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David Letterman Apology Redux: Shame on Dave for Buckling Under to Palin's Lies

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

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Will Letterman now start to censor himself with his writers and, worse, when he interacts with his guests? All it takes is another person to mislead the media and public as Palin has shamelessly done.

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Bombs Away At Yankee Stadium: The Mystery Behind Homer Surge (VIDEO)

AP | Ronald Blum | Posted 07.11.2009 | Local

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NEW YORK (AP) -- The barrage of home runs at new Yankee Stadium is being caused by shorter dimensions, not weather, according to AccuWeather.com. The ...

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Yankees Cut Ticket Prices

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — Turns out a few more fans might be able to buy those empty front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees slashed prices on ...

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How to Fill Yankee Stadium's Pricey Empty Seats

Dave Astor | Posted 05.28.2009 | Comedy

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Given that the team's super-rich owners used taxpayer subsidies to help finance their gilded ballpark, it serves them right that they're losing some revenue.

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Voluntary Slavery

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.20.2009 | Style

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The Yankees' Field Of Screams

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.17.2009 | Home

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"Wall Street bankers supposedly back the Yankees; Smith College girls approve of them. God, Brooks Brothers, and United States Steel are believed to b...

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Post Passover Ponderings

Sam Greenfield | Posted 05.15.2009 | Comedy

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Two thousand six hundred dollars for a seat in Yankee Stadium? For that money, do i get a lap dance during the seventh inning stretch?

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April 6, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 05.07.2009 | Comedy

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Alaskan volcano Mount Redoubt erupts. Volcanic ash so thick over Anchorage, Sarah Palin can't see Russia from her front porch.

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Damn Yankees and Their Pricey New Stadium

Dave Astor | Posted 05.06.2009 | Comedy

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What's not to like about a sickeningly posh edifice partly funded by massive subsidies from taxpayers who can't afford its ultra-expensive tickets and food?

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Opening Day: Baseball Business Begins Again

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment

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While sports fans fill their days with football, basketball and hockey, the aficionados of the business of sports will keep an eye on the real game, the game in the boardrooms and at the negotiating tables.

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Mike Bloomberg, There's a Job Waiting For You in the Bronx

Daniel Holloway | Posted 11.02.2008 | Entertainment

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What Bloomberg needs is not another term as mayor, but another job -- a bigger job. There's only one move that makes any sense at all: Michael Bloomberg needs to buy the New York Yankees.

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Forget Hockey: Where Does Sarah Palin Stand on Baseball?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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If Westbrook Pegler were alive today, would he join in when we sing "God Bless America" in a ballpark, or would he mutter nasty asides about the religious beliefs of its esteemed composer?

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Saying Goodbye To Yankee Stadium

Tony Sachs | Posted 10.17.2008 | Entertainment

This silent September finds the New York Yankees out of the playoff chase for the first time in 15 years as fans count down to the final game at Yankee Stadium, which takes place this Sunday.

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Baseball's All Star Blackout

Dave Zirin | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

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If baseball is sincere about seeing the game return to the cities and if they don't want home run derbies whiter than the Republican National Convention, they are going to need to do more than offer meager urban academy programs.

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My MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium Commemorative Interview with Mickey Rivers

Dave Hollander | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment

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I feel compelled to share this never before published exchange with one of my favorite Bronx Bombers -- the incomparable, former All-Star, two-time World Series champion and inimitable lead-off hitter -- Mickey Rivers.

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Hey Now, You're an All-Star

Ken Levine | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment

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The All-Star Game is a lot like the Academy Awards. It never lives up to the hype, you don't recognize half the stars, and it's usually too long, but every year you gotta be there.

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Bon Jovi To Play Free Central Park Gig

AP | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Bon Jovi will perform free concert July 12 in Central Park. It's billed as a prelude to the July 15 All-Star baseball game, which wi...

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NYC Prosecutors Question Tests Of Concrete At Yankee Stadium, Freedom Tower

New York Times | WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

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Manhattan prosecutors are investigating whether the leading concrete testing company in the New York area, which has been hired to measure and analyze...

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CULTURE ZOHN: Graduation Daze Part Two

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.24.2008 | Living

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2008-05-17-nicksgradyankeestadium.jpg.jpg Here's to all graduates of '08. Better late than never, better now than in a year when the job market may even be worse, better with many generations present to cheer you on.