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Friar Tuck sold for $5.8M

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CATSKILL — Investors from New York City plan to breathe new life into the former Friar Tuck Inn. The 200-acre property and vacant resort were purchased for $5.8 million in March by NY-32-Realty Group Inc., with Elena Fu named as the primary owner, Savarino Companies Director of Business Development and Finance Thomas Zawadski said.

Details of the acquisition were released Wednesday.

Savarino Companies, of Buffalo, will serve as the project manager. The resort

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The Friar Tuck Inn was sold and the new owners say they are planning an investment of $60 million to $100 million to redevelop the property.

was previously owned by L&H Resort Systems, which purchased the property

in 2011 for $2.4 million.

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feature about 400 hotel rooms and amenities such as fishing, hunting, canoeing, horseback riding and ice skating, with a possible water park, Zawadski said.

“Overall, you’re probably looking at $60 million to $100 million,” he said.

Higher costs are anticipated if the water park is included, Zawadski said.

Without the water park, Zawadski expects the project would be complete in 2021.

“With our phase one opening in March, we’re planning to have about 100 rooms, plus the opening of what we’re calling ‘The Village,’” he said.

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Vivienne Harriott, a CMH housekeeper, stood outside with a group of other housekeepers trying to maintain a sense of humor amid their growing concerns.

Stacey Craig, another housekeeper standing nearby, said the camaraderie among her co-workers is what kept her

ALBANY — The state must continue to reduce the number of incarcerated New Yorkers, panelists said during a legislative hearing, as officials remain concerned about a potential second wave of COVID-19 in state prisons and the start of flu season.

Legislators in the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee held a public hearing Tuesday to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on prisons and jails, including a status for inmates released early due to the coronavirus pandemic and how agencies plan to keep infection numbers low.

Committee Chairman Luis Sepúlveda, D-Bronx, and Health Committee Chairman Gustavo Rivera, D-Bronx, led the discussion.

More than 11,000 New Yorkers are jailed and 37,000 people are in state prisons, according to nysenate.gov.

The state reports 773 confirmed cases of inmates infected with COVID-19, and 1,329 corrections employees.

DOCCS also has 90 parolees who contracted the disease.

“Staying 6 feet apart is almost impossible to do,” said Maurice Wilcox, a former inmate at Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County, who told the panel dozens of inmates frequently remain only 2 or 3 feet apart when crowded in hallways, common areas or bathrooms.

“I’ve been to all the facilities — it’s just impossible,” he said. “You cannot do it in a yard, you cannot do it in the hallway. You cannot do it in the cell blocks. It’s too condensed in the prison system to do anything if we had a rampant outbreak. You cannot contain it unless you look at decreasing the population.”

Three former inmates who each served several years in correctional facilities statewide detailed prison conditions at the height of the state’s COVID-19 outbreak this spring.

Inmates at several correctional facilities were sent away from the infirmary or sick ward unless they exhibited severe coronavirus symptoms, and some died after not receiving treatment, the men said.

Jermaine Barrett was

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Hospital extends union contract to Nov. 30 Aliya Schneider/Columbia-Greene Media

Housekeeper Stacey Craig, right, and a co-worker listen to the hospital-union negotiations on a phone outside the City of Hudson Firehouse on Tuesday.

By Aliya Schneider Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — Columbia Memorial Health has extended the contract with its union employees until Nov. 30 as negotiations continue, union spokeswoman Mindy Berman said Wednesday.

All 12 members of the 1199 Service Employees International Union negotiating committee attended the talks Tuesday as more than 80 employees stopped by the City of Hudson firehouse, 77 N. Seventh St., and more than 25 attended via conference call, Berman said.

The negotiating session lasted six hours, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., according to Berman.

The next session is scheduled for Sept. 30, at 2 p.m., at the firehouse.

The negotiating committee represents about 800 employees, Berman said.

Hospital employees waited outside the firehouse to show support and take turns going into the firehouse to listen to the negotiations.

Multiple phones carried the negotiations live on speaker phone on the sidewalk in front of the firehouse as members spread out to listen closely.

Jim Patrick, a Columbia Memorial Hospital x-ray technologist and member of the bargaining committee, retired Sept. 14 and is working per diem for CMH. Patrick worked at the hospital for 39 years before retiring.

He said he is signed up for eight shifts next month because of the hospital’s small staff.

“The stress levels have really gone up,” he said of the hospital’s changing work environment.

Although he is no longer a full-time employee, Patrick is determined to see the hospital improve benefits for its workers.

“I’m not going to leave these employees not being able to afford health care,” he said. “I’m going to sit there and fight with the rest of the panel.”

He is concerned about low-income hospital workers with families.

“I feel bad for the lower-income people.

They’re not going to be able to have family coverage, and we work for health care,” he said. “I’m not going to let my fellow employees who I’ve known for all these years down. That’s what I’m here for.”

Danielle Downes, a patient care

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Hospital employees listen to the negotiations outside the City of Hudson Firehouse on Tuesday.

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A registered nurse, center, signs a petition calling for protection of holidays, sick days and vacation days instead of paid time off.

assistant, held a sign outside the firehouse with the words, “More than PRAISE, We need a RAISE!“ Her sentiment is grounded in her own experience and what she has witnessed from co-workers.

“I work a lot of overtime to make ends meet and a lot of my co-workers have second and third jobs,” Downes said.

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going through the pandemic.

“We work together. That’s the only way we got through this,” she said.

Harriott said the housekeepers are short-staffed, underpaid, and not well recognized.

“When we do the hard work, when we do the COVID rooms especially, no one turns to us and says thank you,” Harriott said.

Housekeepers said they received N95 masks early in the pandemic, and later were expected to wear cloth masks, even when cleaning the rooms of patients who tested positive for COVID-19.

If a housekeeper has an N95 mask, they are re-using them

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The Village refers to 10 buildings on the property that will be turned into commercial space, Zawadski said. New expansions on the property will be open every six to eight months, he said.

“One of the challenges of that site is that the infrastructure will have to be done internally,” Zawadski said, adding that the company will be working on

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released from Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County on July 28 after 15 years in prison, and told the story of a fellow inmate who went to the prison’s sick hall four times and complained about breathing difficulties and other COVID-19 symptoms, but was repeatedly sent back to his cell.

“He was told to go back until he succumbed to his injuries and died,” Barrett said.

“They stated if your temperature wasn’t above 104 degrees, no immediate action would take place.”

Barrett was housed in Green Haven’s Unit for the Physically Disabled.

“People there are in wheelchairs or missing limbs or that nature,” he said, adding inmates struggled to get help putting on face masks or getting adequate access to hand washing.

Facilities provide inadequate medical treatment to inmates, Barrett said, adding prison health services were a problem before the pandemic.

The state requires large, open facilities such as malls and gyms to have a MERV-13 or higher rated filter in air circulation systems to cleanse the COVID-19 particle from the air.

Prison cells have windows, but lack proper ventilation, Wilcox said.

Several testified prison staff and administrators often fail to wear masks or proper personal protective equipment.

“Based on direct observation by my staff, at least half of New York City correction officers are not wearing masks or are wearing them around their chin with nose and mouths exposed,” said Stan Germán, executive director of New York County Defenders Service. “It’s unfathomable after what this city and state have gone through, we are refusing to wear masks in a jail of all places.”

Seventeen inmates, five staff members and four parolees died as a result of the virus, said Anthony Annucci,

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from earlier, Harriott said.

CMH spokesman Bill VanSlyke said staff has been equipped properly according to state and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

“Since the inception of the pandemic our staff have been equipped with PPE gear that fully complies with all CDC and state Health Department requirements,” he said.

Van Slyke declined to comment on the specifics of the contract negotiations.

Also outside the firehouse, nurses signed a petition to protect their sick days, holidays and vacation days instead of moving to a paid time-off (PTO) policy.

Hospital and union representatives had good discussion on how to address recruitment and staff retention, Berman said.

“We know there is a lot of work to be done, but the

members felt we were moving in a good direction, although disappointed that the 0% raise is still on the table,” she said.

But morale outside the firehouse was at low ebb.

“I spoke to a number of employees and the morale is extremely low,” Hudson Mayor Kamal Johnson said. “Our health care workers are not asking to be rich, they are asking to be able to have enough to live off of. I will continue to support them every step of the way.”

Common Council President Tom DePietro also spent time with workers outside the firehouse to show support.

“The hospital workers represent one of two of the biggest groups of workers in the city, and they’re essential to our local economy,” DePietro said. “Of course, government needs to support them because they’ve been working without a

contract.

“They’ve been given a 0% increase for the next year in the proposed contract, they’re asked to pay more of their health care, which seems rather ridiculous given that they work in a hospital,” DePietro said. “I think it shouldn’t be too controversial that maybe people at the top should consider taking a cut in order to help out those who have been really the essential workers throughout the entire pandemic.”

Mayoral Aide Michael Chameides attended part of the negotiations in his role as a Columbia County Supervisor from Hudson’s 3rd Ward.

“I’m thankful to our health care workers. They help us stay healthy and care for us at times when we are most in need,” he said. “I support the worker’s efforts to secure a fair contract.”

putting in sewer and water access over the next few months.

Greene County Industrial Development Agency Executive Director Rene VanSchaack is optimistic about the new project.

“It’s been purchased by a new investor group,” VanSchaack said. “Myself and Warren Hart met with them once.

They are in the process of putting together a strategy for the redevelopment of the resort.”

Hart is the director of the Greene County Economic

Development, Tourism and Planning Department.

The group has not submitted an application to the IDA at this time, VanSchaack said.

“As far as what their intentions are, I’m hesitant to say too much,” he said. “I will tell you that the former owner had it for over seven years and nothing progressed. The new owners, they seem to have their act together.”

VanSchaack described Savarino as “highly qualified” for the job.

“From the IDA’s perspective, we’re pretty optimistic and hopeful that the new owners take it in the right direction,” he said. “It would be wonderful to see that property addressed instead of being an eyesore.”

Earlier this year, L&H, the former owner made good on a payment of $749,000 in back taxes, Greene County Treasurer Peter Markou said.

L&H also paid a $7,000 court fine for having improper electrical work for its Hello Panda Lantern Festival this winter.

acting commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

The department has faced criticism from criminal justice advocacy groups that believe there hasn’t been adequate testing in state correctional facilities.

Sepulveda said the state tested fewer incarcerated citizens compared to other states.

“I wouldn’t say that’s accurate, senator,” Annucci replied. “Everyone’s protocols are different.”

DOCCS’ diagnostic coronavirus testing frequency appears to be changing, according to the latest information available on DOCCS’ website.

DOCCS has performed 13,012 COVID-19 tests since mid-March, as of Monday.

There are 1,038 pending tests — a majority of which are for incarcerated individuals in western New York prisons after several coronavirus hotspots and clusters in the Buffalo area and neighboring counties caused the region’s infection rate to spike.

“We greatly increased the rate at which we’re testing,” Annucci said.

Symptomatic inmates and those over age 55 are regularly tested for COVID-19, or for contact tracing, he added.

DOCCS lacks a sufficient number of influenza vaccinations before the height of the annual flu season from October through next March or April.

“So you have to ration flu vaccines?” said Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan. “I find that absolutely unacceptable.”

Inmates working at prison manufacturing company Corcraft produced more than 6 million bottles of the state’s NYS Clean hand sanitizer.

Operations started in March at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in Washington County, but recently ended, and will cease at other facilities soon, Annucci said.

Corcraft workers earn a starting wage of 16 cents per hour.

Annucci told lawmakers Tuesday the total incarcerated population in New York is at 36,704 — its lowest

point since 1986. The prison population has decreased by about 7,500 since January.

Each of the state’s 52 correctional facilities will stop double bunking inmates to reduce density in preparation for a virus resurgence, the commissioner said.

“DOCCS has conducted tabletop exercises to prepare for additional positive cases,” Annucci said. “Medical staff have been trained in infection control across the state.”

DOCCS created a coronavirus task force to monitor and assess all potential virus responses and to maintain regular communication with superintendents and staff.

“DOCCS has taken a number of actions including removing nonessential staff from the workplace, suspending visitation and programs, deploying masks to staff and making hand sanitizer available,” the commissioner said of how the state mitigated COVID-19 infections in prisons.

In-person visitation resumed last month at 50% capacity. A brief hug is permitted at the beginning and end of visits, and masks are required.

Some witnesses detailed inconsistencies in mask policies in state correctional facilities. Prisons significantly lacked sufficient personal protective equipment such as face masks, swabs and gloves, when the state was the virus epicenter through March and April.

“The failure to provide PPE dragged on for months and into April,” recalled Benny Boscio, president of the Corrections Officers Benevolent Association. “Officers brought in their own masks to wear. They were told bringing in their own masks wasn’t permitted and they should go home.”

Officers must be regularly tested for the virus and not forced to return to work too soon after battling an illness, Boscio said.

“My members still went to work and had to grapple with inmates coughing and spitting in their faces,” he added.

“Corrections officers are the unsung heroes.”

Video calling technology and services must be made

available to all inmates, said Osborne Association President Elizabeth Gaynes, who advocated to further reduce the state’s incarcerated population before a second wave.

“The approach to COVID has to be releasing more people,” Gaynes said. “That is something you as the Legislature and governor have way more power over than DOCCS.” Released inmates should have been placed in hotels along the state Thruway and Lincoln Center in Manhattan to quarantine before returning home, she said.

Several panelists and advocates encouraged lawmakers to further reduce the number of incarcerated New Yorkers, or granting clemency to all elderly or medically vulnerable inmates, those within one year of release, inmates charged with nonviolent crimes within 90 days of their earliest release dates and those incarcerated for technical parole violations.

“No one was in that facility to be sentenced to death,” said Susan Gottehrer, director of the Nassau County chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, who called on the legislature to pass the Less is More Act, or state incarceration reform. “Consider to expand compassion for release of elders and the medically vulnerable ... release pregnant people, and transgender people highly susceptible to abuse or medical care failures while incarcerated.

“You hear counties did a good job [containing COVID-19] based on the numbers, but human beings are not numbers,” Gottehrer said.

Tribune News Service contributed to this report.

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Monday, Sept. 28 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Wednesday, Sept. 30 n Catskill Central School District Board of Education special meeting 6:30 p.m. Catskill High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill

Thursday, Oct. 1 n Ashland Town Planning Board 6 p.m. at the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Monday, Oct. 5 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Tuesday, Oct. 6 n Catskill Town Board 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

Wednesday, Oct. 7 n Catskill Town budget workshop

meeting 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, Oct. 8 n Coxsackie Village workshop meet-

ing 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, Oct. 12 n Ashland Town offices closed in ob-

servance of Columbus Day n Catskill Town offices closed in observance of Columbus Day n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of Columbus Day n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Tuesday, Oct. 13 n Catskill Town budget workshop

meeting 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, Oct. 14 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. Ath-

ens Volunteer Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Catskill Town Zoning Board 6 p.m.

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. at the Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD Board of Education 5 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Thursday, Oct. 15 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, Oct. 19 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Police: Several vehicle larcenies reported

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — Catskill Police received at least seven reports of vehicle larcenies on Monday, Lt. Ronald Frascello said.

The larcenies occurred in the early morning hours on Monday in the east side of the village. All of the vehicles were unlocked. Loose change and other miscellaneous items were reported stolen, but nothing of great value, Frascello said.

Frascello declined to give out any details about the suspect

or suspects, citing an ongoing investigation.

“If anyone has information to report to police, please come forward.” Frascello said. “Any information will be confidential.”

Frascello recommended that residents keep their vehicles locked.

“If they see somebody suspicious, they should contact the police,” he said.

No other incidents of this nature have happened recently, Frascello said.

Injured hiker rescue lasts four hours

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

JEWETT — An injured hiker from New Jersey was rescued in Jewett on Saturday by state forest rangers, Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman Jomo Miller said Wednesday.

The unidentified man, 40, from Tenafly, New Jersey, suffered a lower left leg injury, Miller said.

At about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, the Windham Police Department asked the DEC for assistance in locating the hiker.

The man was found about 1 mile from the Barnum Road Trailhead on Thomas Cole Mountain, Miller said.

Forest rangers Jeffrey

Breigle, Jason Seeley, Steven Jackson and Stephen Ellis responded with Greene County EMS. After first responders reached the hiker, paramedics treated the man and rangers secured him in a litter to carry him to safety, Miller said.

Four hours later, at about 6:45 p.m., rangers arrived at the parking area with the hiker, who declined medical transport to the hospital, Miller said.

The hiker told rangers he would seek additional medical care on his own, Miller said. The extent of his injuries was not immediately known.

Source of gas odor in Catskill remains unknown

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — A reported gas odor at Catskill Commons on Tuesday afternoon turned out to be coming from an unknown source, said John Maserjian, media relations director for Central Hudson Gas & Electric.

Central Hudson checked the area, above and below ground, and did not find any evidence of leaking gas, Maserjian said.

At about 3:27 p.m., Catskill Fire Company was sent by Greene County 911 to Lowe’s Home Improvement Center, 60 Catskill Commons, after receiving reports of an odor of gas in the parking lot, in front of the store.

Catskill firefighters

reported smelling gas and requested that Central Hudson be called to the scene, Catskill Fire Chief John Holt said.

Businesses in the area were not evacuated, but firefighters used a gas detection meter to determine if there were gas levels present, Holt said.

The meter detects the presence of natural gas and carbon monoxide, Maserjian said.

Catskill firefighters closed a section of the Lowe’s parking lot for safety reasons.

It was determined that the odor was not gas. The odor was coming from unknown source, Maserjian said.

Crews were on the scene for more than 90 minutes.

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Tuesday, Oct. 20 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. Ath-

ens Volunteer Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Catskill Town budget workshop meeting 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Greene County Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, Greene County Legislative Chambers, Room 403, 411 Main St., Catskill. Meetings are open to the public. Social Distance, masks required n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Oct. 21 n Cairo Town Board workshop meet-

ing 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Catskill Central School District Board of Education 6:30 p.m. CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee/ budget workshop meeting 6:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Tuesday, Oct. 27 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

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HUDSON — A weeklong safety initiative, Operation Clear Track, is aimed at preventing fatalities like the accident that killed Anna M. Podgorbunski earlier this month.

The 54-year-old New York City woman died Sept. 11 when she was struck by a train in Greenport.

Podgorbunski was walking on the tracks north of Hudson when she was hit by an Amtrak passenger train, Lt. Louis Bray of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said.

“In light of the recent tragedy just north of our city, this awareness program is particularly relevant,” said Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore.

Operation Clear Track, which runs Sept. 21 through Sept. 27, is the largest rail-safety initiative in North America, according to the Hudson Police Department.

The department is joining forces with other firstresponder agencies, Amtrak and Operation Lifesaver, Inc., to heighten awareness to rail safety.

If a train is traveling 50 to 60 mph, it takes about a minute to clear a crossing, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation website. At 30 mph, it takes about two minutes to clear a crossing.

The average freight train, traveling at 55 mph, takes

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A CSX freight train crosses Warren Street in Hudson during Rail Safety Week.

anywhere from 1 to 1 1/2 miles to stop, according to the website.

“Every three hours in the United States, a person or vehicle is hit by a train. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office supports this annual effort to keep our communities and citizens safe around railroad tracks and trains,” Columbia County Sheriff David Bartlett said.

Operation Lifesaver, Inc. is a national nonprofit educational organization that seeks to reduce collisions, injuries and fatalities at America’s rail crossings and on railroad tracks.

Operation Lifesaver estimates that accidents involving trains seriously injure or kill more than 2,100 people each year.

“The goal of Operation Clear Track and Rail Safety Week is to raise awareness of the importance of safe behavior near tracks and trains, in support of our mission to save lives,” said Operation Lifesaver Executive Director Rachel Maleh.

The annual weeklong event, held during Rail Safety Week, runs through Sunday. Operation Clear Track aims to reduce the number of railway crossing and trespassing incidents.

“If you see something, say something,” Lt. Ronald Frascello of the Catskill Police Department said.

For more information about Rail Safety Week, Operation Clear Track, and other rail-safety initiatives and tips, please visit www.oli.org.

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Going out of business is not funny Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but there were these owners who gathered in New York City (or Albany or Buffalo) calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow them to reopen their businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic even as riskier enterprises were allowed to open.

Sound familiar? The setup sure does. And so does the punch line. But this isn’t funny.

This time, Kambri Crews, owner of QED Astoria, led a rally outside the New York Comedy Club in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to review a five-page proposal submitted by comedy club owners detailing how their venues can safely reopen as COVID-19 rages on.

Comedy club owners asked the state to give live

entertainment the same consideration given to other industries.

Now, here comes the punch line, courtesy of QED Astoria owner Kambri Crews: “Shame on them, really.”

The owners’ proposal includes safety measures for reopening performing art spaces and indoor or outdoor events with restrictions.

Comedy club owners say they are drowning, and we haven’t mentioned the plight of live theater and movie theaters. Appealing to state leaders, Crews said: “Throw us a lifeline instead of pushing us deeper into debt.”

The state’s failure to reopen comedy clubs and movie theaters seems an arbitrary distinction as businesses, including gyms, were allowed to reopen.

Why are gyms safe? Why are New York movie theaters closed when they are open in 47 other states?

But there’s a caveat here: Domestic movie theater attendance is abysmal since the reopening and box-office grosses are at record lows. It seems few people want to sit in a closed room with other people coughing for two hours.

So comedy club owners have joined movie theater owners to plead for a reopening of some kind before the laughter stops for good.

We are scratching and clawing through an unprecedented health crisis, but we are floundering at the recovery. We are not paying enough attention to reviving our businesses before it is too late.

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Remember the 200,000 Americans who have died from covid-19 (c) 2020,The Washington Post ·

Patricia Edwards. William Pursell. Carlos Vallejo.Betty McBride. Alfonso Cardenas.

Tom Seaver. Johnny Lee Peoples and his wife, Cathy Darlene. Tootie Robbins. Mac Hodges.

Robert Rhodes. Gilbert Polanco. Eli Sevener.

Say their names. Remember their lives.

Mourn their deaths. And be angry — very angry — that these people — an intensive care nurse, a musician, a doctor, a counselor, a local soccer club coach, a baseball legend, a couple married for 48 years, a son of sharecroppers who made it to the NFL,the mayor of a North Carolina town, a law professor, a longtime correctional officer and a 19-yearold just starting out in life - have been added to the United States’ mounting death toll from the coronavirus pandemic.

They are among the 50,000 Americans who have died from covid-19 in the past two months, bringing this country’s grim total to 200,000 deaths and accounting for more than one-fifth of the world’s fatalities from the virus. The numbers — 100,000 deaths by May, 150,000 deaths by July and now, just two months later, 200,000 dead and counting — are far higher than those of any other country.

Not that any of that matters to President Donald Trump.

“Nothing more could have been done.

Nothing more could have been done,” he told reporter Bob Woodward in August.

False.

Even though the president, as Woodward has revealed, knew early on (by Jan. 28, to be The Daily Mail welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must contain a full name, full address and a daytime telephone number. Names will be published, but phone numbers will not be divulged.

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exact) how dangerous the virus is, he chose to minimize the threat and mislead the American public. He refused to mobilize the large-scale government response that was so clearly needed. That resulted in not enough personal protective equipment for doctors and nurses and other health-care providers, not enough contact tracing, not enough funding for states and cities, and not enough buy-in from citizens about the importance of wearing masks, social distancing and other precautions recommended by the federal government’s own medical and scientific experts. That most of the covid-19 deaths in recent months have been in Southern and Sun Belt states can be tied to the disastrous decisions of those states to start reopening in May — at Trump’s prodding — leading to a spike in cases.

Yet Trump proclaims, “Nothing more could have been done.” Patricia Edwards died five days after he uttered those fatuous words. She was 62. She had devoted her life to her work as a nurse, and when the pandemic hit she didn’t pull back but, knowing that her skills were all the more needed, continued to work her overnight shift at a hospital in Greenville, S.C. A week after her death and a day after her children buried her, her mother, Rosa Lee Finch Hellams, 96, died, also from covid-19. Remember her as well, and don’t accept that there is nothing more that can be done. Wear a mask. Social distance. Wash your hands.

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Amy Coney Barrett’s judicial record should alarm liberals WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump was down to the wire in naming a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, one of the strikes against federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett was her scanty judicial record.

Conservatives had learned a painful lesson with previous picks — Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter — who turned out to be more moderate than advertised.

They had internalized the experience: No more stealth nominees. Candidates needed to have a lengthy enough judicial paper trail to be confident of how they would perform on the high court.

So Barrett, named to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit just eight months earlier, lost out to Brett Kavanaugh — even though an examination of her academic writings strongly suggested that, at least on the issue most important to social conservatives, she would be solidly opposed to abortion rights and inclined, even eager, to reverse Roe v. Wade. As I wrote at the time, “while Barrett has the shortest judicial paper trail of the likely nominees, her academic writings are the equivalent of a flashing neon sign: I’ll do it.”

More than two years later, Barrett has amassed a judicial track record — nearly 100 written opinions, and many more votes on cases before her — to support that assessment. In her still relatively short time on the bench, Barrett has considered two abortion cases and ruled against abortion rights in both.

In one, the full appeals court declined to review a panel decision that blocked from taking effect an Indiana parentalconsent law for minors seeking abortions. The law on this has been fairly clear, for decades: It is constitutional for states to require that minors seeking abortions obtain parental consent.

However, such laws must provide what is known as a judicial bypass, allowing the minor to demonstrate that she is mature enough to make the decision on her own or that an abortion would be in her best interest.

Notwithstanding this settled law, Indiana enacted a parental-consent law that mandated that the parent be informed of the planned abortion unless the judge further decided that it would not be in the minor’s “best interests.” A district judge blocked the law, and a

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MARCUS three-judge appeals court panel agreed. The panel, splitting two to one, noted the “serious risk that prior notice, instead of giving parents an opportunity to offer wise counsel, will actually give parents an opportunity to exercise a practical veto, preventing the pregnant minor from actually exercising the constitutional right the juvenile court has allowed her to exercise.”

The full appeals court, dividing six to five, let that decision stand. Barrett and two other Trump nominees joined the dissent, which stated the issue as a matter of federalism: “Preventing a state statute from taking effect is a judicial act of extraordinary gravity in our federal structure.”

The second case involved an even more extreme Indiana law, signed by Vice President Mike Pence when he was governor: It prohibited abortions performed for reasons related to sex, race or disability. Specifically, a woman who discovered that her fetus had Down syndrome would be barred from terminating the pregnancy.

An appeals court panel composed of three Republican appointees agreed with the lower court that the law was flatly unconstitutional. “The non-discrimination provisions clearly violate well-established Supreme Court precedent holding that a woman may terminate her pregnancy prior to viability, and that the State may not prohibit a woman from exercising that right for any reason,” the court said.

It rejected Indiana’s argument that the right to abortion protected under Roe included only the decision whether or not to bear a child, not whether to continue a particular pregnancy. “Nothing in Roe . . . or any other case from the Supreme Court can be read to limit a woman’s right in this way,” the court said.

Indiana didn’t ask the appeals court to reconsider that part of the ruling, just a different

aspect of the law involving the disposal of fetal remains. That didn’t stop Barrett from joining a dissent that labeled the law a “eugenics statute.” The opinion, issued just before Kennedy announced his retirement, argued that “none of the Court’s abortion decisions holds that states are powerless to prevent abortions designed to choose the sex, race, and other attributes of children.” Talk about judicial activism - the question wasn’t even before the court.

Of course, there is much more to constitutional interpretation and judicial philosophy than abortion. To take one other hot-button example, in 2018, gun rights groups were concerned about Barrett’s blank slate on the issue. Now they have before them a 2019 case involving a Wisconsin man, convicted of felony mail fraud, who claimed that federal and state laws prohibiting felons from possessing firearms went too far in his case, without any indication that he posed a danger. Two Republican appointees upheld the laws. Barrett dissented, saying that denying arms to all nonviolent felons treats the Second Amendment as a “second-class right.”

Barrett dissented in a case in which the majority blocked the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule, which excludes the entry of legal immigrants who might rely on federal benefits. She joined a ruling that job applicants cannot use agediscrimination law to sue over hiring practices that have a discriminatory impact on older workers.

On the other hand, she found that a male butcher who was subjected to harassment and unwanted touching by male co-workers could sue under federal anti-discrimination law. “The shop was a mixedsex workplace, and only men were groped and taunted,” Barrett wrote. “Because men were treated differently from women at [the store], a reasonable jury could conclude that [the plaintiff] was tormented because of his sex.”

There is much more to plumb in Barrett’s writings, as Trump weighs his selection.

But a quick review suggests that conservatives should be assuaged, and liberals alarmed, by the Barrett record in her first years as a judge.

Ruth Marcus’ email address is ruthmarcus@washpost.com.

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Joan M. Surrano Joan M. Surrano, 87, of Ath- among those was always putens, NY passed away on Sep- ting others before herself. She tember 19th, 2020. Joan was was an excellent baker and well born on June 17th, 1933 in known for her Italian Jeanettes Catskill, NY to parents Albert and Pizzelles. Joan loved to and Charlotte (Rockerfeller) sing, watch movies, spend time Yannone. with family, and she especially In addition to her parents she loved bingo. She will be greatly is predeceased by her loving missed but the wonderful memhusband of 45 years, ories of her will carry on John P. Surrano Sr., forever. two children John P. Friends and relaSurrano Jr. and Carlene tives are invited and Mary Surrano, brother may call on Friday, Albert “Sonny” YanSeptember 25th, 2020 none, and good friend from 9-11am at Richand companion George ards Funeral Home, 28 H. Engelke.

N. Vernon Street, AthJoan is survived by ens, NY. Prayer service her children Kevin Surto take place at 11am Surrano rano, Sharon Phillips, with interment in the Richard Surrano, Michael Sur- Old Athens Rural Cemetery to rano, Carrie Severance, and immediately follow. NYS Safety Charlene Stanger, her siblings Procedures and Social DistancDoris Alix, John Yannone, Janet ing Protocol will be in place.

Burnsed, and Thomas Yannone, Memorial donations in Joan’s as well as 16 grandchildren, 15 honor may be made at Alzheimgreat-grandchildren, and many er’s Association National Capinieces and nephews. tal Area Chapter, 8180 GreensJoan had a heart of gold and boro Drive, Suite 400, McLean, those that knew her fell in love VA 22102. Condolences may be with her immediately. Joan was made at www.richardsfuneralknown for many things but chief homeinc.net.

Elizabeth A. “Liz” Van Alstyne Elizabeth A. “Liz” Van Al- (Christina) of Indianapolis, IN, styne, 72, of Stuyvesant Falls, two sisters: Carolyn Reinhart of NY, passed away Friday, Sep- Stockport, NY and Peggy Tertember 18, 2020 at Pine Haven williger of Stuyvesant Falls, NY Home. Born Septemand a granddaughter, ber 30, 1947 in HudIsabella Van Alstyne. son, NY, she was the Funeral services will daughter of the late Wilbe private for her famliam and Wilhelmena ily. There will be no call(Herbs) Goodman. Liz ing hours. For those was a bookkeeper at who wish, contribuBarnwell Nursing Home tions in her memory, for many years. may be made to the She is survived by Valatie Rescue Squad, her husband: Wayne Van Alstyne P.O. Box 242, Valatie, C. Van Alstyne, two NY 12184. Arrangesons: William Van Alstyne (Eliza- ments are under the direction of beth Naccarato) of Stuyvesant the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Falls, NY and Glenn Van Alstyne Home, Valatie.

John F. Stiehle John F. Stiehle, 80, of Ancram passed away on September 22, 2020 at Columbia Memorial Hospital.

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Mike Tyson will vote for first time in 2020 election

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Mike Tyson attends the Citi Taste Of Tennis on August 22, 2019 in New York City.

By Peter Sblendorio New York Daily News

Mike Tyson is ready to punch his ballot.

The boxer said he plans to vote for the first time in the 2020 presidential election.

“This election will be my 1st time voting,” Tyson tweeted Tuesday. “I never thought I could because of my felony record. I’m proud to finally vote.”

The former heavyweight champion also shared a link to help others register to vote.

Tyson, 54, served three years in prison after being convicted of rape and two counts of deviant sexual conduct in 1992, according to CNN.

While many states prohibit people convicted of felonies from voting, a law was passed in 2019 in Nevada, where Tyson lives, that restored the right to vote once someone is out of prison.

Tyson, who last fought in 2005, has been training for a boxing comeback, and is scheduled to face off with Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 28. (c)2020 New York Daily News Visit New York Daily News at www. nydailynews.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Crews ‘turn a corner’ on Bobcat fire as containment doubles overnight

By Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Beleaguered fire crews made significant progress overnight on the Bobcat fire burning in northeastern Los Angeles County.

After weeks of struggling to keep up with the fire’s erratic, multidirectional growth, crews had achieved 38% containment of the blaze as of Wednesday morning _ more than doubling the fire’s containment from the previous day.

“Today we had a pretty successful day,” Kerri Gilliland of the California Interagency Management said in a Tuesday evening update.

Crews successfully placed several direct containment lines _ barriers created with bulldozers and mechanical equipment to hinder the spread of flames _ along the fire’s edge, Gilliland said.

The fire’s growth is also slowing. After ballooning to twice its size in the course of one week, it is now increasing in slower increments, growing by a little more than 1,000 acres overnight. The total acreage burned Wednesday was 113,307, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Progress was so significant that the estimated containment date for the fire has been moved up by one month, to Sept. 30.

“We finally got the resources, we got favorable weather, and the fuel transition was big,” Forest Service spokesman Larry Smith said Wednesday.

“Once it came out of the really steep timber (of the Angeles National Forest), we were able to get more mechanized.”

The northern portion of the fire, which seared through Juniper Hills and portions of the Antelope Valley, has been marked as contained, Smith said.

But the fight is not over.

Mount Wilson, home to an observatory and a reported $1 billion worth of communications

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Firefighters continue to battle the Bobcat Fire North of Mt. Wilson along Angeles Crest Highway on Sept. 22, 2020.

towers, remains threatened by the fire, which is considered one of the largest in L.A. County history.

Fire crews will continue strategic operations to protect the hilltop throughout the day Wednesday, the Forest Service said.

“I’m exhausted,” said Thomas Meneghini, executive director of the Mount Wilson Observatory.

Meneghini said observatory staff have been “pretty well wiped out” from seeing flames lap at Mount Wilson for more than a week. At one point, the fire reached less than 500 feet from the storied structure.

“Our stuff is priceless, it’s irreplaceable,” he said of the observatory’s equipment, which includes a 100-year-old telescope that played an important role in the history of astronomy, and the 2004-built CHARA array for digitized space study.

“There’s no monetary value you could put on these items,” he said.

On the northern perimeter of the fire, at least 29 structures

have been burned, including the nature center at the Devil’s Punchbowl, a 1,310-acre rock canyon that receives a reported 130,000 visitors each year.

Evacuation orders remain in place for several communities in the Angeles National Forest and the foothills north of the blaze. Evacuation warnings also remain for Pasadena, Altadena and other areas threatened by the fire.

The Bobcat fire, which ignited Sept. 6, is one of more than two dozen fires burning across California, and resources are spread thin. In response, the Forest Service has mobilized 100 firefighters from across Mexico to assist with wildfire suppression throughout the state.

The firefighters are expected to arrive Wednesday and will receive orientation and training before traveling to the Castle fire within the Sequoia Complex of fires in Sequoia National Forest.

Firefighters from Canada and the U.S. military are also deployed to fires around the

state, the Forest Service said.

More than 3 million acres have burned in California this year.

But after what felt like weeks of playing whack-a-mole with the unpredictable Bobcat fire, officials said Wednesday’s substantial gains could be the start of a new chapter.

“We’re really starting to turn a corner on this fire and getting the upper hand,” Forest Service spokesman Andrew Mitchell said Wednesday.

But, Mitchell said, officials are not celebrating just yet, as the forecast calls for hot, dry weather that could help reignite the blaze.

“We are expecting elevated to critical fire weather,” he said.

“It all depends on this weekend.” (c)2020 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www. latimes.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Schumer seeks to block Supreme Court FUNERAL DIRECTORS replacement before Election Day

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused the GOP of hypocritically trashing precedent to quickly transform the top court into a right-wing bulwark against the liberal values the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought for.

“They are fighting to reverse Justice Ginsburg’s legacy, not honor it,” the New York Democrat said, in a fierce broadside at RepubYuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS lican colleagues.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks He called the fast-track during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on confirmation plan an effort September 22, 2020. to win support on the top court to repeal Obamacare pick to replace the late Jus- November. and turn back the clock on tice Antonin Scalia eight “How low can a president abortion, voting rights and months before the 2016 vote. go?” Schumer asked. same-sex marriage.

Schumer mocked that Democrats hope to gum The Supreme Court will claim as shameless political up the Senate works a bit to hear on Nov. 10 the GOP law- hypocrisy, noting that no Su- stall Trump’s push to replace suit that would strike down preme Court Justice has ever Ginsburg as soon as possible, the historic act that provides been confirmed between but Senate Majority Leader health insurance to millions July and Election Day in a Mitch McConnell is a master and bars insurance compresidential election year. of Senate procedure himself panies from discriminating “There is no, no, no prec- and believes he can bring a against those with preexistedent for this,” he said. “We pick to a final confirmation ing conditions. have a term for that: It’s vote before Nov. 3.

“Average Americans are The GOP could also vote asking what do we have to called a double standard.”

His voice dripping with to confirm a Trump pick lose,” Schumer said. “The sarcasm, Schumer repeated in a lame-duck session afstakes are no less than our the words of Sen. Lindsey ter Election Day, but that fundamental rights. You Graham, R-S.C., who catcould be politically fraught if cannot trust Republicans egorically and specifically Trump loses to Joe Biden or not to rip away your health care in the middle of a pan- promised to oppose an effort Democrats flip the Senate.

by Trump to fill a vacancy in Trump plans to unveil his demic.”

Republicans hold a 53-47 the final year of his first term. pick on Saturday afternoon “What can you trust them and is widely expected to majority in the Senate and on now, America?” Schumer choose Amy Coney Barrett, only two moderates have expressed any misgivings asked. “How can you take a conservative appeals court judge. about the plan to replace their words seriously?”

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Big Valley Trail Blazers completed the trail maintenance on Bear Pen Mountain recently and are anxiously awaiting a good winter to enjoy safe and fun snowmobiling. If you would like info on the Big Valley Trail Blazers, give Glenn Howard a call.

