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Early Addition: Jalen Brunson's large head is a defender's worst nightmare
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James Ramsay
Published May 6, 2026
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where tourists aren't booking hotel rooms for the World Cup.
Here's what else is happening:
- The national soccer teams of Morocco, Brazil, Haiti and Senegal are all planning to set up their World Cup base camps in North Jersey this year.
- Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside an Upper East Side synagogue last night to oppose the activity inside: a sale of occupied West Bank real estate.
- Health officials are warning that someone who tested positive for measles recently dined at an Italian restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen.
- Opponents are saying Knicks star Jalen Brunson is tough to guard because he has a large head.
- Boulevard Drinks, a beloved almost-90-year-old hot dog stand in Jersey City, is in danger of being displaced by a Whole Foods.
- Toronto Mans.
- Man Band Summer.
- And finally, peck away:
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