newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Antonio Brown put himself in ‘bad predicament’ before arrest

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It took his latest run-in with the law, but troubled wide receiver Antonio Brown admitted some wrongdoing on his part.
“I put myself in a bad predicament,’’ he told USA Today Sports on Tuesday. “I’m out of it now, man. Unfortunate situation, but we don’t make excuses and we’re going to make the best of it.’’
Brown, a seven-time Pro Bowler, was freed by a Florida judge from wearing an ankle monitor and being under house arrest on Tuesday. A week ago, he was charged with burglary with battery, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and criminal mischief. It stemmed from an alleged assault of a moving-truck driver who was parked in front of his Hollywood, Fla., home. The 31-year-old Brown will have to check in with court personnel daily.
His trainer, Glenn Holt, was arrested and charged with one count of burglary with battery. A police report said the altercation began because Brown refused to pay $4,000 to the driver to release his household goods. When the driver drove away, he said Brown threw a rock at his truck, creating a dent and chipping paint, the report read. When the drive wanted an extra $869 for the damage, Brown refused, though he did pay the initial $4,000. Another verbal argument ensued and Brown climbed into the truck and tried to pull the driver out as his trainer went to grab the car key.
The charges Brown faces didn’t seem to humble him. After the court appearance, he had his shirt off, posed for photos with fans and sang along to “God,” the Kendrick Lamar song. At one point, he said: “Hey, this what God feels like.”
“I’m planning to come back to the NFL,” Brown said.
It remains to be seen if that’s possible. He was cut by the Raiders in the preseason after several run-ins with the team. He played in just one game, with the Patriots, this past season before allegations of sexual misconduct led to his release. He’s currently facing a civil suit for allegedly raping his former trainer. But returning to the gridiron remains his focus.
“I think I’ve got a shot,’’ he said.
Getting out of the ankle monitor was at least a step in the right direction.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Nadya ‘Octomom’ Suleman shares photo of ‘miracle’ kids on their 11th birthday

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Nadya Suleman — known to many as “ Octomom ” — is celebrating her “ miracle ” octuplets on Instagram , sharing a photo of the clan on their 11th @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beautiful angels , ” she began the lengthy dedication .
“ You are some of the kindest , most compassionate , caring human beings I ’ ve ever known .
Words can not express how grateful I am to be your mother.
” Possibly referring to the death of retired NBA star Kobe Bryant , Suleman continued , “ Recent tragic events of loved ones lost are a powerful reminder of how fragile , precarious , yet precious life is , as tomorrow is never promised .
We need to hug our loved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harder while they are here .
“ You are my miracles , my angels , and I will love you with all my heart , forever .
Happy 11th birthday Noah , Maliyah , Nariyah , Isaiah , Jeremiah , Jonah , Josiah , and Makai.
” Suleman — who also goes by Natalie — made headlines after giving birth to octuplets while already a mother of six .
Capitalizing on the flood of attention , she became a porn star and then a stripper to make ends meet and ended up developing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She has since kicked the habit and quit her short-lived career as an adult film star .

Nadya Suleman — known to many as “Octomom” — is celebrating her “miracle” octuplets on Instagram, sharing a photo of the clan on their 11th birthday.
“Happy birthday to my beautiful angels,” she began the lengthy dedication. “You are some of the kindest, most compassionate, caring human beings I’ve ever known. Words cannot express how grateful I am to be your mother.”
Possibly referring to the death of retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, Suleman continued, “Recent tragic events of loved ones lost are a powerful reminder of how fragile, precarious, yet precious life is, as tomorrow is never promised. We need to hug our loved ones a little longer and a little harder while they are here.
“You are my miracles, my angels, and I will love you with all my heart, forever. Happy 11th birthday Noah, Maliyah, Nariyah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jonah, Josiah, and Makai.”
Suleman — who also goes by Natalie — made headlines after giving birth to octuplets while already a mother of six. Capitalizing on the flood of attention, she became a porn star and then a stripper to make ends meet and ended up developing an addiction to the prescription drug Xanax.
She has since kicked the habit and quit her short-lived career as an adult film star.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Top Cuomo aide rakes in a higher paycheck than her boss

ALBANY — Pay day must ’ ve been awkward for Gov .
Andrew Cuomo ’ s top aide Melissa DeRosa — considering she ’ s drawing a higher salary than her boss .
DeRosa raked in a $ 207,323 paycheck in 2019 , according to new payroll data released by the Empire Center ’ s SeeThroughNY on Tuesday .
As secretary to the governor , DeRosa serves as Cuomo ’ s number two .
She regularly travels with the third-term Democrat , accompanying him on his most recent trip to Poland and San Juan , Puerto Rico .
DeRosa is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Giorgio DeRosa , who heads the firm Bolton St. Johns .
Cuomo ’ s raise was made retroactive on April 1 , 2019 when his paycheck was adjusted to $ 200,000 thanks to new rules approved by the special pay raise commission .
The body voted to boost lawmakers ’ salaries for the first time in nearly three decades .
His salary will climb to $ 225,000 this year and $ 250,000 in 2021 .
Another top earner in the executive chamber who surpassed the governor ’ s take includes Elizabeth Garvey , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She ’ s Cuomo ’ s new special counsel and senior advisor who previously served as lead counsel for the state Senate Republicans since 2011 under former Senate Majority Leader , the now imprisoned , Dean Skelos .
Cuomo ’ s communications team similarly took home generous paychecks : Rich Azzopardi makes $ 160,652 , Dani Lever takes in $ 162,456 , $ 141,335 for Peter Ajemian , Caitlin Girouard pockets $ 128,679 and Jason Conwall ’ s salary is $ 99,763 .
Payroll total numbers include overtime , retroactive pay , backpay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ auxiliary pay , according to the Empire Center .

ALBANY — Pay day must’ve been awkward for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide Melissa DeRosa — considering she’s drawing a higher salary than her boss.
DeRosa raked in a $207,323 paycheck in 2019, according to new payroll data released by the Empire Center’s SeeThroughNY on Tuesday.
As secretary to the governor, DeRosa serves as Cuomo’s number two. She’s the first woman to hold the post, which she assumed in 2017 following previously working in the state Attorney General’s office and under President Barack Obama.
She regularly travels with the third-term Democrat, accompanying him on his most recent trip to Poland and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
DeRosa is also the daughter of prominent Albany lobbyist Giorgio DeRosa, who heads the firm Bolton St. Johns.
Cuomo’s raise was made retroactive on April 1, 2019 when his paycheck was adjusted to $200,000 thanks to new rules approved by the special pay raise commission. The body voted to boost lawmakers’ salaries for the first time in nearly three decades.
His salary will climb to $225,000 this year and $250,000 in 2021.
Another top earner in the executive chamber who surpassed the governor’s take includes Elizabeth Garvey, who made $232,501 in 2019. She’s Cuomo’s new special counsel and senior advisor who previously worked as top counsel for SUNY since 2018, and served as lead counsel for the state Senate Republicans since 2011 under former Senate Majority Leader, the now imprisoned, Dean Skelos.
Jill DesRosiers, his chief of staff, made $200,991.
Cuomo’s communications team similarly took home generous paychecks: Rich Azzopardi makes $160,652, Dani Lever takes in $162,456, $141,335 for Peter Ajemian, Caitlin Girouard pockets $128,679 and Jason Conwall’s salary is $99,763.
Payroll total numbers include overtime, retroactive pay, backpay, longevity, vacation buy-back and other auxiliary pay, according to the Empire Center.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Feds to finally start long-due cleanup of Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal

Brooklyn ’ s toxic Gowanus Canal is finally getting its long-awaited makeover .
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday issued a formal order , officially kicking off the first phase of a larger $ 506 million cleanup for one of the nation ’ s most polluted waterways — 10 years after declaring it a Superfund site marked for high-priority .
“ This order will ensure the remediation of a portion of the heavily contaminated waterway , which is the centerpiece of a revitalized neighborhood , ” said EPA Regional Administrator Pete Lopez .
The order covers dredging and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basin and other nearby sections of the 1.8-mile canal — once dubbed “ Lavender Lake ” for its purplish chemical hue .
EPA officials said the cleanup ’ s $ 125 million first phase will begin in September and take 30 months to complete .
The feds are handling the work and picking up much of the tab , but power company National Grid is expected to foot $ 100 million of the bill on the entire cleanup because it ’ s the successor company to several manufactured-gas plants that polluted the waterway @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve come a long way to achieve this milestone in cleaning the Gowanus Canal , ” said Rep. Nydia Velázquez , a Democrat who represents the neighborhood .
“ With pilot dredging tested , full-scale dredging , capping and restoration of the canal can proceed — starting with the first third of the canal.
” In 2018 , federal contractors conducting a dredging test run in the canal ’ s tiny Fourth Street turning basin accidentally undermined the structural integrity of a public promenade outside the nearby Whole Foods , causing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Since the Industrial Revolution , textile manufacturers , gas refineries and coal shippers all dumped their toxic waste directly into the canal , leaving behind a festering cocktail of poison slime composed of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals — including mercury , lead and copper — to fester at the creek bottom .
In 2007 , scientists have discovered that the long-contaminated canal is not just toxic , it ’ s also infected with gonorrhea .

Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal is finally getting its long-awaited makeover.
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday issued a formal order, officially kicking off the first phase of a larger $506 million cleanup for one of the nation’s most polluted waterways — 10 years after declaring it a Superfund site marked for high-priority.
“This order will ensure the remediation of a portion of the heavily contaminated waterway, which is the centerpiece of a revitalized neighborhood,” said EPA Regional Administrator Pete Lopez.
The order covers dredging and other remediation work along the First Street turning basin and other nearby sections of the 1.8-mile canal — once dubbed “Lavender Lake” for its purplish chemical hue. EPA officials said the cleanup’s $125 million first phase will begin in September and take 30 months to complete.
The feds are handling the work and picking up much of the tab, but power company National Grid is expected to foot $100 million of the bill on the entire cleanup because it’s the successor company to several manufactured-gas plants that polluted the waterway in the first place.
“We’ve come a long way to achieve this milestone in cleaning the Gowanus Canal,” said Rep. Nydia Velázquez, a Democrat who represents the neighborhood. “With pilot dredging tested, full-scale dredging, capping and restoration of the canal can proceed — starting with the first third of the canal.”
In 2018, federal contractors conducting a dredging test run in the canal’s tiny Fourth Street turning basin accidentally undermined the structural integrity of a public promenade outside the nearby Whole Foods, causing the once-flat walkway’s bricks to buckle.
Since the Industrial Revolution, textile manufacturers, gas refineries and coal shippers all dumped their toxic waste directly into the canal, leaving behind a festering cocktail of poison slime composed of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals — including mercury, lead and copper — to fester at the creek bottom.
In 2007, scientists have discovered that the long-contaminated canal is not just toxic, it’s also infected with gonorrhea.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Health Dept. refuses to back NYC council war on Kardashian-sold items

Local health officials are refusing to back a City Council bill that wages war on the Kardashians and other A-list celebrities peddling such items as “ detox teas ” and “ flat tummy ” lollipops — saying it ’ s unclear that the weight-loss laxatives pose serious health risks to self-conscious teens .
Myla Harrison , an assistant commissioner with the city Health Department , told the council ’ s Health Committee on Tuesday that while the de Blasio administration “ appreciates ” concerns raised in Councilman Mark Levine ’ s proposed legislation to ban the sale of the items @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get behind the bill , at least yet .
“ We have not received any complaints about these types of products and do not have the expertise to assess the nutritional effect of these products , “ Harrison said of the goods , which include the laxative senna and appetite-suppressant saffron .
She said her agency “ would like to investigate this issue and discuss further with ” council members “ the best way to address the potentially harmful effects of these products.
” Levine , who chairs the Health Committee , told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perplexed , ” saying the city ’ s top goal should be “ to protect young people.
” He questioned why the Health Department last year banned the sale of CBD-infused snacks and drinks but won ’ t get behind his proposal aimed at protecting impressionable kids .
As with CBD products , which include an ingredient in pot that doesn ’ t make you high , products targeted under Levine ’ s bill are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration .
“ I don ’ t see how that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Levine began the hearing by going on the attack against celebrities pushing the supplements to kids seeking a perfect body .
“ It might be shocking to learn that a celebrity would endorse such products , ” Levine said .
“ But in fact , to tragic effect , celebrity endorsements have played a major role in their proliferation .
“ And I am going to name names : Kim Kardashian , Khloe Kardashian , Kylie [ Jenner ] , Amber Rose … and others .
Shame of you !
Shame on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have established with young people to push these products , to push these dangerous products , because you wanted to [ secure ] lucrative [ endorsement ] contracts.
” Tablets , powders , pills and even candy-coated appetite-suppressant lollipops are only a few of the roughly 85,000 such products on the market — which many experts say can lead to eating disorders , especially among young women .
Singer Cardi B took to Instagram in November 2018 to shill for TeamI laxatives , cheering , “ You need this f—-n detox , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been viewed more than 20 million times .
Khloe and Kim Kardashian , meanwhile , have heaped breathless praise on Flat Tummy Co. diet shakes .
“ I ’ m already feeling amazing and I ’ m so excited for the next few weeks , ” Kim wrote in a January 2019 Instagram post two days into her shake diet .

Local health officials are refusing to back a City Council bill that wages war on the Kardashians and other A-list celebrities peddling such items as “detox teas” and “flat tummy” lollipops — saying it’s unclear that the weight-loss laxatives pose serious health risks to self-conscious teens.
Myla Harrison, an assistant commissioner with the city Health Department, told the council’s Health Committee on Tuesday that while the de Blasio administration “appreciates” concerns raised in Councilman Mark Levine’s proposed legislation to ban the sale of the items to minors, it can’t get behind the bill, at least yet.
“We have not received any complaints about these types of products and do not have the expertise to assess the nutritional effect of these products, “ Harrison said of the goods, which include the laxative senna and appetite-suppressant saffron.
She said her agency “would like to investigate this issue and discuss further with” council members “the best way to address the potentially harmful effects of these products.”
Levine, who chairs the Health Committee, told Harrison that her comments left him “perplexed,” saying the city’s top goal should be “to protect young people.”
He questioned why the Health Department last year banned the sale of CBD-infused snacks and drinks but won’t get behind his proposal aimed at protecting impressionable kids.
As with CBD products, which include an ingredient in pot that doesn’t make you high, products targeted under Levine’s bill are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
“I don’t see how that contradiction is defensible,” Levine said.
Levine began the hearing by going on the attack against celebrities pushing the supplements to kids seeking a perfect body.
“It might be shocking to learn that a celebrity would endorse such products,” Levine said. “But in fact, to tragic effect, celebrity endorsements have played a major role in their proliferation.
“And I am going to name names: Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kylie [Jenner], Amber Rose … and others. Shame of you! Shame on all of you for using the trust you have established with young people to push these products, to push these dangerous products, because you wanted to [secure] lucrative [endorsement] contracts.”
Tablets, powders, pills and even candy-coated appetite-suppressant lollipops are only a few of the roughly 85,000 such products on the market — which many experts say can lead to eating disorders, especially among young women.
Singer Cardi B took to Instagram in November 2018 to shill for TeamI laxatives, cheering, “You need this f—-n detox,” in a post that’s been viewed more than 20 million times.
Khloe and Kim Kardashian, meanwhile, have heaped breathless praise on Flat Tummy Co. diet shakes.
“I’m already feeling amazing and I’m so excited for the next few weeks,” Kim wrote in a January 2019 Instagram post two days into her shake diet.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth’s divorce finalized

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Cyrus , 27 , and Hemsworth , 30 , have no children @ @ @ @ @ prenup in place , which made the task of splitting their property much easier .
@ @ @ @ @ Los Angeles , citing “ irreconcilable differences ” as the cause of the split .
@ @ @ @ @ they were separating on Aug. 10 , 2019 , after less than a year of @ @ @ @ @ moved on to fellow musician Cody Simpson , who recently shared a photo of the @ @ @ @ @ nude , mid-bath .
Hemsworth has also found a new love interest in model Gabriella @ @ @ @ @ Hunger Games ” star was spotted kissing on the beach just days ago .

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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are officially kaput.
Legal documents obtained by TMZ confirm the pair to be legally divorced. Cyrus, 27, and Hemsworth, 30, have no children together and reportedly had a prenup in place, which made the task of splitting their property much easier.
Hemsworth filed for divorce in Los Angeles, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of the split. Both Hemsworth and Cyrus announced they were separating on Aug. 10, 2019, after less than a year of marriage.
Cyrus has since moved on to fellow musician Cody Simpson, who recently shared a photo of the “Wrecking Ball” singer nude, mid-bath.
Hemsworth has also found a new love interest in model Gabriella Brooks, whom the “Hunger Games” star was spotted kissing on the beach just days ago.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--‘Bachelor’ 2020 power rankings: Alayah returns in Week 4

The country singer appeared on Monday 's episode of `` The Bachelor . ''

