newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Mets’ Chili Davis: I made ‘right decision’ to work remotely

BUFFALO — Chili Davis has spent the season at home in Arizona working remotely , a choice the Mets hitting coach doesn ’ t regret .
After a Mets player and coach tested positive for COVID-19 in Miami three weeks ago , the 60-year-old Davis — who has a pre-existing condition that places him in the “ high risk ” category if he were to contract the virus — considered himself fortunate to be separated from the team .
“ I think about if that had been me , where would I be right now , being a high-risk person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday .
“ I think I made the right decision.
” Davis said his biggest concern as he weighed the possibility of joining the team this season was traveling to cities such as Miami and Atlanta , where rates of positive tests were high .
“ Do I miss being there ?
Yeah , I do , ” Davis said .
“ I didn ’ t sign up to work from home .
I talk to the guys a lot , I do meetings with them and I am looking at pitchers all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the advance meetings with them via Zoom .
But it ’ s not the same as being there and hands on , walking up to a guy and talking to him or have somebody come to you and be able to discuss what they are feeling and what the need to work on .
“ Being on the bench is one of the things I miss .
Being able to be involved in the game that way , personally , but at the end of the day , I think I made the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sahlen Field will be a homecoming of sorts for Jeurys Familia and pitching coach Jeremy Hefner , as both pitched for the Mets ’ Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo in 2012 .
The team was relocated to Las Vegas the following season .
Jacob deGrom will be making his first career start against the Blue Jays .
The right-hander entered Thursday leading the NL with a 1.69 ERA .
The Indians ’ Shane Bieber led MLB with a 1.25 ERA .

BUFFALO — Chili Davis has spent the season at home in Arizona working remotely, a choice the Mets hitting coach doesn’t regret.
After a Mets player and coach tested positive for COVID-19 in Miami three weeks ago, the 60-year-old Davis — who has a pre-existing condition that places him in the “high risk” category if he were to contract the virus — considered himself fortunate to be separated from the team.
“I think about if that had been me, where would I be right now, being a high-risk person,” Davis told The Post on Thursday. “I think I made the right decision.”
Davis said his biggest concern as he weighed the possibility of joining the team this season was traveling to cities such as Miami and Atlanta, where rates of positive tests were high.
“Do I miss being there? Yeah, I do,” Davis said. “I didn’t sign up to work from home. I talk to the guys a lot, I do meetings with them and I am looking at pitchers all the time, staffs and I do the advance meetings with them via Zoom. But it’s not the same as being there and hands on, walking up to a guy and talking to him or have somebody come to you and be able to discuss what they are feeling and what the need to work on.
“Being on the bench is one of the things I miss. Being able to be involved in the game that way, personally, but at the end of the day, I think I made the right decision.”
These three games at Sahlen Field will be a homecoming of sorts for Jeurys Familia and pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, as both pitched for the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo in 2012. The team was relocated to Las Vegas the following season.
Jacob deGrom will be making his first career start against the Blue Jays. The right-hander entered Thursday leading the NL with a 1.69 ERA. The Indians’ Shane Bieber led MLB with a 1.25 ERA.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--These three Yankees won’t be shielded by short-season excuse

Aaron Boone ’ s stated wish earlier this week that James Paxton ...

It is a funhouse mirror, a high-speed free-fall ride and a freak show rolled into one.
Major League Baseball’s 60-game season also is something you’re more likely to find in a courtroom than at a carnival: a viable defense strategy against allegations of wrongdoing.
What, you seriously want to jettison Brian Cashman or Aaron Boone because of how the Yankees have looked in this COVID-compromised, dramatically reduced campaign? You think Gerrit Cole has lost something, or can’t handle New York? You took your Gleyber Torres Fan Club membership off autopay?
Nah. Not from the 43 games the Yankees have played, and probably not from whatever comes in the remaining 17 contests as well as the postseason. It constitutes, as I and my fellow nerds say, too small a sample size.
Yet the Yankees and their competitors can’t punt on every call this winter, even with the state of 2021 play in question, and there are some Yankees whose travails with either performance or health can’t be ignored altogether because they either continue disturbing trends or come at poor times. Yes, with 17 games left plus (possibly) the postseason, time remains for them to change the narrative, although they have dug considerable holes for themselves.
These are their stories:
With Aaron Boone as his manager, from 2018 until now, Sanchez owns a .748 OPS, placing him ninth among those who have played at least 150 games at catcher in that time, and he has 59 homers, first overall (thanks, Baseball-Reference.com). When you subtract Sanchez’s monster numbers against the awful 2019 Orioles (10 homers and a 1.354 OPS), he still qualifies for the group and places third with his 49 homers … and ninth with a .705 OPS. Understanding that those games against the Orioles counted, that still represents a precipitous drop-off.
The 27-year-old’s 2020 has proven such a rough ride, with an astounding 50 strikeouts in 122 plate appearances, that Boone benched him for a couple of days this past week. His two days back in the lineup produced an 0-for-7 with a walk and (only) two Ks. On Thursday, he was set to DH, with Kyle Higashioka catching Cole.
“Now we just want him to start translating obviously offensively in the game,” Boone said Thursday, before rain postponed the opener of this critical series with the improved Orioles. “Even though he hasn’t gotten any results the last two nights, I do feel like he’s done a better job at the plate, laying off some difficult pitches. … So I do really feel like he’s close. But hopefully we can get the Gary we know who’s capable of wrecking a game.”
Come November or sooner, the Yankees must determine what Sanchez still can do. Might it be best to trade him when he still holds some value? At the least, they’ll need to strengthen their depth at the position.
2. Brett Gardner
His surface numbers (.165/.293/.299) are simply awful, his underlying counts (exit velocity, line-drive rate walks-to-strikeouts and more) far less so; they’re all quite similar to last year’s renaissance.
“There’s definitely part of it that’s bad luck and why, in baseball, things play out over time,” Boone said of Gardner. “That said, I don’t think he’s where he wants to be and hasn’t clicked like we know [he can], but he’s been a lot closer than what his numbers have suggested.”
Two other numbers matter for Gardner: his age (37) and his team option for next year ($10 million), one the Yankees likely can’t justify exercising as the lack of paying fans crushes them. If he’s willing to accept a considerable pay cut, Gardner could fit on next year’s team, given Aaron Judge’s and Giancarlo Stanton’s continuing injury woes and Mike Tauchman’s regression. That gambit would make more sense if Gardner’s actual numbers could catch up to his projected ones.
Boone disclosed Thursday that Paxton, trying to return from a left flexor strain, has been shut down due to soreness. While the Yankees witnessed the lefty’s upside, they also witnessed his injury-proneness in a big way. The impending free agent will have to settle for a pillow contract somewhere, and probably not in The Bronx as the Yankees try to manage their payroll in the coronavirus age.
Honorable non-mention to Judge and Stanton, whose talent and contract/control statuses will bring them back next year, in the hopes of staying healthier, despite their continuing trips to the injured list.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--‘Saturday Night Live’ to resume live shows in October

SNL will return to its iconic studio at 30 Rockefeller Center and resume live , in-person broadcasting on Oct. 3 , NBC announced Thursday .
The episode will kick off the long-running variety show ’ s 46th season .
SNL shut down in-person studio production in March when the coronavirus began to ravage New York City , though the comedy staple has since hosted three remote episodes where cast members were able to do sketches from the comfort and safety of their homes .
While NBC has given the go-ahead to resume in-studio production , it is unclear whether or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
NBC has not released a full schedule of episodes past the Oct. 3 premiere , though the 2020 presidential election is sure to figure heavily into the show ’ s subject matter .
SNL vet Maya Rudolph had already expressed interest in returning to the show to play Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris .
“ I love going to the show , ” said Rudolph .
“ Any excuse I can get , I love .
I just didn ’ t really anticipate traveling during a pandemic , but if there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out I ’ m sure Lorne [ Michaels ] has some sort of invisible helicopter that can get me there.
” As of early Friday , no host or musical guest has been named .

Live from New York … it’s finally Saturday night!
SNL will return to its iconic studio at 30 Rockefeller Center and resume live, in-person broadcasting on Oct. 3, NBC announced Thursday.
The episode will kick off the long-running variety show’s 46th season.
SNL shut down in-person studio production in March when the coronavirus began to ravage New York City, though the comedy staple has since hosted three remote episodes where cast members were able to do sketches from the comfort and safety of their homes.
While NBC has given the go-ahead to resume in-studio production, it is unclear whether or not there will be an in-studio audience.
NBC has not released a full schedule of episodes past the Oct. 3 premiere, though the 2020 presidential election is sure to figure heavily into the show’s subject matter.
SNL vet Maya Rudolph had already expressed interest in returning to the show to play Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
“I love going to the show,” said Rudolph. “Any excuse I can get, I love. I just didn’t really anticipate traveling during a pandemic, but if there’s anyone that can work it out I’m sure Lorne [Michaels] has some sort of invisible helicopter that can get me there.”
As of early Friday, no host or musical guest has been named.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Breshad Perriman is Jets wild card in daunting Bills task

The Jets might be without their best defensive player to ...

