The World Series: Yankee Panky and Phillie Phactoids

Former Indian Cliff Lee stopped the Yankees cold in Game One of the World Series.
Look at it this way. Things could be worse.
You could be a Cleveland Indians fan.
Two years ago the Indians were within one victory of a date with the Rockies in the World Series. They never got that win, blowing a 3-1 [...]

1950: Cheap Gas, President Truman, And A Yankee Sweep

In America in 1950, the last time the Yankees and Phillies met in the World Series, the average cost of a new car was $1,510 and filling it with gas cost 18 cents a gallon. Harry S. Truman was President. With World War II just five years removed, the Korean War began when North Korean [...]

Pete Carroll, The Jets, The Grateful Dead And USC Football

Things have worked out just fine for Pete Carroll at USC.
Nearly 15 years ago, I settled into a window seat on an American Airlines flight from JFK to San Francisco, one of a seemingly endless chain of business trips from New York to Silicon Valley.
I opened up my Sunday New York Times (which always makes [...]

Yankees-Mariners 1995 Playoff Was History in The Making

Ken Griffey, Jr.  slides home with the winning run as the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Yankees in the deciding Game Five of the 1995 ALDS.
The other night the MLB Network ran a replay of the fifth and deciding game of that fantastic 1995 American League divisional series between the Yankees and the Mariners. [...]

Walkway Over the Hudson: Bridging the Ages

The  southern view from Walkway Over the Hudson shows the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
Way back in 1889, the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge opened,  spanning the Hudson River and linking New York and New England to an extensive railway network for both passengers and freight.
The bridge was considered an engineering marvel of the day, and at one time [...]

Hometown Heroes: The Best Athletes from White Plains

Former Washington Redskin and Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Art Monk is the best athlete ever to come out of White Plains.
I was born and raised in White Plains, New York, 27 miles north of midtown Manhattan, the county seat of Westchester, famous for a Revolutionary War skirmish against the British in 1776. [...]

The 10 Best Football Games at Yankee Stadium

Earlier this week, a new bowl game to be played in Yankee Stadium in 2010 was announced at a press conference in the Bronx. The game, to be played between Christmas and New Year’s Day, will feature the third- or fourth-place finisher in the Big East against the seventh-place team in the Big 12.
Bronx borough [...]