newyorkpost--2020-09-05--The best Labor Day sales on top-rated home fitness equipment

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Bikini season may be coming to an end , but that doesn ’ t mean you shouldn ’ t keep up your summer fitness routine .
To help you keep looking and feeling your best all year long , we rounded up some of our favorite home fitness gear that is on sale this week .
Plus , since Labor Day Sales are already in full swing , you can use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout for an additional 15 % off these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 6 Arcadia Air Runner Non-Motorized Treadmill , on sale for $ 4,395.00 when you use coupon code STAIRMILL100 Unlike standard treadmills , this non-motorized contraption features an innovative curved deck that is completely controlled by the movements and forces of the person running on it .
Nicole Miller Resistance Bands : 3-Piece Set , on sale for $ 14.44 when you use the coupon code at checkout These elastic bands , which come in three different resistance levels , help to improve gait function , balance , and flexibility .
META 360 Legacy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 67.99 when you use the coupon code at checkout These elevated sliders are designed to stabilize your core and strengthen your body from head to toe .
Miss pilates reformers ?
These are for you/ Power Plate® MOVE : Whole Body Vibration Trainer , on sale for $ 2,545.75 when you use the coupon code at checkout This medical-grade device utilizes whole-body vibration-technology to activate your muscles and improve your balance .
GearPride Resistance Bands : Workout from Home Kit , now on sale for $ 33.99 when you use the coupon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30lbs resistance , these bands will take up a whole lot less space in your home than a set of dumbells .
Portable Sit Up Assistant Device , on sale for $ 18.66 when you use the coupon code at checkout Avoid injury with this portable sit-up tool that keeps your feet planted during exercises .
It ’ s like having your personal trainer in your living room .
Jawzrsize® Facial Fitness : Total Transformation Kit , on sale for $ 55.24 when you use the coupon code at checkout Successfully funded on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aims to strengthen the muscles in your face , neck , and jaw .
You can work on chiseling that jawline while you work from home .
Newport Plus AR Adjustable Water Resistance Rower , on sale for $ 934.15 when you use the coupon code at checkout Using innovative , applied fluid resistance technology , this rower delivers the impact of real , on-water rowing .
MoonRun : Portable Cardio Trainer with Virtual Running Apps , on sale for $ 211.65 when you use the coupon code at checkout This resistance trainer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house so that you can perform a high-intensity cardio workout even in small spaces .
Not to mention it ’ s a lot more low impact than going for a jog .
Maji Sports Home Fitness Bundle , on sale for $ 55.24 when you use the coupon code at checkout This bundle includes loop resistance bands for strengthening the lower body , a stretch band for your upper body , an exercise tube for your arms and back , as well as exercise discs to tone your core .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day in and day out from your living room .
Fitbit Charge 2 Fitness Superwatch ( Renewed ) , on sale for $ 67.99 when you use the coupon code at checkout This popular tracker keeps tabs on your workouts , sleep , steps , heart rate , and cardio so that you can meet your fitness goals—fast .
This renewed version ( note : limited stock available ) works and looks like new , but comes at an incredible price .
THE CHOPPER : Full-Body Workout , on sale for $ 101.99 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ checkout Endorsed by professional athletes , this ax-shaped tool utilizes chopping motions for full-body cardio and strength training .
ABXCORE : Ab Machine with Virtual Trainer , on sale for $ 116.44 when you use the coupon code at checkout When you pair this highly-effective ab machine with an in-app virtual trainer , you can start sculpting your abs with only seven minutes of use a day .
Core46 Total Smart Gym , on sale for $ 93.49 when you use the coupon code at checkout After 18 years of fine-tuning , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and strengthen all the muscles in your core , abs , lats , arms , lower back , and spine muscles .
It doesn ’ t take a ton of movement to get big results .
Nicole Miller Adjustable Slimmer Belt , on sale for $ 15.29 when you use the coupon code at checkout This adjustable trainer is designed to pump up the sweat and boost water weight loss while working out .
PRO 6 Aspen Stairmill Stair Climber , on sale for $ 2,999.00when you use the coupon code STAIRMILL496 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boost your overall stamina with its adjustable pace , heartrate monitor , and speed tracker .
Vortex VX3 Fluid Assist® AR Water Rower , on sale for $ 2100 when you use the coupon code VORTEX18 at checkout This machine utilizes natural resistance , a smart handle , and wireless controls in order to mimic the experience of rowing on-water .
SmartRope PURE , on sale for $ 50.96 when you use the coupon code at checkout This isn ’ t your schoolyard jump rope .
This rope features phone app integration to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can later see your progress .
NOSSK TWIN PRO Suspension Fitness Strap Trainer , on sale for $ 33.99 when you use the coupon code at checkout Lose weight and tone your muscles with this resistance strap trainer that attaches to just about anything—and we mean , anything .
ALLN-1 PlyoBelt Portable Fitness Trainer , on sale for $ 149.60 when you use the coupon code at checkout Train your biceps , triceps , chest , shoulders , back , core , quadriceps , hamstrings , calves , and work up a sweat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fitness Device , on sale for $ 84.15 when you use the coupon code at checkout Rated 4.3/5-stars on Amazon , this pocket-sized fitness device pairs with your smartphone so you can squeeze in a workout whenever you have the time .
HYFIT Smart Portable Training System , on sale for $ 211.65 when you use the coupon code at checkout This high-tech training system is equipped with built-in sensors that detect your resistance , calories burned , and force while counting your reps and exercise duration .
CorePump® Home Gym & Trainer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you use the coupon code at checkout Using smart resistance technology , this fitness regimen improves cardiovascular health , strengthens your muscles , and improves your flexibility .
Viking 2 Plus AR Water Sel Rower , on sale for $ 1,189.15 when you use the coupon code at checkout This sleek , wooden rower imitates on-water rowing without harshing the aesthetic of your home .
EDGE Suspension Trainer , on sale for $ 45.89 when you use the coupon code at checkout The only thing you need to achieve your fitness goals is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a little space to move around in .

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Bikini season may be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep up your summer fitness routine.
To help you keep looking and feeling your best all year long, we rounded up some of our favorite home fitness gear that is on sale this week. Plus, since Labor Day Sales are already in full swing, you can use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout for an additional 15% off these already discounted products. Score!
Unlike standard treadmills, this non-motorized contraption features an innovative curved deck that is completely controlled by the movements and forces of the person running on it.
These elastic bands, which come in three different resistance levels, help to improve gait function, balance, and flexibility.
These elevated sliders are designed to stabilize your core and strengthen your body from head to toe. Miss pilates reformers? These are for you/
This medical-grade device utilizes whole-body vibration-technology to activate your muscles and improve your balance.
Varying from 10lbs to 30lbs resistance, these bands will take up a whole lot less space in your home than a set of dumbells.
Avoid injury with this portable sit-up tool that keeps your feet planted during exercises. It’s like having your personal trainer in your living room.
Successfully funded on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, this unique product aims to strengthen the muscles in your face, neck, and jaw. You can work on chiseling that jawline while you work from home.
Using innovative, applied fluid resistance technology, this rower delivers the impact of real, on-water rowing.
This resistance trainer easily attaches to any door in your house so that you can perform a high-intensity cardio workout even in small spaces. Not to mention it’s a lot more low impact than going for a jog.
This bundle includes loop resistance bands for strengthening the lower body, a stretch band for your upper body, an exercise tube for your arms and back, as well as exercise discs to tone your core. It’s all you need to get full-body workouts day in and day out from your living room.
This popular tracker keeps tabs on your workouts, sleep, steps, heart rate, and cardio so that you can meet your fitness goals—fast. This renewed version (note: limited stock available) works and looks like new, but comes at an incredible price.
Endorsed by professional athletes, this ax-shaped tool utilizes chopping motions for full-body cardio and strength training.
When you pair this highly-effective ab machine with an in-app virtual trainer, you can start sculpting your abs with only seven minutes of use a day.
After 18 years of fine-tuning, the Core46 is ready to tone, tighten, and strengthen all the muscles in your core, abs, lats, arms, lower back, and spine muscles. It doesn’t take a ton of movement to get big results.
This adjustable trainer is designed to pump up the sweat and boost water weight loss while working out.
Allow this at-home stairclimber to boost your overall stamina with its adjustable pace, heartrate monitor, and speed tracker.
This machine utilizes natural resistance, a smart handle, and wireless controls in order to mimic the experience of rowing on-water.
This isn’t your schoolyard jump rope. This rope features phone app integration to accurately count your jumps so that you can later see your progress.
Lose weight and tone your muscles with this resistance strap trainer that attaches to just about anything—and we mean, anything.
Train your biceps, triceps, chest, shoulders, back, core, quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, and work up a sweat with this portable trainer.
Rated 4.3/5-stars on Amazon, this pocket-sized fitness device pairs with your smartphone so you can squeeze in a workout whenever you have the time.
This high-tech training system is equipped with built-in sensors that detect your resistance, calories burned, and force while counting your reps and exercise duration.
Using smart resistance technology, this fitness regimen improves cardiovascular health, strengthens your muscles, and improves your flexibility.
This sleek, wooden rower imitates on-water rowing without harshing the aesthetic of your home.
The only thing you need to achieve your fitness goals is this suspension trainer, a door, and a little space to move around in.


