Chris DeMatteo

Talkin’ (smack) about “My Generation”

By Chris DeMatteo

Sept. 27, 2010 1 Comment

New ABC drama suffers from bad timing — and bad writing.

Filed Under: Television Tagged With: abc, gen-y, generation y, my generation

Spitter crunches your sports news, Twitter style

By Chris DeMatteo

Aug. 27, 2009 2 Comments

A new company is aiming to be a one-stop shot for sports news.

Filed Under: Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology Tagged With: Celtics, New England Patriots, red sox, Sports, twitter

Diamond Dustings: October stories

By Chris DeMatteo

Oct. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment

You don’t win pennants in the offseason. You don’t win them during the season either. You win them in the postseason. It is now October and it’s time for some baseball. After six months, eight of thirty teams remain. In a little less than a month, we will have our champion. [...]

Filed Under: Baseball, Sports, The Issue, The Magazine Tagged With: angels, baseball, boston, brewers, mlb, Phillies, playoffs, rays, red sox, tampa bay, white sox

No Manny, no problems?

By Chris DeMatteo

Aug. 1, 2008 2 Comments

Chris DeMatteo, one of the original Blast launch issue staffers, weighs in on the Manny Ramirez trade. [...]

Filed Under: Baseball, Boston Local, Sports, Trades, Transactions Tagged With: baseball, manny, Manny Ramirez, mlb, mlb trade deadine, red sox, trade, trade deadline

The Manny trade

By Chris DeMatteo

Aug. 1, 2008 1 Comment

The Dodgers are Better, the Red Sox Might be Better Off and the Pirates are still the Pirates: an Analysis of the Manny Ramirez-Jason Bay Trade [,,,]

Filed Under: Baseball, Boston Local, Sports, Trades, Transactions Tagged With: baseball, Manny Ramirez, mlb, mlb trade deadine, red sox, trade, trade deadline

Now you’re cooking with beer!

By Chris DeMatteo

April 1, 2008 1 Comment

If there’s one thing that’s almost as good as drinking beer, it’s eating food cooked with it. Here are my favorites. [...]

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: beer, beer chicken, chicken, food, franks, hot dogs

Making a list and playing it twice: Holiday downloads

By Chris DeMatteo

Dec. 20, 2007 Leave a Comment

The Favorites The Pogues “Fairytale of New York” Christmas Eve in a New York City drunk tank, a down on their luck dueting Irish couple (Pogues singer Shane McGowan and Kirsty McColl) trade insults and heartbreak before the holiday magic sets in. My all-time favorite. The Kinks “Father Christmas” Blending economic reality with dreams of [...]