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Luke DeCock: NC State’s last stand has arrived. In Brooklyn, Wolfpack tries to extend 2022 season.

NEW YORK — Casey Morsell alone on the N.C. State roster can claim to have never lost an ACC tournament game, although it’s a very thin distinction.

Tribune News Service · Mar 7, 2022

How we met: ‘I told him he had to get rid of his girlfriends before I’d go out with him’

Bronwyn, 60, met Sean, 57, after he wrote to the radio station where she had a show. They have been married since 1991

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2022

2022 NBA draft race: March 7 update for Rockets, Nets picks

Thanks to a monster game on Sunday by Boston’s Jayson Tatum, the outlook for Brooklyn’s first-round pick (due to Houston) in the 2022 NBA draft continues to improve.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 7, 2022

In New York's 'Little Odessa,' Ukrainians see Russians as neighbors, not enemies

In just one day, Inga Sokolnikova filled two rooms in her beauty salon in New York City's Brighton Beach with donated diapers, clothes and medical supplies for her native country of Ukraine.

Reuters · Mar 5, 2022

Heat escapes with short-handed win over Nets behind Adebayo, Herro

NEW YORK — There was so much working against the Miami Heat in Brooklyn: The Heat’s fifth game in seven nights while missing three starters against a Nets team welcoming back superstar Kevin Durant from injury.

Miami Herald · Mar 4, 2022

Brooklyn judge rejects bail bid by accused Jam Master Jay killer

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn judge rejected a bid for release Thursday by the man accused of shooting Run-DMC deejay Jam Master Jay to death in his Queens studio nearly 20 years ago.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2022

Hochul rallies support for to-go sales of cocktails

New York could legalize to-go sales of cocktails, bottles of wine and other alcoholic beverages under a proposal Gov. Kathy Hochul boosted Wednesday at a wine bar in Brooklyn

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Nets' Kevin Durant set to return Thursday vs. Heat

NEW YORK — After missing six weeks that turned out to be catastrophic and franchise-altering for the Nets, Kevin Durant is back. The superstar small forward will return Thursday night in Brooklyn against the Eastern Conference-leading Heat.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

Harvey Fierstein — warts, ego and all — in his juicy memoir 'I Was Better Last Night'

Harvey Fierstein was born, not made. Becoming a playwright and theatrical grandee took time. But as his scrumptious new memoir, "I Was Better Last Night," reveals, it was only a matter of time before this chubby Brooklyn boy with an itch for drag commandeered a stage.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 2, 2022

2022 NBA draft race: March 2 update for Rockets, Nets picks

Tuesday was a productive night for Houston from a 2022 NBA draft perspective, since the combination of a Nets loss and Clippers win bumps Brooklyn’s first-round pick to No. 15 overall.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 2, 2022