I have come across several eyebrow-raising headlines this week along the lines of “Muslim woman in hijab featured in Playboy!!!” This statement is technically correct, though about as disclosing as when I say I was in Playboy. (Because I had a letter to … Continue reading
Some day Franklin will ask me about my all-time favorite David Ortiz moment. (I’ve been following Big Papi for two decades; his career ends next month.) My answer? September 27, 2016, in one of his final Yankee Stadium appearances, Ortiz … Continue reading
Tragedy in Miami, jubilation in the Meadowlands, a heavyweight fight on tap at Hofstra tonight… all of it takes a backseat to the passing of one of my heroes. Arnold Palmer, one of golf’s great champions and a beacon of … Continue reading
Rather than jinx my hometown Redskins for the third week in a row (before their Sunday contest with the upstart New York Giants), I thought I’d say a word or two about a couple games from last night. First, there … Continue reading
When I was a kid we learned that Fall begins on September 21. The scientists this year tell me that Fall actually begins tomorrow, September 22, at 10:21 a.m. Approximately. You want to know when Fall really begins? When … Continue reading
No doubt I jinxed the Baby Bombers last week, their playoff hopes now hanging by the slimmest of margins following a four-game sweep from the Grown Men Red Sox. It was the first such sweep of the Yanks by the … Continue reading
I had it written. I had today’s post written last night about 10:00 when my beloved New York Yankees were cruising to victory over the pesky Boston Red Sox. Well, the Sox got a little peskier after that, jumping on … Continue reading
I think the less said about Monday night’s debacle at FedEx Field the better, so that’s how we’ll leave it. And that’s all I got. … Continue reading
Cruel and unusual punishment is the way I’d describe the second weekend in a row in which I must watch an entire day of games before my favorite team opens its season the following night. Last weekend it was Notre … Continue reading
Ya gotta hand it to the NFL. Seven months off and they don’t miss a beat. Last night’s season opener, a rematch of last year’s Super Bowl, not only lived up to its hype, but showed once again why professional … Continue reading