New York firefighters battled a fire with “great volumes of smoke” nearly 36 years ago at the same Bronx apartment building that caught fire Sunday, leaving 17 dead – all from smoke inhalation, ...

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It's a great quarterback nickname, coined by the cynical New Yorkers of the late 1970s. "Parkway Joe" Pisarcik, was described by the tabloids' sportswriters as "the bargain basement quarterback." No ...

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Davey Johnson, who managed the 1986 New York Mets to a thrilling World Series victory over the Boston Red Sox, died at the age of 82. Johnson has the highest win percentage of any Mets manager at .588 ...

There has been little talk about the fact that it is the 25th anniversary of the Mets 1986 World Series victory. It is time to change that. After reading a great piece by Stephen Meyer comparing two ...

The final baseball used in the 1986 World Series has sold at auction for $183,000, according to a report from Cllct. The New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games during that series, ...