And because apparently nobody can get enough of those Yankees hotel room aliases, here’s more on those Yankees hotel room aliases, this time in quiz form. The first villagevoice.com reader to successfully identify all four mystery Yankees—heck, the first to … Continue reading
More goodies from the Yankees’ document dump, though this time they’re more amusing than outrageous. Among the paperwork the team sent over to the city as part of its “stadium planning” claims is a crib sheet listing players’ hotel-room aliases: … Continue reading
If you thought last year’s news that the New York Yankees had billed taxpayers for their own stadium lobbyists was outrageous, then … well, that was outrageous, but this is pretty nuts, too: New documents show the team subsequently billed … Continue reading
When the Yankees got permission to build their $1.3 billion stadium complex in a Bronx park, the city promised to provide interim park space for local residents to use until new permanent parks are ready. How’s that working out? About … Continue reading
The Mets mull selling bricks outside their new city-owned stadium. Guess who won’t be getting a share of the cash? The Mets may be locked in a three-way battle for first place in the N.L. East, but don’t let it … Continue reading
Most of last month for me was spent on one story, but oh, what a story. As I detailed at length in the April 11 Village Voice, most of Coney Island’s historical amusement district is at risk of being shut … Continue reading
Okay, looks like that New Year’s resolution didn’t go all that well. I may switch to a more continuous-blog format for this page shortly; in the meantime, here’s a two-month recap of my doings and whereabouts: I usually start things … Continue reading
In a perfect world, I’d have spent the whole of January wrapping up the manuscript of the new edition of Field of Schemes. (Note to Rob at U of Nebraska Press, if by some chance you’re reading this: Any day … Continue reading
If I’m making a New Year’s resolution, it’s to keep this page updated every month with links to my latest writings and other projects. Not only will that be a better service to you, whoever you might be who’s stumbled … Continue reading
Welcome to another bi-monthly update, as once again I managed to be too busy to update this page in April. And all that busy-ness makes for lots of business to catch up on, so let’s get to it: The last … Continue reading