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It’s not that serious, Vancouver!
Photograph by: Richard Lam, Getty Images Well, seeing a Canucks game live in Vancouver can now be crossed off my bucket list. No, I didn’t get a chance to go to one. Front page design doesn't get much...
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Shoveling Jeter’s dirt? I’ll pass
The Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup. The Dallas Mavericks upset the evil empire from Miami. The NFL has its collective heads stuck up its own collective asses. And it’s the dog days of the baseball...
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Tristan Thompson? Give it a chance
I couldn’t wait to get home tonight. The NBA Draft was coming on and I was suckered in by the all the hype. The Cavaliers have the No.1 and the No.4 picks. And oh, so many options. Do they take Kyree...
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Hickson traded, Twitter scoops us all
“I got something you’ll like today,” Beacon Journal sports editor Ron Ledgard said to me after I walked in the door around noon. With a click of the mouse, he opened a story that was ready to be...
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A new frontier….
It’s always nice to see things from a different perspective. I’m certainly doing that. I’m now six hours away from Northeast Ohio and the world I cultivated for the first 26 years of my life. And with...
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The day newspaper journalism died to me
The vibrating buzz came from over my left shoulder. My phone was on the dining room table and I was taking a 20-minute break from reading the Glamour of Grammar. I already knew what the call would...
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The measure of linking verbs and Joe Paterno
I couldn’t help but fall in love with today’s front page of the Reading Eagle. The beautiful artwork speaks for itself, but the words add a tremendous level of intrigue. Icon, legend, coach He was...
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You never know when it comes to customers
As a writer, I’ve always enjoyed having a part-time job on the side. I feel it keeps me in touch with how people really interact and live. It’s so easy to slip into the journalism bubble, locked behind...
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Did I break man-law? The trials and tribulations of taking a piss
I noticed you, urinal-lean guy. Is that breaking man-law? I never saw your man-parts, I swear. I have my own. Why would I need to see yours? Besides, I was too busy wondering if you would wipe down...
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Weglarz long-awaited move to first base comes in Tampa Bay
The Cactus and Grapefruit leagues started in full today. Saturday marked the first game for most teams, second for a few others. Only so much can be gauged from faceless pitchers who throw an inning or...
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Will the Cleveland Indians whiff its way into history?
Six minutes! Six minutes? When was the last time a Cleveland Indians home opener sold out that quickly? Welcome back to baseball, Cleveland! Say what you want about the home opener being against the...
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Call me crazy, but I am still rooting for a Mark Prior Comeback
I very well could be nuts. It wouldn’t shock me. And it would help me explain my obsession with Patrick Swayze movies. Come on, who doesn’t love Swayze rippin’ throats in Road House? Or how about when...
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Okay, Browns. Let’s get this over with. Time to play Manziel.
What are you waiting for, Cleveland Browns? I know. I know. Johnny Manziel probably isn’t the future answer you had hoped for when you made him the 22nd overall pick in the 2014 Draft. But therein lays...
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