My old friend from the A.C. Press Edward Lea took this picture. It’s from the south Inlet area of Atlantic City. For those familiar, it’s past Showboat and Revel, along the inlet separating A.C. from Brigantine. It’s just one heartwrenching…
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Here’s The Context-Free Philly Cop Video That Will Likely Become A Context-Free News Story
Per YouTuber PittsburghCopBlock, in this video, a “Philadelphia Cop appears to elbow the first girls head into the window while tazing her, Then punches the second girl.” What it doesn’t show is what led up to the activities recorded for…
Watch A West Philly High School ‘Beatdown’ Which Was Caught On Tape
What we have here is “Stacy & Youngbull on the stiarway” throwing. It is a decidedly uneven match-up. But it was decidedly well attended by the student body, including @HaddyMack who had his camera on the ready. Kids today.
Fan Assaults Goalkeeper During English Championship League Match (Updated)
During Friday’s Leeds/Sheffield Wednesday match, a Leeds fan ran onto the pitch and drilled Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland in the face. Per Andrew (who emailed a link in to DS) … So these are Leeds fans, not football fans…
Remarkable Video Of The Flying Kick Which Saved Two Lives
When I covered the Atlantic City crime beat for the A.C. Press, there was a two-month run when I saw seven jumpers. Long story. Too long to delve into right now. Catch me at a bar and we’ll rap. But…
The Pennsylvania State Senate Continues To Stall On Passing Hit-And-Run Legislation
First, the good news, which state Sen. Larry Farnese delivered to me today via Twitter: “SB 889 was just voted out of the Senate Transportation Comm.” Translated to more-than-140-characters-ese: A bill that he’s championed to increase penalties for hit-and-run scumbags…
18-Month-Old Boy In Critical Condition After Camden (NJ) Hit-And-Run
Did you see the Action News report about 18-month-old Randiel Hoida being critically injured Sunday afternoon in Camden thanks to a hit-and-run driver in a tan Buick Park Avenue 4-door sedan with temporary tags? Police are looking for an Hispanic…
Neurosurgeon With A Book Deal Thinks He Saw Heaven While Comatose But, Trust Me, He Really Didn’t
Just caught this little snippet when I logged in to check my fantasy football team on Yahoo: Dr. Eben Alexander has taught at Harvard Medical School and has earned a strong reputation as a neurosurgeon. And while Alexander says he’s…
Joe Frazier’s Youngest Son Will Step Into the Ring This Weekend
Smokin’ Joe Frazier’s youngest son Derek gave me a call yesterday to let me know that, having spent some time working himself into fightin’ shape (with the help of trainers including former Philadelphia Eagle Tre Thomas), he’ll enter the ring…
About That Latrice Bryant Post From This Weekend… (Updated)
UPDATE: Just got a blocked-number call on my cell phone from someone purporting to be “Mr. MVP,” who said this whole firestorm could have been averted if I didn’t cut-and-paste Ms. Bryant’s status update about the whole fracas into a…