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Saturday, June 22, 2002
Fiction becomes fact
Kevin Smith has started up an entertainment site Movie Poop Shoot News. If it sounds familiar, it's because it was the name of the fictional Web site in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. I suppose too many people were looking for that site after the movie came out, so why not spin it off into something useful.
posted at 2:59 AM
Friday, June 21, 2002
Jim Caple's advice to the Class of 2002 is slightly amusing, and, I suppose, an OK takeoff of Mary Schmich's column later turned into a hit by Baz Luhrmann. I still remember hearing the hubbub about the Luhrmann song and the mistaken attribution to Kurt Vonnegut, then realizing that I had actually posted the original column online during my internship at the Chicago Tribune just before my own graduation (and not thinking much of it than a cute diversion for the Sunday paper). Just my brush with pop music history/pop folklore.
posted at 8:19 PM
Atlanta has often been criticized as a bad sports town, especially with the fickle fans. However, it's nice to see some teams down here try to make an effort to attract fans using the old tried and true trick -- lower ticket prices. The Hawks are making a money-back guarantee to season ticket holders if they don't make the playoffs while the Falcons, already with some of the lowest ticket prices in the NFL, are cutting ticket prices even more. Nice steps, now the teams have to make it work on the field to make the cost-cutting worth it.
posted at 3:16 PM
You gotta love those fish-n-chip folks. Batter anything and dip it in oil, and you've got a masterpiece. How else to explain the newest phenomenon -- fried Twinkies.
posted at 3:10 PM
In the wake of the upcoming releases of the hoops farces Juwanna Mann and Like Mike, one has to wonder, have there been any good basketball comedies? There have been decent basketball dramas like Hoosiers, Hoop Dreams, and Love and Basketball(which I stumbled across on TV last night and turned out to be a solid picture), but there isn't much that can't be considered ridiculous. Unfortunately there are too many movies like The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh and not enough White Men Can't Jump.
posted at 12:05 AM
Thursday, June 20, 2002
"I guess the humidor is broken"
Great quote from Clint Hurdle after another wacky shootout at Coors Field. Put a Yankees team now hitting homers in Denver and, yikes. Of course, the Yankees didn't have much in terms of real middle relief (Mike Thurman? Randy Choate? yikes) and it bit them at the end since I didn't think Karsay had much left in a second inning.
posted at 8:41 PM
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Assorted sports ramblings
The Italians were complaining, and rightfully so, for getting jobbed by the officials in their loss to South Korea, but isn't sacking the Korean player who scored the winning goal from an Italian club just a bit much?
There were some decent if unspectacular choices for the Hockey Hall of Fame. Unfortunately I can't see Bernie Federko's name with thinking "Adam Oates for Bernie Federko, my ass!"
Seeing ex-NBA players and coaches coaching WNBA teams is one thing. And then there's Bill Laimbeer coaching the Detroit Shock. Was he not making enough from those IBM ads or that godawful video game from years ago.
posted at 10:10 PM
If I can have a column ...
OK, which is a worse hire for a supposedly reputable publication: This one or this one?
posted at 1:53 AM
Pick a sound, any sound. I dare you! I'm still waiting for him to use those lines as Mace Windu. "Don't Jedi me, OK!"
posted at 12:56 AM
I remember the original story of the Krispy Kreme robber, although I'd love to have seen the chase there as it could've compared favorably with the L.A. chase of a Frito-Lay truck in the early morning. Anyways, it looks like they've caught the guy and ends the stakeout that cops didn't want to end.
posted at 12:50 AM
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
Nice to see he's found some new work. I guess this is on par with Pras shilling for 1-800-YES-CREDIT or Erik Estrada serving as a spokesman for Smoke Signals -- phone service for those with credit problems.
posted at 7:30 PM
It's not a surprise that Jesse Ventura decided not to run for re-election. In fact, wasn't it considered an April Fool's Joke when he told reporters he would seek re-election? Pegging his decision not to run on his son's partying at the mansion seems a bit suspicious, though. It didn't look like he'd win re-election anyways and his act had worn a bit thin. But maybe he'll make another appearance or two in the WWE once his term is up.
posted at 7:11 PM
Monday, June 17, 2002
Assorted sports ramblings
After having to deal with an extra huge day at work a little more than a week ago, there was a bunch more stuff going on (and this is supposed to be a quiet period) ...
I was half awake for most of that thrilling U.S. win over Mexico, and I was at least moderately coherent for both goals. The U.S. still hasn't looked good for an entire game, and that might eventually catch up with them against the Germans. One major thing that bothers me is Jack Edwards' trying to make up that closing line for the big win. I guess he's using that delay to come up with the lines. Jack, just let it flow.
Both the NBA and Stanley Cup Finals turned out to be very anticlimactic, but as Salon's King Kaufman notes, the Red Wings at least looked happy doing it. And there seemed to be something special about Scotty Bowman going out on top and all of those future Hall of Famers getting the Cup. The Rangers also bought a bunch of stars but were on the golf course at this time of year.
There was some talk of reseeding teams in the final four after the West proved to be far superior this year. Forget all of that. Things go in cycles. Some years, the East rules, other times, the West rules. Sometimes it's a draw. Take it another way, should we also reseed in the NFL? You probably don't get the Patriots winning the Super Bowl that way. Leave things alone.
While the KobeShaq juggernaut often looks tedious, Tiger Woods makes his domination look fun -- and I'm not just talking about his girlfriend. His U.S. Open win was fun, and it helped that the New York crowd was a lot of fun. Other thoughts: Sure, Bethpage Black is a public course, but it doesn't look like the public courses I've seen. Also, Phil Mickelson will get a major soon. Maybe he'll spoil Tiger's slam bid later this summer.
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