JoEllen Schermerhorn and George Slauson, Jill Schermerhorn and daughters Nora and Grace Carr spent a lovely weekend with Amy (Van Etten) and Tyrone Heppard helping Amy and Tyrone settle into their new home in Syracuse. As a side trip they went to The Wild Animal Park in Chittenango and had a great time.

Was very nice to have Pastor Tom Kim at the pulpit Sept.

20 in the Lexington/West Kill UMC and hearing his sermon on loving one another and friendship.

Worship services are being held at 9 a.m. on Sundays in the Lexington/West Kill UMC in Lexington. Masks, social distancing observed and hand sanitizer provided. Please bring your own Bibles.

The Town of Lexington Fire/Rescue Company held an open house Sept. 21 at the Lexington Fire Station to show the new Lexington Fire District’s Rescue Truck 18-3 and to thank the community.

Members attending were Paul Dwon, Liza Dwon, Ray Clinton, Jack Jordan, Mike Collarone, Emmett Turk, Anthony Bologna, Michael Falke, Sarah Jordan, Lessia Clinton and Rose Randolph.

Lexington Farmers Market will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

PRATTSVILLE — Thank you all our frontline workers — doctors and nurses and their medical staffs, law enforcement, first responders and our essential workers.

You are appreciated and in our thoughts.

Heard from Ron Fancher down in Greenville in regards to another previous Greendell employee. When Ron worked at Greendell he formed a friendship with fellow Federal Inspector, Luigi Maceli. Luigi, 78, died recently after battling cancer for a number of years. Luigi told Ron many times how he treasured those years and how much he loved the Prattsville area. The two families remained friends all these years, Macelis in the Albany area and Fanchers in Greenville. Sympathy to Luigi’s family and the Fanchers.

Friends are one of life’s gifts.

Have news from Michele Ferrauilo of Recreation and Therapy of the Stratton VAMC. As of now, and the same situation and guidelines will be the same until next spring, we will be able to give Christmas gift bags full of our usual gifts to the veterans on the 9th Floor, long term units. There are 45 veterans on that floor right now and that number can

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Town of Lexington Fire/Rescue Company held an open house on Sept. 21 at the Lexington Fire Station to show the new Town of Lexington Fire District’s Rescue Truck 18-3 and to thank the community. Shown from the left in the front row are Sarah Jordan, Lessia Clinton, Liza Dwon, Rose Randolph; back row are Ray Clinton, Jack Jordan, Paul Dwon, Mike Collarone, Emmett Turk, Anthony Bologna. Also attending but not in the photo, Michael Falke.

Sept. 26 under the pavilion at the Lexington Municipal Building, 3542 Route 42.

Masks and social distancing observed, no restrooms and no pets allowed. Local vendors have a wonderful selection of healthy, local food and products available.

Happy birthday to JoEllen Schermerhorn Sept. 26.

There is a WiFi hot spot provided by the Margaretville Telephone Company by the pavilion at the Lexington Municipal Building. You are welcome to use it either under the pavilion or in your cars.

Continued prayers for Pastor Bob and Kate Barnum, Alida Bloodgood, Ellouise Cole, George Dart, Marilyn and Nancy Dippold, Donna Falke, Linda Falke, Bill and Audry

Gannon, Betty Hapeman, John Knapp, Jerry and Margaret Lawrence, Janice Maben, Barbara and Bill Mead, Jannel Mellott, Ellis and Betty Potter, Ann Robinson, Christy Ryan, Art and Joyce Rood, Clarence and Jeanne Soule, Tom Soule, Don and Diane Strausser, Annette Waller, Debbie Wandursky, Mickie Winters, all who are in the paths of the wildfires and hurricanes and the brave firefighters, our country and leaders, teachers, school staff, student, police firefighters, EMS, healthy care providers, all essential workers, truck drivers, farmers, military and their families.

Please treat each other with compassion, courtesy, dignity, respect and kindness. All lives matter.

Good times at the Rip Van Winkle Lake

By Dede Terns-Thorpe For Columbia-Greene Media

Attending high school at Hunter-Tannersville Central in the 1960s, I have a special spot in my heart for the Tannersville Lake. Like the rest of the students, good times were enjoyed ice skating, swimming, and dancing to the music coming from the “Boat House.”

We soon learned that hot dogs never tasted as good as they did when Jim & Eileen Flahive cooked them. Special memories!

Below are a few tidbits about our high school hang-out, the Rip Van Winkle Lake (AKA the Tannersville Lake, the Meadowbrook Lake, Gooseberry, and Beaver Pond).

1889: “Tannersville, which only a few years ago was “in the woods,” to use a Western phrase, has “come out inter the clearing.

One of the projects not yet completed for the village is an artificial lake for boat riding.”

1934: “Tannersville is hoping to start a five-year plan of public works that will be completed by the CCC men.. Their engineers will take surveys, prepare maps, and give estimates of the cost.

“The site of the improvements is the Rip Van Winkle Lake at the foot of Clum Hill, a few rods from the railroad station.” Plans were to deepen and widen the Lake, construct artificial islands, prepare it for summer sports, and encircle the entire Lake with a new road. They hoped it to be completed over a five-year period.

The planned winter sports included a toboggan slide and ski course on Clum Hill. The plan was to build it in front of the Civilian Conservation Corps, near the barracks.

1934, “A-SKI RUN AT

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Rip Van Winkle Lake

TANNERSVILLE.” A half-mile long. 60-foot-wide ski-run was to be built on the lands owned by Paul Fromer and Mrs. M. Voss. Much of the work was to be completed by community volunteers.

The ski-run was to extend from the hill directly opposite the Mt. Summit Hotel in Tannersville (across from today’s Jessie’s Restaurant at 5819 Main Street) and was to end on the shore of the R.V.W. Lake It was to be a long fast course with a steep drop half-way down the run.

1936: A ballot vote in March of 1936. The first proposition to vote on was buying the lake from its owner, Michael Leach, for $13,000. The second proposition called for budget approval of $20,000 to improve the RVW Lake property. (The total of that $33,000 in 1936 is about $493,930.00 today).

1936: W.P.A. Project No. 44584 Alex Wiltse, the Works Progress Administrator for Greene County in 1936, approved the date September 28, 1936 to begin dredging the RV.W. Lake.

Tannersville’s Mayor Ed Dougherty was to have the machinery and twelve laborers ready by

that date. Approximately 40,000 cubic yards of material were to be removed from the lake and used to grade the lake area, a total of 38 acres. The work was to be completed by winter. According to the 1936 news article, “Under the program was a settling basin at the east end of the lake, a bathing beach on the north side near the old icehouse, and space for concessionaires, and parking spots.

1953: Plans for creating a 600-acre year-round recreation and campsite were to be built at the RVW Lake. The program was brought to NYS by Tannersville Mayor Mansfield Showers, Assemblyman William E. Brady of Coxsackie, John J. Fromer, Tannersville Village Attorney, and Captain Leslie Gumpert of Greenville, representing the Greene county Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs.

I hope the readers have a chance to visit the lake. It’s a great place for a picnic, or to just take the kids. Our community kids still enjoy the Rip Van Winkle Lake and its playground, basketball court, skate park, and the same views it always had.

I hope you enjoyed these stories.

vary before our Christmas program. However, we will not be able to visit them in person. The saddest part is that we will not be able to sit and talk with them. That is what they and our group really look forward to. Their attitude and remembrances give us lots to talk about later and even share with you in this column. If any of you would like to help with our Christmas Celebration, please get in touch, 518-2993219, and all particulars will be supplied. Thank you in advance.

Memorial services for Lunetta Hill, “Celebration of Life,” will take place after the Covid pandemic is better understood. Her remains will be interned in her beloved Catskill Mountains next to her husband, the late Lynden “Lindy” Hill.

There is no arrangement of services in Florida. Her remains will be shipped to New York for internment with her husband Lynden Hill. Glen said, “Mom did not request any other arrangements for her passing. Know that your thoughts and prayers for her family are gifts enough.

Lunetta was a wonderfully simple person, but tough in a good way. We will miss her.”

Yes, she was loved by many and will be missed.

Debbie and Steve Baker

had a houseful this weekend, and when don’t they. Deb’s mom Mary Barry, sister Mary and her husband, niece Melanie, daughters Stephanie and Samantha were on the guest list. It was a culinary feast of pizza, kale, lamb, potatoes, lobster, salad, etc. etc.

Friday was Mary‘s husband’s birthday and they celebrated their anniversary Sept. 23. All prepared their special dish and it was quite the dinner celebration. Belatedly happy anniversary and birthday wishes. Debbie had some stories about and pictures of the previous owners of Moore’s Motel, Beanie and Charlie Moore.

Jen and Bob Gurley Jr. attended Mark Hill’s pork barbecue on Saturday. Mark is a superb cabinet maker and lives on South Mountain Road, Conesville. Bobby had worked for him at one time and they remain friends.

Sadly JiMmie G’S ice cream shop is now closed for the season.

Happy Birthday to Danny Dymond on Sept. 27. Happy Birthday to Rick Brainerd, son of Valerie and Richard, on Sept. 28. Happy Anniversary to Becky and Wes Benson on Sept. 27.

We need your news — call 518299-3219 or email gurleyrv@ gmail.com.

Remembering the Catskill Mountain Cookbook The Fall season officially starts this week. The weather has been announcing it the past couple of days. Very frosty nights, cool, sunny days. I am thankful that the jet stream has shifted, and we now have bright blue skies instead of smoky, ash laden sky. I have been watching the leaves slowly starting to change color. I do hope that we have a brilliant season.

Good news from WAJPL Golden Age Club. Mary Louise has announced the first, tentative, trip of 2021 to see Queen Esther at Sight and Sound in Pennsylvania. Hope this is a harbinger of a great trip season.

Hundreds of motorcycles went by on Saturday when we were outside. Have been seeing many bicycles doing “the Jewett circuit.” Then we had the big car show with more than 300 attending. I guess things are returning to somewhat normality.

If you need furniture, call me.

I have several “different rooms” to get rid of.

Hope you all got your WAJ Alumni Newsletter. Always good to hear how old friends are doing.

The Tannersville Food Pantry has been doing a wonderful job of delivering food to many of the local residents. Thank you Margie Loucks, and company, for your kindness and dedication.

To all those in nursing homes, and senior living: We pray for you even though we cannot visit. Our thoughts are with you. Prayers for John LoPresti, Wanda Partridge, Betty Young, DeDe Aplin, Barbara Rickrath (who is now home), Jeannie and Clarence Soule, and Christine and Herb.

AS I REMEMBER IT After going through a very rough week, I have nothing really to write, so I will just put in a page of ads from the Catskill Mountain Cookbook.

Claude De Vere Mulbury, M.D. Windham, N.Y. Office hours 8-10 AM, 2-6 PM Benjamin I. Tallmadge

ASHLAND SPEAKS

LULA

ANDERSON Attorney and Counselor-at-law Windham, N.Y. Long distance telephone to Surrogate’s, Sheriff’s, County Clerk’s Offices, etc.

Sidney L. Ford, M.D. Hensonville, N.Y. Office hours until 9 a.m., 1 -2 p.m.

Munson House L. W. Munson, Proprietor Windham-inthe-Catskills, N.Y. LADIES EXCHANGE Windham, N.Y. Stamped Goods, Crochet Cotton, Wools All kinds of crocheted articles Miss Pearl C. Vermilyea Main Street-opposite Post Office.

Here’s an interesting one: Both Phones WINDHAM GARAGE Harold B. Moore, Proprietor Overland Hudson Super Six Ford Brockway Trucks Fordson Tractors FIRST CLASS REPAIR SHOP gasoline auto supplies

oils BREAKSTONE & LEVINE Wholesale dealers in BUTTER, CHEESE, CREAM New York and Windham and lastly: J.S. Patterson S. T. Patterson Patterson Brothers Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Confectionery and Tobacco Devoe’s paints and oils Fresh bread every day. Eggs taken in exchange for goods Windham, N.Y. All of those advertisements were on just one page of the book. I am getting a visual of the amount of commerce on Main Street Windham in 1920.

I can picture the two doctors, Doc Mulbury might have been the longer established, and Dr. Ford doing the overnight house calls, and filling in during the lunch hour. We still have Breakstone Dairy products in the stores imagine having a wholesale dealer at the edge of town.

I especially love the Patterson Brothers who are asking for eggs in exchange for goods. I am starting to get a better picture of the way the Village of Windham looked when it had a variety of establishments.

I will be going over the cookbook, and next week will add more.

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RGB/Oliver Sacks: His Own Life RGB/Oliver Sacks: His Own Life Friday-Thursday, September 25-October 1 Welcome once again to your Crandell Theatre Wednesday weekly. This week in our Virtual Screening Room, the Crandell celebrates the lives of a pair of our personal heroes — two titans of contemporary thought taken from us too soon: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Dr. Oliver Sacks. Plus: another peek Behind the Screen at some of the inner-workings of the Crandell’s Board of Directors.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg

RGB Back by popular demand!

“Without a definitive Ginsburg biography of U.S.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior’s rise

RBG scored a 94 on Rotten Tomatoes and won audience awards from nearly all the festivals at which it played.” — Peter Biskind

to the nation’s highest court remained largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans — until this 2018 release.

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life Oliver Sacks: His Own Life explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact.

Sacks was a fearless explorer of unknown mental worlds who helped redefine our understanding of the brain and mind, the diversity of human experience, and our shared humanity.

Hudson Area Library is offering a 5-week session of Creative Writing with Maureen McNeil Hudson Area Library is offering a 5-week session of Creative Writing with Maureen McNeil, on Thursdays 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., from October 1 until November 5. In this fall session, participants will respond through writing to current events such as the pandemic and racial justice movement, and other topics central in their lives. This class will take place virtually.

Students will receive an e-newsletter with writing prompts and Maureen will host a virtual meeting through Zoom video conferencing services at regular class times.

Registration is limited to 12 participants, and is on a first come/first serve basis. To register, call 518.828.1792 x101, or email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org.

This program is funded, in part, with Maureen McNeil support from the Friends of the Hudson Area Library.

Maureen McNeil, author, artist, educa- programs for NYC public school students, tor, and social activist, has created writing US prisoners, seniors, veterans, and

families of 9/11 victims. She believes that everyone’s story is needed to help solve the problems of the world. Maureen is also the author of Dear Red: The Lost Diary of Marilyn Monroe and Red Hook Stories.

The Hudson Area Library is located at 51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY. The mission of the library is to enrich the quality of life by providing free and equal access to programs, services and resources, and by creating opportunities for all members of our community to connect, create, learn, and grow. For more information visit hudsonarealibrary.org.

The City of Hudson Senior Center is located on the 2nd floor of 51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY. There are county and city services at the center, including meals for seniors; yoga, aerobics and painting classes. For more information call: (518) 828-3200.

AUTUMN WEEKEND AT HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE HANCOCK — In a celebration of culture, tradition, craftsmanship, and nature, Hancock Shaker Village will hold Autumn Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.. More than twenty of the region’s best artisans and food purveyors will participate, all in a magical historic setting. Delight in family fun activities like an egg toss competition and a scavenger hunt. Visit the barnyard animals, tour historic buildings displaying some of the museum’s 22,000-piece collection, visit the farm stand, and check out an unusual vegetable display. Be sure to save some

time to spread out on the lawn and enjoy live music by local favorites Lanoue Evans (Saturday and Sunday at noon), The Kashmir Souls (Saturday at 3 p.m., and Misty Blues (Sunday at 3 p.m.).

To add to the fun, the Village is holding the last Barnyard Yoga classes of the season at 10 am and 2 pm on both days. To book a class, visit hancockshakervillage.org or call 413.443.0188.

The entrance fee to Autumn Weekend is the cost of admission ($20 adults, $8 youth ages 13-17, and free for kids 12 and under). Members are always free. Advance admission is not required, but due to limited

space, is encouraged. Reserve online or by phone.

ABOUT HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE Hancock Shaker Village, a living history museum on 750 acres in the heart of the Berkshires, is located at 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA. A National Historic Landmark, the property includes twenty historic Shaker buildings dating to 1783 and is the oldest working farm in the Berkshires, with heritage breeds and heirloom gardens.

The museum is home to more than 22,000 artifacts including furniture, textiles, hymnals,

and everyday goods, making it one of the premier Shaker collections in the world. Simply stated, Hancock Shaker Village exists to provide historic context to the Shaker story, to preserve the site and all it contains for future generations, and to bring this narrative to life in compelling ways.

The Village is open Thursday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Admission is $20/adults ($18 for seniors, AAA members, MTA cardholders, and active and retired US military), $8 youth (ages 13–17), and FREE for children 12 and under, courtesy of Berkshire Bank.

MacKay elevates inconsistent ‘Kelly Gang’

By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

In “True History of the Kelly Gang,” George MacKay, as the outlaw Ned Kelly, rises up as if from a nightmare, lighted like a demon from the netherworld.

MacKay often appears almost naked, his hair chopped close to the bone but taking the shape of a 1980s-style mullet. His face conveys an odd mixture of anguish and the ethereal. His behavior reverts to savagery, like the marooned children in “Lord of the Flies.”

Ned Kelly, who was Irish, was Australia’s most notorious criminal. He was a Robin Hood to some, a homicidal maniac to others. Born in 1854 to a convict father and a prostitute mother, he raged against his British oppressors.

Cutting across the Australian wilderness like a scythe, he formed a gang of enraged misfits and killed police officers.

The director is Justin Kurzel, who misfired with the espionage thriller “Assassin’s Creed” (2016). With “Kelly Gang,” he returns to the visually austere, hallucinatory and

George MacKay, center, plays Ned Kelly in Justin Kurzel’s film.

violent approach he brought to his reimagining of “Macbeth” (2015). Both are loose and freethinking adaptations of familiar stories.

Since his death, Kelly’s legend has evolved into a blank slate on which interpreters draw their own perceptions of him. Filmmakers have envisioned him as a dandy played

by Mick Jagger and a dashing anti-hero played by Heath Ledger.

Kurzel reinvents Kelly in anarchic and deliberately fictionalized terms. A title card opens the movie by declaring “Nothing you are about to see is true.” The film’s biggest weakness is the script’s failure

to imagine what shaped the Ned Kelly we do see.

Kurzel offers clues. Kelly names himself “Monitor” after his obsession with America’s steel warship, foreshadowing his famous suits of bulletproof armor. As a child (Orlando Schwerdt) he is loved — a relationship suggesting incest — and poisoned by his resentful mother (Essie Davis). The boy is ashamed of his father’s secret habit of cross-dressing, yet he dons a dress as an adult like his gang members. The film’s most concise, focused episode involves the ruthless Harry Power (Russell Crowe) who teaches him the criminal lifestyle.

When MacKey arrives to play the adult Kelly, the movie goes totally punk in attitude and soundtrack. Yet the punk ethos, the scene and setting for rebellion, isn’t fully developed. Kelly hesitates to exact revenge against the army officer (Charlie Hunnam) for seducing his mother and impregnating his younger sister (Thomasin MacKenzie), and he is easily fooled by the scheming of the local constable (Nicholas Hoult). Shaun Grant’s script never gets a handle on the inconsistencies and contradictions of the plot and the material lacks the substance to fill in the story gaps.

But when the gang dons its lacy dresses and Kelly confronts their enemies in his armor, the movie embraces its protagonist’s madness in a virtuoso nightmare of torchlight, gunfire, closeups of Kelly’s defiant eyes and bloody bodies hurtling around in slow motion.

