Newsday's Yankees beat reporter Erik Boland talks about the major story lines from the first day of Yankees spring training on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, including Gerrit Cole's first bullpen session and more reaction to the Astros sign-stealing scandal.


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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 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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He is the only male player ever from Long Island to go to a World Cup, having done so in 2022, and he'll do it again when the 2026 tournament begins this week.

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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.`

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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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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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