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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Super Bowl needs volunteers, will make a big announcement tomorrow
Posted by Alejandro de los Rios on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:15 PM
In case anyone forgot, New Orleans will be hosting the Super Bowl next year, bringing the largest American sports spectacle right to our doorsteps. Make no mistake, it's going to be overwhelming and it's going to require help form a lot of people. 8,000 to be exact.
Tomorrow at YLC's Wednesday at the Square, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation (GNOSF) and the NFL Super Bowl Host Committee will be recruiting volunteers to help before and during Super Bowl week next year. Via GNOSF:
The volunteers will be the face of the Super Bowl XLVII and will take on crucial roles around the city, including helping visitors navigate New Orleans, providing visitors with information regarding all Super Bowl-related events, filling hospitality positions at events hosted by the NFL, its sponsors and the Host Committee, and assisting in community-related events.
So anyone who's interested in volunteering for the Super Bowl, go out and listen to some free music at Lafayette Square. Gotta love New Orleans.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Dept. of Overreaction Dept.: Rayne sportswriter fired after "bullshit" makes the paper
Posted by Kevin Allman on Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Yesterday a sports report from the tiny town of Rayne, La. went viral when reporter Kade Seibold's story about a high school baseball game ended with the words " ... unfortunately no stats were available due to the coach's bullshit and laziness."
Most people, it seemed, got a kick out of the newsroom error — and it was a good reminder to all reporters and editors never to write joke copy.
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt — and now Seibold has been fired from the Rayne Independent.
Jim Romenesko reports that Seibold told him the coach in question accepted an apology and even managed to laugh about it. On his Twitter account, Seibold said, "This is still haunting me. It will haunt me for a long time. I just wish in time i can be forgiven by everyone."
Seems like a hell of a punishment for one stupid move. In fact, one might even call it —
Thursday, May 17, 2012
How they report sports in Rayne, Louisiana
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:42 PM
Jeannine LeJeune, online editor of the Crowley Post-Signal out in Cajun country, caught this and sent it out over Twitter. Seems a sports reporter for an even smaller Acadian paper, the Rayne Independent (so small it doesn't even have a website), had a unique take on a softball game played at Rayne High School:
Why do I suspect the reporter had some personal relationship to pitcher Hailey Habetz?
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Eli Manning to host tonight's Saturday Night Live
Posted by Kevin Allman on Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Here's Peyton's classic SNL United Way commercial:
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
What do you want to rename the New Orleans Hornets?
Posted by Alex Woodward on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Tom Benson, mayor-king of the city-state of New Orleans, announced last week his acquisition of the New Orleans Hornets, the basketball team equivalent of the prettiest girl in school you'll do anything to get her to win an NBA championship. (And no doubt disappointing Chris Trew, who has since moved on to coach the New Orleans Saints.)
Oh, and then Benson mentioned he wants to rename the team. "I would like all you to help me with this," he said. "We want to change the name from Hornets to something that means New Orleans and Louisiana. The Hornets don't mean anything."
With few words, Benson sends the entire city of New Orleans into what I'm calling a CITYWIDE MENTAL SPORTS EVENT.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Y@ Speak: March Madness and Mega Millions edition
Posted by Lauren LaBorde on Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Also this week: college sports games! (But mostly everyone was talking about the free concerts in Woldenburg Park.) We hope no one was teabagged while unconscious at a tiny hamburger restaurant this time.
*But really, it was some people in Maryland, Kansas and Illinois who won.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Coca-Cola graffiti matter is "resolved," says Clarkson staffer
Posted by Charles Maldonado on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Background on the off-chance you haven't heard about any of this yet, from Kalen Wright on NOLA Femmes:
The following is a letter I sent this evening to elected officials and law enforcement; I’m tired, so it was brief and to the point.Spray-painted stenciled graffiti advertising a Coca-Cola product in conjunction with the NCAA Men's Final Four event.
Honorable Mayor Landrieu, Councilmembers Palmer and Clarkson, and NOPD 8th District Commander Walls:
The attached photos depict advertising associated with the NCAA Men’s Final Four event for Coca-Cola products — spray-painted on sidewalks and pavement (including flagstones) in the French Quarter and Faubourg Tremé (and perhaps other) neighborhoods in our city. I ask, is this really how we want companies to behave when our city hosts national events?
This all started last night, when Wright took to Twitter to raise awareness that (1) Coca-Cola ads were popping up on French Quarter sidewalks and (2) that is against the law. Note: It is not a violation of the new state law that makes graffiti in the French Quarter a felony. That law only applies if a building or structure's been defaced.
(More after the jump)
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
"The Big Dance" lineup during the Final Four
Posted by Kevin Allman on Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:02 PM
FRI., MARCH 30
Gates open at 4 p.m.
4:30 p.m. Vintage Trouble
6:15 p.m. Cowboy Mouth
8:30 p.m. KISS
SAT., MARCH 31
Gates open at 11 a.m.
11:45 a.m. Funky Meters
1:30 p.m. Blondie
3:15 p.m. Black Keys
5:07 p.m. Viewing party, Semi-Final #1
SUN., APRIL 1
Gates open at 3 p.m.
3:00 p.m. Big Sam's Funky Nation
4:30 p.m. Dr. John
6:00 p.m. The Avett Brothers
8:00 p.m. Jimmy Buffett
10:00 p.m. Fireworks on the river
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Onion on Sean Payton, with some Tebow lagniappe
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Bonus extra headline (at the top):
"Broncos' Manning Strategy Session Mostly Just Fantasizing About Accidents That Could Happen to Tim Tebow"
- ONION SPORTS NETWORK
When a scapegoat wears black and gold
Posted by Alejandro de los Rios on Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:40 AM
Hey, Who Dat Nation, now that you've polished off that third bloody mary in the wake of realizing that, yes, Sean Payton is suspended for the season. Mickey Loomis is suspended for eight games. Oh, and the team was fined $500,000 fine and lost two draft picks.
Ok, breathe, count to ten. Let's not have a repeat of yesterday. You know, all the shock followed by the outrage followed by the shock-rage and name-calling and blame-gaming and finger-pointing. Yes, the Saints have been scapegoated for a common practice among teams, even if money isn't always involved. Yes, Roger Goodell is a hypocritical suit who's probably just mad that he was lied to (and who should probably avoid coming to New Orleans any time soon). And yes, this may well be the saddest day in the Saints' team history.
But this is so much more because, thanks to the gravity of the punishments doled out and the message that this sends, the NFL and the game of football have been fundamentally changed. It just so happens that the Saints will be forever linked to this dark moment. Though none of what Payton, Loomis, former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams or any of the players did was criminal, this will be remembered on par with the 1918 Black Sox scandal and the NBA's Tim Donaghy mess; a moment when a league faced daunting questions about its integrity and, instead of facing the issues head on, chose a scapegoat to throw under the bus.
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