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2010

Dinner at the Diner: Feb. 8, 2010

The Crime of the Century: Feb. 1, 2010
Roger Maris Is Still the King: Jan. 18, 2010
Underwear Bomber Confusion: Jan. 11, 2010
I Miss The Mick: Jan. 4, 2010

 

2009:
Teddy Was My Hero: Dec. 21, 2009

Another Yankee Decade: Dec. 7, 2009
Jeter at the Top: Nov. 30, 2009
No Room At This Inn: Nov. 23, 2009
Andre's Open Testimony: Nov. 16, 2009
Mark One For Cheaters: Nov. 9, 2009
Bye, Bye, Rush!: Oct. 19, 2009
The Ladies Are In: Oct. 12, 2009
The Gold Standard: Oct. 5, 2009
A Letter to God: Sept. 28, 2009
Image is Everything: Sept. 21, 2009
Meet Mr. Grumpy: Sept. 14, 2009
The Torre Story: Sept. 7, 2009
My Favorite Team of Them All: Aug. 31, 2009
Winning the Wimipiness Award: Aug. 24, 2009
Joe DiMaggio Regrets...:Aug. 17, 2009
The Little Flower: Aug. 10, 2009
Cash Cow Cooperstown: Aug. 3, 2009
Dolph Schayes Returns: July 27, 2009
Sports Overload: July 20, 2009
The Autograph Hunters: June 8, 2009
Who Saved Baseball?: June 1, 2009
Poker Players and Pals: May 18, 2009
Image of Mark Sanchez: May 4, 2009
Another Look at Jackie: April 20, 2009
Walter O'Malley Revisited: April 6, 2009
Al Jackson Remembers: March 30, 2009
"A Criminal Injustice": March 23, 2009
The Corporal Was A Pitcher: Feb. 23, 2009
Nasty Nadya: Feb. 16, 2009
Baseball is Back: Feb. 9, 2009
The Inside Wrestler: Feb. 2, 2009
The New Rupert Murdoch: Jan. 26, 2009
Baseball Hall of Fame: Jan. 19, 2009
The Shape of Things To Come in 2009: Jan. 5, 2009

2008:
My New Year's Resolution: Dec. 22, 2008

My Advertising Hates: Dec. 15, 2008
King George III: Dec. 8, 2008
History of the Game: Dec. 1, 2008
Thanksgiving Guys: Nov. 24, 2008
Hope Lives Eternally: Nov. 17, 2008
Firsts I Remember: Nov. 10, 2008
Back To St. Pete: Oct. 27, 2008
Rachel and Michelle: Oct. 20, 2008
Maury's Joe Torre Story: Oct. 13, 2008
Quayle in the Oven: Oct. 6, 2008
The Cruel, Cruel Month of October: Sept. 29, 2008
A True African-American: Sept. 22, 2008
Lou Gehrig and Image: Sept. 15, 2008
Presidents I Have Known: Sept. 1, 2008
We Need Adlai Badly: Aug. 25, 2008
The Cubs of '08: Aug. 11, 2008
Farewell To Jerome Holtzman: July 28, 2008
Farewell Bobby Murcer: July 14, 2008
Back To Cooperstown: July 14, 2008
Big Brown Shoes: June 30, 2008
Does Race Matter?: June 23, 2008
A 58-Year Crush on 'South Pacific': June 9, 2008
Mike Piazza Retires: May 26, 2008
Robert Merrill Remembered: May 19, 2008
Farewell to Buzzie: May 5, 2008
My Favorite Team: April 21, 2008
No Crying in Baseball? Guess Again!: April 7, 2008
Vero Beach Farewell: March 24, 2008
Man's Greatest Invention: Feb. 25, 2008
Brothers in Sports: Feb. 11, 2008
The Return of Denny McLain: Feb. 3, 2008
The Goose is Loose: Jan. 28, 2008
Lamar Hunt's Super Bowl: Jan. 28, 2008
Laughing with Johnny Podres: Jan. 21, 2008
Predictions of Things To Come in 2008: Jan.7, 2008

