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Sports columnist Jim Murray was eulogized by broadcaster Jack Whitaker as “one hell of a writer, but even a better person”; similar snippets were said of Lon Simmons, who passed away on the eve of 2015’s Opening Day at his home in Daly City. By Andrew Pridgen… Continue reading Lon Simmons’ legacy echoes from the booth this Opening Day
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I didn’t start playing fantasy football because of Maurice Jones-Drew, but he became the reason why I stayed in the game, every season and in every way. By Andrew Pridgen He’s gone now. At 29, retired. I knew it wasn’t going to last forever. Nothing, not even… Continue reading An Ode to My Fantasy Soulmate MJD
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The space-age promise of the Astrodome never came to pass, but that dream we let die should be recognized the week of the stadium’s 50-year anniversary. By Andrew Pridgen The Astrodome, baseball’s first domed stadium, opened Friday, April 9, 1965 to 47,879 spectators including Stonewall, Texas native… Continue reading On its 50th anniversary the Astrodome’s demise is a reflection of us
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Wheaties features a convicted child-abuser on latest box. By Andrew Pridgen There is plenty of scary business going on at the grocery store. That new green-labeled cola (Coke Life!) with a main ingredient called Stevia which sounds like a week-one vote-off on RuPaul’s Drag Race but is… Continue reading He may be suspended from the NFL but he still shows up on a Wheaties box
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During college football season each week DPB’s Kyle Magin and Andrew J. Pridgen pour on the prose with Pints and Picks™. Who to wager and what to drink while doing it. Here, a very special PNP—Viva Las Tournament. KM, My plucky Pulitzer-winning publisher once told me, “There’s… Continue reading Pints and Picks: Finally there were Four
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Beyond the Press Box is a regular feature profiling the folks who color outside the lines of sport. To preface this interview, well, just maybe look at the pictures. That’s about 10k words right there. And would like to thank Truckee, Calif.-based Court Leve for taking the… Continue reading Q&A with big-line shooter Court Leve
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Everyone who’s ever done time in a ski town knows Mountain Dan. His name isn’t necessarily Mountain Dan, but it could be. It also could be Tahoe Timmy or Wasatch Willy or Telluride Tommy or Jackson Hole Jake or Aspen AJ or Big Sky Bobby or Beaver… Continue reading Vail Resorts wants to f*ck the ski biz …and your girlfriend
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Fuck the game on the court especially since it’s in LGBT-unfriendly Indiana. It’s a battle royale of cutaways to celebrities in the stands (those who still deign to show up) and that’s how I’m picking my Final Four winners. By Andrew Pridgen Saturday, April 4, 5:49 PM… Continue reading The Final Four Celebrity Fan Smackdown
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In two decades, the San Francisco Giants went from being sold as scrap to Florida to baseball’s $2 billion model franchise. Below, how it came to be in five steps: By Andrew Pridgen Step 1: Find a franchise with a history of success and distress In early… Continue reading How San Francisco came up with baseball’s billion-dollar blueprint
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The Frank McCourt Story…Or as we like to call it: Eleven easy steps to buying a major league baseball team, using it as your own personal piggy bank, drawing the ire of an entire adopted city, abandoning your marriage, making a billion dollars free-and-clear and retiring as… Continue reading 11 easy steps to buying and selling a Major League team
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