Archive for March, 2010

Hit-and-Run America Vol. XXXII

03/31/2010
By Brian
Hit-and-Run America Vol. XXXII

An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call the police, even anonymously. 220. East Moriches, NY. March 30. 26-year-old woman struck and killed...
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This Week’s Metro Column (with bonus video and unused quotes)

03/31/2010
By Brian
This Week’s Metro Column (with bonus video and unused quotes)

… is about Bernard Hopkins. Not that he’s fighting Roy Jones Jr. this weekend. But about how he promised to me that he’d pay for a statue to honor Joe Frazier. Class act; true to Philly roots … By Brian Hickey Bernard Hopkins knew he was supposed to be selling me on the pay-per-view merits...
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Compare and contrast …

03/30/2010
By Brian
Compare and contrast …

In this corner, Norman Leboon of Northeast Philly … .. versus Theodore “Raleigh” Sakers of Sublime’s early album, via loony-bin wiring … You don’t eat your feedback.
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Hit-and-Run America Vol. XXXI

03/30/2010
By Brian
Hit-and-Run America Vol. XXXI

An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call the police, even anonymously. 214. Ontario, Cal. March 28. 22-year-old man seriously injured after altercation...
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Paging Dr. Lethal Injection…

03/30/2010
By Brian
Paging Dr. Lethal Injection…

Back in my college public-speaking class — a lot of good that did — my end-of-semester speech was this, “Rapists should be death-penalty eligible.” Because they should. But it took until this disgusting, sub-human story to make the case for me … A 47-year-old woman who was beaten and raped last week behind an...
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The Executioner III

03/30/2010
By Brian

(Third of five vids I’ll post this week in advance of Saturday’s fight between Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. Courtesy of HBO and Hopkins’ PReople.)
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Not that it wasn’t out of hand before…

03/29/2010
By Brian
Not that it wasn’t out of hand before…

… but people, c’mon, I’ve been keeping a list of the hit-and-runs from sea to shining sea and nowhere can match this depth of humanity’s dregs than: Philadelphia. March 18. Two Asian-American community leaders killed in fatal hit-and-run/drag race. Suspects were in a Buick, but jumped into a Pontiac that fled onto a nearby highway. Philadelphia....
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The Executioner II

03/29/2010
By Brian

(Second of five vids I’ll post this week, time permitting. Courtesy of HBO and Bernard’s PReople.)
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The Executioner

03/29/2010
By Brian

So, this week’s Metro column will be about Bernard Hopkins in light of his looming Saturday night brawl with Roy Jones Jr. Got a few videos to share as part of it, so I’ll post them throughout the week. (Along with all the gravy quotes that I couldn’t even fake to fit into my 400-word...
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Darlene Doughty vs Michael “The Mesmerizer” Warren: Tha Remix

03/29/2010
By Brian
Darlene Doughty vs Michael “The Mesmerizer” Warren: Tha Remix

Oh man, I knew I done seen these two the minute Michael Warren pimped his way up into Judge Lynn’s courtroom. To say he smoove is an understatement, so let’s get to statin’ and overstatin’. It was last April when I first learned that Michael is the “Mesmerizer.” And that all it takes to mesmerize is...
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