A Hamptons Story With No Paris Hilton, No Jason Binn, and No Table-Dancing

“That’s cool Harry, right there,” yelled Doug Platt from the sidelines. Mr. Platt is a button distributor from Manhattan; his son Harry, properly Harrison, is six years old. And Harry looked nervous.

Larry Brown, the new coach of the New York Knicks, pulled a stern face and signaled for Harry to do his lay-up. Read More

Taking Credit

It’s traditional for Mayors to take credit for the success of local sports teams; and since they take credit or blame for the economy, over which they have only slightly more control, it’s probably fair.

Anyway, Mike Bloomberg’s apparent help in signing Al Leiter was a typical case.

But one reader notes that, Read More