Michael Lewis

Manchester to take its shot(s) at Eastern

By BRIAN NIELSEN, Sports Editor bnielsen@jg-tc.com Maybe Manchester College players will ask for autographs before trying to spoil Michael Lewis’ day. Eastern’s assistant men’s basketball coach, still known to many in the...

A brilliant piece on Wall Street’s self-immolation

Michael Lewis -- who wrote Liar's Poker back in 1989 -- gives a fascinating, detailed chronicle of just how Wall Street managed to cause the current financial maelstrom that's hurting all of us these days. Much of the article...

Red Bulls playing like superheroes

They have been called miracle workers and magicians during their amazing playoff run to MLS Cup. To many fans, however, the New York Red Bulls are much more than that. They are heroes, perhaps even super heroes, as the team...

Times' Gerry Marzorati on Play: No Options to 'Make it Viable'

Play, the Times Magazine’s quarterly sports magazine, folded yesterday because it was losing six-digit sums every year, said its editorial director Gerry Marzorati. “It was losing hundreds of thousands of dollars over several...

Merrill Lynch Needs a Dressing Down

The Wall Street Journal, Friday November 14th, reports on "culture clashes" between the brokers of Merrill Lynch and the bank that bought them, Bank of America. As the article portrays it, the values of Wall Street are coming...

2008 SCCA Board Election Results In

TOPEKA, Kan. November 17, 2008: Sports Car Club of America, Inc. announced the results for the four Areas holding elections this month, with three new members joining the Board of Directors and one current Director running...

The End

11 NOV 2008 from Portfolio | Read the full story» The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong....

Singletary puts Niners back to work after win

A day after the San Francisco 49ers snapped their six-game losing streak, interim coach Mike Singletary didn't see any cause for celebration.Nobody got the day off after San Francisco improved to 3-7 with a 35-16 win over the...

SFPD sued for age bias

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Officer George Fogarty, 49, has worked as a San Francisco patrol officer for 29 years. He passed the inspector test 10 years ago; he is still waiting for the promotion. "I have people that I trained when...

Bullish with Cepero

Goalkeeper Danny Cepero and will earn a paltry $12,900 this season as a developmental player, but has been a central figure in the Red Bulls' dramatic march to the MLS Cup against the Columbus Crew on Sunday.

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