Super Bowl XLII NY Giants Greatest Drive In Super Bowl History

It’s not often one get the chance to witness history in the making but the third-deck 50-yard line seat at Super Bowl XLII, NY Giants vs. New England Patriots in Glendale, Arizona, presented just that. Why do I call this final drive by the Giants to win “The Greatest Drive In Super Bowl History“? For … Read more

NFL Super Bowl XLVI Preview #superbowl

The National Football League is pulling out all of the stops for Super Bowl XLVI, starting with the promoted Twitter hashtag #superbowl, and even sponsors like Audi giving a preview of its commercials for Super Bowl Sunday. Our own David Squires has his preview: Super Bowl XLVI Preview. And NFL Media has this Super Bowl … Read more

Oakland News: Robberies, Restaurant Week, Occupy Oakland

You can take this Oakland news in whatever order, but this blogger’ presenting Robberies, Restaurant Week, and Occupy Oakland, and other news. First, let’s start with the other news. Cafe 817 Opens Again 17 years ago, in 1995, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the then-new Cafe 817, on 817 Washington Street, … Read more

Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Party February 26th

This is the other reason to get excited about the Academy Awards, other than that Billy Crystal is the host: the Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Party. This will be the fourth year this blogger has attended the amazing event, and here’s a few of my now classic videos from Norby Waters and Ed Lozzi’s … Read more

Women’s Professional Soccer 2012 Season Killed

A new bit of bad news, the 2012 Women’s Professional Soccer season has been terminated. In fact, the news is so new, the WPS website webmaster didn’t get the memo, because the ad in your face reads “2012 WPS Tickets Now On Sale.” But one click on the link with the title “news” reveals this: … Read more

US Women’s Soccer Team Qualifies For London Olympics

Congratulations to our US Women’s Soccer Team, which earned qualification for the London Olympic games in fine fashion over the weekend. The contest that sealed the deal was the Friday night 3-0 win over Costa Rica, and you can thank super star (no, let’s get that title right) Super Star GoalKeeper Hope Solo for that … Read more

SAG Awards, Viola Davis, The Help, Dominate Twitter

Like the Academy Awards Nominations last Tuesday morning, which dominated Twitter, the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards is doing exactly the same this evening. As many as seven of the Twitter Top Trends were connected to people and activities at this evening’s Screen Actor’s Guild Awards (SAG) ceremony, and with actress Viola Davis and her movie … Read more