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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
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Ball caps travel far and wide. They do far more than keep the sun out of your eyes or the cold off your head. Ball caps are a statement.
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Baseball's postseason shifts from game to game because of starting pitchers and the geography of the ballparks.
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Certain Stanley Cup traditions remain intact, including the handshake line between players who had been belting one another for a couple of weeks.
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Fans all have their memories of pennant races, good memories, sick memories.
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FIFA is a vuvuzela. It's in your ear, but you don't want to hear it, and then eventually it goes away.
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Flo Hyman became America's best-known volleyball player with a faulty aorta, but she did not know it.
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For years, I advised George Steinbrenner to get out of town because he dishonored my hometown with his bullying and bombast.
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For years, I have been harboring memories of my first major league game at a place named Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
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I love Boston. I love Fenway Park. I love Red Sox history. But in no way am I a Red Sox fan.
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I proposed abolishing boxing because it was bad for the brain, but boxers were generally so decent that I loved being around the gyms.
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I will always treasure the privilege of writing the 'Sports of The Times' column.
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In 1949, I saw a World War II veteran named Lou Brissie, who had nearly lost a lower leg in combat, pitch in the All-Star Game in Brooklyn.
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In New York, Kid Carter was pure vanilla for a city with stronger tastes.
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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.