Category Archives: fights

Staying In My Cage

March 5, 2012 – 4:20 pm

Back in the 70s East 10th Street between 1st and 2nd Streets was what the locals called a ‘hot’ street. Drugs of every kind were sold at the Blue Door. The Green Door was a brothel serviced by young Puerto Ricans. Street dealers conducted their business on the sidewalk with impunity. The police were on [...]

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MAKE NICE / BET ON CRAZY by Peter Nolan Smith

March 5, 2012 – 2:42 pm

Manhattan’s Diamond District has a reputation for being a closed community. 99% of those working on 47th Street are of Jewish heritage and many of the gem dealers are connected by blood or marriage. On the surface the industry thrives due to the benefits of this homogeneity, but the mishpocha on the Street suffer the [...]

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My Man Jason Varitek

March 5, 2012 – 12:53 pm

The 6th Game of the 1975 World Series was immortalized by Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk dancing up the 1st base line with his hands waving for his hit to stay fair. The entire Red Sox nation joined his manual manipulations to be rewarded with a win. Unfortunately the Cinncinati Reds won the final game [...]

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RUN MOTHERFUCKERS RUN

February 27, 2012 – 7:03 pm

Throughout the 60s the Eastern High School hockey tournament was held at old Boston Arena. Games between bitter rivals packed the stands over the legal capacity of 4600. In 1968 BC High was playing a North Shore powerhouse. Ticket sales separated fans and the public high school filled the rinkside seats. The BC High’s following [...]

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Goodbye Old Tooth

January 12, 2012 – 4:47 am

West 4th Street’s basketball court on 6th Avenue attracted the best talent in the five boroughs in the late 70s. Passers-by clung to the chain link fence, as the players ran the short distance between the steel backboards. Most streetballers were devoted to offensive, but I was welcomed into games, because of my defense. My [...]

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