Email Author Allen Barra
2013 Stories by Allen Barra
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MAKING TRACKS
published June 5, 2013
Since the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness were won by different horses, we already know there won’t be a Triple Crown winner this year. But... More >>
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HOT SHOTS
published May 29, 2013
The Liberty were all optimism and excitement during their first training camp under new coach Bill Laimbeer, who led Detroit to three league... More >>
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GOOOOAL!
published May 15, 2013
Soccer fans will think they’ve died and gone to heaven with this blockbuster. First, a live screening of Fox Sports’ telecast of the... More >>
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SPEED RACER
published May 8, 2013
Here’s a different way to get your run in: City Running Tours offers guided runs through neighborhoods, mixing in some history and street... More >>
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RIDE ON
published May 1, 2013
The 2013 TD Five Boro Bike Tour is the biggest bike ride in the U.S. More than 32,000 cyclists ride 40 miles over five bridges with absolutely no... More >>
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The Nets Fizzle and Disappoint -- Who's to Blamer
published May 06, 2013
Anyone can lose a basketball game, but when you lose one like the Nets lost Saturday night -- the 7th game of a playoff series at home to a team playing without key players -- there has to be conseque... More >>
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Who's Saving the Yankees' Season While All Their Old Men Are Outr An Old Man, Naturally
published May 03, 2013
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Who's Going to be the Jets Starting QBr If You Can Throw a Spiral, You Have a Chance
published May 02, 2013
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Jason Collins is Warmly Accepted by the NBA; Time for Other Pro Sports Commissioners to Step Up
published Apr 29, 2013
Well, it happened even faster than we expected. This, from the upcoming cover story in Sports Illustrated, a personal essay by NBA center Jason Collins: "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
The Jets Get Rid of Darrelle Revis in Order to Continue Their 40-Year Rebuilding Process
published Apr 22, 2013
With the Knicks and Nets winning their first playoff games and the Yankees and Mets both over .500, it would seem that New York is on the verge of a happiness explosion. But I'm bummed out. The best f... More >>
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Despite What You May Have Heard, Carmelo Anthony Doesn't Choke in the Playoffs
published Apr 19, 2013
"NY Knicks' Carmelo Anthony needs to change perception of being NBA Playoffs bust. So reads the headline to Mitch Lawrence's column in Friday's Daily News. The headline is correct; it is a perception ... More >>
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The Jackie Robinson of Gay Rights
published Apr 19, 2013
In one of the more light-hearted moments in 42, a nearly-naked Ralph Branca (played by Hamish Linklater) confronts an equally near-naked Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) on the question on why he do... More >>
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HELPING HANDS
published April 10, 2013
At the 2013 Spring Concern Run, you don’t have to actually go fast on this four-mile jaunt through Central Park; you can walk or volunteer... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
What the Manager Who Verbally Abused Jackie Robinson Has to Do With Vladimir Nabokov
published Apr 16, 2013
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A-Rod's Latest Steroid Mess: What's True, What's False, and is Anyone Getting Blackmailedr
published Apr 15, 2013
Trying to sort through the latest Alex Rodriguez-related mess--I'm not going to call it a scandal yet for reasons that will come up in a moment--is like trying to read the New York Review of Books on ... More >>
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FINAL MADNESS
published April 3, 2013
We can’t tell you who’s going to win it all, but—despite the flurry of upsets during the first two rounds—since the field... More >>
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Bernard King: Not Such a Hall of Fame Guyr
published Apr 11, 2013
You think you know a guy. Bernard King was on the top rung of my sports heroes since 1984, when he had incredible back-to-back 50-point games in Knicks victories. (Try that one, Melo.) Like everyone e... More >>
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We Knew This Mets Season Would Be Weird, But We Had No Idea Aliens Would Be Involved
published Apr 09, 2013
It's a dirty job, but someone had to do it. Seems that the Mets swapped cities with the Toronto Blue Jays and traded up for their Triple-A franchise. Now, if you want to see the Mets' next hot pitchin... More >>
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Mike Rice Rutgers Scandal: Is There a Rush to Judgmentr
published Apr 04, 2013
As someone who has covered just about every sports scandal over the last 25 years, I have to say that I think the sports world is overreacting a bit to the Rutgers/Mike Rice episode. First, if you ha... More >>
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"Bullet" Bob Turley, R.I.P.
published Apr 02, 2013
It seems to be that discussion of the career of Bob Turley, who died Saturday morning at age 82, came and went all too quickly. Turley was very nearly a great pitcher. Between 1955 and 1958 he won 59 ... More >>
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Good News, Yankees Fans: 2014 Is Only a Year Away
published Apr 01, 2013
Over the last few years, I've tended to skip preseason baseball magazines--too many air-headed predictions made by people without a firm grasp of statistics and economics. Athlon Sports' Baseball Prev... More >>
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Oh Dear God -- It's Time for Another Mets Season
published Mar 29, 2013
It's a drab, uninspiring team from the starting lineup to the rotation to the bullpen, but at least they'll look good. The 2013 Mets have eliminated all traces of black from their uniforms and replace... More >>
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DEEP FREEZE
published March 13, 2013
This is the kind of event you can find only in New York: a charity hockey game sponsored by a famous comic book creator pitting New York City... More >>
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Breaking Down Basketball Cliches: Do They Even Make Senser
published Mar 26, 2013
Is it just me, or are both NBA and college basketball announcers filling their air time with full of cliches and misleading statements more than they used tor If you really break them down, do they ma... More >>
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Mets Name David Wright Captain; Go About Your Business
published Mar 25, 2013
You know the Mets are hard up for big news stories when the best they can offer a week before Opening Day is that David Wright has been named captain. Exactly how important to the team is it that Wrig... More >>
