-driven tech boom continues," said Jay Hatfield, CEO of Infrastructure Capital Advisors in New York. "It's an earnings boom, not a bubble."

The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% to end the session at 7,798.99 points, exceeding its record high close last Friday. The broad index is up about 14% in 2026.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.8%, while the blue-chip Dow edged up 0.1%, closing within 1% of a record high. Reuters

Fear Coach flameout

Tapestry's Coach brand finished the fiscal year with another standout quarter of sales growth, but investors are worried the company won't be able to keep momentum going another year.

Coach has wowed shareholders this year, as its handbags caught on with Gen Z shoppers. But Tapestry struck a note of conservatism Thursday and said it now expects revenue to slow down in the second half of its new fiscal year.

Shares of the company, which also owns Kate Spade, slid 16%. Dow Jones

Jeepers 'peepers'!

Planet Fitness let creep film naked gals: lawsuits

By ARIEL ZILBER

Planet Fitness is facing a barrage of lawsuits from women who claim a male gym member repeatedly broke into locked tanning rooms and secretly filmed dozens of naked patrons — sometimes recording himself masturbating — as employees allegedly ignored warnings and suspicious behavior for months.

The explosive allegations center on a Planet Fitness in Arroyo Grande, Calif., where Kyle Combs was accused of amassing more than 50 photos and videos of roughly 47 women in various states of undress between January and December 2025, according to court papers.

Combs, 40, of Grover Beach, Calif., has been charged with 12 misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy for secretly recording nude women in tanning booths, according

to prosecutors. He has pleaded not guilty. Eight women suing as Jane Does allege that Combs sometimes videotaped himself masturbating while filming his unsuspecting victims, ac-

cording to one of four complaints filed recently in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. One woman claims she caught Combs inside her tanning area in May 2025 and immediately begged a

Planet Fitness employee and manager for help — only to have them laugh at her and blame her for supposedly failing to lock the door. When the woman insisted she had locked it,

the workers allegedly dismissed her complaint and told her there was nothing wrong with the locks, the suit claims.

Combs' alleged spree nevertheless continued for another seven months, until a different woman caught him pointing a cellphone camera through a crack in her tanning booth on Dec. 29, according to the complaint.

The woman, identified as Jane Doe I, had stripped down except for a bikini top when she spotted the camera lens aimed at her unclothed body, the suit alleges.

Planet Fitness said the safety and privacy of its members is its top priority, and that it canceled Combs' membership and worked closely with the local police in their investigation.

Combs didn't respond for comment. azilber@nypost.com

Farewell tour for Cook Tyson's ending a beef

In one of his last public appearances as Apple's CEO, Tim Cook toured a Houston factory with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, showing off a new manufacturing school and assembly line that later this year will start producing Mac Mini computers.

The tour demonstrated the close ties between Apple and the Trump administration, which has touted Apple's commitment to invest in

the US as a centerpiece of the president's effort to rebuild US manufacturing. "Advanced manufacturing is where the puck is going," Lutnick said to a room full of workers taking a class in Apple manufacturing techniques. "The problem is we need to train Americans."

"We believe in the promise of this nation and we're proud to put our money where our mouth is," said Cook in a speech. Dow Jones

Tyson Foods is planning to close a major beef processing plant and sell another, the latest moves by the meatpacking giant to pull back from the beleaguered beef business.

The Arkansas-based company said it is shuttering its Joslin, Ill., plant, which employs more than 2,000 people and can slaughter about 3,000 cattle a day. It separately aims to sell its Pasco, Wash., facility that can slaughter about

2,000 cattle a day. Tyson also said it plans to close a large beef packaging facility in Utah.

US meatpackers are under enormous financial pressure because of a yearlong cattle shortage, with domestic supplies falling to their lowest level in 75 years, sharply driving up costs for meat processors. Consumer demand for beef has remained strong, helping propel prices to record levels. Dow Jones

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FLOCK CAMERA New anti-abuse features.

Flock ups cam 'guards'

Flock Safety said it would add safeguards to its surveillance products to address potential abuse by law enforcement, after months of backlash and vandalism of its AI-enabled camera system.

All law-enforcement customers will be required to adopt a tool that flags abnormal activity for review, the company said Thursday. Atlanta-based Flock said the tool has already been associated with the arrests of several officers accused of abusing the system. It will also institute a "proactive lockout" that suspends access when the system detects suspicious behavior.

The company also said it would reduce the default data-retention period from 30 to seven days.

Tensions have risen across the country over the cameras, which photograph the back of passing vehicles and collect license-plate data and other identifying information. Dow Jones

Gen Z uses AI $$ tips

When it comes to money matters, many young investors are turning to artificial intelligence.

That is according to a new survey from Betterment, a wealth management company, which found that 48% of Gen Z investors say AI has already influenced a financial decision.

Gen Z investors, those born between 1997 and 2007, are also far more likely to use and trust AI than older generations, according to Betterment's survey. Dow Jones

STUBHUB $OCCED

By TAYLOR HERZLICH

StubHub shares tanked 10% Thursday on its disastrous World Cup partnership, which erased its quarterly profit and left customers who bought tickets stranded outside stadiums — resulting in a frenzy of media coverage and litigation.

In its Wednesday earnings report, the ticket reseller reported a loss attributable to common stockholders of $40,000, or less than a penny per share, for the quarter ended June 30, an improvement from a $75.9 million loss in the same quarter last year.

Revenue soared 33% to $573.1 million, beating analysts' estimates of $513.3 million — but expenses rose even faster, at 37%, as the World Cup ticketing catastrophe wiped out its profits.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup — which was hosted by 16 cities, including 11 in the US — was largely expected to deliver StubHub a boom in profits.

But the company was plagued by complaints from customers who paid for tickets months in advance — and then found themselves stuck outside stadiums around the country without an entry pass.

Blaming the app

"As fans ourselves, we understand the disappointment when these issues occur," CEO Eric Baker said during an earnings call late Wednesday. "Our marketplace only works when fans attend an event."

Baker blamed the dismal earnings on FIFA's mobile app, which he said was created by the event organizer as "just a bespoke thing for this tournament, not anything that anybody would typically rely on."

FIFA's app "added an additional layer of complexity" as StubHub attempted to manage an influx of ticket orders for 75 soccer matches held in cities nationwide across a two-week span, he added.

Baker said the majority of StubHub customers did not experience any issue with their World Cup

Kick in the pants

World Cup tix failure nets 10% stock flop

tickets, adding that "there was a small subset of fans who didn't have the experience they wanted and had to get a refund."

"That's unacceptable to us. We work every day to try and eliminate that. Even one refund ... is one too many," he added.

The stock is now down nearly 60% from its market debut last year.

The company sold shares to the public at $23.50 last September.

A lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that is seeking class-action status alleged two California residents shelled out thousands for World Cup tickets, only for StubHub to cancel their orders at the last minute.

LA resident Reuben Renteria

paid $2,294 for two tickets to the match between Mexico and South Korea and traveled all the way to Mexico before he realized StubHub had canceled the order, the lawsuit said.

Orange County resident Julia Reeker Moghal was also left stranded outside LA's SoFi Stadium after she bought tickets for a Switzerland game, the suit claimed.

In another instance, 89-year-old Chico Mendez's dream of attending a match to see his beloved Mexico was crushed when StubHub failed to send his granddaughter Paola Hernández the tickets she'd already paid for, The Post previously reported.

US drops suit vs. Nike

The federal agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination dropped a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena in a probe of Nike's treatment of white employees, saying the company has handed over a trove of information.

District Judge Cristian Stevens in St. Louis granted the Equal Employment Op-

portunity Commission's motion Thursday to dismiss the lawsuit it filed in February.

The commission had claimed the sneaker giant refused to comply with demands for information such as data on the company's workforce. Dropping the subpoena action doesn't mean the agency has concluded its probe. Reuters

'Silver' lining for Workday

Private-equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to acquire Workday, which has a market value of about $43 billion, in a deal that would rank among the largest software buyouts in history, according to sources.

Silver Lake and the human-resources and financial management software

company have held discussions about a potential deal in recent months, sources said.

Silver Lake could bring in additional investors to finance the deal, one source said, which would represent one of the firm's largest technology investments to date. The private-equity

firm teamed up with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Affinity Partners for its roughly $55 billion take-private deal for video game maker Electronic Arts last year.

Workday's shares surged 18% Thursday but are still down almost 4% this year. Reuters

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LOOKDOWN

DELENDER

Seahawks to sign CB Arnold, who is facing multiple felony charges

By THOMAS GAMBA-ELLIS

Troubled cornerback Terrion Arnold has found his new NFL home. Arnold, who is facing eight felony counts in connection with a February robbery and kidnapping, is signing a deal with the Seahawks, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Thursday.

Exact details of Arnold's contract remain unclear, with the deal coming after the 23-year-old garnered interest from multiple teams — including the Giants and Jets — over the past few weeks.

Arnold, who was drafted by the Lions with the No. 24 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, was ultimately released by Detroit in June after he was arrested in Tampa, Fla., for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping.

He previously met with the Seahawks this past weekend and visited the Giants on Wednesday.

During a pre-trial hearing in July, Arnold's agent, Nicole Lynn, said that the Jets were one of the teams interested in the cornerback.

Following Arnold's signing, the NFL must now decide whether to place the cornerback on the Com-

TERRION ARNOLD

missioner's Exempt List as he faces the charges.

Arnold allegedly was the "primary conspirator" in the February kidnapping and is accused of beating three men whom prosecutors say he falsely suspected of robbing him and others of over $250,000 at an Airbnb in Lago, Fla.

He also claimed to have roughly $100,000 in cash, watches, jewelry, designer bags, shoes and a cell phone

stolen from him, the Detroit Free Press reported.

The men who accused Arnold and his six alleged co-conspirators of robbing them allegedly had "visible injuries from being battered, held at gunpoint, and pistol-whipped before their personal property was stolen and they were ordered to leave," according to Tampa police.

"All three victims were escorted out of the apartment by the armed suspects, forced into their vehicle, and the victims immediately left the scene," police stated.

Despite turning himself in at Orient Road Jail on June 24, Arnold maintains his innocence.

"Terrion Arnold categorically denies any involvement in the matters underlying the allegations made against him and maintains his innocence," Denise White, CEO of EAG Sports Management, said in a statement. "There is no credible evidence linking Mr. Arnold to these allegations."

Through 24 career games in two NFL seasons, Arnold has one interception and 18 passes defended. tgamba-ellis@nypost.com

Ex-LSU QB speaks out on number brouhaha

Jayden Daniels opened up about the controversy surrounding the decision by the NFL quarterback to slap his former school with a cease and desist letter prohibiting LSU from using his name, image or likeness.

News of the demand, which was sent to LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry on Aug. 5, was reported by ESPN on Wednesday night and Daniels issued a statement through his social media channels Thursday afternoon.

"I have been locked in on training camp and that's been my number one focus," Daniels said. "I have a lot of gratitude for my time at LSU and I'm proud of what my teammates and I accomplished there. Obviously there are issues to be worked out between my team and LSU and my hope is that it will get done privately. My sole personal focus is on Commanders' football. I realize the business of football is unique and I trust this can all be resolved."

Daniels issued the letter after LSU gave his No. 5 jersey to sophomore cornerback DJ Pickett.

The issue at hand stems from Daniels' family's belief that his number would be "honored and protected" and would be a "meaningful" part of Daniels' legacy in Baton Rouge.

"The Daniels family is deeply disappointed and feels profoundly disrespected by LSU's decision to give Jayden's number to another player," a Daniels spokesperson told ESPN.

Daniels' number has not been worn by another LSU player since he went to the NFL, but No. 5 was never officially retired by the football program. — Christian Arnold

SPORTS SHORTS

SOCCER: Necaxa eliminates NYCFC

New York City FC could not hold on to an early lead as goals by Juan David Valencia Longa and a 79th-minute tally by Juan Pablo Torres helped Necaxa earn a 2-1 Leagues Cup victory Thursday night in Harrison, N.J.

The defeat in the third and final group stage game eliminated NYCFC from the Leagues Cup. Keaton Parks had given the hosts a 1-0 lead with a 37th-minute goal.

MLB: Phillies win at Field of Dreams

Kyle Schwarber smashed two home runs into the corn behind right field to stretch his major league-leading total to 37, as the Phillies beat the Twins 7-1 in the first game at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, in four years.

● In Boston, standout rookie Payton Tolle allowed two hits over eight innings, Caleb Durbin hit a grand slam and the Red Sox ended their five-game skid with a 7-0 victory over the Blue Jays.

● In Washington, Cade Cavalli took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and the Nationals

beat the Cubs 7-0 to avoid a three-game sweep.

● In Chicago, Sal Stewart, Eugenio Suárez and Tyler Stephenson homered, and the Reds held off the White Sox for a 9-8 victory.

● In Detroit, Keider Montero pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Tigers blanked the Guardians 3-0 despite failing to record a strikeout.

● In Miami, Braxton Ashcraft threw a complete-game three-hitter, Rafael Flores had a pair of three-run homers and the Pirates beat the Marlins 13-1.

NFL: Flacco delivers Bengals to victory

Joe Flacco threw a touchdown pass in relief of Joe Burrow, Evan McPherson kicked three field goals and the Bengals beat the Lions 16-14 in Cincinnati in the preseason opener for both teams. Burrow and the first-string offensive line played two series, with the franchise quarterback going 5 of 6 for 39 yards.

● In Las Vegas, No. 1 draft pick Fernando Mendoza threw a touchdown pass in his preseason debut for Las Vegas in a 27-14 loss to the Cardinals. The Heisman Trophy winner finished 10

of 16 for 97 yards and a 6-yard TD pass to Jack Bech.

● In Pittsburgh, rookie Drew Allar threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for another during an impressive debut as the Steelers surged past the Packers 28-9.

GOLF: Rahm to leave LIV Golf

LIV Golf reportedly is bracing for the imminent departure of Spanish star Jon Rahm, who recently won his third straight individual season championship.

As LIV Golf fights to stay afloat without Saudi financial backing, The Telegraph reported Thursday that league sources are "almost resigned" to Rahm's departure when the season ends later this month.

● In Memphis, Tenn., Jordan Spieth believes he's playing better golf and he finally got a score to show for it. He was bogey-free for a 5-under 65 that gave him a four-way share of the lead in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Rocket Classic champion Michael Thorbjørnsen, Jake Knapp, Michael Kim and Kurt Kitayama also opened with 65s.

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Saratoga

Analysis by Vic Cangialosi

Lock of the Day Cosmic Year (3rd) Lock Record: 12 for 25 (48%) Meet Record: 65/266 $436.52

1 mile; $78,000; alv; 3YO 1 STICKUPWITHOUTAGUN in the Friday opener. Outrun in both the Mike Lee and the NY Derby at Finger Lakes. Only 2-time winner in the field will be better here. J Ortiz rides for McPeek. WHEN YOUR ZADY led late, outkicked, racing 1 1/8 miles. Noda shaves a furlong; gets Franco to ride. Ran 5th behind Stickupwiltoutagun in May. JETS BIO is 1 for 8 but only 1/4 shy at Ellis. And INTO THE LIGHT was 3 lengths short, this level/distance at the Spa.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Into the Light(L),123	D Davis	2-1-2	R Dutrow	3-1
2 Jets Rio(L),121	I Ortiz, Jr	3-4-5	Mouett	9-2
3 Bold Love(L),123	L Saez	8-2-7	Summers	6-1
4 Stickupwiltoutagun(L),123	J Ortiz	4-9-1	McPeek	3-1
5 First Blessing(L),123	J Rodriguez	7-3-3	Jimenez	5-1
6 Who's Your Zaddy(L),123	M Franco	3-12-5	Noda	5-2

2 5 1/2 fur(T); $90,000; mdn; 2YO(f) Two-year-old fillies on the turf. NIGHT SKY (Delgado/Zayas/Mendelssohn) offers fair first-out value. ATLAS A EYE debuted 2nd best, this distance. Moves forward if we're off turf. CAYENNE is another first-time! trained by Delgado. Sired by Central Banker, Castellano up. And SOUTHERN KISS ran home a neck short on the lawn at Ellis.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 White Star,123	R Santana, Jr	4-4-4	Abreu	15-1
2 Cayenne,123	J Castellano	4-4-4	Delgado	12-1
3 Miss Ma'am,123	J Rodriguez	7-4-4	Green	5-1
4 Denos Grace,123	T Gaffalone	10-5-4	Beckman	8-1
5 Early Autumn,123	J Velazquez	4-4-4	Servis	4-1
6 Southern Kiss,123	J Ortiz	2-4-4	Casse	2-1
7 Split the Blanket,123	C Elliott	7-4-4	Giddings	7-2
8 Night Sky,123	E Zayas	4-4-4	Delgado	8-1
9 Atlas a Eye,123	M Franco	2-4-4	Mott	9-5

3 1 mile(T); $125,000; alv; 3up Chad Brown removes COSMIC YEAR from the stakes trail after finishing a neck short in the Cliffhanger, then 4 lengths shy in the Grade 3 Kelso. 1st time lasts. Franco stays on; so do we. GEORGIA MAGIC MTG. Won last pair by a combined 10+ lengths. PAROS Dirt to turf for Gustavo Rodriguez. Winner racing for 50k last grass start. And 2 for 2 on the Saratoga lawn. Gets Carmouche back. MAIN STRONG scored at Churchill, snapping a lengthy losing skid. Contender. INTELLECT is 0 for 5 at a mile but a 1/2 length shy last try.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Makes Sense(L),126	D Davis	7-7-5	Summers	12-1
2 Cosmic Year(GBI)/ML126	M Franco	9-2-4	C Brown	8-5
3 High Betal(L),126	T Gaffalone	12-2-3	Arriga	20-1
4 Maui Strong(L),126	L Saez	1-5-2	Romans	5-1
5 Intellect(FRX),126	I Ortiz, Jr	2-4-2	C Brown	9-5
6 Paros(L),126	K Carmouche	6-1-3	Rodriguez	4-1
7 Frosted Over(L),126	C Elliott	6-10-2	Sells	20-1
8 Alan Turing(L),126	J Alvarado	6-1-2	Quick	7-2
9 Georgia Magic(L),126	J Rodriguez	1-1-4	Schauer	6-5
10 Le Gris(L),126	Rider TBA	8-4-4	Rodriguez	10-1
11 Sherlock's Jewel(L),126	K Carmouche	4-4-9	Rodriguez	5-1

4 7 fur; $65,000; clm($55,000); 3up Winners of 1 and the only horse proven at 7/8 is TOGA DORO. Only 3/4 short, same distance last out. ABINGARD moved lower and responded, graduating by open lengths (4th start). Well spotted for Joe Sharp but can be yet another furlong? FREAKY Turf to dirt for Handal. 0 of 3 on dirt, and not since 2024. Binkers on. Using the wildcard in deep exotics with NEIGH BABY. Loads off a maiden breaker as well (7th start). Stretch runner needs it fast up front.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Hot Property(L),126	M Franco	8-5-3	Rice	6-1

2 Daiquiri Sommelier(L),126	L Saez	6-3-1	Stall	4-1
3 Freaky(L),126	D Davis	5-5-4	Handal	12-1
4 Toga d'Oro(L),126	R Santana, Jr	2-5-2	R Dutrow	5-2
5 Abrigado(L),122	I Ortiz, Jr	1-4-5	Sharp	7-2
6 Neigh Baby(L),122	J Rodriguez	1-7-2	Englehart	9-2
7 Swaging(L),126	T Gaffalone	2-3-9	Potts	5-1

5 1 mile; $71,000; mdn clm($85,000); 3up Love OLD TIME ROCKHROLL. Rallied, only to miss by a length. Chad Brown gives him more ground. Linda Rice's STREAM IT is 0 for 7. Pair of 3rds and a close 4th, last 3 starts. Rider change to Franco. GOBBY Turf to dirt for Terranova, 0 for 4 on dirt. A 2nd place finish at the Big A his best showing. Binkers off.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Disparate Impact(L),126	R Santana, Jr	2-3-5	Rice	6-1
2 Gently(L),121	D Davis	6-5-2	Terranova II	5-1
3 Ovechkin(L),121	T Gaffalone	9-5-6	Hennig	15-1
4 Knowledge Sharing(L),121	J Ortiz	11-4-4	C Brown	6-1
5 Bedevile(D),121	L Saez	2-7-6	Asmussen	12-1
6 Old Time Rockmoll(L),121	I Ortiz, Jr	3-6-4	C Brown	2-1
7 Stream It(L),121	M Franco	4-3-3	Rice	3-1
8 Asked and Answered(L),121	J Rodriguez	5-7-4	Arriga	8-1

6 1 1/16 miles(T); $115,000; mdn; 2YO(f) Two-year-olds making two turns on the turf. Many making their career debuts. Our grade INTO FOREVER (Lalose/Santana/Into Mischief), BALAGE (Brown/Franco/Kingman), INPURIATA (Summers/Davis/Raging Bull), LITTLEBERRY (McPeek/Orto/Orionman) and GET YOUR LOSSES (Brown/Gaffalone/Epicenter).

