I will always treasure the privilege of writing the ‘Sports of The Times’ column. George Vecsey Read Quote
I proposed abolishing boxing because it was bad for the brain, but boxers were generally so decent that I loved being around the gyms. George Vecsey Read Quote
I never worried about getting stale because the news and the people induce freshness every working hour. George Vecsey Read Quote
Television is making sports universal; for the same reason, big-time soccer is growing more popular in the United States. George Vecsey Read Quote
I love Major League Soccer, covered the first game in 1996 in a funky stadium in San Jose, and I applaud just about every move that its commissioners, Garber and Doug Logan, have made. George Vecsey Read Quote
Personal honors never meant much to Bill Russell, one of America’s most successful athletes with 2 college titles, 1 Olympic gold medal and 11 – count ’em, 11 – N.B.A. championships with the Boston Celtics. George Vecsey Read Quote
When Sweden’s Jan-Ove Waldner travels to China to play table tennis, he is mobbed when he leaves his hotel as if he were a rock star walking around Manhattan or a soccer star walking around Europe. George Vecsey Read Quote
The Greatest Living Yankee is Whitey Ford, who came out of Aviation High School, which was then in Manhattan, and helped pitch the Yankees to victory in the 1950 World Series when he was 21. George Vecsey Read Quote
I say the Islanders were the best team I ever covered because they had more so many stars who delivered with Canadian-Swedish-suburban modesty. And they won four straight Stanley Cups from 1980 through 1983. George Vecsey Read Quote
