The other day at was watching varsity sporting event at my daughter’s high school. The Wolverines were competing against a local opponent, and throughout the tight contest one mother kept … COMMMEEE ONNNNN!!!!! … screaming. She screamed at the players. She screamed at the refs. She screamed instructions and criticism
Just learned a few minutes ago that Marvelous Marvin Hagler is dead. He was 66. Over the next few days, you’ll hear one Hagler story after another after another. He was a brilliant fighter; a toughie out of Massachusetts who threw punches with legitimately cruel intent and boasted a jaw
A fascinating story out of Oklahoma from today; one that involves racism, journalism and the eternally awful rush to be first (as opposed to first and unquestionably correct) with a scoop. So during a Thursday broadcast of a girls basketball game between Norman High and Midwest City High, an announcer
In case you missed this, earlier today Donald Trump, Russian action hero and star of his own mental porn, issued this statement from his office way back in the Florida swamplands … I actually read it and laughed. Then laughed again and again. Clearly, this is a man who misses
So a few moments ago I received this DM from one of my prize journalism students at Chapman University … He shared a link to a Tweet from Wajahat Ali, who asked journalists the question, “If a young person wanted to go into journalism right now, what advice would you
IMPORTANT: IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE QUOTE ATTRIBUTED BELOW TO MATT BRASS WAS ACTUALLY THE CONGRESSMAN QUOTING A DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUE FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO. BRASS’ PEOPLE WERE UPSET BY THE CONFUSION. BUT—ODDLY—NOT UPSET ABOUT STEALING VOTING ACCESS FROM MILLIONS OF GEORGIANS. IT’S WEIRD HOW THAT WORKS
So tonight the son agreed to join me for a viewing of “Coming 2 America,” the sequel to the all-time, all-time, all-fucking-time-of-times Eddie Murphy classic, “Coming to America.” And, to be honest, my expectations were low. With rare exception (“Superman II” and “The Empire Strikes Back” being two that leap
So a few days ago Greg Abbott, Texas’ weeny governor/a man who desperately wants to look tough, announced that his state was ending all COVID health restrictions, and that everything would be 100 percent open and masks are no longer mandated. “We no longer need government running our lives,” he
So because my life is lame and a bit dull, I find myself watching the NFL Network’s replay of the recent Bucs-Packers NFC Championship Game. At one point, while not staring at the screen, I heard Troy Aikman refer to a catch by “Johnson.” And, because my brain is warped
Pete Hegseth spoke at the CPAC convention today. I know that because it was trending on Twitter. I had to then Google “Pete Hegseth,” because I’ve never heard of Pete Hegseth. It turns out Pete Hegseth is a television host, military vet, failed political candidate and all-around super douche. Which