Still Got It
The hockey fan in me is devastated by the NHL owners’ lockout of the players and the looming cancellation of some if not all of the 2012-13 season. Rumor has it that the owners are in no hurry to negotiate until the national television contract is due to start...
Remembering the Great One
It pleases me that the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup this year — and not just because, as a diehard Ranger fan, I can never root for the New Jersey Devils in a Stanley Cup Final. No, I’m pleased because I have a soft spot for Wayne Gretzky. (What...
The Couch
Well, the good news is that I don’t have to sleep on the couch tonight and then wake up to the sound of my iPhone alarm at 4:00 a.m. The bad news: I really wanted to have a reason to sleep on the couch tonight and then wake up to the sound of my iPhone alarm at...Let’s Go Rangers, Let’s Go Mets!
I may be living in the Middle East, but I’m still a dyed-in-the wool New Yorker. And it’s a rare moment for a New York sports fan of my persuasion: both of my favorite teams are in first place. That would be the New York Rangers (hockey) and the New York...Devilish Thought Experiment
George W. Bush and Laura Bush watching Game 5 of the 2010 World Series, with Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton in the foreground. So if I were the Devil and had, by virtue of my position, perfect foresight, I think that last night I would have beamed myself over to the...