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Among the throng of Columbia University student protesters gathered outside Hamilton Hall on campus early Tuesday morning was a gray-haired woman in her 60s. In a video captured by The New York Times, the protesters can be seen trying to push their way toward the building as the woman — decades older than the crowd — pleads with two young counterprotesters trying to block them from barricading the occupied building. “This is ridiculous,” the woman says, as the men stand with their backs against the doors, apparently trying to keep protesters away from the building. “We’re trying to end a genocide in Gaza.”The woman at the center of this encounter on the night protesters stormed and then occupied the building was Lisa Fithian, a longtime activist and trainer for left-wing protesters whom the Police Department would later publicly describe as a “confirmed professional agitator.”

Persons: —, “ We’re, Lisa Fithian, ” Organizations: Columbia University, Hamilton, The New York Times, Police Department Locations: Gaza

☆ Seder Is About Family, Food, Freedom. And Now, It’s Also About the War.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Andrew Keh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Bonnie Rosenfeld had 38 people crowded into her home in Rockaway, N.J., on Monday night. She has hosted Passover Seders for years, but none that felt quite like this. She wanted to address “the elephant in the room” up front. It was, in her eyes, a recognition of the obvious:“This night is different,” said Ms. Rosenfeld, invoking the Four Questions traditionally recited on the holiday. “This Seder is different.”That sentiment echoed around the country this week, as families and groups of friends gathered for the start of Passover amid the complicated swirl of emotions and fiery political debates stirred by the monthslong Israel-Hamas war.

Persons: Bonnie Rosenfeld, ”, Rosenfeld Locations: Rockaway, N.J, Gaza, Israel

It was well before dawn on Sunday when the cyclists first began to congregate — a handful at first, then a few dozen, then hundreds. Not far away, the white lights of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge — the iconic starting point of the New York City Marathon — shimmered like a constellation in the dark sky. But these athletes were happy bathing in the fluorescent glow of a humble 24-hour Dunkin’ Donuts in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. In the past two decades, for a growing number of cyclists, the store’s parking lot has become an iconic starting point in its own right for one irresistible annual challenge: to ride the marathon course in the sliver of time after the roads are closed to traffic and before any official races begin.

Organizations: New York Locations: Bay Ridge , Brooklyn

☆ One Block. 8 Food Carts. One Choice: Fuchka.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Andrew Keh | More About Andrew Keh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Naeem Khandaker believes he can see the future, and the future he sees is fuchka. Today, no fewer than eight fuchka carts, with near-identical menus and similar design aesthetics, operate within a one-block radius of his original spot. But commercial copycatting in the city rarely comes with the physical proximity, personal familiarity and cheeky gamesmanship of the fuchka free-for-all deliciously erupting in Jackson Heights. “The first fuchka cart in USA,” trumpets the sign on Tong, Mr. Khandaker’s business, on the northeast corner of 73rd Street and 37th Avenue. “We are real,” proposes Fuchka Garden, a couple more steps east, elevating the debate onto the astral plane.

Persons: Naeem Khandaker, Khandaker, Tong, ” Locations: America, Queens ., New York, Jackson Heights, USA

Mike Duggan and his hockey buddies were strapping on their gear one recent morning when their banter hopscotched, as it frequently does, to the subject of joint replacement surgeries. Duggan, 74, the proud owner of an artificial hip, marveled at the sheer number of titanium body parts in the locker room. He gestured toward Mitch Boriskin, who was wiggling into a pair of skates along the opposite wall. “I don’t think there’s an original part on you,” Duggan said. “Two fake knees, a spinal cord stimulator, 25 surgeries,” he began, as if reciting a box score.

Persons: Mike Duggan, strapping, Duggan, Mitch Boriskin, ” Duggan, Boriskin, ”, ” Duggan interjected Organizations: Snoopy Senior Locations: Oregon, North America, Santa Rosa, Calif, San Francisco

☆ Shattered Nerves, Sleepless Nights: Pickleball Noise Is Driving Everyone Nuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Andrew Keh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It sounded like popcorn warming in a microwave: sporadic bursts that quickened, gradually, to an arrhythmic clatter. “There it is,” Mary McKee said, staring out the front door of her home in Arlington, Va., on a recent afternoon. McKee, 43, a conference planner, moved to the neighborhood in 2005 and for the next decade and a half enjoyed a mostly tranquil existence. More arrived in short order, spreading out until there were six games going at once. Together they produced an hourslong ticktock cacophony that has become the unwanted soundtrack of the lives of McKee and her neighbors.

Persons: ” Mary McKee, McKee Organizations: Walter Reed Community Center Locations: Arlington , Va

☆ Why Do Team Owners Raise the Championship Trophy First?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Andrew Keh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I wanted that moment to belong to the players,” Cuban said. “And as it turned out, Dirk holding the trophy over his head has been iconic. “I don’t think it’s as joyful a moment as it could be for the players,” said Julian Gressel, a midfielder for the U.S. men’s soccer team. He had to wait for Arthur Blank, the co-founder of Home Depot, to raise the M.L.S. trophy (Blank even got his own confetti cannon shower) when Atlanta United won the title in 2018.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Cuban, Dirk Nowitzki, “, ”, Dirk, Julian Gressel, Arthur Blank, Gressel Organizations: Dallas Mavericks, U.S, Home, Atlanta United, Vancouver Whitecaps Locations: Germany, M.L.S

☆ Their Reputations Precede Them. And That’s the Problem.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Andrew Keh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Most times in basketball, a foul is just a foul. But sometimes, it can feel like so much more: a Rorschach test unearthing a person’s biases about the game, a window into a player’s thinking, a referendum on his entire career. Can an on-court act be judged on its own or must the actor be considered, too? playoff series — and the subsequent responses to them — has reinforced the extent to which the reputations of players, and the swirling narratives associated with them, seem to color the way the athletes, referees, league officials and fans process the action unfolding on the court. After each instance, the players’ reputations were called into action in some way — as corroborating evidence, as a shield, as a liability.

☆ When Every Win Means Water, Water Everywhere
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Andrew Keh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

When Every Win Means Water EverywherePicture yourself at work. Teleport this scene into a sports locker room, though, and suddenly the dousing is perfectly in bounds. But like many coaches, he eventually accepted his fate, removing his shoes before entering the locker room. The athletes were unwinding in the locker room when Coach Mark Few and his assistants charged in and began sousing them with ice-cold water. Isaiah Wong, the team’s star shooting guard, said they would only consider spraying water now if they won the championship.

☆ Hey, Bing, Help Me Overcome My Fear of College Basketball
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

I’m still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience.🙏Do you know a lot about college basketball, and do you enjoy talking about it? Why are people so obsessed about the college basketball brackets? I've never filled out a college basketball March Madness bracket, and I heard that it's virtually impossible to do completely accurately, even if you predict the winner. When filling out my college basketball bracket, should I just guess according to what team names I like the best? :)I’m afraid I can’t fill out a March Madness bracket, as I’m just a chat mode of Microsoft Bing search.

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