Ted Williams

"Nostalgia of Baseball" at Pink Pony

Last week, Laura Hahnefeld highlighted three restaurants in "How the Valley's Legendary Restaurants Keep Up With the Times," which covers everything from Phoenix's culinary history to what it takes to keep a restaurant in business for over half a century. One small mention and tantalizing photo dese ... More >>

How the Valley's Legendary Restaurants Keep Up With the Times

Last week, Laura Hahnefeld highlighted three restaurants in "How the Valley's Legendary Restaurants Keep Up With the Times," which covers everything from Phoenix's culinary history to what it takes to keep a restaurant in business for over half a century. One small mention and tantalizing photo dese ... More >>

The Life of a State: A Timeline of Arizona's History

Last week, Laura Hahnefeld highlighted three restaurants in "How the Valley's Legendary Restaurants Keep Up With the Times," which covers everything from Phoenix's culinary history to what it takes to keep a restaurant in business for over half a century. One small mention and tantalizing photo dese ... More >>

Larry King's Corpse: Alcor Life Extensions Won't Say Whether Former CNN Host Has Plans to Freeze Dead Body

www.newsfunnier.comLarry King: not dead.​Contrary to popular belief, former CNN talk show host Larry King isn't a cryogenically frozen corpse...yet.In a recent CNN special, King says that when he finally does kick the bucket he wants his body to be frozen, which -- with the help of Scottsdale-base ... More >>

A Band of Screw-Ups at KWSS-FM Work at Waging a 100-Watt Revolution

www.newsfunnier.comLarry King: not dead.​Contrary to popular belief, former CNN talk show host Larry King isn't a cryogenically frozen corpse...yet.In a recent CNN special, King says that when he finally does kick the bucket he wants his body to be frozen, which -- with the help of Scottsdale-base ... More >>

Britney Spears Wants to be Frozen When She Dies; Scottsdale-Based Alcor Life Extensions Should be Able to Help

www.roflrazzi.com​Britney Spears is well-known for being a freakin' lunatic, so this morning when we heard she was planning on having her body frozen after she dies, with the hopes that she'll be thawed out and brought back to life in future generations, we weren't exactly shocked.It's being repor ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Partner Lends $2.8 Million Baseball Card Collection to Baseball Hall of Fame

www.isntlifeterrible.com​ Ken Kendrick, managing general partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks and a long-time baseball-card collector, is lending his $2.8 million collection to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.Kendrick's 25-card collection contains some of th ... More >>

Alcor in Legal Battle With Coloardo Family Over Dead Woman's Head

www.ottiesdesigns.com​Looks like Ted Williams' severed head isn't the only cranium causing controversy. The family of a dead Colorado woman is fighting with Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extensions over the rights to the woman's body-less head.Mary Robbins, a 71-year-old Colorado Springs woman, kick ... More >>

Ted Williams Wanted to be Cremated and Scattered in Ocean, Not Frozen Solid and Stored in Scottsdale, According to Letter to His Lawyer

"The Kid"​It seems as though "Teddy Ballgame" had specific instructions for those dealing with his remains, none of which mentioned being cut into pieces, cryogenically frozen, and stored in Scottsdale.In a letter to his lawyer, longtime Boston attorney and confidante Robert E. McWalter, bas ... More >>

Hot Links: BB Guns, Robin Lopez's Foot, and a Miracle Baby

​Two juveniles were arrested by Phoenix police for allegedly shooting at traffic signs and speed enforcement cameras with BB guns. DPS officers stopped a black Volvo after reports of shots fired on eastbound Interstate 10 and took a male and a female into custody. There were reportedly five ju ... More >>

Fox Sports Uses Ted Williams' Alcor-Frozen Head to Predict Playoffs

www.myspace.com Ted Williams had his head severed and frozen when he died in 2002​The frozen head of Ted Williams made headlines again last week when a new book claims lab technicians at Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation used the Spendid Splinter's frozen head as a baseball a ... More >>

Hot Links: Williams' Head, Turf Paradise, and Ho-Ho Intruders

​Larry Johnson, a former executive at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, has written a book titled Frozen. In the book, Johnson writes that employees at Alcor mishandled baseball legend Ted Williams' head, with one employee taking baseball-like swings at Williams' frozen head w ... More >>

