Poetic license aside, Eddie is a heartwarming semi-fictional character, wrestling the human spirit of resilience and determination from the jaws of failure.

Someone break out the cigars. The Washington Post yesterday welcomed the newest member to its family of blogs, rolling out the D.C. Sports Bog. Authored by Dan Steinberg, the Bog will cover a vast array of Washington area sports while inserting nuggets of pop culture. The obvious question that comes to mind: Why Bog? Q: Why is this called a Sports Bog? A: The Author covered the Maryland football team in 2005. When he…

Pardon the comparison, but Trinidad and Tobago’s surprise tie with Sweden on Saturday was the “Cool Runnings” moment of the 2006 World Cup. It was in that 1993 movie that a Jamaican bobsled team surprised the competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in an event usually dominated by teams that have, you know, snow and ice. And such was the shock when Trinidad and Tobago, ranked 47 internationally and playing a man down, performed with…

FRIDAY: >> Seattle singer-songwriter Rosie Thomas is recording a new album with Sufjan Stevens, has toured with both James Mercer and Sam Bean, and we wouldn’t be shocked if she had “Sub Pop” tatooed on her butt. There’s no arguing she’s got the street cred to draw a crowd tonight at Jammin’ Java in Vienna. But Thomas also has a penchant for exploring topics (and melodies) that seem to place her more in the “sometimes…