Entries from SFist tagged with 'wizards'
February 12, 2008
October 14, 2007
As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts -- okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles -- now that's a happy thought. Other happy Los Angeles thoughts include an interview with Jack Kehler of The Big Lebowski (he was the Dude's landlord), a beautiful and magical photographic moment in Venice......
Continue Reading "Week Around the -Ists"July 18, 2007
Man, let it not be said that Lew Wolff doesn't get sh-- done. First he said he was going to build a new stadium for the A's and he did. Then he said he was going to get us a new soccer team and he did. Today, it's been announced that the San Jose Earthquakes are back from the dead and will start up again next year as an MLS expansion team. The team was in San Jose up until a few years ago but moved away to Houston due to stadium issues. Naturally, in Houston, the nee Quakes won a championship. ...
Continue Reading "Say Hello to Your New Soccer Friend"March 24, 2007
The Giants are installing solar panels right outside WhateverTheyWantToCallItNow Park......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"March 7, 2007
The embattled Warriors came shuffling into Monday night's game down in the dumps like a pair of sunglasses in a pit toilet.
They had a cancerous six-game losing streak.
They were winless thus far on an abysmal road trip.
They were nine games under .500, going up against the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons, on the road.
They carried the second-worst road record in the entire Association, a pitiful 6-25.
They had won only once all season in the second game of back-to-backs.
They had never, ever won in the Palace of Auburn Hills.
... Continue Reading "The Warriors: Go Figure"March 5, 2007
At times, coaches get blamed for losing a game. Herm Edwards, Doc Rivers, and Marty Schottenheimer, we're looking at you......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 21, 2007
Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by heavy winds, making it a bad time to be a twelve-meter (nearly forty-foot) tall snowman. Still, not everyone decided to keep warmly covered. Meanwhile, back indoors, the Big Brother racism is now causing all kinds of headaches for international diplomats, and Londonist got into......
Continue Reading "Week in -Ists"February 21, 2005
With the NBA All-Star Game (the WonderCon for posses) coming up and the season kind of, sort of halfway over, it's time to take a look at your 2004-2005 Golden State Warriors. So far, it's been a thrilling season as the team has been one of the big surprises of their division, winning with an exciting up-tempo game and landing two stars on the All-Star team. Oh wait. That's the Washington Wizards, not the Golden......
Continue Reading "The Warriors at the All Star Break"