stick jockey
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Long Gone
12My first job out of college, I was fired. I used two words with my editor that proved career limiting. I have quit with no notice; I’ve given two weeks and had cake on my last day. I’ve signed paperwork at the long conference room table twice. And I’ve had a farewell so tearful I…
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A-Rod May Not Be In MLB’s Next Video Game, But Virtual PEDs Will
Alex Rodriguez was suspended yesterday for the entire 2014 Major League Baseball season. I’ve emailed the makers of MLB the Show to ask what this means as far as the roster of the next game, which releases in March. One thing that probably won’t change, however, is The Show‘s own form of performance enhancing drugs.
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A Retired NFL Pro Skips The Autograph Line For A Call Of Duty Lobby
Seven years ago, Hunter Hillenmeyer was signing autographs in a Jewel-Osco supermarket up in Fox Lake, Ill., the kind of ham-and-egg gig that any Chicago Bear could expect at some point in his career if he was any good. It wasn’t anyone’s idea of stressful work. Smile, pretend to be famous, collect your couple-three thousand…
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The PS4’s Baseball Game Just Saved Thousands Of Promising Careers
There’s a ritual dedicated sports gamers go through with each new season. The excitement of peeling the shrinkwrap off the latest edition of NHL or NBA 2K quickly gives way to the realisation that, once again, we’re going to throw away our promising careers.