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Like CNN’s Headline News, ESPN’s SportsCenter has been relegated to the cable network show of choice for the business traveler. By Andrew Pridgen Viewing a snippet of SportsCenter is acceptable only in one of the following three scenarios: 1) You’re stuck in a domestic terminal when your… Continue reading 5 cable alternatives that have sunk SportsCenter into a ratings coma
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I don’t know how much man crush-meets-professional-jealousy taints my opinion of former Grantland chief Bill Simmons. Let’s just say it’s somewhere between 20 and 90 percent. By Andrew Pridgen Bill Simmons hasn’t been an impressive writer since his AOL days…making fun of ESPN and has never broken… Continue reading Dismissed personality Bill Simmons took $5 million a year from ESPN but The Network still won
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The 104th Bay to Breakers takes place in San Francisco Sunday. In spite of the efforts to control the 50,000 participants, the 7.5-mile course has turned into a cautionary tale about where its host city, and possibly humanity, is headed. By Andrew Pridgen Have I run the… Continue reading The Bay to Breakers has morphed into pure evil
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Frank Sinatra owned Crystal Bay’s Cal Neva from 1960 to 1963. That time, while brief, has defined more than any other the image and the lore of the border-straddling hotel-casino towering over the waters of North Lake Tahoe’s dramatic granite shelf. As new ownership claims they’ll bring… Continue reading The Cal Neva is set to reopen on Sinatra’s 100th birthday
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Last year at this time I was enjoying a long weekend away with Robin at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. I happened into the only sports bar within Carmel city limits, Brophy’s Tavern. Tucked away from the bronze sculpture galleries and the flowery blouses with pleated… Continue reading 50 overheards from the pro jocks at Pebble Beach
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Editor’s Note: Sometimes (most of the time) professional sports franchises don’t care. They’re for-profit corporations. Their job is to put as many of us — millions of us — in the stands as they can. Other times …well, other times — they do care. 2-19-14 Ms. Annemarie Hastings… Continue reading Forever a Giant
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Hear me out, I’m not a big Vogue reader (September Issue notwithstanding, that thing is thicker than Jonah Falcon waking up in the morning) but when I do, I look for Grade-A American hotties. By Andrew Pridgen Last month, Anna Wintour’s trust fund featured Yahoo’s (why is… Continue reading Thank you Marissa Mayer for looking hot and keeping Yahoo! fantasy football normal
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The Giants Sunday declined their 2014 club option for left-hander Barry Zito. The club is still on the hook for a $7 million buyout instead of an $18 million salary next season. San Francisco signed Zito to a seven-year, $126 million contract prior to the 2007 season… Continue reading 75 reasons Giants fans will miss Barry Zito
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Ed Note: The recent rental ad for Novato’s Round House on Craigslist is like having Emmanuel Lewis show up at your work Christmas party wearing a Braveheart costume and FaceTiming with the ghost of Elliott Smith. Or, in the words of the ad, its a once-, (maybe twice)-in-a-lifetime… Continue reading The Real Story of Novato’s Round House
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U2 and Tom Brady are awesome and have been for decade(s) and yet you hate Tom Brady like you hate U2. It’s probably just because you hate yourself. By Andrew Pridgen In 1997, U2 launched the PopMart tour, summarily known as the last, loudest and biggest piece… Continue reading You hate Tom Brady because he’s the U2 of athletes…and that’s what makes him amazing
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