Knicks Morning News (2018.07.07)

  • [NYDN] Heartbreaking scenes described in Thai boat sinking as death toll rises to 38
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 2:50:00 AM)

    PHUKET, Thailand — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern Thai resort island of Phuket described heartbreaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of their mothers, as the search continued Saturday for 18 mostly Chinese tourists missing in a…

  • [NYDN] EPA’s relief and worries after exit of scandal-plagued boss Scott Pruitt
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 2:30:00 AM)

    WASHINGTON — Taking over from an ambitious predecessor known for seeking out the rich, powerful and conservative, the Environmental Protection Agency’s newly named acting chief has promised to reach out to anxious staffers throughout the demoralized agency and to lawmakers of both political parties.

  • [NYDN] Mike Pompeo seeks clarity in denuclearization talks with North Korea
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 2:00:00 AM)

    PYONGYANG, North Korea — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended a second day of talks with senior North Korean officials on Saturday, with both sides saying they need clarity on the parameters of an agreement to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

    On his third trip to Pyongyang since April and his…

  • [NYDN] Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:50:00 AM)

    TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Saturday it executed eight people convicted in the 2017 Islamic State group attack on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran.

    The June 7, 2017 attack has so far been the only assault by the Sunni extremists inside of Shiite Iran, which has been…

  • [NYDN] A rally bad idea: Launching a trade and culture war before an adoring crowd
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:10:00 AM)

    Donald Trump should be happy. The economy is still purring as it has been for several years: Friday’s new figures showed the U.S. added 213,000 jobs in June.

    But the President can’t sit still, not until he can call the economy fully his own, and not until he can hear the love of an adoring crowd…

  • [NYDN] Wheee!-ly good news: Dockless bike share, and pedal assist, are on their way
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:05:00 AM)

    For five years the city, or at least parts of it, have had big, clunky blue Citi Bikes and their big, clunky gray docks, proving that bike share does work here, or at least in parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

    But major change is coming, for within days, the next wave — bike rentals without…

  • [NYDN] Warehouse collapse sends thousands of gallons of whiskey into retention ponds
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:00:00 AM)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky officials say the final collapse of a whiskey storage warehouse sent torrents of spirits gushing into retention ponds.

    John Mura, a spokesman for the state Energy and Environment Cabinet, said Friday about 120,000 gallons (454,000 liters) have been captured in two retention…

  • [NYDN] What’s at stake as Trump embarks on a European trip that includes face time with the Queen of England and Russian President Vladimir Putin
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:00:00 AM)

    America’s closest allies will be on edge next week as President Trump embarks on a European tour set to include a tense summit, tea with the British Queen and an eyebrow-raising face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    Trump’s whirlwind spin on the world stage begins Wednesday with a…

  • [NYDN] Heaven and hell
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:00:00 AM)

    “There is a real danger that we will leave future generations only rubble, deserts and refuse,” warned Pope Francis Friday. Also known to Scott Pruitt as the Promised Land.

  • [NYDN] New wildfires are destroying homes across California
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 12:45:00 AM)

    GOLETA, Calif. — Firefighters battling wildfires throughout the U.S. West that have torched hundreds of homes hoped for some help from the weather Saturday even as new fires swept sweltering Southern California.

    A fire on the California-Oregon border that destroyed 40 buildings and claimed at least…

  • [NYDN] New Jersey family, including 4 kids, killed in Delaware crash
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 12:15:00 AM)

    TOWNSEND, Del. — Five members of a New Jersey family, including four children, were killed Friday in a crash on a Delaware highway, according to state police.

    The other adult who was in the vehicle was taken to a hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries, news outlets reported Friday…

  • [NYDN] Readers sound off taxis, air conditioning and the Mets
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 12:00:00 AM)

    Shed no tears for yellow cabs

    Bronx: I have no sympathy for taxi drivers. I remember not too long ago when these same taxi drivers would refuse to pick up a black person like myself. Taxi drivers refused to go to Brooklyn or the Bronx. The same taxi drivers would drive past a black person when…

  • [NYDN] Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 11:40:00 PM)

    MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God exists.

