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George Vecsey born in New York City, New York, USA is a sports columnist for The New York Times and is a non-fiction author. He is the older brother of New York Post sports columnist Peter Vecsey and the father of former Baltimore Sun sports columnist Laura Vecsey, David, a news editor at the New York Times, and Corinna, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. Vecsey is most well-known for his work in two distinctly different fields: he has written several books on baseball history and co-written several autobiographies with well known non-sports figures.

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Sports of The Times: Grandpa Loved Horses, or How a Filly Got Her Name

Loved them so much that he visited them regularly. The family lived in the Rosedale section of southeast Queens, conveniently located between Aqueduct and Belmont. Sometimes Grandpa, Peter Ruocco, would take his grandson, Randy Vogt, to the track, ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ron Turcotte,  State University of New York,  Zenyatta

Sports of The Times: Agassi Is Giving Lessons With an Aptly Titled Autobiography

Andre Agassi. The name is familiar. Seems to me I caught a glimpse of him on the tube the other day, or saw a snippet about him in the paper. Andre Agassi, right, and the author J. R. Moehringer, with whom Agassi collaborated on “Open: An ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, The New York Times,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Andre Agassi,  New York Times Company,  Barbra Streisand,  Michael Chang,  Steffi Graf

Sports of The Times: New York Has Its Share of Losers. Feel Better?

Ever since the Yankees won the World Series, I have been receiving messages from fans around the world decrying the domination by New York and its cable television swag. Coach Mike D'Antoni and the Knicks are 1-7 this season. For readers who detect ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, The New York Times,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Yankees,  New York Knicks,  New Jersey Nets,  Mike D'Antoni,  NFL

Sports of The Times: Cashman Reflects on That Championship Season

More from kindness than melancholy, Brian Cashman urged all the Yankees to enjoy the ticker-tape parade through Lower Manhattan on Friday morning. Brian Cashman with Joe Girardi. Cashman said a lot of fine-tuning went into this title. Keep up with ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Brian Cashman,  Joe Girardi,  Philadelphia Phillies,  New York Mets

Sports of The Times: It Feels Like Old Times at the New Stadium

It felt just the way a World Series used to feel at Yankee Stadium. Except for the cold and the darkness of early November, of course. Keep up with the latest news on The Timess baseball blog. The Yankees don’t hang bunting around the stands anymore ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Philadelphia Phillies,  Andy Pettitte,  Pedro Martinez,  Josh Beckett

Sports of The Times: The Daddy of All Rivals: Martinez Is Back

Apparently it is not just my own hyper sense of the bizarre that is stimulated by the presence of Petey. Keep up with the latest news on The Timess baseball blog. Legitimate authorities on the World Series, like Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte, are also ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, International Herald Tribune,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Andy Pettitte,  Derek Jeter,  Pedro Martinez,  Charlie Manuel,  New York Yankees

Michael Goldsmith; professor raised ALS awareness; at 58

NEW YORK - Michael Goldsmith - who battled amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, and was honored in Yankee Stadium July 4 on the 70th anniversary of Gehrig’s classic farewell speech - died Sunday. He was 58. The cause was respiratory ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, Boston Globe,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lou Gehrig,  Major League Baseball,  Brigham Young,  Baltimore Orioles,  Newsweek

A Game 5 Dedication to Michael Goldsmith

In a quick and touching reaction, Major League Baseball paid tribute during Monday night’s World Series game to Michael Goldsmith, the law professor who died Sunday of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In response, Major League Baseball held ceremonies in ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Major League Baseball,  Michael Goldsmith,  Bud Selig,  New York Yankees,  Philadelphia Phillies

Sports of The Times: For Girardi and Manuel, Three Days’ Rest Is the Right Call, and So Is Four

Joe Girardi has used a three-man rotation in the Series. Keep up with the latest news on The Timess baseball blog. Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel did not ask Cliff Lee to start on three days' rest, something Lee has not done in the majors. Lip ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Philadelphia Phillies,  New York Yankees,  Cliff Lee,  Joe Girardi,  Charlie Manuel

Michael Goldsmith, Raised Awareness of A.L.S., Dies at 58

Keep up with the latest news on The Timess baseball blog. The cause was respiratory failure from A.L.S., according to his son, Austen Goldsmith. Mr. Goldsmith died in a hospice at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, where he had been living since early ...

From GEORGE VECSEY, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Brigham Young,  Lou Gehrig,  Mark Teixeira,  New York Yankees,  Baltimore Orioles

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