2007:
My Holiday Gifts For Sports Heroes: Dec. 17, 2007

O'Malley in The Hall: Dec. 10, 2007
Barry Bonds and the End of Baseball Heroes: Nov. 26, 2007
Marvin Miller, Revolutionary: Nov. 19, 2007
Does Intelligence Count?: Nov. 5, 2007
More of Al Gore?: Oct. 22, 2007
Sure, There's Crying: Oct. 5, 2007
Bob Feller Returns: Oct. 2, 2007
Great Art From the Negro Leagues: Sept. 17, 2007
Vick's Dog Days: Sept. 3, 2007
Farewell To the Scooter: Aug. 20, 2007
Tiger Tames the Field: Aug. 20, 2007
The NBA Gambling Scandal: July 30, 2007
Summer's Hottest Film: 'The Bronx is Burning': July 9, 2007
The Bonds Chase: July 2, 2007
1941--The Greatest Year in Sports: June 18, 2007
AROD At Night: June 11, 2007
Barney Stein's Dodgers: May 28, 2007
David Halberstam: May 14, 2007
Well-Regulated Militia: April 23, 2007
Rants of Racism: April 16, 2007
A Farewell To Stadiums: April 9, 2007
A New Jackie History Lesson: April 2, 2007
Hillary's White House: Feb. 26, 2007
"Letters From Iwo Jima": Feb. 19, 2007
Baseball's Rainbow Complexion Today: Feb. 5, 2007
Mickey Mantle's Restaurant: Jan. 29, 2007
A Victory For Integrity: Jan. 15, 2007

2006:
No Mark McGwire: Dec. 18, 2006

The State of Sports: Dec. 4, 2006
A TV Miniseries About the 1977 Yankees: Nov. 13, 2006
"Flags of Our Fathers": Oct. 30, 2006
Curt Flood and Buck O'Neil: Oct. 16, 2006
'The Echoing Green': Oct. 2, 2006
Roy Negron's 'The Boy of Steel': Sept. 25, 2006
Billie Jean King: Aug. 14, 2006
Rachel Robinson: Aug. 7, 2006
Hall of Fame Legends: July 31, 2006
Wimbledon Wishes: June 26, 2006
My Cousin, Jesus: June 12, 2006
Welcome Back, Dixie Chicks: June 5, 2006
The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky: May 22, 2006
Toots Shor: The Movie: May 10, 2006
Berkow's Way with Words: April 20, 2006
I'll Never Forget That CCNY Basketball Victory: March 20, 2006
Our Favorite Comic Book Heroes: March 6, 2006
Did You See Me in 'The Odd Couple'?: Feb. 27, 2006
Spring Training Ritual: Feb. 13, 2006
Halberstam's New Work of Art: Jan. 23, 2006
Marbles Mountain: Jan. 2, 2006

2005:
World Baseball Classic? Phooey!: Dec. 19, 2005

My Sacred Duty: Dec. 5, 2005
Welcome To...Scootergate: Nov. 14, 2005
I'm the Scrooge of Halloween: Oct. 31, 2005
Chicago, A World Series and Memories: Oct. 24, 2005
Roberto Clemente and the Ethnicity Issue: Oct. 3, 2005
Sports Counts: Sept. 19, 2005
A New 'League of Their Own'?: Sept. 5, 2005
Willie in Cooperstown: Aug. 8, 2005
The Immortal Bobby: July 27, 2005
HBO's "Mantle": July 4, 2009
Celebrating the New Stadiums: June 20, 2005
Voices of Summer: May 23, 2005
Lou Gehrig and His Legend: May 16, 2005
Yogi Berra is Turning 80: May 2, 2005
Broadcaster Mel Allen: April 25, 2005
"Up For Grabs": April 18, 2005
My Brooklyn Dodgers: April 11, 2005
Danny Gardella--Baseball's King of Laughter: March 21, 2005
A Lasting Friendship: Feb. 28, 2005
Canseco's Lonely Future: Feb. 21, 2005
Naming the Super Bowl: Jan. 31, 2005
Maury and Johnny: Jan. 26, 2005
The People We Most Want To See Less of in 2005 (with staff): Jan. 10, 2005
The Legacy of Rod Kanehl: Jan. 10, 2005
Final Salute--Robert Merrill: Jan. 3, 2005

