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Sheridan Expressway connects the Cross Bronx to Bruckner Blvd., giving truckers access to Hunts Point Terminal Market

 The Sheridan Expressway could become a road to nowhere.

Local advocates want to see the stubby expressway razed to make way for parks and housing, while Sheridan supporters say the spur is needed for truck traffic.

But with no funded proposal for development where it now stands, the expressway would be a white elephant if closed to traffic, according to state officials.

Closing it would also push traffic onto local roads, the Transportation Department warned at a community meeting last week.

Members of the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance labeled the state’s Hunts Point access study flawed - and a ruse.

They want the agency to weigh the benefits of possible development versus traffic issues. Read more..

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Derek Jeter has earned the title of baseball’s most marketable player. The All-Star shortstop rakes in $9 million a year in various endorsement deals.

 No. 2 in your program is No. 1 in the eyes of advertisers.

Yankees All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter is once again the most marketable player in baseball - by a mile.

Jeter topped a survey by Sports Business Daily of 49 of baseball’s business movers and shakers, pulling in 80% of first-place votes as the sport’s signature star.

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols finished a distant second, winning just three votes for the top slot.

The clean-cut Bronx Bomber is already baseball’s most prolific endorser, pulling in $9 million a year from deals with Nike, Ford, Gatorade, Gillette and others, according to Forbes magazine.

“Perhaps unlike any other Yankee star in our generation, Derek is likeable beyond the Bronx,” said Brian Helfrich of Sports Business Daily. Read more..

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