If the Jets receivers had a dime for every time they faced quarters pass coverage during training camp, they would be broke.
And it’s not just because Breshad Perriman, Denzel Mims and others missed valuable practice time building a rapport with Sam Darnold. It’s also because, with no preseason games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jets were limited to intrasquad snaps, and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams’ scheme looks very different than what the Buffalo Bills will utilize Sunday.
“One of the things we don’t do here is Coach Williams does not play quarters,” offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains said. “It will be our first exposure to quarters. The clinic goes on in Buffalo. They play it as well as anyone.”
Quarters (also known as Cover 4) is a four-deep, three-under zone coverage with man-to-man principles. The Jets scout team defense this week is mimicking the looks gleaned off studying film, but there are no former All-Pro defensive backs in those matchups, and there are three — cornerbacks Tre’Davious White and Josh Norman and safety Micah Hyde — on the Bills.
Perriman is the wild card who could open things up.
“I feel like I’ve still been out there working with [Darnold] the whole time, and we didn’t miss a beat at all,” Perriman said after missing two weeks with a knee injury. “Sam is going to put the ball where he needs it. From what I can tell, that’s what he specializes at. I don’t think that’s going to be a problem at all.”
But just when coach Adam Gase was finally encouraged about the receiver corps, the rookie Mims took a step back Thursday, when he was limited with injuries to both hamstrings.
Even with Jeff Smith and Vyncint Smith on injured reserve, the situation with Perriman, Jamison Crowder, Chris Hogan and Braxton Berrios ready to go is an improvement over when depth dwindled to an alarming rate during camp.
“This is not going to happen overnight as far as making sure these guys are ready for a 70-play game,” Gase said. “Whoever we have available, every guy has got to be ready to play and we’ve got to make sure that we manage this right.
“This is a situation I look at as we can’t come out of this game, the next games, this first month of the season [with] somebody who has an injury because we were not smart with it. It’s always easier said than done because once it gets competitive, guys don’t want to come out of the game and you don’t want to bring guys out of the game, especially if they’re doing well.”
The optimistic view is the rash of injuries forced every receiver into a starter’s role at one point, and that will allow Darnold to spread the ball around and keep the defense honest for running back Le’Veon Bell.
“We’ve definitely got to find a way to be balanced on offense, running and passing,” Bell said. “I’m confident guys on the outside can make plays. Mims and [Perriman] understand the offense and know what to do. The guys behind them will be comfortable because they got all those reps, too.”
Perriman had the best five-game stretch of his four-year career — 25 catches for 506 yards and five touchdowns — at the end of last season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Loggains compared Perriman’s mid-career breakthrough to that of tight end Delanie Walker with the Tennessee Titans.
“There are so many things that sometimes as players are out of your control,” Loggains said. “What he did a great job of the last half of the season is he maximized opportunities and really put some impressive tape together. He had to battle through a lot of things: Being a first-round pick and moving on, there is a lot of pressure and expectations.
Perriman could be locked into a one-on-one matchup with White, who used to shadow Robby Anderson in matchups with the Jets. But that doesn’t mean he can’t pick up where he left off before changing teams.
“That’s my expectation,” Perriman said. “I’m confident it’s going to happen.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Kevin Durant can’t wait for Steve Nash to teach him ‘more things’

Kevin Durant insisted again that as his last season in ...

Kevin Durant has two rings, an MVP award and more accomplishments than one can count. But he’s driven enough to say he still has a lot to learn, and is confident new Nets coach Steve Nash can teach him.
The Brooklyn star spoke at length on a cross promotion between The Boardroom: Out of Office – hosted by his business partner Rich Kleiman – and the Old Man & the Three, hosted by JJ Redick and Tommy Alter. And Durant hit a host of topics, from why he picked the Nets to Caris LeVert to learning from Nash.
“I’m excited,” Durant said. “Any time a former player gets a job as a coach in the league I’m excited, because that level of knowledge runs deep, especially experiencing it on the floor.
“So his insight for the game, his communication — how he communicates the game of basketball — is definitely going to help me as a player develop, and it’s going to help the rest of our team. … I always feel like I’m a student of the game. Somebody who’s experienced so much and played in different eras, I’m looking forward to him teaching me some more things.”
Nash was hired by Brooklyn despite never having been an assistant coach. But he has a relationship with — and the respect of — Durant, who has been picking the Hall of Famer’s brain for years.
“Our relationship started from him playing, me admiring him as a player, and then playing against him, competing against him,” said Durant. “And finally getting a chance to work out with Steve seven or eight years ago, I understood how his mind worked for the game, and every time I was in the gym with him I was always like a sponge. So I’m looking forward to this, man.”
Durant was introduced to Nash about eight years ago by Adam Harrington, his longtime shooting coach who was a Thunder assistant and is now on the Nets’ staff. Durant worked out with Nash during offseasons, and their rapport solidified when he joined Golden State and Nash was a Warriors consultant.
“Kevin’s always searching, he’s always curious, inquisitive, developing as a human being,” Nash said.
“He’s always trying to grow, always trying to learn and always asking how he can get better. A big part of that is Kevin’s somebody that’s never afraid to say, ‘Help me with this,’ ‘What do you think about that?’ That’s the type of confidence and security it takes to be able to ask for help or know what they don’t know. He has that, along with incredible drive, work ethic, toughness and historic talent.”
With Big Threes having given way to Dynamic Duos, Durant said Caris LeVert is a fine complement to himself and Kyrie Irving.
“Yeah, for sure,” Durant said. “I think Caris is that perfect guy for us. On any given night he could lead us in scoring or assists or he can control the offense. We can go to him in the post in a matchup. I feel like he has the tools to do everything on the basketball court.”
Nash is considering adding Lakers assistant Phil Handy, according to The Athletic. Handy was a Lakers’ player development coach when Nash played there in 2012-13, and a Cavs assistant when Irving helped win a 2016 title.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--SUNY Albany reports ‘very concerning’ COVID-19 outbreak

The president of the State University at Albany reported a “ very concerning ” spike in coronavirus cases among students and warned that in-person classes and other on-campus activities could be suspended for the rest of the fall semester if the outbreak “ is not addressed immediately.
” “ The actions we take over the next few days will determine the course of the rest of our semester , ” president Havid Rodriguez said in a notice sent to students Thursday night .
The Albany County Health Department informed the university of 40 confirmed COVID-19 cases among students since the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which were reported within the past 24 hours .
“ Clusters have been identified within Athletics and in off-campus student housing in the Pine Hills neighborhood , but are not isolated to these students , ” Rodriguez said .
Not addressing the outbreak immediately “ could result in suspending all in-person activities , including teaching , on our campuses , ” Rodriguez said in the e-message co-signed by Michael Christakis , the university ’ s vice president for student affairs .
“ We are working diligently with our partners at ACDOH to isolate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is essential that all students continue to follow state and University public health directives .
These include wearing a mask in public at all times , maintaining six feet of physical distance , frequent hand-washing , and avoiding large gatherings , ” said Rodriguez .
Rodriguez warned that failure to abide by health rules — including isolation and quarantine when directed — will result in “ severe consequences , up to and including suspension for dismissal from the university.
” The spike at the SUNY Albany comes on the heels of a surge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ college campuses .
SUNY Oneonta was the first New York college that suspended in-person classes and shifted totally to remote classes after more 300 students were infected with COVID-19 .
Cornell University is also grappling to contain an outbreak of the killer bug at its Ithaca campus .
Meanwhile officials at other colleges have suspended students for violating health directives by holding mass gatherings and failing to wear masks .

The president of the State University at Albany reported a “very concerning” spike in coronavirus cases among students and warned that in-person classes and other on-campus activities could be suspended for the rest of the fall semester if the outbreak “is not addressed immediately.”
“The actions we take over the next few days will determine the course of the rest of our semester,” president Havid Rodriguez said in a notice sent to students Thursday night.
The Albany County Health Department informed the university of 40 confirmed COVID-19 cases among students since the start of the semester — 31 of which were reported within the past 24 hours.
“Clusters have been identified within Athletics and in off-campus student housing in the Pine Hills neighborhood, but are not isolated to these students,” Rodriguez said.
Not addressing the outbreak immediately “could result in suspending all in-person activities, including teaching, on our campuses,” Rodriguez said in the e-message co-signed by Michael Christakis, the university’s vice president for student affairs.
“We are working diligently with our partners at ACDOH to isolate and quarantine impacted students, but it is essential that all students continue to follow state and University public health directives. These include wearing a mask in public at all times, maintaining six feet of physical distance, frequent hand-washing, and avoiding large gatherings,” said Rodriguez.
Rodriguez warned that failure to abide by health rules — including isolation and quarantine when directed — will result in “severe consequences, up to and including suspension for dismissal from the university.”
The spike at SUNY Albany comes on the heels of a surge in COVID-19 cases at other recently reopened college campuses.
SUNY Oneonta was the first New York college that suspended in-person classes and shifted totally to remote classes after more than 300 students were infected with COVID-19.
Cornell University is also struggling to contain an outbreak of the killer bug at its Ithaca campus.
Meanwhile, officials at other colleges have suspended students for violating health directives by holding mass gatherings and failing to wear masks.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Eleven notable college football players opting out this season

Nine games have already been postponed .
Several stars have opted ...

