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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Saddest Story o’ the Day (Elizabeth Edwards Edition)
From Politico’s Morning Score: ELIZABETH EDWARDS still does not have a grave stone. Only a tiny card printed with her name and a bouquet of purple flowers marks where she’s been laid to rest at a Raleigh cemetery. The story originally … Continue reading
Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus . . . Conclude! (Crowning The Kings Edition)
You knew it wasn’t the New Jersey Devils’ night in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals when, at the start of the second period, with the Devils already down 3-0, a linesman inadvertently set a pick on a Devils … Continue reading
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Tagged Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Times, New Jersey Devils, Stanley Cup Finals
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No Djoke: Rafa CAN Beat This Guy
As the hardworking staff has painstakingly chronicled, Rafael Nadal has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Novak Djokovic for the past year, never so much as in the last three Grand Slam finals. That was then. Here’s the climactic conclusion … Continue reading
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Tagged French Open, Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, The Untouchables, TOUCHABLE
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Quote o’ the Day (Mitt Romney Chutzpah Edition)
In a Sunday Boston Globe piece by Michael Kranish detailing Super PAC domination of the current election cycle (pro-Mitt Romney Restore Our Future alone has raised $57 million to kneecap primary opponents and Pres. Obama), there was this helpful graphic. … Continue reading
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Bring The Bain! (Priorities USA Action Edition)
Cory Booker, Deval Patrick, and Harold Ford Jr. be damned – Democratic Super PAC Priorities USA Action has launched another advertising assault on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital track record. Via BuzzFeed: Obama Super PAC Steps Up Bain Capital Attack Undeterred by … Continue reading
How I Met Your [Product Placement]
Call it product REplacement. From this week’s TV Q&A (via the Boston Herald): Q. On reruns of “How I Met Your Mother,” there are ads in the background for the 2012 Toyota Prius V. How is that possible when some of the episodes … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, How I Met Your Mother, Prius, product REplacement, Sneak ADtack, TV Q&A
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Dr. Ads Presents “The Baggies”
Yo. Check it out at the in restauro (as the Italians say) Sneak ADtack. Yo.
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Tim Murray/Bob Kraft Edition)
A twofer on Friday from our Two-Daily Town desk Start with the Tim Murray Experience. Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr submitted a slapdash slap at the Lt. Governor over his recusing/not recusing himself in the approval of a Massachusetts judicial … Continue reading
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Tagged Aubrey O'Day, Bob Kraft, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Howie Carr, Inside Track, Michael McLaughlin, Names, Ricki Noel Lander, Scot Lehigh, Tim Murray
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WSJ Disrespects The 1960s Boston Celtics
Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured this story in its Friday Journal sction: Is Spain’s ‘La Roja’ The Greatest Team Ever? Not just the best in soccer: the best of all time in any sport. Why the Spanish national team could … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s Yankees, 1950s Canadien, 1960s Celtics, 1960s Packers, 1990s Bulls, Greatest Team Ever, La Roja, Wall Street Journal
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