NYT's Vecsey Fears NBA Players Could Be Victims of AZ Law, Wants MLB B

Clay Waters
May 10th, 2010 4:01 PM
New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey applauded the NBA's Phoenix Suns uniform protest of Arizona's strict new anti-immigration law in Saturday's "Walking Tentatively in Protester's Shoes," suggesting only that it didn't go far enough and even calling for Major League Baseball to boycott games in Arizona. The column also put in perspective the paper's long-time hypocrisy on athletes…
 

Here We Go Again: NY Times Columnist Excoriates Racist, Sexist Augusta

Clay Waters
April 8th, 2010 12:26 PM
On the eve of The Masters, tournament host and Augusta National chairman Billy Payne delivered a surprise public lecture to golfer Tiger Woods, giving New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey a chance to again make liberal political hay from Augusta's immaculate green fairway in Thursday's "Thanks for the Tasteless Sermon."They are worse than we knew.The people who run the Masters are not…
 

'Today': NY Times Goes to Bat for Bonds

Mark Finkelstein
August 8th, 2007 8:04 AM
When New-York based "Today" went looking for a local sports reporter to defend Barry Bonds the morning after he set the career home run record, it didn't turn to the New York Post, whose headline this morning reads JUNK BONDS: ‘SULTAN OF SYRINGE'. Nor was it likely that the designated hitter would be someone from the Daily News, whose back page screams "King of Shame." Instead, "Today" looked…