With 7:27 remaining, in an unusually low scoring game, Princeton guard Ali Smith scored an uncontested backdoor lay-up to put her Tigers ahead of the host Columbia Lions 36-33 on Friday night. On the sidelines, Columbia head coach Jay Butler, threw his arms up in desperation and began pacing the hardwood floors of Levien Gym. Someone had obviously missed an … Read More
NEW YORK – When Mark Mehlestein’s heart stops beating, he will be pronounced dead by a physician. Yet, within moments, a small group of people will take his body and place it in a separate medical facility. They will perform aggressive life support measures, cool his body and drain his blood and replace it with an organ preservation solution. Then … Read More
As one of the world’s most recognizable symbols, the Playboy Bunny evokes a wide range of associations. From hedonism to pornography, from manhood to sex, people tend to perceive Playboy Magazine in many different ways. Yet, over the past 50 years, Playboy’s top management, behind the leadership of the publisher and editor-in-chief, Hugh Hefner, has viewed the magazine with a … Read More
The tallest player in NHL history turned in a performance reminiscent of one of the greatest players ever, as defenseman Zdeno Chara led the Ottawa Senators past the struggling New York Rangers 4-1, Monday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. The 6-foot-9 Chara had a “Gordie Howe hat trick,” with a goal, an assist and a fight, as Ottawa surged from … Read More
By the hundreds they swarmed into studio 6B at 30 Rockefeller Plaza last Thursday night to pay tribute to a television icon. There were politicians, journalists and a horde of public officials; a snapshot of the New York City government and media social scene spanning the past half-century. It was a very special birthday party indeed. Not only was Gabe … Read More
NEW YORK – Like any average American couple, Samantha and Bob were sitting at home on a recent Tuesday night, watching television. But unlike the millions of other Americans doing the same thing at that moment, they were being paid to be average: The programs they chose represented what nearly 22,000 other Americans were doing with thier dials. Samantha and … Read More
With the amount of stars on hand and drama in the air, it would have been easy to overlook Toby Stevenson at the 97th annual Verizon Millrose Games, held Friday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. There was fellow pole-vaulter Stacy Dragila dominating her field again, hurdlers Allan Johnson and Gail Devers each setting new Millrose records, and, … Read More