5 days ago by Hoekvrouw

Wim de Haan: Klappen genoeg gehad! Schiedam, 1992 Een bokser schrijft zijn levensverhaal, en hoe. Een stortvloed van herinneringen, anecdotes, terzijdes en mooie momenten krijg je over je heen. Zelden heb ik een boksboek gelezen dat leuker, interessanter en vooral: levendiger was dan dit boek. Ik he ...

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82 days ago by babylonbaroque

Given we are entering the season of thanks, I was suddenly struck by a sense of gratitude for the bounty I enjoy and frequently take for granted. I was raised in poverty, food was not always available, with such a background my weekly trek to the local Whole Foods can at times feel overwhelming. I w ...

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89 days ago by Chris Razor

Words: Chris Razor Photography: Greg Neate It’s easy to forget just how important certain artists have been in your life. In the mid-80s, when the monochrome indie orthodoxy of Smiths-derived bands was seriously starting to pall, Throwing Muses were just the sudden injection of something fiery, emot ...

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131 days ago by ninjanurse

Shake Off the Blues Take the grim out of Monday with the PRONK festival tonight at India Point Park. Festivities start at India Point Park from 4pm to 6pm with performances overlooking the bay. Musicians will then parade down Wickenden Street to South Water Street, playing from 7:15pm to 10pm on the ...

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148 days ago by Matt Klaassen

Pablo Sandoval hit for the cycle during the Giants’ 8-5 victory over the Rockies last night, ably and entertainingly broken down by Jeff Sullivan here. It has been quite a journey for Kung Fu Panda, who went from exciting young Giants third baseman to bench player during San Francisco’s run to the W ...

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185 days ago by De Azijnpisser

Afgelopen zaterdag was het 66 jaar geleden dat de VS de eerste atoombom gooiden op de stad Hiroshima, gisteren was datzelfde het geval voor Nagasaki, een 'onnodige' oorlogsmisdaad (of er nodige oorlogsmisdaden bestaan), daar de toenmalige Japanse overheid al op het punt stond zich over te geven. Van ...

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190 days ago by Jeff Coleman

Welcome back! Apologies for the lateness of the article... Things outside of COSFBA have been a little hectic lately and I've been somewhat under the weather myself (damn heat wave). I'll endeavor to keep things as close to normal as possible here, though likely shorter. There's been very little mov ...

197 days ago by Jeff Coleman

As the local Cleveland Indians apologist, I was asked to give my slant on the trade that sent Kosuke Fukudome to the Tribe today. Now this is obviously outside of my "area of expertise", being the late-inning relief guy here. But I think getting out of one's element every once in a while isn't neces ...

197 days ago by Jeff Coleman

Well, well, well...Wednesday was a big day in the land of baseball. A bombshell of a deal sending Carlos Beltran to the World Champion San Francisco Giants, a massive three-way exchange involving 11 players in all. Yesterday had Kosuke Fukudome heading to Cleveland to shore up the outfield (a move o ...

205 days ago by Jeff Coleman

Greetings once more, folks! While we haven't had that blockbuster of a deal involving the back-end of anyone's 'pen like last week (trade deadline's only 10 days away!), there is a bit of news that's worthwhile to report about one of my picks from the last NL article. Let's get to that previous week ...