The Greatest Generation of Coaches
February 3, 2004 · Ed Walsh, Blog
WHEN NEW YORK KNICKS president Isaiah Thomas announced recently that he was bringing Lenny Wilkens back to the NBA to coach in New York, people across America turned to each other with the same question: "Isn't he about 80?"
Rush Hour 2
October 3, 2003 · Ed Walsh, Blog
LAST SUNDAY, on ESPN's pregame football telecast, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh said that he doesn't think Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb has ever been all he's cracked up to be. He explained: I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. I think the…
"Hubris" in '04
September 30, 2003 · Ed Walsh, Blog
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING how the New York Times would size up the Bush reelection campaign, we now have an answer: Hubris. The charge is leveled twice in an article in yesterday's Times. Richard Stevenson and Adam Nagourney report that the Bush campaign is laying the groundwork for a get out the…