By Tom Scocca 11/06/07 11:44pm

Ripken Goes to China

BEIJING—At Cal Ripken Jr.’s first press event in China, the press couldn’t go. Minutes before Ripken, the United States’ special envoy for public diplomacy, left the St. Regis Hotel for a tour of the 2008 Olympic baseball fields at Wukesong on Oct. 30, a State Department staffer intercepted me in the lobby. “Who are you Read More

By Philip Weiss 7/20/98 12:00am

Mark McGwire, Cal Ripken: Arrogant Boys of Summer

Were you glued to the television Sunday? Then you know that Mark McGwire struck first, to left field, but Zinedine Zidane quickly followed, with a header into the right side of the net. Both men ended up with two on the day, and glory on the front pages. But alors ! Zizou’s Blues are on Read More