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By Bob Smith

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The 1998 Yankees were arguably the best baseball team ever. Even opposing players predicted they would have a parade down the Canyon of Heroes midway through that season. YES Yankees analyst and former New York Times sportswriter Jack Curry marks the silver anniversary of that team with his latest book which is simply titled “The 1998 Yankees” (Twelve). Yes, Curry touches David Wells’ perfect game, and

Derek Jeter’s postseason heroics, but he also devotes pages to contributors who may have been forgotten a bit such as Chuck Knoblauch, Scott Brosius, and Shane Spencer.

When it comes to being connected to everyone, the closest anyone will get to actor Kevin Bacon is former Yankees PR director Marty Appel. He proves that yet again in his latest book, “Pinstripes by the Tale” (Triumph Books). Appel is a marvelous storyteller, whether it be describing riding next to Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and her children on the “D” train and refraining from conversing with them so they can preserve their privacy, to being asked by then-Yankees GM Gabe Paul to listen in as he breaks the news on the phone to Bobby Murcer he has been traded to the Giants for Bobby Bonds, to about how to pitch to American League hitters.

Marty was also the PR director for WPIX, which just celebrated its 75th anniversary, more than a decade. He shares fun anecdotes about preacher Oral Roberts and hard-boiled newscaster Bill Jorgensen.

By Lloyd Carroll

pair of unbeaten pugilists, Terence Crawford and air on Showtime Pay-Per-View.

Midsummer is normally a quiet time in the television industry. Showtime Sports CEO Stephen Espinoza said the timing was deliberate. “We Game and before NFL training camps begin,” he told me.

Speaking of Las Vegas, a new sport, Slamball, which combines elements of basketball, hockey, and trampoline will take place in Sin City starting July 21, ESPN will be televising its games. Former Turner Sprots CEO David Levy is taking part in the enterprise.