Entries tagged with 'sports'
Posted by Adam Kuban, May 5, 2008 at 10:00 AM
The news: Some Cleveland Cavaliers fans are boycotting Papa John's because of a T-shirt circulated at the Cavs-Washington Wizards game on Friday night.
Behind the news: The shirt had the word "crybaby" emblazoned above James's number, 23, and was distributed by a local Papa John's as a way to help fans distract James during Friday's game. "Crybaby" was a reference to James's waterworks and whining over being fouled excessively hard in a previous game.
The shirt nonsense didn't get much play until John Eick from the blog So Good posted about it and had Cleveland fans rallying against the chain. Papa John's issued an apology, will donate $10k to the Cavaliers Youth Fund, and is offering Clevelanders large one-topping pizzas for 23¢ (one per order, pick-up only) on May 8. After the jump, a news report on the debacle.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, February 1, 2008 at 6:00 AM
While some folks worry about Super Bowl food, planning menus and such, you and I already have a game plan. We're ordering pizza. But with all the options available from the nationwide chains, things can get a little confusing.
Who better than Slice to coach you through the pizza playbook? After the jump: careful analysis of the various crusts, toppings, and specialty pizzas from Pizza Hut, Domino's, and Papa John's.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, April 17, 2007 at 3:00 PM
“I’ve never caught a foul ball in my life. It’s been my dream to catch one. That’s the closest I’ve ever come. The pizza just thwarted it,” so says Red Sox fan Jason Sole, who's seen getting hit with a flying pizza in the video that follows:
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Posted by Adam Kuban, June 14, 2006 at 12:10 AM
Just got back from tonight's Yankees vs. Indians game (Yankees, 1-0). The seats kicked ass; the pizza didn't. It's Famous Famiglia, which you may be familiar with from one of its many locations in New York City or around the country. As one of my companions this evening said, "Eh. It's no better or no worse than Sbarro." You know the score -- I'd recommend sticking to the equally overpriced but more traditional hot dog, peanuts, and beer menu.
Slices are $4.50 (!!!) each for plain or pepperoni and are sized smaller than typical slice-joint portions.
Here's the upskirt:
As you can see, rather blonde crust with the telltale crosshatching revealing it's been cooked on screens. I'm not sure, but I'd bet they're running 'em through impinger ovens to meet the demand. In fact, I think I see one in the background of this photo (click through for larger versions):
Don't do this. You'll get yelled at by stadium staff if you lay anything on top of the dugout.
Here's the pepperoni slice.
The final score:
Posted by Adam Kuban, February 14, 2006 at 5:37 PM
From Reuters:
PINEROLO, Italy — U.S. men's curling skip Pete Fenson is making the most of being in Italy for the Olympics to do some research for his day job.
He's the owner of two Minnesota pizza parlors.
"We've been to more than one pizza place, it is excellent, really good," he said. "But it's not like mine. Mine's different than most.
Cue joke about frozen pizza.
US pizza parlor skip samples Italian [Reuters]
Posted by Adam Kuban, February 14, 2006 at 10:59 AM
The Associated Press blogs the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
A few blocks away, on Via San Tomasso, I found a great pizza shack -- one slice with spinach and edam cheese, one slice with mushrooms and prosciutto -- that charged about half the press center price. And across the street was an ice cream shop. A cone with stracciatella (chocolate chip) costs a euro and a half.
AP Blogs From the Olympics [New York Times]
Posted by Adam Kuban, December 2, 2005 at 10:00 AM
On Slice, I'm pretty monomaniacal on what I post about: pizza. Sure, I'd love to rhapsodize about how great the new Battlestar Galactica is (I'm dying for the new season to start). Or the sad, sad cancelation of Arrested Development. But I can't. I've gotta stay on message here.
So until I see Admiral Adama chowing down on a slice between cylon attacks or I run across one of the Bluths ordering a pie on the AD DVDs, I can't go there.
But the fleeting mention of pizza on last night's Colbert Report gives me license to mention this great new Daily Show spin-off. If you're not part of the Colbert Nation, here are your immigration papers. It is simply the best show on Comedy Central these days, spinning the whole fake news concept into an obnoxious O'Reilly-style pundit show that handily eclipses the Jon Stewart joint immediately preceding it.
In last night's Report, host Stephen Colbert brought us up to speed on the design of the medals Italy will be handing out at the Winter Olympics in Turin. What Stephen said couldn't be more truthy:
It was very, very exciting to get my tickets — until I saw the design of the medals released today. Take a look at these [top left]. Congratulations: You've won a giant gold washer. Or a subway token.
Think about it. You've been training since you were three. Your parents had to separate so you could live with your coach. Your brothers and sisters couldn't go to college so you could go to luge camp. You finally win the gold, and they put this around your neck.
Now apparently it's supposed to represent a piazza [top right], which the Olympic Committee calls "a great symbol image of Italy." That's an elegant translation. You know what another great symbol image of Italy is?