“The Bachelor” is back for Week 4 and the women are jet-setting to a romantic weekend in … Cleveland?
The announcement is met with some of the most savage crickets in the show’s history, especially considering the contestants usually cheer for everything, even places they’ve never heard of.
But their attitudes change quickly, and within the first 10 minutes of the episode, the Ohio city is called “beautiful” more times than in its 224-year history. And the women get this from a few passing shots of nondescript trees and a view of the Cleveland Browns’ stadium from a hotel suite.
Anyway, a continuing development in this season is Peter proving himself to be a doofus at every turn, and that’s never more true than this week. He starts by claiming that Clark Kent was born in Cleveland, which isn’t remotely true. Clark Kent is an alien born on the planet Krypton, adopted by humans and raised in the fictional, rural American town of Smallville. He probably meant that the “Superman” comic strip started in Cleveland, which is true, but come on, dude.
More importantly, he constantly allows himself to be manipulated by the women on the show, trusting everything they say as gospel, despite the fact that they’re all reality show contestants with inherent and obvious incentives to stretch the truth. Which is what opens the door for Alayah’s return. By the time the rose ceremony rolls around, every contestant is visibly furious with him.
But these power rankings are not about Peter. They’re about the women competing for his heart, a competition that got about as literal this week as ever, with them playing an actual football game. There was plenty of jostling for position in this episode, so here’s how the women stand after Week 4. Don’t forget to study up on last week’s power rankings.
1. Madison
Last week’s rank: 1
The presumptive favorite once again wasn’t on camera much, but she’s clearly the least-flawed contestant at this point. Which means next week we will probably learn she is wanted for armed robbery in Florida.
2. Kelley
Last week’s rank: 4
Kelley gets the boost here for a strong quarterback performance in the football game, culminating in a fourth-down touchdown pass to Deandra in the game’s final play. Which somehow ends the game in a tie. Play overtime, guys. This is not English football.
3. Hannah Ann
Last week’s rank: 3
Hannah Ann takes an absolute beating during the football game. Nearly every time she touches the ball, she gets pulverized. She was basically Vince Vaughn in “Wedding Crashers.” But, with no real penalties in this episode, she retains her front-runner status.
4. Kelsey
Last week’s rank: 10
The “quickest riser” award goes to Kelsey. Two weeks removed from engineering some serious inter-contestant drama, she gets a one-on-one with Peter that goes surprisingly well. They hit the town for two activities that are weirdly non-specific to Cleveland: eating pierogies (that’s Pittsburgh) and polka dancing (that’s…Czech? I had to look it up).
Kelsey talks about her parents’ divorce in the Reveal Your Trauma portion of the date, which brings Peter to tears. As we have discussed, any mention of “parents” is a guaranteed way to get a rose from Peter. They make out in front of fireworks (does this show have a dedicated pyrotechnics team?) and Kelsey seems to be in very good standing going forward. She’s lucky she doesn’t have any hilarious or embarrassing moments that will forever be associated with her tenure on the show.
5. Victoria F.
Last week’s rank: 9
This week’s most anticipated moment was the Chase Rice showdown, and it was absolutely delicious. But first, Victoria F. is taken up in a plane after an intense round of hyperventilating. (This girl sweats and cries her entire water weight at the idea of doing anything even remotely out of her comfort zone. Why did she agree to go on TV?) After a trip to Cedar Point and a very weird toast “to our sons having hot moms and successful dads” (because antiquated gender roles), they get their own private Chase Rice concert. Strap in.
Victoria tells the cameras and not Peter that she and Chase used to date, and we are treated to some truly inspired moments of camerawork. Victoria takes five awkward glances over her shoulder per second, Chase is forced to perform a love song while watching his ex canoodling with some doofy pilot, and Peter drifts off to his happy place, completely unaware that anything out of the ordinary is happening. We even get a scene where Chase and Peter chat, and Pete fanboys hard, putting his number into Chase’s phone. All while Victoria is having her 10-millionth panic attack.
Victoria is thoroughly freaking out as she prepares to tell Peter. Which begs the question: Why? It’s not a shameful secret to have an ex. As far as we know, she didn’t cheat on him, and she didn’t pull a Jed by not breaking up with him before coming on the show. So she starts crying, curling into a ball once again as she waits for Peter to console her. Which, of course, he does. Victoria’s entire shtick is playing the damsel in distress, and it keeps working. She gets the rose, and neither Peter nor Victoria seem upset with the producers, who clearly knew Chase was her ex when they brought him on the show.
I am extremely skeptical of Victoria’s long-term viability. She seems petrified of everything, and I suspect that she’ll run out of ways to use her tears to endear herself to Peter once things get more serious. But the rules of this exercise are to rank where the women stand in the quest for Peter’s heart, not mine.
6. Victoria P.
Last week’s rank: 2
Victoria P. starts the night by claiming she has a back injury to get out of playing football. Which might have been doubly sneaky had the game not ended in a tie: The rules determined that only the winning team got to go to the cocktail party. Was it an elaborate ruse to get there no matter the outcome? Then, she steals Peter first, despite the fact that the women who played in the game are literally wounded. Hey, as anyone who has ever watched this show can attest, no one is guaranteed time with the Bachelor. Optics be damned, she saw her opportunity and she pounced.
But things go downhill quickly once Alayah returns. Last week, Victoria P. told Peter that she had spent “collectively three hours” with Alayah, a point that helped get Alayah sent home. Turns out, the two are very much friends, and even went to Vegas together. And, man, duplicitous Victoria P. is an M. Night Shyamalan-level plot twist that nobody saw coming. “Why would Victoria lie?” Peter wonders out loud. I don’t know, Pete, maybe because this is a competition and she would benefit greatly by Alayah being out of the picture? When confronted, she pulls a classic guilty move: claiming through tears that she is “baffled” and insisting that “her truth is the truth.” Despite the fact that “her truth” is clearly “a lie.”
Ever the competitor, she does manage to save face by pivoting to the anger strategy, later privately telling Peter she is frustrated with him for not believing her. Even though, again, there’s a reason he didn’t believe her, and that reason is that she was lying. And yet it works. Peter goes on the defensive, and we’re back to square one, with him not knowing who to believe. Man, he is bad at this.
7. Deandra
Last week’s rank: 13
Deandra finally had a chance to shine this week, and she capitalized on it. She first scores the game-tying touchdown, leaping over a defender like Randy Moss and running the ball all the way into the end zone. Then, she becomes the voice of the house (and America) by calling Peter out on his bulls–t before the rose ceremony.
“For us who busted our ass out there on the football field and literally have the physical bruises to show, and then for you to come to the cocktail party and ignore us, half of us, who didn’t get time, and then walk in hand-in-hand with Alayah, it was like the biggest slap in the face,” she says. More excellent camerawork as the editors intersperse footage of Natasha’s taped-up knee and Mykenna’s nasty arm bruise.
8. Tammy
Last week’s rank: 6
This episode needed more Tammy, but she did have two solid sound bytes. Before the football game: “I love football. Imma tackle a lot of bitches.” When Alayah returns: “Everyone is shooketh to the core.”
9. Sydney
Last week’s rank: 5
Sydney is clearly not happy about Alayah’s return, but at least Alayah has a new nemesis in Victoria P.
10. Natasha
Last week’s rank: 7
Natasha doesn’t seem like she has any interest in sticking around much longer. She offers some major side-eye when she sees Victoria P. cuddling with Peter on the bench while she plays football, then again when Alayah gets the group date rose. She’s 31 years old and too normal to be here. It wouldn’t be shocking if she walks off on her own.
11. Shiann
Last week’s rank: 15
Shiann moves up the list by virtue of being the clear-cut MVP of the football game. She scores all of her team’s points, running the ball into the end zone like Saquon Barkley seemingly every time she touches the ball. But despite her being deserving of the first chat with Peter – and everyone else plotting with her to make it happen – Victoria P. swoops in. The harsh reality of this show is you have to be aggressive, and you can’t assume you’ll get your time by waiting around.
12. Lexi
Last week’s rank: 8
Lexi tells Alayah, “You’re not coming back to clear your name. You’re coming back to get back on the show … you would have stayed home and waited for the ‘Women Tell All’ to clear your name.” Which is fair, but the producers didn’t put her on a plane to Cleveland to “clear her name,” either.
13. Mykenna
Last week’s rank: 11
And now for a live look at Mykenna as she is not selected for another one-on-one date:
She also has a rough go of it on the football field, channeling her inner Karen Smith from “Mean Girls” as she attempts to catch a football.
14. Alayah
Last week’s rank: 16
She’s baaaack! Alayah shows up at the group date cocktail party and immediately starts ruffling feathers. She interrupts poor Shiann, who barely gets a few minutes with Peter after her four-touchdown performance. Peter eventually invites her back on the show, to which she seems surprised, as if she came all the way to northeast Ohio for some other reason. That’s when Peter pulls his dumbest move (and maybe the dumbest move in this show’s history): He gives her the group date rose. I repeat, Alayah, who did not participate in the group date, gets the group date rose. And Peter hands it to her as the rest of the women sit there, taped and bandaged up in a scene straight out of the locker room in “Varsity Blues.”
Let’s be clear: if these rankings were from the contestants’ perspective, Alayah would be dead last, behind Luke P. from Hannah’s season of “The Bachelorette,” a horde of bedbugs and the coronavirus. But Peter still seems to see something that the other women don’t. I also still think her whole fake/rehearsed/not here for the right reasons reputation is a tiny bit overblown. Everyone comes on this show for exposure. (Don’t take it from me, take it from a recent contestant.) All things considered, though, her ulterior motives have been laid bare, and she’s on shaky ground at the very least.
15. Savannah
Last week’s rank: 14
Savannah’s main function in this episode was to raise suspicion about Victoria P., which could play into future drama if the house has to pick sides, as everyone else seems firmly against Alayah.
16. Kiarra
Last week’s rank: 12
I forgot to mention that she pronounced the word lingerie as “linger-y” last week, and I have questions. Is that how she has pronounced it her whole life? Did she not know how to spell lingerie, and a producer shoved a card in her face? It’s a question that will likely not be answered, as she hasn’t done anything else yet (besides crawling out of a suitcase opening night) and should go home soon.
Eliminated: Nobody! What an episode.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Ex-NHLer Ed Belfour arrested at Kentucky hotel after drunken fit

NHL Hall of Famer Ed Belfour was arrested early Tuesday at a Kentucky hotel for allegedly trying to fight an employee and tearing down a curtain rod in a drunken fit , a report said .
Belfour , 54 , was “ manifestly under the influence of alcohol to a point he was a danger to himself and others ” when police found him inside the Kentucky Grand Hotel and Spa about 1:30 a.m. , the Bowling Green Daily News said , citing the arrest report .
Bowling Green police were called to the hotel on a complaint of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stanley Cup-winning goalie tried to fight an employee and struck glass in anger , the arrest record said .
When cops arrived , they found Belfour on the second floor , kicking a spa door while “ clutching a curtain rod that had been ripped out of the dry wall above a window next to him , ” according to the report .
Belfour , who wrapped up his NHL career in 2007 , had “ slow slurred speech ” and “ bloodshot eyes ” at the time of his arrest , police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up , and he had the strong odor of alcohol on his breath , ” according to his arrest report .
He was charged with criminal mischief and alcohol intoxication in a public place , the report said .
It ’ s not the first time the legendary former net-minder has been in trouble with law .
In 2007 , while playing for the Florida Panthers , Belfour and teammate Ville Peltonen were arrested at a Miami bar for roughing up a police officer .
He was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours of community service as part of a plea deal , according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel .
While with the Dallas Stars in 2000 , Belfour also had a scuffle with a security guard at an upscale hotel and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest .
He was sentenced to two years ’ probation and a $ 3,000 fine in that incident .

