Knicks Morning News (2018.06.28)

  • [SNY Knicks] Former teammate on LeBron James to Knicks: ‘Best place for the king is in Gotham City’
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 1:36:15 PM)

    Count Ray Allen among those who think LeBron James should take his talents to Madison Square Garden.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks’ Enes Kanter tabs apprentice — if he doesn’t opt out
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 12:41:12 PM)

    If Enes Kanter stays a Knick, he knows exactly who he will mentor next season.

  • [SNY Knicks] Enes Kanter says ‘it’s Knicks first’ in deciding where to play next season
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:50:07 AM)

    Enes Kanter has until Friday to decide whether or not he wishes to opt out of his deal with the Knicks. But the addition of head coach David Fizdale may entice him to stay.

  • [NYDN] Ghosts in the Queens machine: Rep. Joe Crowley’s profiteering political partners
    (Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:00:00 AM)

    The national implications of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary victory over Rep. Joe Crowley are easy to discern. A former organizer with the 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, she’s part of a rising tide of progressive millennial activists who are bringing their hopes, values and organizing…

  • [NYDN] Teen convicted for widespread bomb threats at Jewish community centers
    (Thursday, June 28, 2018 1:55:00 AM)

    The American-Israeli hacker who terrorized dozens of Jewish community centers across the United States has been found guilty.

    The defendant, an 18-year-old dual citizen at the time of his arrest last year and unidentified because he was a minor when some of the crimes were committed, was convicted…

  • [NYDN] The two faces of Janus: The Supreme Court overreaches on union politics
    (Thursday, June 28, 2018 1:00:00 AM)

    The Supreme Court’s Janus ruling, which bars compulsory fees to unions from government workers, deals a serious blow to the power of organized labor, period.

    The decision will leave workers and their representatives the poorer by forcing them to forgo funding from those who do not voluntarily choose…

  • [NYDN] Mexican TV host apologizes for racist gesture against Koreans
    (Thursday, June 28, 2018 12:30:00 AM)

    A Mexican television host sullied his country’s joy at progressing to the next round of the World Cup with a racist gesture towards the nation that helped it get there.

    Mexico advanced to the round of 16 in the tournament on Wednesday despite an uninspired 3-0 drubbing by Sweden because South Korea…

  • [NYDN] Readers sound off on the NYPD Trial Room, immigrants and Sandy Alderson
    (Thursday, June 28, 2018 12:00:00 AM)

    Bring justice to NYPD Trial Room

    Purdys, N.Y.: Mary Jo White has a stellar reputation for integrity, as do her colleagues Robert Capers and Barbara Jones, who will all be reviewing the actions in the kangaroo court called the NYPD Trial Room (“3 ex-fed bigs on panel to review NYPD discipline,”…

  • [NYDN] Woman charged with killing 3 young sons fights court order to undergo psychiatric test
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 11:30:00 PM)

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three young sons over a 13-month period has appealed a court order that she undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

    At issue is whether a confession made by defendant Brittany Pilkington can be used at her trial.

    The Bellefontaine (behl-FOWN’-tihn)…

  • [NYDN] Naked, unarmed man dies after police officers take him into custody
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 11:15:00 PM)

    McLEAN, Va. — An unarmed, naked man died after an encounter with police in northern Virginia in which the man was trying to hurt himself, authorities said Wednesday.

    Fairfax County Police said Wednesday that 31-year-old Christopher Paul of Alexandria was pronounced dead at a hospital after becoming…

  • [NYDN] U.S., UK crews join Thailand’s search for boys’ soccer team missing inside rain-flooded cave
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:55:00 PM)

    MAE SAI, Thailand — A U.S. military team and British cave experts joined the rescue effort in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing for five days inside a cave being flooded by near-constant rains.

    A Thai army general coordinating the rescue said Thursday morning that overnight…

  • [NYDN] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning victory emboldens left as Democrats eye new identity
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:00:00 PM)

    NEW YORK — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez surprised herself. And a lot of other people, too.

