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Author: Nick Lilja
Baseketball player dies after game-winning shot
The Associated Press reported on a sad story out of Western Michigan. A high school basketball player collapsed and died after making the game-winning shot to cap his team’s perfect season. Leonard is the second Fennville athlete to die in […]
Is this news?
Had a great idea this afternoon while browsing through the countless articles I read everyday. I realized that there are a lot of stories that hit the wire that shouldn’t. They aren’t newsworthy to America. In fact, they aren’t newsworthy […]
Round the ‘Block: 3/3/11
Great show last night. After short technical difficulties and two hiccups on the automation the show sailed smoothly. I especially liked when a fellow Z89 DJ called in to lambaste me for technical problems, telling me that I’m “f*****g terrible” […]
Almost a day off…
The late Jimmy Cannon was famous for writing – among other things – his “Nobody asked me but…” column. It was a fun way to “take a day off” in te mind of Cannon. Accordingly, I’m going to resurrect this […]
Utah State Superfan – Wild Bill
This popped onto my radar about a month ago and I never got to tell anyone about it. Utah State Super Fan, Bill Sproat, is gaining popularity recently. He was profiled on LostLetterman.com and then he as posted to one […]
The 200th post – wow
On a night of countless awards (read: Oscars), I never thought The [Five] would reach a point where we would throw up 200 articles, posts, podcasts, vodcasts, updates, etc. in a single month. Boy, we’ve come a long way. I’d […]
Round The ‘Block: 2/27/11
Dear Readers, Pardon the phrase, but, holy crap. This past week has been a roller coaster of emotions. A lot of good, some bad. All-in-all a ton of fun. Props to Mike Lederer, Jurassic Paque, Terry Horstman, Matthew Harris, Casey […]
::cough:: sorry about that…
Apparently, Mike Lederer has made it a habit to break news that crashes our servers. I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy and this ticked at the same time. At 2:58 this afternoon when Mike broke the Perkins trade […]
Jeremy Shockey, Titans could be nearing deal
The Titans are trying to get some help on offense and a boost on the sidelines. And they’re looking toward former New Orleans Tight End, Jeremy Shockey. Keep in mind, Bo Scaife probably won’t return. Tennessee Titans officials met with […]