NHL Hall of Famer Ed Belfour was arrested early Tuesday at a Kentucky hotel for allegedly trying to fight an employee and tearing down a curtain rod in a drunken fit, a report said.
Belfour, 54, was “manifestly under the influence of alcohol to a point he was a danger to himself and others” when police found him inside the Kentucky Grand Hotel and Spa about 1:30 a.m., the Bowling Green Daily News said, citing the arrest report.
Bowling Green police were called to the hotel on a complaint of a drunken and disorderly man, after the Stanley Cup-winning goalie tried to fight an employee and struck glass in anger, the arrest record said.
When cops arrived, they found Belfour on the second floor, kicking a spa door while “clutching a curtain rod that had been ripped out of the dry wall above a window next to him,” according to the report.
Belfour, who wrapped up his NHL career in 2007, had “slow slurred speech” and “bloodshot eyes” at the time of his arrest, police said.
“He could barely stand up, and he had the strong odor of alcohol on his breath,” according to his arrest report.
He was charged with criminal mischief and alcohol intoxication in a public place, the report said.
It’s not the first time the legendary former net-minder has been in trouble with law.
In 2007, while playing for the Florida Panthers, Belfour and teammate Ville Peltonen were arrested at a Miami bar for roughing up a police officer.
He was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest and later ordered to serve 20 hours of community service as part of a plea deal, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
While with the Dallas Stars in 2000, Belfour also had a scuffle with a security guard at an upscale hotel and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.
He was sentenced to two years’ probation and a $3,000 fine in that incident.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Apple reports record quarterly revenue as iPhone demand jumps

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Apple just got its mojo back.
The California-based tech giant — which a year ago had slashed its profit forecast for the first time in 15 years — reported its highest-ever quarterly revenue on Tuesday, driven by better-than-expected holiday demand for iPhones.
Apple’s fourth-quarter revenue jumped 9% from a year earlier to a whopping $91.8 billion, shattering records and blowing past the guidance Apple had given Wall Street. Holiday sales of the new iPhone 11 line were up 8%.
Overall iPhone sales clocked in at $55.96 billion, compared to the $51.5 billion that analysts had been expecting.
Apple said business in China also returned to growth during the quarter after a recent retreat amid US-China trade tensions, racking up $13.6 billion in sales versus $13.2 billion a year earlier.
The company, however, said it’s giving a wider range than usual for its second-quarter revenue forecast — between $63 billion and $67 billion, versus the Street’s view of $62.3 billion — because of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
The virus has impacted travel to and within China for Apple employees, and Apple has closed one store in China while reducing store hours throughout the country.
In a written statement, Chief Executive Tim Cook said he was “thrilled” about strong sales of the company’s iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models, as well as record sales for its services and wearable divisions.
Sales of the latter surged 37% amid strong demand Apple’s red-hot AirPod wireless earphones, which have been selling briskly despite their $250 price tag.
However, revenue from services, which include the App Store, Apple Music and Apple News — came in at $12.7 billion, missing the $13.07 billion analysts were looking for.
Cook said in a prepared statement that the company’s “active installed base of devices” is now more than 1.5 billion.
The company did not mention its recently released Apple TV Plus streaming service, which it launched to compete with Netflix and Disney+, Disney’s new online video service.
Shares of Apple were up 1.6 percent in extended trading, to $317.69.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Freaked-out Fairway shoppers are hoarding groceries

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Helena de Groot isn’t handling Fairway supermarket’s financial troubles too well.
“I feel I’m standing on quicksand. The ground is disappearing from my feet,” says the podcast producer, who’s lived on the Upper West Side for two years.
“It’s almost worse than the impeachment thing,” says retired singer Barbara Miller, who’s been shopping at the store for 30 years. “It’s not a good month.”
When The Post broke the news on Jan. 21 that the grocery chain planned to file for bankruptcy — and was looking to close several of its NYC stores — “I cried,” de Groot tells The Post. The 36-year-old, who hails from Belgium, says her neighborhood market has been an anchor during her adjustment to life in the Big Apple.
She loves it for the same reason her fellow Fairway fans do: It’s affordable, with high-quality store-brand food and a large catalog of international goodies. (“[They sell Belgian] Jules Destrooper cookies, which feel like home,” says de Groot.)
Not to mention the franchise’s undeniable New York ‘tude, which Food Network Star Ted Allen captured in a recent tweet: “This is (was?) the best grocery store I have ever shopped,” he wrote. “I mean, ‘Don’t even THINK about asking us to cut the fat off the prosciutto!’ ”
The anxiety is acute at Fairway’s Upper West Side branch, which is the brand’s oldest store and sort of its unofficial hub in NYC. Although Fairway says it’s in talks to sell its five Manhattan stores to Village Supermarket — the company that operates ShopRite and Gourmet Garage — its future remains murky.
“There’s no guarantee that Village will be the successful bidder,” says bankruptcy lawyer David Wander of Davidoff Hutcher & Citron. “As the stalking horse, they have a significant advantage, but they can always be outbid. Nothing’s a done deal.”
It’s sent locals like de Groot into a state of despair. “It feels like you have no control over anything,” she says.
But she’s trying to take advantage of the market while it lasts.
After a teary phone call with her mom, “I brought my backpack and three bags [to the store],” she says. She filled them with $80 worth of organic produce, plus bottles of her beloved Fairway-brand OJ.
Her Upper West Side compatriots are similarly stressing — and stockpiling — as the supermarket’s future hangs in the balance.
“I feel like crying,” says 83-year-old Henry Harris, pushing his crowded shopping cart as he stocks up on his grocery staples, such as organic sourdough bread and corn soufflé. “You have so few places now where ordinary people can shop … All that’s gone now.”
“I practically passed out when I heard,” says shopper Sydney Smith, who has lived on the Upper West Side since the 1990s. “My heart stopped.”
Although she’s planning for the worst as best she can — a $150 trip on a recent weekday included several boxes of Typhoo tea, a British brand that’s hard to find at American grocery stores, plus bagfuls of pretzel buns — Smith is grieving over the dairy aisle.
“The teas and stuff I can hoard, but I can’t hoard the perishables,” she says. “Nobody else makes Colby Jack [like Fairway.]”
And don’t get her started on the produce.
“I like to make fried green tomatoes,” she says, and “it’s very unusual” for stores to carry them outside of peak summer tomato season. “Only in the South can you find them year-round” — the South, and Fairway.
Adding to the stress for panicked patrons? Limited apartment space.
“I plan to stockpile their Supreme blend Keurig-style coffee pods,” says Lisa Sharkey. And while she has an idea of where she’ll stash those boxes in her Upper West Side kitchen, she’s going to have to play some serious Tetris to clear freezer space for the supermarket’s organic ice pops. “They are my go-to nighttime snack.”
But in true Upper West Side renegade fashion, fans of the store say they won’t just let Fairway as they know it die without a fight.
“Can we protest someone’s going bankrupt?” says Gina, a 68-year-old from the Upper West Side who declined to share her last name for publication. “I don’t mean to sound selfish, but I don’t care if they’re in Brooklyn or the suburbs — this is the special one.”


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Apple MacBooks priced down up to 40% off at B&H

There ’ s a new round of Apple savings to be found at B & H as it continues its @ @ @ @ @ sale , which ends on Jan. 30 , is offering the popular computers for up @ @ @ @ @ You can indulge in the Apple 13.3″ MacBook Air or enjoy the larger screen size @ @ @ @ @ Pro .
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There’s a new round of Apple savings to be found at B&H as it continues its deals-packed MacBook sale.
The sale, which ends on Jan. 30, is offering the popular computers for up to 40% off.
You can indulge in the Apple 13.3″ MacBook Air or enjoy the larger screen size of an Apple 16″ MacBook Pro.
Every computer has high-end processors, beautiful retina displays and massive storage capabilities.
So you’ll have the tools you need to work on creative projects, enjoy some gaming or simply surf the web.
You can check out our highlights of some of the biggest savings to be found during the sale.
And be sure to browse through B&H’s sale page for a full look at all the Apple computer deals.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Fotis Dulos transported to Jacobi Medical Center after suicide attempt

This is the moment accused wife-killer Fotis Dulos arrived at a Bronx hospital by helicopter Tuesday — hours after he @ @ @ @ @ mansion .
Dulos , 52 , tried to kill himself in his Farmington garage by @ @ @ @ @ was found by cops fast enough to get medical treatment .
He had been in @ @ @ @ @ center in Farmington , but was later taken to Jacobi Medical Center in New York @ @ @ @ @ hyperbaric chamber .
Police had gone to Dulos ’ s home for a wellness check @ @ @ @ @ for a bail hearing in Stamford Superior Court , where he faced the prospect of @ @ @ @ @ awaiting trial .
He was found sitting in his vehicle in obvious medical distress , @ @ @ @ @ taken at the scene showed responders performing CPR in his driveway before he was taken @ @ @ @ @ faces murder and kidnapping charges in the May 24 disappearance of his estranged wife , @ @ @ @ @ has not been found .

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This is the moment accused wife-killer Fotis Dulos arrived at a Bronx hospital by helicopter Tuesday — hours after he attempted suicide at his Connecticut mansion.
Dulos, 52, tried to kill himself in his Farmington garage by carbon monoxide poisoning — but was found by cops fast enough to get medical treatment.
He had been in critical condition at UConn Health center in Farmington, but was later taken to Jacobi Medical Center in New York City for treatment in its hyperbaric chamber.
Police had gone to Dulos’s home for a wellness check when he failed to appear for a bail hearing in Stamford Superior Court, where he faced the prospect of going back to jail while awaiting trial.
He was found sitting in his vehicle in obvious medical distress, police said.
Aerial footage taken at the scene showed responders performing CPR in his driveway before he was taken to the hospital.
Dulos faces murder and kidnapping charges in the May 24 disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, whose body has not been found.


newyorkpost--2020-01-28--Complete list of Oscars presenters 2020

Complete list of Oscars presenters 2020

The 2020 Oscars won ’ t have a host for the second year in a row , but they ’ ve recruited a small army of A-listers as presenters to give the show some sheen .
Oscar winners Mahershala Ali , Olivia Colman , Regina King and Rami Malek will be among the presenters at the 92nd Academy Awards , doling out awards on Sunday , Feb. 9 , from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood , Calif. Ali won the 2019 Best Supporting Actor statue for “ Green Book , ” as well as the same honor for the 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last year ’ s Best Actress win for “ The Favourite , ” with Malek scoring the Best Actor statue for his portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the biopic “ Bohemian Rhapsody.
” King won the 2019 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Barry Jenkins ’ adaptation of the James Baldwin novel “ If Beale Street Could Talk.
” “ Saturday Night Live ” alums Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig , Mindy Kaling ( “ The Office ” ) , Zazie Beetz ( “ Atlanta ” ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , Gal Gadot ( “ Wonder Woman ” ) , Julia Louis-Dreyfus ( “ Veep ” ) , “ In The Heights ” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda , Anthony Ramos ( “ Hamilton ” ) , Mark Ruffalo ( “ Avengers ” ) and Kelly Marie Tran ( “ Star Wars ” ) will also help hand out awards .
The Oscars decided on going against the route taken by the Golden Globes , which signed up host Ricky Gervais .
The funnyman ripped Hollywood a new sass-hole by skewering Leonardo DiCaprio ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s and Judi Dench ’ s performances in “ Cats ” and Felicity Huffman ’ s time in jail after the college admissions scandal .
Even with Gervais at the helm , tossing out brash , the ratings took a dip .
Instead , a stream of celebrity presenters will keep things moving with their own jesty jabs , rather than those of a single host , as the Oscars pursue viewership levels on par with last year .
Last year the show reached 29.6 million viewers ; the 2018 awards recorded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The 2019 Oscars featured celebs such as “ Saturday Night Live ” veterans Tina Fey , Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph , as well as show-stopping performances — including an intimate “ Shallow ” duet by “ A Star Is Born ” actors Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper and a medley of music by Queen in a nod to “ Bohemian Rhapsody.
” The 2020 Oscars ceremony will broadcast live Feb. 9 starting at 8 p.m. on ABC .