Kelly’s death is imbued with grim inevitability, if not suspense. The silence resonates with its own form of tragedy.

SEPTEMBER 24 The Earl Show: A Retrospective of Earl Swanigan (1964-2019) Thursday, September 24, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

THE EARL SHOW A retrospective of Earl Swanigan (1964–2019) On display in TSL’s renovated indoor gallery space from Saturday, September 5 through Sunday, October 4.

Limited capacity gallery available.

Gallery tours by advanced registration. Free admission.

Register at www.timeandspace. org for a 30-minute time slot.

Please arrive 15 minutes early.

MASKS REQUIRED. A retrospective of Hudson-based outsider artist Earl Swanigan (1964–2019). The show will make available to the public many of Earl’s previously unseen works – including paintings, sculpture, furniture, and archival materials – from a variety of private collections. Certain works for sale.

For more information, contact kevin@timeandspace.org Free, Thursday, September 24, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., https:// www.facebook.com/ events/2713847338892085/?

Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-8228100 www.timeandspace.org

SEPTEMBER 25 The Earl Show: A Retrospective of Earl Swanigan (1964-2019) Friday, September 25, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

THE EARL SHOW A retrospective of Earl Swanigan (1964–2019) On display in TSL’s renovated indoor gallery space from Saturday, September 5 through Sunday, October 4.

Limited capacity gallery available.

Gallery tours by advanced registration. Free admission.

Register at www.timeandspace. org for a 30-minute time slot.

Please arrive 15 minutes early.

MASKS REQUIRED. A retrospective of Hudson-based outsider artist Earl Swanigan (1964–2019). The show will make available to the public many of Earl’s previously unseen works – including paintings, sculpture, furniture, and archival materials – from a variety of private collections. Certain works for sale.

For more information, contact kevin@timeandspace.org Free, Friday, September 25, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., https:// www.facebook.com/ events/2713847348892084/?

Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-8228100 www.timeandspace.org

SEPTEMBER 26

than four people in your family or would like further information, please contact education@olana. org or call (518) 751-6938. $25, Saturday, September 26, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., https://www.olana. org/family-explorer/ Olana, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, 518-828-1872 www.olana.org Corn Maze Saturday, September 26, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Come get lost in our 7-acre corn maze! 9th annual!

Tickets can be purchased inside the Garden Market, then head out into the maze for a fun adventure!

This true corn field is exposed to the elements, so bring a full water bottle for hydration and wear your sturdiest sneakers or mud boots.

Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult at all times. $8, Saturday, September 26, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., https://www.samascott.com/cornmaze Samascott’s Garden Market, 65 Chatham Street, Kinderhook, 518-758-9292 www.samascott.com/gardenmarket Porch Performances: Clermont had a Little Lamb…and Another…and Another Saturday, September 26, 2 p.m.

- 3 p.m.

Explore Chancellor Livingston’s many scientific pursuits, including his reflections on Merino sheep.

Join Site Manager Susan Boudreau as she discusses the introduction of Merino sheep to Clermont and the Science of Chancellor Robert Livingston.

Learn about Chancellor Livingston’s scientific pursuits and business ventures, including his reflections on Merino sheep and how he couched his justification for following these interests in terms of the benefit that he believed they would render to the new nation.

There is no charge to attend the program, but visitors must register in advance. Attendance will be limited to aid in social distancing.

PLEASE NOTE: Clermont follows all NYS Department of Health guidelines for safety during the COVID 19 pandemic. Masks and social distancing will be required of all tour participants until these guidelines are lifted by New York State Parks.

Free, Saturday, September 26, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., https:// www.facebook.com/ events/731030864399223/ Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, 518-537-4240 www.FriendsofClermont.org

Free Fishing Day Saturday, September 26, 6 a.m. Sunday, September 27, 6 p.m.

During Free Fishing Days/Weekends, anyone can fish the fresh waters of New York State and no fishing license is required! All other freshwater fishing regulations still apply.

Try fishing for the first time.

Haven’t fished in a while? Remember the joy of catching a fish again for free!

Become an ambassador to the sport; take a friend fishing for the first time.

Invite a friend to New York to fish.

Take a spouse or significant other fishing.

Take the family fishing. . . and don’t forget the grandparents!

Saturday, September 26, 6 a.m. Sunday, September 27, 6 p.m. https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/89821.html, Hudson

The Earl Show: A Retrospective of Earl Swanigan (1964-2019) Saturday, September 26, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.

THE EARL SHOW A retrospective of Earl Swanigan (1964–2019) On display in TSL’s renovated indoor gallery space from Saturday, September 5 through Sunday, October 4.

Limited capacity gallery available.

Gallery tours by advanced registration. Free admission.

Register at www.timeandspace. org for a 30-minute time slot.

Please arrive 15 minutes early.

MASKS REQUIRED. A retrospective of Hudson-based outsider artist Earl Swanigan (1964–2019). The show will make available to the public many of Earl’s previously unseen works – including paintings, sculpture, furniture, and archival materials – from a variety of private collections. Certain works for sale.

For more information, contact kevin@timeandspace.org Free, Saturday, September 26, 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm, https://www.facebook.com/ events/2713847362225416/?

Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-8228100 www.timeandspace.org

Family Explorer Tour Saturday, September 26, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Learn about the artistic adventures of Frederic Church while taking a journey of your own!

Discover Olana’s designed landscape and unique architecture on an outdoor walk filled with family-friendly discussion and activities.

1/4 mile, EASY. For families with children ages 5 and up, $25 per family (up to four people) If you have more

KU-KI SHOKUDO POP UP Saturday, September 26, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Atelier ku-ki Pop Up Hudson Valley food and lifestyle brand including ku-ki shokudo our Japanese bento box onigiri (rice ball) concept.

Saturday, September 26, 2 p.m.

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Michael Benedict Jazz Vibes in Concert Saturday, September 26, 1 p.m.

Greenville Gazebo Intersection of State Routes 32 and 81, Greenville MB-VIBEKAT DAVID GLEASON-KEYBOARD MIKE LAWRENCE-BASS PETE SWEENEY-DRUMS CHECK IT OUT!

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NEW YORK STATE BOARD ON ELECTRIC GENERATION SITING AND THE ENVIRONMENT CASE 17-F-0619 - Application of Hecate Energy Greene 1 LLC, Hecate Energy Green 2 LLC, and Hecate Energy Green County 3 LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need Pursuant to Article 10 of the Public Service Law for Construction of a Solar Electric Generating Facility Located in the Town of Coxsackie, Greene County.

NOTICE OF INFORMATION FORUMS (Issued September 4, 2020) On December 27, 2019, Hecate Energy Greene 1 LLC, Hecate Energy Greene 2 LLC, and Hecate Energy Greene County 3 LLC (collectively, Hecate Greene), wholly owned subsidiaries of Hecate Energy New York LLC and Hecate Energy NAF LLC, filed with the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) an application seeking authority to build and operate a 50-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) solar electric generating facility (the Facility), to be located in the Town of Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, on approximately 827 acres of primarily agricultural land that would be leased from private landowners. The Facility would consist of solar PV generating panels connected by underground collection lines that will supply electricity to the bulk electric transmission system owned by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Central Hudson). The Facility would interconnect with the existing Coxsackie-North Catskill 69 kilovolt transmission line and would require the construction of inverters, a medium voltage collection system, substations, generation tie lines, access roads, and fencing. Hecate Greene supplemented its application on March 20, May 8, and July 28, 2020.

On September 2, 2020, the Chair of the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) determined that Hecate Greene’s application complies with the Siting Board’s filing requirements.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that virtual public statement hearings will be held before the Examiners, Administrative Law Judges James A. Costello and Ashley Moreno of the Department of Public Service and Administrative Law Judge Molly T. McBride of the Department of Environmental Conservation, as follows: Date: Time:

September 29, 2020 12:30 P.M.

Time:

6:00 P.M.

Event Number: 173 587 9970 Password: Sep29-1230pm

Event Number: 173 879 4230 Password: Sep29-6pm

Phone-Only Access: 518-549-0500 Access Code: 173 587 9970

Phone-Only Access: 518-549-0500 Access Code: 173 879 4230

Those wishing to comment on any aspect of this proceeding will have the opportunity to make a statement on the record at the virtual public statement hearings. Any person wishing to provide a public statement must register in advance of the hearing.

To register electronically: Participants who will login electronically to the hearing may register to do so by 4:30 P.M. Monday, September 28, 2020. Registrants should go to www.webex.com and click “Join” at the top right-hand corner of the screen, and input the appropriate event number listed above and provide all requested information.

On the appropriate date and time of the hearing, participants should visit www.webex.com, click “Join” at the top right-hand corner of the screen, and input the appropriate event number for the hearing. Participants will be asked to “select audio system.” It is recommended that participants choose to have the system “call me” or “call using computer.” The “call me” option will require participants to enter their phone numbers.

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Jets’ defense minus Jamal Adams has been horrible in first two games Al Iannazzone Newsday

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Tiz the Law, ridden by jockey Manny Franco, during the post parade prior to the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on September 5 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Tiz the Law to skip final leg of Triple Crown Combined wire services

BALTIMORE — Belmont Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up Tiz the Law will skip the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes, his owners announced Tuesday.

A potential rematch between Tiz the Law and Derby winner Authentic loomed as a leading storyline for the final race of the Triple Crown series. But Tiz the Law’s trainer, Barclay Tagg, opted to give his horse a longer rest in preparation for the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Classic.

“Disappointing that Tiz will not be able

to run in the Preakness, our primary interest is doing what’s right for the horse & in this case he’s not ready,” owner Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable, wrote on Twitter.

Knowlton, a native of Sackets Harbor, initially said he wanted to run Tiz the Law in the Preakness after the heavy Derby favorite failed to pass Authentic down the stretch at Churchill Downs. But Tagg made his reservations clear, saying he did not see a clear purpose in going to Baltimore with no Triple Crown on the line.

“We really want to go into the Breeders’ Cup with a fresh, happy horse,” the

82-year-old trainer told the Daily Racing Form on Tuesday.

With Tiz the Law out of the Preakness field, focus will shift to a battle between Authentic and Art Collector, who was on track to be second choice in the morning line at the Derby before he was scratched with a minor foot injury.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Triple Crown schedule was upended.

The Belmont – traditionally the final of the three races - was run first on June 20. The Preakness, usually the middle leg, is the final one this year, moved from June.

Giants agree to one-year deal with RB Devonta Freeman Pat Leonard

Something is missing on the Jets’ defense.

Make that someone.

The Jets sorely miss Jamal Adams. This was expected because he was the best player on the team the past two years.

He was their emotional leader, their best playmaker. It’s hard to replace that. But through the first two games, the Jets’ defense has been dreadful and uninspiring.

Gregg Williams’ unit hasn’t shown up. The only reason the defense isn’t ripped more is because Adam Gase’s offense has been worse.

The head coach is a lightning rod for criticism _ and rightfully so.

The Jets haven’t tackled well, made nearly enough plays or shown discipline. They haven’t played with passion, fire or pride. These are all things Adams provided, and now he’s bringing it in Seattle.

Adams forced his way out. The Jets got a nice haul in return: two firstround picks, a No. 3 and safety Bradley McDougald. Those assets will help them in the future, but they won’t make plays now.

Williams’ schemes, multiple fronts and exotic blitzes were supposed to be able to keep offenses off balance and compensate for losing Adams and linebacker C.J. Mosley, who opted out because of concerns over COVID-19. It sounded good, but it hasn’t been good.

The Jets have allowed opposing offenses to get into the red zone 11 times _ the most in the league.

“Not up to par. Not what we preach,” safety

Marcus Maye said about the defense. “We’ve just got to continue to work with each other, 11 guys doing their job.”

Maye has replaced Adams as the Jets’ line-upeverywhere and do-it-all safety. Maye had a big game in Week 1 in Buffalo, but veteran 49ers tight end Jordan Reed beat him for touchdowns twice on Sunday.

But this isn’t on Maye.

It’s on the entire defense, starting with the coordinator, Williams. The Jets’ defense has not come out ready to play in either game.

The Bills moved into Jets territory on their first five drives, and four times they were in the red zone. San Francisco running back Raheem Mostert ran 80 yards untouched for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage Sunday.

The 49ers scored TDs on three of their four firsthalf series.

The Jets trailed 21-3 at the half in both games.

“The one thing we talked about was making sure we didn’t give up explosive plays in the run game,” Gase said. “We didn’t do that. We gave up two huge plays. The first play of the game and the third-and-31. We’ve got to make sure that we do whatever we can to get that guy down.”

The third-and-31 play was a pitch from backup quarterback Nick Mullens to third-string running back Jerick McKinnon. He cut back and went 55 yards.

“We had too many guys on the ground on that play,” Gase said.

“We have to be ready for them to cut back the way they did.”

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NEW YORK — Devonta Freeman has agreed to a oneyear deal worth up to $3 million with the Giants, according to a source.

The veteran running back will sign his contract Wednesday morning and practice with the team in the afternoon, with his likely Giants debut looming Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.

Freeman, 28, who played his first six NFL seasons for the Atlanta Falcons, entered the Giants’ coronavirus testing protocol on Monday and worked out Tuesday before agreeing to the deal.

Saquon Barkley’s season-ending torn right ACL prompted the Giants (0-2) to seek immediate reinforcements approaching their home game against the Niners (1-1).

Their other healthy running backs are Dion Lewis, Eli Penny and Wayne Gallman, and practice squadder Rod Smith.

If Freeman plays Sunday, his first game as a Giant will come against his former Falcons offensive coordinator, Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan, who called the plays in Freeman’s two Pro Bowl seasons in 2015-16.

Freeman reunites with Giants tight end Levine Toilolo, a Falcons teammate from 2014-17.

Freeman has not been on a

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Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman (24) carries the ball against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on December 29, 2019.

roster yet this summer or fall.

He turned down a reported one-year, $4 million offer from the Seahawks in May, and he visited the Eagles last weekend before shooting up I-95 to join the Giants. The Jets also reportedly had interest in the spring.

The 5-8, 206-pound Freeman is a compact and powerful runner. He projects to be the Giants’ lead early-down back with Lewis as a thirddown complement.

Freeman has 3,972 career rushing yards, 32 rushing TDs, 86 career catches and 11 more TDs through the air. He has a concussion history and

played in only two games for Atlanta in 2018 due to foot, knee and groin issues. But he did play in 14 games in 2019.

On Tuesday, the Giants officially placed Barkley on injured reserve, and they signed corner Ryan Lewis off the practice squad to the active roster. The team will have to cut another player when Freeman officially signs on Wednesday.

Freeman’s signing is not good news for Gallman, who was a healthy scratch on Sunday in Chicago and who did not play a special teams snap in Week 1.

The fact the Giants did not

put wide receiver Sterling Shepard on injured reserve on Tuesday might be a good sign that he won’t miss more than a week or two. Players who go on IR have to remain out for at least three weeks.

Shepard (toe) played just one snap at the start of Sunday’s second half in Chicago after hurting himself late in the second quarter.

The Giants also signed linebacker Jermaine Grace to their practice squad and released undrafted rookie offensive lineman Tyler Haycraft from their practice squad.

Chicago Bears Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers died on Wednesday at the age of 77.

Gale Sayers, the Chicago Bears’ Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77 Rich Campbell and Fred Mitchell Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Gale Sayers, the dazzling Chicago Bears running back and kick returner whose injury-shortened career made him the youngest player ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall

of Fame, died according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a years-long decline in health that included dementia. He was 77.

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Major League Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Tampa Bay New York Toronto Baltimore Boston

W 36 32 28 23 21

Chicago Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Kansas City

W 34 34 31 22 22

L 20 23 27 32 34

Pct .643 .582 .509 .418 .382

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 6-4 L-1 18-9 18-11 3.5 — 8-2 W-1 20-7 12-16 7.5 4 3-7 L-1 13-12 15-15 12.5 9 3-7 L-1 13-17 10-15 14.5 11 5-5 W-2 9-19 12-15

Central Division L 21 22 24 31 33

Pct .618 .607 .564 .415 .400

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 5-5 L-3 17-10 17-11 .5 — 6-4 W-3 21-5 13-17 3 1 5-5 W-3 14-11 17-13 11 9 2-8 L-2 12-16 10-15 12 10 5-5 L-1 11-14 11-19

West Division W 33 28 25 24 19

Oakland Houston Los Angeles Seattle Texas

L 20 27 31 31 36

Pct .623 .509 .446 .436 .345

W 33 28 27 25 23

Atlanta Miami Philadelphia New York Washington

L 22 27 29 30 32

Pct .600 .509 .482 .455 .418

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 7-3 W-3 17-8 16-14 5 .5 4-6 L-3 15-15 13-12 6.5 2 4-6 L-4 17-13 10-16 8 3.5 4-6 W-1 13-16 12-14 10 5.5 6-4 W-4 10-15 13-17

Central Division W 32 27 28 27 16

Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh

L 23 25 28 27 39

Pct .582 .519 .500 .500 .291

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 6-4 L-1 17-13 15-10 3.5 — 6-4 W-1 13-13 14-12 4.5 1 8-2 L-1 15-14 13-14 4.5 1 7-3 W-1 15-14 12-13 16 12.5 2-8 W-1 10-18 6-21

West Division W 38 34 26 24 21

Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Colorado Arizona

L 16 21 27 29 34

Pct .704 .618 .491 .453 .382

HOU AB R HBI Sprngr cf 5 0 1 0 Altuve 2b 5 0 0 0 Brntly dh 4 2 1 1 Bregmn 3b 4 0 2 0 Tucker lf 5 1 4 1 Gurriel 1b 4 1 0 0 Correa ss 3 0 0 0 Rddick rf 3 1 0 0 Mldndo c 3 1 1 3 Totals 36 6 9 5 Houston Seattle

Atlanta 11, Miami 1 Colorado at San Francisco, 9:45 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Philadelphia (Eflin 3-2) at Washington (Fedde 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Houser 1-5) at Cincinnati (Bauer 4-4), 6:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-4) at Pittsburgh (Williams 1-8), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Sanchez 3-2) at Atlanta (Fried 7-0), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Castellani 1-3) at San Francisco (TBD), 9:45 p.m.

Thursday’s games Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Interleague Monday’s games Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Kansas City 4, St. Louis 1 Tuesday’s games N.Y. Mets 5, Tampa Bay 2 St. Louis 5, Kansas City 0 L.A. Angels 4, San Diego 2 Arizona 7, Texas 0 Oakland at L.A. Dodgers, 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s games L.A. Angels (Barria 1-0) at San Diego (TBD), 4:10 p.m.

Texas (Benjamin 1-1) at Arizona (TBD), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Glasnow 4-1) at N.Y. Mets (TBD), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Martinez 0-2) at Kansas City (Duffy 3-4), 8:05 p.m.

Oakland (Manaea 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Urias 3-0), 9:40 p.m.

Yankees 12, Blue Jays 1

Indians 5, White Sox 3 (10)

(at Buffalo)

NY Yankees Toronto

200 140 032 — 12 000 100 000 — 1

LOB—Toronto 2, New York 4. 2B—Higashioka (1), Torres (8), Urshela (10). 3B—A.Hicks (2).

HR—Biggio (7). SB—A.Hicks (3).

