Nick Paumgarten
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The Sheffield Shuffle
by Nick Paumgarten
Oct. 15th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Oct. 15th, 2006, 8:00 pm
It’s a tabloid truism that baseball sells papers. read more »
The Sheffield Shuffle
by Nick Paumgarten
Oct. 15th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Oct. 15th, 2006, 8:00 pm
It’s a tabloid truism that baseball sells papers. read more »
Listen, Blue-Nosed Knicks Snobs: Lemme Explain the Jersey Devils
by Nick Paumgarten
Jun. 11th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jun. 11th, 2000, 8:00 pm
You may not have noticed, but the best professional sports team in the neighborhood is stealing a ch read more »
How to Buy a Birdie
by Nick Paumgarten
Jun. 4th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jun. 4th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Mitchell Spearman is the most expensive golf pro in the world. read more »
How Wall Street Learned to Stop Worrying About the Bomb
by Nick Paumgarten
Feb. 20th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Feb. 20th, 2000, 8:00 pm
Before dawn on Friday, Feb. 11, a bomb went off on Wall Street and nobody really cared. read more »
Gekko's Little Goons: Backstage With the Real Boiler Room Boys
by Nick Paumgarten
Jan. 30th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jan. 30th, 2000, 8:00 pm
"That was dead-on balls accurate."An anonymous stock broker offered this assessment outside a recent read more »
Charles Schwab Shells Out for U.S. Trust
by Nick Paumgarten
Jan. 23rd, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Jan. 23rd, 2000, 8:00 pm
We all saw how Gerald Levin, Time Warner Inc.'s chief, stood up in front of the cameras without a ne read more »
The Contrarians Have a Doomsday Chat
by Nick Paumgarten
Dec. 26th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 26th, 1999, 8:00 pm
Three eloquent bears gathered for breakfast on Dec. read more »
It's Bonus Time, Baby! Mr. Stingi Keeps a List and Checks It Twice
by Nick Paumgarten and Tinker Spitz
Dec. 12th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 12th, 1999, 8:00 pm
Peter Stingi is the paymaster at Merrill Lynch & Company. read more »
Jim Grant and the Chicken Littles Exercise Their Right to Be Wrong
by Nick Paumgarten
Nov. 21st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 21st, 1999, 8:00 pm
One of these days, they'll be able to say, "I told you so," but until then the contrarians who read- read more »
Madison Pub, Classy Dive, Closes; Now the Avenue Belongs to Armani
by Nick Paumgarten
Nov. 7th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 7th, 1999, 8:00 pm
Behind a metal grating, a hand-written sign in the window of the Madison Pub reads, "Closed Vacation read more »
Love and Advil in Queens: Everybody Wants a Piece
by William Berlind and Nick Paumgarten
Sep. 12th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Sep. 12th, 1999, 8:00 pm
Each day during the U.S. read more »
Wasserstein Cuts His Daily Deal
by Nick Paumgarten
Sep. 12th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Sep. 12th, 1999, 8:00 pm
On the evening of Sept. read more »
Welcome to 24-Hour Wall Street World!
by Nick Paumgarten and Tinker Spitz
Aug. 22nd, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Aug. 22nd, 1999, 8:00 pm
Back when Maria S. read more »
Life of an 18-Year-Old Day Trader: He's Got Fake Millions, Fake ID
by Nick Paumgarten
Aug. 8th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Aug. 8th, 1999, 8:00 pm
For a good chunk of July, an 18-year-old kid from Long Island named Harris Kupperman was beating the read more »
Morgan Stanley Fell for Curry's Double-Talking Pal-but Why?
by Kate Kelly and Nick Paumgarten
Jun. 13th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Jun. 13th, 1999, 8:00 pm
In a matter of weeks, the class of 1999 will show up for its first dayin the analyst training progra read more »
Portrait of a Budding Art Macher : Mike Weiss Lands a Small Schnabel
by Nick Paumgarten
May. 9th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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May. 9th, 1999, 8:00 pm
Mike Weiss, a would-be impresario of the art world, has seen the giant lofts of SoHo and he wants in read more »
How Sweet It Is! Boxing Behemoths Don King, Seth Abraham Reconcile
by Nick Paumgarten
Mar. 7th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Mar. 7th, 1999, 8:00 pm
''You know, you're a special guy," Don King told me. read more »
Young Publisher Beau Friedlander Signs Name-Author: Ted Kaczynski
by Nick Paumgarten
Feb. 21st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Feb. 21st, 1999, 8:00 pm
Last September, Beau Friedlander, aspiring publisher, got a box in the mail bearing the return addre read more »
Bank Swindler John Ruffo Escapes After Feds Let Him Slip Away
by Nick Paumgarten
Jan. 31st, 1999, 8:00 pm
Jan. 31st, 1999, 8:00 pm
The Mean Mini-Season of Patrick Ewing?
by William Berlind and Nick Paumgarten
Jan. 17th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Jan. 17th, 1999, 8:00 pm
Patrick Ewing, the veteran center of the New York Knicks, emerged fromthe G.M. Building on Jan. read more »
Calling Mr. Steinbrenner: We Want a Beer Here Now!
