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The Afternoon Before: Joining the chorus
A couple of basketball lockout notes this week. So yeah, I’m just like everyone else. I make a living in baseball, and though I’m not crazy about everything the sport does, the power brokers behind...
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Tough love: The enduring relevance of Oak
The narrative after Charles Oakley’s tour de force at the K1X store in Soho on Saturday was that he’s a loose cannon, not afraid to speak his mind because, well, who messes with Oak? I was there...
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Word is bond: The gospel of the Oak Man
Charles Oakley said a lot of provocative things in his one-hour media session at K1X on Saturday, most of which have already been printed elsewhere. (I’m sure you’ve already heard his take on the...
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The Afternoon Before: Tying up the loose ends
Some random thoughts, starting with a series finale I just watched five months after it happened. Working nights, I pretty much only watch television with DVR, and there are two types of shows for me:...
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The Afternoon After: Paint it black
As evidenced by my relative lack of activity here, November didn’t turn out to be as placid as I would have liked. I make my living in baseball, and it seems to never really shut down at this point...
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Darryl’s room
I still remember like yesterday the day Darryl Strawberry left the Mets for the Dodgers. I was waiting to get a haircut in fifth grade when the news on the television at the barber shop told me Darryl...
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Tempering my Linsanity
Jeremy Lin’s done some amazing things the past two weeks, including making me not hate the Knicks quite so much. Make no mistake, I’m a Knicks fan, have been since I was a kid. But I’ve also...
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Making the most of the Dunk Contest
When Cedric Ceballos showed up out of nowhere on Saturday night, it instantly took me back to a point in time when the Dunk Contest actually could work. With apologies to Jordan, ‘Nique and Vince...
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The Wedding Shoes
It takes an incredibly special woman to not only condone, but suggest that her husband-to-be wear sneakers to their wedding. “You talk about getting the Concords all the time,” Montana said to me...
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Brush with Drake-ness
Back at the Jordan Classic in April, in what was either a personal highlight or lowlight — I’m still not sure which — I had an interview hijacked by none other than Drake. While I was talking to UNC...
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