IP H R ER BB SO NY Yankees G.Cole W, 7-3 7 5 Britton 1 0 Ottavino 1 0 Toronto Roark L, 2-3 4 1/3 7 Hatch 2/3 2 C.Anderson 2 2/3 3 Font 2/3 3 Borucki 2/3 0

1 0 0

1 0 0

0 0 0

7 1 2

6 1 3 2 0

6 1 3 2 0

0 0 1 1 0

4 1 5 0 0

Inherited runners-scored—Borucki 2-0, Font 1-0, Hatch 2-2. HBP—LeMahieu (by Roark).

WP—Roark (2).

Umpires—Home, Carlos Torres; First, Ryan Additon; Second, Jansen Visconti; Third, Paul Nauert.

T—3:29.

Red Sox 8, Orioles 3 BAL Mullns cf Hays rf Mncstl 1b Nunez dh Stwart lf Svrino c Albrto 2b Ruiz 3b Urias ss Totals

AB R HBI 40 20 41 10 50 00 41 11 41 21 50 00 40 10 40 21 40 20 38 311 3

Baltimore Boston

BOS AB R HBI Vrdugo rf 5 0 2 0 Devers 3b 5 0 0 0 Bgarts ss 4 2 1 0 Mrtinz dh 5 1 3 1 Vzquez c 5 2 1 3 Brdly cf 412 0 Dalbec 1b 3 1 2 2 Chavis lf 3 0 1 1 Arauz 2b 3 1 2 0 Totals 37 814 7

100 002 000 — 3 031 004 00x — 8

E—Chavis 1, Devers 1, R.Ruiz 1, D.Stewart 1, R.Urias 1. LOB—Boston 10, Baltimore 12. 2B— Chavis (3), Dalbec (3), JD.Martinez (15), R.Ruiz (7). HR—R.Nunez (12), Vazquez (6). SB—Bradley Jr. (5), Mullins (7).

IP Baltimore Akin L, 1-2 4 Sulser 1 P.Fry 2-3 E.Phillips 0 Eshelman 2 1-3 Boston Pivetta W, 1-0 5 Walden H, 2 2/3 Weber H, 4 1/3 D.Hernandez 1 D.Tapia 1 Covey 2-3 M.Barnes S, 9 1/3

CHW AB R HBI Andrsn ss 4 0 1 0 Grandl ph 1 0 0 0 Foster rp 0 0 0 0 Ruiz rp 00 00 Mncada 3b 5 0 0 0 Abreu 1b 4 1 1 1 Jimenz lf 4 0 1 0 Dyson pr 0 0 0 0 Encrncn dh 3 0 2 0 Sanchez pr 0 0 0 0 McCann c 3 1 0 0 Robert cf 4 0 0 0 Mazara rf 2 0 1 0 Engel ph 2 1 1 1 Mdrigl 2b 4 0 1 1 Totals 36 3 8 3

CLE AB R HBI Lindor ss 5 1 1 1 Hrndz 2b 3 2 1 1 Ramirz 3b 4 1 1 3 Santana 1b 4 0 0 0 Reyes dh 4 0 2 0 Naquin rf 4 0 0 0 Perez c 410 0 Naylor lf 4 0 0 0 DShilds cf 3 0 1 0

Totals

35 5 6 5

Chi. White Sox 000 001 000 2 — 3 Cleveland 100 000 000 4 — 5 E—Ti.Anderson 1. LOB—Cleveland 6, Chicago 6. 2B—Encarnacion (5), Lindor (13). 3B—Engel (1). HR—Abreu (19), Ce.Hernandez (3), J.Ramirez (17).

IP H R ER BB SO Chi. White Sox R.Lopez Heuer Crochet Colome Foster L, 5-1 J.Ruiz BS, 1 Cleveland Quantrill Plutko O.Perez Wittgren Maton W, 3-3

5 2 1 1 2/3 0

3 1 0 0 1 1

1 0 0 0 3 1

1 0 0 0 2 1

2 0 0 0 1 0

3 2 1 0 1 0

4 3 1 1 1

1 3 0 2 2

0 1 0 0 2

0 1 0 0 1

1 1 0 0 0

4 2 0 2 2

Inherited runners-scored—J.Ruiz 2-2. HBP—J. Ramirez (by Crochet).

Umpires—Home, Angel Hernandez; First, Will Little; Second, Nic Lentz; Third, Daniel Bellino.

T—3:21.

Twins 5, Tigers 4 (10) DET AB R HBI Reyes cf 42 10 Castro ss 4 1 2 1 Cbrera dh 5 0 2 1 Cndlrio 1b 3 0 1 1 Dixon lf 20 00 Castro ph 2 0 0 0 Hill cf 00 00 Bonfco ph 1 0 0 0 Goodrm 2b 4 0 0 0 Romine c 4 0 0 0 Pareds 3b 4 0 1 0 Camern rf 4 1 2 0 Totals 37 4 9 3

MIN AB R HBI Buxton cf 5 1 1 1 Dnldsn 3b 3 0 0 0 Cave pr 010 0 Rosario lf 5 1 2 1 Sano 1b 5 0 1 0 Garver c 5 1 1 1 Kepler rf 5 1 3 2 Gnzalz 2b 4 0 0 0 Jeffers dh 3 0 0 0 Adrinz ss 2 0 1 0 Totals

37 5 9 5

H R ER BB SO

Detroit Minnesota

8 1 0 2 3

4 0 1 3 0

2 0 1 3 0

0 1 1 2 0

6 0 2 0 0

E—Sano 1. LOB—Minnesota 9, Detroit 9. 2B— Cameron 2 (2). HR—Buxton (13), Garver (2), Kepler (9). SB—E.Rosario (3).

4 4 0 0 1 2 0

1 2 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 0 1 0

8 0 1 2 1 1 0

Inherited runners-scored—E.Phillips 1-1, M.Barnes 3-0, Weber 2-0. WP—P.Fry (3).

Umpires—Home, Ben May; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Ryan Wills; Third, Dan Iassogna.

T—3:31.

SEA AB R HBI Crwfrd ss 4 1 2 0 France 2b 3 0 0 0 Lewis cf 400 0 Seager 3b 4 0 2 1 Torrens c 4 0 1 0 White 1b 4 0 0 0 Lopes dh 3 0 0 0 Fraley lf 300 0 Ervin rf 301 0 Totals 32 1 6 1

100 005 000 — 6 100 000 000 — 1

LOB—Seattle 5, Houston 9. 2B—K.Seager (11), K.Tucker (12). HR—Brantley (5), Maldonado (6).

SB—Brantley (2), K.Tucker (7).

IP H R ER BB SO 7 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1/3 1 1/3 1 1/3 2

4 2 2 1

1 4 1 0

1 0 0

0 0 0

8 1 2

1 4 1 0

0 2 1 2

1 0 2 2

Inherited runners-scored—Brennan 2-2. HBP— France (by F.Valdez), Correa (by Newsome).

WP—F.Valdez (6), Sadler 2 (2).

Umpires—Home, Mike Muchlinski; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Brian Knight.

T—3:6.

Braves 11, Marlins 1 MIA AB R HBI Dckrsn lf 4 0 3 0 Marte cf 41 21 Hrrisn cf 00 00 Cooper 1b 4 0 1 0 Joyce rf 30 10 Brinsn ph 1 0 0 0 Andrsn 3b 4 0 0 0 Chshlm 2b 0 0 0 0 Aguilar dh 3 0 2 0 Rojas ss 40 00 Berti 2b 30 10 Alfaro c 40 00 Totals 34 110 1 10

ATL AB R HBI Acuna cf 5 1 1 0 Freemn 1b 5 3 3 2 Ozuna dh 5 2 4 5 dArnud c 4 0 0 0 Duvall lf 4 1 1 0 Albies 2b 4 2 3 1 Mrkkis rf 4 0 0 0 Incrt cf 000 0 Riley 3b 401 1 Swansn ss 4 2 2 1 Totals

39111 5

Rodriguez W, 3-2 1 1 0

0

0

1

Inherited runners-scored—Chafin 1-0, Sa.Howard 1-1. HBP—Rizzo, Contreras (by Brault). WP—Quintana (1).

Umpires—Home, Bill Welke; First, Ramon De Jesus; Second, Brennan Miller; Third, Pat Hoberg.

T—2:45.

Brewers 3, Reds 2 MIL AB R HBI Ptrson 2b 2 0 0 0 Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 Yelich lf 30 00 Braun rf 30 00 Urias 3b 10 00 Voglbch dh 4 1 1 0 Gyorko 1b 4 1 1 0 Arcia ss 30 01 Sogard 3b 3 0 2 1 Taylor cf 3 1 1 1 Ntnghm c 3 0 0 0

CIN AB R HBI Aquino lf 3 1 0 0 Goodwn ph 1 0 0 0 Cstllns rf 4 1 1 2 Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 Suarez 3b 4 0 0 0 Mustks 2b 4 0 2 0 Stphsn dh 3 0 0 0 Senzel cf 4 0 0 0 Farmer ss 2 0 0 0 Winkr ph 0 0 0 0 Lornzn pr 0 0 0 0 Garcia ss 1 0 0 0 Casali c 201 0 Brnhrt ph 1 0 0 0 30 3 5 3 Totals 33 2 4 2

Totals

Milwaukee Cincinnati

000 010 200 — 3 200 000 000 — 2

E—Arcia 1, J.Peterson 1. LOB—Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 3. 2B—Casali (3), Gyorko (3), Moustakas (8), Sogard (5). HR—Castellanos (14), T.Taylor (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Anderson W, 4-3 Williams H, 9 Hader S, 11 Cincinnati S.Gray Antone L, 0-3 BS A.Garrett DeSclafani

6 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 0

0 1 0

7 5 2

5 2 1 1

1 2 0 0

1 0 1 0

8 3 0 0

2 3 0 0

1 2 0 0

HBP—T.Stephenson (by Be.Anderson). WP—D. Williams (3).

Umpires—Home, Mark Carlson; First, James Hoye; Second, Mike Estabrook; Third, Chad Whitson.

T—2:27.

Mets 5, Rays 2 TB AB R HBI Tsutsg dh 4 0 1 0 Lowe 2b 4 0 1 0 Arozrn lf 4 0 0 0 Lowe 1b 4 0 0 0 Wendle 3b 4 0 2 0 Adames ss 4 2 1 1 Krmair cf 3 0 0 0 Phllps rf 10 00 Rnfroe ph 1 0 0 0 Perez c 20 00 Smith ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 1

NYM AB R HBI McNeil rf 4 0 2 0 Davis dh 3 0 0 0 Smith lf 321 0 Frzier 3b 4 0 1 0 Cano 2b 4 1 2 1 Gimenz pr 0 0 0 0 Alonso 1b 3 1 2 3 Nimmo pr 0 0 0 0 Rsario ss 4 0 0 0 Hredia cf 3 1 1 1 Chrnos c 2 0 1 0 Totals 30 510 5

000 001 000 — 1 GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Miami Tampa Bay 010 000 100 — 2 Atlanta 110 020 52x — 11 NY Mets 010 101 11x — 5 — — 6-4 L-1 16-8 22-8 E—Joyce 1. LOB—Atlanta 6, Miami 8. 2B—Acu1. LOB—New York 5, Tampa Bay 4.5 — 6-4 L-1 19-9 15-12 na Jr. (11), F.Freeman (21), Ozuna 2 (13). HR— E—T.Frazier 4. 2B—D.Smith (19). HR—Adames (8), Alonso Albies (6), F.Freeman (12), S.Marte (4), Ozuna 2 (13), Cano (10), Heredia (1). SB—Adames (2), 11.5 1.5 4-6 L-1 14-10 12-17 (17), D.Swanson (8).

Wendle (8). CS—McNeil (2).

IP H R ER BB SO 13.5 3.5 4-6 W-2 12-18 12-11 IP H R ER BB SO Miami Tampa Bay 17.5 7.5 5-5 W-1 12-13 9-21 Urena L, 0-3 6 6 4 4 2 3 Snell L, 4-2 5 2/3 6 3 3 3 9

American League Monday’s games L.A. Angels 8, Texas 5 Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 4 Toronto 11, N.Y. Yankees 5, at Buffalo Seattle 6, Houston 1 Tuesday’s games Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 12, Toronto 1, at Buffalo Boston 8, Baltimore 3 Minnesota 5, Detroit 4, 10 innings Houston 6, Seattle 1 Wednesday’s games Chicago White Sox (Giolito 4-3) at Cleveland (Bieber 8-1), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 3-2) vs. Toronto (TBD), at Buffalo, 6:37 p.m.

Houston (Greinke 3-2) at Seattle (Margevicius 1-3), 6:40 p.m.

Baltimore (Kremer 1-0) at Boston (Eovaldi 3-2), 7:30 p.m.

Detroit (Mize 0-2) at Minnesota (Maeda 5-1), 7:40 p.m.

Thursday’s games Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 6:37 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 8:05 p.m.

National League Monday’s games Washington 5, Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 3 Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 0 Tuesday’s games Washington 5, Philadelphia 1, 7 innings Washington 8, Philadelphia 7, 8 innings Milwaukee 3, Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 10 innings

NYY AB R HBI TOR AB R HBI LMahiu 2b 4 1 0 0 Biggio 3b 3 1 1 1 Kratz 1b 0 0 0 0 Villar 2b 1 0 0 0 Judge dh 5 3 3 1 Bichtt ss 4 0 0 0 Hicks cf 4 2 2 3 Hrndz rf 4 0 0 0 Tuchmn cf 0 1 0 0 Gurrr 1b 3 0 1 0 Voit 1b 4 0 0 0 Grichk dh 3 0 1 0 Wade 2b 1 0 0 0 Gurrl lf 300 0 Torres ss 5 1 3 2 Panik 2b 3 0 0 0 Urshela 3b 5 1 4 2 Kirk c 301 0 Frzier rf 4 1 0 0 Davis cf 301 0 Gardnr lf 4 1 1 1 Hgshok c 4 1 2 2 Totals 40121511 Totals 30 1 5 1

1 1

Astros 6, Mariners 1

Lail

East Division

0 0

Inherited runners-scored—Cisnero 3-0, Norris 2-0, Duffey 3-1, Stashak 3-0. HBP—Donaldson (by Cisnero), Adrianza (by Skubal), V.Reyes (by Bailey).

Umpires—Home, Tim Timmons; First, Lazaro Diaz; Second, Ryan Blakney; Third, D.J. Reyburn.

T—3:43.

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Houston — — 5-5 L-1 19-8 14-12 F.Valdez W, 5-3 6 4 6-4 W-1 20-10 8-17 E.Paredes James 9.5 7.5 7-3 W-2 15-15 10-16 Seattle 10 8 4-6 L-1 14-14 10-17 Newsome Sadler L, 1-2 15 13 3-7 L-2 13-13 6-23 Brennan

NATIONAL LEAGUE

0 0

000 101 100 1 — 4 100 100 010 2 — 5

IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Skubal Cisnero Norris J.Jimenez H, 3 B.Farmer BS, 1 G.Soto Garcia L, 2-1 BS Minnesota Bailey Stashak T.May H, 9 Duffey BS, 2 Clippard

3 2/3 1 1 1/3 1 1 1 2/3

4 1 0 1 1 0 2

2 0 0 0 1 0 2

2 0 0 0 1 0 1

2 0 0 0 0 1 0

6 2 0 0 1 0 2

3 2 2/3 1 1/3 1

2 2 0 2 0

1 0 1 1 0

1 0 0 1 0

1 0 3 0 0

3 1 0 0 1

Vincent Eibner Atlanta Wilson W, 1-0 Tomlin Minter J.Webb

0 4 3 2 5 4

3 2

0 0

0 3

5 2 1 1

0 1 0 0

1 0 0 1

7 2 1 0

3 3 3 1

0 1 0 0

Inherited runners-scored—Eibner 1-0. WP— Eibner (1).

Umpires—Home, Sean Barber; First, Marty Foster; Second, Alan Porter; Third, Mark Wegner.

T—2:50.

Curtiss NY Mets Lugo W, 3-3 J.Wilson H, 9 Shreve H, 1 Ed.Diaz S, 5

WAS AB R HBI Stvnsn rf 3 1 1 0 Turner ss 3 0 1 1 Soto lf 120 0 Cbrera dh 3 1 1 1 Holt 1b 311 1 Gomes c 3 0 1 0 Garcia 2b 3 0 1 1 Hrrisn 3b 3 0 0 0 Robles cf 3 0 0 0 Totals

000 100 104 000

6 6 5

3

2

6

7 3 1

1

1

7

Umpires—Home, Stu Scheurwater; First, David Arrieta; Second, Joe West; Third, Junior Valentine.

T—2:09.

Nationals 8, Phillies 7 (8) (Second game)

Philadelphia Washington

WAS AB R HBI Stvnsn lf 4 1 2 2 Turner ss 3 1 2 0 Soto rf 311 3 Suzuki c 4 0 1 0 Holt 3b 400 0 Garcia 2b 4 1 0 0 Thames 1b 2 1 0 0 Hrndz dh 4 2 2 3 Taylor cf 3 1 1 0 Totals

31 8 9 8

020 121 01 — 7 004 200 02 — 8

E—Holt 1. LOB—Washington 6, Philadelphia 11. 2B—Gregorius 2 (10), Y.Hernandez (2), M.Taylor (6), T.Turner (15). 3B—Stevenson (1).

HR—Y.Hernandez (1), Kingery (3), J.Soto (12).

SB—Quinn (12), J.Soto (5), T.Turner (12).

IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Hale 1 Morgan 1 1/3 Phelps 0 Romero BS, 1 2/3 Hunter 2 Neris 2 Workmn L, 1-4 BS 1/3 Washington Espino 4 McGowin 2/3 Suero H, 6 1 Finnegan BS 1 1/3 Hudson W, 3-2 1

1 0 3 3 1 0 1

0 0 3 3 0 0 2

0 0 3 3 0 0 1

0 0 0 1 1 1 0

1 1 0 0 3 2 1

7 1 1 2 0

3 2 1 0 1

3 2 1 0 0

0 1 3 0 2

4 1 3 0 1

Inherited runners-scored—Hunter 1-1, J.Romero 2-2, Finnegan 3-1, Suero 2-2. HBP— Thames (by Hunter), Quinn (by Suero).

Umpires—Home, Victor Carapazza; First, Joe West; Second, Junior Valentine; Third, David Arrieta.

T—3:25.

Pirates 3, Cubs 2 CHC AB R HBI Happ cf 30 00 Contrrs c 3 1 1 0 Rizzo 1b 3 1 2 2 Baez ss 40 00 Schwrbr lf 4 0 0 0 Bote 3b 40 10 Maybin rf 3 0 1 0 Mrtinz dh 3 0 0 0 Hoernr 2b 1 0 0 0 Kipnis ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 5 2 Chi. Cubs Pittsburgh

PIT AB R HBI Rynlds cf 4 0 0 0 Hayes 3b 3 0 1 0 Osuna 1b 2 0 0 0 Moran ph 1 0 0 0 Bell dh 400 0 Stllngs c 4 1 1 1 Planco rf 2 2 1 0 Gnzalz ss 3 0 1 1 Frzier 2b 3 0 1 1 Oliva lf 300 0 Totals 29 3 5 3

000 000 020 — 2 010 010 001 — 3

LOB—Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 5. 2B—A.Frazier (4), E.Gonzalez (13). HR—Rizzo (10), Stallings (3).

