Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers tosses a pass vs Washington at Fedex Field. September 23th 2018. Photo: R Hildred, All Pro Reels, Wikimedia Commons It’s Super Bowl or Bust for Jets Fans Now That Rodgers Aims to Be Their QB of Next Few Years Now that fabled quarterback Aaron Rodgers has agreed to jump from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets, the football... News 19 Mar 2023 | 10:27
History would tell us that the events of 30 years ago, in which a truck bomb was detonated in the basement of the World Trade Center on Feb. 26 that killed six but failed to bring down the towers was preamble to the attacks eight years later. The above photo was taken four months after the first attack with the Twin Towers still standing. Photo: Robert Ashworth, Wikimedia Commons. Before 9/11, New Yorkers Were Jolted by the First WTC Attack 30 Years Ago We will never forget the pain and trauma of Sept. 11, 2001. If we lived in the city on that infamous date, we will have a... News 27 Feb 2023 | 12:10
Yoko Ono singing at the Sky Festival, Oct. 4, 2015. Photo: May S. Young, Creative Commons, Wikimedia Yoko Turning 90: Still a Doyenne of New York City On Feb. 18, Yoko Ono will be turning 90 years old. It’s time for New York to thank her for her service. Yoko has given New... News 08 Feb 2023 | 07:33
When I tell my college class that I require a public speaking project as part of their grade, the reaction I get is usually akin to the fellow in The Scream. Painted 130 years ago this most famous work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that hangs in the National Museum of Oslo also precisely captures the feeling of dread or terror that most students today have for this assignment. Why I Require Public Speaking in My College Classroom My college students are obsessed about getting A’s in their classes. In this pursuit, they have all the subtlety of a 250-pound... Education Guide 02 Feb 2023 | 12:10
If Giants owners John Mara and Bob Tisch want fans to continue to fill Met Life Stadium next year, they should reward QB Daniel Jones with a big new $30 million contract ASAP. Photo: Flickr Commons ( Mauricio Fernandez) Despite Loss to Eagles, the Giants Still Need to Reward Jones With a $30M/Year Deal Memo to John Mara and Bob Tisch, co-owners of the New York Giants: Pay Daniel Jones his $30 million a year! Make a deal immediately.... News 24 Jan 2023 | 03:59
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen delivers some good news on teammate Damar Hamlin whose heart stopped in first quarter of now cancelled game vs Bengals. Photo: ESPN Twitter feed ESPN Gets It Right After Hamlin Goes into Cardiac Arrest on Field As soon as Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin tumbled to the turf during Monday night’s game, everything changed for the ESPN... News 06 Jan 2023 | 02:12
Mayor Eric Adams (third from right) attends Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, December 24, 2022. Photo: Diane Bondareff/Mayoral Photography Office Wishing Prominent Noo Yawkers a Happy 2023! What do the upper crust of New York hope for in 2023? What are their dreams, secret fears and goals? You and I? We just hope... Voices 27 Dec 2022 | 10:32
Edwin Diaz, shown here in April 2019, is among the star signings that will propel the Mets in 2023. Photo: Matthew D. Britt, via Flickr Sports Predictions for ‘23 It has been a wild year for New York sports in 2022. And 2023 promises to be just as unpredictable and exciting. In the past... Voices 23 Dec 2022 | 12:07
Crosstown bus machines. Photo: Jon Friedman Sucker or Hero? Yes, I Do Pay My MTA Bus Fare It has been said that the difference between a schlemiel and a schlimazel is that a schlemiel will fumble a container of... Voices 13 Dec 2022 | 11:06
Aaron Judge at bat. Photo: Jon Friedman All Rise! Judge Re-signs with Yankees After months of nail-biting and conjecture, Yankees slugger Aaron Judge re-signed with the Bronx Bombers on Dec. 7 for an... News 07 Dec 2022 | 10:35
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan performing at the March on Washington in August 1963. Photo: Rowland Scherman, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Enduring Power of Bob Dylan’s ‘Hard Rain’ Sixty years ago, Russia was causing global paranoia and observers fretted that the planet was on the verge of a third world... Voices 26 Oct 2022 | 12:20
Aaron Judge at the plate. Photo: Jon Friedman Judge-ment Night: We All Rose ... but Alas, No Home Run You have to feel a little sorry for Jose Trevino, the New York Yankees’ catcher and ninth-place batter in the Bronx Bombers’... Home 22 Sep 2022 | 06:09
Elvis Costello at Town Hall, NYC, in December 2010, performing on “A Prairie Home Companion.” Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, via Flickr Pump It Up! Elvis Costello to Play 10 Shows at Gramercy Theater Pump it up! Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Elvis Costello recently announced on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night television show that... News 21 Sep 2022 | 11:15
The author in his USA Today days. Photo courtesy of Jon Friedman USA Today and Me: 40 Years Ago Once upon a time, Manhattan was easily recognizable. There were pay phones and newsstands on every block. Our subway tokens,... Voices 17 Aug 2022 | 03:59
At the Yankees-Reds game on July 12. Photo: Jon Friedman Back at the Big Ballpark in the Bronx On July 12, I went to Yankee Stadium for the first time in three years – since before the global pandemic upended all of... Voices 16 Jul 2022 | 11:23
