Freshman Influence
Scott Wolf inside USC (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Freshman forward Evan Smith was a pleasant surprise in USC's basketball opener and will be a key player again tonight against Loyola Marymount....
Charlie Rose with Eric Pooley, Doug Schoen & Mark Penn; Evan Thomas; David Brinkley; Louis Smith, Martha Sherrill, Ed Kosner, Landon Jones (November 7, 1996)
Scott Wolf inside USC (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Freshman forward Evan Smith was a pleasant surprise in USC's basketball opener and will be a key player again tonight against Loyola Marymount....
Brains and Eggs (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I posted about the Texas Tribune's wacky poll last week, and had a conversation with Tribune CEO Evan Smith yesterday afternoon prompted by it. First, a correction: Farouk Shami was not included in their list of Democratic gubernatorial candidates, as I wrote . The candidates they DID poll included Kinky Friedman, Tom Schieffer, Felix Alvarado, Mark Thompson (who withdrew from the race...
Environmental and Urban Economics (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Evan Smith, an old friend from Hamilton '87, is featured in a photo in the NY Times Business page today . He looks tough in the picture. What has he done? Started a hedge fund? Gone to a tea party? No and No. He has created a new way to deliver the news separate from print sales and circulation. The economics here is interesting. Step #1: Find a sugar daddy. Regardless of the sugar daddy's...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Texas Tribune , a new Texas-based non-profit journalism Web site, will launch tomorrow -- one year before the state's 2010 general election, which includes the gubernatorial race, among others. There has been a lot of talk about the project since longtime Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith left his day job to launch the Tribune, and even though it will cover only Texas political and...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Tribune logo Over beers at TRIO last Tuesday, we had a chat with former Texas Monthly president and editor-in-chief Evan Smith about his new nonprofit media project , the Texas Tribune . The Tribune makes its official debut tomorrow, and will be hosting a fancy launch party to celebrate. All founding members who donate at least $50 by 5 p.m. today will be invited to attend. You can find...
Dave Lucas (Free subscription) | yesterday
... another Capital Region tale of unspeakable animal cruelty: According to the Gazette, 26-year old Evan Smith of Lenox Rd., Schenectady, was charged Thursday by Schenectady police with one felony count of aggravated animal cruelty. The heartless Smith kicked a neighbor's cat. The cat had wandered into his yard while outside with its owner, who was planting in her own yard. The...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... for Governor. So check it out, leave a comment, and let me know what you think. My thanks to Evan Smith for the chance to clutter up their homepage.
Scott Wolf inside USC (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Order's been restored as the Trojans got six points from Marcus Johnson, Marcus Simmons and five from Evan Smith....
Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... he would switch to run for Governor. As recently as last Friday, he told current Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith that he had filed to run for Senate and would run for Senate. ( Source : Texas Tribune ) However, White admitted that conversations about switching over to the Governor's race increased after Hutchison's announcement that she would not resign her U.S. Senate seat -- making...
In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
New USC Coach Kevin O’Neill got off to a winning start as the Trojans fought a 77-67 victory over UC Riverside in front of 3,072 at the Galen Center, by only using 7 players including freshmen Evan Smith and Davis Rozitis. Guards Marcus Simmons and Donte Smith impressed by giving the team unexpected contributions, who were [...]
Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... had trouble against the press and found itself down 24-8 at the break. Dapo Omitowoju and Evan Smith swished 3-pointers as Webb had its best offensive output of the game with 10 points in the third quarter to pull to within 37-18. Fanning finished as the game's leading scorer with 14 points. Simmons added 12 and Paschal contributed 11. Smith led the Feet with nine, while Omitowoju...
Transworld Skateboarding (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Featuring Ryan Nix, Evan Smith, Chris Blake, Bert Wootton, and more.
Conquest Chronicles (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... and hitting on a couple of jumpers including a tre. To add to those standout performances Donte Smith hit most of his open shots and seemed much less reckless than last year. O'Neill also made very nice use of his bench and regularly rotated in Davis Rozitis and Evan Smith (who saw 33 minute of playing time) to keep players fresh. E. Smith even hit a couple of shots...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... who got 18 points and eight rebounds from forward Nikola Vucevic, and 12 points from guard Donte Smith, used only seven players because of injuries and eligibility issues that have sidelined five key players.Smith played the entire game and one of the seven, freshman forward Evan Smith, had not practiced for more than a week because of a shoulder injury. He contributed...
Brains and Eggs (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Evan Smith would have to be feeling quite a bit better after seeing this : Rasmussen Reports this morning is reporting a new poll showing Gov. Rick Perry leading U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison 46 percent to 35 percent in the Texas GOP primary for governor. Activist Debra Medina had 4 percent support. Perry led Hutchison by 10 percentage points in a July Rasmussen survey, but he held only...