CS—I.Happ (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Chi. Cubs Quintana Alzolay Ryan Tepera Chafin L, 0-1 Pittsburgh Brault Stratton H, 4 Howard BS, 2

2 4 1 2/3 2/3

2 2 0 0 1

6 1/3 2/3 1 1

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

7 1 3 1

4 0 0 1

2 0 0 0

KC AB R HBI Mrrfld rf 4 0 1 0 Mndesi ss 4 0 1 0 Perez c 400 0 Soler dh 4 0 0 0 Franco 3b 4 0 1 0 Heath pr 0 0 0 0 Dozier 1b 3 0 0 0 Olivars lf 3 0 2 0 Strling cf 3 0 0 0 OHearn ph 1 0 0 0 Lopez 2b 3 0 1 0 30 5 7 5 Totals 33 0 6 0

Totals

IP H R ER BB SO

PHI AB R HBI McCthn lf 4 1 1 0 Bohm 1b 3 1 2 0 Harper rf 3 0 0 0 Ralmuto dh 5 0 2 1 Grgorus ss 5 1 2 2 Segura 3b 3 0 1 0 Knapp c 41 11 Kingry 2b 3 1 1 1 Bruce ph 1 0 0 0 Gossln 1b 0 1 0 0 Quinn cf 2 1 1 1 Totals 33 711 6

2

STL AB R HBI Wong 2b 3 0 2 1 Edman ss 3 0 0 1 Glschmt 1b 4 1 1 0 Crpntr 3b 3 0 0 0 Molina c 4 0 0 0 Miller dh 3 1 1 1 Fowler rf 3 1 0 0 Carlson lf 4 2 3 2 Bader cf 30 00

25 5 6 4 0 — 1 x — 5

E—B.Harper 1, J.Harrison 1, Moniak 1. LOB— Washington 4, Philadelphia 4. 2B—Holt (5), Stevenson (3), T.Turner (14). HR—Segura (7).

SB—J.Soto (4), T.Turner (11).

Philadelphia Aa.Nola L, 5-4 Washington Voth W, 1-5

0

Cardinals 5, Royals 0

(First game)

Philadelphia Washington

2

Inherited runners-scored—Curtiss 1-1, J.Wilson 2-1. HBP—D.Smith (by Curtiss). WP—Snell (7), J.Wilson (3).

Umpires—Home, David Rackley; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, Chris Conroy; Third, Larry Vanover.

T—3:03.

Nationals 5, Phillies 1 (7) PHI AB R HBI McCthn dh 3 0 1 0 Harper rf 2 0 0 0 Bohm 3b 3 0 0 0 Grgorus ss 3 0 0 0 Ralmuto c 3 0 1 0 Gossln pr 0 0 0 0 Segura 2b 3 1 1 1 Bruce 1b 3 0 0 0 Hasely cf 3 0 0 0 Moniak lf 2 0 0 0 Totals 25 1 3 1

2 1/3 4 2

1 1 0 0 1

1 1 0 0 1

0 2 0 1 0

1 7 0 1 1

7 2 0 2/3 1 1 1/3 1 1

0 1 1

3 0 0

6 1 0

St. Louis Kansas City

030 011 000 — 5 000 000 000 — 0

E—Carpenter 1, Edman 1. LOB—Kansas City 8, St. Louis 8. 2B—Carlson (5), Goldschmidt (12), B.Miller (7). 3B—Carlson (1), Mondesi (2). CS—Wong (2).

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Gomber W, 1-1 Helsley G.Cabrera Woodford Kansas City Singer L, 3-5 Newberry Zimmer Zuber C.Adams

6 1 1 1

4 0 1 1

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

0 1 0 1

3 2 1 3

3 1 1 2 2

3 0 2 1 1

3 0 1 1 0

3 0 1 1 0

5 1 0 1 0

4 1 2 3 0

Inherited runners-scored—Newberry 1-0.

HBP—Carpenter (by Singer).

Umpires—Home, Manny Gonzalez; First, Todd Tichenor; Second, Chris Segal; Third, Ron Kulpa.

T—3:09.

Diamondbacks 7, Rangers 0 TEX AB R HBI Tavers cf 2 0 0 0 Solak dh 3 0 0 0 Knr-Flf 3b 3 0 0 0 Gallo rf 40 00 Odor 2b 40 00 Tejeda ss 4 0 1 0 Huff c 40 20 Apostel 1b 4 0 0 0 White lf 40 30

ARI AB R HBI Varsho cf 3 1 1 0 Marte 2b 4 0 1 0 Locstro rf 1 0 0 0 Walker dh 5 0 1 0 Calhoun rf 3 1 0 1 VanMtr 2b 0 0 0 0 Escobar 3b 4 1 2 0 Peralta lf 4 1 3 1 Ahmed ss 4 1 1 1 Smith 1b 3 1 1 1 Kelly c 411 3 32 0 6 0 Totals 35 711 7

Totals Texas Arizona

000 000 000 — 0 000 214 00x — 7

E—Kiner-Falefa 1, Lyles 1. LOB—Arizona 8, Texas 9. 2B—D.Peralta (9). 3B—Ahmed (1). HR—C. Kelly (5). SB—El.White (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Texas Lyles L, 1-6 Herget Allard Arizona C.Smith R.Smith W, 2-0

5 10 7 1 0 0 2 1 0

4 0 0

0 1 0

3 1 2

4 1 0 5 5 0

0 0

3 0

2 7

HBP—Varsho (by Lyles).

Umpires—Home, John Libka; First, Nick Mahrley; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Lance Barrett.

T—2:56.

Angels 4, Padres 2 LAA AB R HBI Fltchr ss 40 00 Walsh 1b 4 0 1 0 Trout cf 20 00 Rendon 3b 5 0 1 0 Pujols dh 5 0 0 0 Upton lf 50 00 Ward rf 42 20 Stassi c 42 43 Rengifo 2b 3 0 2 1 Totals 36 410 4 LA Angels San Diego

SD AB R HBI Grisham cf 1 2 0 0 TatisJr ss 3 0 1 0 Mchado 3b 3 0 1 1 Hosmer 1b 3 0 0 1 Pham lf 300 0 Mrland dh 4 0 0 0 Myers rf 4 0 1 0 Nola c 400 0 Crnwrth 2b 3 0 1 0 Totals 28 2 4 2

010 002 010 — 4 100 000 010 — 2

E—D.Fletcher 1. LOB—San Diego 7, Los Angeles 11. 2B—Machado (11), Ward (6). HR—Stassi 2 (7). SB—Grisham (10), Rengifo 2 (3), Tatis Jr. (11). CS—Tatis Jr. (3).

IP LA Angels Canning W, 2-3 6 Pena H, 4 1 1/3 Mayers S, 2 1 2/3 San Diego Davies L, 7-4 6 A.Adams 1 Stammen 2/3 Johnson 1/3 Richards 1

H R ER BB SO 2 1 1 1 1 0

1 1 0

5 10 1 1 1 2

7 1 2 0 0

3 0 1 0 0

3 1 0 0 0

3 0 1 0 0

5 2 1 1 0

Inherited runners-scored—Mayers 1-0, Johnson 2-0. WP—A.Adams (1).

Umpires—Home, Edwin Moscoso; First, Rob Drake; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Nestor Ceja.

T—3:10.

Pro basketball NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference Miami 2, Boston 1 Tuesday, Sept. 15: Miami 117, Boston 114, OT Thursday, Sept. 17: Miami 106, Boston 101 Saturday, Sept. 19: Boston 117, Miami 106 Today: Boston vs. Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Friday: Miami vs. Boston, 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, Sept. 27: Boston vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Western Conference L.A. Lakers 2, Denver 1 Friday, Sept. 18: L.A. Lakers 126, Denver 114 Sunday: L.A. Lakers 105, Denver 103 Tuesday: Denver 114, L.A. Lakers 106 Thursday: L.A. Lakers vs. Denver, 9 p.m.

Saturday: Denver vs. L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. x-Monday, Sept. 28: L.A. Lakers vs. Denver, TBA x-Wednesday, Sept. 30: Denver vs. L.A. Lakers, TBA NBA Finals (Best-of-7) Miami or Boston vs. Denver or L.A. Lakers TBD

Nuggets 114, Lakers 106 L.A. LAKERS (106) A.Davis 9-17 9-10 27, L.James 14-23 1-2 30, Caldwell-Pope 5-8 0-0 12, Da.Green 1-4 1-2 4, McGee 2-2 0-1 4, Rondo 4-10 1-3 9, Kuzma 4-7 2-3 11, Caruso 1-7 0-0 2, D.Howard 2-3 0-1 4, Ma.Morris 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 43-83 14-22 106.

DENVER (114) J.Murray 10-17 4-7 28, Jokic 9-14 3-4 22, Ja.Grant 7-11 10-12 26, G.Harris 2-5 2-2 7, Millsap 2-8 2-2 6, M.Porter Jr 4-6 0-0 9, Mo.Morris 5-7 2-2 14, Craig 1-4 0-0 2, Plumlee 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-73 23-29 114.

L.A. Lakers Denver

27 26 22 31 —106 29 34 30 21 —114

3-Point Goals—L.A. Lakers 6-26 (Caldwell-Pope 2-5, Ma.Morris 1-1, Kuzma 1-2, Da.Green 1-3, L.James 1-4, Rondo 0-3, Caruso 0-4, A.Davis 0-4), Denver 11-29 (J.Murray 4-8, Mo.Morris 2-4, Ja.Grant 2-5, G.Harris 1-2, M.Porter Jr 1-2, Jokic 1-3, Craig 0-2, Millsap 0-3). Fouled Out— D.Howard. Rebounds—L.A. Lakers 34 (L.James 10), Denver 53 (Jokic 10). Assists—L.A. Lakers 27 (L.James 11), Denver 26 (J.Murray 12). Total Fouls—L.A. Lakers 27 (D.Howard 5), Denver 21 (Jokic, Millsap, M.Porter Jr 4).

Cole, Hicks help Yankees get one back from Blue Jays Field Level Media

Pro hockey STANLEY CUP FINAL (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Dallas 1, Tampa Bay 1 Saturday, Sept. 19: Dallas 4, Tampa Bay 1 Monday: Tampa Bay 3, Dallas 2 Today: Tampa Bay vs. Dallas, 8 p.m.

Friday: Tampa Bay vs. Dallas, 8 p.m.

Saturday: Dallas vs. Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. x-Monday, Sept. 28: Tampa Bay vs. Dallas, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, Sept. 30: Dallas vs. Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Pro football NFL American Football Conference East W L T Pct PF Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 58 New England 1 1 0 .500 51 Miami 0 2 0 .000 39 N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 30 South W L T Pct PF Tennessee 2 0 0 1.000 49 Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 57 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 48 Houston 0 2 0 .000 36 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 71 Pittsburgh 2 0 0 1.000 52 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 41 Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 43 West W L T Pct PF Las Vegas 2 0 0 1.000 68 Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 57 L.A. Chargers 1 1 0 .500 36 Denver 0 2 0 .000 35 National Football Conference East W L T Pct PF Dallas 1 1 0 .500 57 Washington 1 1 0 .500 42 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 29 Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 36 South W L T Pct PF Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 54 New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 58 Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 64 Carolina 0 2 0 .000 47 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 85 Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 44 Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 45 Detroit 0 2 0 .000 44 West W L T Pct PF L.A. Rams 2 0 0 1.000 57 Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 73 Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 54 San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 51 Week 2 Thursday, Sept. 17 Cleveland 35, Cincinnati 30 Sunday, Sept. 20 Pittsburgh 26, Denver 21 Chicago 17, N.Y. Giants 13 Tennessee 33, Jacksonville 30 Tampa Bay 31, Carolina 17 L.A. Rams 37, Philadelphia 19 Dallas 40, Atlanta 39 Green Bay 42, Detroit 21 Indianapolis 28, Minnesota 11 Buffalo 31, Miami 28 San Francisco 31, N.Y. Jets 13 Arizona 30, Washington 15 Kansas City 23, L.A. Chargers 20, OT Baltimore 33, Houston 16 Seattle 35, New England 30 Monday’s game Las Vegas 34, New Orleans 24 Week 3 Thursday’s game Miami at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday’s games Las Vegas at New England, 1 p.m.

Houston at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

L.A. Rams at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Carolina at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 28 Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m.

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New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks (31) hits an RBI triple during the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Sahlen Field on Tuesday.

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Transactions BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Orioles - Activated RHP Shawn Armstrong from the 10-day IL. Placed RHP Dillon Tate on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Sept. 21.

Recalled 2B Ramon Urias from Orioles alternate training site.

Boston Red Sox - Optioned RHP Robert Stock to Red Sox alternate training site. Recalled RHP Nick Pivetta from Red Sox alternate training site.

Detroit Tigers - Selected the contract of 1B Brandon Dixon from Tigers alternate training site.

Transferred 2B Jonathan Schoop from the 10day IL to the 45-day IL. Los Angeles Angels - Placed SS Andrelton Simmons on the restricted list. Selected the contract of SS Elliot Soto from Angels alternate training site.

Minnesota Twins - Activated RHP Homer Bailey from the 45-day IL. Optioned RHP Sean Poppen to Twins alternate training site.

New York Yankees - Placed RHP Ben Heller on the 45-day IL, recalled him from Yankees alternate training site. Optioned RHP Michael King to Yankees alternate training site. Selected the contract of LHP Tyler Lyons from Yankees alternate training site.

Oakland Athletics - Outrighted RHP Daniel Mengden to Las Vegas (PCL).

Seattle Mariners - Placed 3B Dylan Moore on the 7-day IL. Recalled CF Jake Fraley from Mariners alternate training site.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona Diamondbacks - Activated 2B Ketel Marte from the 10-day IL. Placed 3B Josh Rojas on the 10-day IL. Chicago Cubs - Activated LHP Jose Quintana from the 10-day IL. Optioned LHP Rex Brothers to Cubs alternate training site.

Cincinnati Reds - Activated RHP Sonny Gray from the 10-day IL. Designated RHP Nate Jones for assignment.

Aaron Hicks had three RBIs with a triple and a single, right-hander Gerrit Cole struck out seven in seven innings, and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 12-1 on Tuesday night in Buffalo, N.Y. Gio Urshela added four hits and two RBIs to extend his hit streak to 11 games as the teams have split the first two games of a four-game series.

Cole (7-3) allowed one run and five hits in beating the Blue Jays for the second straight start.

Cavan Biggio hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays (28-27).

Blue Jays right-hander Tanner Roark (2-3) allowed six runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings in his third straight start against the Yankees.

The Yankees (32-23) took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Aaron Judge singled and scored on a triple by Hicks, who then came home on Roark’s wild pitch.

New York added a run in the fourth on a two-out double by Gleyber Torres and a single by Urshela.

Biggio led off the bottom of the fourth with his seventh homer and his first since Aug. 17.

Kyle Higashioka singled with one out to get New York’s four-run fifth going. DJ LeMahieu was hit by a pitch. Judge hit an RBI single and took second on the throw to third as LeMahieu slid in safely. Thomas Hatch replaced Roark and allowed a two-run single to Hicks, who then stole second as Luke Voit struck out.

Torres then scored Hicks on a single.

Chase Anderson, who allowed five homers in one inning to the Yankees last week, started the sixth inning for the Blue Jays and retired his first eight batters faced (five by strikeout). But Urshela doubled with two outs, Clint Frazier walked, Brett Gardner singled home Urshela, and Higashioka doubled in Frazier and Gardner. The double had been ruled a home run but was changed to a double after a video review.

Torres and Urshela had RBI singles against Wilmer Font in the ninth.

Zack Britton pitched a perfect eighth inning for the Yankees and Adam Ottavino had a clean ninth.

Travis Shaw was a late scratch for the Blue Jays because of back spasms.

Alonso helps Mets beat Rays, keep playoff hopes alive Field Level Media

A slumping Pete Alonso homered and finished with three RBIs and Seth Lugo bounced back from the worst start of his career by tossing 6 1/3 solid innings Tuesday night for the host New York Mets, who kept alive their playoff hopes and delayed the Tampa Bay Rays a chance to clinch a division title with a 5-2 win.

The Mets (25-30) began the day three games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the race for the final National League wild card spot, but the Phillies were swept in a doubleheader by the Washington Nationals before New York’s win was complete.

The Rays (36-20) entered Tuesday with a magic number of one for clinching the American League East, but the New York Yankees routed the Toronto Blue Jays 12-1.

Lugo (3-3), who gave up four homers and six runs over 1 2/3 innings last Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies, allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out seven.

Willy Adames gave the Rays a brief lead in the second by homering off Lugo, but Robinson Cano answered with a solo homer in the bottom half. The blast was the 10th of the year for Cano, who has reached double digits in homers in 16 straight seasons.

Alonso, who was mired in a 2-for-34 slump coming in, homered to right off Blake Snell (4-2) in the fourth and added an RBI single off John Curtiss in the sixth.

The Rays chased Lugo in the seventh, when Joey Wendle singled with one out and Adames reached on an error by third baseman Todd Frazier. Justin Wilson replaced Lugo, after which Wendle and Adames executed a double steal. Frazier then redeemed himself by fielding a sharp grounder by Kevin Kiermaier and firing home to nab Wendle.

Adames raced home on a wild pitch, but Wilson preserved the lead by striking out Hunter Renfroe.

Guillermo Heredia homered for his first hit with the Mets in the bottom of the inning and Alonso collected another RBI with a fielder’s choice grounder in the eighth.

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA

Sayers From B1

one of the most agile and elusive ball carriers ever.

“If you wish to see perfection as a running back, you had best get a hold of a film of Gale Sayers,” Bears founder George Halas said in 1977 when he presented Sayers for Hall of Fame enshrinement.

“He was poetry in motion. His like will never be seen again.”

Sayers’ dynamic running ability helped him earn All-Pro recognition in each of his five full seasons. It also left teammates, coaches, fans and pundits to wonder what he might have accomplished in football had knee injuries not ended his career in 1971 after only seven seasons (68 games).

In fact, Sayers’ legendary athleticism was a bittersweet topic at the Bears100 Celebration in June 2019, as former teammates tried to make sense of how the electric running back they revered could be the same frail, wheelchairbound man who appeared on stage.

“If I wanted one (running back) for a season, I’d take Walter Payton. But if I wanted a player for one play, I’ll take Gale Sayers above every running back I’ve seen — whether it be Jim Brown or O.J. Simpson or anybody” said Johnny Morris, a teammate of Sayers’ for three seasons in the mid’60s.

“He had a knack of being in the air and he’d swing his leg over and come down in a different direction. That’s the best way I can put it.”

Sayers rushed for 4,956 yards and scored 56 touchdowns in his career. The fourtime Pro Bowler ranks fourth on the Tribune’s list of top 100

Jets From B1

up in defensive meetings leading up to the game, right?

The 49ers didn’t have AllPro tight end George Kittle or their top receiver, Deebo Samuel. They were going to

Bears players all-time and fifth on the team’s list.

“I had a style all my own,” Sayers is quoted as saying by the Hall of Fame. “The way I ran, lurchy, herky-jerky, I kept people off-guard so if I didn’t have that much power when I hit a man, hell, he was offbalance and I could knock him down.”

Sayers amassed 9,435 allpurpose yards, which ranks fourth in Bears history behind Payton, running back Matt Forte (12,718) and return specialist Devin Hester (10,196).

“Just give me 18 inches of daylight,” he once told NFL Films. “That’s all I need.”

