Dr. Frank Field, the first meteorologist in New York television news and later a presenter and commentator for network programs on science, space, and medicine, died on Saturday in Florida. He was 100.
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Every July 1, former New York Mets slugger Bobby Bonilla changes his tune. Instead of “I’ll show you the Bronx,” Bonilla says, “Show me the money.”
Bonilla hasn’t played in the major leagues for 22 years, but each July 1 he picks up a check for nearly $1.2 million from the club. That’s more than some all-star players make per year.
The sweet deal was negotiated by Bonilla’s agent Dennis Gilbert at a time when the Mets (then owned by the Wilpon family) were scrapping for cash.
Bonilla had a checkered career for the Mets. He was on the team from 1992 to 1995, then came back for a year in 1999. He is best remembered for his confrontation with reporter Bob Klapisch, the co-author of the book, “The Worst Team Money Can Buy,’ a review of a season in which the Mets, with baseball’s highest payroll, lost 90 games (sound familiar, current fans?) Bonilla got in a heated exchange in the Mets clubhouse with Klapisch, threatening to “show him the Bronx.” It was not an invitation for a tour.
The Mets wanted to terminate Bonilla in 1999, but he still had $6 million left on his contract. Gilbert proposed that owner Fred Wilpon defer payments until 2011 with an 8% annual interest rate.
That meant that Bonilla would get $1,193,248.20 every year until 2035. Bonilla will be 72 when his contract with the team expires. He is currently 59.
In total, Bonilla will get $29.8 million because of Wilpon’s blunder.
Bonilla’s deal is sizable, but it’s not the only deferred payment owed to former and current players. It sticks out more because the Wilpons never received the huge payments they believed they would get from Madoff, making the contract a financial albatross that kept the team mired in mediocrity for years.
Mets fans began celebrating
Dr. Frank Field, the first meteorologist in New York television news and later a presenter and commentator for network programs on science, space, and medicine, died on Saturday in Florida. He was 100.
Man, we feel like a concert.Country icon Shania Twain, midway through her sprawling North American ‘Queen Of Me Tour,’ is stopping into New York for three huge gigs at Bethel’s Bethel Woods Center For The Arts on Monday, July 3, Syracuse’s St. Josephs Health Amphitheater on Saturday, July 8 and finally New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, July 11.And if you want to see the “Still The One” singer live, we’re happy to report that there are unbelievably affordable last-minute tickets available.At the time of publication, we found tickets going for as low as $20 before fees for her Bethel show.That “impresses us much.”Sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves.Tickets were a bit more expensive for Syracuse and New York City Twain concerts starting at $100 and $60 before fees, respectively.
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Angelina Jolie is enjoying some more quality time with her son Pax in the Big Apple.
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aulo Dybala and Oriana Sabatini are very active figures on social media, and they love sharing fragments of their life. They currently reside in Italy, a place which has been their home since the 29-year-old soccer player began playing for the Roma team.
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New York Daily News.Given the use of anti-gay slurs, and the seeming randomness of the attack, the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the attack.Police have released a photo of the alleged assailant and are asking for the public’s help identifying him. The suspect is described as a bald man between 25 to 40 years old, and was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, black pants, dark brown boots, and carrying a black book bag.Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish speakers, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).The attack comes at a time when anti-gay sentiment is on the rise in response to increased LGBTQ visibility.Recently, three men were caught on surveillance camera destroying Pride flags mounted on a fence near the historic Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village.In May, a homeless man was charged with several hate crimes for allegedly defecating on an LGBTQ Pride flag and wiping his behind with another.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles has announced a special initiative to help save Rockwood Music Hall, the long-running independent New York City music venue, which is in danger of closing. The #PreserveRockwood benefit concert series will launch on June 30 with Bareilles and will be an opportunity to see artists perform in the venue’s intimate setting while helping to keep it alive. 100% of the proceeds from the shows will be donated to Rockwood to help continue a space for independent and emerging artists to perform. Other artists initially joining the series include Chris Thile and Michael Daves (July 1), Amy Helm (July 6), Isabel Hagen (July 10), Ingrid Michaelson (July 20), Elle King (July 31) and The Lone Bellow (August 10), and more.
Christina Aguilera is in New York City and ready to celebrate Pride all weekend long!
New York Mets pay-TV network SNY has been dropped by YouTube TV in the latest sign of decline for the traditional regional sports network model.
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When Kristen Lovell relocated to New York in the ’90s, she lost her job as she began her transition. She needed money and began sex work in a Manhattan Meatpacking district area called “The Stroll.” Decades later, co-directors Lovell and Zachary Drucker remember that time in a new HBO documentary of the same name.