So here’s the highlight of last night’s Giants-Dodgers game, I suppose. Fans in the AT&T bleachers are really letting Manny Ramirez have it: “Manny’s on steroids,” “Manny takes women’s hormones,” the stuff you might expect. One woman, wearing a Dodger-blue baby bonnet, has a sign that reads, “It’s a boy.” Then one particular guy screams […]

The ongoing Phoenix Coyotes custody soap opera, with Gary Bettman & the NHL in one corner and Jim Balsillie & Hamilton, Ontario, in the other, has reached untold levels of absurdity at this point. It’s a sure signal to any sane observer that the NHL’s efforts to keep a hockey team in the hottest metropolis […]

Many people much wiser and braver than myself have described life in the military as - we’re paraphrasing here - unendurable boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. A Marine friend spent the better part of the 2003 Iraq invasion sitting outside in the Kuwaiti desert heat, smoking cigarettes and watching Disney DVDs. That’s not […]

In case you haven’t watched a single sporting event on television in the last 10 years, you might not know this, but urinary health is a big issue among men over 50 and ad executives. Apparently, you probably don’t have a going problem, but a growing problem. You… well, I’ll just let you watch the […]

After hearing about Mike Singletary’s latest motivational move at San Francisco 49ers training camp, we can all be glad of this: he kept his pants on this time. In fact, he did what many 49ers fans wish someone would have done years ago: he sent former No. 1 draft pick and genial bust Alex Smith […]

After the obligatory round of hedged denials yesterday tendered to outflanked Chicago print media observers over my report that Jay Mariotti will soon join the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, I thought I’d throw up a poll to find out what readers think:

Will Jay Mariotti ‘Flat-Out’ Never Work For The Tribune Company?

Yes, I believe his and the […]

Last few days in Manhattan. First night I spent in Derek Jeter’s suite at Red Sox-Yankees. Since then, I’ve done the Village, Meatpacking, Upper East/Westside and Harlem. Here’s some snaps from my travels:

Sunday was the annual Dominican Republic parade up 6th Avenue. Sadly, I missed most of it, but thankfully I did catch some spillover.
As […]