College football will be without more than the Big Ten and the Pac-12.
In addition to the absence of some of the country’s best teams this fall, the sport will also be short some of its top talent, with roughly 100 players opting out of the season due to COVID-19 concerns and/or preparation for the NFL draft.
Here are the most notable players sitting out this season:
Ja’Marr Chase, WR, LSU
The defending national champions will have a tough time repeating without the reigning Biletnikoff Award winner — given to the nation’s top wide receiver. Even if Heisman winner Joe Burrow were back, Chase would have struggled to surpass his sensational sophomore season, when he made 84 receptions for 1,780 yards and 20 touchdowns, likely securing himself a top-five selection in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Gregory Rousseau, DL, Miami
A potential top-10 pick, the 6-foot-6 redshirt sophomore anchored one of the nation’s best defenses last season, compiling 15.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.
Caleb Farley, CB, Virginia Tech
One of the nation’s best cornerbacks was the first player to opt out of this season, citing health concerns. Another potential top-10 pick, Farley recorded six interceptions over the past two seasons. Last year, opposing quarterbacks held a 26.8 passer rating when throwing to Farley’s side of the field, according to Pro Football Focus.
Jaylen Twyman, DT, Pitt
The 6-foot-2, 290-pound lineman turned the Panthers into the top pass-rushing team in the nation last year, accounting for 10.5 sacks, before being named to this season’s AP Preseason All-American team.
Jamie Newman, QB, Georgia
The Wake Forest graduate transfer leaves Athens without ever taking a snap for the Bulldogs. A Heisman candidate, Newman threw for 26 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and 2,868 yards last season, while finishing with the second-highest grade in the nation on throws of 20 yards or more, according to Pro Football Focus.
Kennedy Brooks, RB, Oklahoma
The second-team All-Big 12 honoree led the conference with 6.5 yards per carry last year, and has been the Sooners’ top running back in consecutive playoff seasons, rushing for 2,067 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Kenneth Gainwell, RB, Memphis
The Tigers running back could be the first off the board at his position in the upcoming draft. Last season, Gainwell finished ninth in the nation in all-purpose yards per game, finishing with a total of 2,069 yards from scrimmage and 16 touchdowns.
Sage Surratt, WR, Wake Forest
Even in an injury-shortened season, the 6-foot-3 standout was named a first-team All-ACC selection after posting 1,001 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns, the most at Wake Forest in three decades.
Micah Parsons, LB, Penn State
A late start — at best — to the Big Ten season will cost the league several stars with NFL aspirations. Parsons, a projected first-round pick, was among the best linebackers in the nation last season, registering 109 tackles, five sacks, four forced fumbles and five passes defended.
Rashod Bateman, WR, Minnesota
A key to the Gophers’ surprising breakthrough last season, Bateman finished with 11 touchdowns and averaged 20.3 yards per catch. The Big Ten’s top receiver is a projected first-round pick.
Rondale Moore, WR, Purdue
The electric, 5-foot-9 athlete was limited to four games last year due to injury. In his first season, he had 114 receptions for 1,258 yards and 12 touchdowns. The preseason All-American has also averaged 19.4 yards per punt return.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--College students throw party despite testing positive for COVID-19

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A college student house held a party over the Labor Day weekend that included people who had recently tested positive for the coronavirus, according to police body camera footage.
Oxford police cited six men who attended a house party near Miami University on Saturday for violating the state’s mass gathering and quarantine ordinance.
Bodycam footage shows an officer arriving at a home near the campus and finding men without masks on the porch.
One of the men tells police that 20 people have gathered at the house, twice the amount of people allowed to congregate in Ohio. The officer asks the group to disperse while he runs the ID of one of the residents.
“I’ve never seen this before,” the officer is heard saying to the student after running his ID. “There’s an input on the computer that you tested positive for COVID?”
“Yes,” the student answers. He goes on to disclose that he tested positive a week before and that every single person at the party has COVID-19, including two people from the house across the street.
“Oh, God. This is what we’re trying to prevent,” the officer responds. “We want to keep this town open.”
The officer questioned why the students weren’t practicing a self-imposed quarantine for 14 days, as recommended by state and federal health officials.
More than 1,000 Miami University students have tested positive for COVID-19 since classes started this fall, according to WKRC.
Gov. Mike DeWine said in a briefing Thursday that cases at Miami are the reason why Butler County remains at a level 3 on the state’s public health advisory system.
The university still plans to start in-person classes on Sept. 21. But school officials have warned that students who refuse to take a test will be denied access to campus services and will have to return to remote learning.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--50 Cent rolls up to drive-in premiere in bright orange Rolls-Royce

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Rather than wowing with designer duds , 50 Cent turned heads by arriving @ @ @ @ @ a bright orange Rolls-Royce .
At the showing of “ Power Book II : Ghost @ @ @ @ @ the crowd — all safely ensconced in their vehicles — “ This is the first @ @ @ @ @ done an intro in front of 50 cars.
” The outdoor showing took place at @ @ @ @ @ 50-acre Water Mill ranch , and was co-hosted by Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch and the @ @ @ @ @ Saffir .
Among those revving their vintage convertibles and SUVs at the hot-ticket screening were @ @ @ @ @ , Christie Brinkley , Alexa Ray Joel and Candace Bushnell .

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Is the drive-in the new red carpet of the COVID era?
Rather than wowing with designer duds, 50 Cent turned heads by arriving at a drive-in premiere in a bright orange Rolls-Royce.
At the showing of “Power Book II: Ghost,” the rapper told the crowd — all safely ensconced in their vehicles — “This is the first time I’ve ever done an intro in front of 50 cars.”
The outdoor showing took place at Jill Rappaport’s sprawling 50-acre Water Mill ranch, and was co-hosted by Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch and the Cinema Society’s Andrew Saffir. Among those revving their vintage convertibles and SUVs at the hot-ticket screening were John Leguizamo, Don Lemon, Christie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel and Candace Bushnell.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both aiming only at a narrow win

The Florida poll of likely voters found 48 percent support ...

The presidential campaign is at knife’s edge. Both parties assume patterns of support will closely resemble those in 2016. And both are making surprisingly little effort, considering how close that contest turned out to be, to increase their levels of support.
The past three years and 10 months have seen little outreach by President Trump to most of those who didn’t vote for him in 2016, particularly to the college-graduate suburbanites who tipped the House to Democrats in 2018.
He seems unwilling or unable to squelch the undisciplined tweets and ad libs that repel such voters, and he seems nonplussed by the prospect of losing the national popular vote again.
Trump has made appeals to non-college-graduate blacks and Hispanics, and polls show some moving toward him, as non-college-graduate whites did four years ago, and probably for similar reasons. But he’s essentially banking on replicating his 2016 inside straight, when he carried the 75 combined electoral votes of Florida (by no more than 1.2 percent) and Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin (by no more than 1 percent).
The bad news for Trump is he’s trailing Joe Biden in polls in all four states, and in other states he carried in 2016 as well. The bad news for Democrats is that the RealClearPolitics polling average shows a narrowing of Biden leads since their summer high points.
Target-state Biden leads may be narrowing even more than his national poll lead, leaving their numbers not far out of line with polls at this point in 2016.
Why hasn’t Biden done better? He’s not weighed down by negatives like Hillary Clinton, who was regarded as honest and trustworthy by only one-third of voters.
As the nominee of the non-incumbent party, he has wide leeway to stake out positions and set priorities with a view to maximizing his vote.
But he doesn’t seem to be trying to do so. Just as Trump is looking for something like a carbon copy of his 2016 narrow victory, Biden’s campaign, like Hillary Clinton’s, has moved to the left of the Barack Obama and Bill Clinton administrations.
Biden is hostile toward fracking, amenable to ninth-month government-funded abortions, eager to raise taxes to the highest levels since Reagan and fond of green-energy policies producing electricity blackouts in high-tech California.
What he’s unwilling to say has been significant as well. Just as broadcast networks and CNN have portrayed Black Lives Matter demonstrations as “mostly peaceful,” even when fires rage in the background, Biden and other Democrats made no mention whatever, much less a denunciation, of violent rioting at their virtual national convention last month. That, even though, as an academic study revealed, there have been some 570 violent riots in 220 cities and towns since late May.
After the Republicans’ virtual convention and after polling showed public concern, Biden suddenly broke his silence on rioting, blaming right-wing extremists but not the more numerous Antifa terrorists. Of course, no reporter, in the brief period the Biden campaign has allowed the candidate to be questioned, has brought up the subject.
The likelihood is that Biden can ride out the campaign while maintaining near or total silence on this and other issues, and in the primaries he showed the capacity to hold his own in debates. But that strategy is risky since Biden, like Trump, is capable of self-harm, and it’s obvious that many Democrats are nervous.
One reason is that Democratic voters are much more risk-averse than Republicans and hence more likely to say they’ll vote absentee or by mail. That’s risky in states that aren’t used to tabulating such ballots and where voters aren’t used to following absentee-ballot instructions.
This raises the possibility that election night returns will show Trump far ahead in target states, with his lead being nibbled down as mail ballots are tabulated. The possibilities for fraud, misinformation, lawsuits and delay are manifold. Democrats have taken to predicting that, if defeated, Trump will not leave office, just as the leftist Sally Kohn predicted four years ago that “if Trump wins, Hillary supporters will be sad. If Hillary wins, Trump supporters will be angry.”
That turned out to be a case of projection: Democrats have been angry about Trump winning and trying furiously to expel him from office ever since. We’re at knife’s edge for the eight weeks until Election Day and maybe for weeks after that.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--When a 15-year-old shoots a 6-year-old in a gang hit, something’s gone horribly wrong

A Brooklyn grand jury on Friday indicted Donovan Bailey , 15 , on attempted murder and other charges in the Labor Day shooting that saw bullets shatter the femur of Maxwell Cesc-Dinho , 6 , and injure five other innocents .
Imagine : an alleged hardened thug at 15 , a reputed member of the Crips who was already facing robbery charges in a 2019 case and has eight prior arrests in total .
We fear this case , and others like it , exposes a serious flaw in New York ’ s Raise the Age law , which boost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18 to prioritize rehabilitation over punishment for minors .
Yes , save the adult sentences for adult perpetrators .
But this has given the Crips and other gangs strong incentive to hand adult “ jobs , ” such as the retaliatory hit that Labor Day attack was supposed to be , to children .
Indeed , gangs have added cause to recruit kids for dirty work .
Would Donovan Bailey be where he is now without that law ?
No need to go back to the old standard , where New York was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charge 16- and 17-year-olds as adults .
But the reform seems to need some reform of its own .

