Dick’s Sporting Goods closes in on deal to buy rival Foot Locker: report

Dick’s Sporting Goods was nearing a deal to buy rival footwear retailer Foot Locker for about $2.3 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The companies have discussed a deal at $24 per share for Foot Locker, the report said. That would represent an 86.5% premium to the stock’s last closing price. … Read more

Air traffic controllers’ union throws wrench in Sean Duffy’s bid to boost hiring: sources

WASHINGTON — The top union for air traffic controllers is hampering Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s plans to boost hiring by penalizing those who want to work beyond retirement age, The Post has learned. Duffy is offering cash bonuses of up to 20% of annual salaries for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers eligible to … Read more

Knicks fans flood enemy territory in Boston for Game 5 with team on brink of eliminating Celtics: ‘We can just hope’

BOSTON — Pumped Knicks fans flooded into enemy territory ahead of New York’s Game 5 matchup against the Boston Celtics that could send them to the Eastern Conference Finals. “Knicks in five, Knicks in five,” scores of orange-and-blue clad diehards chanted outside TD Garden in Beantown. “All we can do as a Knicks fan is … Read more

What’s next for the Menendez brothers? Here’s how soon Lyle and Erik could walk free — and what could keep them in prison

Lyle and Erik Menendez could be eligible to walk free after more than 30 years in prison for the vicious 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents — and they might even be released as early as the coming weeks. On Tuesday, a judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court reduced the brothers’ sentences from … Read more

Here’s how a bio implant stopped Long Island woman’s ‘horrific’ athritis in its tracks: ‘This is the future’

A Long Island speech pathologist said a pioneering bio implant stopped her “horrific” rheumatoid arthritis in its tracks. Massapequa’s Dawn Steiner, 58, said even a simple handshake would mean agony — and after 15 years she retreated into a reclusive lifestyle. “My husband had to help me get dressed,” she told The Post. 3Massapequa speech … Read more

YouTube will air its first exclusive NFL game from Brazil

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert runs with the ball as Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Mike Danna defends. (Ed Zurga / Associated Press) YouTube is getting another piece of the NFL by landing its first exclusive live pro football broadcast in the first week of the season. The streaming platform will have worldwide rights … Read more

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