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RONALD BLUM

RONALD BLUM

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Judge disagrees with Soto's conclusion that Mets have better chance for titles than Yankees

Aaron Judge naturally takes issue with Juan Soto’s conclusion that the New York Mets have a better chance to win World Series titles than the Yankees

Judge disagrees with Soto's conclusion that Mets have better chance for titles than Yankees
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Bregman's $120 million, 3-year deal with Red Sox includes $60 million deferred, paid from 2035-46

Alex Bregman could receive the final payment of his $120 million, three-year deal with the Boston Red Sox in 2046

Bregman's $120 million, 3-year deal with Red Sox includes $60 million deferred, paid from 2035-46
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Yankees' Stanton hasn't swung bat in 3 or 4 weeks and is unsure of whether he can play in opener

New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hasn’t swung a bat in three or four weeks and isn’t sure whether he will be ready for opening day because of painful tendinitis in both elbows

Yankees' Stanton hasn't swung bat in 3 or 4 weeks and is unsure of whether he can play in opener
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Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is uncertain for opening day because of tendinitis in both elbows

New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is uncertain for opening day because of chronic tendinitis in both elbows

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is uncertain for opening day because of tendinitis in both elbows
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Calixto Bieito takes on Wagner's Ring Cycle, a quarter century after first shocking audiences

Provoking boos 25 years ago for radical stagings saturated with sex and violence, Calixto Bieito at age 61 has transformed from a European regietheater enfant terrible to a patriarch

Calixto Bieito takes on Wagner's Ring Cycle, a quarter century after first shocking audiences
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Alex Bregman and Red Sox agree to $120 million, 3-year contract, AP source says

Alex Bregman and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $120 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press

Alex Bregman and Red Sox agree to $120 million, 3-year contract, AP source says
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Nick Pivetta agrees to $55 million, 4-year contract with San Diego Padres, AP source says

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Nick Pivetta has agreed to a backloaded $55 million, four-year contract with the San Diego Padres

Nick Pivetta agrees to $55 million, 4-year contract with San Diego Padres, AP source says
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Harry Connick Jr. to premiere composition at Carnegie Hall for 100th anniversary of mother's birth

Harry Connick Jr. will premiere a composition for the 100th anniversary of his mother’s birth for Carnegie Hall’s 2025-26 season

Harry Connick Jr. to premiere composition at Carnegie Hall for 100th anniversary of mother's birth
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LA Opera drops Missy Mazzoli’s 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' which will premiere at New York's Met

The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the Bardo” will instead open at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 2026

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Fan fest in Jersey City will be open for all 104 World Cup matches next year

A fan fest at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, will be open for all 104 games of the 2026 World Cup

Fan fest in Jersey City will be open for all 104 World Cup matches next year
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Spring training preview: Dodgers are favored to be MLB's first repeat champion in a quarter-century

Spring training workouts start Sunday with the Los Angeles Dodgers trying to become the first repeat champion since the New York Yankees won three in a row from 1998 to 2000

Spring training preview: Dodgers are favored to be MLB's first repeat champion in a quarter-century
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Pete Alonso stays with Mets, agreeing to $54 million, 2-year contract, AP source says

A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that first baseman Pete Alonso is staying with the New York Mets, agreeing to a $54 million, two-year contract

Pete Alonso stays with Mets, agreeing to $54 million, 2-year contract, AP source says
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Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83

Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died

Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83
Arts|Asia|Entertainment

Huang Ruo’s `The Monkey King' to get world premiere at San Francisco Opera on Nov. 14

Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King,” based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West” in which a primate born from stone acquires supernatural powers and seeks immortality, will be given its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera on Nov. 14

Huang Ruo’s `The Monkey King' to get world premiere at San Francisco Opera on Nov. 14
Crime|Sports|US

Umpire Pat Hoberg fired by MLB for sharing sports gambling accounts with friend who bet on baseball

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent to the league’s investigation

Umpire Pat Hoberg fired by MLB for sharing sports gambling accounts with friend who bet on baseball
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Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner during three years of turmoil, dies at 86

Fay Vincent, who became baseball commissioner in 1989 and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with players, has died

Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner during three years of turmoil, dies at 86
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Max Scherzer agrees to a $15.5 million, 1-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, AP source says

Max Scherzer is joining the Toronto Blue Jays, agreeing to a $15.5 million, one-year contract, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal

Max Scherzer agrees to a $15.5 million, 1-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, AP source says
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Conductor Raphaël Pichon makes delayed New York debut at age 40

Conductor Raphaël Pichon makes his New York debut at age 40 on Thursday night, leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall

Conductor Raphaël Pichon makes delayed New York debut at age 40
Sports

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Sports

A 2nd Tommy John rehab could be tougher for Angels' Shohei Ohtani. But it's not a given

If Shohei Ohtani has a second Tommy John surgery, it’s possible his recovery might be more difficult than the first — but not a given. “My first one, my rehab was pretty tough and I never felt 100%,” Chicago Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon said. “People would come up to me and ask me, ‘Hey, dude, what should I expect after getting Tommy John?’ I’d be like: To never feel good ever again. “My second one was just like a new arm.” Ohtani tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow while pitching against Cincinnati on

A 2nd Tommy John rehab could be tougher for Angels' Shohei Ohtani. But it's not a given
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A 2nd Tommy John rehab could be tougher for Angels' Shohei Ohtani. But it's not a given

If Shohei Ohtani has a second Tommy John surgery, it’s possible his recovery might be more difficult than the first — but not a given. “My first one, my rehab was pretty tough and I never felt 100%,” Chicago Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon said. “People would come up to me and ask me, ‘Hey, dude, what should I expect after getting Tommy John?’ I’d be like: To never feel good ever again. “My second one was just like a new arm.” Ohtani tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow while pitching against Cincinnati on

A 2nd Tommy John rehab could be tougher for Angels' Shohei Ohtani. But it's not a given
Sports

New Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matt Turner realized it was time to move on from Arsenal

Matt Turner realized last spring it was time to move on from Arsenal, that he wasn’t going to displace Aaron Ramsdale as the starting goalkeeper and his career would stagnate if he stayed with the Gunners. Now 29, Turner joined Arsenal for the 2022-23 season from Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution but played in just five Europa League and two FA Cup matches — none after Jan. 27. “Towards the end of the season,” he said Monday, “I felt like there’s games that I could have been playing, that I wasn’t even getting really a sniff of them. I

New Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matt Turner realized it was time to move on from Arsenal
Arts|Entertainment

`10 Days in a Madhouse' opera premieres in Philadelphia, celebrating women's voices

Composer Rene Orth's “10 Days in a Madhouse,” based on the 1887 book by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly, opened Opera Philadelphia's O23 Festival

`10 Days in a Madhouse' opera premieres in Philadelphia, celebrating women's voices
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Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic version

Jake Heggie's version of “Dead Man Walking” reaches the Metropolitan Opera for the season’s opening night in a production by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean

Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic version
Arts|Entertainment

Jonas Kaufmann battles back from infection in Claus Guth's 'Doppleganger'

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, recovered from a multi-drug resistant germ infection, is appearing in “Doppleganger,” a staged version of Schubert's final songs

Jonas Kaufmann battles back from infection in Claus Guth's 'Doppleganger'

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