    The 28-year-old liberal activist, who worked as a bartender at times last year, knocked off the No. 4 House Democrat Tuesday in New York City. And in so doing, the former Bernie Sanders campaign organizer threw…

  • [NYDN] North Carolina GOP withdraws support for legislative candidate linked to website that says ‘God is a racist white supremacist’
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:40:00 PM)

    RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Republican Party has withdrawn support from a legislative nominee after a website connected to him said God is a racist white supremacist and Jews are descended from Satan.

    The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the party announced Tuesday it will not support…

  • [NYDN] Scarlett Johansson trashes ‘demeaning,’ ‘crazy’ claim she auditioned to date Tom Cruise
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:40:00 PM)

    Scarlett Johansson made sure her message wasn’t lost in translation.

    The “Avengers” actress didn’t mince words when rebuking a former Scientologist’s claim Wednesday that she auditioned to date Tom Cruise following his split from Nicole Kidman.

    “The very idea of any person auditioning to be in…

  • [NYDN] Matthew Heimbach too busy binging ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ to return to white nationalist activism after jail time
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:35:00 PM)

    After spending more than a month in a Kentucky lock-up, white nationalist Matthew Heimbach is too busy binge-watching “The Handmaid’s Tale” to return to politics.

    The ex-Traditionalist Workers Party boss kicked off his first week of freedom by firing up the dystopian series, according to the Southern…

  • [NYDN] Amazon vans may soon be delivering packages to shoppers
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:35:00 PM)

    SEATTLE — Your Amazon packages, which usually show up in a UPS truck, an unmarked vehicle or in the hands of a mail carrier, may soon be delivered from an Amazon van.

    The online retailer, wanting more control over how its packages are delivered, is rolling out a program Thursday that lets entrepreneurs…

  • [NYDN] Ackert: Snarky skipper Mickey Callaway should be under the microscope after mismanaging bullpen in awful Mets’ loss
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:20:00 PM)

    Maybe the Mets should be managing by committee, too.

    Wednesday night, in the first game under the Mets’ new general manager triumvirate, Mickey Callaway not only mismanaged his bullpen, he then was condescending when explaining just how he blew it.

    Slow to recognize that Jeurys Familia, on the…

  • [NYDN] Benefits of two-way toll on Verrazano Bridge shown in study
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:05:00 PM)

    Bumper-to-bumper jams drive people crazy. But more than 200 cars could be taken off traffic-choked Canal St. if congestion pricing and a two-way toll on the Verrazano Bridge were in place, according to a study released Thursday.

    The report from Sam Schwartz Engineering, commissioned by the Hudson…

  • [NYDN] ‘Flip or Flop’ star Christina El Moussa gets her own HGTV series, ‘Christina on the Coast’
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 8:45:00 PM)

    Christina El Moussa has flipped her way into a solo show.

    The “Flip or Flop” star has launched her own design series on HGTV, “Christina on the Coast,” the network announced Wednesday.

    “Design is my favorite part of the house-flipping process, and I can’t wait to be able to now work directly with…

  • [NYDN] SEE IT: Daring squirrel steals doughnut from police
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 8:45:00 PM)

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police in Anchorage, Alaska, are on the lookout for a squirrel that made off from their parking lot with a doughnut.

    In a video posted on the department’s Facebook page on Sunday, the squirrel is seen with what appears to be a glazed doughnut clenched in its teeth as it runs…

  • [NYDN] Jeurys Familia implodes in Mets loss one day after blowup at Pirates’ Josh Harrison
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 8:40:00 PM)

    On Tuesday, Jeurys Familia lost his cool. A night later he lost the ballgame.

    A day after he barked at the Pirates’ Josh Harrison for his takeout slide into Asdrubal Cabrera which caused the benches clear, Familia couldn’t get an out Wednesday with a two-run lead, giving up three singles and a…

  • [NYDN] Luis Severino, who’s faced Red Sox twice this season, will start against rivals in Yankee Stadium matchup on Sunday night
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 8:25:00 PM)

    PHILADELPHIA – Luis Severino has said he isn’t scared of any team, and he’ll get another shot against the Red Sox on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball.

    “I think that’s fair to say that we want him to go against Boston,” Aaron Boone said of Severino, who will be making that start on regular rest. “I’m…

  • [NYDN] Widespread danger of gang violence hits home in the Bronx
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 8:00:00 PM)

    Angel Rosario of West Farms, the Bronx, knows the brutality of gang violence.

