AltWeeklies Wire
Josh Arieh Can Beat You in Poker. Wanna Bet?new
Josh Arieh took third place and $2.5 million
at last year's World Series of Poker. All that at 29 years old and a long way from the pool halls and home games in Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
06-23-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Out of Thin Airnew
The writer fell 15 feet while climbing in the North Cascades last summer, and might have died were it not for the people he met along the way.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
02-03-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
It's Not Easy Being Meannew
New Jack stabbed William "Hunter" Lane nine times with a shiv during a wrestling match in Jacksonville. But only four of the wounds were serious. And, besides, Lane had agreed to be cut. It was part of the show.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-21-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Renaissance Festival Provides Respite for "Mundanes"new
"Rennies" who spend hundreds of dollars on historical garb may look weird to some, but if you're going to escape from what they call the Mundane World, why not transport yourself to a fantasy-based Renaissance that exists for only a month and a half in the middle of nowhere?
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
11-16-2004 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Fast Times at MotorSport Ranchnew
Unable to find a place in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to pursue his new hobby, high-performance driving, Jack Farr created one. His MotorSport Ranch is a country club for sports car drivers.
Dallas Observer |
Zac Crain |
11-08-2004 |
Recreation
A Reporter Loses Her Shirt at the Seminole Casinonew
As the chain-smoking, spandex-heavy scene in the adult arcade demonstrates, gambling is hardly the most alluring way to court fortune.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
10-26-2004 |
Recreation
Geeks Gone Wildnew
"More geeky nerd types have gotten laid at Archon than ever would in the outside world," the Empress Inebria says of the annual science fiction convention. This doesn't quite explain the mahogany-skinned man in the courtyard sporting a velvet cape. It's Star Wars alum Lando Calrissian.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
10-22-2004 |
Recreation
All In: The New World Order of Poker
In the free-for-all world of poker, legions of new players attracted by TV and the Internet now compete against seasoned pros.
Columbia Free Times |
Timothy Allen Conklin |
09-09-2004 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
