THE GIG IS UP FOR THE WORLD CUP Wow! Hang onto your cleets. FIFA just became a household word. But, def not in a good way. Overnight, the FBI busted a whole bunch of FIFA execs who allegedly took a ton of bribes and kick-back moola to help steer media, marketing and sponsorships in the Americas worth like gatrillions. Talk… Read more →
Author: Risë Birnbaum
Fifth Time’s a Charm
I know a thing or two about Diana Nyad’s first attempt at swimming from Havana to the Keys. Back in 1978 I was a newly-minted anchor for WINZ-Miami, an all news radio station, and covered her swim live. I still remember the sting of defeat that time as she was carried out of the water with jellyfish still coating her… Read more →
AIG CHANGES NAME TO PIG
AIG CHANGES NAME TO PIG Talk about chutzpah. I thought the kid from Two and a Half Man was bad. Let me get this straight. In 2008 the US government decides to bring AIG back from near death to the tune of a $182 billion bailout. That’s billion with a B. I mean, AIG was circling the drain and Uncle… Read more →
Rally Round the Flagpole
Raise your hand if you haven’t embedded a General? I don’t see many hands. Has everyone out there slept with David Petraeus? I have an alibi. If he wasn’t on jdate, I haven’t met the guy. What the heck is going on? I mean I know all the lords In Parliament are wearing ladies’ underwear under their pinstripes, but what’s with all… Read more →
Without Z There are No Zombies
Put a stake in it vampires, you’re done, ‘cause Zombies have taken center stage. Wassup with our never-ending love of zombies? I know its Halloween and all, but I can barely click 10 stations in any direction without stumbling across one of those lurching, rotting creatures just dying for a taste of (my) liver. I mean this is no Food… Read more →
Lance Armstrong- What a Dope!
Lance has taken quite a spill and chances are really good he won’t be getting up from the ground anytime soon. It’s amazing how much wool this guy pulled over everyone’s eyes. Not sure there are any sheep left. And it’s great that his early tattlers now have major street cred. It’s true the guy had cancer and beat it,… Read more →
Ruffled Feathers
Who wudda thunk it? That Big Bird would become a political hot potato in the home stretch of presidential election season? Only in America could that big, feathery, loveable symbol of childhood get caught in the crossfire. There’s no debating it, ever since Big Bird was named as a target for cost-cutting by Romney last week, the yellow guy has… Read more →