Not long ago, I gave in to my son’s pleas and finally took him to a Brooklyn Nets game at the year-and-a-half-old Barclays Center. (He’s not a Nets fan — he’s devoted to the Knicks, god help him, and vowed … Continue reading
The Oakland A’s open their 2014 season Monday night against the Indians at the Oakland Coliseum, an event unusual only for how usual it is. It’s certainly not what anyone would have predicted five years ago yesterday, when Bud Selig … Continue reading
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — This upscale, racially diverse suburb isn’t the first place you’d expect to see a pitched battle break out over school reform. In recent years, Montclair has become a frequent landing site for middle-class families looking to recreate … Continue reading
Last weekend, Major League Soccer kicked off its 19th season, and — no, wait! Don’t go away! Even if you think soccer is two hours of watching people kick a ball around for no good reason, or, conversely, if you … Continue reading
The sports-calendar gods have truly blessed us this year. Super Bowl goers have only now just barely managed to escape the clutches of New Jersey Transit, yet it’s already time to gear up for the Sochi Winter Olympics, or as … Continue reading
A sports powerhouse announced its long-awaited stadium plans last week, and the verdict was: Rather than replace their historic building, the club would conduct extensive renovations to add new seating, restaurants, and a partial roof. The entire $800 million cost … Continue reading
On one side, you have the NFL. Last week, the league, as part of its non-stop hype-a-thon for the First Super Bowl Outdoors In Cold Weather Isn’t Snow Just Romantic?, reported that the New York/New Jersey economy would see a … Continue reading
When companies that got their start on college campuses come to mind, the universities in question are typically the big-name schools that bespeak tech royalty: Stanford spawned Google, Harvard launched Facebook, MIT begat Dropbox. Locally, NYU has been the big … Continue reading
We’re most of the way through free-agent season now, and it’s even more clear that this will be remembered as the Winter of Robinson Cano. The Mariners’ signing of the five-time All-Star not only set off cascade effects in Seattle, … Continue reading
With the Yankees’ signing of Jacoby Ellsbury, it’s officially the season to goggle at the premium price tags being placed on this year’s free agent crop. Already this year we’ve had crazy money thrown around on some store-brand names: “Jhonny … Continue reading