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Some Unabashed Gushing Over The Coolest Scene In <i>The Last Jedi</i>

I think my favorite thing about Star Wars: The Last Jedi is how successfully writer/director Rian Johnson dove into the giant toy box that is the Star Wars universe and started playing. His willingness to repudiate the franchise’s nostalgia industry—to let the past die, as Kylo Ren put it—is what I ...

A List Of Some Of The Times <i>The Last Jedi</i> Told The Older <i>Star Wars </i>Movies To Eat Shit

Needless to say, major spoiler action follows....

Here Is A Short Review Of <i>The Last Jedi</i><em></em>

The Force Awakens was fun on its own merits, and thrilling in a nostalgic sort of way, and the fresh Star Wars youths were charming and compelling where they were supposed to be (Rey and Finn), and darkly charismatic where they were supposed to be (Kylo Ren), and absurdly good-looking and sexy where...

The Man Cops Say Is My Neighborhood Serial Killer Was A Basketball Walk-On At St. John's

For almost two months, my neighborhood in Tampa has been terrorized by a serial killer. Four people are dead, with nothing connecting them other than that they live here in Seminole Heights. Yesterday, cops arrested Howell “Trai” Donaldson III and charged him with the murders; today, Rob Dauster ov...

Cody Rhodes Is Planning The Biggest Indie Wrestling Show Ever. Can It Work?

On Monday evening, Pro Wrestling Sheet’s Ryan Satin reported that Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) are planning an imposing project for 2018: An independent wrestling supershow on the scale of a major WWE event. These three are arguably the biggest non-WWE draws in the United ...

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Offensive Lineman T.J. Lang Has Some Issues With Pro Football Focus [Updated]

Pro Football Focus has consistently ranked Lions guard T.J. Lang as one of the best offensive linemen in football. This doesn’t seem to have curried any favor with Lang, who went on 97.1 The Ticket yesterday and called the site “absolute garbage.”...

Look Out World, We Got Another Watt

J.J. Watt has gotten a lot of well-deserved attention for both his on-and off-field actions over his career, but today, once the games began, it was one of his brothers who took over the spotlight....

Why Is The <i>Wall Street Journal</i> Letting Jason Whitlock Use Its Pages To Say Colin Kaepernick Isn't Black?

It’s hard to find anything truly shocking nowadays in a world that seemingly no longer has any rules, but that an ostensibly proud and legitimate newspaper like the Wall Street Journal sees fit to regularly lend its imprimatur of legitimacy to the rambling thoughts of a blithering idiot like Jason W...

Matt Joyce Suspended Two Games For Use Of Anti-Gay Slur

Matt Joyce of the Oakland Athletics was overheard using an anti-gay slur in an angry exchange with a boorish fan after being robbed of a base hit during Friday’s 8-6 loss to the Angels. Now Major League Baseball has suspended Joyce for two games following the incident....

Oakland's Matt Joyce Allegedly Uses Homophobic Slur In Exchange With Fan

Matt Joyce of the Oakland Athletics reportedly used a homophobic slur while shouting at an Angels fan Friday night, according to an Associated Press photographer who overheard the exchange....

Gary Player Is Still Out Here Roasting Fools

The real golf tradition unlike any other is players complaining that the U.S. Open course is too hard. Notoriously, in 2015, it was Chambers Bay in Washington, where all the big names lined up to trash the greens. The great Gary Player, invited there to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his career G...

Hell Yeah New <i>Star Wars</i> Trailer

Star Wars: The Last Jedi drops on December 15, and judging by this first trailer, things look, uh, ominous for Luke. There’s a lot of weighty Jedi shit here, but most importantly HELL YEAH SPACE BATTLE HELL YEAH WOO....

Taking "Lack Of Context" To Terrifying New Extremes

“Context.” What does it mean? Do we really need it? Is it possible to write an entire, outraged newspaper column without any context at all?...

Blue Jays Pitcher T.J. House Leaves Field In Ambulance After Being Hit By Line Drive

A spring training game between the Blue Jays and Tigers was called off in the bottom of the ninth after Jays pitcher T.J. House left the field in an ambulance....

Benches Clear As Steaming-Mad Chris Mullin Gets Into It With Georgetown Coaching Staff

Things got real testy in the second half of Georgetown’s meeting with St. John’s in the Big East Tournament. After Georgetown players took issue with a seemingly dirty foul, they scuffled a bit. Then, volcano of angry energy Chris Mullin left the bench and went out of his way to yell at John Thompso...

Torrey Smith's Kid Liked The Roller Coaster Until He Rode On It

T.J. Smith, son of 49ers receiver Torrey Smith, went to an amusement park with his parents yesterday and learned a hell of a lot about expectation versus reality....

Dario Saric Goes To Great Lengths To Resolve Controversy That Didn't Exist<em></em>

Sixers guard T.J. McConnell poured a drink onto teammate Dario Saric’s head during the Croatian forward’s postgame interview yesterday. Saric was surprised enough to drop a “Fuck you, man,” on live TV....

This <i>Wall Street Journal</i> Comment Section Offers A Rare Peek Into The World Of Whites

The media often makes reference to White America and its mysterious attitudes. But where can you gain access to this closed group? You must journey deep, deep into the rabbit hole. ...

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