Gale Eugene Sayers was born May 30, 1943, in Wichita, Kan. He was raised in Omaha, Neb., and starred in football and track at Omaha Central High School. He set the state long jump record of 24 feet, 11 3/4 inches. At Kansas he became a two-time All-American in football.

The Bears drafted Sayers fourth overall in 1965. Remarkably, it was only one spot after the Bears picked future Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus, all All-American out of Illinois.

“Both had unusual running movements,” Halas wrote in his autobiography. “I’ve never seen anyone run with Gale’s agility. No one ever caught him from behind. Butkus was bow-legged. I learned later Butkus had knee injuries in high school and college. Both had rare abilities, supported by courage, desire and spirit.”

Butkus was unfamiliar with Sayers before they met in New York after the 1964 college season. They had gathered for a celebration hosted by the Football Writers Association of America and Look Magazine, which published the FWAA’s All-America team each year.

“I’m looking at this guy with the high-tops and he’s running back kickoffs and everything else,” Butkus recalled at the Bears100 Celebration. “I didn’t know who in the heck he was, but he was amazing on that game tape.”

Butkus remembered how Bears veterans made it difficult on their rookie class.

“Gale just ran circles around everybody, so they quickly adopted him,” Butkus said. “He was amazing. I still attribute a lot of my success to trying to tackle him. I never came up against a running back like him in my whole career, as far as a halfback. No one could touch this guy.”

Sayers set the Bears’ singleseason touchdowns record with 22 as a rookie (14 rushing, six receiving and one each on kickoff and punt returns). He went on to to be named NFL Rookie of the Year, and his touchdowns record stood until 1975 as the NFL mark for all players regardless of tenure On Dec. 12 of that season, Sayers scored six touchdowns on a muddy Wrigley Field, tying the NFL’s single-game record. He carried the ball only nine times from scrimmage — and scored on four.

“He looked like he was gliding,” teammate Mike Ditka recalled at the Bears100 Celebration. Everybody was slipping and sliding except him.

It was the most unbelievable exhibition I’ve ever seen in the history of the game.”

Sayers won the NFL rushing title in 1966 with career-best 1,231 yards in that 14-game season.

But in 1968, nine games into his fourth season, Sayers suffered his first catastrophic knee injury.

The play — “49 Toss Left” — was called in the huddle by quarterback Virgil Carter. It was designed to be run to the

outside of the left tackle. It called for Sayers’ blocker, Randy Jackson, to lead the way, but instead of waiting a half second for the play to unfold, Sayers instinctively ran up on the heels of his blocker.

Sayers planted his right leg to make a cut, but San Francisco 49ers right cornerback back Kermit Alexander lunged ahead and pounced on his leg.

Sayers was carried off on a stretcher as the Wrigley Field crowd gasped and feared the worst.

The play occurred right in front of the Bears’ bench, as Halas described in his autobiography.

“His helmet crashed into Gale’s knee,” Halas wrote. “My heart sank. I knew Gale would not get up. I cried with him as he was carried off. He was such a magnificent person and a great player. What pained me so much was the type of man who had been hurt.”

Sayers was taken to the hospital and was on the operating table for three hours. He later would learn that the ligaments on the medial side were destroyed, as well as the anterior cruciate ligament.

During an era prior to arthroscopic surgery, Sayers endured months of tortuous rehabilitation. Amazingly, he returned for the 1969 season to run for 1,032 yards and win the rushing title, although it was clear he no longer had the elusiveness to cut on a dime, which had been his signature.

In 1970, Sayers suffered a second knee injury, this time to his left knee. During that time off he took classes at New York University to become a stockbroker. Following another rehabilitation period, Sayers tried for a comeback, but was not successful.

He was enshrined in the Hall of Fame at age 34. During his induction speech, he

emphasized how important it was for pro football players to remain “mentally afloat.”

“I meant to seek out offeason job opportunities when I came to the game,” he said. “I did from the start. In my first three years, I had job opportunities from two companies.

It kept me mentally afloat and gave me the incentive to go back to school and finish my undergraduate degree and my master’s degree. It brings to mind what I was all about in the first place. I went to college not as an athletic student, but a student athlete.”

Indeed, Sayers returned to Kansas in 1973 to work as an assistant athletic director.

Sayers became director of the Williams Educational Fund, the primary fundraising body for Kansas Athletics. During that time, he earned his master’s degree in educational administration.

After three years at Kansas, he took the athletic director’s job at Southern Illinois in 1976. Following five years in that position, he formed his own sports marketing and public relations firm, which evolved into Sayers Computer Source. The firm began in 1982 as a computer supplies re-seller.

Sayers’ legacy is partly defined by his close relationship with teammate Brian Piccolo, who died at age of 26 in 1970 from a rare form of cancer.

Sayers and Piccolo were believed to be the first interracial roommates for a major professional sports organization.

Their story was documented in an Emmy award-winning made-for-TV movie called “Brian’s Song.”

In May 1970, Sayers famously honored Piccolo when he accepted the George Halas award, which is given annually by the Pro Football Writers of America to the NFL player,

coach or staff member who best overcame adversity to succeed.

Sayers was honored for his 1969 season in which he won the league’s rushing title in his comeback back from multiple torn knee ligaments. Sayers knew Piccolo was very ill; as it turned out, he died three weeks later.

“You flatter me by giving me this award,” Sayers said in his speech. “But I tell you that I accept it for Brian Piccolo. It is mine tonight. It is Brian Piccolo’s tomorrow.”

Sayers’ condition began to starkly deteriorate shortly into the 2010s. He was diagnosed with dementia in 2013.

That year, he sued the NFL claiming the league negligently handled his repeated head injuries during his career. He said he suffered headaches and short-term memory loss after retirement.

In the lawsuit, Sayers claimed he sometimes was sent back into games after suffering concussions and that the NFL overall didn’t do enough to protect him from the “devastating concussive head traumas.”

Sayers’ brain health worsened to the point he could barely speak by the Bears100 Celebration.

“I know from talking to him that he was a very deep thinker,” said Bears Hall-of-Fame linebacker Mike Singletary, who joined the team 12 years after Sayers’ last game. “To see what I see now, it’s amazing someone that was so beautiful and gifted and talented as a player later in life to have that happen to him, I know it’s tough on everybody.

Said Butkus: “It’s a shame his condition now. It’s a terrible thing he’s going through.

He’s a great guy and a hell of a runner.”

run the ball with Mostert, McKinnon and Tevin Coleman. Yet the Jets couldn’t stop it. San Francisco ran for 182 yards.

Just for context, the Jets let only one team run for more than 130 yards last year _ the Baltimore Ravens with MVP Lamar Jackson. Adams didn’t play in that game. Overall, the Jets were the No. 2 run

defense in 2019. They have the eighth-worst run defense through two games in 2020 Here are some other numbers to illustrate how bad this defense has been: They’ve allowed a 51.9% conversion rate on third down (fifth worst). They’ve been called for four roughing-the-passer penalties and have amassed the fifth-most penalty yards

on defense. The Jets are 19th in total defense. They were seventh last year.

“The message from Gregg is to continue to trust everybody,” Maye said. “We got to trust all 11 guys on the field doing their jobs. Once we do that, we’ll be fine. Once everybody’s on the same page, we know the type of defense we can be.”

Until then, offenses are going to love facing the Jets.

Notes & quotes: The Jets signed wide receiver Josh Malone to the active roster and placed cornerback

Arthur Maulet on IR. Maulet hurt his groin in Sunday’s loss. They also released linebacker Paul Worrilow from the practice squad.

Slow-starting Syracuse seeks spark vs. Georgia Tech Field Level Media

Syracuse hopes to continue its history of rebounding from lackluster starts when it hosts Georgia Tech in an ACC game Saturday at the Carrier Dome in New York.

The Orange (0-2, 0-2 ACC) lost to current No. 11 North Carolina and No. 21 Pittsburgh and will be challenged by the Yellow Jackets (1-1, 1-1) in game that will be played without fans.

In 2013, the most recent time Syracuse opened with back-to-back losses, the Orange finished 7-6. The prior season they were 0-3 but won eight of the final 10.

The last time Syracuse played two top-25 teams to open the season, the Orange lost both games but finished 10-3 in 2001.

“What we need to do is we’ve got to have faith,” Orange coach Dino Babers said.

Georgia Tech has been up and down. After a 16-13 win at Florida State, the Yellow Jackets were humbled 49-21

by No. 13 UCF last week.

“This loss will not faze us; promise you it won’t,” Yellow Jackets defensive back Juanyeh Thomas said.

The Yellow Jackets were missing six players vs. the Knights, including projected starters Jordan Mason (running back), Tre Swilling (defensive back) and Curtis Ryans (defensive line).

Their availability for the game Saturday was not clear as of Tuesday.

Georgia Tech was dogged by mistakes against UCF as Jeff Sims threw two interceptions and the Yellow Jackets lost three fumbles. The five turnovers were the most in a game since they had five at Virginia on Oct. 26, 2013.

The Yellow Jackets twice drove deep into Knights territory when the outcome was still in doubt, but Sims lost the ball at the 8 to end one series and freshman Jude Kelley’s 27-yard field goal was blocked on the other. Kelley has had three field goals and an extra point blocked in two games.

“There’s a great group of young men, a great group of coaches, and they’ll be hungry, and they’ll be determined to fix their mistakes and play at a high level and continue to build this program the right way,” Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins said.

A bright spot for Georgia Tech is running back Jahmyr Gibbs, who collected 219 allpurpose yards, including 126 from scrimmage, in his collegiate debut vs. UCF. On his first touch he returned the opening kickoff 75 yards to

the Knights’ 21-yard line.

Georgia Tech’s leaky defense may give the moribund Syracuse offense hope after UCF racked up 660 total yards, the most recorded against a Power 5 team this season.

Syracuse has shown little creativity in losing 31-6 to North Carolina and 21-10 to Pittsburgh. In the latter game, the Orange had only 171 total yards and 10 first downs while running 58 plays.

One area to watch is quarterback. Rex Culpepper replaced starter Tommy DeVito periodically and threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Taj Harris for an early 103 lead. DeVito was completed 9 of 15 passes for just 32 yards and an interception, while Culpepper was 4 for 9 for 88 yards.

“The O-line has their issues, receivers have their

issues, the quarterbacks have their issues,” Babers said Monday. “We’re trying to eliminate one so we can focus on the next two, and then eliminate two so we can get to the one, until we can finally get going.”

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As the 2020 WNBA draft unfolded, Crystal Dangerfield sat in her home in Murfreesboro, Tenn., waiting ... then waiting some more ... waiting longer than she had ever really anticipated.

Most projections had the 5-foot-5 Dangerfield, a three-year starting point guard out of UConn, getting taken in the middle or late in the first round. But here Dangerfield was — still around after the first round, after the 13th pick, then the 14th, then the 15th — before she was finally drafted 16th by Minnesota.

Dangerfield didn’t understand why she dropped as far as she did, but she didn’t allow herself to dwell on it any longer.

“I was like, ‘You can either pout because you went 16, or you can go play,’” Dangerfield said.

That’s exactly what she did. A confluence of determination and opportunity helped Dangerfield emerge as a major force for the shorthanded Lynx, the No. 4 seed heading into the WNBA playoffs. And she became the first second-rounder to capture the league’s rookie of Julio Aguilar/Getty Images the year award.

Minnesota Lynx’s Crystal Dangerfield, left, drives against Skylar Diggins-Smith of the Phoenix Along the way, she’s not only surpassed oth- Mercury in Game 1 of a second-round playoff series at Feld Entertainment Center in Palmetto, ers’ expectations, including those of her own Florida, on September 17. coach, Cheryl Reeve. She’s far exceeding ones Minnesota — Dangerfield, Collier and former coach told her come to Florida ready to knock she had for herself.

“I’m still kind of mind blown,” Dangerfield Lynx guard Renee Montgomery all say — are down three-pointers, finish at the rim and told The Courant before she was crowned incredibly similar. Reeve favors a disciplined, hit mid-range shots and floaters. Dangerfield rookie of the year. “Obviously, I wanted to no-nonsense approach, demands account- would also have to get accustomed to working come in and have an impact and be what my ability and promotes a team-first environ- in more of a pick-and-roll system.

Reeve was upfront with Dangerfield. She team needed me to be, whatever the minutes ment.

“I think that’s a reason why we do so well,” didn’t envision her seeing much playing time were going to look like. But if you had told me, ‘You’re probably going to be playing 30-plus Collier said. “The transition is really nice and right away with several guards in front of her minutes in some of these games, have the ball pretty easy for us because it feels so much like on the depth chart. But it didn’t take long for in your hands as much as you do,’ I wouldn’t college in what their expectation level is and Dangerfield to prove otherwise. Reeve first what their goal is for the team. Everything is realized Dangerfield belonged on the court in have believed it, honestly.”

As surprising as Dangerfield’s drop in the 100 percent team-oriented, which I don’t training camp during intra-squad scrimmages draft was, the destination made perfect sense. think you necessarily see all the time especial- and pick-up games against other teams. Then, in their season opener, Dangerfield’s second For one, with Odyssey Sims out for at least ly in a professional league like this.”

As Auriemma sees it, Reeve goes the extra half sparked the Lynx’s comeback from down part of the season after giving birth in April, most figured the Lynx could use a true point mile to evaluate players. And rather than fixat- 11 to beat the Connecticut Sun. On consecutive possessions in the fourth guard. But Minnesota also has a rich history ing on talent, she tries to assess how a player with UConn players — their 2015 champion- would fit into her organization. She also does quarter, Dangerfield picked off a pass for a ship team alone featured four former Hus- her homework, contacting coaches like Au- steal-and-score before showcasing her lethal kies — and the connection was fortified when riemma to find out all she can about potential hesitation move off a pick-and-roll for another lay-in (“That was my moment,” Reeve said, Reeve drafted former Husky teammates Na- draftees. “where I was like, ‘OK, I’ve got a pick-and-roll Reeve’s pre-draft intel indicated that Danpheesa Collier (last year’s rookie of the year) gerfield would likely still be around for Min- player.’ “) and Dangerfield in successive years.

After the game, Reeve told reporters that The parallels are readily apparent. Coach nesota with the 16th pick, allowing her to priGeno Auriemma has led Husky teams to 11 oritize a front-court need in the first round. Minnesota probably wouldn’t have won withnational titles. Under Reeve, Minnesota won Dangerfield may have been disappointed that out Dangerfield’s minutes, a precursor of four championships in nine years, the most no one took her sooner, but Reeve couldn’t what was to come. Among her more impressive achievements this season, Dangerfield of any active WNBA franchise. UConn legend have been happier.

“Crystal should have gone in the first round, finished the regular season second in the Maya Moore, currently on a sabbatical from basketball but a career member of the Lynx, but the fact that she didn’t ended up really, re- league in fourth-quarter scoring average at 6.5 ally, really helping her,” Auriemma said. “She points. was a huge part of that run.

Some rookies are intimidated to go up After the draft, Reeve described former ended up on the right team, in the right system Huskies as “plug-and-play players” who are with the right teammates to allow her to do against pros. Dangerfield admits she wasn’t then and isn’t now. In a league with only 144 groomed for success by Auriemma’s demand- what she does best.”

“For someone like myself,” Dangerfield roster spots, she knows she belongs. Plus, ing program. But Reeve downplays the notion she’s used to benefitting from the intimidathat former Huskies shine any brighter under said, “this is exactly what I needed.”

In her first weeks with the Lynx, Danger- tion factor that comes with putting on a UCoher tutelage, insisting that players like Moore and Collier would’ve done just as well with dif- field’s “tremendous thirst for information” nn uniform.

Being an undersized rookie bypassed by and passion stood out, Reeve said. The rookie ferent franchises.

Those who have played for both teams how- requested one-on-one time outside of team eight teams — including her own initially — ever see the UConn-Lynx connection as more meetings to speak with Reeve about what she just added fuel. than coincidence. The cultures in Storrs and should focus on prior to training camp. The “Whenever a player does that against all

expectations,” said Montgomery, “that says a lot about the player and what they have inside of them.”

“I knew, and she’s proven, that her heart is so big that she more than makes up for (her size),” Collier said.

“Her will, I would say, she’s not ordinary in that way,” Reeve said. “She’s got something special about her, for sure.”

Collier encouraged Dangerfield to take advantage of any opportunity she was given, especially entering an abbreviated season in which a premium would be put on health.

Sure enough, the Lynx lost future Hall-ofFamer Sylvia Fowles for all but seven games of the regular season and Karima Christmas-Kelly to a season-ending injury. Both initial starters in Minnesota’s backcourt also went down with early injuries.

Someone had to step up. Dangerfield was ready.

Dangerfield secured a starting spot by the third game and would not relinquish it. She finished the regular season as the team’s top scorer (a hair better than Collier at 16.2 points per game) on 47% shooting — better marks than what she posted in her senior season at UConn. Her eight 20-point games were also a team-best.

“It was fortuitous for Crystal that (she was) thrown right into it,” Auriemma said. “You have no choice. You can’t (say), ‘Well, can I just play my role?’ No. You have to play a big role. ... Sometimes you don’t know what you have until you throw them out there.”

“She went, in a very unusual season, a very difficult season to perform well, and she did it,” Montgomery said. “It was a fast-paced season. Usually for a rookie, that’s not good because the more time they can get, the better, to learn the system, to learn what it’s like to play in the WNBA. ... You could try to just ease your way into the position, you could just try to have an okay season and survive your rookie year. She didn’t try to do any of the above. She went out there and she killed it.”

In Minnesota’s single-elimination playoff game against the Phoenix Mercury, Dangerfield overcame a slow start to score 15 secondhalf points, finishing as Minnesota’s secondleading scorer in an 80-79 win.

Things will only get tougher for Dangerfield vs. the No. 2 Seattle Storm in a best-of-five semifinal series. This is playoff basketball, and she’ll face more defensive attention than ever before. And once this season is over, the focus will turn to expanding the ways in which Dangerfield can impact the game beyond scoring.

“Believe me,” Reeve said, “my list is long.”

Dangerfield doesn’t want to rest on her rookie season success. She’ll keep setting the bar high for herself moving forward.

And maybe, just maybe, she’ll continue to surprise herself.

“It’s really just me going out there and playing basketball,” Dangerfield said. “That’s all it’s ever been.”

MLB Commissioner Manfred expects fans at World Series, NLCS Stefan Stevenson Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fans will be able to attend the World Series and the National League Championship Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, according to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.

Manfred told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale that pending approval from Gov. Greg Abbott, fans will be in attendance. How many fans and ticket information have yet to be

announced but details are expected soon. The Texas Rangers opened the 40,300-seat, retractable-roof stadium this season but have been unable to welcome fans because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We are pressing ahead to have fans in Texas,” Manfred said. “One of the most important things to our game is the presence of fans. Starting down the path of having fans in stadiums, and in a safe and risk-free environment, is very, very important to our game.”

Globe Life Field will host two National League Division Series, including the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 8 seed and No. 4 vs. No. 5. No. 2 vs. No. 7 and No. 3 vs. No. 6 will be played at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The ALDS will be played Oct. 5-9.

The NLCS begins Oct. 12 at Globe Life field and will air on Fox or FS1.

The ALCS will be at Petco Park in San Diego beginning Oct. 11 and air on TBS. MLB expanded its playoffs to a

16-team format in 2020 for the pandemic-shortened 60-game regular season. Fans have not been able to attend any regular-season games and, as of now, will not be able to attend division series games either.

