Robinson Cano capped another in a long line of dismal postseasons with a record-setting 0-29 stint at the plate, yet maintained that “I’ve been hitting the ball hard, just right at people. There’s nothing you can do.” Then there was Nick Swisher, who, considering the number of opportunities he’s had in 11 different playoff series, Read More
Manhattan Transfers Cheat Sheet
— A two-level penthouse in 166 Bank Street, just across the hall from Heidi Klum’s former Manhattan crash pad, has sold for $4.1 million. “This is the first offering in over 30 years of a unique and magnificent multi-level Penthouse in the sky,” said the Brown Harris Stevens listing. The buyer is Lane LaMure, a Read More
Movin’ On Up: ’21′ Lets Loose
On the Second Floor
The “21″ Club first opened as a speakeasy in 1929, with shelves behind the bar that collapsed if you pushed a button, dropping their contents down a chute into the sewers when the place was raided. It quickly became the spot for the rich, Read More
Publishing doesn’t exactly abound with happy stories these days. But over at HarperCollins, executive editor David Hirshey has been feeling pretty good. Especially on Wednesdays, the day HarperCollins-like most other publishers in town-receives the New York Times best-seller list that will appear in the paper 10 days later. For nine straight weeks, Mr. Hirshey has Read More
There is something of a tradition in American sportswriting whereby successful authors in other genres step back and admit that all they’ve ever really wanted to do is write about baseball.
The result is usually predictable and unsatisfying-often a treacly piece of nostalgia whose purpose seems to have been securing the author a field pass Read More
He liked small talk. He hated signing autographs. He was married to one
of the most famous women in the world, but he
never– never –talked about it. And even his teammates found
him an enigma.
Joe DiMaggio was a sports legend, an American icon and a modern Mona
Lisa–haunting and unknowable, open to Read More
As we were saying last week, when the man’s right, he’s right–the man in question being, of course, our Mayor of all Mayors, Rudolph Giuliani. He wants to disband the Port Authority because he claims it favors New Jersey. Well, now, if you were in the bistate infrastructure-building business, you might favor New Jersey, too. Read More
