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Long Island’s Top Baby Names

Top boys’ names on Long Island

Micahel

Matthew

Anthony

Joseph

Ryan

Christopher

Nicholas

Dylan

James

Daniel

Top girls’ names on Long Island

Isabella

Sophia

Olivia

Ava

Emma

Mia

Emily

Madison

Samantha

Abigail

Game of Thrones

HBO’s popular series “Game of Thrones” debuted in 2011. Since 2012, parents have been inspired to name their newborns after the show’s characters.

Tyrion

Khaleesi

Renly

Arya

Meera

Freya

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Royalty

Of course every parent looks at their little one as a prince or princess, but in some cases, mom and dad are giving their baby regal names.

Reign

Princess

Prince

King

Kingdom

Tiara

Royalty

Majesty

Long Island Based

Of course every parent looks at their little one as a prince or princess, but in some cases, mom and dad are giving their baby regal names.

Billy

Joel

Mariah

Amy

Lindsay

Theodore

Alec

Nelson

Tatyana

Ashanti

Town Names

Wherever these babies go in life, they’ll always have a connection to home — their name.

Roosevelt

Shirley

Sinai

Jefferson

Hyde

Bellerose

Rosyln

Jericho

Sports Star Names

Long Islanders are passionate about their local sports teams. Here are some NY sports-related names.

Shea The name of the stadium the Mets used to play at from 1964-2008.

Johan In 2012, Mets pitcher Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter in franchise history.

Henrik Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers goalie since 2005.

Jeter Derek Jeter spent his 20-year career with the Yankees, winning five World Series.

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Pop Culture Names

Jaslene Gonzales was “La Madrina” of the Annual National New York City Puerto Rican Day Parade held June 16, 2007, appearing in a yellow convertible.

And she had a number of high-profile modeling assignments in 2008. Also in 2008, 12 newborns on Long Island were named Jaslene. The name has not been used on LI since.

Super Hero Names

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Aurora

Pepper

Rey

Odin

Thor

Elsa

Tiana

Ariel

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Wesley Walker says he is in constant pain, can’t sleep without medication and has suffered so much nerve damage and muscle loss that he needs help to remove the cap from a bottle of water.

Walker, 59, was one of the NFL’s most athletic players during his 13 years as a Jets wide receiver. But he said his health has been on a steady decline since he left the game in 1989.

“Now when I get out of a chair, it takes me so long to get my body moving that I feel like a 90-year-old man,” Walker said. “That’s me. That’s what I’m like every day.”

And he’s not alone.

Life after football can be a difficult and harsh reality for former NFL players, and many believe the league did not do enough to prepare them.

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A survey of 763 former pro football players conducted by Newsday in conjunction with the National Football League Players Association’s former players division showed:

  • 61 percent of former players said they found it difficult to adjust to daily life after their NFL career.

  • 85 percent said they did not believe the NFL adequately prepared them for the transition to life after football.

  • 42 percent said injuries from their playing career have been the biggest challenge in their post-NFL life, while 41 percent cited career direction.

  • 89 percent said despite the difficulties they said were caused by playing football, they would do it again.

Walker, a retired elementary school gym teacher in the Kings Park school district, said he has endured seemingly nonstop doctor visits, surgeries, various prescription drugs and other treatments. But he said he has found little relief from his constant pain.

In the last year alone, Walker had two surgeries he said he’d been putting off for years. One was on his left shoulder to fix a torn labrum and rotator cuff. And he had spinal fusion surgery during which doctors inserted 10 screws and a rod to help stabilize the spine, he said. Walker believes these injuries are the results of hits he took as a player.

Walker is among the approximately 5,000 former NFL players involved in a class-action lawsuit accusing the league of allegedly concealing the dangers of concussions. A federal judge has yet to rule on a revised settlement agreement reached last June.

A handful of former football players — most notably San Diego Chargers star linebacker Junior Seau — have committed suicide in recent years and were later found to have been suffering from a brain trauma disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that is caused by repeated hits to the head.

Those are the cases that haunt retired players who say they are in pain.