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Infuria,123	D Davis	4-4-4	Summers	12-1
2 Whatever It Takes,123	J Velazquez	4-4-4	Green	8-1
3 Divine Sunshine,123	K Davis	5-4-4	Lea III	30-1
4 May December,123	J Alvarado	4-4-4	Mott	6-1
5 Cut Your Losses,123	T Gaffalone	4-4-4	C Brown	6-1
6 Littleberry,123	J Ortiz	4-4-4	McPeek	8-1
7 Bourbon Madness,123	J Castellano	7-4-4	Hennig	20-1
8 Ballage(IRE),123	M Franco	4-4-4	C Brown	5-2
9 Into Forever,123	R Santana, Jr	4-4-4	Lalose	6-1
10 Mel Went Home,123	L Saez	5-3-4	Medina	9-2

7 1 1/8 miles; $45,000; clm($16,000); 4up GLEN AIRY Close 2nd then a troubled 5th before shipping from Churchill. Moves forward, moving lower for Maker. APALTA drops for Kantarmail after a midpack 5th. Won 3 of previous 4 of this distance. Rider change to Franco. HEY TOBY fell to this height and came back a disappointing 6th after getting parked wide. Ran 2nd at this longer distance in April. Winner racing for 10k in March. Value's up; Rodriguez up. FEVER NIGHT scored back-to-back wins before taking a breather in April. Threepeat in cards.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Hey Toby(L),123	J Rodriguez	6-4-2	Charlene	12-1
2 Laughing Boy(L),121	H Harkie	5-2-7	Simmonds	30-1
3 Good Ball(L),121	R Gutierrez	6-6-8	Bhigroop	30-1
4 Fever Night(L),123	J Lezcano	1-1-5	Rice	6-1
5 Sharp Spark(L),123	S Gonzalez	4-5-2	Kantarmaci	5-1
6 Pineapple Man(L),121	J Ortiz	8-2-1	Nevin	8-1
7 Glen Airy(L),121	I Ortiz, Jr	5-2-3	Maker	8-5
8 Indy Rags(L),123	K Carmouche	5-4-2	Giangiulo	6-1
9 Apatta(L),123	M Franco	5-5-1	Kantarmaci	9-2

8 7 fur; $125,000; alv; 3up Use run from RIDGEWOOD RUNNER. Rallied from 10 lengths back; won by 4+. Gets a pace to chase. Right back for Joe Sharp, same distance.

CONTRAFY THINKING Runnenup twice here this summer. Nose short, this distance. OTELLO was 3rd behind the winner ELIMINATE when they raced a mile at Aqueduct. Otello led and may be better retroacting to 7 panels. Eliminate is 1 for 6 at this distance. And BOLD STRENGTH won, same distance at Churchill. Repeat in cards.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Ridgewood Runner(L),126	T Gaffalone	1-6-4	Sharp	4-1
2 Contrary Thinking(L),126	J Rodriguez	2-2-3	Green	5-2
3 Commuted(L),126	R Santana, Jr	3-8-1	Rice	8-1
4 Vibrant Express(L),126	M Franco	5-6-2	Weaver	6-1
5 Eliminate(L),126	K Carmouche	1-3-1	Rice	9-2
6 Otello(L),126	J Alvarado	3-3-3	Kantarmaci	8-1
7 Bold Strength(L),126	I Ortiz, Jr	1-2-2	Cox	3-1

9 5 1/2 fur(T); $200,000; Smart And Fancy; 3up(f) Canadian shipper MISS VYVYANNE won the Grade 2 Highlander at Woodbine. Now 7 for 10 on grass. Again in the Smart & Fancy. Moran in for the ride. ZEITLOS The M/L face is 0 for 5 on turf, Length short in the Grade 2 Caress here last month. DELIGHTFUL FLAME moves to the stake off a handy optional claiming win. Last of 9 in lone stake start. CAPTURING makes stake debut for Pletcher after winning by Hlumach. Solid 1 for 8 on turf.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Me Governor,124	M Franco	4-7-6	Sharp	12-1
2 Delightful Flame,124	K Davis	1-2-2	Duggan	10-1
3 Praying,126	J Velazquez	6-3-4	Medina	12-1
4 Le Amazonia,124	J Alvarado	2-2-6	Barboza	8-1
5 Capturing,124	I Ortiz, Jr	1-3-5	Pletcher	5-1
6 Miss Vyvyanne,126	P Moran	1-2-1	Cox	5-2
7 Itzel,124	T Gaffalone	2-2-2	Ennis	8-1
8 Ratu Jawa,124	S Bridgmohan	4-5-4	Seyler	50-1
9 Zeitlos,124	J Ortiz	2-6-2	Asmussen	2-1
10 Munnings Express,126	M Franco	1-3-3	Rice	3-1

10 1 1/16 miles(T); $71,000; mdn clm($85,000); 3up The MELODY MAR was narrowly defeated last 3 grass starts at Gulfstream. Gets Gaffalone back. ABOUT FACE was 2nd, lone grass start at Churchill. VIVALDI was 10th behind About Face, but narrows the gap 2nd off the layoff for Chad Brown. Ran 2nd prior to the break. J Ortiz replaces Gaffalone. LANGUID Board hitter all 3 grass starts.

PN Horse Wt.	Jockey	Last 3	Trainer	Odds
1 Vivaldi(L),126	J Ortiz	10-2-7	C Brown	4-1
2 About Face(L),121	I Ortiz, Jr	4-2-4	Cox	2-1
3 Melody Man(L),126	T Gaffalone	4-2-2	Sweeney	8-1
4 Minotaur(L),121	L Saez	4-6-7	Gangan	6-1
5 Mortal Lock(L),126	M Franco	6-2-8	Weaver	6-1
6 Ghost Driver(L),121	D Davis	5-4-4	Noda	30-1
7 Languid(L),121	J Velazquez	2-8-3	R Dutrow	6-1
8 Duty(L),126	J Rodriguez	3-2-3	Clement	5-1
9 Luz de Guial(L),126	K Davis	8-3-3	Zito	20-1

PLAY OF THE DAY

Royal Enclosure (7-1) ran well for 2nd, debuting in the rain. Profit of +$24.

Three for Friday. Play $4 across the board on Night Sky in Race 2 and Melody Man in Race 10. And $30 to win on Cosmic Year in Race 3. — Vic Cangialosi

Yonkers entries Friday

FIRST: Mile trot; $23,000; cond

1 Bijn's (Al Man (CKeife))	2-5-4	2-1
2 R Lady W (Marsh) (1-2-4)	7-5
3 Vinny De Vie (Bhelland)	8-1-4	8-1
4 Commodus A (Asiegelman)	4-8-5	12-1
5 Stormy Kromer (Pluchance)	4-5-3	10-1
6 Blockchain (DDober)	3-3-2	5-1
7 Hydroandrious (Stratton)	7-2-1	20-1
SECOND: Mile trot; $19,000; cond
1 Mycromerykogdm (Pluchance)	3-2-9	5-1
2 Street Gonda (Asiegelman)	5-3-5	5-2
3 Sunday's Brunch (Stratton)	4-6-3	9-2
4 Communion Money (CKeife)	6-5-4	10-1
5 Zimmister S (Marsh)	6-2-4	3-1
6 Durante Hanover (DDober)	1-7-7	8-1
7 Hoolie N Hector (SSmith)	4-5-8	20-1
8 Bully Boy Hill (Bhelland)	3-6-4	6-1

THIRD: Mile trot; $23,000; cond

1 Meetmeathebar (DDober)	9-8-3	10-1
2 Nymeria (CKeife)	6-2-5	7-5
3 Show The Will (VGrisburg)	1-1-2	20-1
4 Ys Sheldon (Pluchance)	4-5-6	8-1
5 Warrawe Yang (Marsh)	2-1-7	7-2
6 Ourmonerotchno(Bhelland)	1-1-3	5-1
7 Lucky Mum N (Asiegelman)	2-5-7	20-1
8 Saint K (Stratton)	2-4-2	15-1

FOURTH: Mile trot; $23,000; cond

1 SongsinTheWind (Segelman)	1-2-2	5-1
2 Sea Can (Stratton)	1-4-2	6-1
3 BayBreezeHanover(BHollond)	5-5-7	8-5
4 Bresser (Marsh)	6-1-4	4-1
5 Khaosan Road (DDober)	7-2-6	9-2
6 Vandy Love (CKeife)	7-4-4	12-1
7 Musical Ride (Pluchance)	5-2-7	20-1

FIFTH: Mile pace; $23,000; cond

1 BeckoningYankee(BHollond)	1-2-8	2-1
2 DiscoveringtheHunt (Martin)	2-2-5	6-1
3 Fashion Terror (VGrisburg)	8-4-4	12-1
4 Illusion Seelster (DDober)	3-2-2	5-1
5 Elegant A (CKeife)	3-3-4	6-1
6 Cruise Alert (SSmith)	6-5-1	20-1
7 Millwood Bliss N (Stratton)	2-2-8	3-1
8 Nila Maree N (Asiegelman)	7-3-5	15-1

SIXTH: Mile pace; $23,000; cond

1 Hunting Hula (Pluchance)	3-6-2	3-1
2 Bronx Mixer (Bhelland)	2-6-5	7-2
3 Cerse Rainbow A (CKeife)	7-4-1	8-1
4 Ultimate Speed (DDober)	8-6-4	12-1
5 Lloyd's Loves (Marsh)	1-7-7	9-5
6 Distant Lover (VGrisburg)	7-5-7	20-1
7 Bri Express N (Stratton)	3-7-3	10-1
8 Glittering Hope (Segelman)	7-7-6	20-1

SEVENTH: Mile pace; $23,000; cond

1 Chanceoflightning (Stratton)	7-5-2	5-2
2 I'm A Believer (Asiegelman)	2-3-3	12-1
3 Lydies (Marsh)	4-4-2	4-1
4 Twin B Echo (Bhelland)	6-3-7	7-2
5 Post Painter N (Pluchance)	6-4-1	20-1
6 Fear Danie (CKeife)	1-4-1	3-1
7 True Blue Hanover (SSmith)	4-1-3	20-1
8 Ideal Cover (VGrisburg)	5-8-7	20-1

EIGHTH: Mile pace; $24,000; cond

1 Waitforever N (Stratton)	5-2-4	6-1
2 Sheer Artistry N (CKeife)	3-1-1	7-3
3 Cheryls Shadow (DDober)	5-8-3	20-1
4 Lockklediamonduk (LTritto)	5-5-2	3-1
5 RecklessAbandon (Asiegelman)	4-1-1	9-2
6 Oakley Shard N (Bhelland)	1-3-4	5-1
7 Time To Strike (Marsh)	4-6-7	20-1
8 Francett N (Pluchance)	2-4-1	5-1

NINTH: Mile pace; $43,000; Invitational

1 Stayingwiththewind (Mohn)	6-8-6	12-1
2 Worklithbalance (Stratton)	8-4-3	8-1
3 Silk Cloud A (LTritto)	1-3-3	8-5
4 Front PageStory (Lachance)	6-3-2	9-2
5 Raspalla N (SSmith)	1-1-7	6-1
6 Rose (CKeife)	3-4-7	4-1
7 Tick A Loch A (Bhelland)	8-1-5	6-1
8 CoachellaaboundN(VGrisburg)	2-1-1	20-1

TENTH: Mile pace; $25,000; cond

1 More Gonda N (Marsh)	3-7-7	9-5
2 Canners Row (Asiegelman)	4-7-4	10-1
3 Cowgirl Lilly (VGrisburg)	4-4-2	15-1
4 Hugs And Kisses (DDober)	6-7-6	7-2
5 She's The Reason A (SSmith)	4-5-5	2-1
6 Harper Seelster (Bhelland)	7-3-3	15-1
7 Sunburst (CKeife)	5-8-4	15-1
8 Party Cruiser (Stratton)	6-7-7	15-1

Saratoga Results

FIRST-5/5 fur; $100,000; mdn; 3up (fAm) 3 Combit Mini (Ortz) 6.06 3.84 2.12 1 Galway Golf (Davis) 7.12 2.88 7 Liberty's Advance (Alvarado) 2.10 Scr. Daylight (Rennier, Apenhit) ● $1 Exacta (3-1) $20.25 ● $0.1 Superfecta (3-1-7) $12.42 ● $0.5 Trifecta (3-1-7) $19.89

SECOND-6 fur; $71,000; mdn clm($85,000); 3up 1 Mo Di Mnr (Franco) 4.26 2.76 2.20 1 Relative Risk (Saez) 8.46 4.98 3 Grand Gesture (Alvarado) 4.78 ● $1 Daily Double (3-2) $7.32 ● $1 Exacta (2-1) $26.39 ● $1 Quinella (1-2) $19.74 ● $0.1 Superfecta (2-1-3) $73.45 ● $0.5 Trifecta (2-

1-3) $75.42 Winner picked by Vic C THIRD-1 mile; $73,000; alv; 3up (fAm) 1 Lily Wudm (Sintz) 3.36 2.20 2.10 2 Our Prifed Pl (Crmouch) 3.62 3.06 6 Joy Legs (Elliott) 5.14 Scr. Trivia ● $1 Pick 2 (3-2-1) $11.48 ● $1 Daily Double (2-1) $3.46 ● $1 Exacta (1-2) $4.76 ● $0.1 Superfecta (1-2-6-1) $6.90 ● $0.5 Trifecta (1-2-6) $17.35 Double picked by Vic C FOURTH-1 1/16 mile; $120,000; alv; 3upf

4 Midnight Court (Ortz) 5.22 2.92 2.14 5 Tulip (Alvarado) 6.20 3.72 1 Mapz (GBI/Castellano) 2.34 Scr. Chartist, Purion, Sounddate, Princessolica ● $1 Pick 3 (2-3-4) $8.09 ● $1 Daily Double (1-4) $5.33 ● $1 Exacta (4-5) $17.66 ● $1 Quinella (4-5) $8.03 ● $0.1 Superfecta (4-5-1-2) $6.01 ● $0.5 Trifecta (4-5-1) $18.17 FIFTH-6 fur; $12,000; clm($20.0); 3up (fAm) 8 Mascara (Ortz) 7.64 4.60 3.02 9 Cloudy Chance (Lizzoni) 5.78 4.00 3 Vekomancer (Franco) 2.54 Scr. Scarlet's Dream ● $1 Pick 3 (1-4-8) $17.55 ● $0.5 Pick 4 (2-1-4-8) $21.28 ● $0.5 Pick 5 (3-2-1-4-8) $82.40 ● $1

Daily Double (4-8) $9.29 ● $1 Exacta (8-9) $26.45 ● $0.1 Superfecta (8-9-3-1) $20.99 ● $0.5 Trifecta (8-9-3) $34.38 SIXTH-1 mile; $120,000; alv; 3up (fAm) 1 Table Flirt (Alvarado) 7.58 3.88 3.22 6 Spining Colors (Velizquez) 6.06 4.50 2 Shotgun Wedding (Ortz) 3.58 Scr. Amber Cascade, Anna's Promise ● $1 Pick 1 (4-8-3) $41.40 ● $1 Daily Double (8-3) $11.84 ● $1 Exacta (3-6) $20.15 ● $0.1 Superfecta (3-6-2-4) $22.65 ● $0.5 Trifecta (3-6-2) $46.61 SEVENTH-5/5 fur; $125,000; alv; 3up (fAm) 6 Shoot It Tru (Ortz) 3.20 2.12 2.10 3 Highway Harmony (Zays) 3.00 2.42 1 Apenhit (Davis) 2.84 Scr. Shades of Jack, All Class, Coaster, Next On Stage ● $1 Pick 3 (8-3-6) $29.53 ● $0.5 Pick 5 (1-4-8-3-6) $7.54 ● $1 Daily Double (3-6) $7.78 ● $1 Exacta (6-3) $4.13 ● $0.1 Superfecta (6-3-1-5) $1.98 ● $0.5 Trifecta (6-3-1) $3.66 Winner picked by Vic C (Lock) EIGHTH-1 1/4 miles; $200,000; Birdstone; 3up 3 Strs nd Styes (Sz) 6.86 2.98 2.76 1 Prunet Pty (Velizquez) 2.84 2.44 4 Passing Game (Gaffalone) 8.42 ● $1 Grand Slam (1/6/8/9/1/5/6-

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AL Standings

East	W	L	Pct.	GB	*WGB	L10	Streak	Home	Away
Tampa Bay	74	46	.617	—	—	9-1	W-9	41-18	33-28
Yankees	68	53	.562	6½	+8	6-4	L-1	31-27	37-26
Boston	65	56	.537	9½	+5	5-5	W-1	29-31	36-25
Toronto	59	64	.480	16½	2	6-4	L-1	31-32	28-32
Baltimore	58	63	.479	16½	2	4-6	L-1	32-30	26-33
Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	*WGB	L10	Streak	Home	Away
Chicago	62	58	.517	—	—	4-6	L-1	37-24	25-34
Detroit	60	61	.496	2½	—	7-3	W-1	32-28	28-33
Minnesota	60	63	.488	3½	1	4-6	L-1	32-29	28-34
Cleveland	59	63	.484	4	1½	3-7	L-1	28-31	31-32
Kansas City	49	73	.402	14	11½	3-7	L-4	29-30	20-43
West	W	L	Pct.	GB	*WGB	L10	Streak	Home	Away
Houston	62	60	.508	—	—	5-5	W-1	30-29	32-31
Texas	60	62	.492	2	—	5-5	L-3	32-27	28-35
Seattle	57	65	.467	5	3½	3-7	W-1	33-29	24-36
Los Angeles	48	74	.393	14	12½	5-5	W-3	28-34	20-40
Athletics	47	74	.388	14½	13	2-8	L-3	21-39	26-35

*WGB: Games behind third-place team in wild-card race

Thursday

Seattle 1, Yankees 0	Seattle 1, Yankees 0
Detroit 3, Cleveland 0	Detroit 3, Cleveland 0
Cincinnati 9, White Sox 8	Cincinnati 9, White Sox 8
Boston 7, Toronto 0	Boston 7, Toronto 0
Philadelphia 7, Minnesota 1	Philadelphia 7, Minnesota 1
L.A. Angels 7, Texas 0	L.A. Angels 7, Texas 0
Friday	Friday
Yankees at Toronto, 7:15	Yankees at Toronto, 7:15
Boston at Pittsburgh, 6:40	Boston at Pittsburgh, 6:40
White Sox at Detroit, 6:40	White Sox at Detroit, 6:40
Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10	Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10
San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10	San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10

