It’s been 65 years since three-time Academy Award-winning Super duper Star Gary Cooper left this world yet his legacy lives forever. I refer to Cooper as a Super Duper Star because, in the golden era of Hollywood, he was at the very top of the list with Clark Gable. Twenty ...

We know that the biggest love of George Steinbrenner’s professional life was the New York Yankees, but did you know those two other things not far behind his team were wrestling and the Olympics? I thought about that this week as those loves of Mr. Steinbrenner melded together in the ...

I was recently talking with Jay Horwitz, The New York Mets and one of Baseball’s all-time great Media gurus about a mutual friend ( Ron Goldstein) who just had major prostate cancer surgery. Naturally, we were very concerned about a person that we wholeheartedly care about. During the conversation, I ...

Even though Jazz Chisholm is from the Bahamas, I would bet that he knows Yankee history as much as anyone on the team. He can tell you about Ruth and Gehrig, Thurman and Reggie, or more recently Jeter and A. Rod. He loves to tell people what he loved about ...

During my lifetime, I have been blessed to spend time with incredible people like the Godfather of Soul James Brown, Academy Award-winning composer Isaac Hayes, and of course the Candyman Sammy Davis Jr., all incredible talents and for me, wonderful people. I would meet Mr. Brown through a mutual friend ...

Maria Cooper Janis has been and done many incredible things in her life. She happens to be one of the most respected artists in America. She runs different charities that help native Americans with their school programs in California, she toured the world with arguably the greatest classical pianist ever ...

January 3rd of 1973 the Bronx was already burning. Graffiti was all over the walls of the buildings in the neighborhoods as well as the subway trains. In those days all us kids would play in the middle of the streets. Playing games like skellies ( which was a bottle ...

On New Year’s Eve, I’m headed to Castle Hill YMCA to speak about the impact of Roberto Clemente in baseball and society. 2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of when I was drafted in the 2nd round by the Pittsburgh Pirates. I remember being sad about the fact that I ...

Lenny Randle was known as the most interesting guy in baseball. One time while playing third base he blew a slow roller down the line foul. Something that had never been done before. He was a black belt in the martial arts because of his love of Bruce Lee. Something ...

Roy White is one of the true heroes of the Original Steinbrenner’s Yankees. He was there in 1973 when the Boss purchased the team. He was a part of that baby Murderers Row that included Bobby Murcer, Thurman Munson, Graig Nettles and baseballs first designated hitter Ron Blomberg. Like Lou ...

Every Tuesday night I co-host the World of the Big Leagues with Felix Dejesus on WPAT radio. Last week the biggest question was why I was so happy with the Cody Bellinger trade. Besides the fact that I remember him as a young boy who would accompany his father Clay ...

A couple of nights ago I was watching the new Netflix series “Enigma” about the life of Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers. There as he was talking about his young upbringing and getting ready for a lie of football, he talked about the sport that got him really involved in strategy ...