By association, anyway: The terrific two-man team known as the Internets Celebrities have released their latest web video, an 18-minute film titled “Stadium Status” that looks at the machinations behind New York’s new sports stadiums and arenas. And I have … Continue reading
Madison Square Garden is closing for renovations — but only if you’re a girl athlete: Proving the old line that the best way to find real news in the Times is to read the stories end-to-beginning, the Paper of Record … Continue reading
I’ll be on 1010 AM CBS Sports Radio in Tampa Bay today at 4:05 pm, discussing the Rays’ campaign for a new baseball stadium. Tune in online if you’re not in the Tampa-St. Pete area; if you need a refresher … Continue reading
A newspaper report claims the Tampa Bay Rays could reap $40 million a year in added revenue from a new stadium. Does it pass the smell test? For those of you who read the Tampa Tribune religiously — and who … Continue reading
Can Mikhail Prokhorov’s business dealings with Zimbabwe derail his plan to buy the New Jersey Nets and move them to Brooklyn? Well, maybe: It’s Day Three of the Great Zimbabwe Flap, and the rhetoric over a New Jersey Congressman’s challenge … Continue reading
I went to a soccer game! Soccer match? Whatever, I went, and wrote about the experience and the New York Red Bulls’ new stadium (which is not, astute readers will notice, in New York): The metro area’s soccer team named … Continue reading
More than you ever wanted to know about the fate of Brooklyn’s last surviving big-league ballpark wall: The saga of the last surviving Brooklyn ballpark wall just keeps getting murkier and murkier. The latest news: Con Ed, which since the … Continue reading
Years after first weighing in on the Washington Park controversy, I get to revisit the question of just whose ballpark wall is still standing in Brooklyn: After all the hoohah over the last surviving remnant of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ home … Continue reading
More revelations about the Atlantic Yards arena deal, plus some hint of how the Nets themselves will fare in Brooklyn: Uberdeveloper-turned-Nets-owner Bruce Ratner better have some good meds, because this is rapidly shaping up to be a month of rapid … Continue reading