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YouTube video a perfect example of risks with social media
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YouTube video a perfect example of risks with social media

Tim Ajmani The Corsair One of my favorite movies is “The Dark Knight” in the rebooted Batman series. The “Joker” said in that movie to Batman that “there’s no going back, you’ve changed things…forever”. How fitting are those words, especially when it comes to social media these days. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other socially interactive...

Do Something Good
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Do Something Good

Adriana Dueck The Corsair  This weekend I was relieved of my usual duties as News Editor and graced with the opportunity to cover an event for work; the grand re-opening of the Open Books bookstore in downtown Pensacola.  When I arrived, pen in hand and camera safely tucked into my purse I thought I would...

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Tim’s reaction to Super Bowl XLVI

Tim Ajmani The Corsair Last summer, the NFL owners and NFLPA embarrassed themselves in arguments during the NFL lockout. In those four plus months of skepticism, many fans of the most popular sport in America wondered if there would even be season. Tonight, those same fans are applauding and jumping for joy. In stunning fashion,...

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Tim’s NFL Picks – Super Bowl Sunday

Tim Ajmani The Corsair And then there were two… The 2011-2012 NFL season has given us many spectacular plays, games, and memories. But now the main event is finally here: Super Bowl Sunday. In what will probably be one of the most anticipated Super Bowl’s in quite some time, the New England Patriots will square...

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Will the world end? Who cares?

Tim Ajmani The Corsair I’ve lived in the Pensacola area for about a year and a half. I’d be lying if I said that it’s no different than Virginia and Georgia. The Pensacola area culture is something that is quite unique from the other communities I’ve lived in. However, despite living in a third different...

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Paterno’s legacy in the dark

Tim Ajmani The Corsair Before the 2011 college football season began, the legacy that Joe Paterno would leave behind once he retired from Penn State was unquestioned. Now? It’s much more complicated. The man who some say “made” Penn State passed away at the age of 85 early Sunday morning. Paterno had been fighting a...

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Tim’s NFL Picks – Conference Championship Weekend

Tim Ajmani The Corsair And then there were four… The NFL Divisional Playoffs completed last weekend, leaving four teams left. I was terrible on my picks. I underestimated the 49ers, Patriots, and Giants. The 49ers game against the Saints will probably go down as the best game of the season, unless this upcoming weekend or...

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Tim’s NFL Picks – Divisional Playoffs

Tim Ajmani The Corsair I gotta tell you: The first three NFL games of Wildcard Weekend were boring. Yep. Absolutely boring. NFL playoff games that are boring. Who would have thought it? Lets recap those three beat-downs. In the first game, the Cincinnati Bengals decided that they really wanted to play like Bungles, and got...

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Tim’s NFL Picks – Wildcard Weekend

Tim Ajmani The Corsair With the regular season finally done, NFL fans and players can focus on the most exciting stretch of the year – playoff time. Wildcard weekend features four matchups – two on Saturday and two on Sunday. In the past six years, three Super Bowl winners were Wildcard teams, including the Steelers...

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Tim’s NFL Picks – Week 17

Tim Ajmani The Corsair Ah… A one final weekend to this year’s NFL season… On New Year’s Day! What a better way to start the new year than to watch several key football games for playoff positions. In the NFC, five of the six playoff positions are taken; Green Bay, San Francisco, New Orleans, Detroit,...