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--Jadeveon Clowney will sign with Titans in long-awaited decision

Free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is expected to sign with the Tennessee Titans , according to ESPN ’ s Diana Russini .
Russini reported Saturday that the former No .
1 overall draft pick chose the Titans over returning to the Seattle Seahawks and despite a late push from the New Orleans Saints .
Clowney , 27 , made his long-anticipated decision not long after firing agent Bus Cook and hiring Kennard McGuire in order to find a team to meet his contract demands .
Cook is best known as the longtime agent of retired quarterback Brett Favre .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ quarterback Teddy Bridgewater .
Clowney had been linked to the Titans and Seahawks , but reportedly met Friday with Saints head coach Sean Payton in Houston for a private dinner .
Seattle , where Clowney played in 2019 , and Tennessee both would be looking to pay him around $ 12 million per season , per Yahoo Sports .
He reportedly turned down an offer earlier this offseason that could have been as high as $ 18 million from the Cleveland Browns .
Clowney reportedly was looking for $ 21 million per season @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the market wanting .
He has tallied 32 sacks in 75 career games .
He also has a noteworthy injury history , which includes microfracture surgery on his knee and core muscle surgery after the 2019 season .
Clowney played in 13 games for the Seahawks last season , registering three sacks , 31 tackles and 13 quarterback hits .

Free agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is expected to sign with the Tennessee Titans, according to ESPN’s Diana Russini.
Russini reported Saturday that the former No. 1 overall draft pick chose the Titans over returning to the Seattle Seahawks and despite a late push from the New Orleans Saints.
Clowney, 27, made his long-anticipated decision not long after firing agent Bus Cook and hiring Kennard McGuire in order to find a team to meet his contract demands. Cook is best known as the longtime agent of retired quarterback Brett Favre. Kennard’s clients include Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.
Clowney had been linked to the Titans and Seahawks, but reportedly met Friday with Saints head coach Sean Payton in Houston for a private dinner.
Seattle, where Clowney played in 2019, and Tennessee both would be looking to pay him around $12 million per season, per Yahoo Sports. He reportedly turned down an offer earlier this offseason that could have been as high as $18 million from the Cleveland Browns.
Clowney reportedly was looking for $21 million per season when free agency opened, but found the market wanting.
He has tallied 32 sacks in 75 career games. He also has a noteworthy injury history, which includes microfracture surgery on his knee and core muscle surgery after the 2019 season.
Clowney played in 13 games for the Seahawks last season, registering three sacks, 31 tackles and 13 quarterback hits.


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--There’s finally a skincare line made for men that gets it right

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Walk through the men ’ s locker room of any gym and you ’ ll easily strike up a conversation about facial hair and shaving .
Ask most anyone in the facility about their skincare routine , however , and you ’ re likely to be met with radio silence .
Skincare has long been a taboo topic for many men .
It ’ s not even something that ’ s purposefully avoided ; the skincare industry is simply too busy targeting women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But that ’ s changing .
Even though 48 % of spa-goers are now men , Stephen , Geologie ’ s Chief Growth Officer , says for most men it ’ s about skin health rather than self-care .
This is an important development , as skin is our largest organ and absolutely should be of concern .
The impact of skin health on our overall health is only just being discovered , not to mention the fact that acne can be a major reason both women and men can lack confidence .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ approach to how men understand and treat their skin .
The concept is simple : take a 30-second diagnostic quiz on their website and they ’ ll prescribe a simple skincare routine custom formulated for daily use .
Founders Nick Allen and Dave Skaff wanted to make the entire process as easy and effective as possible for men .
Are you looking for protection from the sun ?
Want to decrease those growing wrinkles ?
Blemishes got you down ?
Do you simply want softer skin ?
Tired of acne ?
They ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take the quiz , you ’ ll get a complete 30-day trial set for only $ 37 .
If you like what you see—and they ’ re confident you will—you ’ ll get 90-day supplies moving forward .
Your box will include the Everyday Face Wash , Vital Morning Face Cream , Repairing Night Cream , and Nourishing Eye Cream , all formulated for your skin type .
You even get two bottles of Face Wash—one for the home , the other for the gym .
Best yet , Geologie ’ s products @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chemicals .
Nothing fake .
Only clinically-proven stuff that gets guys the results they want .
Geologie has a 4.8 out of 5-star rating across over 2,000 customer reviews so they ’ re not messing around .
Take 30 seconds to give your skin some love .
You won ’ t regret it .

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links.
Walk through the men’s locker room of any gym and you’ll easily strike up a conversation about facial hair and shaving. Ask most anyone in the facility about their skincare routine, however, and you’re likely to be met with radio silence.
Skincare has long been a taboo topic for many men. It’s not even something that’s purposefully avoided; the skincare industry is simply too busy targeting women to put significant effort toward men. But that’s changing.
Even though 48% of spa-goers are now men, Stephen, Geologie’s Chief Growth Officer, says for most men it’s about skin health rather than self-care. This is an important development, as skin is our largest organ and absolutely should be of concern. The impact of skin health on our overall health is only just being discovered, not to mention the fact that acne can be a major reason both women and men can lack confidence.
Enter Geologie, which offers a groundbreaking approach to how men understand and treat their skin. The concept is simple: take a 30-second diagnostic quiz on their website and they’ll prescribe a simple skincare routine custom formulated for daily use.
Founders Nick Allen and Dave Skaff wanted to make the entire process as easy and effective as possible for men. Are you looking for protection from the sun? Want to decrease those growing wrinkles? Blemishes got you down? Do you simply want softer skin? Tired of acne? They’ve got you covered.
After you take the quiz, you’ll get a complete 30-day trial set for only $37. If you like what you see—and they’re confident you will—you’ll get 90-day supplies moving forward.
Your box will include the Everyday Face Wash, Vital Morning Face Cream, Repairing Night Cream, and Nourishing Eye Cream, all formulated for your skin type. You even get two bottles of Face Wash—one for the home, the other for the gym.
Best yet, Geologie’s products are 100% cruelty-free. No nasty chemicals. Nothing fake. Only clinically-proven stuff that gets guys the results they want.
Need a personalized skin consultation first? Check.
Geologie has a 4.8 out of 5-star rating across over 2,000 customer reviews so they’re not messing around. Take 30 seconds to give your skin some love. You won’t regret it.


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--Inside wheelchair-bound Lothario Stephen Hawking’s improbable, steamy love life

He may have been bound to a wheelchair and unable to speak , but Stephen Hawking had an incredibly complicated and complex love life that involved affairs and allegations of cheating and abuse .
A new book by Hawking ’ s old friend Leonard Mlodinow ( a copy of which was obtained by the Daily Mail ) reveals details of Hawking ’ s marriages and affairs and how the physicist , who communicated by a computer , demanded to be the center of attention , eclipsing most everyone in his life .
Hawking was first married to Jane Wilde in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their early 20s , and when he was first exhibiting signs of ALS .
But their sex life was wanting .
“ [ Hawking ’ s ] condition meant that Stephen had always been a completely passive sex partner as well as a fragile one , ” Mlodinow wrote in his new book , “ Stephen Hawking : A Memoir of Friendship and Physics.
” “ Over time , his fragility caused Jane to worry that sexual activity might kill him… Making love to him became a frightening and empty experience .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ felt unnatural , and her desire for him faded .
He had the needs of an infant and the ‘ body of a holocaust victim , ’ she said.
” Jane would become more of a caretaker over the next three decades , “ eventually feed him , dress him , bathe him and sit with him through his many hospital visits and near-death experiences.
” “ In the process , over time , she ’ d lose her own identity , ” Mlodinow writes .
“ And with it , her self-worth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ’ she ’ d wonder.
” The two remained married until 1985 when , after a tracheotomy , Hawking fell for his nurse , Elaine Mason , a fiery redhead who “ liked to skateboard and definitely knew how to flirt ” .
“ Maybe one reason they bonded was that she had the flamboyance he would have exhibited if he ’ d had the use of his body , ” Mlodinow writes .
“ For her part , Elaine wasn ’ t put off by Stephen ’ s physical condition .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to it.
” At the time of their affair , both Hawking and Mason were still married — he to Jane and she to David , “ an engineer and self-confessed Hawking super-fan who helped develop Hawking ’ s speech synthesizer.
” At the same time , Jane was conducting her own affair with Jonathan Hellyer Jones , the choirmaster at her local church in Cambridge .
Elaine would travel with Hawking whenever he did speeches abroad , and , according to the book , “ She loved his strength .
She ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , appreciative of the time and energy he expended to communicate with her , and she began to confide in him.
” Meanwhile Jane went to Hawking and explained she was having an affair and according to Mlodinow , he gave his blessing .
“ The idea was that the affair would be kept ‘ private and discreet ’ and the family would ‘ evolve to include them all ’ … ‘ It would be a new arrangement , a kind of extended family .
What Jane didn ’ t expect was that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to include Elaine.
” “ If Stephen and Jane had followed a path from man-and-lover to infant-and-carer , he and Elaine followed the reverse trajectory , ” he wrote .
“ This led to a new ‘ new arrangement.
’ It was a constellation as complex as any in the night sky , encompassing Stephen , Elaine , Jane , and Jonathan ; the three Hawking children ; and their various interconnecting relationships ’ .
Stephen and Elaine eventually broke out of the arrangement and married in 1995 .
Elaine quit being his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would still cook for him and prepare his favorite foods like curries and roast dinners .
Elaine “ loved to hold his hand and even though they couldn ’ t sleep in the same bed , she would come down in the night just to look at him and touch him , ” the book said .
“ ‘ [ I ] helped Stephen but he helped me , ” Elaine told Mlodinow .
“ I came from a dysfunctional family .
My parents didn ’ t look after us very much .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ but we weren ’ t in love .
I married him because I was 25 and he was the first man who asked me , and that ’ s what you did .
So the feeling of being loved was special .
And I was in love with Stephen and he was in love with me .
He accepted me and loved me for who I am inside.
” Hawking ’ s daughter , Lucy , and son , Tim , however , weren ’ t as enamored of Elaine and the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abuse .
In 2000 , police investigated claims that Elaine had slammed Hawking ’ s wrist on his wheelchair , allegedly refused to let him use his urine bottle so he wet himself , allegedly let him slip beneath the water while in the bath , causing water to enter the tracheotomy site in his throat and allegedly left him alone in the backyard on the hottest day of the year , causing him to suffer a heat stroke and severe sunburn .
The allegations were strongly denied by Hawking and his assistant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their investigation in 2004 without charge .
“ Whatever happened or didn ’ t happen , one thing everyone did agree upon was that Elaine and Stephen had always had a stormy relationship , ” Mlodinow wrote .
“ One moment it was : ‘ You ’ re crazy , I hate you , and never want to see you again ’ ; the next it was ‘ I love you more than anything and could never live without you.
’ ” One night when Mlodinow came to dinner , Elaine erupted , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that I ’ ve been his slave for 20 years , and it ’ s enough.
” She later apologized for her outburst .
After Hawking ’ s death , Elaine told the author , “ Stephen was like an actor .
He needed to be the center of attention , the center of the universe .
He loved it .
It gave him energy .
He loved people.He had a very tough life but he was an incredibly brave man .
He never , ever complained , ever , but he needed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And , yes , I probably resented that .
Not all the time , but when I was tired or one of the carers was flirting with him , or whatever it was .
But it would be temporary .
The resentment would pass .
Deep down , he was my only love.
” The couple divorced in 2006 after Hawking fell for another nurse , Diana King , who was 39 years younger than the physicist and suffered from manic depression… something Hawking seemed to like .
“ [ Elaine ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told Mlodinow .
“ But it ’ s time I helped someone else .
All my adult life people have been helping me.
” Mlodinow adds : “ Was he attracted to troubled women ?
I wasn ’ t sure .
I thought Diana was intelligent and well read .
Nice to chat with ; I learned stuff .
But that was when she was on her meds.
” He later speculates that “ physical desire was what drove their connection or it could have been something deeper , a connection between two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Hawking was worried a marriage would cause more problems with his children and backed out , devastating Diana , who once told Mlodinow that Hawking had ‘ the most expressive face in the world ’ and she could tell what he was thinking by the way his mouth twitched .
”

