Nike Inc.

Lasse Hallström’s The Hoax, from a screenplay by William Wheeler, is based in part on Cli  read more »

Ghana are in orange, the U.S. is in discreet blue and white. Soccer uniforms are not supposed to be sober;

There are six people in Times Square watching seven Jumbotrons. The entire country of Ghana has a half day off;

Bruce Arena is obese;

Victory would be historic for them, not us;

One of their guys is wearing gold shoes;

They're the size of Illinois and Indiana combined;

Dreadlocks. They got em. What do we got? The Nike swoosh. Oy.

Ohmygod!! 1-0

Their guys' names sound like Pingpong and Pencil

"Taken away from Claudio Reyna... Taken away from Landon Donovan..."

Reyna goes off on a stretcher when he gets beaten...

The president of Ghana says the full nation is praying for victory over the U.S.... What are we praying for today?

Following the victory over the Czech Republic, Ghana's Paintsil made the most thrilling international gesture of the '06 World Cup: pulling an Israeli flag from his sock and waving it...

AIMEE: Brian and I are camped out watching reruns of Entourage when we hear a few familiar notes and Jeremy Piven starts dancing. I light up and involuntarily begin swaying to the music, like a muppet.

"Why does this song sound familiar?" Brian asks looking at me.

"This is 'For Once in My Life!' Stevie Wonder!" I tell him. "This is what I walked down the aisle to!"

"Ahhhhh!" I can tell his mind is running through all the sentimental moments of our wedding when he asks: "Hey, do you think it would be terrible if I had just a little slice of that cake?"  read more »

There are some risks attached to changing the TV channel at your local bar—not all of them inv  read more »

Sneaky Thief Seems to BeShe-Man About Town  read more »

In an usual display of perspective and sanity, Mayor Bloomberg played golf the other day.  read more »

Sept. 16, 1996-Dear Friends: Your diarist has a small favor to ask of you this week.  read more »

"I'm not just sitting twiddling my thumbs ," said Alexandra Stevenson, the 32nd-best female tennis p  read more »

When one thinks of running shoes, the names Nike, Adidas and New Balance come to mind-but certainly  read more »

As the recipient of the 2000 National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association New York Sportswri  read more »

HE'S GOING TO THE WARHOL MANSION, AFTER PAINTING IT FOR $100,000 On the sunny morning of Sept.  read more »

Director Mike Nichols rocked back-and-forth on the balls of his feet as his wife, Good Morning Ameri  read more »

Nike Inc., while offending people on almost as many continents as it has shod them, has lately been  read more »

Two weeks ago in this space, I chastised ABC, CBS, and NBC for dereliction of journalistic duty for  read more »

ESPN, the cable sports network, has proved itself far more serious about reporting labor conditions  read more »

While in Amsterdam recently, I met an old friend who moved there from SoHo over 25 years ago.  read more »