Email Author Allen Barra

2013 Stories by Allen Barra

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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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  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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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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  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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>

• Where Would College Basketball Be Without Ned Irishr

  published Mar 21, 2013

  Every year, right after St. Patrick's Day, I think about the luck of Ned Irish. It's a great time of year for basketball fans college and pro, with the NIT and NCAA tournaments beginning and the NBA s... More >>

• HOOP DREAMS

  published March 6, 2013

  A must for local college hoops fans, this year’s Big East Championship Tournament will be the end of the Big East as we’ve known it.... More >>

• March Madness Rankings: Do the Math, People

  published Mar 19, 2013

  For some reason--probably because they figure the tournament will settle the issue anyway-- college basketball fans don't pay attention to computer power ratings the way football fans do. The best pow... More >>