He may have been bound to a wheelchair and unable to speak, but Stephen Hawking had an incredibly complicated and complex love life that involved affairs and allegations of cheating and abuse.
A new book by Hawking’s old friend Leonard Mlodinow (a copy of which was obtained by the Daily Mail) reveals details of Hawking’s marriages and affairs and how the physicist, who communicated by a computer, demanded to be the center of attention, eclipsing most everyone in his life.
Hawking was first married to Jane Wilde in the 1960s when the couple were both in their early 20s, and when he was first exhibiting signs of ALS. But their sex life was wanting.
“[Hawking’s] condition meant that Stephen had always been a completely passive sex partner as well as a fragile one,” Mlodinow wrote in his new book, “Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics.” “Over time, his fragility caused Jane to worry that sexual activity might kill him… Making love to him became a frightening and empty experience. Even the thought of sex with him felt unnatural, and her desire for him faded. He had the needs of an infant and the ‘body of a holocaust victim,’ she said.”
Jane would become more of a caretaker over the next three decades, “eventually feed him, dress him, bathe him and sit with him through his many hospital visits and near-death experiences.”
“In the process, over time, she’d lose her own identity,” Mlodinow writes. “And with it, her self-worth. ‘’Who am I?’’ she’d wonder.”
The two remained married until 1985 when, after a tracheotomy, Hawking fell for his nurse, Elaine Mason, a fiery redhead who “liked to skateboard and definitely knew how to flirt”.
“Maybe one reason they bonded was that she had the flamboyance he would have exhibited if he’d had the use of his body,” Mlodinow writes. “For her part, Elaine wasn’t put off by Stephen’s physical condition. Just the opposite: she was drawn to it.”
At the time of their affair, both Hawking and Mason were still married — he to Jane and she to David, “an engineer and self-confessed Hawking super-fan who helped develop Hawking’s speech synthesizer.”
At the same time, Jane was conducting her own affair with Jonathan Hellyer Jones, the choirmaster at her local church in Cambridge.
Elaine would travel with Hawking whenever he did speeches abroad, and, according to the book, “She loved his strength. She’d speak and listen to him patiently, appreciative of the time and energy he expended to communicate with her, and she began to confide in him.”
Meanwhile Jane went to Hawking and explained she was having an affair and according to Mlodinow, he gave his blessing. “The idea was that the affair would be kept ‘private and discreet’ and the family would ‘evolve to include them all’… ‘It would be a new arrangement, a kind of extended family. What Jane didn’t expect was that Stephen would extend the family again — to include Elaine.”
“If Stephen and Jane had followed a path from man-and-lover to infant-and-carer, he and Elaine followed the reverse trajectory,” he wrote.
“This led to a new ‘new arrangement.’ It was a constellation as complex as any in the night sky, encompassing Stephen, Elaine, Jane, and Jonathan; the three Hawking children; and their various interconnecting relationships’.
Stephen and Elaine eventually broke out of the arrangement and married in 1995.
Elaine quit being his nurse to become his wife, but would still cook for him and prepare his favorite foods like curries and roast dinners.
Elaine “loved to hold his hand and even though they couldn’t sleep in the same bed, she would come down in the night just to look at him and touch him,” the book said.
“‘[I] helped Stephen but he helped me,” Elaine told Mlodinow. “I came from a dysfunctional family. My parents didn’t look after us very much. I loved (my ex-husband), but we weren’t in love. I married him because I was 25 and he was the first man who asked me, and that’s what you did. So the feeling of being loved was special. And I was in love with Stephen and he was in love with me. He accepted me and loved me for who I am inside.”
Hawking’s daughter, Lucy, and son, Tim, however, weren’t as enamored of Elaine and the world was shocked when they accused Elaine of abuse. In 2000, police investigated claims that Elaine had slammed Hawking’s wrist on his wheelchair, allegedly refused to let him use his urine bottle so he wet himself, allegedly let him slip beneath the water while in the bath, causing water to enter the tracheotomy site in his throat and allegedly left him alone in the backyard on the hottest day of the year, causing him to suffer a heat stroke and severe sunburn.
The allegations were strongly denied by Hawking and his assistant Judith Croasdell, and the police concluded their investigation in 2004 without charge. “Whatever happened or didn’t happen, one thing everyone did agree upon was that Elaine and Stephen had always had a stormy relationship,” Mlodinow wrote. “One moment it was: ‘You’re crazy, I hate you, and never want to see you again’; the next it was ‘I love you more than anything and could never live without you.’”
One night when Mlodinow came to dinner, Elaine erupted, saying: “It’s just that I’ve been his slave for 20 years, and it’s enough.” She later apologized for her outburst.
After Hawking’s death, Elaine told the author, “Stephen was like an actor. He needed to be the center of attention, the center of the universe. He loved it. It gave him energy. He loved people.He had a very tough life but he was an incredibly brave man. He never, ever complained, ever, but he needed to be the center of attention. And, yes, I probably resented that. Not all the time, but when I was tired or one of the carers was flirting with him, or whatever it was. But it would be temporary. The resentment would pass. Deep down, he was my only love.”
The couple divorced in 2006 after Hawking fell for another nurse, Diana King, who was 39 years younger than the physicist and suffered from manic depression… something Hawking seemed to like.
“[Elaine’s] mixed up,” Hawking once told Mlodinow. “But it’s time I helped someone else. All my adult life people have been helping me.”
Mlodinow adds: “Was he attracted to troubled women? I wasn’t sure. I thought Diana was intelligent and well read. Nice to chat with; I learned stuff. But that was when she was on her meds.” He later speculates that “physical desire was what drove their connection or it could have been something deeper, a connection between two souls.”
While the two got engaged, Hawking was worried a marriage would cause more problems with his children and backed out, devastating Diana, who once told Mlodinow that Hawking had ‘the most expressive face in the world’ and she could tell what he was thinking by the way his mouth twitched.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--First giant cruise ship takes off since coronavirus — with new rules

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Believe it or not, the floating petri dishes of the high seas are back.
In August, the MSC Grandiosa welcomed 3,000 passengers for a seven-day Mediterranean cruise — but with new rules.
While COVID-19 shut down the multi-billion dollar cruise industry and American operators aren’t allowed to start sailing for at least another month, MSC took off in August from the port of Genoa in Italy.
But while the cruise looked “normal,” there are new rules on board.
Before boarding, MSC Cruises passengers were tested for COVID-19 via a primary antigen test and a secondary molecular test, CNN reported.
MSC Cruises representative Luca Biondolillo told CNN that one embarking passenger tested positive at both stages and said: “In accordance with the protocol, the passenger, as well as his traveling party, were denied boarding. Additionally, other passengers who had reached the ship with the same van were denied boarding as they were close contacts of the one passenger who tested positive.”
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As well as being tested, passengers must complete a temperature check and health questionnaire. Crew members are also tested for the virus prior to boarding and, according to MSC Cruises, “regularly during their contract.”
Onboard, cleaning methods have been stepped up, including hospital-grade disinfectant and the use of UV-C light technology. Meanwhile, the ships are held to a 70% maximum capacity rule to ensure social distancing, and all onboard activities are limited to smaller groups.
And while the cruise did allow people to do sojourns off-board, every trip was pre-planned, tightly controlled and no one was allowed to wander off. One family broke the rules and were not allowed to reboard.
“The health and safety protocols are put in place for the benefit of every single person,” Biondolillo told CNN. “There can be no breaking of the rules. These people risked jeopardizing everybody else’s holidays and health.”
“I think cruises could be the safest holiday, right now,” Valeria Belardi a passenger on the cruise who owns a travel company told CNN.


