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Bill Barnwell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 25, 2023, 06:30 AM ET

CloseBill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X's and O's, offseason transactions and so much more.He is the host of theBill Barnwell Show podcast, with episodes released once a week.

We like to think of the freezer as a way to maximize our efforts in the kitchen.Big-batch recipes?Make the whole thing - you'll be thankful for any extras in a few weeks when you need a quick dinner or late-night snack.A baked good that's somewhat involved?The work goes by easier when you think about it in the context of future treats that need only to be pulled out of the freezer.

Good morning.It's Friday.We'll look at how a Manhattan church is reckoning with the discovery that one of its founding members was an enslaved woman.We'll also find out about a proposed change in the way restaurants dispose of trash.Image The artist Clayton Singleton's depiction of Betsey Jackson, a founding member of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.Credit...Clayton Singleton; Photograph by Porter Binks The room where the trustees of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church meet every month, on the fifth floor of the building on West 55th Street adjacent to the sanctuary, has always been called the boardroom.

Joon Lee, ESPNMay 16, 2023, 11:39 PM ET

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NEW YORK -- When the Mets signed Justin Verlander, they expected the reigning Cy Young Award winner would bring joy to fans at Citi Field.But his first impression Tuesday brought down boos.

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NEW YORK -- The Yankees are adding another veteran executive to their baseball operations department.Former New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya is joining the team as an advisor to baseball operations.

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There are nine more players on the free-agent market, including some superstars.The MLBPA announced on Friday that Xander Bogaerts, Carlos Correa, Jacob deGrom, Carlos Rodón, Zach Davies, Jurickson Profar, Robert Suarez and Taijuan Walker resolved option decisions in their contracts and are now free-agents.

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Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon will start the season on the injured list, the latest blow to New York's starting rotation before Opening Day.Yankees general manager Brian Cashman announced Thursday that Rodon, the franchise's prize free agent pitching signing, has a left forearm strain and will not throw for seven to 10 days before being reevaluated.

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Aaron Judge etched a permanent spot in the memories of baseball fans when he set the American League single-season home run record and chased a Triple Crown down the stretch.Now, he has a final accolade to top his historic 2022.

When a collection of Jai Paul demos leaked online in 2013, it had the makings of a celebration, not a catastrophe.Paul had previously released two rapturously received singles, and anticipation for his music was high.The songs on that collection were shared widely, and beloved.But rather than capitalize on the good will generated by the unintended release, Paul retreated, making almost no public noise or appearances for the following decade.

The third album by the country music superstar Morgan Wallen, the 36-song One Thing at a Time, just debuted at the top of the Billboard album chart, with the equivalent of 501,000 units.It is the fifth biggest streaming debut, behind only releases by Taylor Swift and Drake.Its success is an extension of the dominance of his earlier work, especially the 2021 release Dangerous: The Double Album, which has been the emblematic and most popular country album of the 2020s.

I'm Taylor Griggs, the new reporter at the Portland Mercury.You might recognize my name from my work at BikePortland, where I was the staff writer for the last year and a half.While there, I became a true urban infrastructure nerd and honed my ability to page through very lengthy government planning documents without losing interest.

The first Oscar presentation and banquet was held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, Calif., in May 1929.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences You read that right just 15 minutes.The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 1929, in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

Someone else accepted the award on his behalf."Then no one could find this guy.And that's because he did not exist," says Michael Schulman, a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of the new book Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears.Robert Rich was a pseudonym for screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was imprisoned for defying the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Elaina Plott, a staff writer at the Atlantic, and Mike Calabro, a principal/director of engineering at Booz Allen Hamilton, met in line for skee-ball at a bar/arcade on 14th Street.Elaina says she was struck by Mike's quiet, calm bearing.He most recalls what she subsequently asked him: "What is your life?" ("Now that I understand what she does for a living, it makes much more sense," he says.)

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Bill BarnwellESPN Staff Writer

CloseBill Barnwell is a staff writer for ESPN.com.Advancing through the NFL playoffs is a product of both how a team plays and who that team plays.It's impossible to avoid facing a good opponent along the way, but in a league in which every team has a weakness to exploit, getting a path to a Super Bowl title without that team in the way is critical.

Image Credit...Johnny Miller for The New York Times.Food Stylist: Rebecca Jurkevich.Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks.Yasmin Fahr took the flavor profile of ceviche citric acidity against spices and aromatics and applied it to this quick weeknight dinner of seared shrimp with shallots and jalapenos.That's a fine dinner.

Welcome to the Year in Eater 2022 - an annual tradition that looks back at the highs, lows, and in-betweens of Los Angeles's restaurant scene.Today, LA's finest food writers, editors, reporters, and a few select others with strong opinions share their most anticipated openings of 2023.Farley Elliott, Senior Editor, Eater LA
I admit to being curious about Daniel Boulud's plans for Los Angeles (or Beverly Hills, as it were), though I'll probably spend more time down the road at La Dolce Vita when it reopens.

Welcome to the Year in Eater 2022 - an annual tradition that looks back at the highs, lows, and in-betweens of Los Angeles's restaurant scene.Today, LA's finest food writers, editors, reporters, and a few select others with strong opinions share their best restaurant meals from 2022.Farley Elliott, Senior Editor, Eater LA
Probably Hatchet Hall in Culver City, where the rustic quality is unmatched.

It was an afternoon in late August 2019 when the poet and art critic Peter Schjeldahl first got the call from his doctor with the news that his lung cancer had spread.He was driving to meet his wife, Brooke, at their country house at Bovina, in the Catskills.Patsy Cline's Walkin' After Midnight played on the car radio and Schjeldahl had just hit mile 81 of the New York State Thruway.

The commercial success of Taylor Swift's Midnights has verged on the comical.In its first week of release, it moved the equivalent of almost 1.6 million units, the most for any album since Adele's 25 in 2015 (which didn't start out available on streaming services).More than half a million of those sales were vinyl albums, a new record that shows her power in physical media.