Phil Mushnick has been the New York Post's television and radio columnist since 1982. His Equal Time column runs twice a week, on Fridays and Sundays. A native of Staten Island, Mushnick joined The Post in 1973 as a copy boy before being promoted to a reporter and covering the New York Cosmos and New Jersey Nets. Mushnick's no-holds barred commentary has taken on some of the biggest individuals, teams and companies in the sports world, most notably Vince McMahon and the WWE and Phil Knight and Nike.