Games People Play

Sports, entertainment, politics & popular culture

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Warren Buffett: I Could End U.S. Deficit in 5 Minutes

›
Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 mi...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Juan Rivera to Yankees only makes sense

›
With Nick Swisher's defection to Cleveland via free agency this week, the New York Yankees have a hole to fill in the outfield. But ...
Monday, December 24, 2012

The Year of the 49ers? Why not?

›
Here is the most important thing I've learned from watching at least a little bit of every NFL team every week (thanks in large part to ...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

An Open Letter to "Papa John"

›
November 10, 2012 "Papa John" Schnatter Founder & CEO Papa John's International, Inc. 2002 Papa Johns Boulevard Lo...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

ESPN loses with jingoistic tennis coverage

›
Once upon a time, you could not tell the players without a scoreboard at the ballpark. Nowadays, you cannot watch tennis on ESPN without usi...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Jesus Can Save 2012 Yankees

›
For the second straight year, the New York Yankees were eliminated from a postseason baseball series on an Alex Rodriguez strikeout. At leas...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Enough About Weiner & His...You Know

›
Should a United States Congressman be able to keep his seat while undergoing treatment for a cybersexual addiction he didn't seem to kn...
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Games People Play
CECIL HARRIS manages www.CecilHarrisBooks.blogspot.com. He is the author of Charging the Net: A History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters (Ivan R. Dee), a New York Times' Editors' Choice selection; Call the Yankees My Daddy (Lyons Press); and Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey (Insomniac Press). At Gannett Newspapers, Cecil became the first full-time black beat writer to cover the Yankees, earning awards for his coverage. He has also written for Newsday, the New York Post, The (Raleigh) News & Observer, The Indianapolis Star, Sporting News, The Hockey News and The New York Times. Cecil graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University. He has taught at Concordia College. He writes and edits for New York Road Runners. He lives in Yonkers, New York. Reach me at CecilHarris2008@gmail.com
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.