The Mets are the more interesting team in town this season. They just are, until further notice. Like the season ..read more

After finishing his recent interview with Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart on their “The Roommates Show,” no one could be blamed for wondering if Garden boss James (Guitar Jimmy) Dolan would have been better off handling the session more like Knicks president/GM Leon (The Sphinx) Rose ..read more

Rick Pitino and John Calipari are set to square off in the NCAA Tournament for a fifth time when No. 2 St. John's faces No. 10 Arkansas ..read more

On March 4, 1908, a fire erupted at Lakeview Elementary School in Collinwood, Ohio. Among the frightened students was 9-year-old Niles Thompson, who, in a desperate attempt to escape the flames, lept from a second-story window. Recovering from his fall, Niles frantically searched the stream of fleeing students for his little brother, Thomas. Unable to find him, Niles ran back into the burning building ..read more

Gov. Hochul is right about this one: If smartphones are banned in New York public schools, and they should be, the ban should be bell-to-bell. Which is to say, no lunches where kids sit staring down at their devices, and no breaks between classes where kids frantically scroll through TikTok to update themselves on the latest video. The benefits of a smartphone-free environment go beyond encouraging classroom focus: This is also about building a better social climate in which kids can actually look each other in the eyes, be present and have conversations ..read more

Donald Trump said on his Truth Social on Friday: "WE WANT VIOLENT CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!" That continues the theme he began when he kicked off his first presidential campaign in 2015, but his erratic immigration crackdown is going far beyond rapists and murderers to fully documented persons who committed no offense, souring much of the world on this country ..read more

The Beatles’ debut album, “Please Please Me,” was released in the United Kingdom on the Parlophone record label ..read more

Sayville, L.I.: Two months in and the Trump administration is doing its best Russia imitation. First, the Columbia University student who was arrested without being charged was immediately shipped 1,000 miles to Louisiana, where he has no family, contacts or support. It's the President Trump version of Russia shipping prisoners to a gulag, where they were also far removed from any kind of support. There's no legitimate reason Mahmoud Khalil could not be processed in New York other than Trump wanting him to be in the worst position possible ..read more

Dear Eric: Soon after we had our first child, my wife uncovered a repressed memory that she had been sexually abused by her father when she was 18 years old. I’ve always encouraged her to share this burden with her brother, but she is flatly against it. While I understand that, I’ve been reading up ..read more

Foreman's family announced his death on social media ..read more