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  • Our little brothers worshipped Lenny Dykstra, a Mets centerfielder who went by the name "Nails," and our dads wove tales about a certain Knicks forward, Willis Reed, who hobbled onto the Garden floor and helped lift his team to an NBA title.

    Enough With the Pillow Fights Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

  • Our little brothers worshipped Lenny Dykstra, a Mets centerfielder who went by the name "Nails," and our dads wove tales about a certain Knicks forward, Willis Reed, who hobbled onto the Garden floor and helped lift his team to an NBA title.

    Enough With the Pillow Fights Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

  • Dykstra, 48, a former Mets and Phillies outfielder known to his fans by the nickname "Nails," is accused of stealing, hiding and destroying items such as chandeliers, artwork, sconces and sports memorabilia about himself from his $18-million Ventura County mansion, according to the indictment.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • "SNL" once had the battlefield all to itself, of course, and can still lob a grenade that hits with a nasty splat -- as when Poehler, during "Update," said that the trio of judges to be seen this season on "American Idol" are "otherwise known as Coffin Nails 1, 2 and 3."

    Tom Shales reviews the opening show of SNL's 36th season Tom Shales 2010

  • (I'd really like to call it What's New in Nails, after a line from an old CoverGirl Beauty Tip of the Week, but I know I have to at least try to make some semblance of sense, lest I wind up just in some corner somewhere babbling and guffawing to myself and I'm at, like, 3 o'clock and the corner's at 4: 30, so I'm not gonna push it, K?)

    Lu of averages 2009

  • Nine Inch Nails is offering their new album for download "one hundred percent free," on their website.

    - The Consumerist 2008

  • The animated 2D/3D feature "Conan: Red Nails" is due to be released early next year.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Michael Stevens 2006

  • Unfortunately for the man they call Nails, all that publicity he gets is generally of the negative variety.

    FanHouse 2009

  • Just like when we analyze a solid "though as nails" stock and choose to buy in when it is down, I hope that you will similarly stand behind this "Nails" - your most humbled servant.

    Deadspin 2009

  • Here’s an interesting tidbit for Robert E. Howard fans: an animated film version of the Conan story Red Nails is in production.

    2007 August « Skulls in the Stars 2007

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