by John Walters

Port Authority Blast (no one but the suspect hurt)

 

BREAKING VIDEO: MOMENT OF EXPLOSION AT TIMES SQUARE SUBWAY STATION pic.twitter.com/bb6nEPwfqD

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 11, 2017

 Photobomb?

 

BREAKING PHOTO: The injured Manhattan terrorist after his bomb exploded prematurely pic.twitter.com/Rzr7Uldi4n

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 11, 2017

Starting Five

1. Dashing Through The Snow

A fun, old-timey game in Buffalo, as the Bills defeat the Colts in overtime and six inches of driving snow. LeSean “Shady” McCoy snowshoed in from 21 yards out for the winning score that put Buffalo at 7-6 and keeps them in the running for a playoff berth for the first time since 1999 (the Bills last won a playoff game in 1995).

2. Came And Wentz

Playing not too far from Carson, Calif., Philadelphia’s Carson Wentz may have torn his ACL in the Eagles’ 43-35 win against the Rams Sunday. The Eagles moved to 11-2 but had scribes upstairs in the press box Googling the correct spelling of “pyrrhic.”

Wentz left the game late in the third quarter after throwing his fourth touchdown pass. J.J. Watt, Deshaun Watson and now this (maybe it’s a W thing?). It’s almost as if the 2017 NFL season needs to take a knee.

3. Bronx Bombshell

Aaron Judge, who led the American League in home runs as a rookie last season with 52, will now be joined by Giancarlo Stanton, who led all of baseball in home runs (and RBI) last season with 59 (and 132). Judge finished as the runner-up in AL MVP voting, while Stanton was the NL MVP.

Both are right fielders, so someone is going to move, platoon, play DH, and or shift in and out of left field with Brett Gardner. Either way, it’s move over, Mantle and Maris. And yes, Marlins co-owner Derek Jeter is finally avenging the 2003 World Series defeat.

 

Is it too early to ask @TheJudge44 and @Giancarlo818 to forgo the Home Run Derby?

— Meredith D. (@YankeeBeatCheck) December 9, 2017

In case you were wondering, Judge struck out 208 times (most in the MLB) in 2017, while Stanton whiffed 163 times (17th-most). So when you add the home runs and whiffs together, plus walks, that was 694 times last season when Judge and Stanton came to bat and did not put a ball into the field of play.

4. Red Grange & Herschel Winners

Baker Mayfield becomes the first walk-on to win a Heisman Trophy. The Oklahoma quarterback is also our Red Grange Award winner. In the preseason, we picked Saquon Barkley although Mayfield made our list of four nominees.

As for the Herschel, for the top true freshman and an award that is in its freshman year, it’s between Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin, Jake Fromm of Georgia and A.J. Dillon of Boston College. Our hearts said Dillon, who had an amazing second half and tossed tacklers away as if they were rag dolls, but our vote goes to Taylor, who finished third nationally in rushing and had six games, or half a season, of at least 149 yards rushing. Congrats, J.T. (Dillon had five games of 149 or more yards rushing, all in the final six weeks; had B.C.’s staff started and played him more in September, he likely would have won our trophy).

5. One Day Moore

 

Thought experiment for some of you this week: Have a higher standard of behavior for your public officials than you do for your comedians.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 11, 2017

Tomorrow is the special election in Alabama for the vacant Senate seat Jeff Sessions left behind. In one corner you have Republican Roy Moore, who may need to take a sabbatical next May if elected to attend prom, and in the other corner you have Democrat Doug Jones, who is not Roy Moore.

 

Whatever happens on Tuesday, the President of the United States endorsed a child molester who thinks gay people should be imprisoned over a man who prosecuted Klansmen who killed children. And the RNC went right along with him. That’s forever.

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) December 11, 2017

Meanwhile, this was good. SNL’s cold open…

Reserves

Stun Devils

Not only does Arizona State remain undefeated, but Bobby Hurley’s gang takes down No. 2 Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence. And Duke lost, so Coach K may be ceding his team’s No. 1 ranking to his former All-America point guard….

The other great irony? Duke freshman phenom Marvin Bagley III is from Tempe and his grandfather, Jumping Joe Caldwell, was a Sun Devil star in the early ’60s. He could’ve just stayed home.

 

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Music 101

Oliver’s Army

“I made my first trip to Belfast in 1978 and saw mere boys walking around in battle dress with automatic weapons,” says Elvis Costello, referencing the inspiration for his 1979 single that shot to No. 2 on the U.K. charts. “They were no longer just on the evening news. These snapshot experiences exploded into visions of mercenaries and imperial armies around the world. The song was based on the premise ‘they always get a working class boy to do the killing’.

Remote Patrol

Patriots at Dolphins

8:30 p.m. ESPN

In my dream scenario, 40 year-old Tom Brady sits down with Jon Gruden at his QB Camp and goest through all the drills: the film study, the field work, the Spider Y 2 Banana. All of it. Wouldn’t that make a terrific halftime segment? Oh yeah, the Pats are 10-2 and someone in the league office likes them, giving them this trip so south Florida in mid-December (this is the 5th time in the past six years New England has visited Miami after Dec. 1).