• Roger Goodell’s plan to fix NFL’s diversity issue is part of problem

    Roger Goodell’s plan to fix NFL’s diversity issue is part of problem

    Between us, if I were the commissioner of the NFL and I suspected that a team was practicing institutionalized racism in hiring team executives and coaches, I’d see to it, and pronto, that it end, serious consequences to follow. But that’s not how Roger Goodell operates. He prefers to perform as the pandering Great White …
  • Yankees family remembers Bob Watson as their ‘gentle giant’

    Yankees family remembers Bob Watson as their ‘gentle giant’

    Bob Watson and Joe Torre were teammates on the 1973 NL All-Star team and Watson played for Torre for three years in Atlanta. But it was in The Bronx where the two made history, with Watson as the general manager when Torre and the Yankees won the World Series in 1996. “All of a sudden …
  • Ex-Yankees World Series title-winning GM Bob Watson dead at 74

    Ex-Yankees World Series title-winning GM Bob Watson dead at 74

    Former Yankees player and general manager Bob Watson died at the age of 74 in his Houston home on Thursday night after a long battle with kidney disease, according to the Astros. Watson was the Yankees general manager from 1995-1998, a tenure which included leading the Bombers to a World Series title in 1996, their …