Little-known fact: I’m something of an expert in Table Tennis.
I don’t mean in terms of actually playing the game. I’m just OK at that. What I mean is that I’m probably one of the very few people to have ever been paid to write articles about table tennis, thanks to my old job editing the [...]

If you missed it earlier this week, I added my five most-trafficked SNY.tv columns to the right column of this page, mostly just so I could have something there. But I promised to add my five favorite SNY.tv columns, and so here’s that.
Most of them are from this year, which I suppose makes sense if [...]

One of the unique charms of working in Rockefeller Center is that, thanks to the Today Show, you’re often exposed to pop sensations you might have otherwise entirely avoided.
Sometimes, this works out. This is how I found out what Katy Perry looked like, and I’m very happy that I did.
Other times, not so much. [...]

A couple of readers in the Voice of the People section in today’s Daily News, apparently responding to some earlier discussion that I missed, suggested that Johnny Vander Meer’s record of two no-hitters in a row is the baseball record least likely to be broken.
That could be true, but — and not to diminish [...]

Back when I supported myself by tutoring for the verbal SATs, I spent a lot of time explaining to high schoolers the difference between indifference and ambivalence.
Indifference means you’re impartial or you don’t care. Ambivalence means you have mixed or contradictory feelings, hence the prefix ambi-, meaning both.
I can’t think of anything in New [...]

Marty Noble, in a mailbag for Mets.com, says the Mets are “boxed in” with Carlos Beltran and probably could not trade him even if they wanted to because of the money he’s owed.
That’s probably true. As great as Beltran is, it’s tough to imagine a team wanting to give up much of value for a [...]

Mets’ top pitching prospect Jenrry Mejia will make his AFL debut today. Ike Davis had a pretty decent day there yesterday.
The Jets’ defense is appropriately chagrined.
Jay-Z is unwilling to perform “Yankees Rule This Town”, a parody of his “Rule This Town.” Really? Shocker. Joan Jett covered “I love Rocky Road” like a billion times.
(FWIW, I [...]