You never know who you’re going to meet while out reporting. Just ran into Stephen A Smith at a park. His thoughts on Biden’s decision to step down: “It was long overdue. … On the Democratic side, it’s time for everyone to get behind Kamala Harris.”

For the record, I did not “track down” Stephen A at a family barbecue to ask about politics! I approached a group of people and he just randomly appeared, and then HE agreed to talk. Next time give me a call. It’s called journalism.

All the homies are over fantasy football but no one wants to admit it

Back in March, Joshua Needelman wrote about the NYC teens who break into train yards and try to take our subways for a spin. In light of the recent news of 2 teens arrested for joyriding & crashing an empty subway train, we're giving the story another look. trib.al/IaR0xFk

Still the wackest display I’ve seen from a star player ever:

"This is the last landmark in Malverne." On a beloved movie theater's final act: newsday.com/long-island/na…

Coming soon... fatherhood. 4.9.25 🩷

BALLGAME OVER! AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES OVER! YANKEES WIN! THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN! The Yankees are going NUTS on the field! It's a group hug!

North Hempstead is the lone town on Long Island without a cat shelter, leaving activists to care for the area's stray cat population. One woman feeds cats behinds a Roslyn shopping center twice a day. She named them Precious and Rascal. newsday.com/long-island/to…

A renovation of Bow Tie Cinemas of Port Washington uncovered history that had been hiding for decades. A cool read by Joshua Needelman for Newsday newsday.com/long-island/to…

MIKAL BRIDGES STEAL TO SEAL GAME 1 FOR THE KNICKS!! 20-POINT COMEBACK COMPLETE ✅

What the guru left behind: defector.com/what-the-guru-…

Defector's investigation casts a light on one yoga community—but almost surely not the only yoga community— that, all these years following #MeToo, still struggles with a basic question: What do you do when your guru is named as an abuser? defector.com/what-the-guru-…

"Satchidananda used to always laughingly say that yoga institutes were asylums, and we were all the inmates. People would go 'Ha ha ha! That's so funny Swamiji. But it was true." What happens when your guru is named an abuser? My latest Defector. defector.com/what-the-guru-…

Swami Satchidananda, the "Woodstock guru," was a spirituality rock star in the second half of the 20th century. Twenty years after his death, the community he left behind is grappling with accusations of sexual assault against him: defector.com/what-the-guru-…

"He took advantage of many of his female students' innocence and adoration and continually mimicked the life of a celibate monk while living differently." Swami Satchidananda was a spirituality rock star in the 70s and 80s. Then he was named an abuser: defector.com/what-the-guru-…