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Messi situations
Can’t you just imagine the high-level meetings taking place daily in the British Petroleum war room these days, full of top execs and engineers, neither of whom speak the others’ language, or have even close to the same concerns?
A giant tampon for BP; plus, the World Cup, and a big bash in Pawtuxet
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PHILLIPE AND JORGE
| June 04, 2010
Amazing grace
The morning after I get back from the 41st annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, an oil executive is on the radio: “We’re throwing everything we have at it.” Meaning the exploded BP-leased well in the Gulf of Mexico, 50 miles off the coast of
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival carries on
By
JON GARELICK
| May 07, 2010
Number two blues
As we approach NFL draft season, it’s fun to look back at those great draft prospects of yore, the workout warriors and combine heroes who titillated coordinators, coaches, and fans leading up to the big selection day in New York.
Ryan Leaf’s sad story continues; plus, Ronnie Brown driving wild in Atlanta
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MATT TAIBBI
| April 02, 2010
Goal rush!
Get two journalists in a room these days, and before the conversation is five minutes old they'll probably be kvetching about the grim state of the news business. Unless, that is, they happen to be sports journalists, in which case the conversation wil
How long can Boston's frenetic sports-media explosion last?
By
ADAM REILLY
| December 04, 2009
Doing the math: Belichick's 4th-and-2 call was statistically better decision
The New York Times's 5th Down Blog has done the math, and it turns out that the Patriots had a better chance to win the...
By
Carly Carioli
| November 16, 2009
The dark knight
By his calling card alone, Sir John Hargrave sounds like he may be a world-renowned botanist, or the first man to set foot in some remote part of Papua New Guinea.
Merry prankster Sir John Hargrave is a square peg at a round table
By
IAN SANDS
| July 10, 2009
Busting Balls: 20 ways to improve sports
College football is stupid. Everybody knows it.
We blow the whistle on the ridiculous rules and quirks that make the games lame
By
LANCE GOULD
| January 07, 2009
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
Back Beat
On a Sunday afternoon in December of 1997 I hooked up with the poet Jim McCrary at a Greenwich Village saloon.
At last, Kerouac and Burroughs's co-authored noir novel, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks , resurfaces
By
GEORGE KIMBALL
| October 22, 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
Bang for T-Buck
Brett Favre walks into a bar.
Sports Blotter
By
MATT TAIBBI
| August 13, 2008
Recession busters
It was only a matter of time before the plummeting real-estate market began to claim its first sports-related arrests.
Sports blotter: "Realty bites" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| May 14, 2008
Fallen eagle
BC isn’t traditionally a high-arrest environment, though it has had its share of head cases, with former star running back William Green perhaps its most noteworthy.
Sports blotter: "Trouble in Allston" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| April 30, 2008
Keep on truckin'
No messing around with those long-ass crime-story write-ups this week.
Sports blotter: "A busy week" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| January 30, 2008
Not-so-instant karma
No matter what happens over their next two games, the Patriots will not have gone undefeated in 2007.
After decades of curses and calamities, Boston’s sports fortunes are at an unprecedented high. So can we stop the whining?
By
ADAM REILLY
| December 19, 2007
Return of the Bud-I
We guarantee that you will be entertained.
Cherry Arnold’s Buddy hits the big screens
By
PHILLIPE AND JORGE
| April 25, 2007
The lock box
I want everyone reading this column to start laughing right now, just to get a head start.
Sports blotter: "Little League crime 2007" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| April 04, 2007
Countdown to draft day
It’s a dramatic race against time in the American penal system and the NFL draft.
Sports blotter: "NFL spies" edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| March 28, 2007
BeloJo celebrates Black History Month
Is it just Phillipe & Jorge, but something seemed patently wrong, if not offensive, when the Urinal ran a headline on the top of its February 20 Vo Dilun section that read: “Black lawyer named to judicial panel.”
Carcieri appointment wins Casa Diablo approval
By
PHILLIPE AND JORGE
| February 21, 2007
Union-buster
Did anyone actually watch Bush do his State of the Union song and dance on Tuesday evening?
What will the Decider step in next?
By
PHILLIPE AND JORGE
| January 24, 2007
The new U
Slowly, imperceptibly, the cumulative arrest record of current and former Ohio State University Buckeye football players is approaching the status of great football crime families, nearing the Olympus where live giants like Miami and Florida State.
Sports blotter: Buckeye edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| November 01, 2006
Bad Bolts
The San Diego Chargers are making a belated run at this season’s NFL arrest title.
Sports Blotter: "Not Just for Bengals Anymore" Edition
By
MATT TAIBBI
| October 11, 2006
Punch the clock
This is not a Madden title, and neither does it pretend to be.
Coach makes you work for it
By
RYAN STEWART
| July 11, 2006
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