April 2010
48 posts
“I think I’ll go home tonight and sleep like a baby, which means I’ll...”
– Brian Tierney being extremely descriptive after losing the newspapers at auction.
“The plan for the new bridge calls for a “cashless” toll system, with...”
– Buried at the end of this story about the bike path on the Scudder Falls bridge is this little note. It’s the beginning of the end, toll takers!
“In Philadelphia, some people play a two-handed game called Microwave Tin Cat....”
– Rick Reilly does a whole part of a book on RPS, and doesn’t mention the City League? (At least in this excerpt.) This is concrete evidence that Reilly is slipping.
“Police arrested 19 men who they say solicited an undercover officer, including...”
– Nothing goes better with criminal solicitation than a Tastykake! (APP via iracane)
Dennis Haskins Enters HOF Before Bert Blyleven →
A piece I did for Walkoff Walk today.
“9. LADY GAGA, FEAT. BEYONCÉ, “TELEPHONE” | Two of the country’s biggest pop...”
– David Thorpe on the Billboard ringtones chart.
“Daily News fingered him, so he turned himself in: Man allegedly involved in rash...”
– Ew.
“[T]he first sign of trouble came was about midway through the argument, when...”
– “Our Tech-Savvy Supreme Court,” Wall Street Journal Law Blog.
Philly Hip-Hop Group Aims for World Music... →
Bold headline of the day goes to KYW 1060.
MLB To Youth: We Hate Your Style of Dress →
My piece today at Walkoff Walk.
“There’s very little of this behavior [sitting for the national anthem],...”
– Am I mistaken, or did the Daily News’ Stu Bykofsky imply that black people hate America in his column today? For the record, I attend many Sixers games and always stand for the national anthem. But I leave my hat on — if it’s a patriotic hat.
“Sex is like the death penalty: One outcome, so many different ways of carrying...”
– Stephen Colbert
Clare O’Connor, my No. 1 favorite person from Bermuda, wrote a piece for CJR.org on TMZ Sports, and she was nice enough to quote me in it! Attention journalists: If you’d like to get linked on noted blog Philadelphia Will Do, either write a good article I like… or quote me in an article. Or you can do both, like this one.
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“Marreese Speights’ 23 points capped a sorry Sixers season and perhaps the...”
– Eff that noise. This year’s 76ers were the most interesting 27-win team ever. Just think about all that happened to them! (via AP)
“I am deeply sorry for having to postpone tomorrow’s Ball Park Cranks due...”
– Wow, no one was more disappointed that Jimmy Rollins’ Red Bull event was canceled more than Jimmy Rollins himself. (via The Zo Zone)
“A man wearing a Philadelphia Flyers jersey stared blankly at me as I slowly...”
– “Hockey night in Liberia: NHL jerseys everywhere in war-torn nation,” National Post. I fully expect the NHL to place a team in Monrovia by 2020.
“Beyond the right-field fence at Blair County Ballpark is a roller coaster. If...”
– DJ Gallo’s very funny take on Stephen Stephen Strasburg’s debut. He also quotes one @dhm: “Before the game I asked my @DJGalloESPN Twitter followers what I should ask Strasburg during his postgame news conference. @dhm said I should ask, ‘How do you get out of Altoona?’...
“As a result of the bad publicity, [Akragas]’s shirt sponsor, an ice-cream...”
– Gioacchino Sferrazza, owner of Sicilian soccer club Akragas, dedicated a recent win to a reputed mobster. He was banned from watching his team play at the stadium for five years. Gabriele Marcotti relates Sferrazza’s retaliation in The Times. I think the owner got the last laugh.
Le Toux's Hat Trick Gives Union First-Ever Win →
“Bonaduce told Channel 29 yesterday that none of his fights for Feldman were...”
– “Dan Gross: Gloves off against celebrity fight promoter,” Philadelphia Daily News. If celebrity boxing could be rigged, I just don’t know what to believe anymore. Anyway, If this whole thing ends with Damon Feldman boxing attorney general Tom Corbett, I will be extremely happy.
Sexy Romp In Stadium Stall Rubs Doc Wrong Way,... →
I did a Photoshop for Rob at Walkoff Walk. Click through for my, um, masterpiece.
“The guy in the stall isn’t a man. He’s protoplasm in a T-shirt,...”
– Hilarious overreaction column of the day: “Sex at Opening Day: Hijinks in White Sox bathroom stall witnessed by father, son,” Chicago Tribune. But he did just have sex in a bathroom stall, so he could be a father soon!
“Six Slovenian ice hockey players who beat up their American coach after winning...”
– “Slovenian hockey team terminates contracts of players who beat up coach after winning league title,” Associated Press.
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“Woods shaved off the goatee he had worn during the practice round and was...”
– Riveting golf reporting.
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“I’m surprised to see Walkoff Walk so high. It’s a great blog that I read a lot,...”
– Some dude on some blog about Walkoff Walk.
WatchShaq does a “white classic.” (via rjwhite)
“Atlantic City police say a Frito-Lay delivery truck was stolen, abandoned and...”
– “Stolen, abandoned Frito-Lay delivery truck is looted by passersby,” Associated Press. (via Iracane)