The father of Martin William Richard today said he is trying to both grieve the death of his 8-year-old son, who was killed at the Boston Marathon bombings, and help his wife and daughter recover from injuries they suffered during…
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Adam Yauch Of The Beastie Boys Dies At 47; RIP MCA.
Bands that have an impact on your life don’t come along often. The Beastie Boys were just that to a generation, my generation. And, MCA played an integral role. He died today in New York City after a long bout…
A Hellish Story About Quadriplegia And Health Insurance
“Rasul ‘Rocky’ Clark, who was paralyzed while playing football for Blue Island’s Eisenhower High School in 2000 and later fought an unsuccessful battle to keep his health insurance, died Thursday after undergoing surgery at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, a…
Tweaked asshole fatally strikes Philly bicyclist hours after getting released from DUI charge
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: There is not a hot enough corner of Hell for Brett Truskin. And, the judge who ROR’d him thus enabling him to steal a life from this Earth has a lot of explaining…
More photos from the Joe Frazier memorial at the Wells Fargo Center
If You Don’t Think Joe Frazier’s Passing Is The End Of An Era, Just Look At This Picture
This was taken in August, by Nathaniel Hamilton of NewsWorks, just days after Joe Frazier’s Gym was converted into a furniture store.
RIP Dan Wheldon
I’m not going to sit here and pretend to know the first thing about IndyCar racing. But what I do know is this: That picture of Dan Wheldon, his wife and children taken a few months ago is utterly heartbreaking.…
RIP, John Curran. I’ll miss you dearly.
A family, large circle of friends and journalism world as a whole lost a wonderful, wonderful man yesterday when John Curran passed away at his home in Vermont. Here’s a link to an AP story that ran in the Press…