Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

The winter before the 2021 season was a whirlwind for the Mets with a new deep-pocketed owner in Steve Cohen intent on quickly reinvigorating the franchise. First was a trade that brought Francisco Lindor from Cleveland. Andrés Giménez and Amed Rosario were the two promising young infielders sacrificed in the deal. But the Mets still needed a splash in free agency, aiming toward an upgrade in center field after president of baseball operations Sandy Alderson had decided there would be too much risk in chasing J.T. Realmuto to bolster the catcher spot. The Mets targeted George Springer, and had every…

Poor timing. A retired fighter foiled an armed robbery on the streets of Hollywood, using his skills on the brazen thug before he could get off with an expensive Rolex. The former fighter, who asked to remain anonymous, was walking the streets of West Hollywood with his girlfriend when a masked man dressed in all black jumped out of a sedan just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday, according to NBC4 Los Angeles. A retired fighter pins down a would-be armed robber who attempted to steal his victim’s Rolex in a daylight theft in West Hollywood, on Oct. 22, 2025. NBCLA…

Tropical Storm Melissa plodded through the central Caribbean early Friday, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane while unleashing potentially “catastrophic” flash flooding and landslides in southern Haiti. The slow-moving and erratic storm was expected to drop copious rain on Jamaica and the southern regions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the weekend. “The rainfall is a huge risk with the storm,” said Michael Brennan, director of the US National Hurricane Center in Miami. “Rainfall has historically been the biggest cause of loss of life of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Caribbean.” Tropical…

An illegal alien truck driver accused of causing a crash in Florida that killed three people failed his commercial driver’s license (CDL) test 10 times in two months before finally receiving a license in 2023 in Washington state, Fox News learned from a senior official with the Florida Attorney General’s Office. Harjinder Singh allegedly crossed the southern border illegally in 2018 and is accused of causing an August crash in Fort Pierce, Florida, that killed three people. Investigators with the Florida AG’s office learned Singh failed his CDL knowledge exam in Washington state 10 times between March 10, 2023, and May 5,…

A fugitive, bikini-clad Brazilian influencer has been arrested after being accused of being the kingpin of an interstate drug-running and money laundering operation. Melissa Said — who boasts more than 340K Instagram followers — had been on the run since Wednesday when five of her properties were raided by the Bahia Civil Police in northeast Brazil, according to the Brazilian news outlet Correio. The 23-year-old social media star was the suspected leader of a major criminal gang involved with the distribution of cannabis and money laundering. She is accused of actively facilitating and encouraging the smuggling of illegal substances in Bahia…

A California man killed his parents and their housekeeper inside their $6 million home during a multi-day rampage culminating in him blowing hundreds of dollars on sex toys and drugs — all because they gave him an ultimatum to check into a mental health and addiction facility. Camden Burton Nicholson, 34, was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in the 2019 slayings of Richard and Kim Nicholson and their housekeeper, Maria Morse, inside the Newport Beach gated community, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said. Nicholson, 34, grew up a happy and normal kid until he returned home…

TORONTO — The Blue Jays arrived at the World Series having survived the first two rounds without one of their best bats from the regular season. That could change Friday, though where Bo Bichette actually plays and just how effective he can be after a lengthy injury layoff remains very much in question. Bichette went through a workout Thursday at Rogers Centre that was expected to be the final hurdle in potentially clearing him to make the Blue Jays roster ahead of Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night against the Dodgers. The Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette fields…

An enmeshed relationship is one where interpersonal boundaries are blurred. The people involved become so emotionally intertwined that it’s hard to tell where one person ends and the other begins. This can happen between parents and children, siblings, romantic partners, or even close friends. If you’re in an enmeshed relationship, you may: Have difficulty making decisions on your own. Feel guilty or selfish if you do anything without the other person or if it displeases them. Feel like you’re constantly walking on eggshells, afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. Give up your own needs and wants in order…

The Knicks will again be without Mitchell Robinson. He is out for the Knicks’ clash against the Celtics on Friday night at the Garden, missing his second straight game with left ankle injury management. It’s concerning that Robinson’s left ankle, which he’s had two surgeries on over the past two years, is already causing him to miss games. But coach Mike Brown is adamant that Robinson did not suffer a new injury and that this was always part of the plan. And he’s not worried that it is a bigger problem. “I don’t think about that stuff,” Brown said Wednesday.…

The list of issues facing the Jets is lengthy — they do not have a win and do not have a publicly known starting quarterback, as a couple of examples atop the ledger — and includes a glaring one this weekend. The Bengals will unleash one of the best wide receivers in football against a team likely lacking its best cornerback. Ja’Marr Chase, who is about as explosive a wideout as exists and who leads the NFL in receptions for a second straight season, probably will not be opposed by Sauce Gardner, who has not yet practiced this week after…