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A loss -- and a new Cody Bellinger/Paul Goldschmidt nugget -- show why reeling Yankees seem headed toward 'soft buying' at best
The Yankees aren't selling. They just don't do that around here, especially not when they're in playoff position. Right? Right. Almost certainly. But Monday's 4-2 loss to Tampa Bay did nothing to restore the front office's faith in the team. It was further reinforcement of their likely approach, first reported by SNY on Saturday, to be what you might call 'soft buyers,' making moves that improve the current roster without risking the future. In that column, we relayed that the Yankees were floating some of their free-agent-to-be relievers in preliminary trade talks. We have since learned through league sources that last week the Yanks brought up Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt in talks with at least one other club. Wait, what? That does not mean that the Yankees will trade Bellinger and/or Goldschmidt. In fact, we'd still be very surprised. But the nugget is telling in its timing: this conversation happened last week, when the Yanks were concerned that Aaron Judge would need season-ending elbow surgery. If that had happened, GM Brian Cashman might have gone into sell mode. They were probably laying groundwork, just in case. This alone gives us another data point on how the front office might feel about its team. Judge did not need surgery, meaning that the season is still on. Technically. There are voices encouraging Cashman to go all-in before Thursday's trade deadline. In a weak American League, they really could still find themselves in the World Series. The way to get there is to add a few relievers to acquisitions Ryan McMahon and Amed Rosario without sacrificing top prospects -- the major league team has not earned the right to an addition that would cost Spencer Jones and Cam Schlittler. Once Fernando Cruz and Mark Leiter Jr. return from the injured list, the bullpen will be deeper. The Yankees do not have a particularly difficult schedule down the stretch, either, with plenty of games against the Twins, Orioles and White Sox. There is, then, a path out of this morass. But Cashman and his seasoned lieutenants have seen many seasons to be fooled into feeling inspired by this year's team. Sometimes even the best organizations have a down year.
Sunday World
24-07-2025
- Politics
- Sunday World
Alleged head of the IRA in America Gabriel Megahey once killed a man with a single punch
The late-night attack took place outside a chip shop more than 60 years ago on Belfast's Crumlin Road and Megahey was jailed as a result The alleged head of the IRA in America Gabriel Megahey once killed a man with a single punch, the Sunday World can reveal. The late-night attack took place outside a chip shop more than 60 years ago on Belfast's Crumlin Road and Megahey was jailed as a result. On his release, the Ardoyne man emigrated to the United States to work in the New York building industry. But in the States he found himself in jail once again – for trying to buy surface-to-air missiles (SAM) for the IRA from an FBI agent. But it appears he failed to tell the Yanks he had been jailed for killing a man when he was a teenager. And now the Trump administration want the 82-year-old great grandfather out of America. Originally from Ardoyne in Belfast, Megahey disclosed last week that he has been ordered to quit the United States immediately. Megahey's poster The emigration enforcement agency ICE delivered the devastating news to him at his home in Delaware. A letter served on Megahey made no reference to his status in the States – he's married to an American-born woman and together they have six children, 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The ICE letter warned Megahey not to consider 'going on the run' as Homeland Security would find him. As recounted in this week's RTE documentary, Noraid: Irish America and the IRA, in which he featured, Megahey was jailed for seven years for trying to buy the missiles that would have been used to take down British army helicopters. Since his release from an American prison, Megahey had been living in the States under a 'set aside' arrangement implemented by for President Bill Clinton. And now the Trump administration has moved against Megahey, ordering him out of the country immediately. But the Sunday World has learned that when he first entered America after a short stint in Southampton, Megahey failed to declare he had already served a prison sentence in Northern Ireland for killing a man. As this newspaper court report from the time proves, in 1962, 19-year-old Megahey was caught up in a verbal row with another man in Gleneagle chip shop of Belfast's Crumlin Road – ironically about a fight between Belfast champion boxers Freddy Gilroy and John Caldwell. Veteran Belfast republican Gabe Megahey And without warning, Megahey, who was described in court a seaman from Herbert Street, Ardoyne, headbutted 24-year-old Kevin McLaughlin, of Highbury Gardens, causing him to fall to the floor. The row, which happened just after midnight on October 24/25, continued on outside the chip shop, where Megahey punched McLaughlin on the head, knocking him to the ground for a second time and rendering him unconscious. Mr McLaughlin died in hospital two days later. In America, Megahey set himself up as the leader of the IRA in America. He told the RTE programme this week: 'We didn't need Irish Northern Aid money. There were people here – contractors – if I needed money I'd go to them to get it. 