    President Rodrigo Duterte, who has had a thorny relationship with…

  • [NYDN] Woman ran school as front for foreign athletes to avoid ICE
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 11:15:00 PM)

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to falsely enrolling foreign teens sought by basketball recruiters and coaches in her small private school.

    WSOC-TV reports that Evelyn Mack faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to a felony charge of concealing,…

  • [NYDN] Opioid maker sued for allegedly placing profits over people
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 11:10:00 PM)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A newly unsealed lawsuit by Tennessee’s attorney general says the maker of the world’s top-selling painkiller directed its salesforce to target the highest prescribers, many with limited or no pain management background or training.

    Citing the public’s right to know, Attorney…

  • [NYDN] Anne Frank’s family tried to escape to U.S., but met obstacles in acquiring visas
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:55:00 PM)

    BERLIN — Research suggests the family of Anne Frank, the world famous Jewish diarist who died in the Holocaust, attempted to immigrate to the United States and later also to Cuba, but their efforts were thwarted by America’s restrictive immigration policy and the outbreak of World War II.

    The Anne…

  • [NYDN] Botte: If Mets don’t deal Jacob deGrom or Noah Syndergaard, they need to go all in on Manny Machado this winter
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:30:00 PM)

    The three-headed front office of the Mets envisions attempting to pull off a quick turnaround ahead of the trade deadline, rather than a prolonged rebuild.

    That certainly flies in the face of the “everything’s on the table” talking point floated by acting GM John Ricco when Sandy Alderson stepped…

  • [NYDN] Airman pleads guilty to raping runaway 14-year-old girl, gets year in prison
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:20:00 PM)

    DOVER, Del. — An airman stationed at Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base has pleaded guilty to raping and endangering a runaway 14-year-old girl.

    WDEL-FM reports 22-year-old Zepplin Ray Taylor-McGinness was sentenced Friday to a year in prison, followed by probation.

    Dover Police M. Cpl. Mark Hoffman…

  • [NYDN] Puerto Rican mayor, two other gov officials arrested on corruption charges
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:10:00 PM)

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A mayor and two former government officials in Puerto Rico face public corruption charges in separate cases that involve a total of $8 million in federal and local funds, authorities said Thursday.

    The suspects are the mayor of the southwest town of Sabana Grande and the…

  • [NYDN] Woody Johnson, Jets owner, is raising his two kids to be ‘just like Donald Trump’
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:10:00 PM)

    You won’t see Woody Johnson’s two kids kneeling on the sideline at MetLife Stadium during the National Anthem any time soon.

    And they might never learn the correct words to “God Bless America” either.

    That’s because the Jets owner, while talking on camera for a piece about a documentary on the…

  • [NYDN] Man threatened to kill Trump supporters at congressman’s campaign office on Long Island: police
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:10:00 PM)

    An irate man threatened to kill a campaign volunteer — and Donald Trump supporters — at a Long Island Congressman’s campaign headquarters on Long Island Friday, police said.

    Martin Astrof, 75, charged at Donato Panico at Rep. Lee Zeldin’s Nesconset campaign office around 11:15 a.m., harassed him…

  • [NYDN] LeBron James Lakers jerseys hit shelves in NBA Store in Manhattan before mishap forces them to be taken down
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:00:00 PM)

    You may have noticed the Lakers never tweeted out LeBron James’ decision to sign with the purple and gold.

    That’s because his four-year, $154-million contract made public by his agency Sunday isn’t technically official.

    The King is busy vacationing in Europe, meaning he’s yet to put pen to paper…

  • [NYDN] Mazzeo: Sonny Gray shouldn’t start another game following latest Yankees disaster
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 8:55:00 PM)

    TORONTO – It’s time for the Yankees to remove Sonny Gray from the rotation.

    Aaron Boone said after Gray’s latest implosion on Friday night that the atrocious righty is expected to take his next turn on Wednesday in Baltimore, but that absolutely shouldn’t happen.

    “I don’t think we would do that…

  • [NYDN] Jose Bautista’s walk-off home run latest example of Mets’ midseason signing paying off
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 8:50:00 PM)

    Jose Bautista entered Friday night’s game against the Rays with 336 career home runs in 1,726 regular season games.

    None of them had been of the walk-off variety.