NL Standings

East	W	L	Pct.	GB	*WGB	L10	Streak	Home	Away
Atlanta	73	48	.603	—	—	7-3	W-2	41-21	32-27
Philadelphia	65	58	.528	9	—	5-5	W-1	32-30	33-28
Miami	62	60	.508	11½	2½	5-5	L-1	38-25	24-35
Washington	60	63	.488	14	5	5-5	W-1	27-36	33-27
Mets	53	69	.434	20½	11½	6-4	L-2	25-34	28-35
Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	*WGB	L10	Streak	Home	Away
Milwaukee	75	47	.615	—	—	6-4	W-1	41-22	34-25
Chicago	71	51	.582	4	+6½	8-2	L-1	35-24	36-27
St. Louis	61	60	.504	13½	3	7-3	W-2	32-34	29-26
Cincinnati	58	62	.483	16	5½	6-4	W-1	29-31	29-31
Pittsburgh	59	64	.480	16½	6	3-7	W-1	30-30	29-34
West	W	L	Pct.	GB	*WGB	L10	Streak	Home	Away
Los Angeles	73	49	.598	—	—	4-6	L-1	36-24	37-25
San Diego	65	57	.533	8	+½	7-3	W-5	37-26	28-31
Arizona	64	58	.525	9	½	5-5	L-2	36-27	28-31
San Francisco	56	71	.413	27½	14	3-7	L-1	28-31	22-40
Colorado	48	73	.397	24½	16	4-6	W-2	27-32	21-41

Thursday

Pittsburgh 13, Miami 1	Arizona at Atlanta, 7:15
Cincinnati 9, White Sox 8	Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10
Washington 7, Cubs 0	Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15
Philadelphia 7, Minnesota 1	Saturday
Milwaukee 5, L.A. Dodgers 4	Washington at Mets, 4:10
Friday	St. Louis at Cubs, 2:20
Washington at Mets, 7:10	Colorado at San Francisco, 4:05
St. Louis at Cubs, 2:20	Miami at Cincinnati, 6:40
Miami at Cincinnati, 6:10	Philadelphia at Minnesota, 7:10
Boston at Pittsburgh, 6:40	San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10
San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10	Arizona at Atlanta, 7:15
	Boston at Pittsburgh, 7:15
	Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 7:15

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Puzzles on Page 36

6	3	1	5	8	7	2	4	9	7	9	5	8	2	1	6	4	3
8	5	4	2	9	6	3	7	1	3	4	2	5	7	6	9	1	8
2	9	7	3	4	1	5	6	8	6	8	1	3	9	4	5	7	2
3	6	9	7	5	8	4	1	2	2	3	7	6	4	8	1	9	5
7	8	2	4	1	3	6	9	5	9	1	4	7	5	2	8	3	6
1	4	5	9	6	2	7	8	3	5	6	8	1	3	9	7	2	4
4	1	8	6	3	5	9	2	7	4	5	3	9	6	7	2	8	1
5	2	6	8	7	9	1	3	4	1	2	9	4	8	5	3	6	7
9	7	3	1	2	4	8	5	6	8	7	6	2	1	3	4	5	9

Solution to Very Easy F7,370

Solution to Difficult F7,160

Mariners 1, Yankees 0

Seattle	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Arszarena If	3	0	1	0	1	2	276
Rodriguez cf	4	0	1	0	0	2	257
Cassone rf	3	0	0	0	1	2	252
Robles rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	241
Raleigh dh	4	0	0	0	0	2	159
Naylor 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	264
Donovan 2b-3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	250
Wilson 3b	2	1	1	1	1	0	204
Emerson ss	0	0	0	0	0	0	190
Pereda cf	3	0	1	0	0	1	261
Rivas ss	2	0	0	0	0	0	130
Young ph-2b	1	0	0	0	0	0	262
Totals	30	1	5	1	3	10
Yankees	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Grisham cf	4	0	1	0	0	1	222
Rice dh	3	0	0	0	1	1	256
Jones If	3	0	0	0	0	2	213
Ramos ph-If	1	0	0	0	0	0	249
García 2b	4	0	2	0	0	1	281
Lombard ss	4	0	0	0	0	1	276
Chisholm 2b	4	0	0	0	0	3	216
Caballero rf	2	0	0	0	1	0	241
McMahon 3b	2	0	0	0	1	0	218
Sánchez c	2	0	1	0	0	0	271
Rosario ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	228
Wells c	0	0	0	0	0	0	180
Totals	30	0	4	0	3	10
Seattle	010	000	000	—	1	5	1
Yankees	000	000	000	—	0	4	0

E: Emerson (5). LOB: Seattle 5, New York 6, 28: Garcia (23). MR: Wilson (4), off Fried. RBIs: Wilson (11). SB: Wilson (5), Caballero (29). CS: Caballero (9). Runners left in scoring position: Seattle 2 (Raleigh, Young); New York 3 (Caballero, Rice, Rosario). RISP: Seattle 0 for 4; New York 0 for 5.
Seattle	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Gilbert, W, 9-7	6.0	4	0	0	1	7	95	3.28
Bazardo, N, 33	1.0	0	0	2	1	20	3.23
Ferrer, H, 12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	15	3.42
Muñoz, S, 21-27	1.0	0	0	0	2	11	3.71

Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Fried, L, 4-4	5.0	5	1	1	2	4	88	2.81
Yarbrough	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	28	3.57
De los Santos	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	21	0.77
Cruz	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8	2.81

T: 2:47. A: 41,842 (47,309).

Nationals 7, Cubs 0

Chicago	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Crow-Armstrong cf	4	0	0	0	0	3	281
Suzuki rf	3	0	0	0	0	1	271
Taylor ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	236
Busch 1b	3	0	1	0	0	0	245
Triantos 2b	0	0	0	0	0	0	200
Bergman 3b	3	0	0	0	0	1	254
Happ If	3	0	0	0	0	1	216
Ramirez 2b-1b	3	0	0	0	0	1	294
Swanson ss	1	0	0	0	2	1	215
Canfords dh	3	0	0	0	0	2	230
Amaya c	3	0	0	0	0	1	238
Totals	27	0	1	0	2	11

Washington	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Abrams ss	4	1	1	0	0	1	284
Ortiz 1b	4	2	2	3	0	1	333
Crews rf	4	1	2	1	0	1	218
Life If	4	1	2	1	0	0	249
Hoson 3b	4	0	1	0	0	1	236
Vivas 2b	3	1	1	1	1	1	243
Chaparro dh	4	1	1	0	0	1	226
Baiz c	4	0	0	0	0	1	275
Pinckney cf	2	0	0	1	0	1	250
Totals	33	7	10	7	1	8

Chicago	000	000	000	—	0	1	0
Washington	000	150	01x	—	7	10	0

LOB: Chicago 2, Washington 4. 2B: Crews (11). HR: Ortiz (4), off Gausman. RBIs: Crews (27), Pinckney (2), Ortiz 3 (8), Lile (65), Vivas (20). SB: Crews (8). SP: Pinckney. Runners left in scoring position: Chicago 0; Washington 7 (Hoson, Roch). RISP: Chicago 0 for 0; Washington 3 for 8.

Chicago	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Gausman, L.	4.2	7	6	6	1	7	93	4.53
Civale	3.1	3	1	1	0	1	37	5.05
Washington	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Cavalli, W.	8.0	1	0	0	2	10	103	3.36
Beeler	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11	3.65

T: 2:20. A: 21,463 (41,376).

Tigers 3, Guardians 0

Cleveland	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Kwan cf	4	0	0	0	0	0	265
DeLauler rf	4	0	2	0	0	0	285
Bolley c	0	0	0	0	0	0	189
Ramirez dh	3	0	0	0	1	0	231
Lowe 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	262
Adell If	4	0	0	0	0	0	232
Bazana 2b	3	0	0	0	0	0	229
Genao 3b	3	0	0	0	0	0	296
Hedges c	2	0	0	0	0	0	269
Martinez ph-If	1	0	1	0	0	0	245
Rocchio ss	3	0	1	0	0	0	252
Totals	31	0	4	0	1	0

Detroit	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Moiden If	2	0	0	0	1	1	194
Smith ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	214
Clement 2b	3	0	0	0	1	0	280
Volumren 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	262
Springer dh	3	0	0	0	0	1	233
Okamoto 3b	3	0	0	0	0	1	226
Osminez ss	2	0	0	0	1	0	238
Valenzuela c	3	0	0	0	0	0	228
Sprav cf	3	0	0	0	0	1	224
Lukes rf	3	0	1	0	0	0	268
Totals	27	0	2	0	3	5

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Trish, W, 8-6	8.0	2	0	0	2	4	92	2.97
Weissert	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	17	3.88
Toronto	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Scherzer, L.	1-5	5.0	3	1	1	2	4	92
Miles	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	15	3.16
Fisher	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	8	3.54
Lee	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	31	7.88
Estrada	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	29	5.54

Reds 9, White Sox 8

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Pirates 13, Marlins 1

Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Horwitz 1b	6	0	2	0	0	1	262
Lowe dh	6	0	1	0	0	3	250
Reynolds lf	4	0	0	0	1	1	262
Garcia lf	1	0	0	0	0	0	167
Gonzalez 2b	4	1	2	0	1	0	309
Valdez rf	5	2	2	0	0	1	250
Gonzalez ss	4	2	1	2	1	0	233
Brannigan 3b	0	0	0	0	0	0	000
Mangum cf	4	3	3	1	0	0	301
Triolo 3b-ss	4	3	3	1	1	1	250
Flores c	5	2	2	6	0	2	233
Totals	43	13	16	12	4	9

Miami	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Marsee cf	4	0	1	0	0	1	206
Edwards 2b	2	0	0	0	1	0	282
Lopez ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	312
Conine dh	2	0	1	0	0	1	279
Pauley 3b	1	0	0	0	0	1	188
A.Ramirez c	3	0	0	0	0	1	238
Jiménez 1b	3	0	0	0	0	2	206
Caissie rf	3	1	1	1	0	2	229
Sanoja 3b-p	3	0	0	0	0	0	274
Ruiz lf	3	0	0	0	0	1	260
Totals	27	1	3	1	1	10

Pittsburgh	000	023	035	-13	16	1
Miami	000	000	001	-	1	3

E: Gonzalez (2). LDB: Pittsburgh 4, Miami 6.
2B: Mangum (15). 3B: Mangum (2). HR: Triolo (2), off Phillips; Flores (2), off King; Gonzalez (6), off Sanoja; Flores (3), off Sanoja; Caissie (13), off Ashcraft. RBIs: Triolo 3 (24), Mangum (28), Flores 6 (8), Gonzalez 2 (28), Caissie (52). SB: Reynolds (8). CS: Ruiz (4). Runners left in scoring position: Pittsburgh 3 (Gonzalez, Horwitz, Valdez); Miami 6. RSP: Pittsburgh 4 for 9; Miami 6 for 0.

Pittsburgh	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Ashcraft, W.	9.0	3	1	1	1	10	85	3.88

Miami	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Phillips, L. 3-6-5, 1	6	4	4	1	6	92	3.69
Gibson	1.2	1	1	1	2	37	5.51
King	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	21	3.59
Sanoja	1.1	7	5	5	0	0	2933.75

T: 2:27. A: 8,223 (37,446).

PGA Tour Schedule

June 11-14 - RBC Canadian Open (Bud Cauley)
June 18-21 - U.S. Open (Wyndham Clark)
June 25-29 - Travelers Championship (Viktor Hovland)
July 2-5 - John Deere Classic (Chris Gottenup)
July 9-12 - Genesis Scottish Open (Tom Kimi)
July 16-19 - The Open Championship (Ryan Fox)
July 16-19 - Corales Pumacana Championship (Stefano Mazzoli)
July 23-26 - 3M Open (Jackson Koivun)
July 30-Aug. 2 - Rocket Classic (Michael Thorbjorsen)
Aug. 6-9 - Wyndham Championship (Michael Brennan)
Aug. 13-16 - FedEx St. Jude Championship, Memphis, Tenn.
Aug. 20-23 - BMW Championship, Saint Louis, Mo.
Aug. 27-30 - TOUR Championship, Atlanta
Sept. 17-20 - Biltmore Championship Asheville, Arden, N.C.
Sept. 24-27 - Presidents Cup, Medinah, Ill.
Oct. 1-4 - Bank of Utah Championship, Irving, Utah
Oct. 8-11 - Baycurrent Classic, Kanagawa, Japan
Oct. 22-25 - Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Southampton, Bermuda
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 - VidantaWorld Mexico Open, Vallarta, Mexico
Nov. 5-8 - World Wide Technology Championship, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Nov. 12-15 - Good Good Championship, Austin, Texas
Nov. 19-22 - The RSM Classic, Sea Island, Ga.
Dec. 3-6 - Hero World Challenge, Nassau, Bahamas
Dec. 11-13 - Grant Thornton Invitational, Naples, Fla.

WNBA

East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta	21	12	.636	—
Indiana	21	12	.636	—
Liberty	21	14	.600	1
Washington	19	14	.576	2
Chicago	12	22	.353	9½
Toronto	10	23	.303	11
Connecticut	8	24	.250	12½

West	W	L	Pct.	GB
x-Minnesota	28	7	.800	—
Golden State	24	9	.727	3
Las Vegas	24	11	.686	4
Dallas	20	14	.588	7½
Portland	13	20	.394	14
Phoenix	13	22	.371	15
Los Angeles	12	21	.364	15
Seattle	7	28	.200	21

x-clinched playoff spot

Thursday

Liberty 85, Los Angeles 81 Atlanta 104, Connecticut 69 Las Vegas 83, Washington 76

Friday

Dallas at Indiana, 7:30pm Portland at Seattle, 10pm

Saturday

Liberty at Connecticut, 1pm Los Angeles at Washington, 7:30pm Minnesota at Las Vegas, 8pm

Sunday

Chicago at Seattle, 5pm Indiana at Atlanta, 5pm Portland at Phoenix, 7pm

Liberty 85, Sparks 81

Los Angeles
	Min	FG	FT	O-Bb	A PF Pts
Burrell	12:16	10-19	3-5	1-3	3 0 28
Ogwumike	10:38	4-11	2-3	3-11	4 4 10
Hamby	10:12	7-11	2-5	2-4	3 3 16
Atkins	28:12	1-5	0-0	2-4	2 5 3 1
Wheeler	28:44	3-8	0-0	0-4	5 3 6
Brink	19:10	4-6	0-0	1-7	2 3 9
Gray	12:10	2-4	0-0	0-1	1 0 6
Park	9:32	1-2	0-0	0-0	1 2 3
Williams	8:06	0-2	0-0	0-2	0 0 0
Totals	200:00	32-68	7-13	9-36	21 20 81

Percentages: FG 471, FT 538. 3-point goals: 10-30, 333 (Burrell 5-10, Gray 2-4, Park 1-2, Atkins 1-3, Brink 1-3, Ogwumike 0-2, Williams 0-2, Wheeler 0-4). Team rebounds: 6. Team turnovers: 1. Blocked shots: 5 (Brink 3, Atkins, Burrell). Turnovers: 14 (Burrell 4, Wheeler 4, Atkins 2, Brink 2, Ogwumike, Williams). Steals: 7 (Atkins 3, Brink, Burrell, Hamby, Ogwumike). Technicals: Atkins, 1:31 second; Ogwumike, 3:50 fourth.

Liberty
	Min	FG	FT	O-Bb	A PF Pts
Allen	25:41	5-10	0-6	0-1	1 3 13
Stewart	31:09	5-13	1-2	1-6	5 2 11
Jones	33:17	5-10	1-2	6-18	4 1 11
Asher	17:19	3-5	1-1	0-2	5 5 7
Ionescu	32:36	6-17	7-9	1-3	4 3 20
Johannes	21:59	3-8	2-2	1-2	1 1 10
Xu	15:34	3-8	2-2	2-4	0 1 9
Gardner	12:32	2-6	0-0	2-3	2 1 4
Faulthous	9:54	0-0	0-0	1-2	0 1 0
Totals	200:00	32-77	14-18	14-41	22 18 85

Percentages: FG 416, FT 778. 3-point goals: 7-27, 259 (Allen 3-5, Johannes 2-5, Xu 1-2, Ionescu 1-9, Astier 0-1, Gardner 0-1, Jones 0-1, Stewart 0-3). Team rebounds: 8. Team turnovers: None. Blocked shots: 1 (Jones). Turnovers: 11 (Ionescu 4, Astier 2, Faulthous 2, Stewart 2, Jones). Steals: 12 (Allen 2, Astier 2, Ionescu 2, Johannes 2, Stewart 2, Gardner, Jones). Technicals: None.
Los Angeles
Liberty
A: 16,071 (17,732).

MLS

EAST	W	L	D	Pts	GF	GA
Nashville	12	2	4	40	35	14
Inter Miami CF	11	2	5	38	45	32
New England	9	6	3	30	28	23
Chicago	9	6	2	29	32	23
NYCFC	7	6	5	26	31	24
Cincinnati	7	6	5	26	45	44
Charlotte FC	7	7	4	25	29	27

Red Bulls	7	7	4	25	29	39
D.C. United	5	5	8	23	26	29
Orlando City	6	10	2	20	30	47
Columbus	5	8	5	20	26	28
Toronto FC	3	7	8	17	24	32
Philadelphia	4	10	4	16	25	33
CF Montréal	4	10	4	16	24	35
Atlanta	3	12	3	12	19	33

WEST	W	L	D	Pts	GF	GA
Vancouver	10	3	4	34	38	17
Los Angeles FC	10	5	4	34	35	19
San Jose	10	5	3	33	37	24
Houston	10	6	2	32	27	24
Real Salt Lake	8	6	3	27	29	25
St Louis City	7	6	5	26	24	24
Portland	7	8	3	24	33	33
Seattle FC	7	7	3	24	20	22
Minn. United	6	6	6	24	20	25
Colorado	7	10	1	22	27	25
LA Galaxy	5	7	7	22	24	29
San Diego FC	5	7	6	21	32	29
Austin FC	4	9	5	17	22	36
Sporting K.C.	4	12	2	14	18	46

Note: 3 pts. for win, 1 for tie
Saturday
Red Bulls at Atlanta, 7:30pm
Columbus at Charlotte FC, 7:30pm
D.C. United at CF Montréal, 7:30pm
Cincinnati at Orlando City, 7:30pm
New England at Toronto FC, 7:30pm
LA Galaxy at Houston, 8:30pm
Miami at Nashville, 8:30pm
Sporting K.C. at Colorado, 9:30pm
Minnesota at Salt Lake, 9:30pm
San Diego FC at Los Angeles FC, 10:30pm
St Louis City at San Jose, 10:30pm

Sunday
Philadelphia at NYCFC, 6pm
Portland at Chicago, 6pm
FC Dallas at Austin FC, 8:30pm
Vancouver at Seattle FC, 10:30pm

Wednesday, August 19
NYCFC at Cincinnati, 7:30pm
Nashville at Red Bulls, 7:30pm
CF Montréal at Columbus, 7:30pm
New England at D.C. United, 7:30pm
Chicago at Orlando City, 7:30pm
Miami at Philadelphia, 7:30pm
Charlotte FC at Toronto FC, 7:30pm
St Louis City at Sporting K.C., 8pm
Atlanta at Minnesota, 8:30pm
Los Angeles FC at Colorado, 9:30pm
FC Dallas at Salt Lake, 9:30pm
Austin FC at Seattle FC, 9:30pm
San Jose at LA Galaxy, 10:30pm
San Diego FC at Portland, 10:30pm
Houston at Vancouver, 10:30pm

Saturday, August 22
Chicago at Red Bulls, 7:30pm
D.C. United at Charlotte FC, 7:30pm
Seattle FC at Cincinnati, 7:30pm
Toronto FC at Miami, 7:30pm
LA Galaxy at CF Montréal, 7:30pm
Salt Lake at Orlando City, 7:30pm
Philadelphia at Austin FC, 8:30pm
Columbus at Nashville, 8:30pm
Houston at St Louis City, 8:30pm
FC Dallas at Vancouver, 9:30pm
Portland at Los Angeles FC, 10:30pm
Colorado at San Diego FC, 10:30pm
Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30pm
Sunday, August 23
NYCFC at New England, 4:30pm
Sporting K.C. at Atlanta, 7pm

Golf

PGA Tour- FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind; Memphis, Tenn., Purse: $20 million; Yardage: 7,388; Pac: 70