The 2020 Oscars won’t have a host for the second year in a row, but they’ve recruited a small army of A-listers as presenters to give the show some sheen.
Oscar winners Mahershala Ali, Olivia Colman, Regina King and Rami Malek will be among the presenters at the 92nd Academy Awards, doling out awards on Sunday, Feb. 9, from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.
Ali won the 2019 Best Supporting Actor statue for “Green Book,” as well as the same honor for the 2017 indie film “Moonlight.” Colman captured last year’s Best Actress win for “The Favourite,” with Malek scoring the Best Actor statue for his portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.” King won the 2019 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of the James Baldwin novel “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
A pair of two-time Oscar-winners also joined the lineup: Tom Hanks (“Forrest Gump,” “Philadelphia”), who is a 2020 nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” and Jane Fonda (“Coming Home,” “Klute”).
“Saturday Night Live” alums Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, four-time Emmy winner Chris Rock, Mindy Kaling (“The Office”), Josh Gad (“Avenue 5”), Zazie Beetz (“Atlanta”), Timothée Chalamet (“Little Women”), Gal Gadot (“Wonder Woman”), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”), “In The Heights” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos (“Hamilton”), Mark Ruffalo (“Avengers”) and Kelly Marie Tran (“Star Wars”) will also help hand out awards.
Broadway star Utkarsh Ambudkar, Oscar Isaac (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”), Taika Waititi (“The Mandalorian”), Golden Globe- and Emmy-winner Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve,” “Grey’s Anatomy”), Salma Hayek (“Like a Boss”), Oscar-winners Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”) and Brie Larson (“Room”), Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee (“BlacKkKlansman”), Ray Romano (“The Irishman”), Rebel Wilson (“Pitch Perfect”), “Late Late Show” funnyman James Corden, Penélope Cruz (“Pain and Glory”), Beanie Feldstein (“Booksmart”), Zack Gottsagen (“The Peanut Butter Falcon”), Diane Keaton (“Annie Hall”), Shia LaBeouf (“Honey Boy”), George MacKay (“1917”), Steve Martin (“Pink Panther”), Keanu Reeves (“John Wick”), Maya Rudolph (“Bridesmaids”) and Sigourney Weaver (“Alien”) round out the list of presenters.
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The Oscars decided on going against the route taken by the Golden Globes, which signed up host Ricky Gervais. The funnyman ripped Hollywood a new sass-hole by skewering Leonardo DiCaprio’s seemingly age-inappropriate dates, James Corden’s and Judi Dench’s performances in “Cats” and Felicity Huffman’s time in jail after the college admissions scandal. Even with Gervais at the helm, tossing out brash bon mots, the ratings took a dip.
Instead, a stream of celebrity presenters will keep things moving with their own jesty jabs, rather than those of a single host, as the Oscars pursue viewership levels on par with last year. Last year the show reached 29.6 million viewers; the 2018 awards recorded a new audience low of 26.54 million.
The 2019 Oscars featured celebs such as “Saturday Night Live” veterans Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, as well as show-stopping performances — including an intimate “Shallow” duet by “A Star Is Born” actors Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper and a medley of music by Queen in a nod to “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
The 2020 Oscars ceremony will broadcast live Feb. 9 starting at 8 p.m. on ABC.


newyorkpost--2020-01-29--Scores strip club sued for allowing sex trafficking of disabled teen

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A Scores strip club in Florida hired a “severely” disabled 17-year-old sex trafficking victim with a fake ID and allowed her to be groped and molested by adult men, a scathing lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges.
The victim, identified in court papers as Jane Doe, was developmentally 13 years old when her trafficker brought her to the chain’s Tampa location, according to the lawsuit, filed in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County, Florida, and Doe’s lawyer, Michael Dolce of the Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll law firm.
Within “30 minutes” of walking in the door back in September 2017, Scores hired the minor and threw her on stage, according to the suit.
Doe, who qualified for special education and spent time in and out of mental health facilities, met the trafficker who brought her to Scores while she was at a drug rehab clinic, according to Dolce and a criminal report affidavit against the trafficker, who was charged with human trafficking.
Roberto “Bobbie” Torres and his father, who was in charge of “therapeutic treatment” at the rehab facility, befriended Doe and brought her home to live with the family, where the father allegedly started “grooming” her by giving her cash and telling her she was “beautiful” and “had a nice body,” the affidavit states.
Doe returned to live with her parents in August 2017 but with Torres’ help, she allegedly ran away from home about a month later and met up with him in Tampa, where he bought her $200 worth of stripper gear, according to Dolce and police records.
“The first couple of clubs they go to just basically throw her out the door,” Dolce said. But when the two got to Scores, Doe was hired on the spot, according to the suit.
A “house mom” in charge of dancers took a fake ID Torres instructed Doe to bring and signed her on to work, even though the person in the ID was taller than Doe, had a different-shaped face, eye color, ethnicity and skin complexion, the lawsuit claims.
“They didn’t know who she was, she just showed up. She was just brought into town,” Dolce added.
“You have a young person who comes in, they give you a cellphone number that has a different area code than the address on the ID, the address on the ID is over 70 miles from where you’re sitting. There’s a couple of red flags here to think about.”
Luke Lirot, a lawyer for Scores Tampa, told The Post in response that “the similarity to the license is entirely subjective.”
“If someone presents a license and says it’s me, you tend to take them at their word unless there’s something blatantly dissimilar about the person handing you the ID,” Lirot said.
The suit claims that none of the staff at Scores, which is part of the Club Operators Against Sex Trafficking group, spent a lot of time with Doe because if they had, they “would have readily determined that she was mentally compromised.”
“[The defendants] viewed her worth as being limited to her essentially naked body to be objectified, gawked at and groped like a piece of meat.”
For the next three days, the minor was plied with Xanax and booze by the club and other dancers, offered cocaine and was forced to perform “sexually explicit acts, including sexually provocative dances while topless and with her buttocks fully exposed … while numerous adult men gawked at her,” the lawsuit states.
Doe also had one-on-one sessions with adult men in the VIP rooms where she “[performed] ‘lap dances’” and other acts “that involved direct physical contact between [Doe] and the bodies of the adult men,” according to the suit.
“During those performances, she was repeatedly touched, groped, molested and propositioned to engage in prostitution with explicit sex acts being proposed.”
Throughout her time at Scores, Doe was intoxicated and offered a variety of substances by other dancers “as a way to manage the mental distress and disgust” of being objectified and abused by drunken creeps at the club, the suit says.
Soon, another dancer “induced” Doe to go to a nearby hotel with customers from the club to “engage in prostitution.” It was there Doe was raped by the men, the lawsuit states.
Largely because Doe’s father is a law enforcement officer, she was rescued within three days from a hotel down the street from Scores and Torres was arrested for trafficking her, Dolce said.
Torres ultimately pleaded guilty to child neglect, interference with custody and unlawful use of a two-way communications device, court records show.
It wasn’t immediately clear why Scores hasn’t faced any regulatory or criminal repercussions for hiring Doe, because it would have broken at least three Florida laws in doing so, which carry criminal penalties, according to the suit and the Florida penal code.
A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation said it doesn’t have an “active administrative complaint open” against Scores and is “unable to comment on any ongoing investigations.”
A request for comment to the Hillsborough State’s Attorney’s Office has not been returned.
It has been an uphill battle ever since for Doe, now 20, who was already mentally compromised because of her disabilities, the woman’s family said.
“The Scores business model is directly to blame for the exploitation of my teenage daughter and has caused an already struggling girl an infinitely greater amount of suffering,” Doe’s mother, who asked to remain anonymous to protect her daughter’s identity, told The Post of the suit’s allegations.
“Scores puts its bottom line ahead of the well-being of young women, enabling and then callously profiting from human trafficking and sexual abuse. Our hope is that holding Scores accountable for the pain its negligence has caused my daughter will protect others from such horrific trauma.”
The lawsuit is seeking an undisclosed amount of damages from Scores and argues the club should’ve done more to keep Doe safe and should’ve known she was a trafficking victim.
“That’s something that you need to be cognizant of and guard against if you really want to be running a lawful place that does not run the risk of exposing minors to these types of problems,” Dolce said.
“[Doe] ended up having to spend a substantial amount of time in a residential treatment programs for all the traumas that were associated with this and is still actively engaged in mental health treatment efforts that have taken months and months and months of inpatient care, and months and months and months of outpatient care and regular therapy on a weekly basis and sometimes more, just to deal with a variety of issues here.”
In response, Lirot said in a statement he’s confident the allegations made in the lawsuit “will be proven untrue.”
“My clients, doing business as ‘Scores,’ fully cooperated with the Tampa Police Department and assisted in the prosecution of [Torres] … the Tampa Police Department can vouch for my clients’ conduct and the levels of cooperation extended during the investigation into this matter,” Lirot wrote.
“Additionally, ‘Scores’ staff is trained under Sec. 561.705, Florida Statutes and is a Certified Responsible Vendor. The entirety of the staff cooperates and works well with [Tampa Police Department] and attends all Human Trafficking seminars put on in the area. Additionally, staff has a relationship with Scott Almon who is the lead child labor investigator at DBPR for human trafficking. Mr. Almon’s and his team’s business cards are on the manager’s desk to immediately report any suspicious activity to them. All requisite Human Trafficking notices are posted.”
Scores Holding Company, the corporate arm of Scores Tampa, said in a phone call it “refused comment.”
Torres did not return a request for comment.


newyorkpost--2020-01-29--Driver and dog survive car flipping over in epic police chase

Cats aren ’ t the only ones with nine lives .
A woman and her dog , named Cheeto , @ @ @ @ @ van flipped over during a police chase .
The driver was allegedly fleeing DeLand police @ @ @ @ @ traffic stop .
Watch the dramatic moment her vehicle spins out of control and rolls @ @ @ @ @ .
The suspect , 38-year-old Sarah Yurman , was taken into custody .

