I’ll readily admit to anybody who hasn’t been around me and a jukebox simultaneously that I’m a Killers fanboy. They just rock. I don’t care what anybody says to the contrary. But what I do care about is this news…
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She just wanted to see which way Beckham really bent
From Fox Soccer: An Italian television channel has apologized for a prank in which a female presenter attempted to grab David Beckham between the legs. The AC Milan midfielder was visibly angered when Elena Di Cioccio, who fronts the popular…
Triple Update
Seems as if all three posts from yesterday — Jersey Shore in Sea Isle, Comcast having to give local sports up to DirecTV, Charlie Dawg — need updates. So here goes … 1) Jersey Shore ain’t going to Sea Isle.…
Down Goes Comcast!
It’s merely coincidental that a day after I write about the potential end-of-the-Comcast-line that the FCC does what I’ve wanted it to do since I moved up to East Falls. Namely, make Phillies, Flyers and Sixers games available to DirecTV…
Please Say It’s So
Old Inky competition, current Facebook friend and notable kind-word giver Amy Rosenberg brings us scoop that Jersey Shore could be setting up shop in my old five-years-round hometown of Sea Isle. Rumors are flying that MTV’s Jersey Shore, which finishes…
Charlie Dawg Update
I was going to write a column about this one, but for two reasons, I didn’t. 1) There’s no Hickey spirit in Marley and Me, and 2) There’s a lot more going on with the whole health-care fracas right now…
Charlie Dawg’s condition
… has been upgraded to stable, but won’t take pills easily and has a pronounced limp. Sure, her padre has a bum ankle and all, but he worries about how he’ll react to the June baby arrival when he has…
This Week’s Metro Column…
… can be found here. [H]ere’s how I interpret Comcast’s “no comment” approach to NBC’s Leno/O’Brien Diss Off: “This is what we’re loading up the Roberts’ Brinks Trucks for? Can we at least discuss backing out? Christ, even Carson’s old…
Poor Puppy
So, as you can see from this picture … … Charlie Dawg is looking a little ragged today. That’s because yesterday, she had her left “thumb” amputated. Seems rougher than she’s letting on, though. A couple weeks back, her dewclaw…
Dear Fox Sports …
… Listen, I know it’s tough to factcheck a game that you’ve only been airing for about three hours, and to look at the score on the top of the screen before putting this graphic on the bottom bar ……