It’s been a crappy start to the weekend. The Yankees lost on Thursday because the pitching couldn’t hold it together, and lost last night because the offense couldn’t manage much of anything. The bare minimum for this four-game series is a split, but they’ll have to try and get that against a Cy Young contender.

And then a funny thing happened: It worked out totally fine. Roman Anthony and Alex Bregman came through with back-to-back sacrifice flies in that fourth inning, a turning point in a 12-1 win over the Yankees.

In a cast that didn't have the likes of Peter Dinklage, Uma Thurman, Krysten Ritter, Neil Patrick Harris, and Eric Stonestreet, his casting would stick out a lot more. With those actors in Dexter: Resurrection, however, he's slid under the radar, and I think in part, that could be by design.

The New York Giants wrapped up an undefeated preseason on Thursday with a 42-10 victory over the New England Patriots. They now have to transition to trimming down their roster ahead of the deadline at 4 p.

The parents of the two protesters said their sons were arrested despite being beaten up inside the Egyptian Mission.

The New York Liberty lost to the Atlanta Dream on Saturday afternoon.

President Donald Trump said he’s preparing to expand federal deployments of the National Guard beyond Washington, D.C., with Chicago and New York among the cities under review.

The Mets and Braves last met just over a week ago in a three-game series in New York. Pete Alonso scored two home runs in the opener to become the Mets all-time leading home-run scorer in front of a delighted crowd at Citi Field. Alonso - known as the Polar Bear - has now hit 254 home runs for the franchise since joining in 2016.