A Brooklyn grand jury on Friday indicted Donovan Bailey, 15, on attempted murder and other charges in the Labor Day shooting that saw bullets shatter the femur of Maxwell Cesc-Dinho, 6, and injure five other innocents.
Imagine: an alleged hardened thug at 15, a reputed member of the Crips who was already facing robbery charges in a 2019 case and has eight prior arrests in total.
We fear this case, and others like it, exposes a serious flaw in New York’s Raise the Age law, which boost the presumed age of criminal responsibility to 18 to prioritize rehabilitation over punishment for minors.
Yes, save the adult sentences for adult perpetrators. But this has given the Crips and other gangs strong incentive to hand adult “jobs,” such as the retaliatory hit that Labor Day attack was supposed to be, to children. Indeed, gangs have added cause to recruit kids for dirty work.
Would Donovan Bailey be where he is now without that law? No need to go back to the old standard, where New York was one of only two states to automatically charge 16- and 17-year-olds as adults. But the reform seems to need some reform of its own.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Why ‘Ratched’ Jon Jon Briones trusts Ryan Murphy’s vision

Jon Jon Briones returns to Ryan Murphy ’ s eerie , surrealistic world in “ Ratched , ” his prequel series about villainous “ One Flew Over the Cuckoo ’ s Nest ” nurse Mildred Ratched .
The eight-episode drama starts in 1947 , as the evil Ratched ( Sarah Paulson ) wheedles her way into a job at a California psychiatric hospital run by Dr. Richard Hanover ( Briones ) — who , like Ratched , is hiding horrific secrets of his own .
Briones , born in the Philippines , appeared in two previous Murphy series on FX @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Horror Story ” and as Modesto Cunanan , the father of serial killer Andrew Cunanan , in “ American Crime Story.
” His long TV resume includes roles on “ Monk , ” “ All Rise , ” “ Designated Survivor ” and “ Better Things.
” Briones , 55 , spoke to The Post about his “ Ratched ” role as Hanover .
Were you given a nutshell description of Hanover going into the project ?
Before we started shooting , I was sent the first three episodes .
Ryan [ Murphy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to talk about my character and I said , “ Yes , please , ” but it never happened .
I don ’ t know if that was by design , if he didn ’ t want me to know too much .
I remember at the Emmys afterparty for “ The Assassination of Gianni Versace ” Ryan said to me , “ You ’ re going to be very happy with the role you ’ re playing in ‘ Ratched.
’ I wrote you a wonderful character , a brilliant doctor.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my wife was reading them as well — she loves to read all my scripts and is a good gauge — and when I heard her in the silence go “ Oh my God !
” I knew it was good because it ’ s so hard to shock her .
So you had no idea where Hanover was headed beyond the first three scripts ?
No .
First of all it was curious that my [ character ’ s ] name is [ a very American-sounding ] Richard Hanover .
I thought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going that way.
” There ’ s a line in the first episode when Mildred says to me , “ Excuse me , doctor , are you of Filipino descent ?
” so they were acknowledging my culture in this character .
That grounded me a little .
If Ryan didn ’ t want to talk about it , I made the decision to trust it and see where it took me .
Then there ’ s that scene with Lenore [ Sharon Stone ] and Wainwright [ Corey Stoll ] when it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so I thought , “ OK , you ’ re here now , this isn ’ t the time to ask questions — piece everything together and do your best.
” You have to trust Ryan ; his vision is so planned .
I didn ’ t want to shake the tree .
Hanover performs two different types of gory lobotomies on his patients .
Did you do any research on that ?
Yes , and thank god for YouTube .
It ’ s amazing what you can find there .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lobotomies were , they were used widely during the 1940s .
You can see the desperation of health workers to try to find something drastic , since the treatment of mental health was becoming a really big problem .
There ’ s something tragic about him .
He ’ s a brilliant doctor , but his ego gets in the way .
I see him as having a God complex , like , “ Now I can cure everyone.
” He ’ s a good person , in my opinion , and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all people , in this world in the 1940s , he basically has chip on his shoulder .
He ’ s trying to make it in a world where people like him are designed to fail .
Everything is stacked against him and he made one very big mistake — and it ’ s a downhill journey from there .
He ’ s a mess .
What ’ s it like to work with Sarah Paulson ?
My very first scene on “ American Horror Story ” — I joined them in Episode @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collision with Sarah ’ s character .
That was an amazing day .
She ’ s wonderful and knows her s–t .
She very prepared and very professional .
She sets the pace on the set .
She ’ s so much fun and a very generous human being .

Jon Jon Briones returns to Ryan Murphy’s eerie, surrealistic world in “Ratched,” his prequel series about villainous “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” nurse Mildred Ratched.
The eight-episode drama starts in 1947, as the evil Ratched (Sarah Paulson) wheedles her way into a job at a California psychiatric hospital run by Dr. Richard Hanover (Briones) — who, like Ratched, is hiding horrific secrets of his own.
Briones, born in the Philippines, appeared in two previous Murphy series on FX: as Ariel Augustus in “American Horror Story” and as Modesto Cunanan, the father of serial killer Andrew Cunanan, in “American Crime Story.” His long TV resume includes roles on “Monk,” “All Rise,” “Designated Survivor” and “Better Things.”
Briones, 55, spoke to The Post about his “Ratched” role as Hanover.
Were you given a nutshell description of Hanover going into the project?
Before we started shooting, I was sent the first three episodes. Ryan [Murphy] e-mailed me asking if I wanted to talk about my character and I said, “Yes, please,” but it never happened. I don’t know if that was by design, if he didn’t want me to know too much. I remember at the Emmys afterparty for “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” Ryan said to me, “You’re going to be very happy with the role you’re playing in ‘Ratched.’ I wrote you a wonderful character, a brilliant doctor.” When I was reading the scripts, my wife was reading them as well — she loves to read all my scripts and is a good gauge — and when I heard her in the silence go “Oh my God!” I knew it was good because it’s so hard to shock her.
So you had no idea where Hanover was headed beyond the first three scripts?
No. First of all it was curious that my [character’s] name is [a very American-sounding] Richard Hanover. I thought, “OK, we’re going that way.” There’s a line in the first episode when Mildred says to me, “Excuse me, doctor, are you of Filipino descent?” so they were acknowledging my culture in this character. That grounded me a little. If Ryan didn’t want to talk about it, I made the decision to trust it and see where it took me. Then there’s that scene with Lenore [Sharon Stone] and Wainwright [Corey Stoll] when it’s mentioned that Hanover is Filipino, so I thought, “OK, you’re here now, this isn’t the time to ask questions — piece everything together and do your best.” You have to trust Ryan; his vision is so planned. I didn’t want to shake the tree.
Hanover performs two different types of gory lobotomies on his patients. Did you do any research on that?
Yes, and thank god for YouTube. It’s amazing what you can find there. The thing is, no matter how barbaric lobotomies were, they were used widely during the 1940s. You can see the desperation of health workers to try to find something drastic, since the treatment of mental health was becoming a really big problem.
Describe Hanover for me.
There’s something tragic about him. He’s a brilliant doctor, but his ego gets in the way. I see him as having a God complex, like, “Now I can cure everyone.” He’s a good person, in my opinion, and for him to be all those things to all people, in this world in the 1940s, he basically has chip on his shoulder. He’s trying to make it in a world where people like him are designed to fail. Everything is stacked against him and he made one very big mistake — and it’s a downhill journey from there. He’s a mess.
What’s it like to work with Sarah Paulson?


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--AOC and the partisan ‘beauty’ double standard

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has done a step-by-step tutorial of her ...

