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May 18, 2011
Lew Zuchman, a Freedom Rider 50 Years Ago, Recalls Historic Journey
Lew Zuchman: a mug shot for freedomFifty years ago this month, black and white Freedom Riders set out on buses for the South to challenge local segregation laws, particularly in bus terminals' restaurants and waiting rooms. Their 1961 journey became a turning point in the civil rights movement when ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Derek Jeter The Best NY Athlete of All Time? Really?
In 1975, a survey representing America's biggest rock and roll stations asked several thousand listeners to name the greatest rock and roll record of all time. The Beatles, you might guess? Stones? Beach Boys? Stevie Wonder? Maybe Elvis? Or The Supremes? None of the above. According to those ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Bob Feller, the Greatest Pitcher Ever?
Robert William Andrew Feller, who died yesterday of leukemia at the age of 92, was the greatest pitcher in baseball history. Well, he might have been. If not, he was damn close, and, if not, he would have been with a break or two. Feller made his major league debut in 1936 when he was 17, f ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
Best Of NYC: How a Chock Full o' Nuts Opening Means the City's Back
Robert William Andrew Feller, who died yesterday of leukemia at the age of 92, was the greatest pitcher in baseball history. Well, he might have been. If not, he was damn close, and, if not, he would have been with a break or two. Feller made his major league debut in 1936 when he was 17, f ... More >>
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September 19, 2010
Cult in California Found Not Dead, Media Sighs
Everyone that works in 24-hour cable news got really excited temporarily when the Los Angeles Times reported that a "cult-like" group could not be found, but left behind letters that "essentially state that they [the missing persons] are all going to heaven shortly to meet Jesus and their dec ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
George Steinbrenner, 1930-2010
"What does it matter what you say about someone?" Marlene Dietrich says about Orson Welles at the end of Touch Of Evil. What, indeed? Except that now, at the end, we should say a few things about George Steinbrenner that even out the other things we remember all too well: the ridiculous outbu ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Willie Mays Needs a Tiebreaker From These Clowns?
Anyone out there feel as cheated by the final regular position episode of The Lineup as I did? The segment on center fielders was really the only one worth doing; the winners at the other positions -- Yogi Berra at catcher, Lou Gehrig at first, Jackie Robinson at second, Derek Jeter at short, ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2010
Dave Winfield? 'The Lineup' Goes Off the Tracks
After gimmes at catcher (Yogi Berra), first base (Lou Gehrig), second base (Jackie Robinson), third base (Alex Rodriguez) and shortstop (Derek Jeter), MSG's The Lineup lost all credibility last night when they picked Dave Winfield as New York baseball's all-time best left fielder. First of ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Graig Nettles over A-Rod?: Finally, Some Heat on The Lineup
At last some heat during the latest installment of MSG's The Lineup. In Episode 4, Sparky Lyle and Gary Carter -- muddleheads both -- went against the majority (Elias Bureau Steve Hirdt, Will Leitch, and host Fran Healy) by choosing Graig Nettles over Alex Rodriguez as New York's all time bes ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Will Leitch Unspectacular on Television
MSG Network continues to waste our time with "The Lineup." So far, there haven't been any picks by the five-man panel (Sparkly Lyle, Gary Carter, Will Leitch, and Steve Hirdt along with host Fran Healy) that couldn't have been phoned in: Yogi Berra as the best catcher in New York baseball hi ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Where's the Suspense in Picking New York's All-Time Baseball Lineup?
We just watched the second episode of MSG's The Lineup, which airs Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. and repeats throughout the week, and aside from the fun of watching clips of old ballplayers, we're kind of wondering what the point is. The Lineup's panel -- former players Gary Carter and Sparky Lyle ... More >>
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January 10, 2010
12-year-old Luis Martinez of Brooklyn found stabbed on Queens Parkway
Police are are questioning two teenaged suspects in the Saturday night stabbing of 12-year-old Luis Martinez of Brooklyn. Initial reports suggested that Martinez, who was found bleeding from multiple wounds on the Jackie Robinson Parkway, was thrown from a car, but police are now saying that he walk ... More >>
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June 23, 2009
Jockbeat: How Important Was Don Fehr to Baseball?
The late great Dodgers and Yankees announcer Red Barber once called Major League Baseball Players Association founder Marvin Miller "one of the three most important men in baseball history, right up there with Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson." (Branch Rickey, who brought Robinson into baseball and cre ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 10, 2009
GRAND SLAM
Where baseball fans go for old-fashioned spirit
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March 4, 2009
Live-Blogging Jimmy Breslin at KGB Radio Hour
Jimmy Breslin just told a woman who offered him a lap dance to "jump out the window -- I want to see her guts flattened." And he meant it. He wasn't happy that he'd been interrupted during a long recitation from his next book, a work-in-progress about Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers exec who hi ... More >>
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February 3, 2009
Citifield To Lose Ugly, $400M Name?