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--Epstein reportedly had secret ‘lair’ at famed Michigan art school

Pedo-perv Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell didn ’ t just allegedly troll the streets of London , Arizona and New York for their victims .
The dastardly duo had a secret lair on the Michigan grounds of Interlochen Centre for the Arts — the famed fine arts boarding school for children , according to one alleged victim .
In exchange for donations and hosting fundraisers at his New York mansion , the school allowed Epstein to build The Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge ( now available to rent as The Green Lake Lodge ) .
According to the Mirror , one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s estate for $ 22 million alleges she was recruited at the school in 1994 while a 13-year-old music student , and was abused over a period of four years by Epstein and that Maxwell “ regularly facilitated ” the abuse and was “ frequently present.
” The school , which cut ties with Epstein in 2007 after his child sex conviction , told the paper it cut contact with him , but Epstein “ was permitted to use the lodge for up to two weeks per year ” under a funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no record of any other use by him beyond one week in August 2000 ” .
A previous statement said : “ We have no record of any complaint raised against Mr. Epstein at Interlochen.
” The school added that  “ policies would not have permitted Mr. Epstein any unsupervised access to students ” .
However , another former Interlochen pupil , Melissa Solomon , alleges she met Epstein and Maxwell there when she was 14 and spent six years in their world but was not abused .
She claims they fell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Epstein from Juilliard School in New York and refused a meeting with their pal , Prince Andrew .

Pedo-perv Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell didn’t just allegedly troll the streets of London, Arizona and New York for their victims. The dastardly duo had a secret lair on the Michigan grounds of Interlochen Centre for the Arts — the famed fine arts boarding school for children, according to one alleged victim.
In exchange for donations and hosting fundraisers at his New York mansion, the school allowed Epstein to build The Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge (now available to rent as The Green Lake Lodge).
According to the Daily Beast, one alleged victim who is suing the pedophile’s estate for $22 million alleges she was recruited at the school in 1994 while a 13-year-old music student, and was abused over a period of four years by Epstein and that Maxwell “regularly facilitated” the abuse and was “frequently present.”
The school, which cut ties with Epstein in 2007 after his child sex conviction, told the paper it cut contact with him, but Epstein “was permitted to use the lodge for up to two weeks per year” under a funding agreement. It added it “has no record of any other use by him beyond one week in August 2000”.
A previous statement said: “We have no record of any complaint raised against Mr. Epstein at Interlochen.” The school added that “policies would not have permitted Mr. Epstein any unsupervised access to students”.
However, another former Interlochen pupil, Melissa Solomon, alleges she met Epstein and Maxwell there when she was 14 and spent six years in their world but was not abused.
She claims they fell out when she refused to recruit girls for Epstein from Juilliard School in New York and refused a meeting with their pal, Prince Andrew.


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--Mountain Lion baby boom hits the hills of Los Angeles

LOUISVILLE , Ky. — Authentic led all the way to win ...

It’s a mountain lion baby boom!
The National Park Service announced this week that a whopping 13 kittens were born to five mountain lion mothers in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills in California this summer.
“This is the first time this many mountain lion dens have been found within such a short period of time during the 18-year study, in which a total of 21 litters of kittens have been marked at the den site by researchers,” a statement read.
“This level of reproduction is a great thing to see, especially since half of our mountains burned almost two years ago during the Woolsey Fire,” Jeff Sikich, a wildlife biologist who has been studying the mountain lion population at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area said in the release. “It will be interesting to see how these kittens use the landscape in the coming years and navigate the many challenges, both natural and human-caused, they will face as they grow older and disperse.”
The Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area also tweeted out the good news noting: “SUMMER OF KITTENS! It’s been one mountain lion kitten den after another for biologists in the Santa Monica Mountains & Simi Hills. In total, 13 kittens were born to 5 moms between May-Aug 2020!”
While the kittens are good news for naturalists, they could cause problems in the future. Mountain Lions are known to attack dogs, and earlier this year, a three-year-old boy was attacked in Orange County while hiking with his family.


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--Authentic wins Kentucky Derby to wreck Tiz the Law’s Triple Crown bid

LOUISVILLE , Ky. — Authentic led all the way to win a Kentucky Derby unlike any other , kicking away from heavy favorite Tiz the Law in the stretch and giving Bob Baffert a record-tying sixth victory on Saturday after the trainer ’ s other entry was a late scratch .
Authentic won by 1¹/₄ lengths without the usual crowd of 150,000 on hand at Churchill Downs because of the coronavirus pandemic .
The bay colt ran 1¹/₄ miles in 2:00.61 under John Velazquez , who won his third Derby .
“ I ’ ve had some great Derby rides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Baffert said , gesturing toward Velazquez , who stood socially distanced in the infield winner ’ s circle .
“ Johnny V. gave him an incredible ride.
” Baffert tied Ben Jones ( 1938-52 ) for the most wins by a trainer .
Baffert ’ s other wins came in 1997 , 1998 , 2002 , 2015 with eventual Triple Crown winner Justify and 2018 .
Sent off at 3-5 as the biggest Derby favorite in 31 years , Tiz the Law stalked Authentic on the outside before challenging at the top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another gear and pulled away from the Belmont winner .
“ Yes !
Yes !
” Baffert shouted in the paddock , where he watched on the video screen .
Baffert ’ s other horse , Thousand Words , acted up in the paddock , reared up and fell on his side shortly before post time .
He was scratched by the veterinarians .
Baffert said his assistant , Jim Barnes , broke his arm trying to get the saddle on the unruly colt .
Authentic was examined back at his barn and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the on-call veterinarian .
Baffert later took a spill , too .
Authentic was startled as the blanket of red roses was placed on his back in the winner ’ s circle and he knocked the white-haired trainer to the ground .
Baffert had to be helped up .
Authentic paid $ 18.80 , $ 6 and $ 5 at 8-1 odds .
Tiz the Law returned $ 3.40 and $ 3.20 .
Mr. Big News was another two lengths back in third and paid $ 16.80 to show at 46-1 .
Tiz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the kickoff to the reconfigured Triple Crown that was run in June at a shorter distance .
He followed that up with an easy win in the Travers , setting himself up as the dominant horse heading into the Derby .
Jockeys chirping at their horses and whips striking flesh in the stretch drive — sounds typically drowned out by raucous fans — echoed across the swath of empty seats under the Twin Spires .
Bugler Steve Buttleman played “ My Old Kentucky Home ” in place of the absent University of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preceded by a moment of silence to recognize the inequities facing society .
Protesters converged outside Churchill Downs demanding justice for Breonna Taylor , a 26-year-old Black woman shot dead in her home in March when police burst in to serve a search warrant in the middle of the night .
The field of 15 horses was the smallest since 1998 .
Max Player was fourth , followed by Storm the Court , Enforceable , Ny Traffic and Necker Island , Major Fed , Sole Volante , Winning Impression , Money Moves , @ @ @ @ @ @

