Posts Tagged New York City

APNewsBreak: Yanks, Man City to own NYC MLS team

This March 31, 2011 file photo is an overall view of Yankee Stadium in New York during an opening day baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees. The Yankees are partnering with Manchester City to own Major League Soccer's 20th team, which will be called New York City Football Club and plans to start play in the 2015 season.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees are going into the soccer business.

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This Date In Baseball

1933 — Joe Sewell of the New York Yankees struck out for the first time this season, during a 3-0 win over Cleveland. Sewell would strike out only three more times in 524 at-bats.

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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Tumblr founder David Karp participates in the "Bloomberg Leadership Summit" seminar in New York. In a deal announced Monday, May 20, 2013, Yahoo is buying New York-based Tumblr, the online blogging forum, for $1.1 billion. About $275 million will go to Karp, 26, who dropped out of high school to concentrate on computer programming and started Tumblr six years ago. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes/Invision for Advertising Week)

NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she “could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn’t relevant to what he wanted to learn.”

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Davis struggles in field and at plate for Mets

New York Mets manager Terry Collins, right, argues a call with umpire Ron Kulpa, center, while Ike Davis walks away during the first inning of the baseball game at Citi Field on Monday, May 20, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NEW YORK (AP) — Ike Davis was out of place at first base and looked out of sorts in the batter’s box.

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Orioles lose to Yankees 6-4, skid reaches 6

Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Jim Johnson pauses after giving up a home run to New York Yankees designated hitter Travis Hafner in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Baltimore, Monday, May 20, 2013. Johnson has blown three straight save opportunities after converting a franchise-record 35 in a row.  The Yankees won 6-4. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

BALTIMORE (AP) — One big reason for the Baltimore Orioles’ success last season was Jim Johnson, who led the majors with 51 saves and was as reliable as an expensive watch.

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