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Sports networks will invest in just about anything before women’s sports — including pickleballIn a sign that ESPN and other networks can choose to devote broadcast hours to new and emerging sports, the American sports cable channel announced that it was adding pickleball to the lineup....

Women investing in women's sports is a game changerThere is a new financial model emerging in women’s sports, one that doesn’t depend on the traditional gatekeepers to coverage. ...

<i>The Professional </i>Is Deeply Problematic, Profoundly Cool, And Very '90sImagine the elevator pitch for The Professional. “Okay, so we’ve got this hitman, right? Only he’s not a cool hitman: He’s great at killing, but he’s also childlike, off-kilter, possibly on the spectrum. He doesn’t really have any friends or talk to anyone outside of ‘work.’ We’ll make sure he doesn...

Hammer Of The Gods: <em>Thor: The Dark World</em>, Reviewed.

1. It's funny how many of the Avengers are stiffs. Sure, Iron Man is all wry and meta, and The Hulk, particularly as played by Mark Ruffalo, has genuine pathos and pain, along with a dark sense of humor about his whole predicament. Then there are the rest of them. Captain America is a cheesy dope w...