George Vecsey
George Vecsey
George Vecsey is an American non-fiction author and sports columnist for The New York Times. Vecsey is best known for his work in sports, but has co-written several autobiographies with non-sports figures. He is also the older brother of fellow sports journalist, columnist, and former NBATV and NBA on NBC color commentator Peter Vecsey...
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ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
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What is there about basketball that makes Larry Bird or Lenny Wilkens want to coach after their playing careers are done?
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Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics looked like 'Saturday Night Fever' personified.
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Every championship, by definition, is historic.
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Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?
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One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy.
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Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form.
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Baseball is all about stories, many of which are even true.
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In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled—even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was radio and baseball.
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There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.
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Most descriptions make Beijing sound overbuilt: not a blade of grass left.
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Lots of ballplayers have their own personal music blasted by the sound systems in modern ball parks.
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Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were barred or exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected.
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Into La Bombonera danced the most agile, rhythmic, beautiful, sensuous people I have ever seen. And that was just the fans.
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In New York, Kid Carter was pure vanilla for a city with stronger tastes.