The newest feminist weapon to fight the patriarchy? A tube of concealer . . . but only in the hands of the likes of lefty icon Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
AOC is winning raves for bravely demonstrating her beauty routine last month in a Vogue video, one in a series of makeup tutorials from beauty gurus like Kylie Jenner and plus-size supermodel Ashley Graham. One Financial Times columnist, for example, cheered how she makes “no apology for her love of prettifying.”
The congresswoman makes some fair points in the video, which has racked up over 2 million views. She laments that women in politics are supposed to look a certain way and criticizes the “nitpicking about how women present themselves,” even as she explains her beauty routine as empowering.
Our issue is with the double standard: Can you imagine Vogue doing the same with a Republican woman? That same FT piece suggests women of the GOP who show a full face of makeup are a “shellacked parade” eager to please President Trump.
It’s the same tired story. When Sarah Palin sported a stylish wardrobe during the 2008 campaign, she got slammed as an excessive materialist. Melania Trump — a drop-dead-gorgeous model with exquisite taste — doesn’t get to be a fashion icon in the White House. Ivanka Trump, who has also modeled and built a fashion biz, gets to see her company falter thanks to political prejudice after the 2016 election.
Even the media narrative around Trump aide Hope Hicks, who only modeled as a teenager, centered on portraying her as a shallow fame-hound.
But when AOC spends 18 minutes applying her serums and moisturizers, it’s a poignant blow to stereotypes. Give us a break.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Mass resignation by Rochesters’ top cops is a win for the mob and loss for the public

Under fire from protesters and politicians , Rochester Police Chief La ’ Ron Singletary abruptly resigned this week — and so did his entire command staff .
It raises the ugly question : Who ’ d want to become a police officer , much less a commander , now ?
There ’ s a real gripe here : Several Rochester cops were involved in the death of Daniel Prude on March 24 , and bodycam video released publicly only recently does not make them look good .
But state Attorney General Tish James has been investigating the incident since March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And Prude ’ s own brother called the police that night after Daniel , with a history of mental issues , began to act erratically .
The video shows a real struggle to take him into custody , including a battle to put a mesh spit hood over his head — because , the officers say , he claimed to be COVID-positive and was spitting at them .
Until the investigation ( likely delayed , like everything else , by the pandemic ) is done , we can ’ t say with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Such confrontations are a too-familiar result of systems that leave it to police to handle people with serious mental issues .
But that doesn ’ t matter to the protesters who swarmed to Rochester to march and riot after the tape came out .
More : Mayor Lovely Warren joined the activists in questioning Singletary ’ s truthfulness and character .
So the chief decided to leave at month ’ s end : “ As a man of integrity , I will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ veteran explained .
His top aides quit , too : Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito is retiring after 34 years ; Deputy Chief Mark Simmons is returning to his previous rank .
Commanders Fabian Rivera and Elena Correia and others are likewise either retiring or returning to lower-ranked posts .
The group announced the mass exit shortly before they were to brief the mayor and City Council — a pointed answer to the politicians ’ posturing .
In 18 months as chief , Singletary assembled a command staff that looked like the residents of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hailed from the communities the RPD patrols .
He ’ d been trying to implement internal reforms ; that ’ s all up in the air now .
The mob is cheering the top cops ’ exit as a victory .
The real losers , clearly , are the good citizens of Rochester .

Under fire from protesters and politicians, Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary abruptly resigned this week — and so did his entire command staff. It raises the ugly question: Who’d want to become a police officer, much less a commander, now?
There’s a real gripe here: Several Rochester cops were involved in the death of Daniel Prude on March 24, and bodycam video released publicly only recently does not make them look good.
But state Attorney General Tish James has been investigating the incident since March: This was not being covered up.
And Prude’s own brother called the police that night after Daniel, with a history of mental issues, began to act erratically. The video shows a real struggle to take him into custody, including a battle to put a mesh spit hood over his head — because, the officers say, he claimed to be COVID-positive and was spitting at them.
Until the investigation (likely delayed, like everything else, by the pandemic) is done, we can’t say with confidence if the cops did wrong. Such confrontations are a too-familiar result of systems that leave it to police to handle people with serious mental issues.
But that doesn’t matter to the protesters who swarmed to Rochester to march and riot after the tape came out. More: Mayor Lovely Warren joined the activists in questioning Singletary’s truthfulness and character.
So the chief decided to leave at month’s end: “As a man of integrity, I will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character,” the 20-year Rochester PD veteran explained.
His top aides quit, too: Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito is retiring after 34 years; Deputy Chief Mark Simmons is returning to his previous rank. Commanders Fabian Rivera and Elena Correia and others are likewise either retiring or returning to lower-ranked posts. The group announced the mass exit shortly before they were to brief the mayor and City Council — a pointed answer to the politicians’ posturing.
In 18 months as chief, Singletary assembled a command staff that looked like the residents of Rochester — and, like him, hailed from the communities the RPD patrols. He’d been trying to implement internal reforms; that’s all up in the air now.
The mob is cheering the top cops’ exit as a victory. The real losers, clearly, are the good citizens of Rochester.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Osama bin Laden’s niece pens 9/11 statement: ‘I, for one, will never forget’

Noor bin Ladin , the niece of Osama Bin Laden , penned a letter of support to the United States @ @ @ @ @ of the Sept. 11 terror attacks .
“ For the past nineteen years , not @ @ @ @ @ since this horrible , tragic day that I haven ’ t thought of you , @ @ @ @ @ with you for all the innocent lives lost , ” the Swiss native , who @ @ @ @ @ her uncle , wrote on Twitter .
“ This is in part due to this @ @ @ @ @ links me to these atrocious attacks , but more importantly because of my love for @ @ @ @ @ went on that she would “ never forget ” the victims of the deadliest terror @ @ @ @ @ as well as the “ heroes ” who rushed to the scene .
She stressed @ @ @ @ @ values ” are “ diametrically opposed to the name that I bear.
” Bin Ladin @ @ @ @ @ , endorsing President Trump for reelection in a letter last week .

Noor bin Ladin, the niece of Osama Bin Laden, penned a letter of support to the United States Friday for the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
“For the past nineteen years, not a day has gone by since this horrible, tragic day that I haven’t thought of you, America, and grieved privately with you for all the innocent lives lost,” the Swiss native, who spells her name differently than her uncle, wrote on Twitter.
“This is in part due to this inexplicable turn of fate that links me to these atrocious attacks, but more importantly because of my love for your country.”
Bin Ladin went on that she would “never forget” the victims of the deadliest terror attack on American soil, as well as the “heroes” who rushed to the scene.
She stressed that her “feelings and values” are “diametrically opposed to the name that I bear.”
Bin Ladin has become more vocal recently, endorsing President Trump for reelection in a letter last week.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Donald Trump’s self-inflicted wound: talking to Bob Woodward

President Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to downplay the ...

The latest hammer of a book to fall on Donald Trump is Bob Woodward’s soon-to-be-released “Rage,” and it’s his own words that are the issue.
According to the book, the president told the veteran Washington Post journalist in March that he publicly minimized the danger of the coronavirus: “I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.”
This was after Trump explained to Woodward about a month earlier that the virus is “deadly stuff,” spread through the air and more dangerous than the seasonal flu.
The revelations obviously can’t be chalked up to dubious anonymous sources, because Trump said these things himself, in on-the-record, taped interviews — 18 of them.
How to handle Woodward is a challenge for any White House, but putting Trump on the phone with him for hours was bound, ultimately, to be an exercise in masochism. By talking to Woodward at such length, Trump has, in effect, authored his own tell-all book to compete with those of his niece and his former fixer.
If a Kinsley gaffe is when a politician tells the truth, the Woodward book is a Kinsley revelation, confirming what everyone already knew to be true.
Trump obviously wanted to accent the positive on the virus from the beginning and, besides a brief period of greater sobriety, has done it ever since.
As a result, he’s fallen down on a key aspect of presidential leadership in a crisis, which requires serious and credible communication. The president’s most fervent defenders might dismiss this as “just words,” but what leaders say matters a great deal, or we wouldn’t remember how Lincoln, FDR and Churchill rallied their peoples at times of testing.
If anyone appreciates, indeed overestimates, the power of words, it’s Trump himself, who thought he could bend the virus to his will by diminishing it and predicting its imminent rout.
Any government tends to default to assurances, whether they are warranted or not. Trump’s repeated statements at the outset of the pandemic that “we have it under control” are fairly typical of any leader confronting a situation he or she might not be able to control. His concern about not creating a panic is also reasonable and common enough.
His lapse is failing to say consistently from the very beginning, “This could be bad, and we should prepare for the worst.” Even when he did say it, he’d soon revert back to statements positing a magical disappearance of the virus.
He spoke like a man who, in keeping with the axiom that perception is reality, was used to being able to get the media and the wider world to honor an image of himself that he created through his ebullience, carping and sheer insistence.
But the virus couldn’t be spun or dazzled. And so, rather than changing reality to his liking, which he’d so often done in his prior life as a celebrity developer, Trump seemed out of touch with reality, an incredibly perilous position for a president.
He considered bad coronavirus numbers a personal affront and so brushed by them or focused on what he thought were better numbers (total tests, the case fatality rate).
While Trump hewed to his rosy scenario, his administration undertook a concerted effort to solve problems related to the response. This story has gone mostly untold, in large part because the president hasn’t related it in detail and his posture has always been that the end of the pandemic is right around the corner.
With the Sunbelt outbreak waning, perhaps the pandemic will indeed loosen its grip by November. But the country has already gone through significant disruption and suffering that is worse for the president politically because he’s so often been in denial.
The Woodward book will underline this vulnerability, but it is one entirely of the president’s own making.
Twitter: @RichLowry


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Teen gangbanger busted for shooting after being released from juvie

An alleged teen Bloods member convicted as a minor on a gun charge has been busted again in connection with a summer shooting — right after being sprung from juvenile detention .
Jaytiwon Braxton , 18 , has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly wounding a victim in a gang-related shooting near the St. Nicholas Houses in Harlem back on Aug. 31. , police sources said .
Braxton , of Brooklyn , was busted for the shooting on West 46th Street in Midtown Wednesday , when cops caught him selling drugs while carrying a 40. caliber weapon , sources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Brownsville ’ s Crossroads Juvenile Center after serving 18 months for a charge of criminal possession of a weapon .
He pleaded guilty to that crime back in April 2019 , but because he was 16 at the time he could not be charged as an adult under the state ’ s recently instituted “ Raise the Age ” law .
The law raised the age a child could be prosecuted as an adult in criminal cases from 16 to 18 , and took effect Oct. 1 , 2018 .
New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ states where 16-year-olds were automatically processed as an adult , no matter the offense .
While detained in Crossroads , Braxton was also arrested twice for assault , according to police sources .
He could face an attempted murder charge , among others , but because his record as a juvenile is sealed it could weaken the court ’ s sentencing , according to sources .

