Category Archives: Sports

Montauk Train # 19

October 27, 2024 – 7:22 pm

Amagansett Empty golf course FourteenPile Of Stones minutes From Montauk___ I have never played golf Pitch and Putt Once in Queen’s Park London Back in the last century With friends Nina, Ingi and others The Persian, Maid Marion, Frank, maybe Fingers Maybe others___ A beautiful September afternoon Queen’s Park Who won No one cared No […]

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Knicks Versus Celtics – Game 1 – 2024-2025 Season

October 22, 2024 – 11:27 am

Tonight the NBA season opens with the New York Knicks playing the World Champion Boston Celtics at Boston Garden. There is another name for that arena, however I live only partially in this century of corporate control. The present value of the Boston franchise is estimated at $5.12 billion and the present owners are considering […]

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THE DUKE OF ROCK by Peter Nolan Smith

September 18, 2024 – 1:07 am

2012 Back in the 80s and 90s Tompkins Square Park in the East Village had several basketball courts. Full-court games were played next to the handball courts closest to Avenue B and East 10th Street. Half-court games was located against the fences of the asphalt baseball field on Avenue A. Players were split between neighborhood […]

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POK A POK

August 16, 2024 – 2:06 am

< POK A POK The Mayans have always inhabited Meso-America. Western archaeologists dated their presence back 10,000 years ago and their agrarian communities flourished im spurts governed climate swings, as the land was capable of maintaining a gonite population. The culture reached its apex from 250 AD to 900 after which the civilizations of Copan […]

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A Bacchanalian Mirage

July 30, 2024 – 12:23 pm

Associated Press – Paris Olympics organizers apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ during the glamorous opening ceremony, but defended the concept behind it Sunday. Da Vinci’s painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ declared that an apostle would betray him. The scene during Friday’s […]

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