Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday that he would speak to the city’s lawyer about whether unvaccinated Nets superstar can continue practicing in the Big Apple under the city’s “indefinite” mandate for private-sector employees to get jabbed. “Well, as we stated, the name of the game is that we were not going to be heavy-handed with … Read more
New York Mayor Eric Adams said he is not feeling any pressure to lift vaccine mandates to allow professional athletes like Kyrie Irving to play at home.Illustration: Getty Images I know this is March Madness and NFL Free Agency season, but the NBA Playoffs start in less than 30 days. That last, and most entertaining, … Read more
PORT ST. LUCIE — Max Scherzer isn’t personally affected, but he had a difficult time Wednesday comprehending the idea of a vaccine required to play baseball in New York. “Hopefully logic prevails,” the Mets pitcher, who is vaccinated, said. With almost a month before they play their first game at Citi Field, the hope among … Read more
TAMPA — The Yankees have three weeks left to figure out a way to make sure their unvaccinated players can take the field on Opening Day in The Bronx. At least for now, they say they are not sweating the New York City private-sector workplace mandate that would currently keep those unvaccinated players — of … Read more
Kyrie Irving finally made his Barclays Center season debut Sunday. He just didn’t get to play. New York City’s relaxed indoor vaccine mandates may have loosened enough to allow the unvaccinated Irving in the building, but the private sector mandates still keep him from playing at home for the Nets. The situation led to a … Read more
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving hasn’t played a home game all season, and after New York Mayor Eric Adams’ recent comments it sounds as if the Nets star might have to wait a while longer — if he suits up in Barclays Center at all this season . But Irving, like a politician courting an endorsement … Read more