[NYTimes] Jordin Canada Is the Sue Bird Protégé Who’s Got Next, and Now (Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:00:04 AM) That the Seattle Storm, just one win from a W.N.B.A. title, have came to rely so much on the rookie guard Jordin Canada is no accident. [NYDN] Teens can’t put their phones down and prefer texting […]
Month: September 2018
[NYTimes] Lifted by Stewart and Bird, Seattle Closes In on a W.N.B.A. Title (Monday, September 10, 2018 5:03:43 AM) Breanna Stewart scored 9 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Sue Bird came up with a key defensive play in the Storm’s 75-73 win over the Mystics. Seattle took a 2-0 series lead. [NYDN] […]
[NYDN] Manhattan rooftop bees are making this bakery’s Rosh Hashana honey (Sunday, September 09, 2018 3:00:00 AM) There’s a lot of buzz around this Manhattan bakery leading up to Rosh Hashana. For the first time in its five-year-history, Breads Bakery is using its own beehives on a rooftop just north of Union Square to make […]
[NYDN] Larry Nassar, Jameis Winston and the Trump administration’s proposed changes to campus sexual misconduct policies (Saturday, September 08, 2018 3:00:00 AM) College students face numerous adjustments as they return to campus for the fall semester. But if the Trump administration has its way, students nationwide will face an overhaul of sexual harassment and assault […]
[NYDN] Black parents come out against de Blasio’s desegregation plan (Friday, September 07, 2018 2:30:00 PM) An all-Black parent activist group came out swinging against Mayor de Blasio’s controversial plan to desegregate the city’s elite specialized high schools, saying he has inadvertently provoked animosity between communities of color with an ill-considered program. Parenting While Black, […]
[NYDN] Legacy admissions and basic fairness: The wrong way to boost students’ college admissions chances (Thursday, September 06, 2018 2:00:00 AM) This time of year, college students throughout the country set foot on campus and begin a journey toward a higher degree, a career and economic opportunity. However, a sad reality in college admissions remains: […]
[NYPost] Kevin Knox is circling how many wins Knicks need for playoffs (Tuesday, September 04, 2018 1:07:01 PM) Kevin Knox has already imagined what many view unlikely. The new Knicks wing isn’t looking at his rookie year as merely a developmental season. He’s thinking playoffs. “In the West, you need about 50 [wins],” Knox, the […]
[NYDN] Model and Weinstein accuser Ambra Battilana Gutierrez is using her new podcast to make sure #MeToo doesn’t go #TooFar (Tuesday, September 04, 2018 3:00:00 AM) The Victoria’s Secret model who first spoke out against Harvey Weinstein wants to make sure that #MeToo doesn’t go #TooFar. “Some people use #MeToo in the wrong way,” according […]
[NYDN] Fall TV 2018: Shows to watch, try and avoid (Monday, September 03, 2018 3:00:00 AM) Welcome to the fall of TV shows you’ve already seen before. A disappointing crop of new shows looks awfully familiar, mostly because they are. Peak TV has devolved into any number of spinoffs, sequels, remakes and reboots, leaving little […]
[NYTimes] Elena Delle Donne Only Remembers Titles. She’s Ready to Make New Memories. (Saturday, September 01, 2018 2:54:41 PM) Delle Donne, the Washington Mystics superstar, knows she’ll ultimately be judged by the number of championships she wins. This could be her year. [SNY Knicks] Walt Clyde Frazier gives brutally honest Knicks assesment (Saturday, September 01, […]