This Saturday, November 24, 2012 friends of Coach Bill Squires will gather at Boston College from noon till 3 pm for an 80th birthday celebration. From far… Read more “CELEBRATING COACH SQUIRES AT 80”
Category: Opinion
HOLIDAY PRESSURE
And so we enter the holiday season, or, if you like, gift-giving season, as it is most represented on these shores. There is already a big kerfuffle… Read more “HOLIDAY PRESSURE”
“I’M WELL – WITHIN REASON”
I was out today, and as always when out and about you endlessly get asked, “how are you doing?” by every Tom, Dick or Sally who stands… Read more ““I’M WELL – WITHIN REASON””
THE RACE IS THE THING
And so the long race is over, and a winner has newly been crowned. The taste of victory is sweet, while the flavor of loss quite bitter.… Read more “THE RACE IS THE THING”
RESURRECTING A DAMAGED IMAGE
Sandy was one of those freak storms (we hope) formed by separate weather systems merging into a sum-bitch beyond measure of its parts. As a category… Read more “RESURRECTING A DAMAGED IMAGE”
MARATHON EASY TARGET FOR HURRICANE IRE
What had always been a unifying force in America’s melting pot city, the one thing that drew every New Yorker and visitor together, has now been blown… Read more “MARATHON EASY TARGET FOR HURRICANE IRE”
DEVASTATING CHOICE FOR A DEVASTATED CITY
A visibly emotional NYRR President and CEO Mary Wittenberg stood alongside New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson in the New York City Marathon media center tonight… Read more “DEVASTATING CHOICE FOR A DEVASTATED CITY”
DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T
There was no right answer in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Instead organizers of the New York City Marathon were faced with a classic damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t proposition.… Read more “DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T”
MAYOR BLOOMBERG DOING HIS JOB
Just as democratic U.S. President Barack Obama and republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were able to put their political differences aside yesterday in the face of the… Read more “MAYOR BLOOMBERG DOING HIS JOB”
THE WILL TO OVERCOME
I more than suspect that New York City is deeply conscious of being challenged – that it feels the millibars of pressure exerted by Hurricane Sandy not… Read more “THE WILL TO OVERCOME”
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