English soccer fans rioted yesterday.
People’s faces were messed up, hundreds of beer bottles were broken and crooked, yellowing teeth littered the ground. None of these things had anything to do with the soccer riot. That’s just London on a Tuesday.
I could write, were I so inclined, about the emotional intensity of “big” games, and how [...]
On June 22, 2009, along with thousands of other writers and editors who cover video games, sports or both, I received a press release from EA Sports, developer of the bestselling NHL franchise.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today revealed that 20-year-old scoring phenom Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks will be the new face of [...]
I have been an editor for long enough now that I appreciate a slow news day.
Everyone’s relaxed. Nobody really cares too much if the placement of stories doesn’t quite work. Because none of the stories are breaking, you’ve got them all well before deadline. And in yesterday’s case, the only story worth having wasn’t ending [...]
Sarah Palin is dead. Politically speaking, anyway. And I am sad.
But not too sad. Because I refuse to believe she will ever really go away. Whenever the wind whispers the word abortion in a pregnant teenager’s ear, Sarah Palin will be there to Fight For Life. Wherever presidential candidates are palling around with terrorists, Sarah [...]
By my own city nonetheless. This is just so … Toronto of us.
Hey, look. It’s a family having fun. Good times. Summer days. A city that, while probably suffering from a Smog warning, still has plenty of summertime activities to enjoy.
What problems could the City of Toronto have with a photograph that displays exactly that [...]
Sarah Palin used to be entertaining.
I mean, she was the perfectly-cast Hollywood sideshow foil that made last year’s election so incredibly riveting. She was so good at being the election’s comic relief that watching Tina Fey imitate her was almost disappointing. It was impossible to play a Folksy Right Wing Nutjob character and get more [...]