Cosell, Howard (1918-1995)
Identified as the foremost sports television journalist of the 1970s, Howard Cosell consistently distinguished himself from the field by his presentation and content. He was...
Read more
As hosts of The 5-Minute Drill (fiveminutedrill.tv), the ever-popular online fantasy football show, these two guys deliver weekly fantasy football analysis, picks, and strategies to viewers across ...
Read more
Carl Reiner, Steve Martin and Whoopi Goldberg have all won it. Now, to borrow a famous movie line he wrote, Billy Crystal is having what they're having.The comedian, actor, Broadway star and Yankee...
Read more
It was the summer of Reggie, the summer of Sam, the summer when the lights went dark and the Bronx burned bright.Thirty years ago, as the temperatures soared and its morale plunged, New York City e...
Read more
Most people don't like being behind the eight ball, but Willie Mosconi made it his life's work.It has been half a century since the pool wizard quit playing competitively, but the sands of time hav...
Read more
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City, by Jonathan Mahler. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 368 pages, $25.
In New York, we tend to ...
Read more
Go ahead and call Hillary Rodham Clinton the front-runner for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination. After all, she’s running 20 points ahead of her nearest rival in the national polls,...
Read more
Reggie Jackson found himself benched in his biggest game yet as a New York Yankee: the deciding game of the 1977 American League Championship Series.With the Kansas City Royals pitching a lefty, Pa...
Read more
Steven Spielberg’s Munich, from a screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, based on the book Vengeance by George Jonas, resembles other recent “significant” films: It’s ove...
Read more
Steven Spielberg’s Munich, from a screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, based on the book Vengeance by George Jonas, resembles other recent “significant” films: It’s ove...
Read more
Cosell, Howard (1918-1995)
A (Virtual) Career in Sports
