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LATEST ARTICLES ( 24 )

• The Walking Dead Season 2: Halfway Done and Coming Back in February(!)

  

  We’re halfway through the second season of The Walking Dead. But where are we, actually? If you didn’t stick around for the “Next week on…” clip, you might’ve... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• The Penn State Scandal

  

  The Jerry Sandusky-Penn State child molestation case is the biggest sports-related story to cross into the American mainstream since the OJ murder trial. Like... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 CHARITY, DEBATE, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• This Week in Chris Johnson: Supporting Lil Boosie, Fanatical Fans and Crypticall...

  

  Chris Johnson ran well against the Carolina Panthers last week, going for 130 yards on 27 carries, averaging a healthy 4.8 yards a clip. He even scored a... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CELEB, SPORTS

• Tim Tebow and the Lost Art of Barnstorming

  

  I promised myself I wouldn’t do this. I told myself weeks ago that I wouldn’t write a word about Tim Tebow. I thought every possible angle was totally covered.... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 FOOTBALL, SPORTS

• Interview with Bryan Bishop, Podcast Host and Sidekick on The Adam Carolla Show

  

  Bryan Bishop, affectionately nicknamed Bald Bryan, is the on-air sound effects guy/co-host/comedic foil on The Adam Carolla Show, a wildly popular daily podcast. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

• Adam Sandler Does Not Care What You Think

  

  Jack and Jill, the latest Adam Sandler movie/laughter-devouring black hole, looks transcendentally bad. In it, Sandler does his best Norbit/Nutty Professor Eddi... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• This Week in Chris Johnson: School Spirit, Damon Wayans and Sexy Charity

  

  Last Sunday, Chris Johnson had a decent game. He ran for 64 yards on 14 carries, putting up a respectable 4.6 yards per rush. (This brings his season average... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2011 FOOTBALL, SPORTS

• Interview with Gillian McCain, Co-Author of Please Kill Me: An Uncensored Oral...

  

  Gillian McCain has had a colorful career, to say the least. She currently serves as the president of the Board of Directors of The Poetry Project in New York... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

• Catching Up On Homeland

  

  Sweet Hosanna! Quality programming is back on pay cable, folks: Showtime’s Homeland is straight-up crack-cocaine television. Its sixth episode aired this past... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• A Defense of My (Very Picky) Taste

  

  I’m sure many of you think that I hate everything. This isn’t true, but I certainly understand why you would think that. It doesn’t help my case that I love to... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Hell on Wheels – Pilot

  

  Hell on Wheels might be the first post-Post Western. With the state of the genre, it might also be the last. AMC set itself an impossible task when it optioned ... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• This Week in Chris Johnson’s Tweets

  

  These are tough times for Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson. Indeed, he has had a 2011 season that could be charitably described as rocky. He held... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOTBALL, SOCIAL MEDIA, SPORTS

• How the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals Ruined Baseball (For Me)

  

  When the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series, I had a bit of an existential crisis. In fact, it may have marked a permanent turning point for my sport... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Who Are Hipsters, Really?

  

  I live in a city that’s teeming with hipsters. The city’s cup overfloweth with these people. Everywhere you turn, there’s a guy with a curly silent film-era... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CULTURE, SOCIETY

• The Walking Dead, Season 2, Episodes 2 and 3 Review: “Bloodletting” and “Save th...

  

  For the first time in its run, The Walking Dead seems to know what it’s doing. I sat back and breathed a sigh of relief when new characters and locations were... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

• An Interview with Jeff Pearlman, Author of Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of...

  

  Jeff Pearlman is a former Sports Illustrated staff writer who has written five wildly entertaining (and frequently controversial) books about colorful athletes... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Social Network Effect

  

  The Social Network was a really good movie, but the odds were heavily stacked against it. It was a good movie that somehow made courtroom depositions and... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

• Hawaii Five-O, Puzzle Video Games and Plot By-the-Numbers

  

  Television procedural programs are insulting to your intelligence. But you’re on the Internet, so you probably knew that. Somewhere around the umpteenth spin-of... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

• Twitter and the Tyranny of the Majority

  

  Twitter is simultaneously the smartest and dumbest thing around. I guess it isn’t unique that way; There are many communication mediums that are both very... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

• Cam Newton and the Criticism of Black Quarterbacks

  

  Sports coverage has a fickle relationship with race, particularly when it comes to football quarterbacks. There are three tracks the coverage can take: ignore... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT