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World Cup Day 20: The yappy Dutch are finally silencedThe last eight, usually the best part of any tournament if only because it’s the last time you get multiple matches in one day (or night as the case may be this time), didn’t disappoint at World Cup 2023. The darlings of everyone are out, and Spain are learning quickly. Let’s spin this right round b...
AI is all fun and games, until it’s not, which is part of why Hollywood has shut downFor those people who turned on The Tonight Show on Tuesday and the wacky game that Jimmy Fallon was playing with a guest looked familiar, that’s because it was a rerun. There will be no late-night television while the television and film scribes of the Writers Guild of America are on strike....
Tom Brady’s pre-Super Bowl retirement makes things awkward for Fox’s Greg Olsen — but here’s a solution
The comeback king may finally be done, but Tom Brady’s football obituary should begin with his error of making one comeback too many. The venerable Patriots legend Tampa Bay Buccaneers mercenary-for-hire announced his retirement in a no-frills social media post on Wednesday morning....
Since reboots are what’s hot these days, let’s crank up Cowboys vs. 49ers again
Reboots from the previous millennium are all over television these days. If this is the direction that entertainment is heading, of course the NFL would bring back one of it’s classic programs, the Dallas Cowboys vs. the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs....
John Madden’s legacy is something different to multiple generations of fans
The phrase “once in a generation” seems to be tossed too often, far more often than it should be in sports, but when it came to John Madden, this couldn’t even begin to sum up what he represented. Madden passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday but left a lasting legacy unlike any we’ve ever seen....
Remembering Pat Summerall's Wonderful <em>Murder, She Wrote</em> Read
Yesterday's episode of A Football Life profiled longtime broadcaster Pat Summerall, who passed away earlier this year. It was loving without being hagiographical, devoting an entire segment to Summerall's alcoholism. But the most fun bit was this, noted and pulled out by Kissing Suzy Kolber....
John Madden On Pat Summerall
There was simply no other broadcasting tandem in American sports as inseparable in viewers' minds as Pat Summerall and John Madden. The pair called NFL games for 21 years, for CBS and Fox. After Summerall's death yesterday at the age of 82, it's only right to let Madden send him off....
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Pat Summerall: The Last Of The Hard Voices
At my gym the other day, half of the television screens were showing an episode of Dr. Phil. You don't need me to tell you that Dr. Phil sucks, so I grabbed a magazine and went about the business of not looking at his big stupid head. But then I saw Pat Summerall in the studio with him and suddenly ...
Pat Summerall Dead At 82
The Dallas Morning News reports that Pat Summerall, who called NFL games for more than 40 years, has passed away....
Media Approval Ratings: Pat Summerall
We know that Pat Summerall isn't on television that much anymore, because of all his health issues and, you know, the bottle. (Summerall will be 78 in May.)...
