Over the last few years, Seattle has been the saddest place on earth to be a basketball fan. After a long battle over whether the city would lavish more than $200 million on renovations to KeyArena (which had just been … Continue reading
Ever since the Post’s Albany columnist Fred Dicker reported on Monday — based solely on two unnamed sources — that a deal for an MLS stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is “close to being wrapped up” and that construction “could … Continue reading
The indefatigable Norman Oder — at least, we’ve never seen him defatigued — reported yesterday on his Atlantic Yards Report that Brooklyn’s new Nets arena is about to get a “honking big” Barclays logo on its roof. This is normal … Continue reading
The week before last, rumors began cropping up that Major League Soccer’s long-running search for a place to put a new New York City team — a search that had circumnavigated the boroughs from Pier 40 in the West Village … Continue reading
When crowds throng Coney Island for the annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest on July 4th, they’ll find a boardwalk amusement strip that is, for the umpteenth year in a row, undergoing a summer of change and transition. There is … Continue reading
One of the difficulties of reporting on climate change is its incremental nature: It’s hard to expect every media mention of someone driving a car or running an air conditioner to include a note about its effects on the environment. … Continue reading
As if being poor in New York City weren’t enough of an indignity — affordable apartments are nearly impossible to find, your kids go to schools with no classroom supplies because the parent associations can’t afford to foot the bill, … Continue reading
I’m working (slowly) on a new site design here to streamline things and work better with a Twitterized, Facebookified world. In the meantime, please follow me on, you guessed it, Twitter and Facebook for my latest articles and other links. … Continue reading
Things have been mostly quiet on the New York Islanders arena front since their public vote for a new home in the 516 crashed and burned spectacularly last summer. That all changed yesterday afternoon, however, with the announcement that the … Continue reading
Why oil pipelines are “job creators” but unemployment benefits aren’t. (Not yet online, either sign up for a cheap $15 one-year digital subscription or cool your heels for a month or so.) When debate heated up in November over the … Continue reading