Email Author Emma Span

2006 Stories by Emma Span

• Ice Guys Finish First

  published December 19, 2006

  No other sports beat can adequately prepare you for the smell of an NHL locker room. I'm told it's due to the moisture of melting ice and moldy... More >>

• Doubting Thomas

  published November 21, 2006

  It's a staple of movies and literature, the platonic ideal of a disgruntled fan's heckling, but though I've been attending sporting events in New... More >>

• Seven Days in Shea

  published October 17, 2006

  Tuesday, October 10: Workout Day The Mets were, as usual, in... More >>

• It's One, Two, Three Games You're Out

  published October 3, 2006

  On the last day of the regular season, which was not as long ago as it now feels, everything seemed right in the Yankee clubhouse. Following team... More >>

• Mets and Yankees: If Neither One Wins It's a Shame

  published September 26, 2006

  I've heard Shea Stadium described as "a DMV without the atmosphere," and its impending destruction has provoked remarkably little outcry... More >>