06.05.2017 Editorial Editorial: Destination Shelter Island Is tourism a benefit or a curse? The latter, for sure, when the obnoxious, the over-privileged and the boorish descend on the Island with no idea where they are,...
02.01.2014 Columns Gimme Shelter: Stupid Bowl One autumn Sunday my brother tuned in to watch the game. When a “Law and Order” rerun came on instead of pickup truck commercials, cheerleaders and mayhem, he...
11.13.2013 Editorial Reporter Editorial: Playing proud for Shelter Island Robert Lipsyte, author and Island resident, in his book “Sportsworld: An American Dreamland,” published almost 40 years ago, took a close and unsparing look at what big time sports...
05.23.2013 Columns Eye on the Ball: Writer Vecsey takes sports seriously So far I have met three major sportswriters who call the Island home. And almost a fourth. Now, when I say major, I mean newspapers with large circulations. There’s...
09.05.2011 Sports Lipsyte, a sports writing giant, is no sports fan For the record, Robert Lipsyte is not and never was a sports fan. That in itself would not be so unusual if he didn’t happen to be acclaimed as...