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Rhode Island’s pride is showing
There was much to-do and flexing of cultural muscles and civic pride as Our Little Towne placed in the top 10 in many prestigious categories in Travel & Leisure magazine’s 2009 survey of “America’s Favorite Cities.”
Finally, some good ‘news!’ Plus, Brown slips, the Patriots slide, and more
By
PHILLIPE AND JORGE
| October 16, 2009
Shuffle off . . . to jail
Die-hard Patriots fans will remember Joe Panos as one in a very humorous sequence of nearly washed-up interior linemen.
It was a rough week for he Buffalo Bills, past and present
By
MATT TAIBBI
| February 25, 2009
Blount's blunts
Let’s just say it’s been a while since we’ve seen a pound-worthy entry to the annals of pot busts, as we did this week.
Sports blotter: "Gone to pot" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| December 17, 2008
Shattered Plax
Sports blotter: Burress edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| December 10, 2008
Surprising
You do a thing often enough, you tend to get good at that thing.
Sports blotter: "Absolutely fell out of my chair" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| December 03, 2008
Bad idea jeans
Sports blotter: "You’re looking at some years, son" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| November 25, 2008
Magnum farce
Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| November 19, 2008
He choked big time
Sports blotter: "Ugly incident" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| November 12, 2008
Quiet before the storm
There have been a lot of mysteries surrounding the Patriots in the Bill Belichick years, not surprising given the intense effort the team puts into maintaining airtight clubhouse and organizational secrecy in general.
Sports blotter: "Good call, coach" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| November 05, 2008
BBs and b-balls
A few years ago, it looked like college athletes shooting strangers with BB guns was going to be the boutique sports offense of the 21st century.
Sports blotter: "Inducing panic" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| October 29, 2008
Cursed Aztecs
San Diego State Aztecs basketball coach Steve Fisher lectures his players during the season about how to behave off the court, getting pretty specific about what he doesn’t want to see.
Sports blotter: "Late-night shopping" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| October 22, 2008
Hello, Larry
Absolutely nothing is funny about the Lawrence Phillips case, so let’s not even go there — there isn’t a single laugh to be found in this past week’s news that the onetime Next Jim Brown was sentenced to 10 years in Cali.
Sports blotter: "End of an era" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| October 16, 2008
More bad news for the Mets
Look, it just isn’t seemly for us non–New Yorkers to laugh too much about the continued suckdom of the New York Mets, specifically their bullpen.
Sports blotter: "Very bad times" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| October 09, 2008
Husker don't
Details right now are still sketchy, but Thunder Collins, a former University of Nebraska running back who was once considered a sure-fire NFL star, has been charged with murder.
Sports blotter: "Next Lawrence Phillips" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| October 02, 2008
Hello, old friend
There was a recent arrest of a onetime member of the Patriots defensive backfield — old friend Lawyer Milloy.
Sports blotter: "Past Pats" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| September 25, 2008
Zero hour
Everyone knows there is a double-standard in the NFL when it comes to arrests.
Sports blotter: "Credit where credit's due" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| September 17, 2008
Astro naught
Always a darned shame when we hear that the Clemens family has fallen on hard times.
Sports blotter: "More trouble for the Clemens family" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| September 10, 2008
Heightened anxiety
Look, it’s not easy being seven feet tall.
Sports blotter: "Attack of the seven-foot tall driver" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| September 03, 2008
The enthusiasm gap
The selection of gun-shooting, anti-abortion, creationist, doctrinaire conservative Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s vice-presidential nominee has finally got the GOP’s conservative base excited.
This election, with Obama having stoked pennant fever in Denver, it is the Dems who have cornered the excitement market
By
DAVID S. BERNSTEIN
| September 03, 2008
Revenge of the toad
Some sports-crime stories aren’t funny in any way — they’re just plain violent and tragic. But every now and then you get a story that’s just pure fun.
Sports blotter: "Irabu!" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| August 27, 2008
Tiger trap
There are a lot of famously troubled college sports programs out there, the majority of them football teams.
Sports blotter: "Walking in Memphis" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| August 20, 2008
Bang for T-Buck
Brett Favre walks into a bar.
Sports Blotter
By
MATT TAIBBI
| August 13, 2008
Return of the U
Remember the days when the University of Miami dominated college football?
Sports blotter: "Plant City, indeed" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| July 30, 2008
Leggo my ego!
If Barack Obama loses the presidency this November, it won’t be because of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, or “Bitter-gate,” or sundry other vulnerabilities.
The GOP is smearing Obama as a narcissist. So why is the press playing along?
By
ADAM REILLY
| July 30, 2008
Street cred
Sports blotter: "This year's Xbox" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| July 23, 2008
Bad times for kickers
Here’s a depressing-ass story that tells you everything you need to know about the life of a retired mediocre athlete.
Sports blotter: "Not so high on the hog" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| July 16, 2008
Lemon laws
The University of Georgia Bulldogs football team has a fun fall to look forward to.
Sports blotter: "Go Dawgs" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| July 09, 2008
Caged cat
“Sports Blotter” fans are already well-versed in the career of former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry.
Sports blotter: The end of Chris Henry . . . or is it?
By
MATT TAIBBI
| July 02, 2008
New Mexico
According to news reports, Lavender was drunk and disorderly on the streets of Cincinnati on April 6 when cops asked him several times to move away from an intersection.
Sports blotter: "Marcus Vick and more" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| June 25, 2008
More from Tyson
One of the things about being a non–Pacific Islander guy with a giant tribal tattoo on your face is that people are forever questioning your judgment.
Sports blotter: "Yikes" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| June 18, 2008
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