The IronDog Chronicles

I wrote a little about this issue a few weeks ago when the “New Comiskey Park” was renamed U.S. Cellular Field, a.k.a “The Cell”.
The issue is about the naming rights and sponsorships at athletic facilities. It popped up in my mind after the UNC-Chapel Hill athletics board recommended that sponsorhip in major campus venues […]

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Looking for things to do on an off-day in the NYC is not a very difficult task, but I do have to admit that it was for me on Wednesday..I’m not used to Wednesdays as an off-day, so I turned to TimeOut NY to see what’s up…
Eerily, I opened the mag right up to the […]

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Looking for things to do on an off-day in the NYC is not a very difficult task, but I do have to admit that it was for me on Wednesday..I’m not used to Wednesdays as an off-day, so I turned to TimeOut NY to see what’s up…
Eerily, I opened the mag right up to the […]

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A lot of people are going to jump on Rasheed’s bandwagon now….It’s funny what happens when you win.
Many people will assume that it’s because of a new changed attitude and Larry Brown, but I thought Chris Broussard’s article in Sunday’s New York Times really pulled out some great information.
Since his days at Simon Gratz High […]

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A lot of people are going to jump on Rasheed’s bandwagon now….It’s funny what happens when you win.
Many people will assume that it’s because of a new changed attitude and Larry Brown, but I thought Chris Broussard’s article in Sunday’s New York Times really pulled out some great information.
Since his days at Simon […]

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I’ve always kept a statement in my mind from Eddie Vedder. He was explaining to ‘Rolling Stone’ about how fearful he was when he met one of his idols, Pete Townsend, at a chance encounter when Pearl Jam was rising through the ranks in the early nineties. Now I’m paraphrasing here, but Vedder […]

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I’ve always kept a statement in my mind from Eddie Vedder. He was explaining to ‘Rolling Stone’ about how fearful he was when he met one of his idols, Pete Townsend, at a chance encounter when Pearl Jam was rising through the ranks in the early nineties. Now I’m paraphrasing here, but Vedder […]

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Went to the ‘Taste of Tribeca’ today….Great festival. The development corporations that have revitalized the area with rennovated lofts, hip restaurants, and sleek boutiques did an incredible job with the area. One thing that I was impressed with is that the area has been revitalized without major corporate help as far as major […]

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Went to the ‘Taste of Tribeca’ today….Great festival. The development corporations that have revitalized the area with rennovated lofts, hip restaurants, and sleek boutiques did an incredible job with the area. One thing that I was impressed with is that the area has been revitalized without major corporate help as far as major […]

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Went to Bobbito’s “Waffles and Fafalafels” night at APT on the edge of the West Village the other night….Very smooth.
Any DJ, who is able to mix Stevie Wonder in with old-school pre-84 hip-hop tracks is A-OK in my book. However, with Bobbito a.k.a DJ Cucumber Slice, he’s more than A-OK. The way […]

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