So it’s about 3 in the morning, and I just did something for the first time in my life: I bolted a motel for another motel. I was staying at a place, the Stay Plus Extended Stay Suites, that lived up to the $66 room rate. And, really, that’s my

So earlier today I was walking through downtown Bessemer, Alabama—a once-thriving mini-metropolis trying to work its way back after far too many years of neglect and economic downtown. My eyes were drawn to an abandoned movie theatre, and as I stared at it a man in a red hat said,

I’ve traveled a lot in my life. For work. For pleasure. For parties. For funerals. I did the whole backpack-thru-Europe thing. I took three planes to Yellowknife, Canada, where the temperature was negative 40. I’ve had terrifying flights and tranquil flights. I’ve never had a night like tonight. As I

Sitting in the airport, waiting for a flight, having an internal debate that’s now external: Should I be mad? I have my mask on. Most everyone has a mask on. These two people don’t have their masks on. They’re sitting across from me, laughing, chatting, giggling, pointing. They’re not eating—the

So I was scrolling thru Twitter a few minutes ago, fascinated by the reaction to the decision in Minnesota, when I noticed that ROT IN HELL is trending. In case you think I’m making such a thing up … And I get it. I 100% get it. Derek Chauvin snuffed

I don’t live in Arizona. But were I living in Arizona, and someone entered my home and held a semi-automatic gun to my head (a likely happenstance in a state that considers firearms less dangerous than apples) and said, “Pick the biggest douchebag in our state and vote for him

I have a theory. It might be wrong. It might be right. It comes from a lifetime of covering sports, and a pretty solid understanding of the way executives tend to think. So earlier today I was listening to Bill Simmons’ podcast, and he was discussing the inevitable NFL Draft

I am the advisor to The Panther, Chapman University’s weekly student newspaper. I’ve been doing for four years. The pay is shit (I think I get $2,000), the work can be a bit irksome, the hours have (from time to time) been somewhat ambiguous and annoying. I friggin’ love it.

Matt Gaetz is a Florida congressman and lover of underage vaginas. He offered this guest commentary to jeffpearlman.com Hey, it’s Matt here. And I’m under my desk. So if there are any teetypos, it’s because I’m hiding. First, the important thing: I still maintain I did not have sex with

In case you missed this—and you certainly could have missed this, because it happens every day—there was another shooting in America. It took place at a school in Tennessee. A student with a gun was killed, a police officer was badly wounded. The hero, however, was Senator Marsha Blackburn, who