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Philly Edge checks in with a reminder about Sarah Palin’s ceremonial puck-dropping at the Flyers opener. It seems Michael Klein wrote a little ditty on Sunday about a near faux paus by Palin her last time in town:
Bobbi and Garry Adair of Montgomeryville were on a down elevator last Sunday at the Westin in Center City - he in a Phillies shirt, she in a Donovan McNabb Eagles jersey - when the door opened.
In stepped Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (left) and her security guys. Palin wore a New York Rangers sweater with “Palin 08″ on the back.
Bobbi Adair greeted the veep candidate and asked what she was up to.
Going for a run, Palin replied.
“Not in that shirt you’re not,” Adair says she told her.
Which explains why Palin jogged in a green No. 5 jersey, topped by a pink cap. News anchors later praised her sartorial sense.
I can’t believe the Adairs. Could you imagine how funny it would be if Sarah Palin ran around Philadelphia for a photo op with a New York Rangers jersey on? It’d be front page news for weeks. And the team the Flyers play opening night? Of course: The New York Rangers.
Will Bunch is predictably hilariously upset about all of this: “Flyers fans should be outraged — even conservative ones, because this misuse of a hockey game for his political agenda is flat out wrong.” That’ll be five minutes for misuse of a hockey game.
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dmac | 11:29 AM | 1 Comment
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Oct
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Let the “Hockey Mom” puns begin. Sarah Palin is dropping the puck at the Flyers opener. I assume that Sarah Palin, being a true blue fan of the game and an aw-shucks folksy Alaskan, is not doing any sort of “ceremonial” nonsense; she is probably refereeing the contest as well.
Comcast Spectacor’s press release says otherwise; they must just be pulling our chain. An excerpt:
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the nation’s most popular hockey mom, will join the winner of the Philadelphia Flyers regional search for the “Ultimate Hockey Mom” contest and drop the puck at the ceremonial opening face-off as the home team Flyers host the New York Rangers at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, October 11 at 7 p.m.
“Because of the tremendous amount of publicity she has brought to our sport, we invited the most popular hockey mom in North America to our home opener to help us get our season started,” said Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider who founded the Flyers in 1967. “We are very excited she has accepted our offer and we are very proud of the publicity she is generating for hockey moms and the sport of hockey.”
See, they’re bringing out a regular hockey mom along with Palin so you can’t boo her. (This is like when Pat Croce introduced Sugar Ray before Game 5 of the 2001 NBA Finals.) Also, why only a regional search for the Ultimate Hockey Mom? Pretty soon John McCain’s going to suspend his campaign to say we should only vote in Alaska.
It’s a good thing Palin finally got some publicity for the sport of hockey, though.
Meet the Flyers new hockey mom: Sarah! As in Palin! [Inquirer]
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dmac | 3:39 PM | 5 Comments
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Sep
27
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 Oh, yeah, so: The debate. Eh. I didn’t watch it. I don’t care. But, look, people protested Sarah Palin outside of Irish Pub! And Ed Snider was there, huntin’ moose! And.. ah… oh, that’s about it.
She also wore a Phillies jacket. Quoting The 700 Level: “Rumor has it her next stop is Flushing, New York to help support the Mets post season trip to nowhere.” Ha, ha, ha. Oh, sorry.
Anyway, here’s what
It’s great to be here in the city of brotherly and sisterly love.
As you may know, the word Philadelphia means City of Brotherly Love. Looks like Sarah Palin is using a bit of liberal political correct speech (that’s also, um, incorrect). Yep, if there’s one thing Republicans love, it’s inclusion and political correctness.
No word if Sarah Palin went home with a PUA named JaMMeR who negged her all night. You know, things like, “Hey baby, I hear that Biden guy is more experienced.” Oh, or maybe he told her a story about his friend going on Maury!
Palin Glad-Hands To Cheers In Pub As Protesters Jeer Outside [Fox 29]
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dmac | 3:29 PM | 3 Comments
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Feb
14
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The 76ers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies last night for their fifth straight win, moving the team to 23-30 (and the eighth playoff spot) right before the All-Star break. Only problem is, despite it being Mr. Potato Head Night, fans showing up 10 minutes before gametime were still getting a Potato Head, meaning they were among the first 5,000. Officially, 12,026 people showed up at the Wachovia Center last night, which is a bit of a generous figure.
Sixers Prez Ed Snider is not happy about this. The 76ers are 27th out of 30 NBA teams in attendance. One might think Snider should just be happy his baby, the Flyers, played to 99 percent of capacity last year despite winning only 22 games. But, no, he’d rather complain that you’re too dumb to realize how exciting the 76ers are:
“Our kids play hard every single game, every single minute,” Snider said. “You can see them getting better right before your eyes. I would hope they deserve more recognition and support from our fans. I think those fans who come to the games are enjoying immensely what they are seeing.”
Snider said he had a better feeling about the Sixers at the start of the season than reporters who almost universally picked them to finish last in the Eastern Conference…. “I feel the prognosticators wrote us off before the season began,” Snider said. “And that’s why people have taken a show-me attitude.”
You’re right, Ed! It’s the media’s fault. It’s not that Comcast charges over a 50 percent surcharge on the cheapest ticket. It’s not that the team is headed into the All-Star Break without any all-stars. It’s not that the team has been run into the ground since the 2001 Finals on your watch. (Aaron McKie is being paid $7 million by the Sixers this year, the last year of his contract. Who the hell thought McKie would be contributing to the team in 2008?) It’s not that, uh, attendance is down around the NBA and the Sixers are still one of the NBA’s lesser teams. It’s the media predicting the 76ers wouldn’t be very good.
Jesus, Ed. Can’t you just go back to doing non-destructive things, like supporting sending American troops to their death? Oh, crap. Maybe you just better stick to overpaying basketball players.
Snider unhappy Sixers aren’t drawing more [Daily News]
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dmac | 8:28 AM | 1 Comment
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Jan
22
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Above, a possible rendering for the new Philly Live! complex that could replace the Spectrum. This rendering has the place knocked down; the Wachovia Center is at right.
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dmac | 2:30 PM | 33 Comments
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Feb
23
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• I can only assume that these juveniles attacking Drexel kids with 2×4s are the sons and daughters of Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Hoooooooooo! [Livejournal Philadelphia]
• Phillies fan and Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito hired a former top aid to John Ashcroft to clerk for him. That’s like PW hiring John Updike to key in movie times. [Delaware Watch]
• Apparently Ed Snider said last night that he should move the 76ers to a town that appreciates them and loves the game of basketball. Eventually, with all the movement, all the NBA teams will have nonsensical nicknames: Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Kansas City Sixers, Toronto Heat, Boston Bobcats, Philadelphia Celtics, Miami Trail Blazers, &c. [The 700 Level]
• The other day, I noted I love when Will Bunch makes fun of his paper’s own writers. Today, he’s apologizes: “[W]e went a tad too far in bashing [Christine Flowers] the other day, even if she was wrong… sorry, Christine.” Ooooooh, someone got in trouuuuuuble! [Attytood]
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dmac | 4:23 PM | 0 Comments
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