Posts Tagged ‘brooks’

2008 Gil Stovall 2008 Summer Olympics:The Road To Beijing

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

If Gil won, Brooks would storm away and rage to the world. If Brooks won, Gil would quietly seethe. Former Ridgeway swimmer Gil Stovall says he owes a lot to his brother, Brooks, who served six months in Iraq after leaving Auburn. Brooks Stovall put a promising swimming career behind him to join the Army, [...]

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Volunteers Needed For This Sunday’s Sea-fair Marathon

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Yay) but woke up in time to hit up the expo, where I bought a new pair of sneakers (Asics Gel Kayanos - only $50! They’re different than the GT 2110s and the Brooks Adrenalines I use, but I think it’ll be good to throw another pair into the rotation), and also listened to a [...]

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Emile Norman: By His Own Design - Mon, 10:00 PM ET, PBS

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The film shows Norman’s work glittering in Bergdorf Goodman’s windows, on chorus girls’ headdresses in the Fred Astaire movie “Blue Skies,” and winning rave reviews at New York City gallery shows. It wasn’t until Norman met Brooks Clement that he was able to live openly. In 1946, Norman and Clement moved from Los Angeles to [...]

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Is It Kosher To Share Discount Codes Here?

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

“The just released Gallup poll of Jewish voters is another important indicator of the ongoing troubles Barack Obama has with Jewish voters. In the poll of Jewish voters (conducted April 1-30), it showed Obama getting only 61% of the Jewish vote against John McCain (32%). The recent polling numbers demonstrate Obama’s weakness among Jewish voters. [...]

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Durant Brooks: Extraordinary Punter And Person

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

It isn’t the thing to do. It isn’t right. That is the thing to do! But this is a little different. Durant Brooks is a good guy. Didn’t you see him holding for Brandon Coutu in the Senior Bowl? As the old saying goes, “it does a body good”! Durant is now in anticipation of [...]

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Regarding Tomorrow’s Smack-Off On The Jim Rome Show

Friday, April 25th, 2008

All during the Calgary series I was praying for a Sharks interview in a desperate attempt to get some karma, and now I’ll finally get my wish. Interview with a Sharks guy, following by hours of Warriors/Giants/Notre Dame (Fitz)/LSU(Brooks)/what Ralph Barbieri did on his weekend talk. Interview with a Sharks guy, following by hours of [...]

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Playoff Game #4 Washington Capitals At Philadelphia Flyers

Friday, April 18th, 2008

In the second period of Tuesday night’s Flyers - Capitals game, the Flyers’ top defenseman Kimmo Timonen was thrown into the net by Brooks Liach. Timonen addressed the media yesterday at the Flyers practice facility and said he feels fine and will play in game 4. By now you know that the Philadelphia Flyers took [...]

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Louise Brooks - Roaring Beauty

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

There, in a charming neighborhood called College Hill, she opens a ballroom dance studio, rents a bungalow a few blocks away, and attempts to start over. Such was one chapter in the life of Louise Brooksdancer, film siren, iconand by all accounts, including her own, it was an unhappy one. So I fled to Wichita, [...]

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