Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
George Steinbrenner
George Steinbrenner will be forever known as the owner of the New York Yankees who restored the baseball team to greatness. After dominating baseball in the first half of the 20th century, the team became mediocre in the 1960s. Following Steinbrenner’s purchase of the team in 1973 for $10 million, the Yankees won seven World Series championships [...]
The LeBron “Decision”
Back from vacation in the hills of the Wild West, with temperature of 75 degrees and zero humidity (eat your heart out those of you sweltering on the East Coast!) and where I heard virtually no news. What did I miss? It seems like last week’s big issue was the LeBron James prime-time TV show [...]
The team that never quits
(Video: Landon Donovan)
At mid-day I joined a great roar – from the midtown bar I was in and seemingly across all of Manhattan - to rejoice as the US team in the World Cup scored its amazing goal in extra time to win Group C. I’m still buzzing about it.
Throughout the city (and from what I can tell, across the country), [...]
“Team America” goes to South Africa
(Hat tip: Marbury)
The human element in baseball
It was the perfect game – that wasn’t.
Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Armando Galarraga was one out from “baseball immortality” – from joining only 20 pitchers in the history of the game that have thrown a perfect game (retiring all 27 batters). But the 27th batter was called safe by umpire Jim Joyce, in what was clearly [...]
“NYC Super Bowl”
The National Football League owners have decided that the 2014 Super Bowl will be played in the Meadowlands of New Jersey, in the yet-to-be built stadium.
The New York Daily News and the New York Post are excited. So, as a New Yorker and a Giants fan, I’m supposed to be too. But I’m not. First [...]
Play ball!: baseball season begins
Nothing says “spring is here” like the start of the baseball season. And this past weekend marked the beginning of Little League baseball in our town, like thousands across the country.
Major League Baseball inaugurated its 2010 season last week, but for me, baseball season is as much about the kids and the wider social phenomenon [...]
Classic March Madness final
(Video: Duke-Butler NCAA basketball final)
Last night’s NCAA basketball final between Duke and Butler was one of the best, coming down to a last-second desperation shot from Butler’s Gordon Hayward (shown in the video) that would have been a storybook ending to his team’s Cinderella run – if it went in.
Both teams put on a great show. Duke, a traditional basketball powerhouse, [...]
March Madness!
Pictured above: Syracuse’s Wesley Johnson
March Madness is here!
The NCAA college basketball tournament has to be one of the most exciting sports times of the year. It’s also a time when employers generally look the other way as employees fill in their brackets in office betting pools. Apparently, the US economy will lose $1.8 billion in lost productivity, [...]
Tiger Woods is a golfer. Let him golf
Tiger Woods has announced that he will return to golf at the Masters in April. This has led a number of commentators to question his decision.
Mike Walker at golf.com says the Masters is “sports at its best” while the Tiger saga is “sports at its worst”, and the Masters is likely to suffer from the circus surrounding Woods. Michael [...]