'And on quite a few occasions there was finance from Belfast.' Newspaper story from the time Keen to spring a military propaganda spectacular, the IRA was desperate to bring down a low-flying helicopter in south Armagh. Megahey was ordered to buy SAM missiles from American arms dealers. But he was caught after he tried to buy the missiles from an undercover FBI agent. This week's RTE programme also interviewed an FBI agent who said Magahey was a 'French Connection type of individual'. 'He was so surveillance-conscious and professional in the way he handled himself. 'Times when we surveilled him, he would walk backward, go in an out of subway cars.' This week we consulted a legal source in Belfast inquiring if Megahey had any chance of overturning the US authorities' plans to forced him from the country. He told us: 'Megahey has his work cut out on this one. If Trump wants him out, he's out. And it looks as though it's going to be sooner rather than later.' Trump moves to deport veteran Belfast republican Gabe Megahey News in 90 Seconds - July 23rd
The Irish Sun
19-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Roger Black and British relay icons finally receive gold medals… 28 YEARS after controversial race tinged with tragedy
BRITAIN'S relay runners have finally received world championship gold medals…28 YEARS after the race took place. Roger Black, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson and reserve Mark Hylton finished second in the men's 4x400 metres relay final behind the United States at the 1997 Worlds in Athens. Advertisement 3 Britain's relay runners have finally been given their gold medals 28 years after the World Championship race took place Credit: PA:Empics Sport 3 Great Britain's men's 4x400m relay team (left to right) Mark Richardson, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black, Iwan Thomas and Mark Hylton got the medals during a special ceremony Credit: PA The quartet ran a time of 2:56.65 while American sprinters Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones and Tyree Washington came home first in 2:56.47 in the Greek capital. Yet a retrospective anti-doping violation by Pettigrew – in 2008 he was banned for two years after admitting he used prohibited substances – meant the Yanks were belatedly booted out of the event. This resulted in the Brits being upgraded to the gold medal position but it has taken almost three decades before they got their hands on the gongs. A special medal ceremony led by World Athletics President London Stadium on Saturday at 1.30pm on a wet afternoon in Stratford. Advertisement READ MORE SPORT And the British national anthem was also played in front of the sell-out crowd. UK Athletics say the presentation 'offers a long-awaited opportunity to celebrate a landmark moment in British athletics and to honour a team who exemplified fairness, resilience and excellence on the global stage'. Pettigrew, who was born in Georgia , was caught up in the BALCO doping scandal and admitted during the trial of former coach Trevor Graham that he had doped. As a result, the US Anti-Doping Agency annulled all of Pettigrew's competitive results after January 1997. Advertisement Most read in Golf 3 The American quartet (left to right) Tyree Washington, Chris Jones, Jerome Young and Antonio Pettigrew were stripped of their gold medal a few years ago Credit: Getty CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS He also voluntarily surrendered his 2000 Sydney Olympics 4x400 metres relay gold medal and his 1997 and 1999 world championship relay golds. In August 2010, Pettigrew was found dead in the backseat of his locked car in North Carolina. He was 42 years old. Advertisement 'Freakish athlete' Anthony Elanga shows off insane 100m time ahead of Newcastle transfer An autopsy report said the cause of death was diphenhydramine toxicity – it was ruled that he had committed suicide by overdosing on a drug common to sleeping pills. One of the reasons it has taken so long to happen is that the five guys had not managed to coordinate diaries for an event taking place in the UK after it was all confirmed in 2021. Yet there is a bittersweet feeling among the contingent given that Pettigrew felt compelled to take his own life when his drugs shame went public. Welsh star Baulch, 52, said: 'I've said this to a few people now. If there was an option of giving this gold medal to him, I'd rather him have the gold medal than him taking his life. Advertisement 'His life is far more important to me than me having this gold medal.' Former European 400 metres champion Thomas, 51, said: 'On the one hand it's a real shame it's taken this long. 'On a personal level, it's really beautiful today. My son Teddy, who is six, is here today. I didn't have any children back then. 'My mum and dad are pretty elderly now. They're up in the box. For them to be able to see the moment I should have had with the boys 28 years ago, but in front of a British crowd, it felt really special.' Advertisement You're Not Alone EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide It doesn't discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society – from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers. It's the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes. And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women. Yet it's rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now. That is why The Sun launched the You're Not Alone campaign. The aim is that by sharing practical advice, raising awareness and breaking down the barriers people face when talking about their mental health, we can all do our bit to help save lives. Let's all vow to ask for help when we need it, and listen out for others… If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organisations provide support: CALM, Heads Together, HUMEN Mind, Papyrus, Samaritans,
