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Long Island, NY- State environmental officials are on the lookout for an alligator spotted near the Connecticut Avenue boat ramp along the Peconic River in Calverton.”We got the first report Sunday night. It was confirmed, seen by our officers, Wednesday,” Aphrodite Montalvo, a spokeswoman for the Long Island office of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said Friday.
The sighting is in the same area where DEC officials captured four young alligators in April, she said.

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With ESPN reaching a deal to take over the US Open last week, that leaves the French Open as the only tennis major that won’t be seen exclusively on ESPN in two years. The only reason I’m bringing that up now is because we’ve reached that time of year. The time when “An American In Paris” refers to a movie, not a tennis player. The time when Rafael Nadal channels his inner Taylor Swift and pretends to be surprised he won the French Open again (as if anyone could actually be surprised by that).

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Greatest College Basketball Coaches of All Times,Last night, I had the privilege of attending the Winged Foot Awards Dinner at the New York Athletic Club. the Winged Foot Award goes to the winning coaches of both the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournaments. That means this year’s recipents were, obviously, Rick Pitino and Geno Aruiemma. Two pretty good coaches. Throughout the dinner, they praised each other and there were plenty of references to the greatness of the legendary John Wooden.

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I can’t get that interview Brittany Griner did with ESPN The Magazine the other day out of my head. Mainly, I think Kim Mulkey is getting a bum deal. She’s getting completely thrown under the bus for the whole situation, and it’s not really fair. In a lot of ways, Mulkey’s hands were tied, so to lay 100 percent of the blame on her is completely ridiculous.

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