First Round
Michael Kim	32-33	65	-5	7	8
Kurt Kitayama	33-32	65	-5	7	8
Jake Knapp	34-31	65	-5	7	8
Jordan Spieth	34-31	65	-5	7	8
Michael Thorbjorsen	34-31	65	-5	7	8
Bud Cauley	34-32	66	-4	7	8
Tommy Fleetwood	31-35	66	-4	7	8
Chris Gottorup	33-33	66	-4	7	8
Sungale Im	33-33	66	-4	7	8
Hidoki Matsuyama	36-30	66	-4	7	8
Adam Scott	34-32	66	-4	7	8
Gary Woodland	32-34	66	-4	7	8
Sam Burns	33-34	67	-3	7	8
Min Woo Lee	33-34	67	-3	7	8
Patrick Rodgers	34-33	67	-3	7	8
Aander Schauffele	33-34	67	-3	7	8
Nicolas Echevarria	34-34	68	-2	7	8
Harris English	32-36	68	-2	7	8
Rickie Fowler	34-34	68	-2	7	8
Viktor Hovland	32-36	68	-2	7	8
Maverick McNeely	34-34	68	-2	7	8
Scottie Scheffler	34-34	68	-2	7	8
Alex Smalley	34-34	68	-2	7	8
Sepp Straka	34-34	68	-2	7	8
Ludwig Aberg	34-34	68	-2	7	8
Jacob Bridgeman	35-34	69	-1	7	8
Patrick Cardley	35-34	69	-1	7	8
Wyndham Clark	33-36	69	-1	7	8
Ryo Hisatsune	36-33	69	-1	7	8
Tom Kim	36-33	69	-1	7	8
Shane Lowry	33-36	69	-1	7	8
Keith Mitchell	35-34	69	-1	7	8
Sam Stevens	36-33	69	-1	7	8
Nick Taylor	35-34	69	-1	7	8
Sahith Thengala	34-35	69	-1	7	8
Cameron Young	35-34	69	-1	7	8
Matt Fitzpatrick	32-38	70	E	7	8
Ryan Gerard	33-37	70	E	7	8
Brian Harman	35-35	70	E	7	8
Si Woo Kim	34-36	70	E	7	8
Justin Thomas	34-36	70	E	7	8
Jordan S. Williams	34-36	70	E	7	8
Jordan S. Williams	34-36	70	E	7	8
Jordan S. Williams	34-36	70	E	7	8
Jordan S. Williams	34-36	70	E	7	8
Jordan S. Williams	34-36	70	E	7	8
Jordan S. Williams	34-36	70	E	7	8

Northwest	32-37	69	-3
NYCFC at New England, 4:30pm
Sporting K.C. at Atlanta, 7pm

First Round
Marel Galdiano
Hyie Jin Choi
Olivia Cowan
Grace Kim
Maria Marin
Bianca Pagliaregnan
Lauren Walsh
Arpichaya Adan
Pauree Anannankarn
Robyn Choi
Mano De Roey
Nataliya Guseva
You Min Hwang
Chizzy Iwai

SPORTSCROSS
8/14
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10			11			12
13			14			15
16			17			18
19			20			21
22			23			24
24	25	26	27			28
33			34			35
36			37			38
39			40			41
42			43			44

NFL Exhibition

Thursday

Cincinnati 16, Detroit 14 Pittsburgh 28, Green Bay 9 Indianapolis 13, New England 13 Arizona 27, Las Vegas 14 LA, Chargers 27, Houston, 7 Tennessee 19, San Francisco 13

Friday

Tampa Bay at Jets, 7pm Denver at Atlanta, 7pm Miami at Washington, 7pm

Saturday

Minnesota at Giants, 1pm Carolina at Buffalo, 1pm Cleveland at Chicago, 1pm Jacksonville at New Orleans, 4pm LA, Rams at Kansas City, 4pm Philadelphia at Baltimore, 7pm Dallas at Seattle, 8pm

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The POST Line

MLB Friday
Favorite	Money Line	Underdog
Yankees	$129-159	BLUE JAYS
METS	$105-129	Nationals
TIGERS	$130-154	White Sox
RAYS	OFF	Orioles
ASTROS	$108-133	Mariners
ANGELS	-108-108	Royals
ATHLETICS	OFF	Rangers
CUBS	$147-184	Cardinals
Marlins	-105-117	REDS
BRAVES	OFF	Diamondbacks
DODGERS	$149-185	Brewers
Rockies	$105-125	GIANTS
Red Sox	$115-140	PIRATES
GUARDIANS	$108-132	Padres
Home team in CAPS

WNBA Friday
Favorite	PTS (O/U)	Underdog
FEVER	7.5 (187.5)	Wings
STORM	2.5 (181.5)	Fire

NFL Friday
Favorite	PTS (O/U)	Underdog
JETS	6 (35.5)	Buccaneers
Dolphins	3.5 (36.5)	COMMANDERS
Broncos	4.5 (40.5)	FALCONS
Saturday
Favorite	PTS (O/U)	Underdog
Vikings	2.5 (41.5)	GIANTS
BILLS	2.5 (39.5)	Panthers
Browns	3.5 (40.5)	BEARS
SAINTS	1.5 (35.5)	Jaguars
CHIEFS	2.5 (36.5)	La Rams
Eagles	3.5 (37.5)	RAVENS
SEAHAWKS	2.5 (39.5)	Cowboys

College Football Saturday, Aug. 29
Favorite	PTS (O/U)	Underdog
*Tcu	7.5 (47.5)	North Carolina
USC	38.5 (60.5)	San Jose State
VIRGINIA	5.5 (53.5)	NC State
N. DAKOTA ST.	7 (47.5)	Jacksonville St.
E. MICHIGAN	8.5 (52.5)	Sacramento St.
STANFORD	5.5 (48.5)	Hawaii
FLORIDA ST.	31.5 (52.5)	New Mexico St.
UNLV	5.5 (57.5)	Memphis
*Dublin, Ireland

STITCHES

King Me: Padres push by Guards

Our picks ice cold, we turn to the red-hot Padres for relief. San Diego is at Cleveland this weekend. Michael King reigned, when he allowed one run over six solid innings to the Astros in his last start. The Guardians' Gavin Williams has not allowed a run in his last 12 2/3 innings at home, scattering just three hits. We will play $50 on King and the Padres.

-S Have we bottomed out yet? The Fish stank. The Marlins, and what looked

like a crowd of 223 in attendance, were thoroughly embarrassed by the Pirates. Final 13-1. Braxton Ashcraft pitched a complete game. Made one mistake: a homer in garbage time that delighted the 23 fans who remained. Rafael Flores Jr. launched a pair of two-run homers and had six RBIs on the day. Flores had a total of two — yes, two — RBIs when the game started. Our timing: impeccable. Down -681 captain-quints.

stitches@nypost.com

WNBA

League champion		To reach WNBA Finals
TEAM	ODDS	TEAM	ODDS
Lynx	+100	Lynx	-220
Aces	+480	Aces	+135
Dream	+750	Valkyries	+240
Valkyries	+950	Dream	+310
Fever	11/1	Fever	+390
Liberty	12/1	Liberty	+460
Wings	33/1	Wings	+900
Mystics	60/1	Mystics	15/1
Mercury	1000/1	Sky	400/1
Sky	1000/1	Sparks	400/1
Tempo	1000/1	Fire	400/1
Sparks	1000/1	Tempo	400/1
Fire	1000/1	Mercury	400/1

Liberty vs. opponent in WNBA Finals
TEAM	ODDS
vs. Lynx	12/1
vs. Aces	25/1
vs. Dream	30/1
vs. Valkyries	40/1
vs. Fever	40/1
vs. Wings	70/1
vs. Mystics	100/1

TOP PLAY

Gang Geno the choice vs. Buc backup bunch

By DYLAN SVOBODA

The Jets will welcome the Buccaneers to MetLife Stadium on Friday night for their first preseason game of 2026.

With a new quarterback in tow and plenty of starting spots still to be determined, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn confirmed that "everybody's playing," including Geno Smith.

It wasn't pretty for Smith during the Jets' joint practice with Tampa Bay on Tuesday, during which he threw three interceptions, including a pick-6, but I'm hoping he got all the bad plays out of his system with this bet.

The Buccaneers aren't taking this game anywhere near as seriously.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield isn't expected to play, and his backup signal-caller, Jake Browning, went down with a strained back during the joint practice Tuesday, leaving his status in question as well.

That's a lot of Connor Bazelak and rookie Jalon Daniels if Browning can't go.

The Buccaneers' website stated that the game "will likely be contested by younger players and those battling for the last spots on the regular-season roster," giving the Jets a major talent advantage for at least part of the game.

The Jets should also have the more motivated roster throughout the night.

With Glenn still evaluating several position battles, his team's backups have plenty to prove, while Tampa Bay appears more interested in evaluating depth than winning a meaningless August game.

As shaky as this roster looks, the Jets should be able to take care of the Bucs' 'B' and 'C' teams.

If not, it could be another ugly season for Gang Green.

THE PLAY: Jets -5.5 (-110, FanDuel).

Pitching Form

	(Game time)	2026		'26 vs OPP		CAREER vs OPP		LAST 3 STARTS
		W-L	ERA	*REC	W-L	ERA	W-L	IP	ERA
Yankees	Cole (R)	6-5	3.35	7-7	0-0	0.00	9-2	3-0	18.2
Blue Jays	Bleber (R)	3-2	5.48	4-5	0-0	0.00	2-1	1-1	12.0
Nationals	Alvarez (L)	2-3	3.76	4-5	0-0	4.50	0-1	0-0	16.0
Mets	Stock (R)	0-2	10.12	0-2	0-0	0.00	0-0	0-2	8.0
Red Sox	Bennett (L)	7-5	3.17	7-6	—	—	0-0	1-2	17.1
Pirates	Chandler (R)	5-8	4.26	9-13	—	—	0-0	2-0	15.2
Padres	King (R)	7-8	3.37	10-14	—	—	2-0	1-1	17.0
Guardians	Williams (R)	11-6	3.55	14-10	—	—	0-1	1-1	18.1
White Sox	TBD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tigers	Jobe (R)	1-0	0.00	1-0	0-0	3.60	0-0	1-1	14.2
Orioles	Bradish (R)	7-11	3.68	11-12	0-1	2.38	2-4	0-2	13.2
Rays	Matz (L)	5-4	5.46	7-3	0-1	9.00	3-3	0-2	8.2
Mariners	Kirby (R)	8-9	3.68	11-11	2-0	2.13	6-1	0-1	16.0
Astros	Lambert (R)	8-6	3.09	12-8	0-1	3.86	0-2	0-1	15.2
Royals	Lugo (R)	5-7	4.41	11-13	0-0	9.95	2-0	1-1	17.0
Angels	Rodriguez (R)	3-5	7.20	3-9	0-0	0.00	0-0	0-2	16.0
Rangers	Rocker (R)	4-9	4.46	8-12	0-1	3.38	0-1	1-1	15.0
Athletics	TBD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cardinals	Liberatore (L)	5-9	5.15	13-10	1-2	3.86	2-3	0-2	14.2
Cubs	Holmes (R)	4-5	2.86	5-5	1-0	3.18	2-2	0-3	14.0
Marlins	Alcantara (R)	13-6	3.52	16-9	0-0	2.16	2-5	3-0	20.0
Reds	Burns (R)	13-2	2.61	16-6	0-0	0.00	0-0	1-1	16.1
O'backs	Pfaadt (R)	6-1	3.36	9-2	0-0	5.79	2-0	1-0	20.2
Braves	Sale (L)	12-7	2.20	13-8	0-0	0.00	4-1	2-1	18.0
Brewers	Gasser (L)	3-4	4.57	8-5	0-1	8.31	0-1	1-0	15.2
Dodgers	Yamamoto (R)	11-7	2.65	14-7	1-0	1.29	1-1	1-1	19.2
Rockies	Freeland (L)	3-10	6.63	8-13	0-1	6.00	8-10	1-1	18.2
Giants	Roupp (R)	7-11	4.22	7-16	0-0	0.00	0-0	0-3	13.2

• REC: Won-lost record of pitcher's team in games he has started.

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Home Team Lineups HOME AWAY

	TODAY Aug. 14	SAT Aug. 15	SUN Aug. 16	MON Aug. 17	TUE Aug. 18
	Toronto 7:15 Apple TV 660 AM 101.9 FM	Toronto 3:07 YES 660 AM	Toronto 1:37 YES 660 AM 101.9 FM	NO GAME	Baltimore 6:35 YES 660 AM 101.9 FM
	Washington 7:10 PIX11 880 AM	Washington 4:10 SNY FS1 880 AM	Washington 1:40 SNY 880 AM	San Diego 7:10 SNY 880 AM	San Diego 7:10 SNY 880 AM
	NO GAME	Connecticut 1:00 Fox 5	NO GAME	NO GAME	Chicago 9:00 ESPN

Saturday	Today
Preseason: Minnesota 1:00 WNBC 4 101.9 FM	Preseason: Tampa Bay 7:00 WCBS 2 104.3 FM

Saturday	Sunday	Today
Atlanta United 7:30 Apple TV	Phila. Union 6:00 Apple TV	KC Current 8:00 Prime Video

Today's Sports on the Air

MLB BASEBALL
2 p.m.	Cardinals at Cubs	Apple TV
6:30 p.m.	Red Sox at Pirates	MLBN
7:10 p.m.	Nationals at Mets	PIX11, 880 AM
7:15 p.m.	Yankees at Blue Jays	Apple TV, 660 AM, 101.9 FM
9:30 p.m.	Royals at Angels	MLBN

NFL FOOTBALL
7 p.m.	Preseason: Buccaneers at Jets	WCBS 2, 104.3 FM

NWSL WOMEN'S SOCCER
8 p.m.	Kansas City Current at Gotham FC	Prime Video

WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.	Wings at Fever	ION
10 p.m.	Portland Fire at Storm	ION

MEN'S SOCCER
3 p.m.	EFL Championship: Blackburn Rovers at Wolverhampton	CBSSN

GOLF
7 a.m.	DP World Tour: Danish Golf Championship, 2nd Round	Golf

9 a.m.	PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Championship, 2nd Round	ESPN
2 p.m.	PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Championship, 2nd Round	Golf
3 p.m.	USGA: 2026 U.S. Amateur, Quarterfinals	NBCSN

6 p.m.	LPGA Tour: The Standard Portland Classic, 2nd Round	Golf
10 p.m.	PGA Tour Champions: Boeing Classic, 1st Round	Golf

TENNIS
11 a.m.	ATP/WTA Cincinnati, 1st Round	Tennis

WOMEN'S SOFTBALL
8 p.m.	Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup	CBSSN

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES REGIONALS
1 p.m.	Midwest Championship: Davenport, IA vs. Whitefish Bay, Wisc.	ESPN

3 p.m.	Mid-Atlantic Championship: West Chester, Pa. vs. Wilmington, Del.	ESPN
5 p.m.	Mountain Championship: Billings, Mont., Alpine, Ut. vs. Henderson, Nev.	ESPN

7 p.m.	Metro Championship: Darien, Conn. vs. Bayonne, N.J.	ESPN
9 p.m.	West Championship: Kappa, Hi vs. Bonita, Calif.	ESPN

AUTO RACING
1 p.m.	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Black's Tire 250, Practice	FS2

2:05 p.m.	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Black's Tire 250, Qualifying	FS2
3 p.m.	NTT IndyCar Series: OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland, Practice	FS2

3:30 p.m.	NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400, Practice	truTV
4:40 p.m.	NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400, Qualifying	truTV
7:30 p.m.	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Black's Tire 250	FS1

HORSE RACING
4:30 p.m.	Saratoga Live	FS2

4:30 p.m.	FanDuel Racing	MSGSN
9 p.m.	America's Day at the Races	FS2

AFL FOOTBALL
1:30 a.m. (Sat.)	Geelong at North Melbourne	FS2
5:30 a.m. (Sat.)	Collingwood at Hawthorn	FS2

ODDS & ENDS

NFL Friday Buccaneers at Jets odds and props

FULL-GAME MONEYS	ODDS
Buccaneers	+215
Jets	-265

TEAM TO SCORE FIRST TOUCHDOWN	ODDS

Jets	-190
Buccaneers	+160

No touchdown	25/1
JETS TEAM TOTAL	ODDS

Over 20.5	-110
Under 20.5	-115

BUCCANEERS TEAM TOTAL	ODDS

Over 14.5	-105
Under 14.5	-120

WINNING MARGIN	ODDS

Jets by 1-6	+350
Jets by 7-12	+400

Jets by 13-18	+550
Jets by 19-24	+850

Jets by 25-30	15/1
Jets by 31-36	30/1

Jets by 37-42	55/1
Jets by 43+	80/1

Buccaneers by 1-6	+550
Buccaneers by 7-12	10/1

Buccaneers by 13-18	18/1
Buccaneers by 19-24	35/1

Buccaneers by 25-30	65/1
Buccaneers by 31-36	80/1

Buccaneers by 37-42	90/1
Buccaneers by 43+	100/1

RACE TO 20 POINTS	ODDS

Jets	-115
Neither	+204
Buccaneers	+399

RACE TO 30 POINTS	ODDS

Neither	-412
Jets	+404
Buccaneers	+1580

Jets 2026 season stage of elimination

RESULT	ODDS
Miss playoffs	-1000
Lose in wild card round	+650

Lose in divisional round	22/1
Lose AFC Championship	50/1
Lose Super Bowl	125/1
Win Super Bowl	250/1

Jets award props
RESULT	ODDS

Gene Smith MVP	200/1
Will McDonald Defensive POY	125/1

Breeze Hall Offensive POY	100/1

Garrett Wilson Offensive POY	125/1

Omar Cooper Jr. Offensive ROY	45/1
Kenyon Sadiq Offensive ROY	55/1

David Bailey Defensive ROY	+500
Aaron Glenn COY	25/1

BET SMART

Grab big & bigger plus money at 330

By ERICH RICHTER

Live from Philadelphia, it's an excellent fight card for UFC 330. Two title fights should be plenty interesting to top the marquee Saturday with a 12-fight card to dive into.

As the UFC books fights with finishes in mind, we're again projecting the majority of fights to end inside the distance.

Nine of the 12 fights are expected to end by KO/TKO or submission, although the main event and co-main event are two of the fights expected to go the distance.

The entire card begins at 5 p.m. on Paramount+ followed by the main card at 9 p.m.

Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry

Machado Garry is a talented fighter and should have a size advantage when he steps into the octagon with Makhachev, a former lightweight champion.

While the Irishman is undoubtedly talented, he's a bit of an enigma as well. He constantly prefers to play things safe rather than take chances and go for it.

Against Shavkat Rakhmonov, we watched Machado Garry drop the first two rounds, win the third round, and then bizarrely accept bottom position for the entire fourth round.

That lack of fight awareness is very troubling, though I think the talent is undeniably there.

Machado Garry is a strong counter puncher with good takedown defense and will not be a fish out of water when he is inevitably taken down by Makhachev.

As a big +290 underdog, you could do worse than wager on Machado Garry because you know the skills are there and, in theory, he will be the bigger man.

Machado Garry does this strange body triangle from the bottom position when he gets taken down, which stops his opponents' movements but also forces him to lose minutes and rounds. If he does this against Makhachev, he will probably lose by decision, though the rest of his skills are good enough to win.

I do not expect Machado Garry to be submitted by Makhachev under any circumstances but could see his usual lack of urgency to do anything of significance as a major factor in him losing minutes at a high clip. Still, the odds are too far off for me.

I am targeting Machado Garry to win on the moneyline, with some value on knockout at 11/1.

Remember, Makhachev was knocked down by Alexander Volkanovski, the 145-pound champion, and Machado Garry is massive for the 170-pound division.

Prediction: Ian Machado Garry moneyline (+290, the Score Bet).

Mackenzie Dern vs. Gillian Robertson

Long one of my favorite female UFC fighters, Robertson gets her long-awaited championship opportunity. She really has improved across the board both in her grappling and striking, proving as much with her dominant TKO win over Marina Rodriguez last year.

But Rodriguez is a terrible grappler, while Dern is perhaps the best submission artist we've seen in the division's history.

Still, I think Robertson is being undervalued here for her activity, strength and fearlessness when it comes to inflicting damage on her opponent.

For that reason, I am targeting Robertson to win, and I think she does so by KO/TKO via ground and pound.

Prediction: Robertson wins by KO/TKO (14/1, FanDuel).

Rest of the card

Jalin Turner vs. Kaue Fernandes: Turner by decision (+650, BetRivers).

Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dustin Stoltzfus: Abdul-Malik by KO/TKO in round one (+200, BetMGM).

Edson Barboza vs. Esteban Ribovics: Ribovics to win and the fight starts Round 2 (-120 or better).

Chidi Njokuani vs. Joel Alvarez: Alvarez by submission (+195, FanDuel).

Charles Johnson vs. Eduardo Chapolin: Fight goes the distance (-176, FanDuel).

Donte Johnson vs. Eric McCormick: Johnson by KO/TKO (+128, BetRivers).

Vicente Luque vs. Tresean Gore: Gore by KO/TKO (+380, BetRivers).

Rafael Tobias vs. Lucas Fernando: Pass.

Neil Magny vs. Ramiz Brahimaj: Fight goes the distance (+173, Kalshi).

Jeremiah Wells vs. Myktybek Orolbai: Orolbai by submission (+245, Bet-Rivers).

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2026-27 Knicks schedule

Home games in caps Bold games part of in-season tournament; Dec. 3-11 TBD

OCTOBER
20	PHILADELPHIA 7:00
23	at Boston 7:00
25	ORLANDO 7:00
27	DETROIT 8:00
28	at Chicago 8:00
30	at Philadelphia 7:30

NOVEMBER
2	BROOKLYN 7:30
4	CHICAGO 7:30
7	at Cleveland 8:00
10	MILWAUKEE 7:30
11	CLEVELAND 7:00
13	at Indiana 7:00
15	at Toronto 6:00
17	at Toronto 7:30
19	at Minnesota 8:00
21	PORTLAND 7:30
22	INDIANA 8:00
25	CLEVELAND 7:30
27	MIAMI 7:00
29	ATLANTA 6:00

DECEMBER
1	at Chicago 8:00
2	at Milwaukee 8:00
12	at Miami 8:30
14	at Houston 8:30
16	at New Orleans 8:00
18	at Washington 7:00
21	at Cleveland 7:00
23	UTAH 7:30
25	SAN ANTONIO Noon
27	BROOKLYN 6:00
30	at Utah 9:00
31	at Phoenix 9:00

JANUARY
2	at Denver 5:00
4	at Portland 10:00
6	at Golden State 10:00
8	at Sacramento 10:00
11	DENVER 7:30
13	at Boston 7:00
14	MIAMI 7:30
16	DALLAS 7:30
18	MINNESOTA 5:00
20	TORONTO 7:30
22	at Atlanta 7:00
24	LA CLIPPERS 7:00
26	PHOENIX 7:30
28	ATLANTA 7:00
30	LA LAKERS 8:30

FEBRUARY
1	at Brooklyn 7:30
3	at Detroit 7:00
4	TORONTO 7:30
7	at Oklahoma City 9:30
9	CHARLOTTE 7:30
11	at Philadelphia 7:00
13	GOLDEN STATE 8:30
15	at Memphis 8:00
17	at Detroit 7:00
25	OKLAHOMA CITY 7:30
27	PHILADELPHIA 8:30
28	MILWAUKEE 7:30

MARCH
2	MEMPHIS 7:30
4	at Dallas 9:30
7	at San Antonio 7:30
10	at LA Clippers 10:30
11	at LA Lakers 10:00
14	BOSTON Noon
16	at Washington 7:00
17	SACRAMENTO 7:30
20	WASHINGTON 1:00
23	NEW ORLEANS 7:30
24	HOUSTON 7:30
26	at Charlotte 7:00
28	at Orlando 12:30
30	at Orlando 8:00

APRIL
1	CHARLOTTE 7:30
2	at Brooklyn 7:30
4	BOSTON 7:30
6	at Atlanta 8:00
8	at Milwaukee 8:00
9	DETROIT 7:00
11	INDIANA 6:00

HEAD FOR THE

By JARED SCHWARTZ

Back to 0-0. Now that the Knicks' entire schedule has been released, it's time to flip the page and fully look ahead to the season. Here are five takeaways that stand out:

• The Knicks have 34 nationally televised games — tied with the 76ers, Lakers and Spurs for most in the NBA. It is also the maximum amount that is allowed.

Not surprisingly, all four of the Knicks' matchups with LeBron James and the 76ers are on national television — it will be a rivalry that the league wants to push to the forefront.

They are also featured in all of the marquee slots. They host the 76ers at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 20 as part of the league's Opening Night Tip-off, which will serve as their banner/ring night. They host the Spurs at MSG on Christmas Day — the first time the teams will play since the NBA Finals. They play the 76ers in Philadelphia on Oct. 30 for the league's first NBA Cup group stage game.

• They will have to wait a long time to welcome Mitchell Robinson back to MSG. The first two matchups between the Knicks and Celtics — on Oct. 23 and Jan. 13 — are in Boston. It isn't until March 14 when they play in New York. The only caveat is if the Knicks end up hosting the Celtics in an NBA Cup knockout round game.

ALL 82? Michael Porter Jr. and the Nets learned their schedule for the 2026-27 season, but it's unclear whether Porter will be in Brooklyn for the whole season.

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Nets: Tough opening for

By JARED SCHWARTZ

The Nets spent the last two years trying to pick out as many losses on their schedule as they could find in a (failed) attempt to get as high a draft pick as possible.

This season has the potential to be a bit better, though it is more likely that plenty more losses are on the way.

Now that their full schedule has been released, let's take a look at five takeaways:

• It gets off to a grueling start. They will play their first 10 games across 19 days, including three back-to-backs. And six of those 10 games are on the road. Of the 10 games, seven are against teams that were in the playoffs or play-in last year.

In total, the Nets have 16 back-to-backs —

the maximum number allowed. The Pelicans were the only other team given 16 of them.

In terms of schedule congestion, the Nets got no favors from the league.

• The Nets' first game after the trade deadline is Feb. 12 against the Wizards in Washington. As The Post's Brian Lewis wrote recently, it is more likely that the Nets are sellers than buyers this year given their continued status as a rebuilding team comprised mostly of second-year players and rookies.

So that date is notable for their two top veterans, Michael Porter Jr. and Julius Randle. Will they still be on the roster for that game? Or will they have been traded away? That date could be when the Nets fully embrace another year of tanking.

• They face the Knicks at Madison Square

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THRILLS

WE MEET AGAIN: Mikal Bridges and the Knicks open the season with Joel Embiid and the Sixers — one of 34 games on national TV for Karl Anthony-Towns (left) and Co. Jason Szeres; Getty Images

● Another notable return to MSG will come Nov. 22 when Knicks villain Tyrese Haliburton — who missed all of last season due to a torn Achilles — plays his first game at the Mecca since he and the Pacers eliminated the Knicks in the 2025 Eastern Conference final.

The Knicks also get their first look at Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Heat on Nov. 27 at MSG.

● In terms of schedule congestion, the Knicks have 13 back-to-backs, which is one fewer than last year. The maximum number a team is

allowed is 16. Like last year, the month of December has the potential to be incredibly draining with tons of travel. They have nine of their 12 confirmed games on the road, with the potential for more depending on how they fare in the NBA Cup. Including the NBA Cup semis and final in Las Vegas last year, the Knicks played nine games away from home in December — and it wasn't a coincidence that by far their worst stretch of the season, during which they lost 9 of 11 games, came soon after. The end of the month into

the start of January includes a six-game road trip on the West Coast, with games against Utah, Phoenix, Denver, Portland, Golden State and Sacramento. It will be their longest road trip of the season unless they add road games in the NBA Cup in the beginning of December.

● An interesting nugget is that the Knicks on two occasions have consecutive road games against the same opponent. They play the Raptors in Toronto on Nov. 15 and 17 and play the Magic in Orlando on March 28 and 30. jschwartz@nypost.com

team done with tanking

Garden on Nov. 2. It will be the first time Randle plays his old team — and new in-city rival — as a Net.

Randle spent five seasons with the Knicks, during which he helped the team climb out of bottom-feeder status into relevancy — in 2020-21, he led the team to its first playoff berth since 2012-13. The end of his Knicks tenure was a bit contentious, however, and he was sent to the Timberwolves as part of the deal that brought in Karl-Anthony Towns.

And on Nov. 23, the Nets play the Timberwolves in Minnesota — the first time Randle plays his old team since that trade this off-season.

● The Nets sent Nic Claxton to the Bulls as part of the three-team trade in which they ac-

acquired Randle. The Nets host the Bulls at Barclays Center on Nov. 18 — the first time Claxton, who spent his first seven years in the league with the Nets, returns to his old stomping grounds.

● There is a potential soft landing spot where the young Nets could find their footing and actually make their season interesting — a six-game homestand in December. They face lottery teams from last year in the Mavericks, Wizards and Pelicans and two teams that didn't make it past the first round of the playoffs in the Magic and Blazers. The other comes against the Spurs.

They have another six-game homestand in January, though five of those games come against playoff teams from last year.

jschwartz@nypost.com

2026-27 Nets schedule Home games in caps Bold games part of in-season tournament; Dec. 3-11 TBD

OCTOBER
21	CHARLOTTE	7:30
24	at Cleveland	7:30
25	INDIANA	6:00
27	at Boston	7:30
30	DETROIT	7:30

NOVEMBER
1	at Indiana	5:00
2	at New York	7:30
4	CHARLOTTE	7:30
7	at Atlanta	7:30
8	at Dallas	7:30
11	at New Orleans	8:00
14	at Memphis	8:00
16	PHILADELPHIA	7:30
18	CHICAGO	7:30
20	ORLANDO	7:30
23	at Minnesota	7:30
25	at Milwaukee	8:00
27	at Toronto	7:30
28	at Charlotte	6:00
30	OKLAHOMA CITY	7:30

DECEMBER
2	at Oklahoma City	8:00
13	BOSTON	3:00
14	at Detroit	7:00
16	DALLAS	7:30
18	ORLANDO	7:30
20	WASHINGTON	3:00
21	PORTLAND	7:30
23	SAN ANTONIO	7:30
26	NEW ORLEANS	6:00
27	at New York	6:00
29	at Portland	10:00
31	at Sacramento	6:00

JANUARY
2	at Golden State	8:30
4	at Utah	9:00
6	UTAH	7:30
7	MIAMI	7:30
9	HOUSTON	6:00
11	at Indiana	7:00
12	at Miami	7:30
14	at Philadelphia	7:00
16	at Boston	7:00
20	CHICAGO	7:00
21	CLEVELAND	7:30
23	TORONTO	6:00
25	MIAMI	7:30
27	PHOENIX	7:30
29	LA CLIPPERS	7:30
31	at Orlando	6:00

FEBRUARY
1	NEW YORK	7:30
4	LA LAKERS	7:30
6	WASHINGTON	6:00
8	at Philadelphia	7:00
9	MINNESOTA	7:30
12	at Washington	7:00
14	at Miami	1:00
17	ATLANTA	7:30
25	PHILADELPHIA	7:30
27	at Chicago	8:00

MARCH
1	at Denver	9:00
3	at Phoenix	9:00
4	at LA Clippers	10:30
7	at LA Lakers	10:30
9	MILWAUKEE	7:30
11	at Atlanta	8:00
13	at Detroit	3:00
15	INDIANA	7:30
17	at Houston	8:30
18	at San Antonio	8:00
21	SACRAMENTO	3:00
23	BOSTON	7:30
25	DENVER	7:30
28	MEMPHIS	3:00
29	GOLDEN STATE	7:30
31	CLEVELAND	7:30

APRIL
2	NEW YORK	7:30
4	at Milwaukee	2:00
5	at Cleveland	7:00
7	at Toronto	7:30
9	at Charlotte	7:00
11	TORONTO	6:00

'SVU' star teases Jalen guest spot

By BRIDGE REILLY

Get ready for "Law & Order: MVP."

During an appearance on the "Today" show Thursday, "Law & Order: SVU" star and Knicks fan Mariska Hargitay revealed we could see the NBA Finals MVP on screen soon.

"Don't tell anyone, but see him on 'SVU,'" she whispered to Savannah Guthrie on Thursday. "Don't tell anyone, but we got some things in the works."

Guthrie knew quickly in her gut it must be true because Hargitay admitted she tells the host "a lot of secrets."

"I like that! Well, you tell me then, it all comes true," Guthrie said.

Following the Knicks' first NBA championship since 1973, Brunson revealed his offseason plan involved getting on "Law & Order: SVU" alongside Hargitay.

The Knicks star even got approval from "Law & Order" colleague Christopher Meloni, who said he was "absolutely" in support.

"I don't know if you've heard, but he's a world champion, he can do whatever the hell he wants," Meloni said.

Brunson and Hargitay have formed a strong friendship over the years. Hargitay, 62, is a big Knicks fan and holds courtside seats at Madison Square Garden.

She was along for the crazy championship ride,

sharing an emotional moment with Brunson following Game 4 of the NBA Finals when the Knicks came back from a 29-point deficit.

The two hugged on the court and Hargitay said, "I love you so much; I'm so happy!"

Prior to that, she sprinted onto the court to embrace Brunson's father, Rick Brunson, who is an assistant under head coach Mike Brown and was a member of the '99 Knicks squad that reached the Finals.

Hargitay was also on Brunson's float for the championship parade in lower Manhattan along with her son, August.

Brunson later returned the favor and supported Hargitay at her solo Broadway show "Every Brilliant Thing" in June.

He, along with his wife Ali, visited Hargitay backstage after the show and her husband, Peter Hermann, was also there for the meet-up.

It's a special bond that even longtime Knicks fan and actor Ben Stiller envies.

"The love that Mariska Hargitay gets from you postgame is the envy of every other Knicks fan, Knicks celebrity fan. She gets a hug after a loss," Stiller said on Brunson's "Roommates" podcast with Josh Hart.

On a previous "Today" appearance, Hargitay admitted Brunson is her "inspiration."

breilly@nypost.com

STAR TURN: Jalen Brunson, who has developed a close bond with Mariska Hargitay (center), seems ready to appear on an episode of "Law & Order: SVU."

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LONG ISLAND SPORTS

Quintet of NCAA athletes using lifeguard duty in Oyster Bay to prep for college seasons

SAVE REVIEWS

GUARD

BEACH BEAT: Tyler Byrnes keeps an eye on swimmers at Oyster Bay's Tobay Beach. Byrnes (below, far right) is a town lifeguard along with fellow college athletes (below, from left) Patrick Radomski, Cassidy Morrow, Allison Priestley and Charlotte McKelvey. Heather Khalifa (2)

By ALEX MITCHELL

They're on the other side of the whistle now.

Thousands of Long Island swimmers owe their safety in the water to a group of top-tier college athletes who double as lifeguards while home for the summer — and the important aquatic gig is making them better at their sports.

"Communication and a team base — you work together, and if there's a save, everyone's going together," Siena lacrosse attacker Patrick Radomski told The Post.

"Each person has a job, just like playing a sport. Everyone works together, and we all want the same thing."

Radomski works at pools across the Town of Oyster Bay with fellow star-caliber talent in UConn cheerleader Charlotte McKelvey, SUNY Oswego swimmer Allison Priestley, soon-to-be UMass freshman lacrosse player Tyler Byrnes and Cassidy Morrow of the Siena women's lax team.

"Learning how to perform under pressure is a big part of it," Morrow said.

"At school, we practice every day for hours just to prepare for a game. It's the same thing here when we practice our drills, CPR and are getting ready to potentially save someone's life," added the sophomore attacker.

To the rescue

Priestley has already had a hero moment she'll never forget while working at a Plainview pool.

A little boy errantly jumped off a diving board and suddenly started struggling with water up his nose.

"I jumped off the stand, dove in and got him to the side," she recalled of the "nerve-racking" moment. "It was unexpected. It was scary, but he was OK."

The Farmingdale-born swimmer was also relieved to know her

colleagues were at the ready to support her in the crucial moment, which McKelvey said helps everyone in high-intensity situations.

"It's very much a family environment. Everyone's friends; we don't really get sick of each other. We actually hang out after work and stuff," she added while at the town's crown jewel of Tobay Beach, a popular spot for lifeguards on and off duty.

"I feel like even though our job is serious, we do find ways to

make it fun and enjoy everybody's company."

Diving in headfirst

The fantastic five also use their summer jobs to stay in top training shape for when they return to campus in the fall.

"It keeps you in shape with swimming and everything," attacker Byrnes said. "I try to swim at least three times a week."

Meanwhile, Morrow makes sure to get plenty of reps in the water daily.

"Thirty-two laps is about half a mile, so I try to do that once a day just to get some extra endurance," she said.

McKelvey also credits her grueling daily laps to "a lot of endurance" that translates well on the sidelines and baselines at UConn, like when she cheered at the Women's Final Four.

That and fighting through some sweltering temperatures — especially the July heatwave that brought temperatures above 100 degrees for days on the island.

"For football, we're outside for four or five hours cheering and jumping around and stunting and tumbling in the heat," the junior said.

"It definitely gets you ready for that," added McKelvey, who, like her peers, often misses Long Island shores while back on campus.

amitchell@nypost.com

Cup, cup and away

Lord Stanley's hardware is headed to the island.

Hurricanes goalie Brandon

Bussi has incredibly sentimental plans for his day with the Stanley Cup on Wednesday, as the first Suffolk County native ever to win the prestigious trophy is bringing it to where it all began for him as a little boy — The Rinx ice arena in Hauppauge.

"The Rinx is the first place I ever put my goalie gear on," Bussi told The Post.

"I was on the ice for a clinic. I wish I could tell you what day of the week it was."

The 27-year-old who first made the NHL in October — and wowed the hockey world with a title-clinching, 3-0 shutout against the Golden Knights in Game 6 of the final — will have the Cup on public display from 10:15-11:45 a.m.

He's also being recognized as the inaugural Suffolk sports person of the year by the county's sports hall of fame at the rink.

"It'll be cool for me to see the next generation of hockey players because winning the Stanley Cup is their dream too," Bussi said.

Bussi, a Sound Beach native, also has special plans for the Cup in the evening.

He will honor the first-ever Long Islander to hoist it, defenseman Rob Scuderi of Syosset in Nassau County, by bringing the Stanley Cup to Bracco's on the Nautical Mile in Freeport — where Scuderi celebrated after winning with the Penguins in 2009 and the Kings in 2014.

"I thought that was a cool little way of tying the whole day together," Bussi said, "having the opportunity to bring it back there."

The retired stay-at-home defenseman was overwhelmed by the gesture of tribute.

"It was incredibly generous to him to think of me at a time when really it's easy to be a little bit selfish ... that shows a lot from him," Scuderi said.

Scuderi, now an assistant with the Predators, originally chose the waterside watering hole in 2009 because the stretch of restaurants and bars along the mile held a special place in his heart as he was raised on the island.

"I think it's very important to share that cup with the community that you grew up in," added Scuderi.

Bussi and the Cup will be at the seafood lover's paradise from 6-9 p.m. — and the champ is ready to party before the preseason.

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By RYAN DUNLEAVY

There could be room for Evan Neal on the Giants after all. If the 53-man roster is going to include 10 offensive linemen, then the 6-foot-7,340-pound Neal could steal one of the five backup jobs now that he is listed as a co-second-teamer with Aaron Stinnie at right guard. After the five starters, the leading backups appear to be tackles J.C. Davis and Marcus Mbow, guard Daniel Faalele, center Lucas Patrick and ... Neal, Stinnie, Joshua Ezeudu or Bryan Hudson.

GIANTS NOTES

"I've seen great growth from Evan in his ability to take coaching and his ability to try to understand not just how things look on paper but what certain alignments mean to him," first-year offensive line coach Mike Bloomgren said. "I think he is seeing more in his stance, and he's playing with more confidence. Listening to other people in the building, they feel like he's taken some good steps. We'll see what he's able to do in these [preseason] games." Neal was the No. 7 pick in the 2022 draft who flopped at right tackle and didn't play a snap last season after moving to right guard. He stunningly re-signed with the Giants for no guaranteed money as a free agent rather than looking for a fresh start.