2004:
A Christmas Car Experience: Dec. 20, 2004

Magnificent Seasons: Dec. 6, 2004
Red Auerbach: Nov. 15, 2004
Curse vs. Curse: Oct. 27, 2004
Heroes of James Madison High: Sept. 27, 2004
Memories of Brooklyn Baseball: Sept. 13, 2004
Nine Innings From Ground Zero: Aug. 16, 2004
Jose Contreras, Family Man: July 5, 2004
D-DAY--Yesterday and Today: May 31, 2004
Ladies in Iraq: May 24, 2004
Baseball in the Spring: May 3, 2004
Tears and Ted Williams: April 12, 2004
Baseball, Gentlemen, Baseball: March 29, 2004
'Miracle' Movie: Feb. 16. 2004
Baseball Players of the 1950s: Feb. 2, 2004
They're Here! Jewish Baseball Cards: Jan. 19, 2004

2003:
Where Have All the Heroes Gone?: Dec. 8, 2003

Arthur Gelb's 'City Room': Nov. 10. 2003
George Plimpton Not Dead: Oct. 6, 2003
Return to Glory: Sept. 22, 2003

Bill Werber--Oldest Living Yankee: Sept. 1, 2003
The Masterful David Halberstam: July 28, 2003
Saluting Leonard Koppett: June 30, 2003

The Jerome Holtzman Baseball Reader: May 5, 2003
It's the Real Deal: March 31, 2003
The Case for Gil Hodges: Feb. 10, 2003
Conversations with Clone Babies: Jan. 6, 2003

2002:
Christmas Memories: Dec. 16, 2002

The Punch: Dec. 2, 2002
My Losing Season: Nov. 18, 2002
Hatin' Halloween: Oct. 28, 2002
Again, the Giants!: Oct. 21, 2002
Racist Red Sox: Oct. 14, 2002
The Enigmatic Sandy Koufax: Sept. 23, 2002
The Legend of the Yankees: Sept. 2, 2002
Muhammad Ali: Aug. 12, 2002
Incredible John McEnroe: July 28, 2002
The Immortal Ted Williams: July 7, 2002
Ernie Harwell: June 23, 2002
The School Named for Mickey: June 9, 2002
That Mets Book!: May 26, 2002
The Barry Bonds Dilemma: May 5, 2002
Bobby Knight's Own Book: April 21, 2002
Memories of Mets Gone By: March 31, 2002
All Those Books About the Yanks: March 3, 2002
A Poignant Night to Remember: Feb. 3, 2002
In Memory of A Colleague: Dick Schaap: Jan. 20, 2002
An Avalanche of Heisman Memories: Jan. 6, 2002

2001:
My Own Major Leaguer: Dec. 16, 2001

I'll Never Forget: Bo Belinsky: Dec. 2, 2001
The Book That Changed My Life: Dec. 2, 2001
Whitey, You're the Tops!: Nov. 4, 2001
So This is Chicago Baseball?: Oct. 21, 2001
Reflecting on Terror: Sept. 30, 2001
A Bitter Memory & Its Legacy: Sept. 9, 2001
A Chat with Carl Erskine at Cooperstown: Aug. 26, 2001
In the Matter of David Cone: Aug. 5, 2001
An Insider's View of the Yankees: July 8, 2001
The I HATE Golf Book: July 8, 2001
Yogi Berra: Why Nicknames Count: June 3, 2001
Zim and Pee Wee: May 20, 2001

 

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