#OTD 50 years ago, President Ford escaped the second of 2 assassination attempts in 2 ½ weeks, in an era of heightened political violence. My story in @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social today ... thedispatch.com/article/gera...

Rock was running out of steam. Then came a 25-year-old from Jersey with an album that put its heart back on fire. Frederic Frommer on the legacy of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’.

In 1992, a fatal attack on a congressional staffer provoked a response from the federal government, when a senator who called DC a "war zone" tried to impose the death penalty on the city. My story in @theguardian.com today... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#OTD 50 years ago, George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin began one of the most contentious baseball marriages. Their famous 1978 Miller Lite commercial was actually filmed BEFORE any of the multiple times The Boss fired Martin...

My story today, on the eve of Dave Parker's Hall of Fame induction, on his pair of throws at the 1979 #AllStarGame that helped NL to 7-6 win - the same score as this year's, but sans the home run "swing-off."

My story on the only time two Black pitchers went head-to-head in an All-Star Game ... contrarian.substack.com/p/the-mlb-al...

My @contrariannews.org story on how JFK created #USAID.... contrarian.substack.com/p/jfk-cited-...

My story for @contrariannews.org about the NBA's Black deputy commissioner, Simon Gourdine, who was the favorite to land the top job in 1975, but was passed over in favor Larry O'Brien. contrarian.substack.com/p/50-years-a...

Fifty years ago, two Black coaches made history in the NBA Finals. K.C. Jones and Al Attles led from the front in a league finally opening doors while baseball and football were still decades behind. Fred Frommer explains.

I wrote this @PostSports story in 2023 when the Knicks’ championship drought hit a half-century. Sadly it is now 52 years… wapo.st/4kKkWYD

My story for @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social recounting how some US House members were furious when Montreal - "a foreign city" as they called it - got a ⚾️team in 1969. In 2005, MLB "reshored" the Expos by moving them to Washington. Now Trump wants the whole country. thedispatch.com/article/trum...

My story for @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social recounting how some US House members were furious when Montreal - "a foreign city" as they called it - got a ⚾️team in 1969. In 2005, MLB "reshored" the Expos by moving them to Washington. Now Trump wants the whole country. thedispatch.com/article/trum...

My essay in today's @BostonGlobe on how the Knicks are like the pre-2004 Red Sox, taking on the Goliath Celtics, who have been the Yankees of the NBA for more than 65 years.

I wrote a column for the @bostonglobe.com today on how the Celtics have been the Yankees of the #NBA - while the knicks have mirrored the pre-2004 Red Sox. Have the Knicks flipped the script after two big wins in Boston? ·https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/08/opinion/knicks-celtics-yankees-red-sox/

I spoke with showrunner Paul William Davies for my @washingtonpost.com story on how the detective on the @netflix.com series "The Residence" used bird qualities such as stealthiness and silence to help solve a White House mystery. wapo.st/431fM34

“I don’t work for acceptance. I am what I am.” @ffrommer.bsky.social on Celtics legend Bill Russell's protest

Starting now!

I'll be participating in the #DCHistCon Authors' Corner tomorrow (Saturday), signing copies of my book on DC baseball history from 1:15 to 3:15 at @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social, 901 G Street NW. Hope to see you there! conference.dchistory.org www.amazon.com/You-Gotta-Ha...

My @washingtonpost.com story today about how #MLB teams used to require fans to give up foul balls - and had "derelicts" who refused to jailed for larceny (including an 11-year-old boy). @dcsportsbog.bsky.social @jaconi.bsky.social wapo.st/3RiXt3U

My @washingtonpost.com story today about how #MLB teams used to require fans to give up foul balls - and had "derelicts" who refused to jailed for larceny (including an 11-year-old boy). @dcsportsbog.bsky.social @jaconi.bsky.social wapo.st/3RiXt3U

Jackie Robinson, a DEI hire? That's essentially what the publisher of The Sporting News called him 80 years ago, predicting that Robinson wouldn't even cut it in the minor leagues. My story for @contrariannews.org ... @jenrubin.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/when-baseb...

My @washingtonpost.com story on how Kurt Warner went from stocking shelves at an Iowa grocery to #SuperBowl MVP after the St. Louis Rams gave him a shot ...