    In January 2017, Cindy Diaz, the mother of Rosario’s four children, was an innocent victim, fatally shot by a stray bullet in the middle of a gang dispute.

    “A guy was trying to shoot another guy and missed him and got…

  • [NYDN] Montana woman armed with machete forces terrified ex-boyfriend to have sex
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:50:00 PM)

    GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Investigators in Montana say a woman armed with a machete broke into her ex-boyfriend’s home, ordered him to undress and continued to have sex with him even after he tried to get her to stop.

    KFBB-TV reports Samantha Mears is accused of breaking into the man’s Great Falls home…

  • [NYDN] Mets bullpen collapses in ninth, spoils Zack Wheeler’s stellar outing in 5-3 loss to Pirates
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:15:00 PM)

    One of Zack Wheeler’s best starts of the season was wasted by Jeurys Familia.

    The Mets closer was downright disastrous in the ninth inning when called upon to shut the door with a two-run lead, giving up three singles and a walk before being pulled with the bases loaded and no outs. Anthony Swarzak,…

  • [NYDN] North Carolina woman tried to poison sons with lighter fluid in their soda: police
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:05:00 PM)

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina woman has been arrested and is accused of trying to poison her two sons with cream soda laced with lighter fluid.

    The Fayetteville Observer reports 34-year-old Octavia Latosh Robinson of Fayetteville has been charged with two counts each of distributing food…

  • [NYDN] ‘Girls & Boys’ review: Carey Mulligan’s must-see Off-Broadway triumph
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:00:00 PM)

    The less said about “Girls & Boys” and its star Carey Mulligan the better — and that’s the opposite of a dis

    One reason for being tight-lipped that this play from London at the Minetta Lane Theatre by Tony winner Dennis Kelly (“Matilda The Musical”) goes to unexpected places. No one should spoil…

  • [NYDN] Trump disses Rep. Joe Crowley, who ‘got his ass kicked by a young woman’ in Democratic primary
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 6:55:00 PM)

    President Trump keeps punching defeated Rep. Joe Crowley while he’s down, this time to supporters at a North Dakota campaign-style rally.

    The gloater-in-chief jabbed the 10-term Bronx-Queens lawmaker for losing the Democratic nomination while bragging that a handful of his endorsed candidates —…

  • [NYTimes] With Business Booming, the N.B.A. Extends Adam Silver’s Contract
    (Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:10:19 AM)

    The league’s commissioner, who secured a huge TV deal and negotiated a labor agreement with the player’s union, was given five more years at the helm.

  • [NYPost] MSG Company may spin off Knicks, Rangers
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 6:32:50 PM)

    The Madison Square Garden Company is exploring a possible spin-off that would create a separately traded public company made up of its sports franchises, including the Knicks and Rangers. The other half of the company would be comprised of a live entertainment business that includes venues, MSG and its Hulu theater, Radio City Music Hall,…

  • [NYPost] Enes Kanter clue: Ready to mentor Knicks ‘athletic’ rookie
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:23:18 AM)

    Enes Kanter said he wouldn’t mind being a mentor to new Knicks rookie center Mitchell Robinson, who was drafted Thursday in the second round with the 36th pick. Kanter, who will decide Friday on whether he will opt into the final, $18.6 million year of his Knicks contract, sounded like he’ll eventually be teammates with…

  • [NY Newsday] MSG Company may spin off Knicks, Rangers
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 6:32:50 PM)

    The Madison Square Garden Company is exploring a possible spin-off that would create a separately traded public company made up of its sports franchises, including the Knicks and Rangers. The other half of the company would be comprised of a live entertainment business that includes venues, MSG and its Hulu theater, Radio City Music Hall,…

  • [NY Newsday] Enes Kanter clue: Ready to mentor Knicks ‘athletic’ rookie
    (Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:23:18 AM)

    Enes Kanter said he wouldn’t mind being a mentor to new Knicks rookie center Mitchell Robinson, who was drafted Thursday in the second round with the 36th pick. Kanter, who will decide Friday on whether he will opt into the final, $18.6 million year of his Knicks contract, sounded like he’ll eventually be teammates with…