The Wall Street Journal says that Citigroup is looking at forfeiting their naming rights to the new Mets ballpark. Citigroup claims not to be using their TARP funds from the federal government to pay for putting the name "Citifield" on the park -- just as they said the corporate jet they recently ha ... More >>
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December 1, 2008
On Jay-Z's "Brooklyn (Go Hard)"
The Wall Street Journal says that Citigroup is looking at forfeiting their naming rights to the new Mets ballpark. Citigroup claims not to be using their TARP funds from the federal government to pay for putting the name "Citifield" on the park -- just as they said the corporate jet they recently ha ... More >>
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November 25, 2008
Should Mets' Park Stay Citi-fied After Citigroup Collapse?
The Wall Street Journal says that Citigroup is looking at forfeiting their naming rights to the new Mets ballpark. Citigroup claims not to be using their TARP funds from the federal government to pay for putting the name "Citifield" on the park -- just as they said the corporate jet they recently ha ... More >>
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November 6, 2008
Daily Flog: Equal rites
The Wall Street Journal says that Citigroup is looking at forfeiting their naming rights to the new Mets ballpark. Citigroup claims not to be using their TARP funds from the federal government to pay for putting the name "Citifield" on the park -- just as they said the corporate jet they recently ha ... More >>
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May 22, 2007
CityParks Summer Concerts: Performers So Old School They Used To Gang Bang With the Flintstones
The Wall Street Journal says that Citigroup is looking at forfeiting their naming rights to the new Mets ballpark. Citigroup claims not to be using their TARP funds from the federal government to pay for putting the name "Citifield" on the park -- just as they said the corporate jet they recently ha ... More >>
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May 1, 2007
Letters
The Wall Street Journal says that Citigroup is looking at forfeiting their naming rights to the new Mets ballpark. Citigroup claims not to be using their TARP funds from the federal government to pay for putting the name "Citifield" on the park -- just as they said the corporate jet they recently ha ... More >>
News
April 24, 2007
Debunkers Strike Out
It's a swing and a miss for the attempts to tear down a Jackie Robinson moment immortalized in a Brooklyn statue
NYC Life
April 17, 2007
Eddie Robinson's Unlikely Pal
Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend
Film
January 27, 2004
Fading to the right: No cutting edge in Barbershop sequel
Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend
Columns
November 25, 2003
Horoscope
Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend
News
October 14, 2003
The Best Red Sportswriter
Commie Columnist Lester Rodney's Fight for Jackie Robinson
NYC Life
October 14, 2003
Close-Up on Glendale, Queens
Commie Columnist Lester Rodney's Fight for Jackie Robinson
News
September 9, 2003
Sports
Commie Columnist Lester Rodney's Fight for Jackie Robinson
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April 15, 2003
Sports
Commie Columnist Lester Rodney's Fight for Jackie Robinson
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September 24, 2002
The Rise of the Latino Slugger
Powerful Arguments Against Old Stereotypes
News
May 28, 2002
Sports
Powerful Arguments Against Old Stereotypes
News
April 23, 2002
Interstate Raid
Megabank Moves In on SRO Tenants; Residents Protest at Ebbets Field
News
February 12, 2002
Rich Man, Poor People
The Billionaire Mayor and the Income Gap
News
August 14, 2001
Hitting Japanese
There’s Only One Word to Describe This Phenomenon: Ichiro
Film
May 22, 2001
What It Feels Like for a Girl
There’s Only One Word to Describe This Phenomenon: Ichiro
News
January 16, 2001
A Woman’s Place
Jane Chastain, Sports Broadcasting Trailblazer
News
October 10, 2000
Pigskin Pioneers
Slow Racial Progress and a Cloud of Dust
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August 22, 2000
Forced to Retire
Slow Racial Progress and a Cloud of Dust
Film
April 4, 2000
oral personality; Anal geek
Slow Racial Progress and a Cloud of Dust
News
January 11, 2000
The Century in Sports
The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll
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January 11, 2000
A Century Of UNI Watch
The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll
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December 28, 1999
Sports
The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll
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October 26, 1999
The People's Game
The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll
Specials
August 31, 1999
Letters
The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll
Film
June 8, 1999
Rights and Wrongs
The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll
News
June 8, 1999
Giant Steps
The Eighth Annual Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll
News
May 11, 1999
Jocklit
Surveying the Boys of Summer Books
News
February 23, 1999
Breaking The Ice
One-Eyed Willie O'Ree, the man who busted the NHL'S color line
Books
January 26, 1999
Show Me the Money
One-Eyed Willie O'Ree, the man who busted the NHL'S color line
Dining
November 24, 1998
Fish Story
One-Eyed Willie O'Ree, the man who busted the NHL'S color line
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