The pizza. And you know what a pizza [above] looks like? An Olympic medal.
Wørd.
Posted by Adam Kuban, October 5, 2005 at 4:15 PM
The baseball playoffs are upon us, and once again the Yankees are enabling hizzoner's gambling habit. The Bronx Bombers managed to scrape themselves into postseason play, prompting Bloomie to place a bet on the Yankees-Angels series with Anaheim's mayor, Curt Pringle.
If the Angels win, Mayor Mike will cough up "some of New York's best to the people of Anaheim, including two dozen hot dogs from Nathan's Famous, two pounds each of pastrami, corned beef and brisket, three loaves of jumbo seedless rye bread and two pounds of mustard from Katz's Deli, and two Pizza alla Vodka pies from Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza and Pasta. And for dessert, one 2.5 gallon container of Lemon Ice from the Lemon Ice King of Corona and plenty of cake from Parrilla Latina."
What will New Yorkers get if the Yanks win?
A crate of Anaheim chili peppers; a crate of Sunkist California oranges; merchandise from Disneyland's 50th anniversary, including a pair of golden Mickey Mouse ears; an autographed script from Fox Broadcasting Co.'s hit show "The O.C."; a surfboard from Huntington Beach-based Jack's Surfboards; a Halo Hybrid Utility Club from Cleveland Golf in Huntington Beach; $50 in gift certificates from Anaheim-based Pacific Sunwear; surf apparel from Newport Beach-based Toes on the Nose; sunglasses from San Juan Capistrano-based Hoven Sunglasses; swimwear from Newport Beach-based Tyler Rose Swimwear; a gift basket from Orange County-based Diedrich's Coffee; a case of boysenberry jam and a bucket of Mrs. Knott's chicken from Knott's Berry Farm.
Once again, our rival city gets the better deal if it wins the bet.
[Via Gothamist]
Posted by Adam Kuban, September 28, 2005 at 1:11 PM
"When you're 25, you can eat hamburgers and pizza and drink beer and stay out all night and come out the next day and drink a couple cups of coffee and just play. If I did that today, my heart would stop and I'd need a stretcher and an IV. I started kind of noticing that in my early 30's, and now that I'm in my mid-to-late 30's, it's even that much more." — Mike Piazza, catcher, New York Mets
As Bodies Mull Retirement, 2 Aging Baseball Stars Play On [New York Times]
Photograph by Sue Ogrocki/Reuters
Thanks to Jen for the heads-up on this one.
Posted by Adam Kuban, August 15, 2005 at 1:10 PM
Domino's, purveyor of such dreck as the Doublemelt, is holding a contest to find America's biggest pizza fanatic.
Not big as in girth, but big as in enthusiastic (though we suspect the two might go hand in hand). The winner gets to take a friend to to a VIP NASCAR weekend September 9 and 10 at Richmond International Raceway. The vee-eye-pizzas get to meet Michael Waltrip, who'll be driving the Domino's car in those races.
We know we've got some pizza fanatics among our Slice readers, and we'd love to see one of you win this (and take pix and send us an account of your trip for publication on the site). The editors of this site, however, think Domino's blows. We'll be racing as fast as we can in the opposite direction.
To enter: Domino's Pizza Fan Contest. No purchase necessary. (Thank heaven!)
Posted by Adam Kuban, May 19, 2004 at 12:17 AM
KAZUO GANBATTE! *
Kazuo Matsui's Seibu Lions card, with an actual piece of a game-used baseball (top left). Shea Stadium, or, as Seltzerboy likes to call it, "Shea International Airport" (top right). Mets players swarm Cliff Floyd, whose ninth-inning single drove in the game's winning run (middle). The food directory that led us to the pizza stand (above left). FOS (Friend of Slice) H.S. digs into (but doesn't dig) a lackluster slice (above right) at Shea. 日本語訳 [NIHONGO] | When it comes to sports, this reporter couldn't care less who's on first or who f_ _ _ed around and got a triple double. But give me a free Mets ticket and just watch how fast my tune changes. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," indeed.
Not only did last night's complimentary tickets to the Mets-Cardinals game give E-Rock and me the opportunity to see Japanese shortstop sensation Kazuo Matsui in action (as you might know, Slice is an unabashed fan of all things Japanese), it also gave us the chance to sample some Shea slices for our readers.
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Posted by e-rock, November 10, 2003 at 4:58 PM
Toronto Raptors fans got a free slice after the team scored 87 points against the Denver Nuggets.
Used to be 100, but the Raptors don't usually score that much anymore.
Posted by Adam Kuban, November 5, 2003 at 4:59 PM
This, from CNN.com:
Tim Petrovic was another stroke behind after a 66, and he was on another kind of bubble. The former pizza deliveryman is 41st on the money list, and appears to be a shoo-in to wind up in the top 40 and qualify for the Masters.
I don't really follow golf, so Petrovic's former career as pizza driver is news to me.
