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Boston Mayor Tom Meanino Says: No Garden Party Tonight
Boston Is Not Like Other Cities, Exhibit Umpteen (via NECN): No Bruins viewing party at TD Garden Fans will not be able to watch Game 7 of the Stanley Cup at the TD Garden. The Boston Bruins take on the … Continue reading
WeinerWorld: New York Tabloids Edition (VI)
Actually, Tabloid Edition. Only one today, but it’s a doozie: A bit of a, well, reach for that one, no? But that’s the Post for you.
They Don’t Call Him King James For Nothing
Clearly, his unmanning in the NBA Finals didn’t imbue LeBron James with a sense of humility. From the Boston Globe: When asked if he was bothered that many people root against him because of the manner in which he signed … Continue reading
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Tagged brain-dead, Esquire, LeBron James, LeBron James Is a Loser, NBA Finals, Scott Rabb
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The Challenge Bruin For Boston In Game 7
Everyone knows what it is: Can the Bruins turn Rogers Arena into TD Garden? At home the Bruins are tougher, quicker, and more disciplined (not so fast there, Patrice Bergeron!) than the Canucks. But can they be that way in … Continue reading
Dead Blogging The Tony Awards
Thanks to the Mavericks-Heat game (see here), the hardworking staff only caught the beginning and end of Sunday’s 65th Annual Tony Awards. Which means we were lucky enough to see Neil Patrick Harris’s opening and closing numbers. (We missed the … Continue reading
Dirk: n. A dagger
That’s according to The American Heritage Dictionary. And that’s exactly what Dirk Nowitzki was – a dagger – in the NBA Finals. You can debate all day long whether the Dallas Mavericks smoked the Miami Heat or the Heat self-immolated. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Mark Jackson, Miami Heat, NBA Finals, NoBrain James
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What The Hell Does THAT Mean? (Miami Heat Edition)
From a Sunday Boston Globe piece about Miami Heat players LeBron James and Dwayne Wade caught on video seeming to mock Dallas Maverick player Dirk Nowitzki: Yet another day in the NBA Finals, and yet another explanation forLeBron James and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, Miami Heat, mocking video
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WeinerWorld: New York Tabloids Edition (V)
Slim pickin’s on Sunday in Gotham, but at least we get these two – one okay, the other much better: The dirty laundry shot: Doesn’t get much better than that.
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Tagged Anthony Weiner, dirty laundry, Gotham, New York Daily News, New York Post, WeinerWorld
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Peggy Noodnik: Mitt Romney=Brian Williams
From Peggy Noonan’s latest Wall Street Journal column: All candidates for president are network or local. Romney is a network anchorman—sleek, put together, the right hair, a look of dignity. He’s like Brian Williams. Some candidates are local anchormen—they’re working … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Williams, Mitt Romney, NoodnikWorld, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
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Campaign Outsider Book Review Review
Paul Collins’s new book, The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars, looks like a media-watcher’s dream. From the Wall Street Journal review: In “The Murder of the Century,” Paul … Continue reading
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