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Vanessa Hudgens: This won’t end well
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};So I was watching TV a couple of days ago when I happened across a commercial for a new movie, Journey 2 (Serious question: Was there a Journey 1?). The films stars The Rock, and looks absolutely, positively dreadful, in an absolutely, positively dreadful type of way. In short: The Rock runs around...
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18 days ago
Discuss
Allen Berman
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};A couple of years ago a friend’s grandmother died.
She was in her early 90s, so he was—predictably—”comforted” with the cliched words of, “She lived a long life” and “God was good to her” and the like.
Comfort? To hell with comfort. For a very understandable reason, we humans struggle...
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19 days ago
My son and I were in Target
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};They had a Captain America mask.
I tried it on.
It fit.
Now who’s gonna make me take it off? You, punk?
I am Captain America.
(Admittedly, this post makes no sense whatsoever. But it felt sorta good to write it)
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19 days ago
The bane of my morning
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};Every morning I give my kids breakfast.
Every morning, at about 8:20, I scream, “We’re late! We’re late! Get your shoes on!”
Every morning, we all rush out the door.
Every morning, those damn cereal bowls greet me back home.
Boy, do I loathe those cereal bowls. Half filled. Mushy, 70-percent...
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19 days ago
On Kyle Williams
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};Over the past few days Kyle Williams, the 49ers kick returner who had the two key turnovers against the Giants, has been receiving tons and tons and tons of hate.
Hate on the radio.
Hate on TV.
Hate on blogs.
Hate on Twitter.
To these people, the haters, I offer this message of love...
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19 days ago
Chris Dessi comes of age
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};Back when I was a 14-year-old kid growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, N.Y., my father self-published a book. It was titled “Conquering the Corporate Career,” and to say I was dazzled is to delve into great understatement. My dad wrote a book! A real book! And there it was! In our nearby...
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20 days ago
Today’s SI.com piece …
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… is on the horrible plight of Gary Carter.
Heartbreaking is an understatement.
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21 days ago
My damn brother
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};I was probably 5-years old. My brother David was 7.
We were sitting at the kitchen table in our Mahopac, N.Y. home. The newspaper was open—I vividly remember this. Nobody in my family cared about sports, but somehow David said, “I like the Giants!”
I countered with...
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21 days ago
Every family has one …
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};This is a photograph of Cousin Todd.
Cousin Todd came to the house tonight to watch Giants-49ers. He was wearing this strange New York Giants Mexican robe, purchased by one of his brothers as a gift south of the border.
Todd is my kind of guy. Funny, sharp, opinionated. However, I’m usually not...
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22 days ago
Explaining Kentucky’s basketball fans, by Tim Riley
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};As many readers know, I’m a big fan of guest bloggers here at jeffpearlman.com. Hence, after having a mimi-Twitter war with some Wildcat faithful last week, I asked Tim Riley—Kentucky grad—to come and offer his perspective …
It’s December 2011. At a bar in Louisville Kentucky. In a span...
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22 days ago
The Quaz Q&A: Kathleen Osgood
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};* Welcome to the 38th installment of The Quaz Q&A. This feature—a question-and-answer session with a person from sports/entertainment/politics/whatever—will appear every Thursday on jeffpearlman.com. If you have any suggestions/ideas for people to speak with, hit me up at anngold22@gmail.com...
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24 days ago
Earl
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};Today’s marks my 10th wedding anniversary with my astonishingly amazing wife, Catherine.
Yet to me, Catherine is rarely Catherine. And to Catherine, I am rarely Jeff.
We are Earl.
She is Earl.
I am Earl.
We call each other Earl always. Like, all the time. I never use her name, unless I’m introducing...
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25 days ago
Fame is worthless
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};In the course of my little war with Kentucky basketball fans from earlier today, a common insult was “I’ve never even heard of you.” The translation is, “You’re so nobody, I don’t even know your name.” The translation is, “If you’re in the media and you’re not a household name...