An alleged teen Bloods member convicted as a minor on a gun charge has been busted again in connection with a summer shooting — right after being sprung from juvenile detention.
Jaytiwon Braxton, 18, has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly wounding a victim in a gang-related shooting near the St. Nicholas Houses in Harlem back on Aug. 31., police sources said.
Braxton, of Brooklyn, was busted for the shooting on West 46th Street in Midtown Wednesday, when cops caught him selling drugs while carrying a 40. caliber weapon, sources alleged.
Braxton had recently been released from Brownsville’s Crossroads Juvenile Center after serving 18 months for a charge of criminal possession of a weapon.
He pleaded guilty to that crime back in April 2019, but because he was 16 at the time he could not be charged as an adult under the state’s recently instituted “Raise the Age” law.
The law raised the age a child could be prosecuted as an adult in criminal cases from 16 to 18, and took effect Oct. 1, 2018. New York state was previously just one of two states where 16-year-olds were automatically processed as an adult, no matter the offense.
While detained in Crossroads, Braxton was also arrested twice for assault, according to police sources.
He could face an attempted murder charge, among others, but because his record as a juvenile is sealed it could weaken the court’s sentencing, according to sources.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--On today’s campus, it’s all too kosher to honor a terrorist

Forty-four years ago , Uri Bar-Lev became the only pilot to ...

She’s been glorified in the leftist media as a revolutionary, the female Che Guevara. In reality, Leila Khaled, a failed bomber who cut her teeth on commandeering airplanes, is just an unrepentant terrorist with a wicked Jew-hating streak.
Fifty-one years after assuming the title of the world’s “first female hijacker,” Khaled should be locked up, shut down or on the run. Instead, she’s set to receive a place of honor this month at a woke American college campus (or is that redundant?). She is to speak at a virtual event at San Francisco State University entitled: “Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice and Resistance: A Conversation with Leila Khaled.”
Khaled’s transformation from Public Enemy to Justified Jihadist proves that all it takes to make that leap is a good public-relations strategy. This angers Jerry Richter, a New York City public-school teacher who, as a 9-year-old boy, was a passenger on a plane hijacked unsuccessfully by Khaled and an accomplice, a near-death trauma with which he still grapples emotionally.
“This event, coupled with the Holocaust, defined who I am today,’’ Richter, now 59, tells me.
In 1969, Khaled, now 76, was an attractive 25-year-old self-styled freedom fighter who pledged loyalty to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is classified as a terrorist organization by the United States and European Union. A photograph of her in a kaffiyeh, brandishing an AK-47 rifle, was published widely.
She was part of a team of maniacs who forced TWA Flight 840 from Rome to Tel Aviv to divert to Damascus, Syria. No one was injured. That time.
Then, on Sept. 6, 1970, she and a comrade tried to hijack another jet, El Al Flight 219, as part of a day of concerted attacks on five planes. Richter, who was traveling home to the United States with his 11-year-old brother after spending the summer in Israel with family, remembers the flight stopping in Amsterdam to pick up more passengers.
“It was soon after we took off, and there was a commotion in the front of the plane. We nosedived,’’ he says.
“I was sitting in the aisle seat and heard a couple of pops, which I later learned were gunshots. One was from the male terrorist, Patrick Arguello, who shot a steward in the stomach and then was quickly neutralized by an air marshal.’’ Arguello, a Nicaraguan-American Sandinista, died.
“The woman terrorist, Leila Khaled, was on the floor, and I recall a large man on top of her. She managed to pull the pin out of the grenade.’’ It was as if time stopped.
The device did not explode.
The plane landed in London, and Richter spoke by phone to his frantic mom and dad, Holocaust survivors.
British authorities released Khaled just weeks later in a prisoner exchange for civilian hostages kidnapped by her fellow PFLP members. She lives in Amman, Jordan, and remains an enthusiastic foe of Israel.
In a 2017 speech at the European Parliament, she trashed Zionists as being worse than Nazis. She blathered, “You can’t compare the actions of the Nazis to the actions of the Zionists in Gaza,” adding: “The Nazis were judged in Nuremberg but not a single one of the Zionists has yet been brought to justice.”
Actually, unlike neighbors in Muslim-majority countries, Israelis suspected of causing questionable deaths are investigated and even punished by governmental authorities.
American institutions of higher education have long provided safe spaces for international anti-Semites to bloviate freely. Columbia University in New York hosted Iran’s foul former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2007 and Malaysia’s Jew-hating prime minister Mahathir bin Mohamad just last year.
The event featuring Khaled is to be presented by San Francisco State University’s Department of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies headed by Professor Rabab Abdulhadi — a devoted anti-Zionist who has been accused of hate speech and harassment against pro-Israel students.
The talk has drawn fire from a number of Jewish groups, but school reps defend it on free-speech grounds.
“Having her speak at San Francisco State University dishonors the memories of all the innocents who have been murdered by terrorist organizations like the PFLP,’’ says Richter. This is “a testament to the warped values that institutions instill in our youth.’’
Let’s hope common sense prevails and this hate fest is scrapped.
apeyser@nypost.com


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Boy dies at suburban Chicago hotel after granite tabletop falls on his head

A five-year-old boy died in a hotel outside of Chicago last week when a granite tabletop fell on him during a wedding reception .
Luca Berlingerio , of Glenview , Illinois , was killed during the tragic accident while he was with his family at the Drake Hotel in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook on Sept. 4 , according to the Oak Brook Police Department .
Police said surveillance video from the hotel shows Berlingerio lying across a table with a granite top , which was positioned against the back of a sofa where other children were playing at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slide off the table , he grabbed its edge to stabilize himself .
But as he descended , the stone tabletop fell on his head , according to police .
Berlingerio suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead .
“ Our team is heartbroken about this terrible accident , ” said Lee Hoener , Drake Hotel ’ s general manager , in a statement .
“ We wish to share our condolences with the family and friends affected .
To respect their privacy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the specifics of the incident.
” A GoFundMe was launched to support the child ’ s mother , Simone Berlingerio .
The site has set a goal to raise $ 10,000 for the family and has collected more than $ 2,800 over two days .

A five-year-old boy died in a hotel outside of Chicago last week when a granite tabletop fell on him during a wedding reception.
Luca Berlingerio, of Glenview, Illinois, was killed during the tragic accident while he was with his family at the Drake Hotel in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook on Sept. 4, according to the Oak Brook Police Department.
Police said surveillance video from the hotel shows Berlingerio lying across a table with a granite top, which was positioned against the back of a sofa where other children were playing at the time.
As Berlingerio tried to slide off the table, he grabbed its edge to stabilize himself. But as he descended, the stone tabletop fell on his head, according to police.
Berlingerio suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
“Our team is heartbroken about this terrible accident,” said Lee Hoener, Drake Hotel’s general manager, in a statement. “We wish to share our condolences with the family and friends affected. To respect their privacy, we aren’t able to share the specifics of the incident.”
A GoFundMe was launched to support the child’s mother, Simone Berlingerio. The site has set a goal to raise $10,000 for the family and has collected more than $2,800 over two days.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Ron Perelman looking to sell massive Hamptons estate for $180M

Ron Perelman has unloaded AM General , the maker of Humvee ...

Ron Perelman’s infamous selling spree appears to continue with his palatial Hamptons estate, The Post has learned.
The billionaire businessman behind Revlon is entertaining offers for his Hamptons property known as “The Creeks” for around $180 million, sources familiar with the situation said.
A Perelman spokeswoman on Friday denied the heavily guarded estate, which sits on 57 acres right by Georgica Pond, is for sale “officially or unofficially.” But brokers to billionaires have been getting word from Perelman insiders that it’s open to offers — what’s known in the trade as a “whisper” listing, sources said.
“The Creeks” is one the biggest properties in the Hamptons and has been host to stars like Jennifer Hudson, Usher and Jon Bon Jovi, all of whom have belted out tunes on a floor still splattered with paint from the late and legendary Jackson Pollack at Perelman’s annual Apollo charity benefits.
The luxury estate was the subject of an attic fire two years ago, but Perelman wasn’t home at the time and no one was injured.
The sale comes as the 77-year-old businessman has been selling off assets like it’s the end of the world — a public process that’s become the subject of gossip from Wall Street to Washington DC, where Perelman has been a donor to pols on both sides of the aisle, from Hillary Clinton to President Trump.
His daughter Samantha, from his second wife and legendary Page Six editor Claudia Cohen (he’s been married five times), has also put her lavish East Hampton estate on the market for $150 million, sources say. That property, at 153 Lily Pond Lane, sits on 8.5 acres and is where Samantha hunkered down during the pandemic and celebrated her 30th birthday.
The estate runs from Lily Pond Lane to the ocean and features “all the bells and whistles” like a great lawn, pool and tennis court, sources said. “I was supposed to see it yesterday but it was raining — and it is way overpriced,” dished one top broker who did not want to be named.
Perelman’s downsizing efforts have included the sale of his 70 percent stake in Humvee maker AM General in July, as well as the auctioning of paintings by Joan Miro and Henri Matisse for $37.3 million, also in July.
Last year he hired Goldman Sachs to “explore strategic alternatives” for Revlon where $3 billion in loans came due this year, according to Fortune. He’s also reportedly looking to offload to his 39 percent stake in Scientific Games, which makes gaming equipment for the casino industry. Perelman has also sold his pet publishing project, The Independent, a money-losing but popular East Hampton paper in June.
The downsizing comes as Perelman’s net worth has collapsed to $4.55 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, down from closer to $20 billion in 2018.
The billionaire recently tried to put a stop to the endless gabbing about his selling by issuing a rare statement to Vanity Fair saying he desires “a less complicated and less leveraged business life.”
“A simpler life, with less running around and more time with my family, including homeschooling our youngest children, has energized me and taught me new things. For the future, I will spend my time more with my family and all my children, seeking new investment opportunities, and running our companies.”
When asked why he is selling now, one source opined: “He was sick and had an operation on his leg. Maybe this is part of estate planning. You just don’t know. But this is a pre-vaccine Covid market and the impact and reach of it is worldwide.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--‘YMCA’ writer OK with Trump using song — but he wants to see him dance

