New York City development honcho Seth Pinsky issued the city’s latest defense of the Yankees stadium project yesterday; I fact-check him today: After getting smacked around by Rep. Dennis Kucinich on Friday (that’s gotta sting), city Economic Development Corporation president … Continue reading
I may have been cut from “E:60,” but my yammerings about the Yankees stadium controversy turned up this morning on ESPN’s other newsmagazine show, “Outside the Lines,” in a segment on Friday’s Congressional hearings on the subject. You can catch … Continue reading
Congressman Dennis Kucinich finally got New York City and Yankees officials to testify before his subcommittee investigating the Yanks’ stadium deal today, and I liveblogged the proceedings. Relive the excitement now! 9:01 am: An hour to go, and Seth Pinsky’s … Continue reading
Sometimes news arrives from unexpected places. If you’ve been to Madison Square Garden (or its website) lately, you may have seen the wall of photos touting the $500 million renovation (new floor-level luxury suites, expanded concessions space, a bar in … Continue reading
Alex Belth of the excellent baseball blog Bronx Banter has been asking various writers for their favorite memories of Yankee Stadium, now that the big ballyard in the Bronx has a debt with the wrecking ball. (Metaphorically speaking – it … Continue reading
When is a park not a park? When it’s a parking lot. Readers of today’s New York Daily News (the Bronx edition, anyway) saw a lovely 1960s-vintage photo of a park near Yankee Stadium, accompanied by a report that the … Continue reading
The issue of how the Yankees are funding their new stadium has exploded all over the newspapers in recent days, thanks in large part to state assemblymember Richard Brodsky issuing a 33-page report criticizing the deal, and U.S. Rep. Dennis … Continue reading
You won’t find it in the paper (they ran out of trees), but it’s officially a Village Voice article, not a Village Voice blog item: My review, in advance of the final games for Yankee and Shea Stadiums, of other … Continue reading
Two brushes with media greatness for me today: I’m quoted in today’s New York Times, on page B5, in an article on the luxury suite that New York City officials are getting for their own use at the new Yankees … Continue reading
Kansas City Star columnist Hearne Christopher Jr. today ran a long interview with me on that city’s new subsidized arena (which still lacks a sports tenant) and subsidized renovations to the stadiums of the Chiefs and Royals. Key quote: “I … Continue reading