Results tagged “hoops”

We got all excited when we read that Obama played hoops yesterday in NYC before the UN General Assembly, but it ended up that he played in the gym at the very nice but very proper St. Bart's Church on Park Avenue, which is hardly known for rough inside play. Still hoping we'll walk by the Cage on West Fourth and see the Commander-in-Chief tossing some elbows someday.

The revelation that Bruce Ratner, would-be Atlantic Yards developer and Nets owner, has been secretly discussing selling the team to the owners of the New Jersey Devils, has put Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s athletic reputation on the line. Newark mayor Cory Booker, who would love the team to come to the Prudential Center in his town, has offered to settle the fight for the Nets with a simple, winner-takes-all game of hoops: Cory vs. Marty, one-on-one.