This one Gerrit Cole inning means everything to contending Yankees

TAMPA – You can make it about just one inning. Or that it still will only be March 18. Or about the miles left to go. That would be missing the drama, accomplishment and – really – the point. This has been a boring Yankees spring camp – boring being great for an expected contender since it means no new injuries, an absence of controversy and mainly a veteran core getting ready for the test ahead. This is where “Running it back” with essentially the same roster as ended last year has resonance, evoking the dull ambience of been there,…

Severe glitter illness once spoofed by The Onion is actually a reality

Not all that glitters is gold. Actually, the stuff lining the bottom of your craft drawer is likely bronze — and potentially deadly. Considering how difficult it is to clean glitter out of a rug, it’s no stretch to imagine the challenge of removing it from the lungs.  But that’s exactly…

Kirk Cousins’ narrowing options in second week of NFL free agency

Kirk Cousins’ free agency has entered the “And behind Door 1…” phase. The veteran quarterback is reportedly considering three different options after going unsigned in the first week of free agency, according to Sports Illustrated. The Falcons released Cousins last week with a post-June 1 designation, and they are on…

National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent resigns over Iran war

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has announced his resignation over his opposition to the war against Iran. Kent, an Army veteran and two-time Republican congressional candidate, posted his resignation letter on x, writing: “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.” After much…

Trump claims he improved ‘sex life’ of ‘big, tough’ NYPD cop

President Trump claimed Friday that his economic policies and the roaring stock market saved the “sex life” of an NYPD officer whose wife previously treated him “like a dog.” “This wonderful, tough policeman from New York — he’s taking good care of us — and he said, ‘Sir, it’s so good. My married…

Paleolithic humans invented an ‘early predecessor to writing’ at least 40,000 years ago, carved signs suggest

Humans first developed complex and information-dense writing around 3000 B.C., when the Sumerians of southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) invented cuneiform scripts. But new research suggests the precursors to writing can be found on sculptures and tools made by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers in Central Europe tens of thousands of years earlier.When modern…

Yoshinobu Yamamoto returning to WBC  as Japan’s ace

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The best he can recall, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was in a classroom when he made his first World Baseball Classic memory. Yamamoto was a fifth grader at Inbe Elementary School in the Japanese countryside town of Bizen. One afternoon in March, his teacher turned on the television for…

Did the Vikings reach Maine?

In 1957, an amateur archaeologist working at a Native American site in Maine discovered a perplexing treasure: a 900-year-old silver Norse coin that dated to the late Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066).The artifact, sometimes called the “Maine Penny,” is now in the Maine State Museum. Its discovery has raised…

Knicks’ Mohamed Diawara answers call with strong game off bench

MILWAUKEE — Mohamed Diawara got the call Friday and took advantage. The rookie, who has been alternating rotation spots with newcomer Jeremy Sochan, returned to his pre-All-Star break form with 10 points, hitting 2 of 3 treys in the Knicks’ 127-98 win over the Bucks. Diawara was a game-best plus-25…

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