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Shopping With Kim Zimmer: When Suds Subside

AS the long-reigning diva of “Guiding Light,” the soap opera whose 57-year run on television ended in September, Kim Zimmer found herself so busy that she could seldom browse her favorite stores. But while contemplating the future and planning a book ...

From HARVEY ARATON, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kim Zimmer,  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

With Series Fever, Steroids Issue Fades to the Past

Aided by his bat and an astute apology, Alex Rodriguez is ending the baseball season not as a former steroids user but as a home run hero. In the process, he may be clearing a path forward for himself and his much-maligned sport. Keep up with the ...

From HARVEY ARATON, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Alex Rodriguez,  Andy Pettitte,  St. Louis Cardinals,  Mark McGwire,  David Ortiz

At Home With Terrence Williams: On the Rebound From Poverty

OUT OF THE BOX Terrence Williams, who plays for the Nets, now lives in a sprawling four-story town house. IT wasn’t the sprawling view of Manhattan from across the Hudson that took Terrence Williams’s breath away, not even from the private roof deck ...

From HARVEY ARATON, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Terrence Williams,  New Jersey Nets,  National Basketball Association,  Vince Carter,  Michael Jordan

Magic of one game

THERE is no more intense and important rivalry in sport than the one between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Just ask the players, present and former; the fans of each team, so eager to characterize themselves as more rabid than the other ...

From HARVEY ARATON, Shanghai Daily,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Boston Red Sox,  New York Yankees,  Mark Frost,  Don Larsen,  American League

Fantasy Baseball

There is no more intense and important rivalry in sports than the one between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Just ask the players, present and former; the fans of each team, so eager to characterize themselves as more rabid than the other ...

From HARVEY ARATON, International Herald Tribune,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Boston Red Sox,  Mark Frost,  New York Yankees,  Don Larsen,  American League

Analysis: N.B.A.’s Global Outreach May Yield Russian Owner of the Nets

In a long and illustrious European coaching career, Ettore Messina has worked for a fair amount of professional basketball owners. None of them, he said, were quite like Mikhail D. Prokhorov, a Russian tycoon who seemed destined to play moneyball in ...

From HARVEY ARATON, The New York Times,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: David Stern,  New Jersey Nets,  Bruce Ratner,  LeBron James,  Mikhail Prokhorov

When Home Shrinks

IN the quaint central Connecticut town of East Haddam, Bill and Rose-Marie Evans built a theme park for their three children. Their property included a pool, a hot tub, a swing set, a trampoline, a paved basketball court and more than enough yard to ...

From HARVEY ARATON, The New York Times,  9 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Rose Marie,  Bill Evans

Bringing the N.B.A. a Little Closer to Africa

The first-time counselor remembered exactly where he sat as a wide-eyed camper. He pointed to the spot and informed his audience that he was in that very space just six years ago. “They laughed, like they couldn’t believe it was possible,” he said. On ...

From HARVEY ARATON, The New York Times,  8 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Dikembe Mutombo,  Dwight Howard,  Milwaukee Bucks,  Chris Bosh,  Hasheem Thabeet

Success in Singles for a Doubles Team

SYBILLE BAMMER always wished to be a mother, but first she wanted to be a tennis star. History and conventional wisdom told her she couldn’t be both at the same time. When she became pregnant in 2000 at the age of 20, it was unheard of for a pro so ...

From HARVEY ARATON, International Herald Tribune,  28 Aug 2009

Sports of The Times: On the Way to a Marathon, Federer Keeps His Footing

I think the public should just watch his feet, just watch Roger and not the ball, and youd see how great a player he is to pull off some of the shots, Rod Laver said of Federer. New York Times bloggers are following every serve, volley and replay ...

From HARVEY ARATON, The New York Times,  5 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Andy Roddick,  Roger Federer,  Pete Sampras,  Rod Laver,  Tiger Woods

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