by Nick Paumgarten
Aug. 30th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Aug. 30th, 1998, 8:00 pm
A major league ball park is essentially a delivery system for beer and a mechanism for the disposal read more »
Two New York Managers Try Not to Blow It
by Nick Paumgarten
Jul. 26th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Jul. 26th, 1998, 8:00 pm
Bobby Valentine, the manager of the New York Mets, can't help but become a media critic. read more »
Pataki's Bronx Tale: Reviving Metro-North Yankee Stadium Train
by Nick Paumgarten and Greg Sargent
Jun. 21st, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Jun. 21st, 1998, 8:00 pm
In a development that could boost support for keeping the Yankees in the Bronx, Gov. read more »
Knicks' Doc Teams With Checketts to Go Into the Endorsement Business
by Nick Paumgarten
May. 31st, 1998, 8:00 pm
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May. 31st, 1998, 8:00 pm
Every orthopedist worth his insurance payments knows that the best way to get his name in the papers read more »
A New York Standoff: Pataki, Giuliani Duel Over Big City Projects
by Greg Sargent and Nick Paumgarten
May. 10th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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May. 10th, 1998, 8:00 pm
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani can't build his West Side baseball pyramid without Gov. read more »
Introducing Jersey Chic: Good Teams, Lovely Swamps
by Nick Paumgarten
May. 3rd, 1998, 8:00 pm
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May. 3rd, 1998, 8:00 pm
Like a few other team owners in our neighborhood, Dr. read more »
Steinbrenner, Wilpon Play Rudy Ball
by Devin Leonard and Nick Paumgarten
Apr. 26th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 26th, 1998, 8:00 pm
Two days after a 500-pound beam dropped out of the upper deck at Yankee Stadium, the Mets' co-owner read more »
This Used to Be a Ball Park
by Terry Golway and Nick Paumgarten
Apr. 19th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 19th, 1998, 8:00 pm
A foul ball streaked into the stands, but there was nobody there to chase it down, to bring it home read more »
The Old Man and the Swamp: A Mushy Tale
by Nick Paumgarten
Apr. 12th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 12th, 1998, 8:00 pm
Leo Koncher is an 83-year-old resident of Kearny, N.J., who spends his days exploring the creeks and read more »
Boston Magazine Headline Provokes Cries of Racism
by Nick Paumgarten
Apr. 12th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Apr. 12th, 1998, 8:00 pm
The headline of a profile of Harvard professor and New Yorker contributor Henry Louis Gates Jr. read more »
A Shady Ex-Stockbroker Nearly Bluffs His Way Into Owning a Team
by Nick Paumgarten
Mar. 22nd, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Mar. 22nd, 1998, 8:00 pm
Michael Largue, a self-described investment banker from Uniondale, L.I., has been putting out word t read more »
Phil Mushnick's Dangerous Game: Work for Murdoch, Blast TV Schlock
by Nick Paumgarten
Mar. 15th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Mar. 15th, 1998, 8:00 pm
"I plan to kill Fox tomorrow."Phil Mushnick, the New York Post 's sports TV columnist and roving mor read more »
Real Fans Are Relieved the Hockey Boom's Over
by Nick Paumgarten
Mar. 1st, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Mar. 1st, 1998, 8:00 pm
For a few blessed days during the Winter Olympics in Nagano, hockey was what it should be: a cult ga read more »
Mayor Rudy Goes Loony; Landslide Win Brings a Case of Power Fever
by Greg Sargent and Nick Paumgarten
Feb. 22nd, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Feb. 22nd, 1998, 8:00 pm
Call it a severe case of landslide psychosis.Barely three months have passed since Rudolph Giuliani read more »
Now Is the Winter Of Garden's Discontent
by Nick Paumgarten
Dec. 28th, 1997, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 28th, 1997, 8:00 pm
James Dolan, the chief executive of Cablevision Systems Corporation-the corporate behemoth that owns read more »
True Grits: Stock Car Champ Takes China Club by Storm
by Nick Paumgarten
Dec. 14th, 1997, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 14th, 1997, 8:00 pm
There are few people in the United States who have less in common than Jeff Gordon, the champion sto read more »
Welcome to Co-opt City! We Really Like You!
by Nick Paumgarten
Dec. 7th, 1997, 8:00 pm
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Dec. 7th, 1997, 8:00 pm
Why did the Rangers put on such a show when Mark Messier returned to Madison Square Garden on Nov. read more »
The Sheffield Shuffle: It's Made for Tabloids
by Nick Paumgarten
Nov. 30th, 1997, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 30th, 1997, 8:00 pm
It's a tabloid truism that baseball sells papers. read more »
Now Batting for Bernie Williams: Superagent Boras Squeezes Yanks
by Nick Paumgarten
Nov. 23rd, 1997, 8:00 pm
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Nov. 23rd, 1997, 8:00 pm
"Joe Torre is here," said George Grande, "and Scott Boras is here, too."A banquet hall full of amate read more »
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