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Peter Vecsey
Peter Vecsey of the New York Post is the most prominent basketball columnist in the world. He has covered the NBA for the past 30 years, and has been an expert analyst on both network and cable television in the United States. His inside information and access to the league's top players, coaches and executives have helped earn him recognition as one of the "Most Powerful People in Sports" by The Sporting News.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 3, 2007
Kobe's getting cooked like stew by all foes
NEW YORK -- No matter whom Kobe Bryant guards this season the opposing coach goes right at him.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 27, 2006
TNT fails to provide any insight on A.I.
NEW YORK -- If Gertrude Stein were alive, she'd accuse TNT of lifting its initials from her: "There's No There" there.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 20, 2006
It's time for Stern to crack down on thuggish stupidity
NEW YORK -- If David Stern harbors any hope of crushing the sort of repulsiveness witnessed inside The Mecca of Basketball, if he entertains grandiose visions of forever eradicating a reenactment of Saturday night's violence, he won't fumble the opportunity that's fallen into his lap, won't recoil from...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 13, 2006
Randolph's rep tarnished by mistakes
NEW YORK -- Last time Zach Randolph checked in with me late in his rookie year was also the only time . . . until we spoke by phone a few weeks ago.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 6, 2006
Clippers trying to low-ball Dunleavy
NEW YORK -- Memo to my Paper Clips: Tread cautiously while negotiating language land mines regarding Mike Dunleavy's contract extension.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 29, 2006
Utah's Williams wise beyond his years
NEW YORK -- What's not to like about Deron Williams' game that now has plenty of give to it thanks to the textbook orchestra leader being sufficiently schooled his rookie season by Jerry Sloan?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 22, 2006
Heat's chances not good without Shaq
MIAMI -- What are the odds of Kobe Bryant winning another NBA title without Shaquille O'Neal?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 15, 2006
Hard to see Brown soap opera end
NEW YORK -- As much as I regret it, the time has come at last to gently slam shut the cave door on Larry Brown's dreamy season in New York.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 8, 2006
Remembrances of a rocky relationship with Celtics legend Auerbach
NEW YORK -- I've always found it fairly fascinating Brooklyn was the birthplace of Michael Jordan, Al Capone and Red Auerbach, all of whom found fame/infamy elsewhere.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 1, 2006
NBA moving to crack down on Cuban
NEW YORK -- Behind closed doors at last week's NBA Board of Governors meeting, a special session was convened to chastise Mark Cuban for behavior unbecoming that escalated to an everyday low during the NBA Finals last June.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 25, 2006
Isiah clueless to world outside NBA
NEW YORK -- Isiah Thomas needs to spend more of his free time cutting grass, petting animals or getting involved in any form of mindless relaxation that allows him to clear his attic of cobwebs.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 18, 2006
West to quit Grizzlies, retire after season
NEW YORK -- The pending sale of the Grizzlies to a group organized by former Duke teammates, Brian Davis and Christian Laettner, caused a wide scope of speculation concerning Jerry West.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 11, 2006
Bad sign for Suns: Stoudemire ailing
NEW YORK -- Anyone not a Phoenix fan (exempting Marlow's crew, of course) has to be at least a little unnerved by the menacing news on the "Wire" concerning Amare Stoudemire's surgically-scarred knees.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 21, 2006
Pacers ponder shipping out Jermaine
MIAMI -- If you read a quote by a named Pacers official or an unnamed source denying Jermaine O'Neal is being shopped, do not fall for it.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 4, 2006
Knicks giving Brown what he deserves
NEW YORK -- Since I've been unwilling to tear myself away long enough from the mesmeric NBA playoffs to attend Larry Brown's regularly scheduled, roadside rendezvous (putting Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chats to shame) with the gang of Knicks' roving reporters, I would like to take this occasion to...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 14, 2006
NBA should have disciplined LeBron
NEW YORK -- As I might have previously mentioned in this space, the referees were manifestly derelict in their duty for looking the other way and failing to dispense punishment to fit the crime when Cleveland's LeBron James cavalierly messed with the mind of Washington's Gilbert Arenas between Game 6...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 16, 2006
Pacers' Carlisle reverting to old habits
NEW YORK -- Considering the pervasive Pacers conflict (players vs. coaches, players vs. players and assistant vs. assistant) that has been going on since early last season, it's bewildering Indiana's president of basketball operations, Larry Bird, didn't declare coach Rick Carlisle safe for next season...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 2, 2006
Isiah has to go for Knicks to be fixed
NEW YORK -- When I'm not being accused by first-grade readers of being excessively negative about the 19-52 Knicks -- who would have a hard time against the dead or alive 1952 Knicks -- and charged with having something personal against Isiah Thomas, Larry Brown and Stephon Marbury, I'm dared to holster...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 19, 2006
Brown-Marbury clash was predictable
NEW YORK -- Guess it's safe to say Stephon Marbury no longer is interested in earning any Brownie points . . . or continuing his tainted NBA career in New York . . . or pretending he doesn't care what coaches, teammates and columnists say about him.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 1, 2006
Raptors made Suns GM Colangelo an offer he couldn't refuse
NEW YORK -- Unlike everyone else who leaves Arizona in a hurry, Bryan Colangelo didn't head for the hills south of the border.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

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