Greedy Roger Goodell can’t pass up any chance for a few extra dollars
NY Post
Why devote a column to Roger Goodell at the start of the baseball season and the close of the NCAA Tournament?
Because I can’t stow it. He’s infuriating. For the $70 million or whatever Goodell’s annually paid by the NFL, he has the credibility of a snake oil salesman and the on-the-job courage of the Sheriff of Nottingham. He’s so demonstrably full of it you’d be torn between demanding a polygraph exam and sending him to his room without dinner.
And the media, which share his fear of indisputable truths, continue to pretend that he represents the best interests of the sport, thus Goodell’s urged on by silence.
Item 1: Goodell, this offseason, remains active soliciting tens of millions more in TV money to create diminished interest in NFL games.
Under Goodell, the NFL has chosen to continue to challenge — dare — its fans to live without big games.
The NFL will double its inventory to two games sold for exclusive viewing behind streaming paywalls. No. 1 is the Sept. 6 Friday night Eagles “home opener” vs. TBD in Brazil.
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On the Queens side of town, the reno began in earnest almost as soon as Francisco Lindor grounded into the 4-6-3 double play. That ended a 4-0 loss before a rare sizable crowd at Miami’s loanDepot Park last Sept. 27, all of them there to witness the final death rattles of an epic baseball calamity.
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Next comes the harder part. Mostly because it can’t get any easier.
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PORT ST. LUCIE — From the moment he was told he needed surgery on his left hamate bone, Francisco Lindor fixated on the recovery time. Trainers provided the Mets shortstop a six-week pathway to return to play, and Lindor was determined to hit every marker.
Dylan Garand knew the number off the top of his head. He knew that, between the regular season and playoffs, he’d logged over 160 games with AHL Hartford, and he was right. Before the Rangers recalled him Friday, Garand had served as the Wolf Pack’s goaltender 165 times.
SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.
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The Knicks are on a five-game winning streak and flooded with concerns.