“The inability of our fans to enjoy the in-ballpark experience is probably my biggest disappointment,” Manfred said. The players have been poignantly honest about the significance of having fans in our ballpark and their importance. It emphasizes the bond between our

fans and our players.”

Manfred told USA Today that he expects to be on hand for the World Series where the commissioner typically presents the championship trophy to the winner.

“Honestly, I think this World Series championship is going to be special,” Manfred said. “I think the team that comes through proves they not only prevailed over all clubs, but prevailed over a much bigger challenge in terms of this pandemic.”

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Lakers can’t stop Jamal Murray in crunch time of Game 3 loss to Nuggets Tania Ganguli Los Angeles Times

Denver’s fearless 23-year-old, Jamal Murray, saw his team’s lead slipping away. A 20-point lead Tuesday night had been trimmed to three with five minutes to play.

So Murray made a smooth three-pointer from just behind the arc. On the next possession, he found teammate Paul Millsap, the man who’d never defeated LeBron James in a playoff game, inside for a dunk. Then he punctuated a 10-1 Nuggets run with a deep three-pointer.

Murray went backward in a semi-dance, knowing he’d helped secure his team’s first win in the Western Conference finals.

The Los Angeles Lakers dropped Game 3 of the series 114-106 and lead it two games to one, despite 30 points and a triple-double from James, and 27 points from Anthony Davis. Murray finished the game in Orlando, Florida, with 28 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds.

“They played better than us, more aggressive than us through three quarters, 36 minutes,” James said. “We had 16 turnovers for 25 points and put them to the line 29 times. It’s not going to be winning ingredients for us if we continue to do that and we knew that, even after Game 2, we talked about that, trying to assure that. Got to be better than that Game 4.”

Said Rajon Rondo, who finished with eight assists, three steals, nine points and four turnovers: “We had a lot of wide-open shots that we didn’t make tonight. We didn’t shoot well from the free-throw line and turned the ball over.

Those three things, we can’t get a break with wins and losses. Tonight, we took a L and we deserved it.”

Denver’s fight and resilience was not unexpected for the Lakers. Coach Frank Vogel was clear before the game that his team knew it escaped with a game they very well could have lost Sunday night.

“Our guys are well aware that we dodged a

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Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap (4) and guard Jamal Murray (27) celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in game three of the Western Conference Finals of the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena on Tuesday.

bullet,” Vogel said before Game 3.

On Tuesday, Denver stayed competitive in the first quarter behind Nikola Jokic who scored 11 points on five-for-seven first-quarter shooting and grabbed four rebounds. The Nuggets led by two heading into the second quarter 29-27.

Without Jokic, to start the second quarter, the Lakers fell victim to a 17-2 Nuggets run.

At one point in the period, Denver led by 18 points. Although the Lakers trimmed the lead to 10 points by halftime, they trailed in rebounding 23-11 after grabbing only four in the second quarter.

“Have to do a better job on the glass, personally,” said Davis, who didn’t have a rebound in the first three quarters. “I can’t have two rebounds for an entire game. So, I might be better in that aspect, but unacceptable. I mean, there’s not really much I can say. I just have to do better.”

The Lakers, who had lost only two games in the playoffs, needed a big rally after the break.

To that end, the Lakers continued their run in the third quarter, cutting the lead to five on two quick shots by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.

Soon afterward, Nuggets forward Jerami Grant stole the ball and raced down the court

with Davis on his left and James on his right.

Davis swatted at him before he rose for a shot, but Grant scored anyway, to give the Nuggets a 71-59 lead.

James countered by scoring on three straight possessions, one shot immediately following his first block of the game.

This might have been a moment when James helped the Lakers regain control of the game, but Denver was ready to push back. Although James got the Lakers within nine, that was the last time in the third quarter that their deficit was in single digits. Heading into the fourth quarter, the Nuggets led by 18.

Grant scored 12 points in the third quarter, which earned him double teams in the fourth.

The Denver lead was 97-77 with 10:36 left in the game.

That’s when the Lakers decided to get serious.

“They just kind of picked up their aggressiveness,” Murray said.

They put together a 19-2 run to cut Denver’s advantage to three. It was punctuated by six Denver turnovers, including steals by Rondo on back-to-back plays.

Defense got the Lakers back into the game.

With four minutes to go, the Nuggets had scored only nine points in the fourth quarter.

However, the young Nuggets withstood this run as well. After pulling within three, the Lakers couldn’t score for nearly two full minutes, with James, Kuzma and Rondo missing from the field, while Murray was making things happen for the Nuggets.

“When you dig yourself a hole like that,” James said, “every shot that they make and every shot that we miss feels like the game is collapsing.”

Now the Lakers head into Game 4, up 2-1 against the only team in NBA history to have recovered from 3-1 deficits not once, but twice, in the same playoffs.

Adam Silver’s ‘best guess’ is next NBA season will start in January at the earliest Keith Pompey The Philadelphia Inquirer

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver doesn’t expect next season to begin until 2021.

Silver told CNN’s Bob Costas on Tuesday that his “best guess” is the coming NBA season will start in January at the earliest.

The NBA and NBPA will decide on a new start date for the season. The start of the NBA season usually begins in October, but it had been rescheduled for Dec. 1 due to the NBA shutdown before being pushed back again because of the coronavirus pandemic. A Christmas start date had been the ideal scenario, but that became unlikely.

The league wants to play a standard season, which would include an 82-game regular season and full postseason. The goal is play games in home arena in front of fans.

“But there’s still a lot that we need to learn in terms of rapid testing, for example,” Silver said. “Would that be a means of getting fans into our buildings? Will there be other protections?”

Around 40% of the league’s once-projected $8 billion in revenue comes from having fans in attendance.

Silver’s January comment comes after the NBA and National Basketball Players Association have decided to hold the draft on Nov. 18. It was originally scheduled for June 25 in New York but was pushed back to Oct. 16 due to the pandemic. The NBA and NBPA agreed to push that date back in order to negotiate changes to the collective bargaining agreement. It also gives the two sides time to agree on next season’s salary cap and luxury tax thresholds. As a result,

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In a file image, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly looks on during warmups prior to playing the Georgia Bulldogs at Sanford Stadium on Sept. 21, 2019 in Athens, Georgia.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver talks during events at NBA All-Star weekend on February 15 at the United Center in Chicago.

free agency could begin in November or early December.

So far, the Sixers could have $147 million tied up in 11 players next season, with the bulk of the money going to Tobias Harris ($34.3 million), Joel Embiid ($29.5 million), Ben Simmons ($28.75 million), and Al Horford ($27.5 million).

The problem is the league’s salary cap could remain at its current $109.1 million or drop because of lost revenue due to the

pandemic. The same can be said of this season’s luxury-tax threshold of $132.6 million.

Right now, the Miami Heat holds a 2-1 series lead over the Boston Celtics in the 2019-20 Eastern Conference finals in the NBA bubble at Walt Disney World. The Los Angeles Lakers take a 2-0 series advantage over the Denver Nuggets into Tuesday night’s Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

Bulls hire Billy Donovan as their head coach, landing one of the biggest names available on the market Jamal Collier Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls landed one of the biggest names and most experienced coaches available Tuesday when they announced the hiring of Billy Donovan to fill their head coaching vacancy.

The move represents a shift for the Bulls, who rarely have hired coaches with prior NBA head coaching experience and especially not one as accomplished as Donovan, 55, who spent the last five seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

During his time in Oklahoma City, Donovan went 243-157 (.608) — the fourth-highest winning percentage among active NBA coaches — and guided the team to the playoffs all five years, including an appearance

in the Western Conference finals in his first season.

“The success that he has sustained over the course of his coaching career puts him on a different level,” Bulls vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas said in a statement. “We feel his ability to help his players reach their potential, both individually and collectively, will mesh well with our roster. Whether as a player or as a coach, he has won everywhere his career has taken him, and we hope that will continue here in Chicago.”

Donovan is coming off arguably his most impressive coaching job this season. The Thunder exceeded expectations in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year, making the playoffs before losing in Game 7 of the

first round against the Houston Rockets.

Although it was their fourth consecutive first-round exit, it still came as a surprise that he and the Thunder could not agree on a new contract. When the sides mutually agreed to part ways, it was seen as a sign that the Thunder were headed for a rebuild Donovan wanted no part of.

Yet Karnisovas was able to lure Donovan, who won two NCAA championships as Florida’s coach, to Chicago for one of the biggest coaching splashes in team history.

The Bulls had not hired a coach with previous NBA head coaching experience since Scott Skiles in 2003, and most of the known candidates they reportedly targeted were

well-regarded assistants around the league.

“I want to thank Jerry (Reinsdorf), Michael (Reinsdorf), Arturas and Marc (Eversley) for the opportunity to coach the Chicago Bulls,” Donovan said in a statement the team released.

“I also want to thank them for the time and effort they put into this hiring process. I’m excited to partner with Arturas as we work together on behalf of this historic franchise.”

The hire comes just as the Bulls are scheduled to begin voluntary workouts this week at the Advocate Center, their first team activities since March. The team did not clarify when Donovan would make it to Chicago to join his new team, and it’s uncertain when he will coach his first game next season.

Notre Dame postpones football game at Wake Forest this Saturday due to COVID-19 Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune

Saturday’s Notre Dame game at Wake Forest has been postponed and Notre Dame has paused all football-related activities due to COVID-19.

The school reported seven positive tests (out of 94 administered) with an additional six players put in isolation because of contact tracing.

“We knew COVID would present challenges throughout the season,” coach Brian Kelly said in a statement, “and we’ll always put student-athlete health and safety at the forefront of our decisionmaking.”

This marks the 16th game postponed this season in college football.

Both Notre Dame (20) and Wake Forest (1-1) have an open date Oct. 3.

When Kelly said Monday his team’s COVID-19 plan was “an evolving situation,” he was not kidding.

The Irish began Tuesday by canceling practice, as first reported by Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, after four players tested positive last week and another

six were quarantined. And then came the news of the postponed game.

None of those 10 played in Notre Dame’s 52-0 dismantling of South Florida on Saturday.

The Irish were scheduled to leave Friday for Winston-Salem, N.C., for their first road trip of the season.

Kelly said Monday that as part of the team’s COVID-19 protocol, players would not be able to meet up with family members before the game.

“You’re trying to avoid as much contact outside your ‘bubble’ as possible,” Kelly said. “We’ll do everything as if this is a home game. In other words, all of our meetings, practice and post-meetings will be done here (in South Bend, Ind.). We’ll eat here, board the plane, get in there (Friday) evening, get off the plane and go to bed to lessen the contact in the hotel.

“Our guys will be in individual rooms, wake up in the morning, throw on a Superman cape and go beat Wake Forest. That’s how we do it.”

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Mom makes snide remarks about boyfriend’s weight Dear Abby, I’m a 35-year-old single mom. I’ve dated a few people over the last seven years, but none of them wanted to commit. Several months ago, I started seeing “Joey,” a friend of a couple of years. He’s sweet, respectful, hardworking, and he helps me whenDEAR ABBY ever I need it.

Joey is on the heavy side, but he’s clean and kempt. I introduced him to my mom, and she continues to say he is “gross.” She refers to him only as “that man” and never by his name.

He has always been very polite and has never said anything to her out of the way.

My son and I have lived with Mom ever since my divorce, and I have helped her out with more than my share of the bills and groceries. I’m currently trying to buy a house, but the market is competitive with the low interest rates. I work full time, take great care of my son and do lots of chores around the house.

How can I convince my mother to accept Joey, or should I ignore what she says as long as he’s good to my son and me?

Found A Good Guy In The South

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Nothing you can do will make your mother accept Joey. Most parents judge the men in their daughters’ lives by how they treat their daughters, rather than a number on the scale.

Has it occurred to you that she may be afraid your relationship with Joey could develop to the point you will no longer be around to do chores and help her with the bills?

From your description of him, “that man” is definitely a keeper. As long as he is good to you and your son and you care for him, please don’t allow your mother to discourage you. As an adult, it’s important to make your own decisions and live your own life without interference.

Dear Abby, My younger sister is a bipolar, narcissistic, psychotic, evil woman with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology and counseling. She has hated me from birth. I know exactly what she is, and she can’t stand that I do.

She spreads lies about me because our mother was alive for my wedding and not for hers and, according to her, it’s my fault. (Mama died 10 years ago.) I made her maid of honor at my wedding and godmother to my child, but no matter what I do, she complains to anyone who will listen about what a horrible person she thinks I am. Because of her education, family members believe everything she says without question.

Our adult lives have been spent with her shutting me out and gossiping about me to extended family. How can I convince my relatives to listen to me? I have no one on my side when it comes to her because the family knows about her mental health issues and tell me to get over it. I can’t! Please help me.

Can’t Go On Like This That your sister has graduate degrees in psychology and counseling does not guarantee that she isn’t mentally ill. Your relatives are aware of her mental health issues and have advised you not to overreact. Perhaps you should take that to heart.

Find another godmother for your child, because clearly this one is unsuitable, and spend as little time around your sister as you can. If necessary, start replacing unsupportive family members with friends you can trust to be supportive.

The only thing you should NOT do is continue to allow your sick sister to rule your life.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Very high triglycerides may need a step up from fish oil levels (135-500) AND a history of coronary arI recently saw an ad on TV for Vascepa. It tery disease OR diabetes and an additional risk seems to be a drug for lowering triglycerides. factor such as high blood pressure, evidence I did some additional research and found of blood inflammation or that it also works as an antiperipheral artery disease. In inflammatory. My triglycerides this group of high-risk subon my last bloodwork were 160.

TO YOUR Would this drug be of benefit jects, Vascepa reduced the GOOD HEALTH for me? Some say it’s merely risk of developing one of the fish oil, which I have taken for endpoints from 22% to 17%. several years. I wonder if it’s All subjects in the study were just a higher octane of fish oil, also taking a statin. so to speak.

If you are considering taking a fish oil supplement because you are at Before taking a medication, it should be very higher risk for heart disease or stroke, a statin clear what the goals of the medication are. This drug is a much better studied mechanism to is true whether the medicine is prescription, reduce that risk. If your triglycerides remain over-the-counter, vitamin or other supple- elevated despite statin therapy, then Vascepa is a good idea if you fall into a high-risk ment.

In the case of people with high triglycerides, group. I would recommend Vascepa, in this the goal of omega-3 fish oil is preventive. For instance, rather than an over-the-counter people with VERY high triglycerides (over 885 fish oil supplement, due to the good-qualimg/dL), reducing triglycerides reduces the in- ty evidence of benefit and the concern that cidence of inflammation of the pancreas. That some brands of OTC supplements are not of is not a concern for you; in your case, the goal is excellent quality.

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Baby Blues

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder

Born today, you are a firm believer in the adage that “not all who wander are lost.” Indeed, you will surely make the most of your life during those times in which your thoughts and travels are, according to others, at least, aimless. You were born to discover, again and again, the basic truths about mankind — both as a race and individually.

There is something quite melancholy in your nature, and though you do your best to conceal this aspect of your character as often as possible, you will surely be unable to do so among close friends and loved ones. These individuals know that despite your positive, go-getter attitude and your ability to connect with others, there is something about you that no one is able to touch.

Also born on this date are: F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer; John Marshall, U.S. chief justice; Jim Henson, Muppeteer; Linda McCartney, photographer and musician.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — A brief encounter means much more to you today than it might have in the past. You’ll want answers — and you can have them by day’s end.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You are looking into the future to see what you can learn about the days ahead, but you had better look at this very day for important clues.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — The wrong

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decision needn’t hold you back. You can correct any errors swiftly today and move toward your desired destination with ease.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ll be recognized for a recent effort, but you’re more eager to have those in authority see what you are doing now. Make a request.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — An original agreement undergoes some alterations today — and you want to be sure you play a part in any and all related negotiations.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’re well aware of how someone fared when attempting something new and different — but the odds are more in your favor today.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’re ready to unveil something you feel will make a strong impact, but you must wait until you are certain others are paying attention.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Simple is almost always best today — except in one situation, which may demand of you a good deal more analysis and problem-solving.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You have good reason to avoid a certain someone today — but make no mistake, you’ll have to come to terms with a recent clash eventually.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — The future is looking bright, but you may have to jump through a great many hoops to get there. Make sure you’re not just making things up!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — It’s a good day to get back in touch with those who have recently drifted far from home. Your methods of communication are unusual but effective.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Someone has caused you a minor inconvenience, and you needn’t make a big deal out of it — unless you’re sending a message to someone else.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

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Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: ABOVE SWISH PELLET STURDY Answer: She called about her unusually high electric bill and asked — “WATTS” UP?

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Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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Each answer is a science word that begins with “s.” (e.g., Polluted air that is a mixture of smoke and fog. Answer: Smog.)

Freshman level 1. A substance that is not a liquid or a gas.

2. Homo sapiens, for example.

3. The complete range of colors into which light can be separated.

Graduate level 4. One of the three basic types of rock.

5. Fructose and glucose, for example.

6. The region of the atmosphere above the troposphere.

PH.D. level 7. Two different organisms living in close physical association to the advantage of both.

8. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances.

9. A method for locating objects, especially underwater, by means of sound waves.

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Solid. 2. Species. 3. Spectrum. 4. Sedimentary. 5. Sugar. 6. Stratosphere.

7. Symbiosis. 8. Solvent. 9. Sonar.

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Nincompoop 5 __ attitude; confident demeanor 10 Carve in stone 14 Galley gear 15 “Doe, __, a female deer, Ray…” 16 Black Friday event 17 Poker token 18 Prosperous 20 Hemingway’s “The __ Also Rises” 21 Obi fabric 22 Despised 23 Doesn’t __; is irrelevant 25 Lombardo or Williams 26 Artificial 28 Neighbor of Colorado 31 Removes from power 32 Ladder steps 34 Gullible fool 36 Football maneuver 37 Outer garments 38 __ on; incite 39 Night before Christmas 40 Handbag 41 “__ and the Man”; Freddie Prinze series 42 Flee 44 Mary Tyler & Shemar 45 Pacino’s namesakes 46 San José, __ Rica 47 Be generous 50 TV’s “__ ’70s Show” 51 Egypt’s boy king 54 Release from captivity 57 Telegram 58 Curved bands of sparks 59 Birds flying in a V formation 60 Swine 61 Make a __; leave clutter 62 Wrapped up 63 Snake eyes in a dice throw DOWN 1 Holliday & Severinsen

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2 Home to most Hawaiians 3 Diana & Charlotte 4 Sixth sense 5 Gambler’s milieu 6 Grown-up 7 Least popular chicken piece 8 Last of twelve: abbr.

9 Mine output 10 Prose writings 11 20th-century U.S. president 12 Classic board game 13 Clutched 19 Wants nothing to do with 21 Soapy water topper 24 Pitcher’s delights 25 Jokes 26 Leo XIII or Pius X 27 Shampoo brand 28 __-highs; long socks 29 High hope 30 Pizza ingredient 32 Abnormal 33 FedEx rival 35 Paid athletes

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Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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37 Pieces of china 38 Fired a gun 40 More sickly looking 41 Expense 43 Hug 44 __ and groaned; complained 46 Selected 47 Criticize harshly 48 Employ

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49 Preschooler’s recitation 50 Like a game going into overtime 52 Encourage 53 Actress Harper 55 Mature 56 Half a score 57 “Says __?”; skeptic’s query

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