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It seems like it has been forever since the two New York City tabloids had headlines on the cover that matched. Today, the morning after the Yankees clinched their 14th playoff berth in 15 seasons we see the same headline. Why did the news need to add quotes around “in” though?
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Readers choose The Bronx Beltway as the new Yankee Stadium’s nickname – NY Daily NewsHuh? Why in the world would anyone give the new Yankee Stadium the nickname “the Bronx Beltway?” How does that make sense?
Let’s just let a nickname come about organically rather than rush to come up with something. *bronx cheer*
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Mayor Bloomberg wanted to put wind turbines on top of buildings and bridges and that drew obvious responses. Don’t worry, it is not going to happen to any of your favorite landmarks.
Architects and Engineers Express Doubt About Bloomberg’s Windmill Proposal – The Times
New York Tabloids, Daily News, New York Post
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I really hoped I would not have to post anything about Brett Favre, but he got traded to the Jets, so I knew tabloids would all pretty much look the same today. The little twist is that the NY Post made “JET FAVRE” the top headline, but had a bigger focus on the anthrax story.Oh [...]

Is it just me or is it unbecoming of New York tabloids to devote the backpage to a Boston player getting traded?
New York Tabloids, Daily News, New York Post, Manny Ramirez
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The Mets’ ten wins in a row have vaulted them into first place. Even with that, I think the “First & 10″ headline is not terribly strong and is kind of forced. It did not stop with the two city tabloids’ back pages either.Newsday, Long Island’s paper of record, went with the identical sounding “First [...]

The Mets’ Carlos Beltran’s 13th inning walk-off inspired the two NYC tabloids to use the same photo and same headline again.
New York Tabloids, Daily News, New York Post Mets
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Both tabloids had the same idea for the cover — New York Climbs in a gothic typeface similar to the old gray lady’s flag (not masthead, as it is mistakenly called). I appreciate the Daily News one more because it included the definite article.
Apparently, designers of the relatively new New York Times building had not [...]

The Yankees are in the odd position of last place (it is a rebuilding year, though no one told Hank Steinbrenner) right now and the Mets are not as good as they were supposed to be this season. That has the two city tabloids thinking the same thing as the regular season Subway Series resumes [...]

Mike D’Antoni is the latest Knickerbockers coach. The headlines just write themselves.
New York Tabloids, Daily News, New York Post, Mike D’Antoni
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