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bob Baffert endured the lowest of lows and highest of highs within minutes in the Kentucky Derby.
He was bummed before the horses left the paddock after Thousand Words reared up and fell on its side, getting disqualified and injuring Baffert’s assistant trainer. That emotion was quickly replaced by Authentic’s front-running victory that gave Baffert a record-tying sixth Derby win.
Then Baffert found himself down again, literally, getting knocked to the grass by a skittish Authentic in the winner’s circle.
“This is the craziest year ever,” he said.
Authentic kicked away from heavy favorite Tiz the Law in the stretch on Saturday, winning the 146th Derby by 1 1/4 lengths without the usual crowd of 150,000 on hand at Churchill Downs for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic. The bay colt ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:00.61 under John Velazquez, who won his third Derby.
“I’ve had some great Derby rides, but what that guy did,” Baffert said, gesturing toward Velazquez, who stood socially distanced in the infield winner’s circle. “Johnny V. gave him an incredible ride.”
Baffert tied Ben Jones (1938-52) for the most wins by a trainer. His other victories came in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2015 with eventual Triple Crown winner Justify and 2018.
“Bob, he’s got the magic touch,” said Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable, owner of Tiz the Law. “He had this horse ready at the right time and he beat us. Hopefully, we’ll get some more shots at him and we’ll turn the table on him.”
Sent off at 3-5 as the biggest Derby favorite in 31 years and part of a smaller field than usual, Tiz the Law settled into fourth while Authentic ran unopposed in front. With a quarter-mile to go, Tiz the Law pulled alongside Authentic and the two hit the top of the stretch together.
Under Manny Franco, Tiz the Law briefly struck his head in front only to have Authentic fight right back and spurt clear of the Belmont winner, who came in 4 for 4 this year.
“Yes! Yes!” Baffert shouted in the paddock, where he watched on the video screen.
Thousand Words acted up in the paddock, reared up and fell shortly before post time. Baffert said his assistant, Jim Barnes, broke his arm trying to get the saddle on the unruly colt. Thousand Words wasn’t injured, according to the on-call veterinarian.
In the winner’s circle, the long ribbons hanging off the garland of red roses kept hitting Authentic’s hind leg, agitating him, and in turn he knocked the white-haired trainer to the ground.
“He spun around and he was like a bowling ball. He just spun us all around,” Baffert said. “The turf course is pretty soft here, so it wasn’t too bad. I was probably more embarrassed than anything when I hit the ground.”
It’s been that kind of year for Baffert. The Hall of Fame trainer was loaded with promising 3-year-olds early on. Then Nadal got hurt and had to be retired and Charlatan went on the shelf with a minor injury. Authentic had issues, so Baffert gave him an extended break.
In between, Charlatan and another of Baffert’s horses had positive drug tests in Arkansas. Baffert is appealing his resulting 15-day suspension. The trainer mourned the death of Arrogate, North America’s all-time earnings leader, this summer.
“It’s been a roller-coaster year, but thankfully it’s the love of the horses that keeps me going,” said Baffert, his voice breaking. “They’re the best therapy a human can have. I love being around them.”
Baffert was especially pleased to help deliver a first-time Derby victory to B. Wayne Hughes. Hughes, the 86-year-old founder of Public Storage, races as Spendthrift Farm and co-owns Thousand Words. Also part of Authentic’s ownership is MyRaceHorse Stable, whose 4,600 participants include Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler and former Olympic skier Bode Miller. They paid about $206 each for a share.
Authentic paid $18.80, $6 and $5 at 8-1 odds. Tiz the Law returned $3.40 and $3.20. Mr. Big News was another two lengths back in third and paid $16.80 to show at 46-1.
Wagering from all sources on the Derby was $79.4 million, compared with $165.5 million on last year’s race. Churchill Downs officials attributed the decline to the absence of on-track wagering, less than a full field of 20 horses in the race and Tiz the Law being a prohibitive favorite.
Tiz the Law had already won the Belmont, the kickoff to the reconfigured Triple Crown that was run in June at a shorter distance. He followed that up with an easy win in the Travers, setting himself up as the dominant horse heading into the Derby.
But Velazquez hustled Authentic out of the far outside post and to the lead. Tiz the Law took up not far behind, positioning himself to pounce in his usual style. But he couldn’t get past Authentic.
“Tiz has been able to pass horses all year and today he ran into one he couldn’t get by,” Knowlton said. ”Credit Authentic. He came from the far outside and managed to get to the lead and just ran a great race. No shame on our part.”
Following Baffert’s instructions, Velazquez used a left-handed whip in the stretch to keep the skittish Authentic’s mind on business. The colt needs ear plugs when he runs.
“He’s a little flighty,” Baffert said. “He’s a gentle horse, but he’s a little high-strung.”
Without fashionably dressed fans sipping mint juleps and waiting in line at the betting windows, this Derby was unlike any other.
Jockeys chirping at their horses and whips striking flesh in the stretch drive — sounds typically drowned out by raucous fans — echoed across the swath of empty seats under the Twin Spires. Bugler Steve Buttleman played “My Old Kentucky Home” in place of the absent University of Louisville marching band. The song was preceded by a moment of silence to recognize the inequities facing society. Protesters converged outside Churchill Downs demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman shot dead in her home in March when police burst in to serve a search warrant in the middle of the night.
The demonstrators were peaceful as they circled the historic track. They chanted “No justice, no Derby!” and carried signs imploring people to say Taylor’s name. Police watched in riot gear with clubs, some on horses and some with armored military vehicles.
“I’d love to be up here pounding my chest because I just won six,” Baffert said, “but I feel for everybody in the city.”
Velazquez was one of several jockeys in the race who wore black bands with the phrase “Equality for all.”
The field of 15 horses was the smallest since 1998.
Honor A. P. was fourth, followed by Max Player, Storm the Court, Enforceable, Ny Traffic, Necker Island, Major Fed, Sole Volante, Winning Impression, Money Moves, Attachment Rate and South Bend.


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--NYC adviser on reopening allegedly hasn’t set foot in a school yet

New York City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza ’ s chief point person on reopening schools has yet to set foot in one , a source told The Post .
Alison Hirsh , who cut bait with Mayor de Blasio just nine months after joining City Hall as a senior adviser for strategic planning , has been working remotely “ the entire time ” since getting the city Department of Education gig in June — and won ’ t even report to agency headquarters , the insider revealed .
“ He [ Carranza ] brought her on to be the senior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has no history of working with schools , ” the source said .
“ The most senior person , the point person , refuses to come into Tweed [ Courthouse , DOE HQ ] .
” It is unclear whether Hirsh has gone on any of the school walk-throughs to check whether they are fit for children and staff , or if she has any underlying health problems that would prevent her from being on-site .
Inspections of the city ’ s 1,600 schools began Aug. 25 and were supposed to be wrapped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make sure that every school is fully inspected , every classroom is fully inspected , ” de Blasio told reporters after unveiling an 11th-hour plan to inspect ventilation systems at schools to guard against coronavirus exposure .
Nearly 100 DOE staffers — including administrators and teachers — have died from COVID-19 , according to the department .
Hirsh jumped ship at City Hall because she was ticked the mayor sided with the NYPD during a week of rioting , looting and often-raucous protests late May into June .
But she kept her hefty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hirsh on Friday night referred any questions on her role in reopening to the DOE press office .
The DOE would not answer whether Hirsh had visited or inspected any schools over the summer .

She’s apparently too cool for school.
New York City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s chief point person on reopening schools has yet to set foot in one, a source told The Post.
Alison Hirsh, who cut bait with Mayor de Blasio just nine months after joining City Hall as a senior adviser for strategic planning, has been working remotely “the entire time” since getting the city Department of Education gig in June — and won’t even report to agency headquarters, the insider revealed.
“He [Carranza] brought her on to be the senior adviser on school reopening even though she has no history of working with schools,” the source said. “The most senior person, the point person, refuses to come into Tweed [Courthouse, DOE HQ].”
It is unclear whether Hirsh has gone on any of the school walk-throughs to check whether they are fit for children and staff, or if she has any underlying health problems that would prevent her from being on-site.
Inspections of the city’s 1,600 schools began Aug. 25 and were supposed to be wrapped up Sept. 1.
“We will make sure that every school is fully inspected, every classroom is fully inspected,” de Blasio told reporters after unveiling an 11th-hour plan to inspect ventilation systems at schools to guard against coronavirus exposure.
Nearly 100 DOE staffers — including administrators and teachers — have died from COVID-19, according to the department.
Hirsh jumped ship at City Hall because she was ticked the mayor sided with the NYPD during a week of rioting, looting and often-raucous protests late May into June. But she kept her hefty $230,000 salary at the DOE.
Hirsh on Friday night referred any questions on her role in reopening to the DOE press office. The DOE would not answer whether Hirsh had visited or inspected any schools over the summer.


newyorkpost--2020-09-05--Creeps use Facebook pics of sick kid for child sex doll model sold on Amazon

Need another reason not to post pics of your kid on social media ?
A Florida mother was horrified to find out a sick pervert had used an image of her 8-year-old daughter to create a child sex doll that is sold on Amazon .
The mother , Terri ( no last name given ) , found out mid-August from a friend via Facebook Messenger that the sick doll looked eerily like her daughter Kat , a child model and pageant contestant who suffers from CVID , Common Variable Immune Deficiency .
The doll was almost a direct replica of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facebook group where she shares updates on Kat ’ s illness and pageant successes .
“ I read the message from my friend and saw the image , and I instantly started to cry uncontrollably , ” Terri told the Child Rescue Coalition .
“ I was completely overwhelmed with a mix of emotions that I ’ ve never felt before .
The image of the doll looked very similar to a photo I ’ ve taken of my daughter .
This image had the same socks as my daughter and the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at home .
She had that same sweatshirt and facial features as that image , even the same stuffed animal !
” A shocked and disgusted Terri continued : “ I couldn ’ t imagine that some sicko would use my daughter ’ s photo to create something so ugly and evil to be used for abuse by pedophiles.
” To make matters worse , the doll was being sold on Amazon — a company Terri uses .
“ I was in shock that Amazon would sell an inappropriate child sex doll on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use this website to help with Kat ’ s community service projects .
I asked myself how can this be legal in the United States ?
”

