UP WITH DOWNWARD DOG
It was the summer solstice. It was hotter than Hades. And yet the fitness participants on Court Street in White Plains kept their cool….
Georgette Gouveia
A 2020 YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester Visionary Award winner and a 2018 Folio Women in Media Award Winner, Georgette Gouveia is the author of “Burying the Dead,” “Daimon: A Novel of Alexander the Great” and "Seamless Sky" (JMS Books), as well as “The Penalty for Holding,” a 2018 Lambda Literary Award finalist (JMS Books), and “Water Music” (Greenleaf Book Group). They’re part of her series of novels, “The Games Men Play,” also the name of the sports/culture blog she writes. Her short story “The Glass Door,” about love in the time of the coronavirus, was recently published by JMS. Read WAG’s serialization of “Seamless Sky” here. For more, visit thegamesmenplay.com.
MAKING A SPLASH
When it comes to swimming, Maritza Correia hasn’t lost her competitive edge. Correia – who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games…
FASHIONING THE GAMES
It’s all about the brand, baby When the U.S. team marches into the Olympic Stadium in London July 27 for the opening of the…
SPORTY SUMMERS
With Bob Costas, Matt Lauer, Michael Phelps… If teacher Amy Bass were to answer the traditional back-to-school essay sparker, “How I Spent My Summer…
U.S.-U.K.:OK?
Understanding America’s ‘special relationship’ with England In the romantic comedy “Love Actually,” Hugh Grant plays an enchantingly dithering British prime minister who’s a cross…
SPEAKING OF RIVALRIES…
With the London Games approaching, Chris Cleave would seem to have hit the trifecta. He’s British, his new novel about rivalry is set at…
THE BEST OF FRENEMIES
Rivals share a complex relationship For the last two years, Ryan Lochte has been the No. 1 swimmer in the world. But this year,…
THE ART OF THE GAMES
It’s raining men, hallelujah, it’s raining men at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, where “The Olympic Games: Art, Culture & Sport” goes for the…
GOLD FINGERS
Gustav Klimt was a golden boy in every sense of the word.
The child of a goldsmith
GILT-Y PLEASURES
Once viewers got past all the bullion, movie-star bangles and pirate booty in the American Museum of Natural History’s glittering 2006 “Gold” exhibit, they…
SPANKING HANKY-PANKY
Recently, a throng of WAG staffers (OK, one) has urged me to weigh in on “Fifty Shades of Grey.” I don’t know why it…
HE’LL ALWAYS HAVE DENVER
Forget football. Tim Tebow’s presidential press conference was a clinic on how to lose and gain a job gracefully. First, dress to impress. Tebow’s…
WHEN YOU’RE A JET
From a cultural standpoint, Tim Tebow is the gift that keeps on giving. Today, he became a Jet all the way, and while I’m…
LOVE SONG
When I heard that Whitney Houston died, I burst into tears. Maybe you did, too. She had that kind of effect on people. Gifted…
THE ETERNAL NEMESES
Well, congratulations to the New England Patriots: They’ve been Djokovic-ed. One of the greatest teams of all time – to borrow the hyperbole of…
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
Well , what to say of Madonna’s halftime performance? Is it un-sisterly, sexist and certainly un-feminist of me to say she somehow seems too…
THE OFFICES OF THE NIGHT
“The Borgias” – the sumptuous Renaissance-set series that Showtime is bringing back for a second season beginning April 8 at 10 p.m. – is…
BOUND FOR GLORY
The Native Americans called him “Son of the Morning Star,” because he liked to attack at dawn. Tonight at 8 on Thirteen/WNET, PBS’ “American…
THE FEMININE SIDE
Once I get an idea, I’m like a dog with a bone. So herein is another post about my latest obsession – Tim Tebow….
GRIDIRON GALAHAD
With everyone talking about Tim Tebow, I wanted to weigh in – not because I know anything about football but because I can’t stand…