MSG Reno to Exile Liberty … to Newark? (Village Voice/Runnin’ Scared)
Madison Square Garden is closing for renovations — but only if you’re a girl athlete: Proving the old line that the best way to find real news in the Times is to read the stories end-to-beginning, the...
View ArticleNo Basketball, No Problem (Slate)
With the NBA lockout almost ready to swallow the regular season, I look at the evidence for what the impact will be on local economies in NBA cities. The answer: not a whole heckuva lot. After another...
View ArticleFreshly renovated MSG could be gone in 10 years (Sports on Earth)
The New York Rangers and Knicks opened their regular season schedules this week, giving fans willing to shell out for opening-night tickets — now averaging $72 for the Rangers, and a staggering $123...
View ArticleThe Bucks sale isn’t all good news for Milwaukee (Sports on Earth)
On the surface, today should be a happy one for Milwaukee sports fans — or at least Milwaukee sports headline writers — as 79-year-old Bucks owner Herb Kohl has announced that he’s selling the team to...
View ArticleDonald Sterling will probably get richer on his way out (Sports on Earth)
I didn’t think it could happen, but I think I may finally be getting sick of Donald Sterling. The NBA owner who everyone loves to hate — how can you not enjoy the sheer spectacle of a man who...
View ArticleWNBA: Hoop skills not enough for women’s teams (Al Jazeera America)
When the Phoenix Mercury and the Minnesota Lynx open their western division finals playoff series tonight, the two best Women’s National Basketball Association teams will know what to expect. Close to...
View ArticleLeBron James Can’t Save Cleveland’s Economy (Sorry) (VICE Sports)
LeBron James made his long-awaited return to Cleveland last Thursday, scoring just 17 points but unleashing a cloudburst of cash over the city, with hundred-dollar bills raining down from the heavens...
View ArticleHow to Tell If Your Team Is About to Leave You Forever (VICE Sports)
If it seems to you like we’ve hit Peak Sports Team Move Threat lately, you’re not alone. In the last few weeks there’s been talk of the St. Louis Rams going to L.A., the Oakland Raiders to L.A. or...
View ArticleThe Knicks Can’t Play Basketball. When Will They at Least Pay Their Taxes?...
In what might be dubbed the NBA’s Year of the Tank, what’s going on at Madison Square Garden is still pretty remarkable. In the last month and a half, the Knicks have traded Iman Shumpert and J.R....
View ArticleAre The Milwaukee Bucks Serious About Moving To Seattle, And Would It Be Bad...
It’s part of the sports ownership playbook: When public dollars for shiny new stadiums are in doubt, break out the threats to skip town. This is how the Minnesota Vikings got their new stadium, and how...
View ArticleMilwaukee Is Keeping the Bucks, But Would It Have Been Better Off Without...
Milwaukee Bucks fans can breathe easy: Their team is almost certainly staying put, now that the Wisconsin state senate has approved a revised funding bill for a new arena after weeks of negotiations...
View ArticleAs It Loses Money, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Is Pretty Much an Epic Train...
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who already owned 80 percent of the Brooklyn Nets and 45 percent of the Barclays Center where they play, completed his full set by buying the remaining shares of...
View ArticleMadison Square Garden Hasn’t Paid NY Property Taxes In 37 Years. Will Cuomo...
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s latest proposal to expand Penn Station is an overflowing grab bag of promises to commuters and city residents to improve what the governor called in his budget speech yesterday...
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