Need another reason not to post pics of your kid on social media? A Florida mother was horrified to find out a sick pervert had used an image of her 8-year-old daughter to create a child sex doll that is sold on Amazon.
The mother, Terri (no last name given), found out mid-August from a friend via Facebook Messenger that the sick doll looked eerily like her daughter Kat, a child model and pageant contestant who suffers from CVID, Common Variable Immune Deficiency.
The doll was almost a direct replica of a photo Terri had posted in a Facebook group where she shares updates on Kat’s illness and pageant successes.
“I read the message from my friend and saw the image, and I instantly started to cry uncontrollably,” Terri told the Child Rescue Coalition. “I was completely overwhelmed with a mix of emotions that I’ve never felt before. The image of the doll looked very similar to a photo I’ve taken of my daughter. This image had the same socks as my daughter and the same pose as my daughter on our sofa at home. She had that same sweatshirt and facial features as that image, even the same stuffed animal!”
A shocked and disgusted Terri continued: “I couldn’t imagine that some sicko would use my daughter’s photo to create something so ugly and evil to be used for abuse by pedophiles.”
To make matters worse, the doll was being sold on Amazon — a company Terri uses.
“I was in shock that Amazon would sell an inappropriate child sex doll on their website, I mean, we use this website to help with Kat’s community service projects. I asked myself how can this be legal in the United States?”


newyorkpost--2020-09-06--21 Labor Day discounts on photography, video, and streaming accessories

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Tired of asking friends to record videos for you? This tiny pod, which features auto-tracking and 360° rotation, is the perfect cameraman for all your future projects.
Successfully funded on Kickstarter, this compact, lightweight, and waterproof tripod is a must-have tool for your next adventure.
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newyorkpost--2020-09-06--This company is making it easy for kids to practice sports while social distancing

Soccer season in New York City is just around the corner but , chances are , it ’ s going to look a little bit different this year .
With social distancing measures , kids might not get the same amount of practice or personal coaching attention they need to really improve their game .
Instead , they ’ ll need to practice on their own time to reach their goals , something that ’ s easier said than done in a city apartment .
Fortunately , a couple of Brooklyn natives came up with an elegant solution : DribbleUp @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Basketballs ( and Medicine Balls for adults ) that use cutting-edge computer vision technology .
Pair the Smart Ball with the DU app and your smartphone camera will track your Smart Ball while you practice by dribbling through sets of virtual targets .
The app comes with a ton of on-demand expert-led drills and lessons to help kids and adults alike hone their skills and improve their handle .
You only need about six feet of space to take advantage of the classes .
If your kid wants to take their game to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for DU Live .
For $ 9.99/month , you ’ ll get access to daily live classes broadcasted directly from DU studios featuring pro soccer or basketball trainers .
This way , you can set a practice schedule that ’ s easy for kids to follow and that fits into their daily routine — especially if they ’ re spending more time at home during virtual school .
( You can try DU Live free for 30 days . )
If you ’ re looking for a fun way to keep your kids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or to help them stay on track with their athletic goals , DribbleUp Smart Balls offer a unique solution .
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Soccer season in New York City is just around the corner but, chances are, it’s going to look a little bit different this year. With social distancing measures, kids might not get the same amount of practice or personal coaching attention they need to really improve their game. Instead, they’ll need to practice on their own time to reach their goals, something that’s easier said than done in a city apartment.
Fortunately, a couple of Brooklyn natives came up with an elegant solution: DribbleUp.
DribbleUp makes Smart Soccer Balls and Basketballs (and Medicine Balls for adults) that use cutting-edge computer vision technology. Pair the Smart Ball with the DU app and your smartphone camera will track your Smart Ball while you practice by dribbling through sets of virtual targets. The app comes with a ton of on-demand expert-led drills and lessons to help kids and adults alike hone their skills and improve their handle. You only need about six feet of space to take advantage of the classes.
If your kid wants to take their game to the next level, you can opt for DU Live. For $9.99/month, you’ll get access to daily live classes broadcasted directly from DU studios featuring pro soccer or basketball trainers. This way, you can set a practice schedule that’s easy for kids to follow and that fits into their daily routine — especially if they’re spending more time at home during virtual school. (You can try DU Live free for 30 days.)
If you’re looking for a fun way to keep your kids engaged while going to school from home or to help them stay on track with their athletic goals, DribbleUp Smart Balls offer a unique solution. Head on over to their website to read more information and see purchasing details.


newyorkpost--2020-09-06--Protect your home while you are away with these home security systems

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Of course , Labor Day is about celebrating America ’ s laborers with end-of-summer relaxation and great food , but it ’ s also become a fantastic time to bargain shop .
If you ’ re looking to spend wisely this year , there ’ s nothing smarter than shoring up your home security .
Thus , here ’ s a roundup of the best home security products available this weekend with 70 % off on cameras , safes , and doorbells that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home , and your loved ones .
Plus , when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout , you will score an additional 15 % off of your purchase .
blurams Dome Pro 1080p Security Camera , on sale for $ 42.49 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout This super-smart camera is equipped with facial recognition technology so that you can create a database of friends and family members who regularly visit your home , and stay alert when strangers are present .
X1 Indoor Security Camera , on sale for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GOFORIT15 at checkout Keep an eye on your home while you are away with this camera ’ s 145° wide-angle view .
It ’ s earned 4.3/5 stars on Amazon and delivers 1080p quality footage day or night .
NetGear Arlo Q Indoor Wi-Fi 1080p Security Camera ( Refurbished ) , on sale for $ 84.99 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout With this camera ’ s two-way audio , you can listen in and talk to anyone in your home while away .
This refurbished model is in mint condition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off the usual price .
TOKK Fingerprint Smart Lock , on sale for $ 21.24 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout This fingerprint lock allows you to access your valuables in less than 0.5 seconds .
It ’ s perfect for the gym or traveling , once that ’ s our reality again .
Sinji Pan Tilt Indoor Camera , on sale for $ 33.96 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout This app-integrated camera features motion detection , two-way audio , and infrared night vision with unique tilt functionality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , on sale for $ 33.96 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout Stay connected with your home while away with this camera that features motion detection and night vision .
Ultraloq Combo Smart Lock & Key Fob , on sale for $ 280.49 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout Successfully funded on Indiegogo , this smart lock offers entry via biometric fingerprint identification , contactless key fob , or your Bluetooth enabled smartphone .
RemoBell® S : Fast-Responding Smart Video Doorbell Camera , on sale for $ 78.19 when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ See who is on your doorstep with this video doorbell camera that is easy to set up .
Smart Beat Video Breathing Monitor , on sale for $ 191.25 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout This smart video monitor tracks your baby ’ s breathing by analyzing how the pixels change color every time your baby moves .
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Outdoor Nation Solar Powered 22-LED Security Floodlight , on sale for $ 22.09 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout Shine a light on potential intruders with this solar-powered security floodlight that features motion and heat sensitivity .
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TROVA Go : Discreet Biometric Storage , on sale for $ 211.65 when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout This portable smart safe uses Bluetooth and biometric scanning to keep your small items safe and secure .
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Of course, Labor Day is about celebrating America’s laborers with end-of-summer relaxation and great food, but it’s also become a fantastic time to bargain shop. If you’re looking to spend wisely this year, there’s nothing smarter than shoring up your home security.
Thus, here’s a roundup of the best home security products available this weekend with 70% off on cameras, safes, and doorbells that are designed to protect you, your home, and your loved ones.
Plus, when you use coupon code GOFORIT15 at checkout, you will score an additional 15% off of your purchase.
This super-smart camera is equipped with facial recognition technology so that you can create a database of friends and family members who regularly visit your home, and stay alert when strangers are present.
Keep an eye on your home while you are away with this camera’s 145° wide-angle view. It’s earned 4.3/5 stars on Amazon and delivers 1080p quality footage day or night.
With this camera’s two-way audio, you can listen in and talk to anyone in your home while away. This refurbished model is in mint condition, and will save you $100 off the usual price.
This fingerprint lock allows you to access your valuables in less than 0.5 seconds. It’s perfect for the gym or traveling, once that’s our reality again.
This app-integrated camera features motion detection, two-way audio, and infrared night vision with unique tilt functionality built in.
Stay connected with your home while away with this camera that features motion detection and night vision.
Successfully funded on Indiegogo, this smart lock offers entry via biometric fingerprint identification, contactless key fob, or your Bluetooth enabled smartphone.
See who is on your doorstep with this video doorbell camera that is easy to set up.
This smart video monitor tracks your baby’s breathing by analyzing how the pixels change color every time your baby moves.
This 2019 Red Dot Awardee delivers high resolution, two-way audio, and Alexa compatibility.
Keep your valuables secured with this safe that is equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity and real-time alerts.
Shine a light on potential intruders with this solar-powered security floodlight that features motion and heat sensitivity.
With real-time visual notifications, motion and smoke detection, and a 90dB siren, this security and smoke starter pack will keep you in the know even when you are miles from home.
This portable smart safe uses Bluetooth and biometric scanning to keep your small items safe and secure.


newyorkpost--2020-09-06--Gary Sanchez strikes out four times: ‘Needs to be a little better’