Cats aren’t the only ones with nine lives. A woman and her dog, named Cheeto, walked away unscathed after her van flipped over during a police chase. The driver was allegedly fleeing DeLand police in Florida after an attempted traffic stop. Watch the dramatic moment her vehicle spins out of control and rolls over on the highway median. The suspect, 38-year-old Sarah Yurman, was taken into custody.
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newyorkpost--2020-01-29--Lizzo, Billie Eilish, strippers & blackouts

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Behind the scenes of the hottest Grammys parties .
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And the skinny on “ Succession ” sex scenes .
Lizzo celebrates Grammys wins at strip club with Lil Nas X , Rosalía and Dua Lipa How did Lizzo celebrate her Grammys triumph ?
She hit up the strip club , naturally .
The new reigning queen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ awards show and won three gramophones — headed over to Crazy Girls strip club in Hollywood with her team and similarly hot stars Lil Nas X , Rosalía and Dua Lipa .
“ Lizzo made it rain for sure .
All of the celebs were making it rain and dancing all night with her , ” said an insider .
“ She also had some male strippers come in to celebrate her manager Kevin Beisler ’ s birthday.
” Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged mistress-turned-madam Ghislaine Maxwell played weird sexual games with three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to ArtNet .
Former New York art student Ursula Ruedenberg says that in 1995 , the pair enticed a group of recent art school grads to his Zorro ranch by promising he ’ d commission one of them to make works for a new mansion .
For actress J. Smith-Cameron , being on “ Succession ” means she ’ s in some rather unorthodox sex scenes .
Last season , the 62-year-old actress , who plays loyal lawyer Gerri Kellman , listened as Kieran Culkin masturbated behind a door while she belittled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ admit that their sex scenes are “ very weird.
” Cameron told Page Six at the Broadway premiere of “ Grand Horizons ” that when she first read the script , “ I thought it was too funny and I was just very glad that they had written him to be inside the bathroom.
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Lizzo celebrates Grammys wins at strip club with Lil Nas X, Rosalía and Dua Lipa
How did Lizzo celebrate her Grammys triumph? She hit up the strip club, naturally.
The new reigning queen of Atlantic Records — who opened the awards show and won three gramophones — headed over to Crazy Girls strip club in Hollywood with her team and similarly hot stars Lil Nas X, Rosalía and Dua Lipa.
“Lizzo made it rain for sure. All of the celebs were making it rain and dancing all night with her,” said an insider. “She also had some male strippers come in to celebrate her manager Kevin Beisler’s birthday.”
Art school grads detail Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s weird sexual games
Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged mistress-turned-madam Ghislaine Maxwell played weird sexual games with three artists at his New Mexico ranch, according to ArtNet.
Former New York art student Ursula Ruedenberg says that in 1995, the pair enticed a group of recent art school grads to his Zorro ranch by promising he’d commission one of them to make works for a new mansion.
‘Succession’ star on her ‘very weird’ scenes
For actress J. Smith-Cameron, being on “Succession” means she’s in some rather unorthodox sex scenes.
Last season, the 62-year-old actress, who plays loyal lawyer Gerri Kellman, listened as Kieran Culkin masturbated behind a door while she belittled him.
She is the first to admit that their sex scenes are “very weird.”
Cameron told Page Six at the Broadway premiere of “Grand Horizons” that when she first read the script, “I thought it was too funny and I was just very glad that they had written him to be inside the bathroom.”
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newyorkpost--2020-01-29--Bronny James throws down big-time dunk in front of LeBron

This has been a rough few days for LeBron James and the rest of basketball world in the wake of the death of Kobe Bryant who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash on Sunday .
But on Tuesday , LeBron ’ s son Bronny was able to give him a reason to smile .
LeBron got a front-row view of Bronny — who plays for Sierra Canyon High School — putting down a hellacious alley-opp dunk in their 83-57 victory over Campbell Hall on Tuesday night .
James was able to attend the matchup after Tuesday ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ date .
The Los Angeles Lakers next game is Friday at Staples Center against the Carmelo Anthony and the Portland Trail Blazers .
According to People Magazine , game attendees joined each other in silence for 24 seconds — the iconic number Bryant wore with pride throughout his career with the Lakers .
After the game , LeBron had a nice father-son moment with Bronny .
Former Knicks coach David Fizdale also was in attendance and had some playful and encouraging words for the high school freshman .
It has been a grief-filled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out an emotional social media post Monday night .
On Sunday , he was seen tearing up and hugging multiple people after the Lakers landed in Los Angeles on Sunday having just learned of the news of Bryant ’ s death .
“ I ’ m Not Ready but here I go , ” James wrote Monday in his first comments since the 41-year-old Bryant , his 13-year-old daughter , Gianna , and seven others were killed in Sunday ’ s crash .
“ Man I sitting here trying to write something for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I begin crying again just thinking about you , niece Gigi and the friendship/bond/brotherhood we had !
” The Lakers star last spoke to Bryant on Sunday morning in a congratulatory phone call after passing him for third place on the NBA ’ s all-time scoring list with his 33,645th point the night before .
Bryant , a five-time NBA champion and future Hall of Famer , had also paid tribute to James on social media after the game .

This has been a rough few days for LeBron James and the rest of basketball world in the wake of the death of Kobe Bryant in a Southern California helicopter crash on Sunday.
But on Tuesday, LeBron’s son Bronny was able to give him a reason to smile. LeBron got a front-row view of Bronny — who plays for Sierra Canyon High School — putting down a hellacious alley-opp dunk in a 83-57 victory over Campbell Hall on Tuesday night.
James was able to attend the matchup after Tuesday’s Lakers-Clippers game was postponed until a later date. The Lakers’ next game is Friday at Staples Center against the Carmelo Anthony and the Portland Trail Blazers.
According to People Magazine, game attendees joined each other in silence for 24 seconds — the iconic number Bryant wore with pride throughout his career with the Lakers.
After the game, LeBron had a nice father-son moment with Bronny.
Former Knicks coach David Fizdale also was in attendance and had some playful and encouraging words for the high school freshman.
It has been a grief-filled few days for LeBron. James poured out his emotions in a social media post Monday night. On Sunday, he was seen tearing up and hugging multiple people after the Lakers landed in Los Angeles on Sunday having just learned of the news of Bryant’s death.
“I’m Not Ready but here I go,” James wrote Monday in his first comments since the 41-year-old Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others were killed in Sunday’s crash. “Man I sitting here trying to write something for this post but every time I try I begin crying again just thinking about you, niece Gigi and the friendship/bond/brotherhood we had!”
The Lakers star last spoke to Bryant on Sunday morning in a congratulatory phone call after passing Bryant for third place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list with his 33,645th point the night before.
Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and future Hall of Famer, had also paid tribute to James on social media after the game.


newyorkpost--2020-01-29--Troy Aikman on what is unfair about Eli Manning Hall of Fame talk

MIAMI — Troy Aikman retired as a three-time Super Bowl champion and somehow became a more criticized quarterback over the next five years .
Suddenly , as he was up for Pro Football Hall of Fame selection , his career was reshaped as a zero-time All-Pro with just seven winning seasons out of 12 and a similar number of career touchdown passes ( 165 ) and interceptions ( 141 ) .
So , if anybody understands the intricacies of two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning ’ s Hall of Fame case , it ’ s Aikman .
Manning retired from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a great career , ” said Aikman , who will be the color commentator for Fox ’ s Super Bowl 2020 broadcast .
“ Those Super Bowl runs , I ’ d put those games and those runs up against anyone in the history of the game .
He got them to that point .
He ’ s the reason they won those Super Bowls.
” Manning ’ s final eight seasons after winning his second Super Bowl at the expense of the Patriots dynasty resulted in a 48-67 record — dropping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and just one playoff game as he climbed to No .
7 all-time in passing yards , touchdowns and completions , he endured two benchings and never made an All-Pro team .
“ What ’ s hard is — and I went through it — you go through a career and you feel good about it , ” Aikman said .
“ My guess is Eli ’ s thrilled with the career that he had .
And he should be .
… For me , I couldn ’ t have asked for more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t exist .
I wasn ’ t asked [ about the Hall of Fame ] on the day of my retirement .
When it got closer , after five years , it was almost like I had to apologize or defend my career .
That ’ s the part of it that really kind of sucks .
I don ’ t like it for him .
I don ’ t like the debate… .
I don ’ t like the process we go through for the Hall of Fame.
” Manning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fame in five years .
The vote lies with a 48-person media panel , which includes two Hall of Fame former players ( James Lofton and Dan Fouts ) , on Super Bowl weekend .
Aikman was selected in 2006 , his first year of eligibility .
“ As far as saying is he a Hall of Famer or he is not a Hall of Famer , ” Aikman said , “ I don ’ t think any player should ever retire from football feeling they are a Hall of Fame player .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are in the Hall of Fame .
If you are fortunate to be asked to join , you should join with hat in hand and feel good about it .
I ’ ve never liked hearing a player complain about not being selected to the Hall of Fame.
” For more on Super Bowl 2020 , listen to the latest episode of the “ Blue Rush ” podcast :

