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The New York Times, Thayer Evans and CYA
Faithful readers of and irritated visitors to this site are quite familiar with the New York Times - Thayer Evans - Jamarkus McFarland Family ménage à trois of hilarity. For a recap of the situation, please brush-up here. Today I came across this offering from the Grey Lady - Internets division. ...
L'Affaire McFarland and The Media
I don't write at length here very often as I'm not much of a writer, which I will now go to great lengths to demonstrate. This paucity of creative talent on my part is why we pay the big talent guys like Trips Right and Scipio Tex in beaucoups wampum. Chooky gets paid in blotter acid, CTJ in...
The Fat Trap: Is that really what diets are?
This piece in the New York Times Magazine by Tara Parker-Pope has drawn a lot of interest in the last week. The basic idea is what Pope calls "a sobering reality" - "once we become fat, most of us, despite our best efforts, will probably stay fat." Getting to and maintaining a desired (and...
Previewing WWE Linda McMahon's second Connecticut campaign for US Senate
Earlier today Linda McMahon, the wife of WWE's majority shareholder Vince McMahon and its former CEO until 2009, finally announced on friendly home turf that she was running for U.S. Senate again in 2012. This move has largely been expected by political and wrestling insiders ever since she lost...
WWE Network start date rushed to jump the gun on UFC
Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer reported on today's free Wrestling Observer Radio show that the heavy promotion on last night's Raw that the WWE Network would debut sometime in 2012 was prompted by fears that their combat entertainment competitor UFC was going to start their our network soon and...
Mets as Punchline 2: The New Batch
On Monday, Jim Luttrell penned a post to the New York Times Bats blog that was only a few steps removed from a Bleacher Report SLIDHSOW. Basically, it listed the Mets many ills and asked readers to submit reasons to keep going to CitiField the rest of this season. (That's the sign of quality...
Did the McMahons force out long time board member Lowell Weicker Jr.?
Not only is WWE infusing new blood into their creative team, they are also shaking up their board of directors. Hot on the heels of the surprise resignation of their well thought of COO Donna Goldsmith comes the less surprising news that 79 year old former U.S. Senator and Governor of Connecticut...
Links: Logo design, TV ratings
I won't get all wordy with my intro today since Matt just posted his Southeast Division roundup and I'm sure the game preview is following on my heels, so let's just get straight to this weeks links: Lightning links: Nate Thompson doesn't practice as a precaution and will not play tonight which...
New York Times: Corey Fisher Focused On Positive Future
This is an awesome read from The New York Times, and amazingly something I'd never heard before about Corey Fisher, the electric PG who hails from The Bronx. Apparently Fisher's great uncle, Guy Fisher, was a notorious drug-lord whose story was part of the 2007 hit film American Gangster. He is...
Madison Square Garden: MMA's Unsung Hero
The New York Times finally takes notice: Radio City Music Hall, which the Garden operates, will host a news conference on Wednesday for the Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view card on Saturday in Newark. The fights, to be contested at the sold-out Prudential Center, will be shown on a big...
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