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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
May 5, 2010
Hill likely to be a key player in Spurs-Suns series
NEW YORK — The Spurs have ended the Suns' season like clockwork . . . four times in their last five playoff appearances.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 28, 2010
Durant not backing down in duel with Kobe
NEW YORK — A casual acquaintance e-mailed me a couple days ago to complain about the Eastern Conference playoff mismatches, as if I had something to do with the short supply of competition.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 21, 2010
Move by Nets triggers flood of memories
NEW YORK — Play "Misty" for us — the Nets closed the coffin on the Izod Center last week with one more loss.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 14, 2010
Award winners from both East, West needed
NEW YORK — My postseason award winners job would be so much easier if the NBA allowed voters to do it right; my way, in other words. Actually, Major League Baseball originated how to get maximum bang for the buck when announcing individual honors.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 31, 2010
Light sentence for Arenas a complete joke
NEW YORK — This is the last time I help out the authorities.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 24, 2010
Another LeGarie power play set to backfire
NEW YORK — A few years ago, when the Cavaliers were head-hunting for a general manager, resulting in Danny Ferry's hiring, agent Warren LeGarie tried to pressure Nuggets owner E. Stanley Kroenke into giving lame duck GM Kiki Vandeweghe a new contract at a sizable salary spike.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 17, 2010
Dunleavy's firing a surprise move by Clippers
NEW YORK — For those of you not on the Clippers' e-mail list, permit me to recap Mike Dunleavy's unforeseen capsizing last week.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 10, 2010
Lakers starting to look less than invincible
NEW YORK — The Lakers lost a mere 17 games all last season when they won the NBA championship.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 3, 2010
U.S. to host pre-worlds tourney in New York
NEW YORK — The specific formula is not yet official, but plans are far enough along to speculate with great certainty Team USA will headline an international doubleheader at Madison Square Garden in mid-August prior to the FIBA World Championship that commences later that month in Turkey.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 10, 2010
Knicks lose a legend with McGuire's passing
NEW YORK — The easiest columns to write are about people you love.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 3, 2010
Stern letting wild Wizards off way too easy
NEW YORK — Because I almost care, who do you think feels worse right about now, Gilbert Arenas, Javaris Crittenton, the pistol-whipped Wizards or David Stern?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 27, 2010
Van Gundy the definition of disingenuous
NEW YORK — Jeff Van Gundy's insincerity, his most important product, was on full display Friday throughout ESPN's coverage of the Lakers' victory over the Knicks.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 20, 2010
Arenas, Wizards continue to look clueless
NEW YORK — So, where do we begin today's NBA installment of Pinhead Wizards?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 13, 2010
Lakers looking to acquire Bosh from Raptors
NEW YORK — Today's NBA Report is 99.9 percent pure basketball, "triggered" by trade winds.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 6, 2010
Arenas deserves lifetime ban for gun incident
NEW YORK — Even in a world long gone mad . . . what an unfathomable, boundary-crossing, guns-in-the-Wizards locker-room Gilbert Arenas-Javaris Crittenton grudge confrontation story.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 30, 2009
Lakers, fans embarrassed on Christmas Day
NEW YORK — Win or lose, Laker fools remain consistently bad sports. Secure a championship at home and they burn the surrounding neighborhood. Have calls go against them in a game already decided in their disfavor and they chuck souvenir foam fingers (I get the imagery) and plastic bottles onto the...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 23, 2009
Kobe's winner continues L.A. hex on Bucks
NEW YORK — The date was Jan. 9, 1972.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 16, 2009
Donaghy's claims don't stand up to scrutiny
NEW YORK — Originally, Tim Donaghy says he bet on 13 NBA games he refereed. Presently, the contention is 47, all but 10 resulting in wins by the point spread, or by picking the over-under.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 9, 2009
No truth to Harrington-Thomas trade talk
NEW YORK — The mind boggles and the mouse googles:
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 2, 2009
Signing Iverson would be mistake for Philly
NEW YORK — Other than generating some desperately (the operative word) needed excitement among the missing masses and possibly selling enough tickets for the remainder of the 76ers' 5-11 season to rationalize investing in a pro-rated $1.3 million veteran minimum contract, I can't visualize anything...
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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