MIAMI — Troy Aikman retired as a three-time Super Bowl champion and somehow became a more criticized quarterback over the next five years.
Suddenly, as he was up for Pro Football Hall of Fame selection, his career was reshaped as a zero-time All-Pro with just seven winning seasons out of 12 and a similar number of career touchdown passes (165) and interceptions (141).
So, if anybody understands the intricacies of two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning’s Hall of Fame case, it’s Aikman. Manning retired from the Giants last week.
“He had a great career,” said Aikman, who will be the color commentator for Fox’s Super Bowl 2020 broadcast. “Those Super Bowl runs, I’d put those games and those runs up against anyone in the history of the game. He got them to that point. He’s the reason they won those Super Bowls.”
Manning’s final eight seasons after winning his second Super Bowl at the expense of the Patriots dynasty resulted in a 48-67 record — dropping his career regular-season mark to 117-117 — and just one playoff game as he climbed to No. 7 all-time in passing yards, touchdowns and completions, he endured two benchings and never made an All-Pro team.
“What’s hard is — and I went through it — you go through a career and you feel good about it,” Aikman said. “My guess is Eli’s thrilled with the career that he had. And he should be. … For me, I couldn’t have asked for more.
“Back then, social media didn’t exist. I wasn’t asked [about the Hall of Fame] on the day of my retirement. When it got closer, after five years, it was almost like I had to apologize or defend my career. That’s the part of it that really kind of sucks. I don’t like it for him. I don’t like the debate. … I don’t like the process we go through for the Hall of Fame.”
Manning will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in five years. The vote lies with a 48-person media panel, which includes two Hall of Fame former players (James Lofton and Dan Fouts), on Super Bowl weekend. Aikman was selected in 2006, his first year of eligibility.
“As far as saying is he a Hall of Famer or he is not a Hall of Famer,” Aikman said, “I don’t think any player should ever retire from football feeling they are a Hall of Fame player. I think it takes away from those that are in the Hall of Fame. If you are fortunate to be asked to join, you should join with hat in hand and feel good about it. I’ve never liked hearing a player complain about not being selected to the Hall of Fame.”
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newyorkpost--2020-01-29--Shaq leads crowd in ‘Kobe, Kobe’ chants after emotional tribute

Shaquille O ’ Neal led the crowd near the Staples Center Tuesday night in a chant for Kobe Bryant hours after he gave a tearful tribute to his longtime Lakers teammate who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash on Sunday .
O ’ Neal , who was walking out onto the street , quieted the crowd to lead them in a loud chant of “ Kobe , Kobe , Kobe !
” Earlier , the 47-year-old O ’ Neal , who had an up-and-down relationship with Bryant , was grief stricken about his former teammate ’ s death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pain that sharp in a while , ” O ’ Neal said as part of TNT ’ s tribute to his former Lakers running mate .
O ’ Neal said the loss of the 41-year-old Bryant hurt even more because Shaq had just lost his younger sister Ayesha to cancer in October .
“ Now I lost a little brother , ” Shaq said , referring to Bryant , as the rest of the panel including Ernie Johnson , NBA greats Charles Barkley , Kenny Smith and Dwyane Wade consoled him .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ NBA titles in his illustrious career , captured three with the Lakers .
Shaq and Kobe , who won five rings with Los Angeles , led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA crowns from 2000-2002 .

Shaquille O’Neal led the crowd near the Staples Center Tuesday night in a chant for Kobe Bryant hours after he gave a tearful tribute to his longtime Lakers teammate who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash on Sunday.
O’Neal, who was walking out onto the street, quieted the crowd to lead them in a loud chant of “Kobe, Kobe, Kobe!”
Earlier, the 47-year-old O’Neal, who had an up-and-down relationship with Bryant, was grief stricken about his former teammate’s death.
“I haven’t felt the pain that sharp in a while,” O’Neal said as part of TNT’s tribute to his former Lakers running mate.
O’Neal said the loss of the 41-year-old Bryant hurt even more because Shaq had just lost his younger sister Ayesha to cancer in October.
“Now I lost a little brother,” Shaq said, referring to Bryant, as the rest of the panel including Ernie Johnson, NBA greats Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Dwyane Wade consoled him.
O’Neal, who won four NBA titles in his illustrious career, captured three with the Lakers. Shaq and Kobe, who won five rings with Los Angeles, led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA crowns from 2000-2002.


newyorkpost--2020-01-29--A more mature Tyrann Mathieu is anchoring Chiefs’ defense

AVENTURA , Fla. — Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu knows how to get on the media ’ s good side .
After Monday ’ s “ Opening Night ” media extravaganza , Mathieu sent out a tweet that read , “ Thank you to all the media .
Wow you guys were awesome & so respectful .
I appreciate all of you !
” This may be the first time an NFL player has ever thanked the media after a Super Bowl event .
Mathieu said Tuesday he enjoyed the craziness of the event and the energy that came with it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the building , ” Mathieu said .
“ Like I tweeted last night , I felt like the media was very respectful .
I feel like a lot of times in a situation like that there can be tough questions that make it hard .
I felt like the media made me feel comfortable , made the team feel comfortable.
” It is the latest sign of maturity in a player once known for his immaturity .
Back in 2012 , Mathieu ’ s football career was nearly derailed when LSU coach Les @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his junior season for violating team rules , which reportedly was multiple failed drug tests .
Back then , the “ Honey Badger ” was known as much for his antics as his play .
Now 27 , Mathieu is one of the team leaders of the Chiefs , who signed him to a three-year , $ 42 million contract in the offseason .
He is one of the biggest reasons the Kansas City defense has improved from 2018 .
He has shown his trademark versatility and been a positive influence on his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural born leader , ” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said .
“ That ’ s just who he is .
He doesn ’ t have to do anything other than be himself .
He goes out there every single day and just by his attitude and mindset , he ’ s leading other guys .
I think that ’ s huge when you have guys like that around the team .
Obviously , his play speaks for itself , but the way he ’ s able to every day just be great , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The Chiefs are Mathieu ’ s third team .
The Cardinals drafted him in the third round in 2013 .
Two knee injuries slowed him down in Arizona , and the team cut him after the 2017 season .
He played for the Texans for one season then landed with the Chiefs this year .
“ I was very humbled being cut , ” Mathieu said .
“ I ’ ve been fired from a team before , but I had never really been cut .
To be cut , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really humbled me and it gave me an opportunity to clean my plate and start fresh , to not focus on injuries , to not focus on what happened in Arizona , to just embrace this new journey I ’ m on .
I was grateful for my opportunity in Houston .
They allowed me to be myself.
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Mathieu is now in the Super Bowl , and he may be a key on Sunday if the Chiefs are to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be matched up with San Francisco tight end George Kittle .
“ I feel like I ’ m battle-tested , ” Mathieu said .
“ I ’ ve been through a lot of injuries , obviously .
This is my third program in the league .
I feel like I can be myself here .
I feel like this team is every bit of who I am — young , energetic , full of life .
I think this team gives me the opportunity to accept the platform that I ’ m on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realize how far I came.
” Mathieu prefers to go by a new nickname these days , “ The Landlord ” — as in the landlord of “ Chiefs Kingdom , ” the nickname for Chiefs fans .
He still answers to “ Honey Badger ” but said he is in a different place now .
“ I feel like I was in a different space in Arizona , ” Mathieu said .
“ I was this young guy , trying to earn my stripes and earn my respect in this league , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was off the field .
I look at myself right now and I ’ m 100 percent at peace .
I reflect on what I ’ ve been through but I know I ’ m strong enough to keep going .
I think that ’ s the blessing .
I know that I ’ m strong enough to finish.
” For more on Super Bowl 2020 , listen to the latest episode of the “ Gang ’ s All Here ” podcast :

AVENTURA, Fla. — Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu knows how to get on the media’s good side.
After Monday’s “Opening Night” media extravaganza, Mathieu sent out a tweet that read, “Thank you to all the media. Wow you guys were awesome & so respectful. I appreciate all of you!”
This may be the first time an NFL player has ever thanked the media after a Super Bowl event. Mathieu said Tuesday he enjoyed the craziness of the event and the energy that came with it.
“You could feel it in the building,” Mathieu said. “Like I tweeted last night, I felt like the media was very respectful. I feel like a lot of times in a situation like that there can be tough questions that make it hard. I felt like the media made me feel comfortable, made the team feel comfortable.”
It is the latest sign of maturity in a player once known for his immaturity. Back in 2012, Mathieu’s football career was nearly derailed when LSU coach Les Miles kicked him off the team before his junior season for violating team rules, which reportedly was multiple failed drug tests. Back then, the “Honey Badger” was known as much for his antics as his play.
Now 27, Mathieu is one of the team leaders of the Chiefs, who signed him to a three-year, $42 million contract in the offseason. He is one of the biggest reasons the Kansas City defense has improved from 2018. He has shown his trademark versatility and been a positive influence on his teammates.
“He’s a natural born leader,” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said. “That’s just who he is. He doesn’t have to do anything other than be himself. He goes out there every single day and just by his attitude and mindset, he’s leading other guys. I think that’s huge when you have guys like that around the team. Obviously, his play speaks for itself, but the way he’s able to every day just be great, it really does spread throughout the team.”
The Chiefs are Mathieu’s third team. The Cardinals drafted him in the third round in 2013. Two knee injuries slowed him down in Arizona, and the team cut him after the 2017 season. He played for the Texans for one season then landed with the Chiefs this year.
“I was very humbled being cut,” Mathieu said. “I’ve been fired from a team before, but I had never really been cut. To be cut, it was a reflective moment for me. It really humbled me and it gave me an opportunity to clean my plate and start fresh, to not focus on injuries, to not focus on what happened in Arizona, to just embrace this new journey I’m on. I was grateful for my opportunity in Houston. They allowed me to be myself.”
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Mathieu is now in the Super Bowl, and he may be a key on Sunday if the Chiefs are to stop the 49ers. Mathieu figures to be matched up with San Francisco tight end George Kittle.
“I feel like I’m battle-tested,” Mathieu said. “I’ve been through a lot of injuries, obviously. This is my third program in the league. I feel like I can be myself here. I feel like this team is every bit of who I am — young, energetic, full of life. I think this team gives me the opportunity to accept the platform that I’m on, to be able to reflect and realize how far I came.”
Mathieu prefers to go by a new nickname these days, “The Landlord” — as in the landlord of “Chiefs Kingdom,” the nickname for Chiefs fans. He still answers to “Honey Badger” but said he is in a different place now.
“I feel like I was in a different space in Arizona,” Mathieu said. “I was this young guy, trying to earn my stripes and earn my respect in this league, really trying to show people who I was off the field. I look at myself right now and I’m 100 percent at peace. I reflect on what I’ve been through but I know I’m strong enough to keep going. I think that’s the blessing. I know that I’m strong enough to finish.”
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newyorkpost--2020-01-29--49ers’ Kyle Juszczyk proving to be more than just a fullback

MIAMI — He heard it , if not all the time , ...

