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WSJ’s Jason Gay Gets All Squirrely
The always-readable Jason Gay broke this news in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal: LeTR fROm thE RaLLy SQuiRRel AtTornEY DEaR PEEpLE of SAiNT LOuIs, My NaMe is RiChaRD FLuFFYTAIL, III, EsQ. I am A SQuiRReL AttornEY with the FiRm of ACoRN, … Continue reading
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Tagged Got Squirrel?, Jason Gay, Rally Squirrel, Ring Lardner, St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial, Wall Street Journal
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WSJ’s Jason Gay To Littlest Red Sox Fans: Welcome To Boston
The Wall Street Journal has been on the Red Sox like David Ortiz on a low fastball. Today’s installment comes from columnist Jason Gay: Boston Kids Finally Feel Heartbreak This letter is for everyone in Boston who’s 10 years old … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal
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Jason Gay’s Take-Your-Father-To-Work Day
Wall Street Journal sports columnist Jason Gay had a sweet piece Thursday about taking his Dad, “a high school tennis coach in Cambridge, Mass., the city he grew up in, for 38 seasons,” to the U.S. Open. He has coached … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Gay, Patrick Ewing, tennis Grand Slam, U.S.Open, Wall Street Journal
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A (Jason) Gay Old Time For Kim & Kris
The hardworking staff has long been an unabashed fan of the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay (evidence here), and his column today is no exception: A Brooklyn Bash for Kim and Kris? It’s the most significant NBA transaction of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Jason Binn, Jason Gay, Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, New Jersey Nets, Wall Street Journal
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Bob Ryan v. Jason Gay On Pats v. Jets
Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Bob Ryan’s Boston Globe column on the New England Patriots-New York Jets rivalry: It rivals anything we’ve seen Excerpt: Now while we can’t see Coach Bill and Regal Rex wrestling at the 50 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Belichick, Bob Ryan, Boston Globe, Charlie Sheen, Jason Gay, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Rex Ryan, Wall Street Journal
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Jason Gay And The Dignity Of Defeat
During the past couple of weeks, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay has written a couple of terrific pieces about the losers of major sporting events. Exhibit A: A Loser’s Winning Moment Rafael Nadal’s Grace Helps Him Shine in the … Continue reading
Rafa Quote o’ the Day (pat. pending)
From Jason Gay’s Wall Street Journal review of Rafael Nadal’s French Open Final victory over Roger Federer: Sunday at Roland Garros, he defeated his elegant nemesis, Roger Federer, a man Nadal charmingly described to tennis gadfly John McEnroe as “the … Continue reading
A Gay Old Time
Jason Gay has always been a good read – from his days as media critic for the New York Observer to his current sports gig at the Wall Street Journal. On Monday, he ran this sporting tribute to totally gone … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Gay, Larry King, LeBron James, New York Observer, Wall Street Journal
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Campaign Outsider Sports Trifecta™
On those rare occasions that the hardworking staff has three sports-related posts, we play the Campaign Outsider Trifecta (pat. pending). To wit: Prophetic Headline o’ the Day® Tuesday’s New York Times: Sweden’s Soderling Is a Force to Be Reckoned With … Continue reading
Tiger Woodshed
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider isn’t on this earth long enough to read more than two articles about Friday’s Tigerpalooza. But we did happen to catch a couple of pieces in the weekend Wall Street Journal. The first piece … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Gay, mea culpresser, Tiger Woods apology, Tigerpalooza, Wall Street Journal, Woodsman
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