President Trump has drawn heat form stars such as Bruce Springsteen , the Rolling Stones and John Fogerty for using their songs before his rallies , but one composer has no problem with it .
Victor Willis of the Village People says Trump is welcome to continue using “ YMCA ” at his re-election rallies — he just wants to see the commander in chief do the iconic dance .
“ ’ YMCA ’ is everybody ’ s anthem and go-to song for fun .
As for the president ’ s use , I have not granted permission for use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ required , ” Willis told Bloomberg News through a spokesman .
“ If I were a Trump hater maybe I ’ d sue him simply out of spite , ” Willis said .
“ I am not , and I ’ m not going to have my lawyers sue the president .
But he should at least do the ‘ YMCA ’ dance while he ’ s at it.
” Recently , Trump stopped playing The Rolling Stones ’ song “ You Can ’ t Always Get What You Want ” as he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it with “ YMCA.
” Trump also routinely plays “ Macho Man ” from the Village People at rallies .
Although “ YMCA ” is a go-to hit for MAGA rallies , the 1978 song also is reputed to be a secret celebration of gay experiences at Young Men ’ s Christian Association facilities .
But Willis , who is straight , says the song is a sincere tribute to innocent fun .
“ The lyrics were written by me as an expression of urban youths having fun at the YMCA .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken any number of ways but not specific to gays .
It ’ s much broader than that , ” Willis said in 2014 .
Willis holds 50 percent of the copyright to “ YMCA ” and in 2015 told the San Diego Union-Tribune it “ is still grossing millions , per year — just that one song — globally .
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President Trump has drawn heat form stars such as Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and John Fogerty for using their songs before his rallies, but one composer has no problem with it.
Victor Willis of the Village People says Trump is welcome to continue using “YMCA” at his re-election rallies — he just wants to see the commander in chief do the iconic dance.
“’YMCA’ is everybody’s anthem and go-to song for fun. As for the president’s use, I have not granted permission for use at his rallies because permission is not required,” Willis told Bloomberg News through a spokesman.
“If I were a Trump hater maybe I’d sue him simply out of spite,” Willis said. “I am not, and I’m not going to have my lawyers sue the president. But he should at least do the ‘YMCA’ dance while he’s at it.”
Recently, Trump stopped playing The Rolling Stones’ song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” as he walks off stage at rallies — replacing it with “YMCA.”
Trump also routinely plays “Macho Man” from the Village People at rallies.
Although “YMCA” is a go-to hit for MAGA rallies, the 1978 song also is reputed to be a secret celebration of gay experiences at Young Men’s Christian Association facilities. But Willis, who is straight, says the song is a sincere tribute to innocent fun.
“The lyrics were written by me as an expression of urban youths having fun at the YMCA. The words were crafted by me to be taken any number of ways but not specific to gays. It’s much broader than that,” Willis said in 2014.
Willis holds 50 percent of the copyright to “YMCA” and in 2015 told the San Diego Union-Tribune it “is still grossing millions, per year — just that one song — globally.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Cloister Cafe wins temporary restraining order against SLA

Nick Drobenko ’ s Cloister Cafe is claiming victory after a judge granted it a temporary restraining order against the State Liquor Authority and ruled that it could open temporarily on Friday .
The East Village hot spot had sued the SLA last month after it was shut down for allegedly hosting secret after-hours parties and violating COVID-19 regulations .
“ This is huge news and a welcome relief to Cloister Cafe and its employees and the Drobenko family who have been out of work since March , ” the venue ’ s lawyer , Robert Garson of GS2 Law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it also may provide a light at the end of the tunnel for all of those restaurant and beverage workers who have also had their licenses summarily and unconstitutionally stripped from them.
” Garson had argued that the SLA relied on media reports from Gothamist in an attempt to take down Provocateur ’ s Mike Satsky and Brian Gefter , who have been working on the property with Drobenko , rather than carrying out its own investigation , which the SLA denied .
“ They tried to say me and Brian were essentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suppressed video evidence which contradicts their entire story , ” Satsky told us .
He added : “ We ’ re very cautious because clearly anything can happen .
We need to feel protected .
We need to feel like there ’ s not going to be another wrong done .
I ’ m happy to be a part of an organization where jobs can be safely employed at this pandemic time.
” Democratic State Sen. Jessica Ramos , who ’ s pushed the SLA to give clearer guidance and lower fines to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s ruling .
“ I think what happened today was huge , ” Ramos said .
“ I think it ’ s incredible that there will now be somewhat of a precedent that will hopefully change the way the State Liquor Authority approaches businesses .
Hopefully [ the ruling ] instills respect for the entrepreneur and the families that depend on their breadwinners working there , which was always our biggest worry , ” she added .
“ This temporary order is just that — temporary — and it neither changes the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SLA ’ s ability to summarily suspend licenses when owners put public health at risk , ” a rep for the SLA said .
“ We will continue to vigorously defend the state ’ s actions and remain laser focused on protecting New Yorkers during this pandemic .
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Nick Drobenko’s Cloister Cafe is claiming victory after a judge granted it a temporary restraining order against the State Liquor Authority and ruled that it could open temporarily on Friday.
The East Village hot spot had sued the SLA last month after it was shut down for allegedly hosting secret after-hours parties and violating COVID-19 regulations.
“This is huge news and a welcome relief to Cloister Cafe and its employees and the Drobenko family who have been out of work since March,” the venue’s lawyer, Robert Garson of GS2 Law, told Page Six, “And it also may provide a light at the end of the tunnel for all of those restaurant and beverage workers who have also had their licenses summarily and unconstitutionally stripped from them.”
Garson had argued that the SLA relied on media reports from Gothamist in an attempt to take down Provocateur’s Mike Satsky and Brian Gefter, who have been working on the property with Drobenko, rather than carrying out its own investigation, which the SLA denied.
“They tried to say me and Brian were essentially solely running the business and the SLA suppressed video evidence which contradicts their entire story,” Satsky told us. He added: “We’re very cautious because clearly anything can happen. We need to feel protected. We need to feel like there’s not going to be another wrong done. I’m happy to be a part of an organization where jobs can be safely employed at this pandemic time.”
Democratic State Sen. Jessica Ramos, who’s pushed the SLA to give clearer guidance and lower fines to restaurants and bars, applauded the judge’s ruling.
“I think what happened today was huge,” Ramos said. “I think it’s incredible that there will now be somewhat of a precedent that will hopefully change the way the State Liquor Authority approaches businesses. Hopefully [the ruling] instills respect for the entrepreneur and the families that depend on their breadwinners working there, which was always our biggest worry,” she added.
Cloister Cafe will re-open its doors Tuesday, Sept. 15.
“This temporary order is just that — temporary — and it neither changes the facts of the case nor limits the SLA’s ability to summarily suspend licenses when owners put public health at risk,” a rep for the SLA said. “We will continue to vigorously defend the state’s actions and remain laser focused on protecting New Yorkers during this pandemic.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Business leaders urge de Blasio to drop the politics and save NYC

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When a powerhouse bloc of the city’s biggest business leaders pleaded with the mayor this week to stop dithering and do something to stem the rapidly declining quality of life in New York amid a sharp uptick in violent crimes, he responded with a brief tweeted message that closely echoed the recent responses he’s given to reporters during his daily briefings.
“We’re grateful for our business community and are partnering to rebuild a fairer, better city. Let’s be clear: To restore city services and save jobs, we need long term borrowing and a federal stimulus — we need these leaders to join the fight to move the City forward,” the mayor tweeted about 90 minutes after the letter went public.
The “my hands are tied” brush off did not sit well with the Partnership for New York City, and on Friday the group responded. It includes the heads of over 160 major corporations including JetBlue and Goldman Sachs, who in their letter said their employees “will be slow to return unless their concerns about security and the livability of our communities are addressed quickly.”
Put politics aside, they scolded, of the mayor’s penchant for blaming either President Trump and GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for not being forthcoming with relief aid or state legislators from his own Democratic Party for not allowing the city to borrow $5 billion to forestall its massive shortfalls.
Focus on making the city great again, the corporate titans once again pleaded on Friday.
Kathryn Wylde, head of the Partnership for New York City, said the mayor is just plain missing their point.
“It’s great that the mayor acknowledged our letter, which was intended as an offer to help him deal with the biggest crisis this city has ever faced,” she told The Post Friday.
“Business leaders will continue to advocate for federal aid to make up for New York’s COVID-19 losses. At the same time, we think that most New Yorkers are less concerned about the city budget than affirmation that their city is healthy, safe, and on the road to recovery.
The task may be hard, if not impossible for de Blasio, a term-limited mayor with just over a year left in office whose own aspirations for higher office — a Quixotic bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination — flamed out almost as soon as it started, who has in one breath appealed to President Trump’s New York City roots for federal funds and then turned around and taunted the Queens native by painting “Black Lives Matter” directly in front of Trump Tower.
“That is going to require dropping our political and ideological agendas and focusing on a shared, pragmatic vision for the future,” Wylde said. “Hopefully we have started that conversation and it will get some positive results.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Brooklyn Museum’s new Studio 54 exhibit lets you slip past the velvet rope