Forget about the All-Star Gary Sanchez was two of the previous three years .
At this point , it ’ s fair to wonder just how much longer the Yankees and their ineffective lineup can keep throwing Sanchez out there .
The latest example came in Saturday ’ s 6-1 loss in Baltimore , when Sanchez struck out in each of his four plate appearances .
He ’ s now fanned seven straight times since a homer on Friday , but the slump goes far beyond the last two games .
There ’ s also the 4-for-41 slide he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s hitting a mind-boggling .130 with three weeks to go in the regular season .
“ We ’ ve got to find a way with Gary at this point , ’ ’ Aaron Boone said after Saturday ’ s loss .
“ He ’ s just too talented to have some of these at-bats that are happening .
Whether it ’ s subtle mechanical adjustments , we ’ ve got to do some things to help him get going because he ’ s too important to our offense.
” Saturday was especially ugly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DH with Kyle Higashioka catching Gerrit Cole , was up against southpaws all game .
“ A night like tonight , we had some lefties out there , ” Boone said .
“ We need him to be a little bit better.
” Facing left-hander Keegan Akin , Sanchez struck out swinging in the top of the second and whiffed looking in the fourth , as the Yankees wasted a leadoff double by Gleyber Torres .
Sanchez struck out for a third time in the sixth versus Akin before Paul Fry got him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Boone reiterated he didn ’ t believe there was anything wrong with Sanchez , who has been among the worst hitters in the majors in 2020 .
And Sanchez and the Yankees are running out of time for him to figure it out .
Boone opted to not have Sanchez behind the plate for Cole on Saturday , saying he wanted to be able to catch him in Sunday ’ s day game .
“ He has all the equipment to turn it around , ’ ’ Boone said .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve got to find some subtle ways to find a way right now .
[ Whether ] it ’ s subtle adjustments with approach , timing and getting started , these things have to start happening.
” It didn ’ t sound like Boone was considering benching Sanchez with Higashioka and Erik Kratz both on the roster .
“ He ’ s had some days off here and there , ’ ’ Boone said .
“ I know he ’ s working very hard behind the scenes .
We ’ ll talk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we need to all be part of the solution here , working alongside and helping him find what we know is in there .
”

Forget about the All-Star Gary Sanchez was two of the previous three years.
At this point, it’s fair to wonder just how much longer the Yankees and their ineffective lineup can keep throwing Sanchez out there.
The latest example came in Saturday’s 6-1 loss in Baltimore, when Sanchez struck out in each of his four plate appearances.
He’s now fanned seven straight times since a homer on Friday, but the slump goes far beyond the last two games.
There’s also the 4-for-41 slide he’s in and the fact he’s hitting a mind-boggling .130 with three weeks to go in the regular season.
“We’ve got to find a way with Gary at this point,’’ Aaron Boone said after Saturday’s loss. “He’s just too talented to have some of these at-bats that are happening. Whether it’s subtle mechanical adjustments, we’ve got to do some things to help him get going because he’s too important to our offense.”
Saturday was especially ugly, since Sanchez, serving as the DH with Kyle Higashioka catching Gerrit Cole, was up against southpaws all game.
“A night like tonight, we had some lefties out there,” Boone said. “We need him to be a little bit better.”
Facing left-hander Keegan Akin, Sanchez struck out swinging in the top of the second and whiffed looking in the fourth, as the Yankees wasted a leadoff double by Gleyber Torres. Sanchez struck out for a third time in the sixth versus Akin before Paul Fry got him swinging in the eighth.
On Friday, Boone reiterated he didn’t believe there was anything wrong with Sanchez, who has been among the worst hitters in the majors in 2020. And Sanchez and the Yankees are running out of time for him to figure it out.
Boone opted to not have Sanchez behind the plate for Cole on Saturday, saying he wanted to be able to catch him in Sunday’s day game.
“He has all the equipment to turn it around,’’ Boone said. “I do believe he understands that. You’ve got to find some subtle ways to find a way right now. [Whether] it’s subtle adjustments with approach, timing and getting started, these things have to start happening.”
It didn’t sound like Boone was considering benching Sanchez with Higashioka and Erik Kratz both on the roster.
“He’s had some days off here and there,’’ Boone said. “I know he’s working very hard behind the scenes. We’ll talk and we’ll consider everything because we need to all be part of the solution here, working alongside and helping him find what we know is in there.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-06--Mets’ David Peterson set to return to rotation vs. Phillies

David Peterson is back to join piecemeal Mets pitching rotation , but whom he is replacing still hasn ’ t been announced .
This much is clear : The rookie left-hander is scheduled to start Monday ’ s game against the Phillies , after last week moving into the bullpen to piggyback Michael Wacha in Baltimore .
Wacha struggled before Peterson pitched four innings of scoreless relief in the victory .
In naming Peterson to start again , manager Luis Rojas on Saturday would not say whether Wacha or Robert Gsellman would be squeezed from the rotation .
One of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s game against the Orioles at Citi Field .
Gsellman , like Wacha , has struggled to give the Mets length and quality innings in the rotation .
Tomas Nido was cleared to resume baseball activities and return to the 60-man player pool after spending the past 2½ weeks sidelined for undisclosed reasons following the team ’ s layoff because a player and coach tested positive for COVID-19 .
There is an expectation Nido will return to give the Mets a third catcher , joining Wilson Ramos and Robinson Chirinos .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nido ] was in there and he looks like had never left , ” Michael Conforto said .
“ The quarantining was absolutely brutal .
He was stuck down there [ in Miami ] for a long time and we ’ re glad to have him back.
” Todd Frazier switched to No .
21 , which Billy Hamilton was wearing before he was designated for assignment by the club on Friday .
Frazier — who has worn No .
21 for most of his career , including the last two years with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for his first three games since returning in a trade .
Frazier , who grew up a Yankees fan in New Jersey , began wearing No .
21 as a tribute to Paul O ’ Neill .
The Mets entered play without a win by a starting pitcher in 19 straight games , tying the longest drought in franchise history .
They didn ’ t break the record thanks to Seth Lugo ’ s start in Saturday night ’ s 5-1 win over the Phillies .
The 1980 Mets also had a stretch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rotation .
Hunter Strickland cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to the team ’ s alternate training site .
… Right-handed pitcher Pedro Payano was released .

David Peterson is back to join piecemeal Mets pitching rotation, but whom he is replacing still hasn’t been announced.
This much is clear: The rookie left-hander is scheduled to start Monday’s game against the Phillies, after last week moving into the bullpen to piggyback Michael Wacha in Baltimore. Wacha struggled before Peterson pitched four innings of scoreless relief in the victory.
In naming Peterson to start again, manager Luis Rojas on Saturday would not say whether Wacha or Robert Gsellman would be squeezed from the rotation. One of the two will presumably start Tuesday’s game against the Orioles at Citi Field.
Gsellman, like Wacha, has struggled to give the Mets length and quality innings in the rotation.
Tomas Nido was cleared to resume baseball activities and return to the 60-man player pool after spending the past 2½ weeks sidelined for undisclosed reasons following the team’s layoff because a player and coach tested positive for COVID-19. There is an expectation Nido will return to give the Mets a third catcher, joining Wilson Ramos and Robinson Chirinos.
“I was just in the cage when [Nido] was in there and he looks like had never left,” Michael Conforto said. “The quarantining was absolutely brutal. He was stuck down there [in Miami] for a long time and we’re glad to have him back.”
Todd Frazier switched to No. 21, which Billy Hamilton was wearing before he was designated for assignment by the club on Friday. Frazier — who has worn No. 21 for most of his career, including the last two years with the Mets — wore No. 33 for his first three games since returning in a trade. Frazier, who grew up a Yankees fan in New Jersey, began wearing No. 21 as a tribute to Paul O’Neill.
The Mets entered play without a win by a starting pitcher in 19 straight games, tying the longest drought in franchise history. They didn’t break the record thanks to Seth Lugo’s start in Saturday night’s 5-1 win over the Phillies. The 1980 Mets also had a stretch of 19 games without a win from the rotation.
Hunter Strickland cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to the team’s alternate training site. … Right-handed pitcher Pedro Payano was released.


