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Say Goodbye To The Premier League On ESPN With This Outtake Reel

Yesterday marked the end of ESPN's Premier League coverage, and to commemorate it, the network aired this blooper reel of Ian Darke and Steve McManaman, the best soccer broadcasting duo on American television. ...

Connnnnnnn! <em>Star Trek Into Darkness</em>, Reviewed.

1. I've never gotten the sense that J.J. Abrams really cares all that much about the Star Trek franchise. Abrams has said that he was far more into Star Wars—as any reasonable person would be—and that his first, well-received Star Trek was more about rebooting a franchise than any particular passion...

Alabama Got Pumped For Tonight's BCS Championship Game By Watching <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em>

According to ESPN's Tom Rinaldi, Alabama players and coaches spent last night watching Zero Dark Thirty, the much anticipated film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. The movie doesn't come out until Friday, meaning that someone on the Alabama staff got their hands on an advanced copy. We're super ...

A Suffocating Triumph: <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em>, Reviewed

1. I've always thought the best compliment you can give a movie is that, while it's playing, you forget not only that you are watching a movie, but also that you are a person with a life that was going on before the movie and will continue going on afterward. These are the transformative films, the ...

Manchester City's Aleks Kolarov Grumbles The Least Enthusiastic "Jingle Bells" Ever

Manchester City is doing an online "Advent Calendar" for December, featuring a different player in a daily holiday video. Sunday's video featured defender Aleks Kolarov singing "Jingle Bells." OK, maybe calling it "singing" is a bit generous. After watching this, you'll be infected by whatever the...

Turkish Soccer Team Hath Summoned The Prince Of Darkness [UPDATE: Never Mind, We Were Had By Photoshop]

Update: Turns out none of this ever happened. The photo above is actually an altered version of this photo, which was taken at the Estadio De Luz in Lisbon. Our souls are safe again....

The Late-October Best Picture Oscars Predictions You've Been Waiting For

Coverage of the Oscars has reached tail-wagging-dog proportions in recent years: Rather than an awards show looking back at a year of films and choosing the best of them, the Academy Awards have become the journey and the destination. Not only do movies exist solely to win Oscars, but there are whol...

Your Darko Milicic Being A Crazy Person Update: Darko Says He'll Kill Someone On The Court If Necessary

Newly signed Darko Milicic's participation in last week's media day was very enlightening, but he's still not done saying weird things. Darko now states that he will do anything to help the Celtics succeed, even if he has to kill someone. Wait, what?...

"Those Guys Are Fucking Animals," And Other Fun Moments From Darko Milicic's Media Day

The Celtics officially announced the signing of Darko Milicic during today's media day, and Darko immediately demonstrated his ability to play the role of over-the-hill-veteran-who-doesn't-give-a-fuck-anymore with aplomb....

Darko Milicic is going to the Celtics, yet Brian Scalabrine is forced into retirement. OK....

Finally, Batman Meets USC With "Bane Kiffin"

You guys! I finally saw The Dark Knight Rises this weekend, so I totally get all the memes now. Here's a series with promise: Lane Kiffin, rocking the facegear, saying Laney/Baney things. [Bane Kiffin]...

L.A. Kings Donate $10,000 To Scholarship Fund In Memory Of Jessica Redfield, The Hockey Writer Killed In <i>Dark Knight</i> Shooting

Last week we told you about Jessica Ghawi (who wrote under the name Jessica Redfield), an aspiring journalist and one of the 12 people killed in the Colorado movie theater shooting. Peter Burns, a Denver radio host who worked with Ghawi, established a scholarship fund in her memory to help aspiring...

Colorado St. Recruit Injured In Colorado Shooting

Zack Golditch, a high school senior who recently committed to play football for the Colorado State Rams, was among the injured following the shooting at the midnight showing of The Dark Knight in Aurora, Colorado. Golditch, along with current and future teammates were in the theater adjacent to the...

Here Is The Most Insane Review Of <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em> You Will Ever Read

Do you remember those kids in your college literature course who were the absolute worst during discussions? The ones who would make completely off-the-wall statements about even the most straightforward pieces of literature. The ones who would say shit like, "Actually, I think Bartleby The Scriven...

Why Jessica Ghawi Wrote Under The Name Redfield: Moving Stories From The Shooting Victim's Colleagues

Jessica Ghawi, Jessica Redfield in bylines, was by all accounts a likable, hardworking young journalist doing a hell of a job trying to make it in a tough field. We've all been there, which is why her death in today's Aurora movie theater shooting is being taken so hard by the sports media....

The NRA Wishes Shooters A Happy Friday [UPDATES]

Early this morning, the American Rifleman, the self-described "official journal of the National Rifle Association" sent out the following tweet:...

Aspiring Sportscaster Among 12 Killed At Colorado Movie Theater; Last Blog Entry Was First-Person Account Of Eaton Centre Shootings [UPDATE]

Jessica Ghawi, who wrote and tweeted about hockey under the name Jessica Redfield, was among the 12 people killed early this morning when a gunman opened fire during a midnight screening of Dark Knight Rises in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. KENS 5 in San Antonio received confirmation from family ...

So, What Kind of Batman Movie Should They Make Next?

Whatever your thoughts end up being about The Dark Knight Rises—even if you're like me, say, and think it pales it comparison to the previous two films but still sorta blows you away—Christopher Nolan has wrapped up his trilogy in a fashion that clearly won't damage his legacy: This isn't Spider-Man...

Bruce Wanes. <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em>, Reviewed.

1. The first two Batman films from director Christopher Nolan were so transcendent, so ambitious and challenging and grand, that The Dark Knight Rises feels like more of a disappointment than it should. The first two movies, especially The Dark Knight, were miracles, an impossible combination of uni...

Christopher Nolan Is A Summer-Movie Superhero

Loving big summer movies as an adult can be a sad and lonely thing. When you're a kid, any action blockbuster that you watch is epic. You haven't seen enough to compare. But then you get older, and you realize that they follow certain formulas and attract a certain audience, which is a lot younger t...