Alcor Officials Deny Claims in Book that Employees Used Ted Williams' Head Like a Baseball

www.mlb.com Ted Williams​ Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation released an official statement this afternoon in response to claims by a former employee that the frozen head of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams was tossed around like, well, a baseball, while lab technician ... More >>

On Superior Baseball Skills, Educational Experiences, and the One That Got Away

www.mlb.com Ted Williams​ Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation released an official statement this afternoon in response to claims by a former employee that the frozen head of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams was tossed around like, well, a baseball, while lab technician ... More >>

Chuck Coughlin Reveals Jan Brewer's Transition Team

Deputy Secretary of State Kevin Tyne will be soon-to-be Governor Jan Brewer's chief of staff, and Brewer has named a Who's Who list of familiar names from previous GOP administrations to her transition team, which will be led by (gulp - for those with long memories) Chuck Coughlin. Here's the team: ... More >>

On Jimi Hendrix’s Mexican Heritage and the True Meaning of the Word Gringo

Deputy Secretary of State Kevin Tyne will be soon-to-be Governor Jan Brewer's chief of staff, and Brewer has named a Who's Who list of familiar names from previous GOP administrations to her transition team, which will be led by (gulp - for those with long memories) Chuck Coughlin. Here's the team: ... More >>

The Baseball Project

Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
(Yep Roc)

Steve Kerr's been beating the odds his whole life

Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
(Yep Roc)

Punk You!

Esteban Sauer explains how Preserve A Life suckered so many, including the twits at Primetime Live.

Forever Yours

Move Over, ALCOR. Phoenix-based Preserve A Life wants to make sure the dearly departed are ready for their close-ups.

BEST OLD SCOTTSDALE

Pink Pony Steakhouse

3831 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale

480-945-6697

Best Advice For Kids

Big League Dugout

'Roid Warrior

Bob Clapp believes those who hate anabolic steroids are a bunch of scrawny puritanical dimwits

Grill Talk

Bob Clapp believes those who hate anabolic steroids are a bunch of scrawny puritanical dimwits

Scottsdale's Drinking Problem

It's crystal clear that the city of Scottsdale served its citizens water laced with a suspected carcinogen. But did city officials do it on purpose?

A MOJOR LEAGUE VETERAN

It's crystal clear that the city of Scottsdale served its citizens water laced with a suspected carcinogen. But did city officials do it on purpose?

THE JORDAN BUSINESS

It's crystal clear that the city of Scottsdale served its citizens water laced with a suspected carcinogen. But did city officials do it on purpose?

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

AS MARICOPA COUNTY'S FINANCES DETERIORATED, COUNTY SUPERVISORS USED THE HEALTH CARE AGENCY AS A FINANCIAL DUMPING GROUND. THEY LOADED THE AGENCY WITH DEBTS. THEY BLAMED THE COUNTY'S FISCAL MESS ON THE COUNTY HOSPITAL. AND THEN THE SUPERVISORS GOT TO DO WH

WHAT'S $12 MILLLION AMONG FRIENDS?

MARICOPA COUNTY IS SCRAPPING A BRAND-NEW, VERY EXPENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM SO IT CAN BUY---SURPRISE!---ANOTHER NEW, EXPENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM

WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR

MARICOPA COUNTY IS SCRAPPING A BRAND-NEW, VERY EXPENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM SO IT CAN BUY---SURPRISE!---ANOTHER NEW, EXPENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM

RICH AGENCY, POOR AGENCYDHS PLAYS HIDE AND SEEK WITH MARYVALE CANCER MONEY

MARICOPA COUNTY IS SCRAPPING A BRAND-NEW, VERY EXPENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM SO IT CAN BUY---SURPRISE!---ANOTHER NEW, EXPENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM

Cheap Shots 03-29-1989

MARICOPA COUNTY IS SCRAPPING A BRAND-NEW, VERY EXPENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM SO IT CAN BUY---SURPRISE!---ANOTHER NEW, EXPENSIVE COMPUTER SYSTEM