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Bucknell Will Do It Again
Pitt beat Bucknell 59–0 on the same Saturday that Bob Chesney’s UCLA team demolished Maryland, 54–3. Greg Maresca sees a connection beyond the lopsided scores. Chesney built a championship program at Holy Cross, and Maresca wonders what Bucknell might have become with the same coach in Lewisburg. Meanwhile, the Bison face the familiar economics of…
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Exiling Sweet Caroline
Greg Maresca has heard enough. Between the hype tracks, recycled rock riffs, and obligatory singalongs, the modern stadium rarely lets a game speak for itself. His chief offender: “Sweet Caroline,” the Neil Diamond hit that became a sporting ritual and, in Maresca’s judgment, never learned when to leave. From Penn State’s Blue Band to the…
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The Real Sicilian Sauce
Ask Frank Parlato for a meat sauce recipe, and don’t expect instructions that begin with opening a jar. The renowned journalist and publisher is also an accomplished restaurateur and a formidable cook, drawing on years of experience and generations of Sicilian family tradition. Here, a reader’s simple request sends him back to the beginning: ripe…
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Back In Hochul Gulag: Flynn’s Accuser In Cell Again
Ryan Flynn spent roughly eight months in custody before walking out in June without a felony indictment. In August, he was jailed again. His complaints describe $50,000 cash bail or a $100,000 bond in a misdemeanor contempt case. He disputes the messages attributed to him, challenges the protection-order history, and says a guilty plea would…
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Benched For Good: Wachtell Shows Cullerton the Exit
Nathaniel Cullerton’s Central Park kiss has become a career reckoning. Wachtell says the separation was mutual, but the chronology is merciless: a viral video, an abandoned Gibson Dunn move, weeks on leave, and an ended partnership. The firm has announced the departure without releasing its investigative findings. Sources previously told this publication that Wachtell also…
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Sworn to Nothing: How SDNY Beat the Wander Leak Motion
Who told Semafor about Joshua Wander’s investigation? This article examines the government declarations and court reasoning that left that question unresolved. Its central distinction concerns who personally swore a denial and whose denial appeared through prosecutor Nicolas Roos’s account of conversations. The reported chronology also places a reporter’s possession of Roos’s name before the investigation’s…
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THE ART OF THE STEAL
Jack Grynberg built an oil fortune and placed much of its ownership in his children’s names. Frank Parlato’s sixth installment examines what happened when that family arrangement became a fight over corporate control, access to money, and the founder’s remaining years. Drawing on former operations chief Gene Webb’s account, funeral remarks, and earlier reporting, Parlato…
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Hochul’s Mamdani Alliance
Kathy Hochul’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani established a political relationship that now forms part of her governing record. Richard Luthmann examines that alliance, the questions surrounding government coordination with social-media influencers, and polling that records divided public confidence. The article also revisits Mario Cuomo’s 1994 defeat by George Pataki, exploring regional voting patterns, incumbency, and…
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Penn State’s Necessary Correction
Penn State removed Joe Paterno’s statue, stripped his name from prominent places, and spent years treating its most consequential football coach like a historical embarrassment. Now, the university has opened the Paterno Family Football Experience Room inside Beaver Stadium’s Penn State All-Sports Museum. The permanent exhibit includes Paterno’s original office desk, personal artifacts, and a…
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AI is Tax Relief
The artificial-intelligence revolution is bringing trillions of dollars in data-center investment, along with an enormous appetite for American land, electricity, water, roads, and public infrastructure. That appetite gives local leaders something they rarely possess when Big Tech comes knocking: leverage. Loudoun County, Virginia, collected $1.2 billion in data-center property-tax revenue during fiscal year 2026. Oracle…
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