Archive for April 3rd, 2008

Newspaper Buyouts Come in Threes

Posted April 3, 2008, 3:29 pm by Jason McIntyre (18 Comments)

Somebody, somewhere, once stated that major events happen in threes, and in the sports newspaper world, a sad trifecta is about to take place: On the heels of Chicago Tribune NBA encyclopedia Sam Smith taking a buyout, and Boston Globe sports staple Jackie MacMullan doing the same, multiple sources tell us that venerable New York [...]

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Ryan Perrilloux: Countdown to Transfer

Posted April 3, 2008, 2:44 pm by Jason McIntyre (36 Comments)

Advancing yesterday’s post about Ryan Perrilloux’s latest off-the-field ‘incident’, one more detail has emerged: the LSU junior QB called a restaurant employee, ‘Osama’ before getting thrown out. Perrilloux, a high school legend, was reportedly with three “employees” of Crazy Horse Cabaret. So clearly, he’s running with the right crowd. According to this review of the [...]

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2008 Culture Bracket Tournament: Elite 8

Posted April 3, 2008, 10:01 am by Jason McIntyre (48 Comments)

By noon-ish tomorrow, we will have the Final Four set for the 2008 Culture Tournament. Yesterday, The Office prevailed over LeBron James, and Erin Andrews thumped Tyra from Friday Night Lights. (Erin Andrews is on the verge of pulling an Arizona from 1997 – taking down three No. 1 seeds – theoretically, of course. Sure, [...]

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