Neal making stand, could remain as Big Blue backup

SEEN GREAT GROWTH: Perhaps a regime change was what Evan Neal (73) needed, as first-year offensive line coach Mike Bloomgren said people in the Giants building feel the former right tackle has "taken some good steps" during training camp. Corey Sipkin

► CB Terrion Arnold, who visited the Giants facility Wednesday, is signing with the Seahawks despite no legal resolution to his kidnapping and armed robbery charges. The Giants were open to signing Arnold, who was released by the Lions after the arrest, but contract discussions never ad-

vanced in a meaningful way because they had a clear understanding that the 2024 first-round pick preferred to land with the Super Bowl champions because of a direct path to the field and family ties in the Seattle area.

► Head coach John Harbaugh wouldn't reveal if the starters will play Saturday against the Vikings. But it sounds like he wants QB Jaxson Dart to get his feet wet. "We've got a young quarterback who's just in his second year, who didn't play a whole season even last year," Harbaugh said. "So, he's just getting started. And we're going to be playing two of the best teams in our conference [Cowboys and Rams] right out of the gates. And so, we'd like to be ready for that."

► WR Jalin Hyatt (leg) and C John Michael Schmitz (concussion) did not practice and Hyatt was ruled out for the game by Harbaugh.

CBS Greg Newsome II and Dru Phillips, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster and Patrick — all of whom are dealing with knee injuries — were limited participants. CB Paulson Adebo (hamstring) worked to the side and is a "game-time decision."

► With all the injuries at cornerback, the Giants needed healthy reinforcements, so they added Sam Webb and Ugochukwu Amadi while releasing DB David Long and DB D.J. James (waived/injured) before Thursday's practice.

► For the alternate jersey enthusiasts, Harbaugh joked that WR Malik Nabers is "lobbying for the red jersey of the future, but that wasn't the reason" that he wore red in practice. It was a noncontact reminder.

The Giants coaching staff been wearing more dark/navy blue and red apparel, but that is not a Harbaugh-driven agenda.

Sally Brompton Daily Horoscope

DISCOVER MORE ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS AT SALLYBROMPTON.COM

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)

Ignore those who say you are expecting too much of yourself and really go for it today and over the weekend. Cosmic activity in and around your sign promises you are on the right track, so keep going and don't slow down for any reason.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)

It's good to listen to advice but sometimes the best advice comes from within and what your inner voice tells you over the next 24 hours will provide the answer you've been looking for to a personal problem. It could also be pure gold financially.

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)

If you push yourself too hard today you could strain yourself physically and have to sit out the fun and games over the weekend. Ignore what others say you should be doing and embrace the "lazy Libra" tag - which is

actually far from true.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

The message of the stars today is that you must check the small print carefully before signing up to something that will require a lot of commitment and no small amount of money. You may actually be better off giving it a miss.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)

Jupiter in the most adventurous area of your chart will have you making plans for the weekend that could take you far away. That's great, but make sure those plans include a clear path to getting home again if things don't work out as expected.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20)

You can see where a loved one

has been going wrong but they are still blind to the realities of the situation. So they will have to learn from their own mistakes, while all you can do is be ready to help pick up the pieces.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19)

You are no stranger to making sacrifices but it annoys you when people think you will make sacrifices for them every time they get into trouble. Let a friend or workmate know that from now on your assistance is going to be conditional.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)

Mars in the most dynamic area of your chart will make you a bit pushy today and over the weekend and that's a good thing. Too often in life you let other people call the shots that you should be making, and that needs

to change.

ARIES (March 21-April 20)

Your viewpoint about something you were previously so sure of will change dramatically over the next few days. You may not be the sort to admit that you got it wrong but on this occasion it's unlikely you will have much choice.

TAURUS (April 21-May 21)

A dream may still seem far away from coming true but don't give up on it yet. What happens over the next few days will help you see what adjustments need to be made to take you closer to that ultimate goal. You'll get there soon.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)

Now that Mars has left your sign

it will pay you to be a little less assertive in the way you deal with other people. You can still be Number One but be smart and look for ways to reach decisions together rather than just issue orders.

CANCER (June 22-July 23)

Try to avoid rushing into a situation that is clearly quite complicated. The more time you spend thinking about what you are going to do the more effective your actions will be when you finally make a move. There's no rush, you're not on the clock.

BIRTHDAY FRIDAY

There will be an urgency to what you do over the coming year and that's good because time will pass more quickly than usual and if you hesitate to act you may not get a second opportunity. If it feels right then go for it with 100 percent effort.

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DAMAGE CONTROL

By MADELINE KENNEY

The Liberty narrowly avoided what would've been a historic collapse Thursday night, beating the Sparks 85-81 at Barclays Center.

The home team had built a 28-point advantage (69-41 lead) with 9:48 left in the fourth quarter and was sitting pretty.

Until they weren't. The Sparks stormed all the way back, scoring 21 unanswered points to make it a seven-point game. Los Angeles got within one with 21.7 seconds left, but the Liberty held on to prevent their opponents from matching the biggest comeback in WNBA history.

The Liberty managed to survive what Chris DeMarco called a 'funky' fourth quarter.

'We just kind of were on our heels a little bit,' Sabrina Ionescu said. 'Basketball is a game of runs. Theirs came really late and I'm glad the way that we were able to kind of weather the storm and continue to chip away, find a way to win.'

Two days after an obliteration at Indiana, the Liberty looked to redeem themselves against a team destined for the draft lottery.

For the first three quarters, the Liberty did that. They held the Sparks to only 41 points through three quarters and led by 26 entering the fourth.

Rebecca Allen said, 'That was the best I felt, we felt collectively, as a team defensively.'

But the Liberty played poorly in that final frame.

The Sparks, losers of eight of 10 games entering Thursday, didn't wave the white flag in the fourth quarter, and the Liberty paid the price.

Los Angeles — no longer featuring Kelsey Plum after the star guard was traded to Phoenix at the deadline — went on a 21-0

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: Sabrina Ionescu is fouled by the Sparks' Ariel Atkins in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter as the Liberty narrowly avoided Los Angeles matching the biggest comeback victory in WNBA history (28 points) on Thursday night at Barclays Center.

rampage to cut the Liberty's mighty lead in less than three minutes.

Ionescu finally ended the 4:19 drought with a much-needed basket.

But the Sparks didn't stop. They kept at it.

With 3:50 left in a four-point game, DeMarco challenged an awkward collision which got Marine Johannes whistled for a foul.

It was unsuccessful, burning the team's final timeout.

After the game, DeMarco said he 'thought it was worth the challenge,' adding that the team thought Johannes didn't foul and

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instead got hit in the face.

The Sparks made it a three-point game on three occasions over the final four minutes.

Dearica Hamby's layup cut the gap to 82-79 with 57.9 seconds to go. A bad inbounds pass from Pauline Astier was recovered by Ariel Atkins and the Sparks called a timeout with 26.6 left.

Rae Burrell made the layup to make it 82-81 with 21.7 seconds left.

Ionescu knocked in a pair of

free throws to build the Liberty's lead back to three. It was enough to secure the win.

'It was funky,' DeMarco said. 'We started playing on our heels a little bit, basically coming into offense — not really running our stuff, sort of just moving the ball around, maybe some quick shots.'

The Sparks outscored New York 40-18 in the fourth.

Had they lost, it arguably would have been the Liberty's most deflating defeat of the season.

Even with the win, the Liberty shouldn't be feeling too proud of themselves because the Sparks

had no business being in the game that late.

'We let go of the rope a little bit,' DeMarco said. 'We have to put together 40-minute games. ... It was just funky overall. So I'm just proud of the group for sticking together and ... we were connected most of the night. Even in those moments, we didn't get disconnected. We were just having trouble offensively trying to find rhythms getting to the paint, waiting for each other, so defensively, we got some stops when we needed to and offensively we executed.'

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Sabally to step away for health, with franchise's support

By MADELINE KENNEY

Liberty forward Satou Sabally is stepping away from the team 'for a little bit' as she continues to work her way back from the concussion she suffered in late June.

Sabally's coaches and teammates fully support this decision.

'It's really mature and a step in the right direction for her to understand

where she's at and what she needs to do to feel 100 percent and feel like herself,' Sabrina Ionescu said before Thursday's 85-81 win over the Sparks at Barclays Center. 'And we're giving her all the time in the world to do that.'

Sabally's injury designation changed Wednesday night to 'head injury' after being listed as 'concussion protocol' for the past seven weeks. She cleared concus-

sion protocol, but is still not 100 percent healthy.

'She's going to be away from the team for a little bit,' coach Chris DeMarco said. 'It's her second significant head injury in the past 12 months. So, as with all our players, health will always be the focus, and we look forward to getting her back. She's just going to take some time right now.' Asked if Sabally will be doing anything basketball related

during her time away, DeMarco said, 'We'll get there.'

'This is under the guidance of our performance team,' he continued. 'But just for now, she's just taking some time away, making sure she's healthy.'

Sabally, the team's marquee free agent acquisition in the offseason, went down with a head injury after Aces forward NaLyssa Smith elbowed her in the face during the Liberty's

June 23 win in Las Vegas.

While she has cleared concussion protocol, she's not yet back in what DeMarco called her 'comfort zone.'

'We just needed some time away and make sure she's 100 percent healthy,' he continued. 'We're not trying to rush anybody back, and it's always going to be about the health of our players.'

Sabally also suffered a concussion in Game 3 of the

2025 WNBA Finals that sidelined her for most of the off-season. She didn't participate in Unrivaled earlier this year and didn't return to basketball activities until March.

Sabally, who signed a two-year, $1.67 million contract this offseason, missed the start of the season with a cyst and fell ill in late May.

In 13 games (five starts) this season, she's averaging 10.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists.

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Bailey showing why Gang Green thought he was cream of crop

By BRIAN COSTELLO

Jets fans will get to see No. 2 overall pick David Bailey in his first preseason game action Friday night against the Buccaneers, and you can expect him to make some splash plays.

Bailey has been the star of training camp. The edge rusher seems to be living in the offensive backfield, and he frustrated the Buccaneers this week in joint practices.

"Well, we all know that he's a good player," Jets coach Aaron Glenn said. "We all know that he's a damn good pass rusher. So, there's times where you expect that, does that make sense? You expect him to win a number of his battles when it comes to that. And then you also expect things to happen to where you have to coach him and he's going to learn some things, too. So, it really goes both ways when you look at that."

Glenn said he was actually more interested in watching the plays in

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practice where Bailey did not win so that he could coach him up on those plays.

The Jets took Bailey with the No. 2 overall pick, choosing him over Arvell Reese, who went to the Giants at No. 5. Bailey has impressed through his first few weeks of camp.

"I've been around a ton of rookies," veteran linebacker Demario Davis said. "You know, 7 to 10 every year for 15 years. I've seen some who were projected high not play up to that level. I've seen some who were projected low and played above that level."

"He looks like a No. 2 pick. He looks like everything that's been advertised or more. I think his instincts of not only rushing the quarterback but just getting to the football in general, the way that he plays the run with savviness, and I think he already has a lot of elements of a pro."

He's mature for his age."

► While fans will get to see Bailey as well as fellow first-round pick WR Omar Cooper Jr. on Friday night, they will not see TE Kenyon Sadiq or CB D'Angelo Ponds, two other highly touted rookies who are dealing with injuries.

Sadiq practiced early in training camp but has been sidelined for the past two weeks with a setback following sports hernia surgery in May. Glenn said he expects Sadiq to be ready for Week I.

Ponds has yet to practice during training camp because of a calf injury. Glenn has repeatedly downplayed Ponds' injury, but it will be a bigger concern if he does not get on the practice field soon. Ponds is projected to be the starting nickel cornerback, but that will become increasingly unlikely the longer he is out.

► The Jets waived DE Eric Watts with an injury settlement.

IMPRESSING THE VETS: Jets edge rusher David Bailey has made his mark during training camp, with veteran linebacker Demario Davis saying, "He looks like a No. 2 pick." Bill Kostroun

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"EVERYBODY'S PLAYING"

Glenn, Jets will get regulars onto field in preseason opener with 2 new systems being installed

A LOT TO COVER: With many new players and two new play-callers, Jets coach Aaron Glenn wants to get his starters 25-30 reps in the preseason games to familiarize themselves with the new offense and defense. Glenn will call plays on defense, and Frank Reich is the new offensive coordinator.

Bill Kostroun

By BRIAN COSTELLO

Jets coach Aaron Glenn did not hesitate this week when asked if his starters would play in Friday night's preseason opener against the Buccaneers.

"Everybody's playing," Glenn said. "Everybody's playing."

That makes the start of the preseason a little more entertaining for anyone interested in the Jets. Everyone will get to see the new-look squad with Geno Smith at quarterback and some of their additions, such as rookie pass rusher David Bailey and veteran defenders Demario Davis and Minkah Fitzpatrick.

The Buccaneers are not expected to play many, if any, starters. Quarterback Baker Mayfield definitely will not play, Bucs coach Todd Bowles announced.

The Jets and Buccaneers had two fight-filled joint practices in Florham Park this week. That is unlikely to spill over into the preseason game, where the penalties would actually count.

For Glenn, this is a chance to get his guys on the field. The Jets have many new players and also two new play-callers. Glenn is calling the defense this season and Frank Reich is the team's new offensive coordinator.

"You have two new systems

Three things to watch

1 The starters are going to play, but we don't know how long. It will be interesting to see how the starting offense looks after a rough week. Geno Smith & Co. did not perform well in joint practices with the Buccaneers. It sounds like Tampa Bay coach Todd Bowles is resting his starters, so this should be an easier task for the Jets offense.

2 Jets rookie edge rusher David Bailey has been making highlight plays during training camp. Can he continue to do it under the lights? Bailey has an explosive first step and looks every bit like a player taken No. 2 overall in the draft.

3 These preseason games are very important for rookie quarterback Cade Klubnik, who is trying to win the No. 2 job behind Smith. Klubnik has been up and down in practice, but he could solidify his hold on the job with strong performances in the preseason. Bailey Zappe is his chief in-house competition but general manager Darren Mougey could still swing a deal for a veteran backup before the season.

that are going in, and I think it's important for our guys to play," Glenn said. "Now, there was science behind this also, as far as having joint practices, and trying to get the guys, at least throughout the preseason, 25-30 reps, and I'm talking about [combined in] all three games. I don't know how I'll divvy that up, it's a feel when

you go into preseason, but what they say is when you have joint practices where the ones get a lot of reps and then you have that many plays, 25-30 in a preseason game, throughout those three games, the risk of injury actually goes down in that first part of the year. Just talking to those guys, I'm a big believer in that, so I'm

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looking forward to seeing that."

Glenn said he's looking for four things in this game at MetLife Stadium.

"I want to see the fundamentals of the game show up," Glenn said. "And when I say that, I want to see blocking, tackling, catching, ball security, punching the ball, I want to see those things. And then I want to see the techniques behind that also. I want to make sure that we operate in that aspect when it comes to the game. Then I want to see us execute. I want to see those three things, and I want to see the discipline of our team, alright."

The players were enthusiastic about getting the chance to play, even the veterans. For Smith, this will be his first game in a Jets uniform since 2016.

"Man, just to get out there and just play ball," Smith said, "feel the real, live game atmosphere, be in the huddle with my guys, have the clock running down, be out there in front of the fans back at MetLife. Just all the things of real football, not two-hand touch or thud, just to feel the game again."

Running back Breece Hall said he is looking forward to getting tackled, something that is not allowed in practice. The Jets do something called "thud" where a tackler wraps up the ball carrier quickly and then lets go. They are

not supposed to knock them to the ground.

"Really, just actually getting tackled," Hall said. "Even [Tuesday], me and Antoine Winfield had a really good thud and hold, and I haven't really been hit too much like that. It was good to get that feel. Just to get a few carries in, whether it's five plays, six plays and get tackled to the ground and maybe get a blitz pressure and have to pick up a guy blitzing that's trying to run through me and get a sack. I think it's definitely good to get a little feel of it, a little taste of it."

This game is not just a dress rehearsal for the players. Glenn is adjusting to being a play-calling head coach. This will be a test for him in managing the game while also calling the defense.

"This was thought out quite a bit, to be honest with you, so now how do I surround myself with people that are going to help me in that aspect also," Glenn said. "Because listen, if you're calling it, you can't do everything, and I want to make sure I'm spot on with what I'm calling. I want to make sure I'm putting our players in the best position, and then make sure that I have the help around me when it comes to game management when I'm on the defensive side and I'm calling it."

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FIELDS OF DREAMS

First-year Big Blue WR has eyes on earning some playing time

By RYAN DUNLEAVY

Time stopped when Malachi Fields left his feet to catch a dig route over the middle of the field.

"It was like he was just levitating," safety Jason Pinnock said, recalling Fields' standout introductory reception during spring practice. "I was kind of just waiting for him to come down. He's a freak athlete. If I had to say one glaring thing, it's his ball skills."

The 6-foot-4 rookie is responsible for a few 40-yard catches during training camp, but he has shown a more expansive route tree than just tracking go-balls since he joined the Giants as a third-round pick.

Veterans Darius Slayton, Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin have the inside track to be the Giants' top complementary options to No. 1 receiver Malik Nabers when the season begins. But it might not be long before Fields is pushing for more targets from Jaxson Dart and using his physicality to perimeter block for the running backs.

"The playbook comes easy to him, so we can really focus on what happens after the snap rather than before," receivers coach Chad Hall said. "That's really beneficial to coach because I'm not teaching the whiteboard stuff. He's gotten better from the snap to the release to the top of the routes. He's a big guy who can bend well. We're just trying to get him to bend more, play lower."

Fields will make his NFL preseason de-

but Saturday against the Vikings in front of his parents, wife and son. Teammates recognize that he is champing at the bit to be competitive again.

"He has a great rapport with Jaxson," backup quarterback James Winston said. "He's curious about what is required to be the best. And I think when you have that mindset, when you focus on what you love, it's a setup for success."

The Giants tied for No. 11 in 20-yard receptions (52) and tied for No. 5 (11) in 40-yard receptions last season despite an injured Nabers missing the final 13 games.

Pint-sized speedster Wan'Dale Robinson, who was responsible for the bulk of those chunk plays, left in free agency for the Titans, and now the galloping Fields is flashing a different way to get downfield.

What could make Fields different than 2023 third-round pick Jalin Hyatt — a much-hyped deep threat who is on the

wrong side of the roster bubble after three touchdown-less seasons — is an underappreciated ability to make plays at the second level of the defense.

"The big plays are fun, but there's more that goes into it — the blocking that you don't see, the third-and-4 conversions, all that stuff," Fields said. "I think [my other routes] are starting to get recognized a little more. Just being able to get in and out of breaks, run those shorter routes, those possession catches 5 or 10 yards down the field instead of those 50-yard bombs."

Hall said that Fields — a product of Vir-

ginia and Notre Dame who averaged 17.5 yards per catch last season — showed up with "technique issues" and immediately got to work fixing those. A few limited practices early in training camp due to an undisclosed injury didn't slow his progress.

"The biggest word for him since he's been here is 'growth,'" Hall said. "He spent a ton of time over the summer really tuning his game. He's a big guy who can hold the red line downfield and give the quarterback space. He's long and he's not afraid to go up and get it. The quarterbacks have some confidence in that as well. He's earned it every day he's been here."

Fields is adopting skills like how to take care of his body, film study and different route-running maneuvers from the veterans in his position group. But having a 222-pound body to use as a box-out weapon on defensive backs can't be replicated.

"When you try to just bully some down the field, it doesn't always work," Fields said. "[Officials] are going to throw a flag or say we were both fighting so there's no flag and it's still incomplete. So, it's working your feet, working your release and then using your body at the top and adding that in with a tempo in your route. That's when you really create more separation — for me, personally, being that bigger guy."

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Nabers busts coach's lip, by accident,

By RYAN DUNLEAVY

Malik Nabers was so excited to have an increased workload Thursday that he inadvertently busted open his receiver coach's lip.

Chad Hall was simulating the defensive back lined up against Nabers in a drill to practice releases off the line of scrimmage, they both turned their heads in the same direction and Nabers' helmet collided

with Hall, who was administered stitches right on the field during practice.

"We're putting him in different positions — just trying to get him more comfortable," Hall said. "But he looks great. He's more confident. He was just as excited as the whole team was to see him out there making some plays, getting pushed on a little bit."

