By: Evan Weiner Is the Bush Administration waging war against women’s rights? That answer may come this spring after Secretary of Education Rod Paige finishes his review of Title IX [ … ]
Beyond New York, Baseball Season Looks Dim
By: Evan Weiner As I was leaving town the other day, I made sure I brought along my old, battered copy of Jim Bouton’s “Ball Four” to read on the [ … ]
FCC deserves share of labor blame
Deregulated cable feeding baseball’s high-money fire COMMENTARY By Evan Weiner, NBCSPORTS.COM CONTRIBUTOR Aug. 20 — If and when the Major League Baseball Players Association walks out, there will be plenty [ … ]
Bad timing for NY-NJ Olympics bid
By: Evan Weiner Many of the Olympics committee voting members come from countries that have grievances with the Bush administration. THE RACE for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games has started [ … ]
The Washington Examiner
Sports Commentary Lucrative cable deal a must for Nats Washington has its baseball franchise, but will the team have a cable TV deal in the Washington market anytime soon? The [ … ]
Restaurant Lobster Fare: Nearby Diners Beware
Lobster is my favorite food in the whole world. Eating one, however, is more than a sumptuous meal; it is an art form requiring great finesse. All of my adult [ … ]
Life in Israel
Picture if you will a Friday night in the middle of the summer months. School is on vacation, the weather is beautiful, the ocean water is crashing against the shoreline [ … ]
Newspaper
An ill-informed view of the States by some British guy What is being British? Is it to go about your daily activities with utmost finesse and impeccable manners. Being reserved, [ … ]
Metro Views Cities prefer sports parks to power
By: Evan Weiner The numbers coming from the Bush Administration are staggering. It’s going to cost at least $50 billion to upgrade the country’s aging electrical power grid. The Philadelphia [ … ]
Economic woes hit the Mets like everybody else
By: Evan Weiner If you really want to know which way the economy is going, check out how sports owners actually spend their money. That is a far more reliable [ … ]