    That all changed in the bottom of the ninth at Citi Field when Bautista jumped on a first pitch fastball from Chaz Roe and belted it…

  • [NYDN] Bus careens onto home’s lawn, killing man in splash pool
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 8:40:00 PM)

    PHILADELPHIA — Police say a seemingly out-of-control city bus ran a red light, hit two cars, and then plowed onto a home’s lawn where people were lounging in a splash pool, killing one man.

    Police say the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority bus carrying 15 passengers crashed into…

  • [NY Newsday] Heartbreaking scenes described in Thai boat sinking as death toll rises to 38
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 2:50:00 AM)

    PHUKET, Thailand — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern Thai resort island of Phuket described heartbreaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of their mothers, as the search continued Saturday for 18 mostly Chinese tourists missing in a…

  • [NY Newsday] EPA’s relief and worries after exit of scandal-plagued boss Scott Pruitt
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 2:30:00 AM)

    WASHINGTON — Taking over from an ambitious predecessor known for seeking out the rich, powerful and conservative, the Environmental Protection Agency’s newly named acting chief has promised to reach out to anxious staffers throughout the demoralized agency and to lawmakers of both political parties.

  • [NY Newsday] Mike Pompeo seeks clarity in denuclearization talks with North Korea
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 2:00:00 AM)

    PYONGYANG, North Korea — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended a second day of talks with senior North Korean officials on Saturday, with both sides saying they need clarity on the parameters of an agreement to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

    On his third trip to Pyongyang since April and his…

  • [NY Newsday] Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:50:00 AM)

    TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Saturday it executed eight people convicted in the 2017 Islamic State group attack on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran.

    The June 7, 2017 attack has so far been the only assault by the Sunni extremists inside of Shiite Iran, which has been…

  • [NY Newsday] A rally bad idea: Launching a trade and culture war before an adoring crowd
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:10:00 AM)

    Donald Trump should be happy. The economy is still purring as it has been for several years: Friday’s new figures showed the U.S. added 213,000 jobs in June.

    But the President can’t sit still, not until he can call the economy fully his own, and not until he can hear the love of an adoring crowd…

  • [NY Newsday] Wheee!-ly good news: Dockless bike share, and pedal assist, are on their way
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:05:00 AM)

    For five years the city, or at least parts of it, have had big, clunky blue Citi Bikes and their big, clunky gray docks, proving that bike share does work here, or at least in parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

    But major change is coming, for within days, the next wave — bike rentals without…

  • [NY Newsday] Warehouse collapse sends thousands of gallons of whiskey into retention ponds
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:00:00 AM)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky officials say the final collapse of a whiskey storage warehouse sent torrents of spirits gushing into retention ponds.

    John Mura, a spokesman for the state Energy and Environment Cabinet, said Friday about 120,000 gallons (454,000 liters) have been captured in two retention…

  • [NY Newsday] What’s at stake as Trump embarks on a European trip that includes face time with the Queen of England and Russian President Vladimir Putin
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:00:00 AM)

    America’s closest allies will be on edge next week as President Trump embarks on a European tour set to include a tense summit, tea with the British Queen and an eyebrow-raising face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    Trump’s whirlwind spin on the world stage begins Wednesday with a…

  • [NY Newsday] Heaven and hell
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 1:00:00 AM)

    “There is a real danger that we will leave future generations only rubble, deserts and refuse,” warned Pope Francis Friday. Also known to Scott Pruitt as the Promised Land.

  • [NY Newsday] New wildfires are destroying homes across California
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 12:45:00 AM)

    GOLETA, Calif. — Firefighters battling wildfires throughout the U.S. West that have torched hundreds of homes hoped for some help from the weather Saturday even as new fires swept sweltering Southern California.

    A fire on the California-Oregon border that destroyed 40 buildings and claimed at least…

  • [NY Newsday] New Jersey family, including 4 kids, killed in Delaware crash
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 12:15:00 AM)

    TOWNSEND, Del. — Five members of a New Jersey family, including four children, were killed Friday in a crash on a Delaware highway, according to state police.

