Curtain falling on Cantab stalwart
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on August 20, 2008
The days in a Canterbury jersey for former All Blacks prop Campbell Johnstone are numbered but the veteran is determined to see the red-and-blacks stay on the winning trail before he leaves to play for Biarritz.
Johnstone, Canterbury’s most capped player in the 2008 squad with 66 appearances, has been given an early release by the [...]
Beeston Broncos in Rhinos semi curtain raiser
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on July 9, 2008
Beeston Broncos Under 10s been selected to take on Haydock Warriors in a curtain raiser for the Rhino’s challenge cup semi final tie.
Beeston Broncos Under 10s, rising like a phoenix from disbandment last November, have caught the eye of the RFL with their impressive work both on the pitch and within the Beeston community.
Their appearance [...]
Gary Carter wasn’t shy about curtain calls
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on May 3, 2008
Gary Carter was the king of the curtain call, a guy whose signature fist pump would come to define both him and the swaggering Mets of the middle to late 1980s.
Not even Carter knows how many curtain calls he gave since introducing his move 23 years ago after hitting a 10th-inning home run to give [...]
No Curtain For Carlos
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on April 27, 2008
With thousands of fans brandishing giveaway foam fingers yesterday at Shea Stadium, Carlos Delgado Carlos Delgado essentially gave everyone The Finger.
At least you could have made that argument after watching the scorned first baseman refuse to leave the dugout for a curtain call in the seventh inning, having just circled the bases for his second [...]
Happier mediums
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 7, 2008
Mid-sized sedans are finding favour among fuel-conscious buyers
who don’t want to scrimp on space. Motoring Editor Joshua Dowling
compares the new Mazda6 with its rivals.
As Australians continue to fall out of love with large cars,
about one in 10 new vehicles sold is a medium-sized sedan. The
original Mazda6, released six years ago, helped rejuvenate what was
once a [...]
Happier mediums
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 6, 2008
Mid-sized sedans are finding favour among fuel-conscious buyers
who don’t want to scrimp on space. Motoring Editor Joshua Dowling
compares the new Mazda6 with its rivals.
As Australians continue to fall out of love with large cars,
about one in 10 new vehicles sold is a medium-sized sedan. The
original Mazda6, released six years ago, helped rejuvenate what was
once a [...]
Sox Notes: ‘pap’ Looking For His Payday
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 3, 2008
Jonathan Papelbon never met free agency pioneer Curt Flood,Kitchen Curtain but he appears to share his spirit.
“I feel like the position I’m in, there’s a certain standard that needs to be put in place here,” said Boston’s closer in regard to his current contract negotiations. “And I feel like with me being at the top [...]
Dwyer’s On The Country Road
Filed Under Cur Tainx | Posted on April 1, 2008
TOUGH Bathurst Bulldogs forward Adam Dwyer has made the first step towards wearing a NSW Country senior jumper for the first time.
Dwyer was named in a 35-man NSW Country Cockatoos squad ahead of the 2007 Australian Rugby Shield campaign.
The 22-year-old spends most of his time at openside breakaway (number seven) but has no problems lining [...]
Dramas Get Attention And Give Musicals A Run For Their Money
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 1, 2008
For at least 25 years, the premier commercial theater district in the country has been dominated by musicals. Such serious dramatists as Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams were once represented on Broadway marquees, but the straight play was pushed to the margins during the final third of the last century.
As the audience base shifted from [...]
Cubdom Kosuke Fukudome
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 1, 2008
Slicing through the pea-soup mist Curt Hennig, the baseball sailed toward a massive American flag draped across a rooftop building. And how perfectly global to see it land in a cluster of bobbing, hugging, hyperventilating Cubs fans who were wearing their new white bandanas, adorned precisely with Japanese symbols honoring the new right fielder and [...]