Nabers, who underwent multiple surgeries after suffering a

torn ACL and slightly torn meniscus in Week 4 of last season, wore a red noncontact jersey Thursday for the first time during training camp. He continued to be part of individual drills — all but one of the 14 practices — plus offensive installation periods and routes on air, but the slight addition was that he took part in a three-quarter-speed 11-on-11 situation where he caught a pass on each of his first four snaps.

"He's been itching, itching, itching, working his ass off for six, nine months, just trying to get back to this point where he can get on the field," Hall said. "You saw his first catch. People were hooting and hollering just to see him out there making some cuts, even catching and making some moves."

In one of the previous remote practices in West Virginia, Nabers participated in a similar period at a slower

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speed. He was bumped to the ground by safety Tyler Nubin, which sounded like the impetus for adding the red jersey that usually is reserved for quarterbacks).

"This was hearing a play call, getting lined up, doesn't know what's going on [defensively], reacting," Hall said. "He wasn't untouched. In West Virginia, that was like a glorified walk-through. This was a lot more intense."

Head coach John Harbaugh

called Thursday a "timing practice" with "no physicality" allowed. Tell that to Hall, who had dried blood on his lip and his teeth — a small price to pay for the big rewards that Nabers could offer the Giants as he tracks toward playing Week 1 against the Cowboys.

"The players were excited when we talked about it in the meeting this morning," Harbaugh said of Nabers' participation. "It's a big step. It was a milestone."

ARE THE Giants and John Harbaugh — the most special teams-aware head coach in the entire NFL — really going to entrust their placekicking to a fresh-faced rookie?

This rather pointed question was presented to that fresh-faced rookie, Dominic Zvada, and at first he responded by repeating it, almost word-for word.

"Why should they trust a rookie?" he said, sounding far more bemused by the query than annoyed by it.

"That's tough, man," Zvada told The Post. "I mean, I want to say I would go out there and do everything I can and give everything I can for this team. It's an honor to play for this team, such a historic franchise."

"For me, I'm going to do everything I can to be able to give myself the best opportunity and do the best job I can."

Is this actually going to happen? Is a franchise that has endured kicker follies the past three seasons, as uber-reliable Graham Gano began showing his age, going to go with an NFL novice in Harbaugh's first season?

Come Sept. 13, in a nationally televised "Sunday Night Football" meeting with the rival Cowboys, will it be a skinny 22-year-old potentially lining up for the game-winning field goal at sold-out MetLife Stadium?

"Everyone starts somewhere," Zvada reasoned. "So for me, it's like: Why not now?"

Now for Zvada depends on two factors. First, does he outlast Ben Sauls in the summer battle for the one roster spot reserved for the kicker? Next, is Zvada so impressive that Harbaugh is convinced to take the risk rather than scour the free agent market for a more experienced guy?

Harbaugh was willing to give a kid a shot back in 2012 when he named rookie Justin Tucker the Ravens kicker heading into that season. Tucker's 83.3 percent field goal hit rate at Texas was third best in school history, but he was not a widely heralded prospect. He was not invited to the East-West Shrine Game, or the Senior Bowl, or the NFL scouting combine. He was not drafted.

Zvada is more of a known commodity. He went to the Shrine Bowl and the scouting combine before going undrafted. He kicked the past two years at Michigan, so he was in a college football cauldron.

Tucker went on to become one of the league's best kickers and surely a potential Hall of Famer. Harbaugh grew to lean on him to turn close games into rousing victories.

No one can link what Tucker accomplished to what Zvada might. That is premature and unfair. But Tucker got a shot, and someone will give Zvada a shot, and that someone

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could be Harbaugh with the Giants. "We think about how we all started, right?" special teams coordinator Chris Horton said. "When I got up to be a coordinator for the very first time, there were things

that I needed to learn on the job, and so it's just like any other position, just like any other thing, that we all got to start somewhere, right?"

Right.

Zvada nods in agreement with this.

"If you look at my college career, I started [at Arkansas State] as a true freshman, I transferred to Michigan, I started as soon as I got there," he said. "Wherever I've gone I've been able to pick it up right away."

Zvada emerged on the national scene in 2024, his first year at Michigan, when he hit 21 of 22 field goals — including a 54-yarder in the second quarter and a game-winning 21-yarder with 45 seconds remaining to beat hated rival Ohio State 13-10 on the road in Columbus. Zvada was not nearly as accurate as a senior in 2025 — 17 of 25 on field goals — to knock his NFL stock down a bit. He finished his four-year college career 140-for-142 on extra points.

As much as possible, Harbaugh has put the heat on Zvada, yapping at him before field goal attempts during practice in West Virginia and encouraging outside linebacker Abdul Carter to do the same.

"I'm kind of in my zone, but I can hear

[Harbaugh] yelling," Zvada said. "I think one time, Abdul Carter was yelling something at me and Harbaugh said, 'Oh, that was the game-winner of Michigan versus Penn State.' Stuff like that to get in your head a little bit, make you lose focus."

Zvada nailed a 55-yard field goal on the last day in White Sulphur Springs, with Harbaugh and Carter barking at him. Wednesday, Zvada ended practice at the team facility by drilling a 62-yard field goal after the offensive players lobbied Harbaugh to send the rookie out there.

In the offseason, Zvada posted a video on social media of himself hitting a 70-yard field goal. He declined to characterize his leg strength in terms of yardage but told The Post his range is "far ... it's far."

Power is great, when it can be harnessed.

"Having a big leg is a big deal," Harbaugh said. "Kicking it straight consistently is a bigger deal. I think both those guys have done that very well."

Zvada said he did not keep count of how many field goals he hit this summer but knew he missed four. Two of those misses came on the first day of camp. He has attempted nearly 60 kicks.

Saturday is the preseason debut for Zvada, who as of late this week had never stepped foot inside MetLife Stadium. Harbaugh has not yet divulged how the kicking chores will be shared between Zvada and Sauls when the Giants face the Vikings. This will be Zvada's NFL debut. Sauls, a left-footer, went 8-for-8 late last season on field goals for the Giants.

"I have a pregame ritual, a pregame process that I like to do," Zvada said. "For me, it's not going to change, so for me, go out there and do my best."

His best could be good enough to land the job. He has to start somewhere.

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Areas Mets need to address for 2027 rebound

THERE is hope Mets fans. No, not for this year, but for 2027.

The Mets' odds to make this year's playoffs via Fangraphs fell from 0.2 percent Monday to 0.1 percent Tuesday and as of Wednesday can be rounded down to 0.0 percent, matching "Bluto" Blutarsky's grade point average and fairly estimating their current despair.

Yet, all is not lost. August actually brought a little hope. Between some valuable (and perhaps movable) assets acquired at the trade deadline and a couple rotation revelations (Zac Thornton's surprising rise and especially Sean Manaea's shocking rebound), their goal to contend next year is no pipe dream now.

There is a chance. But there are also serious challenges. They'll enter the winter with an incomplete rotation, a remade, ultra-inexperienced bullpen, a couple uncertain everyday positions and a million questions (rough estimate). Here are some big ones:

1. How many starting pitchers do they need? Nolan McLean and Christian Scott look like keepers, and thanks to the emergence of the rookie Thornton, perhaps a back-end solution, and the reemergence of Manaea, they may have a semblance of a rotation. Tylor Megill should be back, lefty Jo-

nathan Santucci may be ready, and they haven't given up on Jonah Tong, whose spotty Triple-A year is finishing with promise. Yet, they believe they need "at least one or two" more starters.

Fortunately, the free agent list for pitchers isn't nearly as thin as the position player list. If they can't get superstar Tarik Skubal (more on that below), we'd recommend free agents Michael King, Matthew Boyd and old friend Clay Holmes. Trades are also more possible since acquiring highly regarded prospects Sammy Stafura and especially Jefferson Rojas, giving them a quartet of intriguing shortstop hopefuls (with Elian Peña and Mitch Voit).

2. Do they have a chance for Skubal? Word is, the Mets are intrigued, no surprise since: 1) owner Steve Cohen has a successful history chasing the best of the best (counting art pieces and Juan Soto), and 2) they still

have significant ground to make up. Their Skubal chances are unknown but might be improving slightly since it's uncertain the other perennial mega spender and perceived early favorite, the frequent successful bidder (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Kyle Tucker) and now Skubal-employing Dodgers, will continue to play that high.

3. What about the empty bullpen? Thanks to four deadline trades, injuries and attrition, the redone pen is a mix of mostly journeymen and hopefuls. So there's serious work to do. With their success importing ex-Yankees — Holmes, Luke Weaver, Luis Torrens, Luis Severino and Soto — we'll suggest Yankees closer David Bednar, an impending free agent

who's brilliantly anchored one of MLB's top pens with a varied repertoire and enormous guts.

4. What positions need help? Second base, where Marcus Semien's better recent moments don't completely offset a multiyear trend, and first base are where they may look to improve. Free agents Brandon Lowe and Luis Arraez look like 2B possibilities. But first base is the bigger issue from here.

They've scouted Japanese star slugger Teruaki Sato, a 3B who could move to 1B. They'd consider Jared Young, who's been solid, as part of a potential platoon. They can dream about Yandy Diaz, who's forever seemingly everyone's pie-in-the-sky trade hope, but free agent Andrew Vaughn's more gettable. New Yankees Luis García Jr. makes sense in a potential trade. The Mets need him more.

David Bednar

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Yankees healthy by early Sept.?

THE CURRENT guesstimate is that both Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton could be back sometime around Sept. 1.

The Yankees don't like to provide timetables on the great Aaron Judge, but it's conceded he's somewhat behind the other two stars.

The Yankees were never seen as a serious player for Tarik Skubal, as they already have three aces (plus Carlos Rodón is returning as No. 4). But in their brief talks, the Tigers first asked for George Lombard Jr. (whose dad is the Tigers bench coach) then mentioned a four-player package of two big leaguers and two prospects while also saying they weren't even sure that would get it done.

The Tigers have always liked Will Warren. But it's pretty obvious why the Yankees wouldn't give up Warren and four young players with about 20 years of control for two-plus months.

Lombard, who looks like a stud so far, told me it was an easy call signing with the Yankees (for an over-market $3.3M) even over Vanderbilt. Lombard was also a relatively easy call for the Yankees at No. 25 in the draft. They loved his character, work ethic and athleticism.

We can see why. Some other teams still do value Anthony Volpe. May I suggest a trade rather than attempting to transition him to 2B? Out of New York, he may be better.

The Mariners look like they are giving the Mets a run for Most Disappointing Team of 2026.

Japanese star slugger Sato on Amazin' radar

THE METS are scouting and considering Hanshin Tigers star 3B Teruaki Sato, who's expected to come to MLB. But if they do sign Sato, he might have to switch to 1B.

The Mets had mixed results with position switches this year. Bo Bichette moved seamlessly to 3B, but 1B hopeful Jorge Polanco's injuries are limiting him to DH.

The best early guess is that Bichette will be back at 3B, as he

has a good chance to opt in, with $84 million and two years, plus a second opt-out to go, especially considering CBA uncertainty.

Like Munetaka Murakami, who's thrived at 1B slugging for the White Sox, Sato, a former Central League MVP with a 1.026 OPS, has "good pop" but is "questionable" at 3B, via scouts. The Yankees, Dodgers and

Phillies also are linked to Sato. No surprise, the Mets are planning to decline Luis Robert Jr.'s $20M option and buy him out for $2M. A.J. Ewing is the future center fielder.

Mets people are still saying the plan remains for interim manager Andy Green to return to the front office.

Alex Cora should be the Mets'

obvious outside choice. But the Phillies seem to be Cora's more likely landing spot.

Phillies baseball president Dave Dombrowski, while saying he isn't thinking about anything but the Phillies' current situation, called Cora on The Post podcast "The Show" a "very good big league manager, 'a friend of mine' and a 'tre-

mendous person."

The Phillies could keep interim manager Don Mattingly, whose son Preston is GM, but Cora, who only declined the job in season due to a promise he made to his family to take the summer off, may get a second chance in Philly. And if offered, why wouldn't Cora prefer them since the Philly boss already loves him?

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By MARK W. SANCHEZ

In the small sample size of 29 plate appearances, Spencer Jones has gone 8-for-25 with two home runs, two doubles, a triple and a 1.134 OPS against left-handed pitching.

The lefty slugger will have to prove more to remain in the game when matched up with particularly tough southpaws.

YANKEES NOTES

In a one-run game in the eighth inning Thursday, manager Aaron Boone lifted Jones for righty-hitting Heliot Ramos against Seattle lefty José Ferrer, who is one of the game's best relievers at neutralizing lefty hitters.

"That's one of the reasons we brought Heliot Ramos in was his presence against [lefties]," Boone said of the trade-deadline pickup, who grounded out and has not started well with the Yankees (2-for-25).

Boone said he did not consider leaving Jones, who had a strong game Wednesday and went 0-for-3 with a strikeout in Thursday's 1-0

Spencer is pulled late for Ramos to face lefty

loss, in to face Ferrer. Entering play, Ferrer held fellow lefties to a .553 OPS with zero home runs in 109 plate appearances while righties (.913 OPS with five home runs) have crushed him.

In that way, Boone said Ferrer is "unique" because he has "really struggled with right-handed hitters."

This was the type of scenario GM Brian Cashman may have envisioned in acquiring the former Giant, Ramos entering the at-bat hitting .271 with a .795 OPS against southpaws, and became Boone's choice over Jones and Paul Goldschmidt. For one August game, it didn't work.

➤ After going 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored

HAVE A SEAT: Spencer Jones, watching Thursday's game from the dugout in the sixth inning, was pulled in the eighth for pinch hitter Heliot Ramos to face Marinera lefty José Ferrer.

Wednesday, George Lombard Jr. was moved up to fifth in the lineup and went 0-for-4 with a strikeout. He had batted from sixth through ninth in his first seven major league games.

Boone downplayed the ascension, chalking it up to his

"obsession with trying to create a little balance." The righty swinger hit between lefties Luis García Jr. and Jazz Chisholm Jr. for a lineup that alternated handedness from Nos. 4-9.

Regardless, Boone needed a righty to bump up and

chose Lombard over José Caballero and Ali Sánchez. "His approach has been excellent," Boone said of Lombard.

➤ Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger, who both had run the bases — typi-

cally a significant step that leads to a rehab assignment — the past two days, came through fine, Boone said.

Boone declined to reveal the next steps for either and said the organization has not yet decided if Stanton — out since April with a pair of calf strains — will require a rehab assignment.

➤ Carlos Rodón threw 58 pitches (41 strikes) in 4 1/3 scoreless innings in his second rehab start. Pitching with Double-A Somerset, Rodón struck out seven while allowing two hits and a walk.

➤ Yerry De los Santos (1 2/3 scoreless innings, three strikeouts) has not allowed an earned run in seven of eight appearances this year.

➤ The Yankees held a ceremony before the game honoring Goldschmidt, who is this season's club nominee for the Heart and Hustle Award, which "is presented annually to an active player who demonstrates a passion for the game of baseball and best embodies the values, spirit and traditions of the game."

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By DAN MARTIN

As the Mets return to Citi Field on Friday to open a series against the Nationals, they'll begin a stretch with four of their next five series in Queens.

That's hardly good news, as they entered Thursday with the third-worst home record in the sport — ahead of just the A's and their minor league park in West Sacramento, Calif., and Washington.

And with the team hopelessly out of playoff contention, Mets fans could certainly be forgiven for avoiding the ballpark — and the TV — for the rest of the season.

But for those willing to venture to the ballpark for the rest of the summer and (early) fall, here are some things to keep an eye on:

Stay or Bo?

Bo Bichette was among the reasons the Mets got off to a season-sinking start, as he basically didn't start hitting until early June after signing with the team in the offseason.

Two-plus months later, Bichette has looked more like the star he was for most of his time with the Blue Jays.

He has still remained significantly more productive on the road than at Citi Field, with an OPS of .643 at home and .730 away from home, but the concerns that his move from shortstop to third base would have a long-term impact on him at the plate have so far proven not to be true.

And there's still the subject of his opt-out.

Bichette has a player option for $42 million for both next season — if and when it's played — as well as 2028.

When he was in the throes of his early season slump, an opt-out seemed almost unfathomable, considering he wouldn't have fetched nearly that much on the open market.

Despite his improved play, though, it has been a struggle in his first season in New York and the team has wildly underachieved.

But perhaps with better health from Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto next season, Bichette could see a strong lineup and the chance to put together a complete season offensively.

Lindor back?

Bichette isn't the only veteran hitter who has gotten better as the year has gone on. Since July 19, just eight players have a higher OPS than Lindor's .961.

There have still been too many odd mental (and physical) errors by the shortstop this season, but after the switch-hitter underwent hamate bone surgery in the spring, it was expected he might need some time to return to form at the plate.

If the Mets have any hope of

With Mets out of contention, there's still reasons to watch

THE LIPS END

FRUSTRATION IN FLUSHING: After coming over from the Blue Jays, Bo Bichette — slamming his helmet earlier this summer — has had an underwhelming first season with the Mets. Though he has improved lately, he could opt out after the season. Charles Wenzelberg / NY Post

getting themselves right next season, Lindor will have to continue his recent play.

His defense has been the worst of his career, basically by any measurable metric — including watching the games.

And at 32, it's unlikely to improve.

Center of attention

A.J. Ewing, like his fellow rookie Carson Benge, has continued to impress on both sides of the ball. And though many people were surprised to see Ewing in left field even after the trade deadline just to accommodate Luis Robert Jr. in center, many scouts aren't bothered by it.

"He's just an athlete, and I don't think moving him around [defensively] will impact his development," one American League scout said. "He didn't play there much in the minors, and now they know they can put him in left and he'll be fine."

His bat has been a bit more inconsistent than Benge's, but both rank among the top five among rookies in stolen bases since Ewing was called up in May.

Ewing has also has the team's highest home OPS (.810) among qualified hitters, other than Juan Soto.

ON DECK: vs. Nationals

Friday, 7:10 p.m., PIX11, WHSQ (880 AM)

RHP Robert Stock

2026 stats: 0-2, 10.13 ERA

Career vs. WSH: 0-0, 4.50 ERA

Last start: Sat., at PIT; 3.0 IP, 9 H, 8 ER

PITCH BREAKDOWN

29% Cutter 26% 4-Seamer 23% Sinker

UP NEXT

SATURDAY: vs. Nationals, 4:10 p.m., SNY, FS1, WHSQ LHP Sean Manaea vs. TBD

SUNDAY: vs. Nationals, 1:40 p.m., SNY, WHSQ RHP Christian Scott vs. RHP Jake Irvin

INJURY REPORT

■ Austin Warren has had back-to-back scoreless outings in minor league rehab appearances for Triple-A Syracuse. The right-hander has been out since early July with a forearm strain.

Young guns

For now, Christian Scott, Nolan McLean and Zac Thornton are lined up to pitch Saturday, Sunday and Monday, respectively.

LHP Andrew Alvarez

2026 stats: 2-3, 3.76 ERA

Career vs. NYM: 0-1, 7.36 ERA

Last start: Sat. vs. CIN; 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER

PITCH BREAKDOWN

30% Curve 28% 4-Seamer 24% Slider

The trio of young hurlers has shown promise, although there have been bumps along the way: Scott has a 5.30 ERA in his past four starts. McLean has allowed five ho-

mers in his past four appearances after not given up a homer in nine of his 10 previous outings.

Thornton, the least-heralded of the group, has struck out just seven batters over his past three starts.

In the bullpen — after the trade deadline left it gutted by the departures of Luke Weaver, Brooks Raley, A.J. Minter and Huascar Brazobán, and now the shoulder injury to Devin Williams — the Mets will be hoping someone emerges as a candidate to be a reliable arm the rest of the way.

Could one of them be Kodai Senga?

It seems unlikely, given his track record.

Nate Lavender has struck out five batter and allowed just three baserunners in 3 1/3 innings so far. The 26-year-old was a 14th-round pick by the Mets in 2021.

► Chris Devenski — who appeared in 13 games, including a start, for the Mets a year ago — is back in the organization and pitched a scoreless inning with Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday. The right-hander, 35, was designated for assignment by the Pirates last week.

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BOOM TO BUST

By MARK W. SANCHEZ

After burning through their weekly allotment of runs Wednesday, the Yankees were all out of offense an afternoon later.

