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‘Ted Lasso’ actor makes professional soccer debutCristo Fernandez, an actor best known for playing a professional soccer player on "Ted Lasso," officially took his first stab at the real thing this weekend.,Fernandez, who appeared as recurring character Danny Rojas on the hit streaming series, made his USL debut for El Paso in its USL Cup match ag...

The Portland Timbers just did something almost no other pro team would doPortland Timbers CEO Heather Davis just gave other pro sports teams a master class in how to handle problematic people tied to the club and, according to her, it wasn’t even a tough decision. ...

Enjoy Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney before reality comes for WrexhamThe main reason Ted Lasso should call it a series is because every run comes to an end; players age, rosters get turned over, and somebody ends up being the bad guy. The show was so averse to conflict that its most compelling heel turn was retconned almost immediately in order to avoid any ambiguity...

Yeah, Stan Kroenke still sucks

A large portion of Coloradans hasn’t been able to watch the Denver Nuggets since 2019. Those who have Comcast, which is most people in the Centennial State, missed Nikola Jokić’s two MVP seasons, and this year’s finals-winning group, the first in franchise history. Yet I see all these headlines toda...

The past, present and future of Ted Lasso

The landing was stuck. Many storylines came to a close in the Ted Lasso season-three finale, with the main timeline of the show likely over based on the perfection that was the closing montage. There’s no way we’ve seen the last of all of these characters, whether a spinoff called “AFC Richmond” or ...

It's the end of an era for Ted Lasso, no matter what fate awaits the beloved Midwestern coach

I can’t remember looking forward to a single episode of a television show more than this week’s season-three finale of Apple TV’s Ted Lasso since “Felina”, the series finale of Breaking Bad, which aired on AMC on Sept. 29, 2013. Literally a decade ago, my roommates and I during my senior year of co...

'Soccer fandom is full of gatekeepers' says Ted Lasso actor Brendan Hunt

AI is all fun and games, until it’s not, which is part of why Hollywood has shut down

For 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....

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There are cheaper ways to tell us you’re friends with Ryan Reynolds

Everybody’s favorite spinoff to We Bought a Zoo — Famous Person Buys an EPL Team — just got a new character as retired NFL star J.J. Watt and his wife, NWSL player Kealia Watt, announced they’re the proud minority owners of Burnley FC. The Bears are set to return to the Premier League after finishin...

by Sean Beckwith|Ryan Reynolds

|Wed May 03 2023

The Gang Possibly Gets a Promotion

As season one of FX’s Welcome to Wrexham concluded, we saw the Welsh football club narrowly miss out on a promotion to the top four tiers of England’s professional football pyramid. And for those living under a rock, Wrexham is a small United Kingdom team that got that spotlight because they’re owne...

by Eric Blum|Rob McElhenney

|Thu Apr 20 2023

What made Ted Lasso's Brendan Hunt fall in love with soccer?

by Eric Blum|Lasso

|Tue Apr 11 2023

Ted Lasso's James Lance on Trent Crimm's journalism rule-breaking

by Eric Blum|Lasso

|Tue Apr 04 2023

Can college basketball’s AFC Richmond bounce back from their season finale?

Lamont Butler’s dagger as the buzzer sounded in Houston was a coup de grâce to Florida Atlantic’s storybook season. From being picked fifth in the preseason conference tournament to blitzing through their schedule, the Owls served wake-up calls to each and every one of their opponents en route to th...

by DJ Dunson|basketball

|Mon Apr 03 2023

Pac-12 media rights deal not close despite soft deadline [Updated]

Updated March 30: CBS Sports is reporting that the Pac-12's media rights deal is still up in the air....

by Sean Beckwith|Robert Robbins

|Thu Mar 30 2023

Austin Reaves has been the biggest beneficiary of the Lakers’ Russell Westbrook trade

It’s a new age in L.A. Move out of the way, LeBron James. Make way for… Austin Reaves. OK, chew on that for a minute, swallow the thought, and breathe. There’s obviously room besides Reaves in the Los Angeles Lakers’ lineup for the scoring king when he’s healthy enough to return to action. LeBron is...

by DJ Dunson|Austin Reaves

|Thu Mar 23 2023

Trent Crimm returns to Ted Lasso…to write a book?!?!

by Eric Blum|Lasso

|Wed Mar 22 2023

Is anyone else worried about (or sick of) Ted Lasso?

The third season of Ted Lasso debuts next week, and I think we’ve officially hit our hype threshold for a sitcom, and definitely for a sitcom inspired by a commercial. (RIP Cavemen, the Geico caveman show, gone too soon.) If you haven’t watched the feel-good phenomenon, consider this a spoiler warni...

by Sean Beckwith|Ted Lasso

|Sat Mar 11 2023

Shitting with your thoughts in the dark

This morning I was assigned to evaluate the Aaron Rodgers-Aubrey Marcus podcast about the quarterback, excuse me, person’s self-reflection after the darkness. Over what was a sprawling conversation that wasn’t as interesting as the two thought it was, I am now dumber for having listened to it. Oh, a...

by Sean Beckwith|Tom Brady

|Wed Mar 01 2023

Isn't Mike Evans giving a referee his digits far worse than an autograph? Asking for everyone

The NFL’s investigation into Mike Evans’ autograph imbroglio came to a screeching halt with a press release that gave off “forget it, it’s Chinatown” vibes. One day into the league’s inquiry, into Evans’ infamous scribble for game officials Tripp Sutter and Jeff Lamberth following the Buccaneers’ 21...

by DJ Dunson|Mike Evans

|Wed Oct 26 2022