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- 1. Episode One Mar 1, 2001
- The NYPD, the FBI and organized crime crime interact in New York.
- 2. Best Laid Plans Mar 8, 2001
- Mooney and Trout must take part in an FBI sting to break up a green-card scam, run by the mob.
- 3. No Good Deed Mar 14, 2001
- An administrator attempts to use Sarah Day as his information source within the New York office.
New York City: the Big Apple. New York, New York © TimeHacker/Fotolia. New York City is known by many nicknames—such as “the City that Never Sleeps” or “Gotham”—but the most popular one is probably “the Big Apple.” How did this nickname come about?
May 8, 2018 · By Sean Hutchinson | May 8, 2018. iStock / iStock. Read More. New York City has been called many things—“The Great American Melting Pot,” “Gotham,” “The City that Never Sleeps”—but its most famous...
This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. Big apple, 1930s square-dance version of the jitterbug that was named for the Columbia, S.C., club where it originated. Assembled in a large circle, dancers did a basic shuffling step or other jitterbug step like the lindy hop.
Mar 11, 2015 · The “Big Apple” as a nickname for New York City really takes hold in the 1920s jazz era. The term, already in popular meaning as betting on a sure thing, makes its way to racetracks in the early 1920s.
Jan 8, 2018 · New York has been nicknamed the "Big Apple," although the name has no reference to the growing of apples. The nickname the "Big Apple" primarily gained relevance in the 1920s through horse racing, as reported in the New York Morning Telegraph by John J. Fitz Gerald.
May 2, 2021 · By Maria Popova. On May 3, 1921, John J. Fitz Gerald — a sports journalist for the New York Morning Telegraph reporting on the horse-racing circuit — suddenly began referring to results from New York City as news from “the big apple.”. He soon titled his entire column “Around the Big Apple,” extolling the Big Apple as “the dream ...
Aug 4, 2023 · Michael LoRé. Sports Editor. 04 August 2023. Even though New York State is the second-largest supplier of apples in the United States, New York City’s nickname ‘The Big Apple’ has nothing to do with fruit. In fact, the moniker traces its roots to horse racing.
