The Picasso Games
NBC will make sure there are touching storylines, besides what Bob Costas was up to after hours to get pink eye, at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Your mom will undoubtedly call you about some plucky...
View ArticleThe Ridge
After yet another sunny early-morning dog walk, you head into work and punch the first few letters of the weather guy’s site into your browser. You click down to the pre-filled address—you obviously...
View ArticleGolden State vs Cleveland is this NBA season’s first must-see
LeBron James’s return to his home state Ohio reminds me of an author who pens his first great American novel and then becomes bereft for the topic of another. By Andrew Pridgen There’s something else...
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Backcountry Buffoon
How refusing to follow the basic tenets of hiking the backcountry could have turned an innocuous afternoon into injury…or worse. By Kyle Magin Stella appeared clownish, grinning. My lab mix’s black...
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Don’t go to Yosemite this summer
Your family’s summer Yosemite National Park trip is well-intentioned and stupid. By Kyle Magin Unless you’re pulling a mid-week visit and staying in the high country—which, let’s be honest, is only...
View ArticleThis is how The New York Times sees California
The New York Times loves to hate on California. It’s like the urge to do donuts while eating donuts in a rental car. Some things are hard-coded. And they’re really good at it too. NYT’s staff and...
View ArticleSquaw CEO Andy Wirth kicks off summer by sharting all over Olympic Valley...
Subtlety is not one of Squaw Valley CEO Andy Wirth’s strong suits. Add writing a cohesive sound bite and good timing to that list. By Andrew Pridgen About the time the car was packed Friday afternoon...
View ArticleHey Twins, where’d you come from?
The most interesting division in baseball is the AL Central. It also happens to be laden with the best talent and most root-worthy teams. But who saw these Twins coming? By Andrew Pridgen I have to...
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Pints and Picks Week 11: Road Trip!
Each week, during college football season DPB’s Kyle Magin and Andrew J. Pridgen pour on the prose with Pints and Picks™. Who to wager and what to drink while doing it. This week: Road Trip. Kyle, Holy...
View ArticleDo They Make Maple Syrup Kale Chips?
Hockey excellence has moved south and way, way west. Written by Kyle Magin Forget what you’ve heard about the resurgence of our neighbors to the north under new, progressive Prime Minister Justin...
View ArticleGreed Holds Mavericks Under …Again
Mavericks founder Jeff Clark’s latest venture to monetize his big wave filed for Chapter 11 this week. As the World Surf League waits in the wings to start its own event off the shores of Half Moon...
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California Baseball Weekly: In the Arms of An Angel
Every week during the 2017 season, we’ll check in with California’s five MLB teams. Who’s up? Who’s down? Who has the cheapest ticket this week and who will play in the best series? The Golden State is...
View ArticleGolden State vs Cleveland is this NBA season’s first must-see
LeBron James’s return to his home state Ohio reminds me of an author who pens his first great American novel and then becomes bereft for the topic of another. By Andrew Pridgen There’s something else...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Backcountry Buffoon
How refusing to follow the basic tenets of hiking the backcountry could have turned an innocuous afternoon into injury…or worse. By Kyle Magin Stella appeared clownish, grinning. My lab mix’s black...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t go to Yosemite this summer
Your family’s summer Yosemite National Park trip is well-intentioned and stupid. By Kyle Magin Unless you’re pulling a mid-week visit and staying in the high country—which, let’s be honest, is only...
View ArticleThis is how The New York Times sees California
The New York Times loves to hate on California. It’s like the urge to do donuts while eating donuts in a rental car. Some things are hard-coded. And they’re really good at it too. NYT’s staff and...
View ArticleSquaw CEO Andy Wirth kicks off summer by sharting all over Olympic Valley...
Subtlety is not one of Squaw Valley CEO Andy Wirth’s strong suits. Add writing a cohesive sound bite and good timing to that list. By Andrew J. Pridgen About the time the car was packed Friday...
View ArticleHey Twins, where’d you come from?
The most interesting division in baseball is the AL Central. It also happens to be laden with the best talent and most root-worthy teams. But who saw these Twins coming? By Andrew Pridgen I have to...
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Pints and Picks Week 11: Road Trip!
Each week, during college football season DPB’s Kyle Magin and Andrew J. Pridgen pour on the prose with Pints and Picks™. Who to wager and what to drink while doing it. This week: Road Trip. Kyle, Holy...
View ArticleDo They Make Maple Syrup Kale Chips?
Hockey excellence has moved south and way, way west. Written by Kyle Magin Forget what you’ve heard about the resurgence of our neighbors to the north under new, progressive Prime Minister Justin...
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