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Snow Kidding! New York Dailies In Storm Coverage Photo Finish
What are the odds that three of the four Big Town dailies would feature the same Page One photo in their coverage of this weekend’s big storm? Pretty good, as the Poynter website reported yesterday: Same photo appears on front pages of … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Five-Daily Town (R.I.P. Ed Koch Edition)
The New York dailies went all in on the passing of legendary mayor Ed Koch. Page One tributes (all via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages). Newsday: Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Five-Daily Town (the latest … Continue reading
Let Timmy Smoke (‘Em)
So maybe Tim Lincecum didn’t have a Cy Young season this year. But he sure smoked the Tigers in last night’s 8-3 blowtorching of the Detroit Nine. From the New York Daily News: Tim Lincecum, former two-time Cy Young Award … Continue reading
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Tagged Cy Young, Let Tim Smoke, New York Daily News, San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum, World Series
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The Skunk At The Yanks’ Garden Party
Mr. September is back. Yes yes – the Yankees beat the Orioles 7-2 last night, but no thanks to Alex Rodriguez, who once again proved he’s not up to the post-season challenge, despite telling the Daily News the other day … Continue reading
Marlen Esparza Is Golden To Us
Last month the hardworking staff wrote about U.S. women’s boxing Olympian Marlen Esparza and her quest for a gold medal at London 2012. The post ended with this quote from an Atlantic profile: Looking . . . to the Olympics, … Continue reading
Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Overtime Edition II)
Three more OT beauties in the Stanley Cup bakeoff. #1 (via the Boston Globe): Capitals get one back from Bruins BOSTON — At 2:56 of double overtime, Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom winged a shot through Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference that beat … Continue reading
My New York Daily News Debut
Back when I was in high school, I used to send crank Letters to Editor of the New York Daily News that invariably began one of two classic Daily News ways: 1) “Where do you get off . . .” … Continue reading
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Tagged Ginger White, Herman Cain, Hormone Cain, New York Daily News, The Harmanator
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WeinerWorld: New York Tabloids Edition (VIII)
Final edition, we hope: (If only that were true.) Got a favorite? Write and tell us!
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Tagged AM New York, Anthony Weiner, Metro New York, New York Daily News, New York Post, Newsday
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WeinerWorld: New York Tabloids Edition (VII)
Mostly quiet on the dead-tree front, with only today’s Post roasting the Weiner: But now that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Twitter) is about to resign, the websites are all, well, atwitter. For obvious reasons, the Post has honors: New York Daily … Continue reading
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Tagged AM New York, Anthony Weiner, Gawker, Metro New York, New York Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, resign
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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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