• Red Sox cheating investigation ends with coronavirus twist

    Red Sox cheating investigation ends with coronavirus twist

    On the eve of what was supposed to be Opening Day, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he will reveal his findings into the Red Sox cheating probe once baseball returns. If an optimistic Manfred has his way, America’s pastime will be back some time in May. “We’ll have to make a determination depending on what …
  • The pain of no Opening Day

    The pain of no Opening Day

    Some things remain unchanged; all along 126th Street, the chop-shop guys still have their eagle eyes tuned to any dent on the bumpers of passing cars. You have a scratch on the door? Like always, they are eager to help, offering up business cards while properly outfitted in uniforms of the day: surgical gloves, masks, …
  • Apollo Theater inaugurates remote Amateur Night auditions

    Apollo Theater inaugurates remote Amateur Night auditions

    The Apollo Theater will conduct auditions for its iconic Amateur Night remotely for the first time in its 86-year history. The Harlem theater closed its doors because of the coronavirus outbreak, but has asked hopefuls to send audition tapes for spots in the show’s 2020-21 season. Tapes can be up to five minutes long, and …
  • Pod Squad: 5 podcasts to listen to while coronavirus outbreak has you home

    Pod Squad: 5 podcasts to listen to while coronavirus outbreak has you home

    During times of crisis, Americans used to gather and tune in to the radio. Today, it’s more likely we’ll scatter and listen to separate podcasts; there are just so many amazing ones out there. According to PodcastHosting.org‘s stats, as of March there are over 900,000, with over 28 million episodes — so how to choose? …
  • US has fewer 401(k) millionaires after coronavirus stock market meltdown

    US has fewer 401(k) millionaires after coronavirus stock market meltdown

    There were over 11 million households in America worth between $1 million and $5 million in February, according to Spectrem Group’s Market Insights Report 2020. That figure — the number of 401(k) millionaires, as they were called — was heralded in many newspapers just a few weeks ago. Now, according to Spectrem, there are half …
  • Elected officials shouldn’t be penalized for holding office

    Elected officials shouldn’t be penalized for holding office

    It’s being reported that part of the $2 trillion deal to bail out the economy, signed by the Senate and the White House, is that Trump family businesses cannot receive taxpayer assistance. Why is this fair? As I’ve written before, I don’t think elected officials should benefit from their office. But they shouldn’t be penalized …
  • Susanne Bartsch throws ‘small’ party at Hotel Chelsea apartment

    Susanne Bartsch throws ‘small’ party at Hotel Chelsea apartment

    Nightlife legend Susanne Bartsch has drawn the scowls of the club scene by throwing a sexy party at the Hotel Chelsea — in spite of the social-distancing drive. Bartsch’s regular Bartschland Follies night at the McKittrick Hotel has been put on hiatus because of the COVID-19 outbreak, so she decided to throw a small bash …
  • Christian Wood, one of first NBA players with coronavirus, is ‘fully recovered’

    Christian Wood, one of first NBA players with coronavirus, is ‘fully recovered’

    One of the first NBA players to test positive for the coronavirus reportedly has made a full recovery. Detroit Pistons’ forward Christian Wood’s agent Adam Pensack on Wednesday told WXYZ-TV that the 24-year-old Wood is “fully recovered” and is “feeling great” after his diagnosis was announced by the team on March 14. Wood was the …
  • CamSoda launching non-adult platform to help performers hit by shutdown

    CamSoda launching non-adult platform to help performers hit by shutdown

    An XXX-stream-ly generous live sex video site is stepping into the coronavirus breach. The hugely popular CamSoda usually allows sex performers to charge fans to watch them . . . er, perform via livestream. But now the site also will allow musicians, comedians and even theater groups to use its platform to help them make a living …
  • Harvey Weinstein is ‘doing well’ after coronavirus diagnosis

    Harvey Weinstein is ‘doing well’ after coronavirus diagnosis

    Harvey Weinstein is still in isolation and “doing well” at an upstate New York prison after being diagnosed with coronavirus, a source said. The disgraced movie mogul “is breathing on his own” and has shown no symptoms of the potentially deadly bug at the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo, the source said. Weinstein, 68, tested …