Virtual Issue
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Ask and Ye Shall Reprieve
What would Chris Boyer do?We all know someone like Chris Boyer: the eccentric at work that says outrageous things, but he’s so honest and childlike, you love him anyway.
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Letter Man
Jack-FM's all-knowing sports guru responds to reader mailNo matter how long you Google search, no matter how many college professors you ask, no matter how passionately you pray, some questions can be answered by only one man.
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Dead Man Talking
A local radio host's broadcast career rises from the graveIf you’ve listened to San Diego morning radio in the past 25 years (or read this magazine in the past four), you probably know that Cookie “Chainsaw” Randolph, who co-starred on KGB-FM’s Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw Show (aka The DSC), recently lost his job.
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Drive Time
OMG! I'm texting instead of using my turn signalsHere’s a fun game: the next time you’re stuck in the left-turn lane waiting for your light to turn green, count the number of drivers who whiz by holding cell phones.
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You’re Tripping
Taking real vacations is just plain crazyA couple of Augusts ago, he could have vacationed in Rome, Italy. But today, Super Bowl hero and weapons convict Plaxico Burress is enjoying the ultimate staycation: two years in The Oneida Correctional Facility…in Rome, New York.
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Almost Famous
“It’s cool being half black and half Asian, because I get to pick when I’m black and when I’m Asian. If I’m at a park and they’re picking teams for a basketball game, I’m black. I always get picked. But if I’m at a college during finals week outside a library…
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Celebrity Shrink Rap
Dr Chainsaw is inWhen jobs and babies and age and chocolate catch up with perfect genes, People With Perfect Bodies and Faces (PWPBFs) freak out. Perfect abs, lips and hair begin to expand, wrinkle and recede. No matter how many personal trainers or Botox injections they might employ, the battle is on and they can’t handle it.
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May Days
Despite the alarm, they're not always emergenciesRight after the soothing words, “Is there anyone on board who can fly this plane?” the last thing you want to hear from the cockpit is, “May Day! May Day!”
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Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Unless you want the Padres to loseSoon after I landed at KGB-FM in March 1987, the radio station’s promotions department arranged with the San Diego Padres to give away 20 pairs of tickets for each Wednesday night home game at Jack Murphy Stadium (now Qualcomm).
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The Names of the Game
The Sweet 16 most ridiculous (but real) college nicknamesEagles, Tigers and Bulldogs are the most common nicknames in college sports. If ever there were an NCAA championship tournament for uncommon monikers, these real-life nicknames would make the Sweet 16.
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Giving the Finger
Championship-the only ring a pro athlete should wearWe’ve known it since the seventh grade: chicks dig athletes. Always have, always will. It’s different for these guys in a way the rest of us will never know.
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Prepare For Re-Entry
How Wikipedia bios will read for today's sports superstars 15 years from nowWhen Wikipedia was launched in January 2001, it instantly replaced encyclopedias, Us Weekly and bathroom walls as the “go to” source for instantaneous information. Oh, sure, the be-all end-all online resource got a fact wrong here and there—like asserting Oswald shot JFK, or describing The Jonas Brothers as “musicians”—but imagine how factual the bios will be in 2025 for today’s sports superstars…
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Christmas Presence
Santa vs. Jesus: the very first Super BowlJesus was supposed to walk over Santa like water. Gomorrah oddsmakers considered the Messiah, hounded by whispers of nepotism, a heavy favorite and set the betting line at 3:16.
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Parent Trap
Never forget the inflatable bedLast year was the first Thanksgiving since my dad had died, so I was curious to see how my mom was coping. It was worth the drive up to NorCal to find out.