Sydney Morning Herald
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
Life's a breech
'The spectacular photo in the Herald of two humpback whales simultaneously breeching made me think that there should be a name for it,' muses Richard Volzke of North Ryde. 'Maybe a 'camel breech'?' Nice one, and while we're considering this, big props to our photographic editor Danielle Smith, who captured pair in full flight. Janice Creenaune of Austinmer is well aware of the politician/pet dynamic (C8): 'My youngest son, living in Brooklyn during Trump's initial term, owned a small stuffed Trump doll. Unfortunately, his rescue dog (a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever called Murray) nearly destroyed it. While visiting, I dutifully and carefully sewed up the doll and continued to stuff it. It was the only toy Murray 'went for' but it kept me busy while visiting (over and over again). I'm not sure of its status during the current presidential term.' 'With the federal government now having an anti-Islamophobia envoy and an anti-Semitic envoy, is it time we also had an anti-Septic envoy?' asks Mark Pearce of Springwood. 'As I have noticed an increasing dislike of Yanks since Donald Trump started attacking the rest of the world.' Noted sideshow tragic, David Prest of Thrumster, feels the need to correct fellow salt, Andrew McCarthy (C8): 'To redress and end the misconceptions by 'sprog' McCarthy (1973 entry into HMAS Nirimba) about my 'rat-like' ability to climb drainpipes and to maintain the dubious honour of those fellow climbers from the Nirimba, I was a late developer in that 'gymnastic' ability.' James White of Beveridge thinks the phrase requires more of a nautical vibe: 'Like a rat up a hawser more precisely, or a rat up a backspring?' More on the folly of the European car (C8), this time, from Kerrie Wehbe of Blacktown. 'Last week, while driving our old Toyota to drop it off for repairs, I followed my husband, who drove ahead in our new MG so he could bring me home. I didn't know the route, but I knew when he was going to turn, as the wipers came on every time. He reported later that the sight of me laughing in his rearview mirror didn't help matters.' 'My late father also confused Aldi and Audi,' says William Galton of Hurstville Grove. 'He would also enjoy a roast of the day at his club's Calvary and when my daughter completed Year 12, asked her how she went in her HCF.'
The Age
16-07-2025
- Politics
- The Age
Life's a breech
'The spectacular photo in the Herald of two humpback whales simultaneously breeching made me think that there should be a name for it,' muses Richard Volzke of North Ryde. 'Maybe a 'camel breech'?' Nice one, and while we're considering this, big props to our photographic editor Danielle Smith, who captured pair in full flight. Janice Creenaune of Austinmer is well aware of the politician/pet dynamic (C8): 'My youngest son, living in Brooklyn during Trump's initial term, owned a small stuffed Trump doll. Unfortunately, his rescue dog (a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever called Murray) nearly destroyed it. While visiting, I dutifully and carefully sewed up the doll and continued to stuff it. It was the only toy Murray 'went for' but it kept me busy while visiting (over and over again). I'm not sure of its status during the current presidential term.' 'With the federal government now having an anti-Islamophobia envoy and an anti-Semitic envoy, is it time we also had an anti-Septic envoy?' asks Mark Pearce of Springwood. 'As I have noticed an increasing dislike of Yanks since Donald Trump started attacking the rest of the world.' Noted sideshow tragic, David Prest of Thrumster, feels the need to correct fellow salt, Andrew McCarthy (C8): 'To redress and end the misconceptions by 'sprog' McCarthy (1973 entry into HMAS Nirimba) about my 'rat-like' ability to climb drainpipes and to maintain the dubious honour of those fellow climbers from the Nirimba, I was a late developer in that 'gymnastic' ability.' James White of Beveridge thinks the phrase requires more of a nautical vibe: 'Like a rat up a hawser more precisely, or a rat up a backspring?' More on the folly of the European car (C8), this time, from Kerrie Wehbe of Blacktown. 'Last week, while driving our old Toyota to drop it off for repairs, I followed my husband, who drove ahead in our new MG so he could bring me home. I didn't know the route, but I knew when he was going to turn, as the wipers came on every time. He reported later that the sight of me laughing in his rearview mirror didn't help matters.' 'My late father also confused Aldi and Audi,' says William Galton of Hurstville Grove. 'He would also enjoy a roast of the day at his club's Calvary and when my daughter completed Year 12, asked her how she went in her HCF.'
