Showing posts with label journalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journalism. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

St. John Journal Entry: The Hapless Hockey Confederates

Written by the Mickey Dupere, the fictitious St. John Journal' hockey scribe:

Losers of their last six contests, the hapless Charlottetown Confederates look for better luck (three post-ringers in the third period last night against the Bridgeport Barnums) when they play the St. Andrews Beaverbrooks this weekend. The Feds will need to shore up their team defense; it's like one PEI Islander commented to this reporter: "They're running around like a fart in a mitten."



Saturday, December 29, 2012

Donnybrook: Can-Am History and a "Free-for-Brawl"

"...The donnybrook at the Halifax Mont-Blancs–Boston Imos game belied the Can–Am Hockey League's new (and supposedly improved) spirit of international cooperation..." –Mick Dupere, scribe for the St. John Gazette

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Jack Falla and the Interrobang?!

Jack Falla, who mentored many budding sports journalists before he passed away in September 2008, was not a fan of the exclamation point. I suspect he would boo the interrobang.