DJ LeMahieu, last year's MLB’s batting champion, went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer in the Yankees' win over the Pirates on Saturday to improve to 8-for-20 with a .979 OPS in eight games. Newsday's Erik Boland reports.


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Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth as the Yankees earned an important win over the Red Sox without Aaron Judge.

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The three-time MVP is likely out for two months and perhaps more with a stress fracture in the first rib near his right shoulder.

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The responsibilities of a catcher could negatively affect Ben Rice's offensive output.

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They're getting attention now that the Knicks are shooting to win the NBA championship.

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The Knicks are two wins away from capturing their first NBA title in 53 years, and fans around New York are almost tasting it.

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"You knew they were going to come out with physicality and a sense of urgency and desperation," Josh Hart said. "I feel like we did a pretty good job in that regard, but we can do better."

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Dennis Arfa, the architect of the Piano Man's record-breaking residency at Madison Square Garden, was inducted on Saturday into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame in Stony Brook. NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano reports.

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NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa visits Yaphank Deli to try their "chip bag sandwich."

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NYU researchers are surveying the Eastern box turtle population to better understand how they are faring against habitat destruction, roadways and global warming.`

Turtle-sniffing dogs searching LI woods to help protect a species

Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is back for a second stint with the Giants. Head coach John Harbaugh on Wednesday said Beckham seems healthier and Beckham said he is looking forward to making the most of the opportunity.

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Recently passed state auto insurance reforms could help lower car insurance rates as much as 10% for New York drivers, according to some estimates. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits the Long Island Game Farm for an inside look at the incredible hands-on wildlife encounters there.

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If approved, it would be the first new hospital on Long Island since 1980. Newsday business reporter James T. Madore has more.

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NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visited Main Event, an entertainment center that recently opened in Deer Park.

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Newsday food writer Erica Marcus helps make a strawberry crunch ice cream at Coyle's Ice Cream in Islip.

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Rockville Centre's Lavert Henderson-Hobbs has been a Knicks' season-ticket holder since 1969.

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