UMNST’s Belgium reality check serves as their new World Cup bar to clear

ATLANTA — Mauricio Pochettino spent his first 18 months as coach of the U.S. men’s national team trying to change the culture. He insisted that there was no A-team, that nothing would be handed out. He brought in some new faces and trotted out some new slogans. He experimented with tactics, seeming to hit on something with a switch to a 3-4-3 during September camp that kept bringing results in October and November. If those wins against Paraguay and Uruguay four months ago felt like a validation of everything Pochettino had done so far, then Saturday’s 5-2 loss to Belgium,…

NYC Alliance signs 11-year lease at 1441 Broadway in Midtown

NYC Alliance, a global player in branded and private-label apparel design and distribution, signed an 11-year lease for 50,000 square feet at LH Charney’s 1441 Broadway. It will leave and expand next year from 1411 Broadway nearby, where it has only half as much space. A team led by Lee &…

UCLA women Final Four bound after rally for big victory over Duke

SACRAMENTO – Sometimes you just have to find a way. Before tipoff inside the Golden 1 Center on Sunday, the national anthem singer’s microphone cut out only moments into the song. But as if on cue, the crowd broke the uneasy silence by singing along. By the end of the…

John Mara attending NFL owners’ meeting in encouraging Giants twist

PHOENIX — Maybe the Giants the next few days will lay the groundwork for a Let’s Make A Deal scenario. Starting Sunday and continuing through Tuesday at the Annual League Meeting — more commonly known as the NFL Owners’ Meeting — team officials from all 32 teams gather at the…

Serafina eatery to take over former Rosie O’Grady home in Midtown

Eliminating an awkward, large vacancy on Seventh Avenue in Midtown, all-American steak will soon replace Irish stew at the former home of Rosie O’Grady’s, Realty Check has learned. Landlord SL Green leased the entire, nearly 28,000 square-foot building at 800 Seventh Ave. to Serafina Restaurant Group. The new eatery at…

Ranking all 30 MLB City Connect jerseys for 2026: Best, worst designs

There’s something beautiful about baseball uniforms. They are time machines stitched in fabric. They whisper history. They contain the greatness that wore them previously. They remind you that this game, at its best, is still played by grown men chasing something they first fell in love with as kids. And…

Labubu maker Pop Mart signs lease for Fifth Avenue location

Things are looking up on Fifth Avenue’s upper-Midtown shopping corridor. First, a large, long-awaited retail lease has been signed at 680 Fifth Ave. at East 54th Street — and sources said it’s with Pop Mart, makers of creepy but oddly lovable Labubu dolls. Negotiations for the 7,000 square-foot space were…

Jazz, Pacers slammed with 0K in fines over tanking decisions

The NBA slammed the Jazz ($500,000) and Pacers ($100,000) with substantive fines, saying both teams sat healthy players in recent games in violation of the league’s player participation policy.  Both teams are near the bottom of the league, and the decision comes after the Jazz were fined for a similar…

California tax blitz in 2026 hits everyone – and it’s only the start

Lawmakers and local officials want to unleash an avalanche of new taxes on Californians in 2026, slugging everyone from big and small business owners to everyday consumers. The new tax push comes just as gasoline tax increases yet again this summer — with drivers receiving little notification beyond a sneaky…

Watch: Dirk and Austin Reaves crash Luka Doncic’s party

There are moments in Los Angeles when basketball feels less like a game and more like a living, breathing fraternity. Wednesday night was one of them. Luka Dončić hosted his “77x.world” event in L.A., a sleek celebration of his growing global brand, stitched together with fashion, hoops culture and that…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz slammed over proposed M ‘relief package’ for businesses impacted by Trump’s immigration crackdown

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was ridiculed on social media Thursday after he proposed providing small businesses “feeling the effects” of President Trump’s immigration crackdown with a $10 million “relief package.”  Walz’s proposal would provide forgivable loans ranging from $2,500 to $25,000 to Minnesota businesses that can “demonstrate substantial revenue loss…

Team Canada never doubted Jordan Binnington’s most legendary Olympic quality

MILAN — If and when Jordan Binnington is picked for Team Canada at the 2028 World Cup of Hockey at age 34, don’t bother questioning it. Don’t bother caring about his regular-season numbers either, whatever they are. Because one year after making all the stories questioning Canada’s goaltending look silly…

White House says it will save Americans ,400 on car purchases — this is why 

The Trump administration’s repeal of the Obama-era “endangerment finding” will lower car costs by an average of $2,400 per vehicle, the White House and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) touted Thursday.  Here’s why.  The action announced by President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ends former President Barack Obama’s sweeping anti-greenhouse…

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser’s pay jumps 22% to M following years of job cuts

Citigroup said Thursday it had approved $42 million for CEO Jane Fraser’s total compensation for 2025, up nearly 22% from a year earlier. Investors have cheered Fraser’s efforts to streamline management, cut jobs and sell businesses, boosting the stock 65.8% last year. It outperformed peers and an index tracking bank stocks by a…

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