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25 days ago
E-mail of the day
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Back in the infancy of this blog, i used to enjoy running an e-mail of the day—sometimes upbeat, sometimes nasty, sometimes just making a good point. Then, for some unknown reason, the practice escaped me.
Today, it’s returned.
In case you don’t follow me on Twitter (@jeffpearlman), today was...
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26 days ago
Jimbo Jones and the uniqueness of truth
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};So today I went through my Comments and found several from a person named “Jimbo Jones.”
People like “Jimbo Jones” always use fake names and fake e-mail addresses. Then they throw out accusations—you paid sources, you ignored crucial information, you did this and you did that (all related...
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26 days ago
Maxi Pad on Ice
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};So we went skiiing/snowboarding today, and my friend Brant had some blisters on the back of his lower leg. He wanted to keep skiiing, but didn’t relish the idea of enduring the pain.
What to do?
What to do?
What to do?
Band-Aids? None in the house? Medical tape? Nope.
Then, Brant’s wife Jeanne...
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January 14, 2012
The worst 9 seconds
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};This morning I went to my local New York Sports Club for a workout. Afterward, I decided to shower in the men’s locker room, just to get the day going quickly.
Then I remembered something: I loathe the men’s locker room.
All men’s locker rooms. I was probably first scarred as a young boy, when...
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January 13, 2012
Corn
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};At the risk of sounding corny, one of the true joys this past holiday season was various people telling me how they either received Sweetness as a gift, or gave it as one.
Just an honor. It really is.
The below photo, courtesy of my lovely cousin, Cathy, warms my heart …
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January 12, 2012
Busting ass and shutting up
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};Took a run this afternoon, started thinking about a chat I recently had with a young journalist. He came to me seeking advice on how to make it. I’m not 100 percent sure what making it means, in a universal sense. Some people are rightly happy covering preps for the local weekly. Others have ESPN...
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January 12, 2012
For love of research
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};When people gauge authors, they tend to discuss writing skills. “That guy is a great writer,” “That guy is a crappy writer.” So on and so on.
Truth is, when it comes to books—and certainly when it comes to biography—pure writing ability ranks about fourth on the importance list.
No. 1...
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January 12, 2012
The Quaz Q&A: Mike Sharp
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};* Welcome to the 37th installment of The Quaz Q&A. This feature—a question-and-answer session with a person from sports/entertainment/politics/whatever—will appear every Thursday on jeffpearlman.com. If you have any suggestions/ideas for people to speak with, hit me up at anngold22@gmail.com...
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January 12, 2012
The fraud speaks
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I can’t think of a political candidate I’ve liked less than Mitt Romney.
Is he smart? Probably. Accomplished? Sure. Wealthy? Beyond a doubt. But there’s just something … off about the man. His insincereity is jarringly transparent; his lack of understanding for the average person is tragic...
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January 10, 2012
Yes, I’m wearing a Jermaine Allensworth jersey
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};So?
You got a problem with Jermaine Allensworth?
The truth is, I used to love sports jerseys. My closet was filled with them—Barry Sanders and Erik Kramer and J.R. Richard and Ottis Anderson and Jim Kelly. Back in the late 1990s, when Russ Bengtson and I were roommates, we surely led New York City...
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January 10, 2012
Hell
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};I visited hell this morning. It’s pictured above, and it reeks of rotting skin and moldy feces and all the horrible, nightmarish, miserable things that Satan surrounds himself with.
It is my local post office.
I’m not really kidding. My local post office is like a visit to the morgue—you enter...
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January 10, 2012
Todd speaks!
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var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};Was watching Fox News at the gym tonight when Greta van Something said, “When we come back, a big endorsement.”
Commercials began.
Commercials ended.
The big endorsement? Todd Palin supporting Newt Gingrich.
Todd Palin? Todd friggin’ Palin? How is this a big endorsement? Hell, how is this even...
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January 10, 2012
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