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The Evolution of A Game: Michael Weiner, Part III - It's About The Money: This is Part III of our sit-down interview with MLBPA Executive Director, Michael Weiner where we touch on (among other things) your beloved New York Yankees and some of the impending issues facing the organization as they creep ever-closer to an era of transition.

The weather is being a whole lot of sneaky today. The primary weather maker for today was expected to be a warm front moving northward and heating the region into the mid 80s. Instead, a really weak back door cold front has snuck down from the north with just enough chutzpah to trap the city in a cloudy, clammy shallow layer of marine air. If that marine layer holds on throughout the afternoon the temperature will only reach the mid to upper 70s with only a slight chance of scattered showers later this evening. [ more › ]

Because maybe Woody Allen will crowd fund his next film, check out today's mid-day links: upper Manhattan bike lanes, sexist Wall Street playbook, pronouncing GIF, soul mate subways, and a puppy who forgot how to dog. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. [ more › ]

This is Robert D. Sand. He was arrested last year by federal authorities, after he fled to Asia to avoid paying over $1 million in child support. And Uncle Sam does not like it when parents shirk on child support—Sand was sentenced to two years in prison. [ more › ]

Read: The Risks Involved With Getting Rid Of John Tortorella - SNY Rangers: Yesterday, while on TSN Radio, Darren Dreger talked about how he thinks John Tortorella could lose his job if the Rangers go out quickly to the Boston Bruins. On TSN Radio in Montreal this morning,…

A correspondent in Middletown, New York, a town more than 50 miles away from New York City, reports that wild parrots have been sighted on the grounds of Middletown High School. The parrots have been described as “cute” and “green,” which leads me to believe that they are Monk Parakeets (AKA Quaker Parrots), which are widely known to have a high “CQ” (Cuteness Quotient). They were also described as “unbelievably loud,” a known characteristic of Monks.While no photographs are yet available of the upstate parrots, BrooklynParrots.com has analyzed satellite imagery and aerial photos of the site. While no nests are visible in these images, tall light poles of similar design to those seen in Brooklyn have been identified. These poles -- which are at least 40 feet tall and include the type of maintenance basket favored by the parrots as a nest substructure -- would serve as ideal nesting platforms for the parrots. I personally have heard rumors of there being wild parrots “somewhere upstate” for years, but this is the first actual eyewitness account I am aware of. Which leads to larger questions – how did these parrots get to Middletown? Was it a breakaway group moving North from Bergen County, or a mass escape from a pet store? (Quaker Parrots are legal to sell in New York State). How have the parrots managed to evade the many avian predators in the area? I hope to have more information on the Middletown Wild Parrots in the near future – in the meantime this is cause for celebration for New York State wild parrot watchers.

NYDN - Demi Moore’s latest yoga-teaching boy toy shockingly had a pearl inserted into his man parts as a teenager as part of a family tradition, Confidenti@l can exclusively reveal. Will Hanigan, 30, met the 50-year-old actress through a series of yoga classes after moving from Australia to Los Angeles and the couple have reportedly been dating for a month. “He had a pearl inserted in his penis when he was in his late teens,” said a source. “It is pearl farming tradition and he would always joke about it in Australia. He’d boast it’d give girls extra stimulation in the bedroom.” A third-generation pearl diver, Hanigan used to dive for Australia’s best-known pearl producer, Paspaley Pearls, and has his own jewelry business called Pinc. “When you see a beautiful pearl it makes your heart race and takes your breath away,” Hanigan told Western Australia’s news website Perth Now over the weekend. “It’s like seeing a rare and beautiful thing.” No word on whether Moore has gone fishing for Hanigan’s pearl, but friends of the Aussie say he is “besotted” with Demi, who is 20 years his senior. Dr. David Kaufman, of Central Park Urology, who assures Confidenti@l he’s “seen a few penises” in his day, weighed in on Hanigan’s hidden pearl. Kaufman said he’d advise him to take it out, but agreed that it could improve things between the sheets. Dr. Kaufman explains that if Hanigan’s leaving it in, it could erode through to the surface rather than into the tissue. But in the meantime, it may improve his sex life. “I think it would make sex better. It’s like a French tickler,” he said. “I can see that being a sexual thing to enhance his partner’s sexual response.” Its no secret that I’m an absolute disaster in the bedroom. Its been chronicled many times on this blog. Any time I’ve blogged about the G Spot or pleasing women in any sexual capacity, I openly explained that I’m probably the worst fuck of your life, I have no chance of naturally getting you off, and to be honest I think pussies are so hard to figure out, I’m not even ashamed of it. So I am probably the last guy in the world that you should be turning to for opinions on a dude who has a fucking PEARL inserted into his cock. There is no way I could ever possibly care about making a chick cum to the point where I implant a foreign object in my dick. What the fuck does that even mean?? Did you shove it inside your dick hole? Implant it somewhere in the tip? Are you rocking the hooded dragon and put the pearl underneath? Like a garage for your penis-pearl? I cannot even begin to imagine what this fucking means. I mean I’m sure there’s a ton of pressure when you’re fucking Demi Moore. She strikes me as the type of chick who destroys dicks and an average old penis probably ain’t getting her 50 year pussy off. But you know they have battery operated machines that can help you out right? Like there are all sorts of toys and tools and shit that you can turn to before “Putting a pearl inside your dick.” Fucking asshole. PS – I love the ““When you see a beautiful pearl it makes your heart race and takes your breath away.” Yea bro when you see it on a pair of earrings or a ring or something. When you see it embedded in some dude’s foreskin it takes your breath away in that “Oh my God your dick is lumpy” sorta way.

The race for the city's next mayor is heating up, but Bloomberg apparently has his own plans following the end of his tenure in office: Ruin the taxi industry. [ more › ]

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When he's not championing for change in rap music and selling OWS-branded t-shirts, Russell Simmons is helping to bring fresh food to the city's food deserts. The entrepreneur and Def Jam co-founder has teamed up with fellow entrepreneur Hajj Hasaun Muhammad and his partner Luanna Williams to launch an innovative grocery business model to serve populations who have limited or no access to fresh produce and other quality food items. The Quality Access grocery, as it's been dubbed, would set up markets in underserved communities to sell high quality food at reasonable rates, which they'll accomplish by sourcing 90% of their items via private label, a model used most famously by discount grocer Trader Joe's. [ more › ]