Sure. Putting a high school sophomore on the cover of Sports Illustrated and labeling him baseball’s version of LeBron James is meant to sell magazines, but having personally seen, heard and marveled at Bryce Harper’s swing, I’m drinking the Kool-Aid right now.
It’s as sweet as any flavored powder mix ever concocted. And it packs one helluva punch.
Too bad my 12-year-old, and his teammates didn’t realize they were in the presence of *future greatness when they were taking their cuts a few months ago at Bat-R-Up in North Las Vegas. It might have...
The “Bryce Harper Cult” Star...
Posted by ppoggione in sports on 04 1st, 2009 | No Comments
NIT gets red-headed stepchild treatment ...
College basketball’s National Invitational Tournament, commonly referred to as the NIT, continues to get kicked around like a junkyard dog. It’s so bad now that even major web-based media are ignoring them.
Forty-five minutes into the first semifinal game today between Baylor and San Diego State, I went to NBC Sports web site, searched for “men’s college basketball scores,” and activated a window that said “No Game Scheduled.”
No game scheduled? Huh? It’s going on right this second in New York City’s Madison Square Garden....
Posted by ppoggione in kitchen sink, las vegas, public relations, sports on 01 13th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Shady Lady? Well, Not Exactly....
Those who work with Bobbi Davis at Korte Company, a Las Vegas construction company, must have spit coffee all over their Sunday edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal when they saw a picture of her with an accompanying cutline that revealed that she was “Owner of the Shady Lady Brothel in Nye County…”
They were probably whispering at the water cooler on Monday that she seems so innocent. “Who would have ever thought?”
Well, it turns out the RJ kinda sorta messed up. They ran a picture of the wrong Bobbi Davis. The correction in today’s paper...
“Timmy” The Greek Goes Out W...
I introduced you to Tim “Timmy The Greek” Mathy in my last post. It was the day before the BCS championship game between Florida and Oklahoma. Many of you wanted to know who Timmy picked so you could ride his coat tails to some easy hack.
Well, it should come as no surprise that if you did take Timmy’s advise, you were a winner. His final pick of the Bowl Season was once again, correct. The pick lifted his overall record to 30-4, and an amazing winning percentage of 89 percent. Of the final 11 bowl games played, he did not miss a single pick.
Once again, kudos...
College Bowl Handicapper of the Century:...
If I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I’d never believe it. If you know anything about handicapping football games, you wouldn’t either.
For the second year in a row I joined a college bowl office pool where friends and friends of friends pick - against the posted spread - every single college football bowl game on the board. Picks for each of the 34 bowl games being played this year had to be in before kickoff of the first game. This year, that was Sat., Dec. 20.
To put things into perspective, any handicapper alive would be very happy to pick 20 of 34 right,...
Posted by ppoggione in Uncategorized, advertising, las vegas, pop culture, top 10 lists on 12 3rd, 2008 | No Comments
Top 10 Signs The Las Vegas Economy Stink...
10. A few casinos on The Strip have started advertising $5 blackjack.
9. Reservations are NOT required virtually anywhere you eat.
8. A single share of Las Vegas Sands, Inc. stock costs less than a single bottle of Heineken at either of the corporation’s premier properties, Venetian and Palazzo.
7. Porn production company Bait & Tackle seemingly has more billboards in Las Vegas than any one casino.
6. Doing its part to absorb recent layoffs and combat the ever-growing unemployment rate, Bait & Tackles’ billboards are actually recruitment ads promising “$500...
An accidental picture with my iPhone...
In a previous post I shared a picture of a stiff-shaft golf club bending like a hot pretzel at the beginning of a friend’s downswing. I simply couldn’t believe my eyes when I first saw the photo, and nobody I showed it to could offer an explanation. I am pleased to report that eventually an explanation was found.
It seems by taking a photo into direct sunlight with an iPhone, something strange happens to its settings, allowing for distorted bends to occur in the photograph. A full explanation can be found via this link.
Thanks Tony for digging it up!
Here is another...
Wasting Away In MGM Grand Garden...
After threatening to do so for years, my wife and I finally found our way to the MGM Grand Garden last weekend to take in a Jimmy Buffet concert. Everyone in our group had seen the feel-good act before, so we pretty much knew what the master of Margaritaville was all about.
As usual, the place was sold out and it was a showroom for Hawaiian shirts, coconut bras, grass skirts, and flip flops. The colors of the spectrum were all around us; including one we didn’t expect to see quite so much of. Silver. It was on top of a lot of the heads in the crowd…at least the ones...
Can a golf club really bend like this?...
A photo I took at Rio Secco Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada, yesterday has me scratching my head. Can a club with a stiff shaft really flex this much? Or did I just take a fluke photo with my iPhone? This is not Photoshop.
This six iron looks like it's made of rubber.
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Observations from NLCS Games 3 and 4...
After just returning from Los Angeles where my family and I took in Games 3 and 4 of the National League Championship Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers, I’m now unwinding and thinking about the experience. A few things I saw of interest:
- The “99-Cent Store” marketing team is pure genius. By clandestinely distributing beach balls with their logo prominently displayed, they get three to four hours of engaging marketing during the games for nada, while fans spend as much time hitting the beach balls around the stands as they do...
Yes, I've finally decided to add the word "blogger" to my title, and frankly, I'm excited. I'm not exactly sure what will come out of my fingers in the months and years to come, but I do know the words will likely touch on topics I find easy to write about. Advertising, interactive, sports, pop culture, and the place I call home - Las Vegas. I've been writing my company's e-newsletter (Project 7 - The Voice Inside Our Head) since 2004 and have developed and refined a voice that most find fun and easy to listen to. Like with Project 7, my goal is to educate, entertain, and ultimately, stay on your radar. Be sure to bookmark me and add me to your RSS feed so you don't miss a single musing, rant or observation. So here it goes.....
- ppoggione: Thanks for the comment Bobbi. That's cool you found this pos...
- Bobbi Davis: You are right, they were whispering Monday morning at the wa...
- ppoggione: The man has spoken! We anxiously await your picks for next b...
- Timmy the Greek: Just glad I could help!...
- ppoggione: By the way, "Timmy's" picks were instrumental in winning an ...
- ppoggione: That's right, the only difference is that PeterPoggione.com ...