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In the Mid-1970s, Getting Up Close and Very Personal with a Baseball Oddball

An intrepid reporter followed the knuckleballer-turned-sportscaster to Shea Stadium, a TV station, a Madison Square Garden rodeo, Roosevelt Hospital, and inner space.

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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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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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Article about Micro Wrestling in Staten Island in the Village Voice.

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Micro Wrestling Is Much More Than a Little Show

If you wanted a ringside seat at the matches on Staten Island this coming Monday, you’re too late. 

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Return of the Prodigal Mets: Doc Gets His Due, as Darryl Waits in the Wings

The incandescent ’80s rookies burned out, but not before winning the Series in two different boroughs. 

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Village Voice article on former Knicks star Dick Barnett.

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Dick Barnett Was a Hero Long Before He Helped the Knicks Win Two Championships 

This month, PBS airs “The Dream Whisperer,” which follows the hoops star on a quest to give his all-Black college team its historical due.

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Village Voice article about how the 2023 Mets resembled the 1972 Mets, another terrible team, one which was chronicled by poet Joel Oppenheimer.

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The 2023 Mets: Another ‘Wrong Season’

Delving into Voice history, we find Joel Oppenheimer lamenting about another lousy Mets squad, half a century ago.

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1972 Joel Oppenheimer article about the New York Mets from the Village Voice Archive.

VOICE LORE

the summer of ’43: the best of times . . .

Revisiting the all-lowercase poetry and baseball musings of a Village – and Village Voice – original.

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The Derby Dolls are Leading a Roller Revival in L.A.

Looking at the history — and the here and now — of roller derby.

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Village Voice article about 2023's interleague Subway Series between the Yankees and the Mets.

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Sizing Up a Not-Quite-Meaningless Subway Series

Did Mets-Yanks interleague play ever matter? 

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