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SEVEN DECADES

After the Bicentennial Hoopla, New York Turned to the Yankees, and Flamboyant Manager Billy Martin

“We are left with the Yankees, a situation akin to the old dilemma of being stranded on an island with a nun.”

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Olympic rings featured in an article about Alberto Tomba at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

SEVEN DECADES

Alberto Tomba Ruled Ski Slopes – and Hearts – At the 1992 Olympics

Are you a loser on the slopes and between the sheets? Back in ’92, the Voice offered readers some gold medal advice.

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SEVEN DECADES

Ishmael Reed on Muhammad Ali in 1978 – “The Stars were for Ali, But the Busboys were for Spinks”

“I cannot go out a loser, Jack Johnson went out a loser. Sugar Ray went out a loser. Joe Louis went out a loser… I got to be that black man who gets out on top.”

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Under President Biden, Will the Yankees Return to Their Winning Ways?

Yankee Pinstripes are the deepest blue: The Bombers .741 win percentage under dem Dems.

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VOICE OF THE AGES

Clemente to Marden to Kiefer: Remembering Peter Schjeldahl

What if you love art AND baseball? In the Eighties, Voice critic Peter Schjeldahl had the answer—and what other paper would’ve published it?

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Aaron Judge and the History of that Asterisk*

The Yankee slugger is on pace to surpass the pre-steroid homer record. 

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Village Voice article about money generated by NCAA march madness tournament

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The Billion-Dollar Brackets of March Madness

The NCAA tournament generates huge profits, so how about paying the college students who make it happen?

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Talking ‘GOAT’ – When Hot-take Superlatives Overshadow the Game

If you just gotta pick a GOAT, take a look at Tom Brady's defensive squads

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Appealing to Your Bettor Nature

We’re shocked – SHOCKED – to find that gambling is going on in big-league sports

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Looking Back at 1994 – “A Great Year for Fisticuffs” in the NHL

"Every now and then a postseason comes along that defies the trend and is loaded with playoff pugilism."

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