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TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports

No, the most memorable moment of Tulanes 61-59 victory Wednesday night at Rice wasnt Kevin Sims Tyus Edney-like coast-to-coast game-winner that finished off the Green Waves comeback from 19 points down and gave them their first road win of the season. ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  30 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Randall Simon

TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day at sports

Do fire ants dig FieldTurf? For the sake of the Hickman-Rock Bridge football game tonight at Memorial Stadium, lets hope not. The folks at Rialto High School in Southern California didnt expect theyd have to deal with the pests recently, either, even ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  26 Sep 2008

Festival signs blues icon

They have their money, and now Roots N Blues N BBQ organizers have added the big-name headliner they hope will make the second edition of the free music festival a success. Blues icon Buddy Guy will wrap up this years blues festival, set for Oct. 3 and ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  27 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Buddy Guy,  Dale Watson (musician),  Richard King,  Tab Benoit

Current Ragtag closing tonight

If you've never accidentally kicked over a beverage on the carpet of the tiny independent movie "palace" at 23 N. Tenth St., tonight's the last time you can make that regular occurrence happen. Ragtag Cinema shutters its doors tonight at the small ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  17 Feb 2008

MU’s Jon Hamm wins actor award

Like numerous other Golden Globe winners last night, Jon Hamm missed out on experiencing a moment about which most actors only dream. The University of Missouri grad, however, wasn’t going to let the strike by the writers in the entertainment industry ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  14 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Jon Hamm,  Writers Guild of America

Fancy passes? True/False sales under way

● At its inception, True/False had somewhat of a "reluctantly acknowledged" relationship with the Sundance Film Festival. Cool Dry Place is devoted to the more interesting goings-on in the world of arts and entertainment. Send your ideas or ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  10 Jan 2008

MU graduate Jon Hamm contends for acting award

University of Missouri graduate and actor Jon Hamm was nominated for his second major industry award yesterday. Hamm, who stars as ad man Don Draper in the breakout AMC series "Mad Men," received a Screen Actors Guild nod for actor in a drama series; ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  21 Dec 2007
Related Topics: Jon Hamm,  John Burroughs,  Mel Gibson,  Jennifer Westfeldt

Trib Talk ’07: ‘Is there no escape?’

Few items in the paper are more entertaining than Trib Talk, which gives our most loyal and perhaps unstable readers the opportunity to call in and spout off anonymously on anything they’d like. In this year’s Tribune gift exchange, I drew Managing ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  20 Dec 2007

Graced with champions in our midst

● Mary Nguyen has provided a little information about tomorrow night’s Mountain Goats gig at Mojo’s over on Page 3, but some of the most exciting news about the show is that John Darnielle is bringing along Jon Wurster as his drummer. ● One of the ...

From PETE BLAND, Columbia Tribune,  9 Nov 2007
Related Topics: John Darnielle,  Peter Case

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