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As co-owner and co-founder of Studio 54, Ian Schrager remembers when he knew that the New York nightclub was on its way to becoming the stuff of disco legend: When a photo of Cher, arriving for opening night on April 26, 1977, landed on the cover of The Post.
“I remember Steve [Rubell, his late partner] calling me at 5 a.m. — because I always left the club too early and he always left too late — telling me that ‘We did it, we did it, we made it on the cover of The New York Post!’ ” said Schrager, 74. “And the funny thing was, in the first edition that they had — which is the one I happened to have had in my collection — they had ‘Cher at a New York nightclub.’ And we had to call up and get Studio 54 added on to it in the later edition.”
That 43-year-old copy is one of the many personal items that Schrager lent to the newly reopened Brooklyn Museum for the exhibit “Studio 54: Night Magic,” which, after being slated to begin in mid-March until the pandemic shut everything down, runs through Nov. 8.
“I saved them for 40 years, and so they all have a significant meaning to them,” said Schrager, who went on to become a hotelier after Studio 54 closed in 1980. “I’m thrilled that this is probably the first time in history that a nightclub has its own featured exhibition in a world-class museum.”
Although open for only 33 months, Studio 54 symbolized the druggy, debaucherous heyday of the disco era, with a who’s who of celebrities — from Diana Ross and Andy Warhol to Sylvester Stallone and an underage Brooke Shields — whisking past the velvet rope of the Midtown mega-club in their designer duds.
Among the designers with their fabulous vintage fashions on display are Halston, Yves Saint Laurent and Norma Kamali, who is responsible for one of Schrager’s favorite artifacts in the exhibit: the Studio 54 jeans, with a ’54’ stitched on the back pocket in the style of the club’s logo. “The advertising campaign said ‘Now everybody can get into Studio 54,’” said Schrager. “I remember that the model didn’t have any underwear on [as he was putting on his jeans] in the photo, which was a very risqué thing to do at that time.” But back then, “a lot of people didn’t wear underwear underneath their jeans.”
Schrager’s other personal memorabilia in the exhibit includes his handwritten business diary from Studio 54 and the typewritten guest list from opening night with “a lot of names that were big-time celebrities … Everybody that was in town was there. Everybody.”
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There was one surprising celebrity who left Schrager particularly starstruck. “Hard to believe, it was Vladimir Horowitz, that great classical pianist,” he said. “And he used to come to the club with earplugs on. It was just unexpected to have such a cultured, foreign person like him still want to come and see what was going on.
“It just shows you how much Studio resonated with everybody, from all walks of life … All of those different kinds of people just created this combustible energy.”
Schrager said the club’s “anything goes” Halloween parties were his favorite. “Everybody came in with the most original, fantastical outfits and really completely changed the place into something else,” he said. “We were just trying to transfer people to a new reality.”
There was sometimes also some anxiety for Schrager, who acted as “the producer of the evening” while Rubell was “the host of the party.” One tense moment happened at the New Year’s Eve party when Grace Jones performed to ring in 1978. “We were all packed in a big sardine can,” he said. “And she was two and a half hours late putting on the show. The show went on around 3 a.m.”
While Schrager is still “very embarrassed” about his and Rubell’s tax evasion conviction that led Studio 54 to close in February 1980, he is “very proud” of the club’s legacy. And he wishes that Rubell — who died from AIDS in 1989 — was here to witness the Brooklyn Museum’s celebration of the “Night Magic” they made together.
“He’d probably be out there handing out cigars, like it’s a newborn baby,” said Schrager. “He would feel complete redemption and be completely happy.”
“Studio 54: Night Magic” at the Brooklyn Museum runs through Nov. 8, 2020. 200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights; BrooklynMuseum.org


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Fantasy football: Jimmy Garoppolo is worth a DFS play in Week 1

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Jimmy Garoppolo just took the 49ers to a Super Bowl. He was a prized acquisition in a trade with the Patriots just a few seasons ago. He has a 21-5 record as an NFL starter.
Yet, when addressed by the fantasy community, he elicits little more than a dismissive shrug. And there is a good reason.
In his first full season as a starter, last year with the 49ers, he ranked 14th among fantasy quarterbacks. That makes him a backup or streaming option, not a magnet for fantasy rosters.
So why would anyone consider using him in Week 1 this year, especially in daily formats — or even on seasonal teams weak at QB?
As with anything DFS related, cost is big factor. And Jimmy G’s $5,800 price tag at DraftKings is quite attractive — putting him in same pricing tier with Teddy Bridgewater, Derek Carr, Gardner Minshew, Joe Burrow, Kirk Cousins, Baker Mayfield and Tyrod Taylor. Heck, he is just $300 more than Jameis Winston, who is a real-life backup.
This price puts Garoppolo in play. So does his opponent, the Cardinals. Arizona gave up more points to fantasy QBs than any team in the league last season. More significant, in two games against the Cardinals last season, Jimmy G totaled 741 passing yards and eight touchdowns. In two games!
So we like the matchup, and the cheap cost allows us to spend on others we like in Week 1.
Christian McCaffrey is the most expensive option in the entire pool of players, $10,000. But the sheer volume of work he is expected to get, even in a new offense after a scuttled offseason, is impossible to ignore.
We also like his counterpart, Raiders RB Josh Jacobs ($6,800). The Panthers were the most generous defense for RBs last year, and they have lost their best defensive player in Luke Kuechly.
We want someone to stack with Garoppolo, and with Deebo Samuel likely out, we opt for the affordable Dante Pettis ($3,700). We would rather George Kittle, but his $7,200 price is too much when we like some cheaper tight ends. We settle on the Lions’ T.J. Hockenson ($4,200).
We want exposure to the Buccaneers-Saints game, so we spend up for the Bucs’ Chris Godwin ($7,100) and go cheaper on the Saints side with Emmanuel Sanders ($5,700).
After plugging in a cheap defense, the Dolphins ($2,000), we have just $4,700 left under the salary cap. We create some uniqueness by putting a tight end in our flex spot, using Miami’s Mike Gesicki ($4,500).
That’s how we think we can win with Jimmy G as our fantasy QB. Even those in seasonal leagues, we would prefer him to other options like Daniel Jones, Sam Darnold, Mayfield, etc. It’s OK to Jimmy-rig your roster in Week 1.


newyorkpost--2020-09-11--Jaden Smith says he and Sofia Richie are ‘just homies’ after flirty beach date

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Rumors swirled this week that Sofia Richie may have moved on to dating former flame Jaden Smith following her split from Scott Disick , as the pair were seen getting touchy-feely during a beach outing in Los Angeles .
Smith , however , is claiming that Richie is no more than a good friend .
“ You know , I actually don ’ t look at the internet , so I didn ’ t see that , ” Smith said on Friday ’ s episode of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked about the relationship rumors sparked by the flirty outing .
“ But , me and Sofia have been friends for like 10 years .
We ’ ve been going to the beach pretty consistently for 10 years too , ” he added .
“ But , yeah , we ’ re just homies and we love each other and it was fun.
” Photos show the two 22-year-olds holding hands and hugging on sandy shores .
“ Sofia is having a fun summer , ” a source told People .
“ She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the beach .
There have been guys around that she acted flirty with , but she doesn ’ t seem to be dating.
” “ The vibe was different over the weekend though when she hung out with Jaden , ” the source added .
“ They spent hours together on the beach .
They kept flirting and hugging .
Sofia looked very happy.
” Richie most recently dated Disick , 37 , who shares three children with ex Kourtney Kardashian .
Disick and Kardashian were spotted at the same restaurant as Richie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ child of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith , dated Richie when they were teens .
The relationship fizzled out in 2013 , according to E !
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Rumors swirled this week that Sofia Richie may have moved on to dating former flame Jaden Smith following her split from Scott Disick, as the pair were seen getting touchy-feely during a beach outing in Los Angeles. Smith, however, is claiming that Richie is no more than a good friend.
“You know, I actually don’t look at the internet, so I didn’t see that,” Smith said on Friday’s episode of “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” when asked about the relationship rumors sparked by the flirty outing.
“But, me and Sofia have been friends for like 10 years. We’ve been going to the beach pretty consistently for 10 years too,” he added. “But, yeah, we’re just homies and we love each other and it was fun.”
Photos show the two 22-year-olds holding hands and hugging on sandy shores.
“Sofia is having a fun summer,” a source told People. “She stays with friends in Malibu and enjoys the beach. There have been guys around that she acted flirty with, but she doesn’t seem to be dating.”
“The vibe was different over the weekend though when she hung out with Jaden,” the source added. “They spent hours together on the beach. They kept flirting and hugging. Sofia looked very happy.”
Richie most recently dated Disick, 37, who shares three children with ex Kourtney Kardashian. Disick and Kardashian were spotted at the same restaurant as Richie last month.
Smith, the older child of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, dated Richie when they were teens. The relationship fizzled out in 2013, according to E!.