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The Classical Will Publish Post-Punk Sports Journalism…If We Kickstart Them

Yesterday a Kickstarter announced the arrival of The Classical, yet another daily web publication dedicated to the burgeoning world of alternative sportswriting. This one is the brainchild of a cerebral fraternity of sports and culture bros, including Bloomsbury editor (and rumored pub-trivia powerhouse) Pete Beatty, Pitchfork and Village Voice vet Tom Breihan, Yahoo! Read More

It’s the Principle, Principal! … End of the World, Wide

It’s the Principle, Principal!

“Sure, you’d get the occasional seventh-grader thrown in a garbage can, but never anything serious .”

Thus opined Joanne Roque, a 1992 graduate of Hunter College High, recalling the Upper East Side school’s long tradition of “Senior Walkout”–an annual rite in which the entire soon-to-be-graduating class blew outdoors during the Read More