My parents moved to Brooklyn in 1955 when I was almost two years old, and by the time I was four, the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had played their last home games in the five boroughs. Until Casey Stengel and the Mets arrived in 1962, the only baseball team in town was the Read More
Rudy Giuliani spent yesterday in Florida (where he's still leading in the polls) stumping at NASCAR on, of all things, energy efficiency.But it looks like he's been chastened by last month's World Series debacle:Asked whether he was going to root for Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson, Giuliani said: "I'm going to pull Read More
The first public meeting over the proposed NASCAR track is shut down, after just 45 minutes, on the advice of cops. The Post's Rich Calder: Councilman Andrew Lanza (R-S.I.) had a microphone snatched from his hands by three speedway supporters who rushed the podium. -Matthew Schuerman
The Daily News reports that Adele Cohen has not decided if she will seek re-election; and on the difference between Bloomberg and Pataki on abortion. The Post reports on Bill Thompson's audit of the medical firm which provides services to New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS; and the City Council descended into Read More
Next up for community benefits agreements: the new Mets stadium and NASCAR in Staten Island. -Matthew Schuerman
In the final weeks of his surprising but ultimately futile presidential campaign, John Edwards lingered just a little too long in places reserved for the modern political scoundrel. His cornpone populism and anti-Washington rhetoric may have been delivered in a pleasant ol' drawl, but the words were sort of silly all the same. Worse, you Read More