MIAMI — The fullback position in the NFL was supposed to be dead. If not dead, on life support and near extinction.
The 49ers and Kyle Juszczyk apparently didn’t get the memo.
Feel free to call Juszczyk whatever you choose — fullback, tight end, H-back, running back, receiver, hybrid.
He’s listed on the official roster as a fullback. But he’s so much more. Juszczyk is the 49ers’ Swiss Army knife who very well might be an X factor against the Chiefs in Super Bowl 2020 on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium.
Juszczyk has potential to be the chess piece 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan uses to checkmate the Chiefs and bring the Lombardi Trophy back to San Francisco for the first time since 1994.
“He’s listed as a fullback, but he plays receiver, tight end, running back, everything, so having a guy like that makes it difficult on defenses and makes us tough to defend,’’ 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo said Tuesday.
“Kyle never puts a lid on my container,’’ Juszczyk said of his innovative head coach. “He’s not scared to line me up anywhere — runs, routes, blocking any position on the defense. Really, it’s his belief in me and not limiting me to anything.’’
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Shanahan and Juszczyk are a simpatico couple. Both are brilliant — Shanahan the son of a successful NFL head coach and Juszczyk a Harvard graduate.
Shanahan and general manager John Lynch were smart to recognize what they could do with Juszczyk when they signed him to a four-year, $21 million free-agent contract in 2017 — numbers that were eye-popping to many around the league because, after all, he’s only a fullback.
Having Juszczyk on the team has allowed Shanahan to display his offensive genius with the way he uses him in disguised formations, sets and motions.
To get a proper understanding of just how difficult Juszczyk’s presence makes the 49ers offense to defend with its constant misdirection and multiplicity, The Post went to San Francisco defensive players to explain.
“Juce is in his own world — he’s a rare guy to have to have, an X factor,’’ defensive tackle DeForest Buckner said.
“He’s one of the biggest weapons we have on offense, and that’s funny to say considering how many weapons we do have,’’ linebacker Fred Warner said. “What he allows Kyle [Shanahan] to do with the play-calling and being able to use different formations and personnel groupings is amazing. He does it all. It’s hard to think of anyone who’s doing it as well as he is.’’
When Dee Ford, now a 49ers defensive end, was playing with the Chiefs last season, he recalled encountering Juszczyk in the Week 3 meeting, won by Kansas City, 38-27.
“I went up against him last year, and that was a problem,’’ Ford said. “Kyle knew every single rule [player assignment on the Chiefs]. That’s sort of his approach to how he attacks defenses. When you have a coach or a player that can dissect and know what you have to do, that’s a very scary thing to play against.’’
Veteran left tackle Joe Staley marveled at not only Juszczyk’s rare versatility, but how smart he is.
“Juce is unbelievable — not only the blocking, but the overall understanding and knowledge of the offense, because we do so much pre-snap motions and reads and different formations,’’ he said. “He has a complete understanding of what we do offensively. Without him and his knowledge, it would be kind of hard to run our offense. He does everything really, really well, and is very deceptive with what he does. His little nuances with the game that people don’t notice really affects how a defense tries to attack us.’’
Because of how effectively the 49ers have run the ball in their two playoff wins, Juszczyk has not run or caught a ball in the postseason, instead just being asked to block. That makes Super Bowl LIV ripe for Shanahan to call a few offensive plays for him as a form of surprise attack.
The fullback position is seemingly being phased out. On the Associated Press’ annual All-Pro team this year, for example, it doesn’t even recognize the position. In the place of fullback is something called “flex.’’
Carolina’s Christian McCaffrey was recognized as both the All-Pro running back and “flex.’’
“It’s a little annoying, to be honest, as a fullback to see that disrespect,’’ Juszczyk said. “But hopefully, we’ll see that come back around. People like to say the fullback position is dead.’’
Well, if you’ve paid any attention to the 49ers on their ride to Miami and Super Bowl LIV, it ain’t dead yet.


newyorkpost--2020-01-29--Bronx man sentenced to 17 years for shooting that left man paralyzed

A Bronx man who shot an innocent passer-by on a Brooklyn street and left the victim permanently paralyzed was sentenced to 17 years behind bars on Tuesday .
James Sanders , 35 , pleaded guilty last year to attempted murder for the 2016 shooting of Jaquan Carter , who is now 23 and who came to Sanders ’ sentencing in Brooklyn Supreme Court with a group of relatives .
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Miriam Cyrulnik agreed to give Sanders the 17-year sentence if he copped to the charge .
Before handing down the sentence , the judge called Sanders ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and “ cowardly.
” “ You ’ ll have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge of what you did that morning , ” Cyrulnik said .
“ We can see in eyes that he ’ s sad and … he ’ s broken , ” she said .
Sanders gave a short apology from the defense table but didn ’ t fully turn his head to face Carter or his family .
“ I have a lot of empathy for the situation , ” Sanders said .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that .
It was a mistake.
” Carter did not know Sanders prior to the Dec. 14 , 2016 shooting .
Carter was walking that morning to his home on Lefferts Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens and first saw Sanders while he was arguing with another man , according to a release from the Brooklyn District Attorney ’ s Office .
Carter glanced in Sanders ’ direction and Sanders started to yell at him .
Carter kept walking to avoid a fight , but Sanders took out a gun and fired at Carter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanders was arrested weeks after shooting but police didn ’ t recover the weapon until a year and a half later .
Police found the gun stashed at a friend of Sanders ’ house and matched it to the shooting with a ballistics test .

A Bronx man who shot an innocent passer-by on a Brooklyn street and left the victim permanently paralyzed was sentenced to 17 years behind bars on Tuesday.
James Sanders, 35, pleaded guilty last year to attempted murder for the 2016 shooting of Jaquan Carter, who is now 23 and who came to Sanders’ sentencing in Brooklyn Supreme Court with a group of relatives.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Miriam Cyrulnik agreed to give Sanders the 17-year sentence if he copped to the charge. Before handing down the sentence, the judge called Sanders’ actions in the case “shocking” and “cowardly.”
“You’ll have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge of what you did that morning,” Cyrulnik said.
Sanders also heard a tearful statement from Yanira Delgado, Carter’s cousin.
“We can see in eyes that he’s sad and … he’s broken,” she said.
Sanders gave a short apology from the defense table but didn’t fully turn his head to face Carter or his family.
“I have a lot of empathy for the situation,” Sanders said. “It wasn’t supposed to happen like that. It was a mistake.”
Carter did not know Sanders prior to the Dec. 14, 2016 shooting. Carter was walking that morning to his home on Lefferts Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens and first saw Sanders while he was arguing with another man, according to a release from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
Carter glanced in Sanders’ direction and Sanders started to yell at him. Carter kept walking to avoid a fight, but Sanders took out a gun and fired at Carter from behind, the DA says.
Sanders was arrested weeks after shooting but police didn’t recover the weapon until a year and a half later. Police found the gun stashed at a friend of Sanders’ house and matched it to the shooting with a ballistics test.


newyorkpost--2020-01-29--Michael Bloomberg awkwardly shakes dog’s snout at Vermont campaign stop

Presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg touched off a social media debate on how to play with a dog on Tuesday after video emerged of him greeting a dog by shaking its snout at a campaign stop in Vermont .
The encounter between the former New York City mayor and the pooch was filmed Monday in Burlington and has gone viral on Twitter , with millions of users on the platform viewing the video .
The footage shows Bloomberg shake a man ’ s hand , then grab the dog by the muzzle and shake the pooch up and down .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the dog ’ s head .
The dog wagged his tale throughout the episode .
“ That ’ s not how you do that , ” said one .
Another wrote : “ Oh please , he shook the dogs snout .
That is not normal.
” Others said his canine shake shows he ’ s friendly with man ’ s best friend .
“ In his defense I frequently do a handshake with my dog ’ s snout , ” added another Twitter user .
Stu Loeser , a Bloomberg spokesman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plays with his dogs , he plays with his kids ’ dogs , and this video shows him playing with a voter ’ s dog as he became the first candidate to campaign in every Super Tuesday state .
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Presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg touched off a social media debate on how to play with a dog on Tuesday after video emerged of him greeting a dog by shaking its snout at a campaign stop in Vermont.
The encounter between the former New York City mayor and the pooch was filmed Monday in Burlington and has gone viral on Twitter, with millions of users on the platform viewing the video.
The footage shows Bloomberg shake a man’s hand, then grab the dog by the muzzle and shake the pooch up and down.
After the snout-shake, Bloomberg scratches the top of the dog’s head. The dog wagged his tale throughout the episode.
Twitter users questioned Bloomberg’s canine handshake.
“That’s not how you do that,” said one.
Another wrote: “Oh please, he shook the dogs snout. That is not normal.”
Others said his canine shake shows he’s friendly with man’s best friend.
“It shows he’s comfortable with dogs,” a woman said.
“In his defense I frequently do a handshake with my dog’s snout,” added another Twitter user.
Stu Loeser, a Bloomberg spokesman, told Fox News, “Mike plays with his dogs, he plays with his kids’ dogs, and this video shows him playing with a voter’s dog as he became the first candidate to campaign in every Super Tuesday state.”