“I think about Junior Seau and all the guys that committed suicide,” said Bruce Harper, 59, a Jets running back and kick returner from 1977 to 1984. “People have no idea how it feels to go through life with stuff that just won’t go away. It’s horrible.”

Walker admits he’s scared.

“What I’m dealing with right now,” Walker said, “is the unknown.”

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Wesley Walker says he is in constant pain, can’t sleep without medication and has suffered so much nerve damage and muscle loss that he needs help to remove the cap from a bottle of water.

Walker, 59, was one of the NFL’s most athletic players during his 13 years as a Jets wide receiver. But he said his health has been on a steady decline since he left the game in 1989.

“Now when I get out of a chair, it takes me so long to get my body moving that I feel like a 90-year-old man,” Walker said. “That’s me. That’s what I’m like every day.”

And he’s not alone.

Life after football can be a difficult and harsh reality for former NFL players, and many believe the league did not do enough to prepare them.

A survey of 763 former pro football players conducted by Newsday in conjunction with the National Football League Players Association’s former players division showed:

  • 61 percent of former players said they found it difficult to adjust to daily life after their NFL career.

  • 85 percent said they did not believe the NFL adequately prepared them for the transition to life after football.

  • 42 percent said injuries from their playing career have been the biggest challenge in their post-NFL life, while 41 percent cited career direction.

  • 89 percent said despite the difficulties they said were caused by playing football, they would do it again.

Walker, a retired elementary school gym teacher in the Kings Park school district, said he has endured seemingly nonstop doctor visits, surgeries, various prescription drugs and other treatments. But he said he has found little relief from his constant pain.

In the last year alone, Walker had two surgeries he said he’d been putting off for years. One was on his left shoulder to fix a torn labrum and rotator cuff. And he had spinal fusion surgery during which doctors inserted 10 screws and a rod to help stabilize the spine, he said. Walker believes these injuries are the results of hits he took as a player.

He also had surgery last month to repair a torn left Achilles, which he said he suffered while taking an awkward step at an autograph signing.

Walker is among the approximately 5,000 former NFL players involved in a class-action lawsuit accusing the league of allegedly concealing the dangers of concussions. A federal judge has yet to rule on a revised settlement agreement reached last June.

A handful of former football players — most notably San Diego Chargers star linebacker Junior Seau — have committed suicide in recent years and were later found to have been suffering from a brain trauma disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that is caused by repeated hits to the head.

Those are the cases that haunt retired players who say they are in pain.

“I think about Junior Seau and all the guys that committed suicide,” said Bruce Harper, 59, a Jets running back and kick returner from 1977 to 1984. “People have no idea how it feels to go through life with stuff that just won’t go away. It’s horrible.”

Walker admits he’s scared.

“What I’m dealing with right now,” Walker said, “is the unknown.”

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Wesley Walker says he is in constant pain, can’t sleep without medication and has suffered so much nerve damage and muscle loss that he needs help to remove the cap from a bottle of water.

Walker, 59, was one of the NFL’s most athletic players during his 13 years as a Jets wide receiver. But he said his health has been on a steady decline since he left the game in 1989.

“Now when I get out of a chair, it takes me so long to get my body moving that I feel like a 90-year-old man,” Walker said. “That’s me. That’s what I’m like every day.”

And he’s not alone.

Life after football can be a difficult and harsh reality for former NFL players, and many believe the league did not do enough to prepare them.

A survey of 763 former pro football players conducted by Newsday in conjunction with the National Football League Players Association’s former players division showed:

  • 61 percent of former players said they found it difficult to adjust to daily life after their NFL career.

  • 85 percent said they did not believe the NFL adequately prepared them for the transition to life after football.

  • 42 percent said injuries from their playing career have been the biggest challenge in their post-NFL life, while 41 percent cited career direction.

  • 89 percent said despite the difficulties they said were caused by playing football, they would do it again.

Walker, a retired elementary school gym teacher in the Kings Park school district, said he has endured seemingly nonstop doctor visits, surgeries, various prescription drugs and other treatments. But he said he has found little relief from his constant pain.