newyorkpost--2020-09-06--Yankees know they can’t only worry about the Rays

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BALTIMORE — The Yankees are 5¹/₂ games out of first place with 21 left, so it is very difficult to avoid the math.
“We are all aware it is Sept. 5 and the season is coming to an end pretty soon,” Clint Frazier said following a dreadful 6-1 loss to the Orioles on Saturday night at Camden Yards where his homer in eighth accounted for the Yankees’ only run on a night Gerrit Cole pitched.
“Obviously we know we are behind [the first-place Rays], but we are still competing with the others that are right behind us or tied with us right now.’’
Frazier said the best route for the struggling team to do is remain in the here and now.
“It’s tough, but we have a lot of guys capable of doing a lot of good things between now and then and we have good times ahead of us,’’ Frazier said.
Two doubleheaders in six days bookended three intense games with the Rays and a 10-inning loss to the Mets, putting a strain on the Yankees’ bullpen that led to Clarke Schmidt’s big league debut as a reliever Friday night against the Orioles.
In 27 minor league games, the Yankees’ first-round pick in the 2017 draft made 25 starts. The righty worked one game out of the bullpen last year for Single-A Tampa and the other relief appearance was in 2018 for the Rookie League Gulf Coast Yankees.
Yet, the reason Schmidt was elevated from the Yankees’ alternate training site in Scranton for Friday night’s twin bill at Camden Yards was because Aaron Boone’s pen was likely going to be missing big names for the second game due to workload constraints.
Sure enough, Boone used Zack Britton, Aroldis Chapman and Chad Green in a nine-inning 6-5 win in the first game. Adam Ottavino wasn’t available because he pitched Wednesday and Thursday. Britton and Chapman pitched Thursday and in the first game Friday, so they weren’t going to be used. Nick Nelson provided two innings on Wednesday. Green had worked Wednesday and Thursday and Boone wanted to stay away from him Friday, but called for him in the ninth to protect a one-run lead and Green posted his first save of the season.
“It was necessity,’’ Boone said of going straight from starter Deivi Garcia to Schmidt in fifth inning. “We were kind of down [with] everyone. Going in it was going Deivi to Clarke and see if we could get through it. As a starting pitcher that is a tough first big league assignment.’’
Asked prior to Saturday night’s loss to the Orioles where would Schmidt be used in the future, Boone put the bullpen and rotation in play.
“Just try to get him spots where he can impact us. We feel like he can be impactful in a multi-inning length role right now and there could be a start out there at some point,’’ Boone said of Schmidt, who threw 32 pitches and two innings in which he gave up two runs, three hits and allowed the two runners he inherited from Garcia to score in a 6-3 loss. “But right now it is getting him acclimated. Feel like he has a chance in that multi-inning role to play a big role for us down the stretch.’’
Garcia was summoned from the alternate site to be the Yankees’ “29th’’ man for Friday’s doubleheader. But instead of returning to Scranton, the right-hander was added to the three-man taxi squad and remains with the club.
“We go to Buffalo to play the Blue Jays and he will pitch that third day [Wednesday],’’ Boone said of Garcia, who has made his first two big league starts this season and is looking for his first victory.
Garcia allowed four runs and five hits in 4 ²/₃ innings Friday night in the Yankees’ victory in the first game.
Pairing Kyle Higashioka with Cole on Saturday night against the Orioles wasn’t part of a plan to move away from Gary Sanchez after Cole’s last two starts were not good when compared to the previous six which were outstanding.
“With the lefty going and DJ [LeMahieu] down, today it was an opportunity to get them both in,’’ said Boone, who used Sanchez as the DH against Orioles starter Keegan Akin. “With the day game [Sunday], I want Gary to catch [Sunday]. If I DH him [Saturday], I can catch him Sunday.’’
Boone said that Higashioka — a better defensive catcher — and Cole continue to build a relationship, but eventually Cole was going to work with somebody besides Sanchez like he did in the first eight starts of the season.
“It is going to happen at some point and wanting to get Gary in there in a day game after a night game,’’ Boone said.
The news coming from Boone about Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton continues to be delivered in positive tones, but there hasn’t been any talk about a date they will be ready to rejoin a lineup that needs their power.
“Judge has had a couple of good days and started to ramp up a little. I think Monday starts the real progression, a lot of baseball activities and more aggressive with the running,’’ Boone said of Judge, who has played one game since Aug. 11 because of a right calf strain.
As for Stanton, who hasn’t played since Aug. 8 because of a left hamstring issue, Boone said he continues to do baseball activities.
“He is up to 80 percent running and he is hitting off the high-velocity machines and throwing so he is possibly a little ahead of Judge,’’ Boone said.
Miguel Andujar’s first two days back from the alternate site included moving around. He was a pinch-runner in the first game Friday night against the Orioles, started at third base in the night cap and was the Yankees’ left fielder Saturday night.
It was Andujar’s sixth start in left field which is two more than he has made at third base and he went 0-for-3.
Miguel Yajure pitched the final two innings Saturday night and was sent to the alternate site in Scranton following the loss.
When Jonathan Holder entered the first game of Friday night’s doubleheader against the Orioles, he was put in the ninth spot in the order. So when Aaron Hicks made the final out of the eighth, Holder became the automatic runner on second to start the ninth. He scored the go-ahead run and was the winning pitcher.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, Holder is the first Yankee to score a run — game-winning or otherwise — and earn the win in relief in the same game since Sparky Lyle, who tossed 3.0 scoreless innings and scored a run in the top of the 10th inning to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead on Aug. 20, 1972 at Texas in a 2-0 Yankees win.


newyorkpost--2020-09-06--Deshaun Watson agrees to four-year, $160 million extension with Texans

HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson has agreed to a four-year , $ 160 million contract extension with the Houston Texans .
Watson announced the signing on Twitter on Saturday .
“ As a child growing up in Georgia , it was always my dream to play in the NFL , ” Watson wrote in the post .
“ Today , I couldn ’ t be more honored and humbled to sign a long-term deal in Houston , the city that I ’ ve grown to love so much and now call my home.
” The deal makes Watson the second-highest paid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ City ’ s Patrick Mahomes , who signed a 10-year deal worth up to $ 503 million in July .
In his post Watson thanked Texans coach and general manager Bill O ’ Brien and many members of the team ’ s staff as well as his mother and other family members before sending a message to Texans fans .
“ I promise to do everything I can to not only bring a championship to this great city but also leave a legacy of helping positively impact this community , ” he wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the work … ” Houston traded up to select Watson with the 12th overall pick in the 2017 draft .
He has appeared in 38 games with 37 starts in his first three seasons with the Texans , providing stability at quarterback after years of problems at the position .
The 24-year-old threw for 3,852 yards and 26 touchdowns last season when he led the Texans to the divisional round of the playoffs .
Watson has thrown for 9,716 yards and 71 touchdowns and ran for 1,233 yards and 14 scores in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is tasked with leading the offense without star receiver DeAndre Hopkins , who was traded to Arizona in the offseason .

HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson has agreed to a four-year, $160 million contract extension with the Houston Texans.
Watson announced the signing on Twitter on Saturday.
“As a child growing up in Georgia, it was always my dream to play in the NFL,” Watson wrote in the post. “Today, I couldn’t be more honored and humbled to sign a long-term deal in Houston, the city that I’ve grown to love so much and now call my home.”
The deal makes Watson the second-highest paid quarterback in the league, behind Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, who signed a 10-year deal worth up to $503 million in July.
In his post Watson thanked Texans coach and general manager Bill O’Brien and many members of the team’s staff as well as his mother and other family members before sending a message to Texans fans.
“I promise to do everything I can to not only bring a championship to this great city but also leave a legacy of helping positively impact this community,” he wrote in the post. “Now back to the work …”
Houston traded up to select Watson with the 12th overall pick in the 2017 draft. He has appeared in 38 games with 37 starts in his first three seasons with the Texans, providing stability at quarterback after years of problems at the position.
The 24-year-old threw for 3,852 yards and 26 touchdowns last season when he led the Texans to the divisional round of the playoffs. Watson has thrown for 9,716 yards and 71 touchdowns and ran for 1,233 yards and 14 scores in his three-year career.
This season Watson is tasked with leading the offense without star receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who was traded to Arizona in the offseason.


newyorkpost--2020-09-06--Islanders backup goalie Thomas Greiss comes up big in Game 7

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Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said he expected a hero to emerge in Game 7 against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night, but he probably didn’t think it would be his No. 2 goaltender.
Appearing in his first career Game 7, Thomas Greiss stopped all 16 shots he faced as the Islanders clinched a spot in the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-0 victory at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. It was just his second start this postseason after earning the win in Game 4 of the Flyers series on Aug. 30.
Greiss, who earned his 14th career shutout with the win, is the first Islanders goalie since Chico Resch in 1975 to record a shutout in a Game 7.
“Any time a goalie gets a shutout in a Game 7, you have to give it to him,” said defenseman Scott Mayfield, who recorded his first career playoff goal in the win. “He played unbelievable, some big saves and just the way he came in after not playing a couple. There was kind of some talk about who was going to be in net and he got the nod and he ran with it.
“Couldn’t be happier for him. Great teammate, great guy, so really happy for him.”
In his first game action since Game 4 on Aug. 30, Greiss had an early scare, as a redirection from Jakub Voracek went under him and off the post less than a minute into the game. Voracek jump-started another opportunity shortly after with a hard shot that Claude Giroux attempted to tip in before Greiss stopped it.
With just over five minutes left in the second, Greiss came up with a big save on Kevin Hayes before Adam Pelech jumped in front of an Oskar Lindblom shot to keep the Flyers off the board.
Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault opted to pull Carter Hart with 6:55 left in the third period, and Greiss was peppered with a handful of shots. Greiss ended up recording seven of his 16 saves in the final 20 minutes.
Greiss said that he found out Friday night he was getting the starting nod over usual starter Semyon Varlamov, who has accumulated a 9-4 record with a .921 save percentage this postseason.
“I think it was the best defensive game I’ve ever seen the team play,” Greiss said. “It took most of the stuff away and I’m just happy we got the win.”
Trotz prefaced his postgame media press conference with a shoutout to Flyers forward Oskar Lindblom, who made his playoff debut this series after he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in December.
“I just want to say one thing, really inspirational, you see a young man, Oskar Lindblom, who came back,” a choked up Trotz said. “I think that’s exceptional what he did and what he’s fighting. I just wanted to say that. To me, as a father, seeing a young man go through all that, and the support he gets from the Flyers organization, it’s tremendous. I never want to see a young man have to go through that, and he’s done a great job. And also to the Flyers, that’s one hell of a team we had to get through.”
Saturday night’s win was the 29th NHL playoff series victory for Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello, moving him one ahead of Bill Torrey on the NHL’s all-time GM list. Lamoriello now only trails Glen Sather’s 41 playoff series victories.
Leo Komarov didn’t take pregame warmups for the Islanders and was scratched for the first time since he entered the lineup for Game 4 in the play-in series against the Florida Panthers. Michael Dal Colle was his replacement on the third line, making his series debut after skating in Game 5 against the Washington Capitals.
Trotz had alluded to a few players being banged up ahead of Game 7, meaning Komarov could’ve been one of them.