Jets Versus Cowboys: A Thanksgiving Miracle?

Anything is possible, says that old adage about “any given Sunday.”

But this isn’t Sunday, it’s Thursday, Thanksgiving, a holiday the 9-1 Dallas Cowboys have celebrated over the years with a 24-14-1 record.

While the odds aren’t exactly in the Jets’ favor, it should be some small comfort that there was nothing but skepticism about Read More

Giants Lose, But Jacobs Shows the Way Forward

As the Giants pass the midway point of the 2007 season, they’re starting to understand their identity. In their 31-20 loss to the Cowboys, they learned they have a quarterback who can’t remember to watch the play clock and a secondary that can’t be left to cover star receivers without help.

Going forward, they’re figuring Read More

Sapphosex in the City

Last Sunday evening, four straight women—Jessica Joy and her friends Anna, Nathalie and Marge—got together at Ms. Joy’s Lower East Side apartment to watch her favorite show. Apple martinis, bruschetta and cigarettes at arm’s reach, the four women slumped into a comfy red futon to watch, with the concentration usually reserved for an art-house flick Read More

Sapphosex in the City

Last Sunday evening, four straight women-Jessica Joy and her friends Anna, Nathalie and Marge-got together at Ms. Joy’s Lower East Side apartment to watch her favorite show. Apple martinis, bruschetta and cigarettes at arm’s reach, the four women slumped into a comfy red futon to watch, with the concentration usually reserved for an art-house flick Read More

Instant Coach in a Can

One mo’ time for the Tuna?

According to pro football sources, former New York Jets and New York Giants and New England Patriots coach and current Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells has talked to Jets owner Robert (Woody) Johnson about the possibility of coming back to coach the Jets in their Jan. 12 playoff game Read More

Ladies Who Love Gere … Tryout for Vietnam

Ladies Who Love Gere

The swallows may not be coming back to Capistrano, but one by one the film-festival movies that took Cannes, Venice and Toronto by storm are coming home to roost on a marquee near you. Robert Altman’s Dr. T & the Women will, I predict, be one of the most popular. It Read More

The Two-Week Relationship … Clean It Up, Dan Fouts

The Two-Week Relationship

Are you lonely, busy 20-something, looking for intimacy and a few laughs without the hassle of an unwieldy relationship?

Sure, you’ve considered the traditional options. One-night stands? Gross. Marriage? Please.

Nothing works quite like an honest-to-God, bona fide, two-week relationship. The TWR is the PowerBar of dating, and folks, anyone Read More

To Some Jews, Faith Means Lox, Bagels and Seinfeld

In September, I had an argument with my wife about Judaism. During the high holidays, I feel the need to go to synagogue, but attendance is limited. You must have a ticket to get in, usually a color-coded one, and if you don’t you must either steal in, or wait on a line for the Read More