Joseph Spector

New chapter!

new exclusive from me: usatoday.com/story/life/hea…

Raft is an American treasure. Having him reunited with Ian is the best!

Bill Raftery is 82. Calling his 6th game with only a day of rest and hasn’t aged my entire life. The man is the definition of a living legend. ONIONS!

FINAL: Bethlehem 50, Nyack 46 The Eagles were sub-.500 entering the Section 2 Class AA playoffs. They will play North Tonawanda for the state title tomorrow.

The LCA Show rejected our pitch and the mascots are taking it… personally @TheLCAShow @binghamtonu @hudsonvalleycc @stonybrooku @suny_fmcc @ualbany @upstatenews

Left EVERYTHING out there What a battle Damn proud, #SienaSaints 🫡 #MarchOn x @MarchMadnessMBB

With 12 days until the state budget is due, it's a great time to subscribe to CapCon if you haven't already.

Siena not only good at polling…

Go Siena!

A debate is brewing in Albany as state lawmakers ramp up budget negotiations over whether to give New York City more money — and time — to comply with a costly state law requiring smaller class sizes in public schools. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

So great to see @ChrisCarrino getting all this wonderful recognition. So well deserved. Got to know first know Chris and @TimCapstraw when they were doing post game shows in the bowels of the Meadowlands, and there still isn't a better NBA radio duo!

A great launch for another new @semafor show: CEO Signal, in which Penny Pritzker & @Edgecliffe have probing conversations with leading business figures, starting with the CEO of Starbucks youtube.com/watch?v=N8Majs…

New strides are being made to help New Yorkers with disabilities live more independently and make more of their own choices. “We are putting the right tools in the hands of people with disabilities to make sure they can direct their own decisions about their own lives." spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny…

Because humans are also LLMs who recycle what we hear and read - and because a growing share of what we hear and read is generated by AI - it's going to be increasingly hard to tell the difference

2026 is the year of making robot hands more like human hands:

Credit to Venezuela. Taking down Japan, Italy, and the United States consecutively was no easy task. Anything can happen in a one game format for baseball and the U.S. — despite being the best team in the tournament — learned that twice in this WBC.

Venezuela is a magnificent baseball country, rich with history, full of life, with a love and passion for the game that makes it better. Their players have been moved to tears with good reason. Baseball means everything to them. This means everything to them.

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How New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill's governing style points to a new Democratic pragmatism. Analysis from @PoliticalStile northjersey.com/story/entertai…