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The Switch Up Election Series: Biden out; Harris in — What happens now?

There are just over 100 days left until the November election. The political landscape has changed significantly since primary season, from the assassination attempt on former President Trump to President Biden’s highly publicized announcement that he was withdrawing his candidacy. With Vice President Harris emerging as the leading contender for the Democratic nomination with President […]

Mets, Yankees fans throw punches in wild, chaotic Subway Series brawl

A video of what appears to be a fight between baseball fans at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night was widely circulated on social media on Wednesday. The footage in X’s now-deleted post, which purports to be from after the Mets’ 3-2 win in the Bronx on Tuesday night, first shows what appear to be two […]

Franciso Lindor’s homers lead Mets’ rout of Yankees to sweep Subway Series

Against every other team this season, Gerrit Cole has allowed two home runs in 25 ⅓ innings. In 9 2/3 innings against the Mets, Cole allowed seven home runs. Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor watches his two-run home run in the fifth inning against the Yankees on July 24 at Yankee Stadium. Jason Zenz, New York […]

Mets ride Jeff McNeil homer to win over Yankees in Subway Series opener

Two teams that have been moving in different directions recently played out exactly as scripted on Tuesday night. In a tense Subway Series battle that hinged on the bullpen, Jeff McNeil’s two-run homer in the sixth inning off former Mets player Michael Tonkin was the deciding factor in a 3-2 Mets-Yankees victory in the Bronx. […]

Plane issues delay Mets’ flight ahead of Subway Series

The Mets needed more fuel heading into the Subway Series, and in a rare, literal sense of the word. The club’s flight, which departed South Florida between Monday night and Tuesday morning, was delayed by several hours, giving Carlos Mendoza’s squad little time to prepare before kicking off a two-game series in the Bronx on […]

Breaking down key Subway Series matchups: Who has the edge?

The Yankees played well for much of the first two and a half months of the season, but cracks began to show just before Game 1 of the Subway Series. The Mets won both games at Citi Field, continuing to bounce back from a tough start to the year. The two teams meet again in […]

This Subway Series will actually have some big-picture meaning

We’ve grown accustomed to the Yankees and Mets downplaying the importance of games against each other. For years, they’ve insisted that these games mean just as much to them as games against the Reds, Red Sox, Rangers or Rockies. 162 games, that’s it. And we get it, this is no longer 1970, when the Yankees […]

The Switch Up Election Series: BlackPAC director highlights 'essential' role of Black voters

Adrienne Shropshire began her political career as a community activist in California, focusing on police accountability, economic justice, and youth empowerment in her South Los Angeles neighborhood. In 2016, Shropshire founded BlackPAC, an organization dedicated to educating and mobilizing African-American voters. Through her work, she has designed programs that have engaged hundreds of thousands of […]