    The other adult who was in the vehicle was taken to a hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries, news outlets reported Friday…

  • [NY Newsday] Readers sound off taxis, air conditioning and the Mets
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 12:00:00 AM)

    Shed no tears for yellow cabs

    Bronx: I have no sympathy for taxi drivers. I remember not too long ago when these same taxi drivers would refuse to pick up a black person like myself. Taxi drivers refused to go to Brooklyn or the Bronx. The same taxi drivers would drive past a black person when…

  • [NY Newsday] Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 11:40:00 PM)

    MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God exists.

    President Rodrigo Duterte, who has had a thorny relationship with…

  • [NY Newsday] Woman ran school as front for foreign athletes to avoid ICE
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 11:15:00 PM)

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to falsely enrolling foreign teens sought by basketball recruiters and coaches in her small private school.

    WSOC-TV reports that Evelyn Mack faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to a felony charge of concealing,…

  • [NY Newsday] Opioid maker sued for allegedly placing profits over people
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 11:10:00 PM)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A newly unsealed lawsuit by Tennessee’s attorney general says the maker of the world’s top-selling painkiller directed its salesforce to target the highest prescribers, many with limited or no pain management background or training.

    Citing the public’s right to know, Attorney…

  • [NY Newsday] Anne Frank’s family tried to escape to U.S., but met obstacles in acquiring visas
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:55:00 PM)

    BERLIN — Research suggests the family of Anne Frank, the world famous Jewish diarist who died in the Holocaust, attempted to immigrate to the United States and later also to Cuba, but their efforts were thwarted by America’s restrictive immigration policy and the outbreak of World War II.

    The Anne…

  • [NY Newsday] Botte: If Mets don’t deal Jacob deGrom or Noah Syndergaard, they need to go all in on Manny Machado this winter
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:30:00 PM)

    The three-headed front office of the Mets envisions attempting to pull off a quick turnaround ahead of the trade deadline, rather than a prolonged rebuild.

    That certainly flies in the face of the “everything’s on the table” talking point floated by acting GM John Ricco when Sandy Alderson stepped…

  • [NY Newsday] Airman pleads guilty to raping runaway 14-year-old girl, gets year in prison
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:20:00 PM)

    DOVER, Del. — An airman stationed at Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base has pleaded guilty to raping and endangering a runaway 14-year-old girl.

    WDEL-FM reports 22-year-old Zepplin Ray Taylor-McGinness was sentenced Friday to a year in prison, followed by probation.

    Dover Police M. Cpl. Mark Hoffman…

  • [NY Newsday] Puerto Rican mayor, two other gov officials arrested on corruption charges
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:10:00 PM)

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A mayor and two former government officials in Puerto Rico face public corruption charges in separate cases that involve a total of $8 million in federal and local funds, authorities said Thursday.

    The suspects are the mayor of the southwest town of Sabana Grande and the…

  • [NY Newsday] Woody Johnson, Jets owner, is raising his two kids to be ‘just like Donald Trump’
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:10:00 PM)

    You won’t see Woody Johnson’s two kids kneeling on the sideline at MetLife Stadium during the National Anthem any time soon.

    And they might never learn the correct words to “God Bless America” either.

    That’s because the Jets owner, while talking on camera for a piece about a documentary on the…

  • [NY Newsday] Man threatened to kill Trump supporters at congressman’s campaign office on Long Island: police
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:10:00 PM)

    An irate man threatened to kill a campaign volunteer — and Donald Trump supporters — at a Long Island Congressman’s campaign headquarters on Long Island Friday, police said.

    Martin Astrof, 75, charged at Donato Panico at Rep. Lee Zeldin’s Nesconset campaign office around 11:15 a.m., harassed him…

  • [NY Newsday] LeBron James Lakers jerseys hit shelves in NBA Store in Manhattan before mishap forces them to be taken down
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 10:00:00 PM)

    You may have noticed the Lakers never tweeted out LeBron James’ decision to sign with the purple and gold.

    That’s because his four-year, $154-million contract made public by his agency Sunday isn’t technically official.

    The King is busy vacationing in Europe, meaning he’s yet to put pen to paper…

  • [NY Newsday] Mazzeo: Sonny Gray shouldn’t start another game following latest Yankees disaster
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 8:55:00 PM)

    TORONTO – It’s time for the Yankees to remove Sonny Gray from the rotation.

    Aaron Boone said after Gray’s latest implosion on Friday night that the atrocious righty is expected to take his next turn on Wednesday in Baltimore, but that absolutely shouldn’t happen.

