R.A. Dickey has not been just the best story in New York this year but in all of baseball.

Kids used to the hush of the marker on whiteboard should also know the wonderful sound of chalk against slate.

In a discussion I had once with a rabbi about Jesus, the man observed, "Jesus was a good Jewish boy." In retrospect that comment may have been on target more than the rabbi realized.

Both sides knew even back at last year's All-Star game that this was coming. Everyone knew it, and no one did a thing about it.

9/11 is a day that is so significant, so life altering even for those who were not even born at the time, and it is necessary and compelling to recognize the day in meaningful ways.

In a game that is a metaphor for war and is played for keeps, how do we stop a culture of violence, no matter how regulated we may want it to be?

Why not get Biden and Ryan to go two or three rounds in the ring?

I am picking the NY Giants to be repeat champions in 2013, and the salient reason for this choice is Eli Manning.

Summer vacation provides both students and teachers an opportunity for down time in a world where everyone is expected to always be up.

Hemingway said only heavy lifting was harder work than writing, so let us consider sportswriting the heavy lifting.