Charger trainer Dr. Isaac Moreau has been a busy man this season — busier than he’d like to be. Game after game has produced injury after injury, some of them season-ending. But he’s not just …
October 2, 2016
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Chargers get creative in rehab
Chargers’ Curator Wanker comments on The Surreal McCoy’s latest work for the Convadium Gallery
Wanker: "The original Guernica, by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, is generally regarded as one of the great human outcries against the horrors of war. Created in response to the bombing of a Basque country …
October 1, 2016
The Surreal McCoy
For several seasons now, the San Diego art world has held its breath in anticipation, waiting to see how Chargers coach Mike McCoy would seek to differentiate his approach from the performance art antics of …
September 17, 2016
Zoothanasia? Animal coalition applauds California’s aid-in-dying act
Last Tuesday, the San Diego Zoo announced that it had made the difficult decision to euthanize Ranchipur, a 50-year-old male Asian elephant who was suffering from multiple ailments associated with old age. The news was …
September 4, 2016
What is the most dangerous game?
"Man, Achilles heels really seem to be our Achilles heel this season,” lamented Chargers coach Mike McCoy after losing his second player of the season, running back Brandon Oliver, to an injured Achilles tendon last …
September 3, 2016
Thoroughbred “Trophy Wife” has to be put away after mishap at racetrack
Trophy Wife, one of the entrants expected to make a strong showing at this year’s Del Mar races, has been forced to withdraw from competition following a season-ending — and possibly worse — injury to …
September 2, 2016
San Diego snags coveted nod from prestigious periodical
Citing the city’s “temperate climate, numerous underpasses, beautiful public parks, and historically generous populace,” Hobo Magazine has awarded San Diego its annual “golden shopping cart,” ranking it the number-one city in the country in which …
August 27, 2016
Special Advertising Section: Padres rebuild is your reward!
Rantin’ Ron says, “Time is running out! We’ve already sold such popular models as Craig Kimbrel, Andrew Cashner, Melvin Upton, and Fernando Rodney, not to mention that clunker Matt Kemp! But there are still deals …
August 15, 2016
Padres’ forlorn Fouler seeks de-tats-ment following Kemp's Instagram insult
Baseball experts were not surprised when the San Diego Padres traded Matt Kemp to the Atlanta Braves: the Braves desperately needed power, and the Padres desperately needed to escape Kemp’s enormous contract and hire some …
August 14, 2016
Adios, Olivera: Padres render newly acquired offensive threat Designated For Assignment
Acquired from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Matt Kemp, third baseman Hector Olivera is finishing up an 82-game suspension following his arrest for assaulting a woman and leaving visible bruises on her body. It’s …
August 13, 2016
Un-Kemped: Padres send sluggish slugger to Braves
“For a long time,” says Padres executionary chairman Rod Fouler, “the word around Major League Baseball was that the San Diego Padres couldn’t pay to get someone to take Matt Kemp off their hands. Giant …
August 12, 2016