More e-mails between city officials have emerged in the Yankees stadium funding controversy, and it looks increasingly likely that the city helped manipulate land assessments to allow the Yanks to use taxpayer-subsidized financing: As Juan Gonzalez first reported in this … Continue reading
In which I learn from the comment thread that metric jokes don’t go over very well in the U.S.: While CC (or as I prefer to think of him, mL) Sabathia was raising eyebrows with the figure $160 million, even … Continue reading
Fun with Google caching! Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion is “in hot water” after blurting out to Yale students that he’d already been picked for a top job in the Obama administration, as well as the target of “an anti-Adolfo … Continue reading
Ever since news broke that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to trade Wrigley Field stadium subsidies for getting Chicago Tribune editorial board writers fired, I’ve been getting lots of calls from radio stations on the topic. So far the … Continue reading
Another day, another subsidy demand by New York’s sports teams: The blogosphere is hopping with news that the Yankees and Mets are looking to get additional tax-free bonds for their new stadiums. Read carefully, though, and you’ll notice they aren’t … Continue reading
E-mail records reveal that the Bloomberg administration traded parking spaces and billboard revenue for a free luxury suite for city officials; who got the better of the swap? It was buried about as far as you can bury something without … Continue reading
The Florida Marlins put off their new stadium for a year, after previously saying that they couldn’t wait another second, as they were being evicted: It’s hard to get too excited about given that the thing was originally supposed to … Continue reading
My analysis of statements by the Oakland A’s owner that he plans to move ahead with a new stadium in Fremont, even though his financing plan has pretty much collapsed with the housing market: Matt Holliday had better love Mount … Continue reading
The New York City comptroller’s office revealed today that the Yankees underpaid their rent by $11 million between 2003 and 2006, including taking the same “stadium planning” credits in 2006 that they took in 2005. The good news: They’re paying … Continue reading
Is the sports bubble about to pop? It’s probably too soon to tell, but that won’t stop me from reading the tea leaves. Sports are all about omens. All it takes is for a baseball player to get called out … Continue reading