By Jess Schiewe 6/04/12 1:16pm

Under Development

The city hopes to build a 42,000-square-foot complex down the block from Harlem's Apollo Theater, but given their track record, this might be wishful thinking.

Harlem Is Skeptical Yet Another 125th Street Development Won’t Fail

Promises: they’re easy to make, but hard to keep. Just ask the residents and landowners of West Harlem.

For the last five years, a number of developments have been proposed along 125th Street, but most have fallen through. Take, for instance, Vornado Realty Trust’s ambitious plans for a 600,000-square-foot office building on the corner of Park Avenue that would have housed Major League Baseball’s new television network. That building never materialized, nor did a later development, planned on the same site, for a high-rise that included a Marriott hotel.

So what’s the beef? Why are so many projects along 125th Street (as well as nearby Lexington and Morningside avenues) habitually planned and then abandoned? Read More

By Felix Gillette 7/22/09 9:41pm

NYC’s Weekly Top Ten in TV: All-Star Game Wins Big

America may have talent. But so does the MLB. Last week, Major League Baseball trounced every other talent competition during a summer seemingly full of them. Even ESPN’s coverage of the Home Run Derby scored big. Prince Fielder is ratings gold!

(1) Fox-5….MLB All-Star Game.…1,228,000

(2) Fox-5….MLB All-Star Pre-Game….1,044,000

(3) ESPN….Home Run Derby….640,000

(4) Read More

By Oliver Haydock 4/09/09 3:16am

The Mets’ Other Guy

Mike Pelfrey’s 2009 season did not start well. Yesterday, in the first inning of his first start of the season, the 25-year-old pitcher faced nine Reds hitters and gave up four runs, thanks to two walks, two extra-base hits and an untimely error charged to shortstop Jose Reyes. Struggling with his command, Pelfrey danced around Read More

By Howard Megdal 12/14/07 8:19pm

The Mitchell Effect: Questioning Baseball From A-Z

While former Senator George Mitchell’s report on steroids and human growth hormone use in major league baseball was thorough, comprehensive and filled with enlightening anecdotes, any serious baseball observer of the past 20 years was left with more questions than answers. Here are the most pressing ones, in alphabetical order by those accused:

Did Manny Read More

By Howard Megdal 12/13/07 10:49pm

Mitchell Steroids Report as Grim as Expected

Players including prominent New York Yankees Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi and Andy Pettitte were named in former U.S. Senator George Mitchell’s comprehensive report on steroids use in baseball released Thursday afternoon.

The 77 names ran the gamut, as Mitchell wrote in his report, “from players whose major league careers were brief to potential members of Read More

By Howard Megdal 12/13/07 8:44pm

George Mitchell Steroids Report Names Clemens, Giambi, Pettitte

Players including prominent New York Yankees Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi and Andy Pettitte were named in former U.S. Senator George Mitchell’s comprehensive report on steroids use in baseball released Thursday afternoon.

Below is the complete list of players implicated in the report. Depth of evidence varies, of course: Brian Roberts was named by a teammate Read More

By Howard Megdal 11/16/07 6:15am

Bonds Indicted, League in Trouble

A federal grand jury indicted Barry Bonds on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice, the culmination of a four-year investigation into baseball’s all-time home run leader.

About an hour after the news was announced yesterday, Greg Anderson, a longtime trainer of Bonds who was in jail for refusing to answer Read More