In the last year alone, Walker had two surgeries he said he’d been putting off for years. One was on his left shoulder to fix a torn labrum and rotator cuff. And he had spinal fusion surgery during which doctors inserted 10 screws and a rod to help stabilize the spine, he said. Walker believes these injuries are the results of hits he took as a player.

He also had surgery last month to repair a torn left Achilles, which he said he suffered while taking an awkward step at an autograph signing.

Walker is among the approximately 5,000 former NFL players involved in a class-action lawsuit accusing the league of allegedly concealing the dangers of concussions. A federal judge has yet to rule on a revised settlement agreement reached last June.

A handful of former football players — most notably San Diego Chargers star linebacker Junior Seau — have committed suicide in recent years and were later found to have been suffering from a brain trauma disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that is caused by repeated hits to the head.

Those are the cases that haunt retired players who say they are in pain.

“I think about Junior Seau and all the guys that committed suicide,” said Bruce Harper, 59, a Jets running back and kick returner from 1977 to 1984. “People have no idea how it feels to go through life with stuff that just won’t go away. It’s horrible.”

Walker admits he’s scared.

“What I’m dealing with right now,” Walker said, “is the unknown.”

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Wesley Walker says he is in constant pain, can’t sleep without medication and has suffered so much nerve damage and muscle loss that he needs help to remove the cap from a bottle of water.

Walker, 59, was one of the NFL’s most athletic players during his 13 years as a Jets wide receiver. But he said his health has been on a steady decline since he left the game in 1989.

“Now when I get out of a chair, it takes me so long to get my body moving that I feel like a 90-year-old man,” Walker said. “That’s me. That’s what I’m like every day.”

And he’s not alone.

Life after football can be a difficult and harsh reality for former NFL players, and many believe the league did not do enough to prepare them.

A survey of 763 former pro football players conducted by Newsday in conjunction with the National Football League Players Association’s former players division showed:

  • 61 percent of former players said they found it difficult to adjust to daily life after their NFL career.

  • 85 percent said they did not believe the NFL adequately prepared them for the transition to life after football.

  • 42 percent said injuries from their playing career have been the biggest challenge in their post-NFL life, while 41 percent cited career direction.

  • 89 percent said despite the difficulties they said were caused by playing football, they would do it again.

Walker, a retired elementary school gym teacher in the Kings Park school district, said he has endured seemingly nonstop doctor visits, surgeries, various prescription drugs and other treatments. But he said he has found little relief from his constant pain.

In the last year alone, Walker had two surgeries he said he’d been putting off for years. One was on his left shoulder to fix a torn labrum and rotator cuff. And he had spinal fusion surgery during which doctors inserted 10 screws and a rod to help stabilize the spine, he said. Walker believes these injuries are the results of hits he took as a player.

Walker is among the approximately 5,000 former NFL players involved in a class-action lawsuit accusing the league of allegedly concealing the dangers of concussions. A federal judge has yet to rule on a revised settlement agreement reached last June.

A handful of former football players — most notably San Diego Chargers star linebacker Junior Seau — have committed suicide in recent years and were later found to have been suffering from a brain trauma disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that is caused by repeated hits to the head.

Those are the cases that haunt retired players who say they are in pain.

“I think about Junior Seau and all the guys that committed suicide,” said Bruce Harper, 59, a Jets running back and kick returner from 1977 to 1984. “People have no idea how it feels to go through life with stuff that just won’t go away. It’s horrible.”

Walker admits he’s scared.

“What I’m dealing with right now,” Walker said, “is the unknown.”

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Wesley Walker says he is in constant pain, can’t sleep without medication and has suffered so much nerve damage and muscle loss that he needs help to remove the cap from a bottle of water.

Walker, 59, was one of the NFL’s most athletic players during his 13 years as a Jets wide receiver. But he said his health has been on a steady decline since he left the game in 1989.

