NYT-bestselling author of WEST BY WEST (with JERRY WEST) and LONG WAY TO GO: Black and White in America.. Voiceover artist. @sundaylongread. @theBAL
New York, NY
Joined March 2009
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Last June, after the @nyknicks won, James Dolan made it clear he didn't want to go onto the "second apron." It should come as no surprise then that many of the boxes that were supposed to hold championship rings turned out to be empty. At least he is consistent.
"Poverty is in great shape." Where does Trump even come up with a scorchingly insensitive line like that? Where?
Happy Birthday to @CitronSonia, who carries herself with class and grace and who also happens to be quite a hooper. @WashMystics @ndwbb @UrsulineNR
Try as she might, @liannesanderson is unable to imbue her "expert" analysis with any convincing degree of charm and warmth. I so wish she could lighten up and engage the viewer/listener, but she is unable to. Glad she has @jennhildreth. @NWSL
Julie twice mentioned that Jaedyn Shaw was with the U-23s, but not that she had left camp with an injury. @uswnt
A thousand years ago, I happened to be in Dallas for @CBSNews for work over the weekend of the Texas-Oklahoma game. We were cautioned when we checked in that things could get "a little out of hand" and did they ever.
Not only is @Kaibird123 (with @sgnepal_susan) AMERICAN SCOUNDREL a compelling read, it is a meticulously composed court case, open for all the public to witness, that takes into full account the crimes and misdemeanors of the notorious Roy Cohn (and sheds a bright 1/2
He will continue to burn things down to the waterline--including himself, especially himself. One may think he loves himself and only himself, but the truth is completely the opposite. He knows.
This extremely important book is imbued with deep humanity and, as he demonstrated in HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, an equally deep understanding of the science involved. One becomes enveloped in the story of this family from the opening pages, always conscious that it could be yours.
Hi! I’m excited to be touring soon with my new book, THE VANISHING FAMILY — with great conversations lined up with @AKotlowitz, @davideagleman, @LauraMLippman, Jonathan Rosen, Susannah Cahalan, and more. (For info including links, check out robertkolker.com/news-and-ev… 1/x
"Dick Allen`s numbers would have been even more extraordinary had he played in a better environment.
Some of the conditions he played in and lived with off the field were truly horrific."
Phillies Managing Partner John Middleton. "Dick Allen was my mentor.
The baseball writers used to claim that Dick would divide the clubhouse along racial lines.
That was a lie.
The truth is that Dick never divided any clubhouse."
Mike Schmidt.
By 1969, Dick Allen had basically reached the end of his rope with the Phillies, and the Phillies with him.
In August he wrote “Oct 2” into the dirt by first base, which happened to be the last day of the National League season, and the day he would be “Free” from the Phils.
The next day he scratched “Coke” in the dirt, later explaining that the nearby home-team fans were:
"Getting on me and I wanted to hit a home run over the Coca-Cola sign to shut them up…."
The next night he scratched “Boo,” and of course the Phillies fans obliged him.
He continued to scratch messages over the next six games.
MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn told him to stop, prompting Allen to scratch, “Why?” and “No” into the dirt.
The next day, an umpire stopped the game and told him to stop, and erased the message and played on.
Dick Allen later responded with “Mom,” because she was:
"The only one that could tell me what to do…."
The Phillies have retired HOF Dick Allen’s No. 15 jersey.
