Monthly Archives: June 2014

Tuesday Sniping: Neymar Jr. Edition

Brasil v. Mexico today. Belgium has survived an early scare.

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Monday Boxing: Tony Gwynn, R.I.P., Edition

Will never forget sitting in the left-field pavilion one evening at Chavez Ravine, the ball slicing off Tony Gwynn’s bat, then Brett Butler diving in vain to try to catch it, then the ball squirting all the way to the … Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, June 15, 2014

Yo! Happy Father’s Day!

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First Post: Saturday, June 14, 2014

Unidentified Los Angeles major-league ice-hockey supporter accosted by two too-too tutued NYRangersz fansz during a happier time for their team.

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First Post: Friday, June 13, 2014

OK, OK. Friday the 13th. A full moon, The HONEY MOON®, so-called, no less. World Cup 2014, including Spain v. Netherlands. A potential Stanley Cup coronation. United States Open golf. Yet we cycle back to the Feast Day of Saint … Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, June 12, 2014

June 12, 1989. Twenty-five years on now. Tempus fugit. Five years afterwards, one of us was watching the World Cup from Hollywood Park. Today, another World Cup starts, and time truly marches on. It also heals.

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First Post: Wednesday, June 11, 2014

NYRangersz bandwagon rolling in reverse…

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Tuesday Sniping: Tom Durkin Memorial Edition

2014 Belmont Mashup from Steven Unite on Vimeo. When it comes to Collmus, just say no! Every time! The only logical man for your NYRA announcer’s booth is the immortal Mistah Marshall Cassidy. Kick out The Style, bring back The … Continue reading →

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Monday Boxing: Chik-Fil-A PRIDE Edition

Half-a-million visitors to the City of Angels this past weekend, and not all of them were NYRangers fansz. Instead, they came to celebrate their orientation, let’s say. Today, they are gone, mostly, and fortunately the greatest fast-food sandwich extant has … Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, June 8, 2014

Wow. The weekend is over. Hoopball is no good to watch, entitled crybabies, just like the owner of a certain top three-year-old. Time to exhale. Scattered thoughts swimming around the spinning vortex of memory and observation.

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