Author: Paul Lukas

For all of today’s images, click to enlarge The Tugboat Captain and I recently spent eight days on the road, from the Saturday before Thanksgiving through the Saturday after Thanksgiving. …

Click to enlarge Happy post-Thanksgiving, everyone. I was traveling all of last week (more on that later) and am just settling back in. Please join me in thanking Phil for …

For all photos, click to enlarge + + + + + + + + + + [Editor’s note: Paul’s still on vacation, but he left this column for today. Phil …

Greetings from Ithaca, New York, where the Tugboat Captain and I are spending Thanksgiving with her brother and his family. I have a lot to be thankful for, including the …

Paul here. I’m on vacation this week, but before I left I interviewed Anthony Zych, the guy who’s designing those awesome Blue Jackets posters that I wrote about a few …

[Editor’s Note: Paul is on vacation this week, but he prepared this entry for today. Enjoy.] As you’ve probably noticed in the left-hand sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions …

Hiya. I’m on vacation this week, but I still put together Monday Morning Uni Watch from the road. How’s that for dedication? Anyway, odd scene yesterday in Minnesota, as Packers …

For most people, the initials “CIA” refer to, you know, the CIA — the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington. But for those of us of a more gastronomic bent, “CIA” …

At some point six to eight years ago — I no longer recall the exact date but I’m pretty sure it was in 2008 or ’09 — a handful of …

Really fun game last night in Memphis, as the Grizzlies debuted their Memphis Sounds throwbacks. I love it when the old ABA designs get resurrected, and I also like it …

Click to enlarge With world attention currently focused on Paris in the wake of Friday night’s terrorist attacks, the NFL showed its support for the victims in various ways yesterday. …

Full disclosure: I didn’t see the Color Rash game last night. Had made plans weeks ago to have dinner at a friend’s house and wasn’t going to break those plans …

For all posters, click to enlarge I mentioned in yesterday’s Ticker that I loved the gameday posters that the Blue Jackets have been putting out. The one shown above is …

Commenter LoseRem recently started a lengthy thread here on the site by saying he was disappointed in New Yorkers because of “the lack of Mets gear” being worn around town …

The college basketball season tips off this Friday, which means it’s time for my annual college hoops season preview, which is a bit of a monster — so many conferences …