Though nearly every baseball pundit has the New York Yankees taking the division, the Jays or Rays are the most likely to play upset. New York still faces various question marks, most notably with their starting pitchers as Masahiro Tanaka is now back in Japan and Luis Severino’s rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.

This leaves just Gerrit Cole, Corey Kluber, Domingo German, Jameson Taillon, and Jordan Montgomery as the one-through-five to start the season. New York seems to be relying on either savvy veteran play from Kluber and Taillon or rapid youth development in Deivi Garcia and Clarke Schmidt, who await their chance in the big leagues.

For the first time in 43 years the NFL will be expanding their schedule. A week ago, the NFL and the player’s union came to an agreement, and announced that they would be extending the length of the schedule from 16 games to 17 games (18 weeks total).

Faced with severe deficits, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State legislatures raced to meet a looming budget deadline. During which, they have come as close as they ever have to legalize mobile sports betting in the Knickerbocker state.

New York’s projected shortfall has also led to some compromise on legalizing marijuana. Now, with only hours remaining, stakeholders on all sides are attempting to jockey for position as the scope, scale, and details of several competing proposals come down to the wire.