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Tim Duncan? Sigh.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — While reports of infidelity swirling around the divorce of San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker and Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria have made that couple’s split a mainstay on the front pages of tabloids for weeks, another Spurs star recently ended his marriage in far less headline-grabbing fashion.

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Is the sketch at right journeyman actor Steve Buscemi or the suspect in a string of jogger gropings at Thompson Park? In SCPD composite artist Carl Renfrow's mind, it's both.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Amid growing concern that the composite sketches released by the Santa Cruz Police Department consistently bear little or no resemblance to the actual suspects apprehended, Carl Renfrow, the SCPD’s composite artist, admitted yesterday that he never finished art school and that pencil sketches “are like my third- or fourth-best medium.”

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AUSTIN, Tex. — In a move that most industry experts have dismissed as a blatant and ill-conceived attempt to piggyback on the success of humor Web site TextsFromLastNight.com, Macrohard, a fledgling startup company, is funding a high-profile rollout of two new sites, SMSMessagesSentDuringThePast24Hours.com and TweetsPostedSinceThisTimeYesterday-ish.com.

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Live blogging is unbelievably stupid. So is the amount of fanfare surrounding LeBron James’ announcement of his free agent intentions. And though two stupids don’t make a smart, they sure do make for a good way to kill a rainy Thursday night. So, without further ado, I bring you the Bubble Factory’s first live blog, wherein I will share insipid insights until ESPN’s made-for-LBJ one-hour special is complete or I fall asleep. Here’s hoping the latter comes first.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but no team in the NBA has cap space to give max contracts to all of LBJ's alter-egos.

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By my estimation, the World Cup gives me carte blanche to be rabidly and unapologetically jingoistic. So I’m using the occasion of the United States-England game as an excuse to toot America’s vuvuzela and bash the Brits.

From Rooney to Hayward, the sun never sets on detestable deeds perpetrated by the British Empire.

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Check-writing is utterly emasculating. And a ton of fun.

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In TheFacebook.commentary, we tackle the tough issues facing users of the world’s foremost social networking site, the URL formerly known as TheFacebook.com. The pressing issue investigated in this installment: Law school students and their annoying status updates.

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Reactions range from incredulous to outraged after a 25-year-old Iowa man ran in a long-distance road race without flaunting it to family and friends.

Greg Rogers (6544) supposedly ran in a half marathon on Saturday. But he didn't even post this pic on Facebook, so we're waayy skeptical.

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Palmade and pelicans shouldn't mix, environmentalists allege.

Greenpeace, PETA, The Audobon Society and an army of other animal rights and environmental groups are expressing outrage over a new commercial for Axe hair products that attempts to capitalize on the Gulf Coast oil spill and depicts the abuse of an endangered bird.

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An occasional feature in which we crawl inside the troubled psyches of people paralyzed by the fear of those 10 questions.

It is quick and easy, and your answers are protected by law. BE VERY AFRAID.

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