Jubilant Knicks fans go wild in the streets surrounding Madison Square Garden after the blowout series clinching Game 6 victory over the defending NBA champions Boston Celtics on May 16. Despite knocking over police barriers, taking over Seventh Ave and climbing atop vehicles and street lights, police report there were no arrests. ( Photo: X @merrux) Why This Knicks Team Rules New York Once Again... The secret to the Knicks’ popularity has nothing to do with Captain Clutch, Jalen Brunson, the greatest Knicks player since... Voices 20 May 2025 | 02:43
Sarah Palin, for the second time, lost a defamation lawsuit she had filed against the New York Times. ( Photo: Bruce Tuten/Wikimedia Commons) Palin Verdict Gives NYT Some Good News in Tumultuous Media Landscape The embattled news media industry received a dash of good news on April 22 when a jury found that the New York Times didn’t... Voices 27 Apr 2025 | 06:53
Peter Costiglio (third from left) and wife of 54 years, Barbara, to his right with their nine grandchildren at a family gathering in a restaurant in White Plains, NY, following a high school graduation ceremony for one of his grandchidren in June, 2023. ( Photo: Courtesy Paul Costiglio) Farewell to Peter Costiglio, PR Giant and True Gentleman The news came with a jolt. Peter Costiglio, veteran PR maven that I had dealt with for 40 years covering the media industry... News 24 Mar 2025 | 02:31
St. John’s men’s basketball team won the Big East regular season and the post-season Big East tournament. The team is now the toast of the town in a city where its major-league sports teams have all failed to deliver a championship in recent years. ( Photo: St. John’s University) St. John’s Basketball Is the Toast of the Town Once Again The St. John’s Red Storm’s men’s basketball team has made college basketball thrilling again in this town. Among the greatest... News 17 Mar 2025 | 02:51
An Evening with Rosanne Cash (right), the multi-Grammy winner who was performing songs from her lyrical body of work with her husband, John Leventhal ,was enhanced when she brought on “mystery guest” Elvis Costello to join her later in the show. ( Photo by Richard Termine/92NY) Rosanne Cash Surprises by Bringing ‘Mystery Guest’ Elvis Costello into Her 92NY Concert If you weren’t living under a rock last week in the city, you no doubt heard of the two Big Events in music: Paul McCartney’s... News 21 Feb 2025 | 11:35
Jalen Brunson drives to the hoop in April 2023. Our resident sports scribe says this is the year the Knicks finally ( Photo: Erik Drost/Wikimedia Commons) Knicks Will Dominate Among the Top 10 Sports Predictions for 2025 The big local sports news in the coming year will be the stunning and stirring New York Knicks’ 2025 NBA Championship, the... Voices 27 Dec 2024 | 02:17
Elle Fanning (left) plays the character Sylvie Russo, based on Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet’s) one-time girlfriend Suze Rotolo, who was pictured clinging to Dylan’s arm on the cover of the 1963 album “Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.” ( Photo: Searchlight Pictures © 2024 Searchlight Pictures) Chalamet Gives Us His Heart, but We Wanted His Soul in “A Complete Unknown” In the ballyhooed new Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” teen heartthrob Timothée Chalamet earnestly plays the pop culture... Voices 19 Dec 2024 | 02:04
The Kirkus Review praised Talkin’ Greenwich Village saying the author David Browne “offers a detailed, abundantly populated chronicle of a storied place and its creative, outspoken, driven inhabitants...Animated social history.” ( Photo: Hachette Books) “Talkin’ Greenwich Village” Captures The Coolest Neighborhood in the History of the World David Browne’s terrific new book, Talkin’ Greenwich Village, is a love letter to that distinctive, quirky, historic stretch... News 25 Oct 2024 | 05:11
Fifty years ago, Bob Dylan began recording his iconic “Blood on the Tracks” in New York City. ( Xavier Badosa/Wikimedia Commons) “Blood on the Tracks,” Dylan’s Most NY Centric Album Was Recorded Here 50 Years Ago This Month Fifty years ago, in September 1974, Bob Dylan started recording the New York sessions for his masterpiece, “Blood on the... News 05 Sep 2024 | 06:05
The MTA Eagle team and the NYPD began a crackdown on fare evaders, handing out $100 tickets to anyone it caught skipping out on the $2.90 bus fare. The MTA data said the agency $315 million a year in lost bus fares as nearly half the bus riders skipped out on paying. ( Photo: Marc A. Hermann / Metropolitan Transportation Auth) As Crackdown Begins on Bus Fare Evaders, MTA Should be Embarrassed It Took So Long A few years ago, in these very pages, I wrote a story asking whether I was a hero or a sucker for doggedly paying my bus... Voices 30 Aug 2024 | 01:11
On August 12, Audacy announced that WABC 880 would stop being an all-news station, after 57 years. The building that houses Audacy’s corporate HQ, in Hudson Yards, is pictured above. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) WCBS All News Radio Gives New Yorkers a Bitter Milestone Even in New York, where we keep a stiff upper lip and roll with the punches as a way of life, some news developments are... News 13 Aug 2024 | 04:19
Citifield was the scene of the recent Met/Yankees Subway Series which saw the Mets sweep their cross town rivals. Photo: Chris6d/Wikimedia Commons Mets Clobber Yankees in Subway Series; Now Where Do Both Teams Go From Here? The first Subway Series of 2024 has come and gone, raising expectations for the Mets while casting further doubt on the Yankees’... Voices 28 Jun 2024 | 12:26
Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks and Rangers, won’t be rocking quite as often now that the Knicks have been eliminated from the playoffs. But the Rangers are continuing their first quest for their first Stanley Cup since 1994. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Knicks Fans Heartbroken While Rangers Continue Quest for Stanley Cup Ultimately, the Knicks ran out of miracles on Sunday and now their thrilling season is over. Meanwhile, the Rangers are alive... News 20 May 2024 | 12:55
The Empire State Building started the night bathed in green light but switched to a red white and blue strobe light after the Rangers double OT win versus the Hurricanes in Game 2 of their series. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Knicks and Rangers Prompt Championship Visions New York’s Knicks and Rangers charged into the second round of their respective playoff series, with two convincing wins... Voices 06 May 2024 | 12:11
Madison Square Garden will be rocking this playoff season with both Knicks and Rangers in the hunt for a championship. Photo: Wikimedia Commons As Rangers and Knicks Start Post Season Journey, Can Either Win a Championship? New York sports fans haven’t experienced this kind of rapture from their hockey and basketball teams since 1994. That year,... Voices 19 Apr 2024 | 01:27
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