In the last year alone, Walker had two surgeries he said he’d been putting off for years. One was on his left shoulder to fix a torn labrum and rotator cuff. And he had spinal fusion surgery during which doctors inserted 10 screws and a rod to help stabilize the spine, he said. Walker believes these injuries are the results of hits he took as a player.

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Wesley Walker says he is in constant pain, can’t sleep without medication and has suffered so much nerve damage and muscle loss that he needs help to remove the cap from a bottle of water.

Walker, 59, was one of the NFL’s most athletic players during his 13 years as a Jets wide receiver. But he said his health has been on a steady decline since he left the game in 1989.

In the last year alone, Walker had two surgeries he said he’d been putting off for years. One was on his left shoulder to fix a torn labrum and rotator cuff. And he had spinal fusion surgery during which doctors inserted 10 screws and a rod to help stabilize the spine, he said. Walker believes these injuries are the results of hits he took as a player.

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Wesley Walker says he is in constant pain, can’t sleep without medication and has suffered so much nerve damage and muscle loss that he needs help to remove the cap from a bottle of water.

Walker, 59, was one of the NFL’s most athletic players during his 13 years as a Jets wide receiver. But he said his health has been on a steady decline since he left the game in 1989.

In the last year alone, Walker had two surgeries he said he’d been putting off for years. One was on his left shoulder to fix a torn labrum and rotator cuff. And he had spinal fusion surgery during which doctors inserted 10 screws and a rod to help stabilize the spine, he said. Walker believes these injuries are the results of hits he took as a player.

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Bannon calls white supremacists ‘collection of clowns’

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon says there’s no military solution to the threat posed by North Korea and its nuclear ambitions, despite the president’s recent pledge to answer further aggression with “fire and fury.”

In an interview with The American Prospect posted online Wednesday, Bannon tells the liberal publication that the United States is losing the economic race against China. He also talks about purging his rivals from the Defense and State departments.

Bannon is also asked about the white supremacist movement, whose march on Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend led to deadly violence. He dismisses them as “losers,” ‘’a fringe element” and “a collection of clowns.”

The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

“There’s no military solution (to North Korea’s nuclear threats), forget it,” Bannon says. “Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me that 10 million people in Seoul don’t die in the first 30 minutes from conventional weapons, I don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s no military solution here, they got us.”

Trump tweeted earlier Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “made a very wise and well-reasoned decision” by backing down after heightening fears of nuclear conflict in a series of combative threats, including against the U.S. territory of Guam.

Bannon also outlined his push for the United States to adopt a tougher stance on China trade, without waiting to see whether Beijing will help restrain Kim, as Trump has pressed China’s leader to do. Trump also has lamented U.S. trade deficits with China.

“The economic war with China is everything,” Bannon says. “And we have to be maniacally focused on that. If we continue to lose it, we’re five years away, I think, 10 years at the most, of hitting an inflection point from which we’ll never be able to recover.”

A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said Thursday both sides have benefited from trade.

Asked about Bannon’s comments, Hua said at a regular new briefing, “There is no winner in a trade war. We hope the relevant people can refrain from dealing with a problem in the 21st century with a zero-sum mentality from the 19th or the 20th century.”

Hua appealed for dialogue to “preserve the sound and steady growth of China-U.S. relations.”

Bannon was a key general election campaign adviser and has been a forceful but contentious presence in a divided White House. The former leader of conservative Breitbart News, Bannon has drawn fire from some of Trump’s closest advisers, including son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The president is under renewed pressure to fire Bannon, who has survived earlier rounds of having fallen out of favor with Trump.

Earlier this week, the president passed up an opportunity to offer a public vote of confidence in Bannon. Trump said he’s a “good person” and not a racist, adding that “we’ll see what happens with Mr. Bannon.”

The latest anti-Bannon campaign comes as Trump faces mounting criticism for insisting that white supremacist groups and those who opposed them were both at fault for deadly violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.

In the interview, Bannon muses about getting rid of administration officials who disagree with his strategy toward China and North Korea and replacing them with “hawks.”

“We gotta do this. The president’s default position is to do it, but the apparatus is going crazy,” Bannon says. “Don’t get me wrong. It’s like, every day.”

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