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Will Leitch on the Knicks-Nets Rivalry -- New York Magazine - Nymag
One year in, the Knicks-Nets rivalry is a bit more of a hopeful theoretical than a concrete reality. For all the competition for headlines, the atmosphere of the actual games between the two teams hasn’t quite reflected the ongoing arms race, a [...]
Mariano Rivera’s Final Season and His Greater Calling -- New York Magazine - Nymag
On the mound, God is always with Mariano Rivera, in victory and defeat. But baseball is a boys’ game, not a calling. And now, as he prepares to hang up his cleats, the greatest closer baseball has ever seen is embarking on his real mission.
How Yankee Stadium Turns Into a Sheet of Ice for the Rangers Game -- New York Magazine - Nymag
Locals yearning to watch hockey on the Bronx Bombers’ home turf finally get their day, with Devils-Rangers and Islanders-Rangers matchups in a rink atop the Yankees’ infield later this month. How does Yankee Stadium’s diamond morph into a sheet [...]
Rutgers’ Play for the Big Leagues -- New York Magazine - Nymag
On the last Thursday of August, Rutgers lost its first football game of the season, falling to Fresno State 52-51 in overtime. But there were two saving graces to this particular Rutgers athletic defeat: It was close, and it occurred on the fie [...]
Inside the Culture of NFL Hazing -- New York Magazine - Nymag
A professional football player is an attack artist, trained to inflict violence on other humans. He is employed because he does this well. Most people don’t hurt each other for a living. And if they do, they aren’t praised for it. They aren’t c [...]
Reasons to Love New York 2013 - Sandy Alderson -- New York Magazine - Nymag
If you’re a passenger in a defective plane, the best you can hope for is the best pilot possible. Say what you will about the state of the New York Mets, they still have a winner in charge. You think it’s bad? If Sandy Alderson hadn’t been stee [...]