Flipping cars is hard work! And best left to the semi-pros, like our man Rick ‘Grizzly’ Brown. Let’s keep it in the realm of competitive he-man sports, OK? Also, please resist the urge to discharge your firearms into the air. Basic law of science: What goes up, must come down. Often into someone’s head. Thank you for your time. Go Phils!
WORLD SERIES: White Out Tonight
SNOW GO: Parking lot of Chalfont Office Park, a few minutes ago. [Photo by NATHAN SLACK] UPDATE: Tonight’s game cancelled due to weather, re-scheduled for tomorrow night at Citizen’s Bank, 8:37 PM ASSOCIATED PRESS: Winter made an early debut in northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday as a storm blanketed parts of the region with several inches of snow, closing schools and causing power outages and road closures. PPL Corp. said more than 25,000 customers lost power. Higher elevations of the Poconos received up to 8 inches of wet snow by Tuesday morning, causing downed trees and power lines, the National Weather […]
SUSPENSION OF BELIEF: Reign Out
[Photo by STEVE IVES] Looks like we pick it up tomorrow, sixth inning, 2-2. Cute kid-wearing-a-Fanatic-costume pic after the jump…
STAMPA BAY: Phils Crush Rays 10-2
ESPN: As if Game 3 didn’t provide enough drama, Game 4 is just the same. When Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton hits a home run, things are going Philadelphia’s way. Can the Rays respond? Phillies 10, Rays 2
HOWARD POWER: Phils Win Game 3
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Carlos Ruiz finished off a madcap ninth inning with an infield single with the bases loaded, and the Phillies outlasted the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 early Sunday in Game 3 of the World Series for a 2-1 lead. This was midnight madness and then some on a rainy night that pushed the start to 10:06 p.m. and it wrapped up at 1:47 a.m. Ruiz, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard homered for the Phils, but it took three kooky plays to win it on a bases-loaded trickler with no outs. It all came down to this: Rays reliever J.P. […]
UPDATE: She Made It All Up
KDKA: A Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Ashley Todd confessed to making up the story & is facing charge Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter “B” in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker. Ashley Todd, 20, of Texas, initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect became enraged and started beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car. Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began […]
PHUCK: Phils Lose Game Two Of World Series 4-2
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Squeeze plays, a wacky checked swing and a fresh face out of the bullpen. These plucky Tampa Bay Rays pulled out all their tricks at Tropicana Field to tie the World Series. James Shields stymied the slumping Philadelphia Phillies, rookie David Price got the final seven outs and Tampa Bay rebounded from a rare home loss with a 4-2 victory Thursday night that made it 1-all. MORE RELATED: Dear Tampa Bay Rays fans: Your stadium is shit. We Philly fans know all about shit stadiums. Yours is one. We don’t have one anymore. I hate looking at the […]
THE MONEY SHOT: Got Mustard?
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PAPERBOY: ‘The Good, The Bad & The Chutley’ Edition
BY DAVE ALLEN Like time, news waits for no man. Keeping up with the funny papers has always been an all-day job, even in the pre-Internets era. These days, however, it’s a two-man job. That’s right, these days you need someone to do your reading for you, or risk falling hopelessly behind and, as a result, increasing your chances of dying lonely and somewhat bitter. That’s why every week, PAPERBOY does your alt-weekly reading for you. We pore over those time-consuming cover stories and give you the takeaway, suss out the cover art, warn you off the ink-wasters and steer […]
SHAZAM: Phils Win Game One Of World Series
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and Cole Hamels pitched out of trouble several times, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series opener Wednesday night. MORE ATTYTOOD: The Blow By Blow
PHILLIES WIN PENNANT! PHILLIES WIN PENNANT!
Please resist the urge to shoot your gun into the air. NEW YORK TIMES: The Phillies captured the National League pennant Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, with Cole Hamels silencing the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, in Game 5 of the N.L. Championship Series.
HOCKEY BOMB: Palin Roundly Booed By Flyers Fans
FORBES: Palin Gets Booed in Philly! This is sure to be the headline splashed across television and newspapers Sunday morning, the day after the Republican Vice Presidential candidate and hockey mom from Alaska drops the puck at the ceremonial face-off for the Philadelphia Flyers’ home opener on Saturday night at the soon-to-need-a-name-change Wachovia Center. What will be missing from the news: the jeers were deserved. As every sports fan knows, no one is safe in front of Philadelphia fans—they have never needed a reason to boo anyone in their ballpark, stadium or arena. As usual though, the boring chorus of […]
GUILTY: O.J. Simpson Convicted Of Armed Robbery
NEW YORK TIMES: LAS VEGAS — O. J. Simpson was found guilty late Friday on all 12 counts stemming from a confrontation in a hotel room last year, including armed robbery and kidnapping. The verdict, which comes 13 years to the day after Mr. Simpson was acquitted in the highly publicized murders of his ex-wife and her friend, concluded a four-week trial that many have seen as a proxy for those unsatisfied by that 1995 outcome. Mr. Simpson now faces 15 years to life for the kidnapping charge as well as a minimum of at least an additional 10 years […]