Tag Archives: basketball

Doug Henders Opening OCT 26 NYC

October 22, 2012 – 9:04 am

Doug Henders and I played basketball on the courts of Tompkins Square Park for years. His painting of an astronaut hangs in the dining room of this townhouse. Last December I visited his exhibition in Koln. Do yourself a favor and see his work this October 26 at the Mayson Gallery. Mayson Gallery 254 Broome […]

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Hanging Sneakers

June 7, 2012 – 6:58 pm

Several years ago the BBC News broadcasted a report on the ‘Mystery of NYC’s Hanging Sneakers’. The sight of laced Adidas sneakers draped over telephone wires had befuddled the British and their research came up with several plausible reasons for the phenomena. One social worker attributed the occurrence to a sign of gangs. If you […]

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Basketball A Mexico

June 7, 2012 – 6:49 pm

What do you call two Mexicans playing basketball? Juan on Juan.

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Beat By The Old Age Truck

March 7, 2010 – 1:39 pm

New York’s newspapers reported that this January was the warmest January on record, but I can’t recall a single day since early December with the temperature out of the 30s. Yesterday the thermometer hit 45 and I picked up the telephone to call Shannon. “You want to shot some ball at deKalb.” The playground was […]

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The New York Bricks

November 1, 2009 – 7:57 pm

My love of basketball is well-documented along with my hatred of New York sports teams. The Red Sox’s World Series Championship in 2004 helped salve the long-enduring pain from Bucky Dent’s home run and the 1986 collapse against the Mets. I won’t mention names. Worst was the indignity my Celtics suffered at the hands of […]

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