If Tuesday's big, four-run inning and Wednesday's big, 10-run game looked like the beginnings of a stirring of the Yankees' offense, Thursday the group looked drowsy once more.

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Perhaps that was the Logan Gilbert effect, but regardless of the cause, the Yankees were shut out for a seventh time this season in a 1-0 loss in front of 41,842 in The Bronx, where they could not finish off a sweep of the Mariners.

On a day the Rays were idle, the Yankees (68-53) fell to a season-worst 6 1/2 games behind in the AL East before trips to Toronto and Baltimore.

Games like this series finale — in which the Yankees finished with four hits, went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and watched Max Fried and even their 'B' bullpen (Ryan Yarbrough, Yerry De los Santos and Fernando Cruz) deal — have become commonplace for a team that just has not scored enough with its best bats hurting.

And yet they somehow have won 18 of their past 29 games, sweating through each narrow victory and narrow defeat.

"It's been playoffs every day, it

Yanks shut out — again — after offensive outbursts to start series

YER OUT! Trent Grisham is tagged out trying to stretch a single into a double — one of just four Yankees hits as the lineup regressed badly after a couple of outbursts. Jazz Chisholm Jr. (right) was one of the culprits, going 0-for-4 with three K's. Robert Sabo; Charles Wenzelberg / NY Post

feels like," manager Aaron Boone said of a club whose past three defeats have come by scores of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-1. "I got people on the street saying, 'Hey, it'll turn around.'

"I'm like, 'We're doing all right.'" The rallying cry from the club-

house during an extended period in which just about every game is a toss-up is that these anxieties should help later.

"Games like this are battles," said George Lombard Jr., who was again impressive with his glove but went

0-for-4 with a strikeout. "And that's how games are in October. So just practice finding a way to win those tight games."

Their offense had shown signs of breaking through in the first two contests against Seattle, which boasts one of the best pitching staffs in the sport, but Gilbert (six innings, four hits, seven strikeouts) and the Mariners bullpen were overwhelming.

With Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger watching from the dugout, the offense they left behind did not muster many chances and did not do anything with the few they did.

"I thought early on we had some good at-bats against [Gilbert], right from jump with [Trent] Grisham and [Spencer] Jones smoking balls for outs in the first inning, and then [Luis] García [Jr.] leads off the second with a double, gives us a good scoring opportunity," Boone said. "But from there, we just weren't able to do much."

After his double, García (the only Yankee with multiple hits) watched Lombard (foul out), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (one of his three strikeouts) and José Caballero (pop out) go down in order.

Their best opportunity probably came in the third, when Ali Sánchez sliced a one-out single down

the right field line before Grisham drilled what looked like a double into the same area. But Grisham's momentum took him into and briefly off second base, and a Mariners challenge found that he had been tagged out coming off the base. After a Ben Rice ground out, Sánchez was stranded on third.

No other Yankee reached scoring position until the seventh, when a rally formed around Caballero walking, reaching second on an error and stealing third to pair with a Ryan McMahon walk. But a pinch-hitting Amed Rosario became the third Yankees batter to be punched out on a Mariners automated ball-strike system challenge.

Wasted was a solid, if not efficient, effort from Max Fried, who allowed one run on five hits and two walks in five innings, not throwing enough strikes (55) during an 88-pitch afternoon.

His only blemish was a second-inning, 2-2 cutter to Weston Wilson, who turned on it and clobbered a home run to left field. In Fried's first 14 starts this season, he had allowed just one homer while facing 312 batters.

And that was the game. Such is the Yankees' margin for error.

"We're just grinding through it right now," Boone said after another series victory that did not quite feel like one.

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Looking for answers, Jazz sure they're not on bench

By ETHAN SEARS

Jazz Chisholm Jr. wavered between downcast and confident that his season from hell would turn around in its final six weeks following a rancid day at the plate against the Mariners, but one solution the Yankees infielder didn't want to entertain was sitting on the bench for a few days.

"I don't think that would help," Chisholm said Thursday after striking out three times, including for the last out in a 1-0 loss to

the Mariners. "That's the only way I know how to get through anything is to keep going through it. I feel like to sit and just sit on it is not a good move either."

Chisholm was pinch hit for against a lefty last Friday against the Braves, and though the Yankees could look for similar opportunities to do so, he doesn't like that idea either.

"My numbers are better [compared to last season] against lefties," he said. "I don't think — like, why."

Chisholm's batting average is similar against lefties

and righties, but his OPS is nearly 90 points lower against left-handed pitching. The Yankees have also built some right-handed depth after trading for Heliot Ramos, who pinch hit for Spencer Jones in the eighth inning Thursday.

As for how to fix his own season-long hitting woes — his .687 OPS is down massively from his .813 mark a year ago, as are most of his numbers — Chisholm sounded out of ideas. When it was put to him that he has a 40 percent whiff rate against breaking

pitches, Chisholm replied, "I'm at a 40 percent whiff rate on every pitch right now."

"Missing fastballs down the middle. Missing sliders down the middle. I can't tell you why," he said. "Or else I would be hitting."

Chisholm said he's talked to Paul Goldschmidt a couple of times about the pressure of being a pending free agent, but claimed that's not weighing on him so much as his struggles are in general.

Given the Yankees' bigger-picture hitting issues,

which were at the forefront again Thursday, the club desperately needs Chisholm to solve what's ailing him sooner rather than later.

"I feel like overall, he's making good swing decisions," manager Aaron Boone said. "He's not chasing. There's some patience in there. But probably, whether it's just missing, maybe a foul off, maybe swinging through more pitches than he's used to, just hasn't gone on that hot streak at any point."

That might be coming,

Chisholm said. Although, whether he truly believes it is probably an open question.

"Forty-one good games can turn a season around. And that's what I'm planning on doing," he said. "I feel like mentally, I'm not defeated. So if I was mentally defeated, I think it would have been a different story in my eyes, but I'm not. I feel like I'm still as good as I am."

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By ETHAN SEARS

Max Fried's outing Thursday qualified as good enough that he bears zero blame for the Yankees' ultimate 1-0 loss to the Mariners.

It wasn't, however, good enough that he was particularly happy with himself afterward.

"Definitely a grind," Fried said, having tossed five innings of one-run ball, with Weston Wilson's home run the only blemish on his record. "Didn't feel like I necessarily had my best stuff and was a little erratic. Relied on Ali [Sánchez, catcher] and defense. We had some nice defensive plays today."

Fried required 88 pitches to get through his five innings of work and, mostly, pitched to contact. After getting Randy Arozarena and Julio Rodriguez looking to start the game, Fried struck out just two Mariners. The Yankees' infield defense, though, was excellent behind him, and the Mariners hit all of six balls hard against him, according to Statcast.

George Lombard Jr. started one double play, made a clean turn at second on another and made a charging play on Brandon Donovan's second-inning ground ball that Jazz Chisholm Jr. was caught waiting on.

A 2-2 cutter that hung in the middle of

the zone for Wilson was the only real mistake of Fried's day, and even that cleared the left field wall at Yankee Stadium by all of one row.

"Definitely wish I had that two-strike back to Wilson," Fried said. "But all in all, grinded. Definitely a hard-fought game today."

To the extent you could call anything a problem, it was that Fried threw more pitches than necessary, perhaps costing himself a chance to go deeper into the game.

"I think probably a couple of those innings, he had a chance to have a quick inning and they maybe worked their way on or worked foul balls and things like that, longer counts," manager Aaron Boone said. "So it made for a longer day out there for him in some putaway situations."

"I thought [his] stuff again was really good. Got a couple of double play balls that helped him."

Indeed, if this qualifies as underwhelming, the Yankees will qualify as happy with the bigger-picture outlook from their ace. Thursday was Fried's third straight start — and fourth in five — of allowing one run or fewer.

"Sign me up for one run, getting us into the middle of the game," Boone said. "We just weren't able to do much offensively. But I thought he threw the ball pretty well overall."

ONE MISTAKE: Max Fried hangs his head after giving up a home run to Weston Wilson in the Yankees' 1-0 loss. Robert Sabo

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■ Carlos Rodón (elbow inflammation) made his second rehab start Thursday with Double-A Somerset, tossing 4 1/3 scoreless innings.

■ Cody Bellinger (hamstring strain) and Giancarlo Stanton (calf strain) ran the bases without incident Tuesday and Wednesday, Boone said. The next steps for both are not known.

ON DECK

at Blue Jays Friday, 7:15 p.m., Apple TV, WFAN (660 AM, 101.9 FM)

RHP Gerrit Cole

2026 stats: 6-5, 3.35 ERA Career vs. TOR: 9-2, 2.75 ERA Last start: Sat., vs. ATL: 7 IP, 2 ER, 9 K

PITCH BREAKDOWN

48% 20% 15% 4-Seamer Slider Change

RHP Shane Bieber

2026 stats: 3-2, 5.48 ERA Career vs. NYY: 2-1, 4.11 ERA Last start: Sun., at PHI: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER

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34% 19% 19% 4-Seamer Change Curve

UP NEXT

SATURDAY: at Blue Jays, 3:07 p.m., YES, WFAN RHP Cam Schlittler vs. TBD

SUNDAY: at Blue Jays, 3:07 p.m., YES, WFAN LHP Ryan Weathers vs. RHP Dylan Cease

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STREAM IT OR SKIP IT

The drab "Midwinter Break" (Netflix) never fulfills the promise of its powerhouse leads, Ciarán Hinds and Lesley Manville (left). OUR CALL: SKIP IT

WHAT TO WATCH

Charlie Gillespie (far left) will be playing Troy Barrett when Season 2 of "Heated Rivalry" hits our screens in the Spring of 2027, but for many, our first exposure to the Canadian actor was as one of the leads in "Julie and the Phantoms" (Netflix). The series follows teenager Julie, a talented musician who has lost her passion for singing following her mother's passing.

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DECIDER

WHAT TO WATCH. WHEREVER YOU WATCH

SHE'S GOT THE RECEIPTS

'The McBee Dynasty' star Allie Eklund knew she had to reveal Steven McBee Jr.'s text messages

By KAREN KEMMERLE

Nothing could have prepared Allie Eklund for her first foray into reality TV with Bravo's "The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys." The social marketing expert/influencer had no idea that her romance with series star Steven McBee Jr. would end the way it did—with him publicly and falsely accusing her of cheating at Stagecoach. To clear her name, Eklund was forced to release their text messages, which also exposed McBee's abrasive and disconcerting tone.

Even though Eklund and McBee are no longer together, the two of them must watch back the early days of their relationship on "The McBee Dynasty" Season 3. However, Eklund doesn't hold any resentment towards McBee and his family. "I try to look back at everything with appreciation and gratitude for the experiences," said Eklund. "We made some great memories together." However, it's been interesting for

her to watch back everything that transpired between them. "You're gonna see my eyes open to some of the things that I believe were being hidden from me," teased Eklund of how the season progresses.

Luckily, Eklund has plenty to distract her from reliving her past drama. Her family's ranch—the

EEE Ranch—keeps her plenty busy, as does her new line of apparel and home goods. The EEE Mercantile is a passion project spearheaded by Eklund and her sister. "This started as a hobby with my family, but we quickly realized that there was a market for our products," said Eklund. "Our merchandise line has expanded and our team's growing."

DECIDER: Allie, it feels like you've lived several lives since filming for Season 3 of "The McBee Dynasty." How do you look back on the experience today?

ALLIE EKLUND: I feel like I've lived several lives in general, but definitely a few since filming [laughs]. I try to look back at everything with appreciation and gratitude for the experiences.

True to your entrepreneurial spirit, you have an apparel and home goods line tied to your family's ranch. Can you give us an update on how things are going?

That's something that we've been working on for the last five or six years. I started my career in online sales and social selling. This passion project was a natural extension of that. This started as a hobby with my family—my sister specifically—but we quickly realized that there was a market for our product line. It has expanded, and our team is growing. We're also located in a couple of ACE Hardware stores across Texas. It's been very exciting.

I'm glad you have something to keep you busy with all the drama that's been going on. A lot has been said about your team negotiating your contract before you even stepped foot onto the McBee farm to visit Steven. Looking back at everything that happened, do you feel vindicated?

Yes. Prior to my going to the McBee Farm, Steven had visited me in Nashville multiple times. We had been talking for a month or so at that point, but then he had to jump into filming. He wanted me to come visit. Naturally, with any new sort of business venture, I have a team that needed to be consulted. I had pre-existing businesses that I had to protect.

After Steven publicly accused you of cheating on him at Stagecoach, you took to Instagram and posted those text messages

he sent you. Why did you feel it was important to share them on your social media?

He made his post about me prior to our having a real conversation. I had around $50,000 in brand deals that were on the line and in danger of being dropped because of all of the drama circulating online. I released the messages specifically responding to the claims that he made about me because I felt that it was important to show my side of the situation.

My hands were tied. I didn't have any other option at that point. I had to respond and prove that his accusations were false. I would encourage my sisters, my friends, my family, or any other woman to defend themselves by any necessary means. Steven isn't used to women sticking up for themselves. I had put my foot down. Looking back, I'm happy that I did.

TRENDING NOW

Need the lowdown on "The Lowdown" Season 2? Betty Gilpin (far left) and Tommy Lee Jones join series star Ethan Hawke (left) this season, which premieres on Oct. 14 on FX and Hulu.

WHAT'S NEW

ON HBO/HBO MAX

"Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes" Thomas' second HBO stand-up special (left).

ON NETFLIX

"Don't Say Good Luck" a coming-of-age dramedy.

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Evening	SP	C	F	6:30	7:00 pm	7:30	8:00 pm	8:30	9:00 pm	9:30	10:00 pm	10:30	11:00 pm	11:30
2 WCBS	2	2	2	CBS Evening News	N.F.L. - Pretemporada - NFL	Preseason Football Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets	New York Jets meets Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFL	America's Got Talent 'Judges' Callbacks 2' Recap Show	Salem 'Chasing Monsters'	Boston Blue 'Chasing Monsters'	Dateline	News 4 New York At	News 4 New York At	News 4 New York At
4 WNBC	4	4	4	NBC Nighty News	News 4 (7:15) New York	Access Hollywood	America's Got Talent 'Judges' Callbacks 2' Recap Show	MasterChef UK 'Tag Team'	Nation's Dumbest Anthony Michael Hall, Jon Heder	10 O'Clock	Street Soldiers	Good Night New York	Family Feud Favorites	Family Feud Favorites
6 WNYW	5	5	5	Politics Unusual	Extra	TMZ	MasterChef UK 'Tag Team'	MasterChef UK 'Tag Team'	10 O'Clock	Street Soldiers	Good Night New York	Family Feud Favorites	Family Feud Favorites	Family Feud Favorites
7 WABC	7	7	7	ABC World News	Jeopardy!	Wheel of Fortune	Celebrity Jeopardy 'Episode 9'	Celebrity Jeopardy 'Episode 9'	20/20	Family Feud	Family Feud	Family Feud	Family Feud	Family Feud
9 WWOR	9	9	9	Family Feud	Family Feud	Family Feud	The News On My 9	Politics Unusual	Chicago Fire 'Not Everyone Makes It'	Family Feud	Family Feud	Family Feud	Family Feud	Family Feud
11 WPIX	11	11	11	Mets Prepa (Live)	MLB Baseball	Washington Nationals at New York Mets (Live)	Washington Nationals at New York Mets (Live)	Washington Nationals at New York Mets (Live)	Washington Nationals at New York Mets (Live)	New York (Live)	New York (Live)	New York (Live)	New York (Live)	New York (Live)
13 WNET	13	13	13	Bbc World News	The PBS News Hour 'The PBS News Hour'	Washington 'Episode 7'	Firing Line w/ Margaret	Great Perf 'Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall'	Great Performances 'The Magic of Grace Bumbry'	Great Performances 'The Magic of Grace Bumbry'	Great Performances 'The Magic of Grace Bumbry'	Great Performances 'The Magic of Grace Bumbry'	Great Performances 'The Magic of Grace Bumbry'	Great Performances 'The Magic of Grace Bumbry'
21 WLIW	21	21	21	(6:00) PBSNe...	Inspector George Gently 'Gently Evil'	The Brokenwood Mysteries	The Brokenwood Mysteries	The Brokenwood Mysteries	(10:05) Astrid	(10:05) Astrid	(10:05) Astrid	(10:05) Astrid	(10:05) Astrid	(10:05) Astrid
25 WNYE	25	25	25	Civil Disc	Made In NY Talks	Vintage	Inside Power	Live from the Artists Den	Short Film	Short Film	Short Film	Short Film	Short Film	Short Film
31 WPXN	31	31	31	(6:00) S.W.A.T.	WNBA On	WNBA Basketball Dallas Wings at Indiana Fever	WNBA on	WNBA Basketball Dallas Wings at Indiana Fever	WNBA on	WNBA Basketball Portland Fire at Seattle Storm	WNBA on	WNBA Basketball Portland Fire at Seattle Storm	WNBA Basketball Portland Fire at Seattle Storm	WNBA Basketball Portland Fire at Seattle Storm
41 WXTV	41	41	41	Noticias Univision 41 @11p	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'	Top Chef VIP 'Episodio 2'
45 WUNY	45	45	45	Perfect	Last Man	Last Man	UFC	UFC	UFC	UFC	UFC	UFC	UFC	UFC
46 A&E	46	46	46	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange	My Strange
48 AMC	48	48	48	(5:00) Den of Thieves ('18,Action) ★★★	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)	The Departed (2006,Drama)
51 BCT	51	51	51	(6:00) The Secret Life of Bees (2008,Drama)	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★	Paul Bettany. ★★★
53 BRCAM	53	53	53	(6:00) Law & ...	Law & Order 'Couples'	Law & Order 'Smoke'	Law & Order 'Smoke'	Law & Order 'Smoke'	Law & Order 'Smoke'	Law & Order 'Smoke'	Law & Order 'Smoke'	Law & Order 'Smoke'	Law & Order 'Smoke'	Law & Order 'Smoke'
55 MAVO	55	55	55	(6:00) McBee...	McBee Dynasty: Real	The Idaho Student Murders	The Idaho Student Murders	The Idaho Student Murders	The Idaho Student Murders	The Idaho Student Murders	The Idaho Student Murders	The Idaho Student Murders	The Idaho Student Murders	The Idaho Student Murders
57 CNBC	57	57	57	(6:00) MadM...	Shark Tank	Shark Tank	Shark Tank	Shark Tank	Shark Tank	Shark Tank	Shark Tank	Shark Tank	Shark Tank	Shark Tank
59 CNN	59	59	59	(6:00) Lead w/	Erin Burnett OutFront	Anderson Cooper 360	Anderson Cooper 360	Anderson Cooper 360	Anderson Cooper 360	Anderson Cooper 360	Anderson Cooper 360	Anderson Cooper 360	Anderson Cooper 360	Anderson Cooper 360
61 COM	61	61	61	The Office	The Office	(8:10) Office	(8:45) Office	(9:20) The Office	(9:20) The Office	(9:20) The Office	(9:20) The Office	(9:20) The Office	(9:20) The Office	(9:20) The Office
63 US	63	63	63	(6:15) Descendants: Wicked Wonderland	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)	Camp Rock 3 ('26,Family)
65 DSC	65	65	65	(6:00) Deadlie...	Deadliest 'Crushing Ice'	Deadliest Catch	Deadliest Catch	Deadliest Catch	Deadliest Catch	Deadliest Catch	Deadliest Catch	Deadliest Catch	Deadliest Catch	Deadliest Catch
67 EL	67	67	67	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011,Action) Tyrese Gibson. ★★★	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011,Action) Tyrese Gibson. ★★★	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011,Action) Tyrese Gibson. ★★★	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011,Action) Tyrese Gibson. ★★★	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011,Action) Tyrese Gibson. ★★★	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011,Action) Tyrese Gibson. ★★★	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2

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READY, JET, GO!

Rookie edge rusher David Bailey, the second overall pick in April's draft, has impressed during training camp for the Jets. Tonight, he will get a chance to terrorize an opposing quarterback in the NFL for the first time as Geno Smith and Gang Green take on the Buccaneers.

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