MLB is using a 12-team playoff format for the first time in 2022, and eight teams are participating in the best-of-three Wild Card Series. Two teams have already advanced to the LDS: the Guardians and Mariners. In the new Wild Card Series, the top two division winners in each league receive a bye to the Division Series, while … Continue reading Baseball Wild Card Time →

Sixty-one years later, Roger Maris finally has company.  On Wednesday night, New York Yankees star Aaron Judge finally notched home run No. 61, tying Maris for the American League single-season record.   Judge launched the historic home run in the seventh inning off Toronto Blue Jays reliever Tim Mayza. With the game tied 3-3, and Judge facing … Continue reading Yankees’ Aaron Judge Blasts Home Run No. 61 →

The neo-Renaissance lobby inside 200 Madison Avenue has been designated a city landmark. The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved the designation as an interior landmark. The lobby is inside the vaulted arcade that spans the building between East 35th and East 36th Streets. Built in the 1920s by the architecture firm Warren and Wetmore, the … Continue reading 200 Madison Avenue Lobby, Adorned With Peacocks And Lion Heads, Landmarked By City →

Kevin Durant is staying with the Brooklyn Nets weeks after publicly requesting a trade away from the team. Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant has rescinded his request to be traded ahead of the upcoming NBA season. Durant and his longtime business manager Rich Kleiman met with Nets management and "decided to move forward with partnership."  The … Continue reading Kevin Durant Staying With Brooklyn Nets →