“The Old Rangers Are Gone.”

That quote, from Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg, is the theme of this morning’s World Series round-up.It comes from an interview in USA Today concerning the prospects of keeping Cliff Lee, which doesn’t sound like the impossibility others have made it out to be; says Lee, beating the San Francisco…

Josh Hamilton, the Return of the Comet?

So writes George Vecsey this morning in The New York Times — referring, of course, to The Commerce Comet himself, Mickey Mantle. Insists the sports scribe, of the myriad comparisons made in recent days — Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. chief among them, per vanquished Yankees manager Joe Girardi…

How Did Bob Guccione End Up in Plano?

That, surely, is the question on your mind after reading of the 79-year-old Penthouse founder’s death at the Plano Specialty Hospital yesterday, following a years-long battle with lung cancer. The answer is simple, says one New Jersey attorney representing some of the myriad creditors in an ongoing Chapter 7 case…

For Now, At Least, a Fairytale of New York

Sums up George A. King III in this morning’s New York Post: “The Yankees arrived last night deep in the heart of Texas with a pulse. Faint, for sure, but enough of a beat that the ALCS stethoscope detected it. Can the pump tick long enough to get the Yankees…

Hard Times in New York Town

Writes Mike Lupica in this morning’s New York Daily News: “So it has come to this for the Yankees, after the Texas Rangers threw them down another flight of stairs, trying to throw them all the way out to 161st St., all the way into next season. It has come…

Museum Tower, a “Shaft of Light”

The view from Museum Tower in, give or take, three years​Back in June, you no doubt recall, Brook Partners announced that the long-in-the-works Museum Tower would finally sprout in the Arts District, courtesy the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System’s $200 million investment in the 42-floor condolith. Just one week…