    “I don’t think we would do that…

  • [NY Newsday] Jose Bautista’s walk-off home run latest example of Mets’ midseason signing paying off
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 8:50:00 PM)

    Jose Bautista entered Friday night’s game against the Rays with 336 career home runs in 1,726 regular season games.

    None of them had been of the walk-off variety.

    That all changed in the bottom of the ninth at Citi Field when Bautista jumped on a first pitch fastball from Chaz Roe and belted it…

  • [NY Newsday] Bus careens onto home’s lawn, killing man in splash pool
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 8:40:00 PM)

    PHILADELPHIA — Police say a seemingly out-of-control city bus ran a red light, hit two cars, and then plowed onto a home’s lawn where people were lounging in a splash pool, killing one man.

    Police say the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority bus carrying 15 passengers crashed into…

  • [NYPost] Why Knicks GM is giving second chance to his biggest draft bust
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 6:28:16 PM)

    LAS VEGAS — We were all jerks in our youth. That was the message from new Knicks coach David Fizdale in predicting newly signed forward Mario Hezonja has turned over a new leaf as the 23-year-old Croatian put forth a strong finish to last season. Hezonja, the fifth pick in the 2015 draft, officially signed…

  • [NYPost] Thunder just trying to figure out how to get rid of Carmelo
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 9:19:40 AM)

    Carmelo Anthony didn’t like his reduced role and the Thunder weren’t keen on paying him big money to fail at it. A parting of the ways always seemed inevitable, and now it appears close to happening. Following one dismal season in Oklahoma City, the former Knick appears headed elsewhere shortly after opting in to the…

  • [NYPost] Kyle O’Quinn signs with Pacers as Knicks think young
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 8:54:59 AM)

    The Kyle O’Quinn Era is over in New York. The Queens product agreed to terms on a one-year, $4.5 million deal with the Pacers, an NBA source confirmed. The Knicks’ burly backup center got a small raise after opting out of his Knicks contract that would have paid him $4.25 million next season. According to…

  • [NYPost] Emmanuel Mudiay all-in with Fizdale as career at a crossroads
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 8:32:50 AM)

    LAS VEGAS — Emmanuel Mudiay doesn’t have to be here. But the 6-foot-5 point guard wants to be around new coach David Fizdale as much as he can looking to reverse a disappointing two-month stretch with the Knicks after the trade-deadline deal with Denver. Mudiay is practicing with the Knicks summer-league team that debuts Saturday…

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks sign Luke Kornet
    (Saturday, July 07, 2018 12:12:10 AM)

    The Knicks have signed C Luke Kornet, the team announced on Friday.

  • [SNY Knicks] The Thunder are trying to part ways with Carmelo Anthony
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 12:30:21 PM)

    The Oklahoma City Thunder are trying to get rid of former Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony after just one season.

  • [SNY Knicks] Knicks Summer League Preview: Knox, Ntilikina among those to watch
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 12:45:16 PM)

    With the Knicks first game against the Hawks slated for this Saturday at 5:30 p.m., here are some players to watch in Vegas over the next couple weeks.

  • [SNY Knicks] Former Knicks center O’Quinn agrees to deal with Pacers
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 11:14:25 AM)

    Former Knicks center Kyle O’Quinn agreed to a one-year, $4.5 million deal with the Indiana Pacers on Friday.

  • [SNY Knicks] If Porzingis plays the 3, Knicks could feature historically tall lineup
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 9:40:42 AM)

    Knicks head coach David Fizdale opened up the possibility of Kristaps Porzingis playing at small forward, which could give New York one of the tallest starting fives in NBA history.

  • [NYTimes] Spurs Guard Tony Parker Leaving for Charlotte Hornets
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 11:21:10 PM)

    The Spurs made an offer to bring back Parker, the free-agent guard who has spent his entire 17-year career in San Antonio, but he has decided to move on.

  • [NYTimes] The Houston Rockets Are Interested in Carmelo Anthony
    (Friday, July 06, 2018 7:20:23 PM)

    Anthony, currently a forward in Oklahoma City, is expected to part ways with the Thunder before the end of the summer. The Rockets may be his next stop.