I’m still enough of a glutton for punishment to play fantasy baseball and football, and I’ve been doing so for decades. Don’t worry, the stakes are far more minimal than they used to be, so even when the inevitable happens and something that some pundits saw as unpredictable occurs, it doesn’t do damage to me … Read more
Father’s Days aren’t easy for guys like moi. No kids of my own, and this is the tenth that mine hasn’t been around to even try to wish those greetings to. Truth be told, in practicality it’s been even longer. My dad suffered what turned out to a be a fatal episode in a short-staffed … Read more
I probably should be a bigger fan of the ANKLER’s mysterious Entertainment Strategy Guy than I am. He’s the de facto research guru of the snarky, smarmy, elitist counter to everything Penske, and he regularly drops literally tons of data points to make his cases for what and why decisions are made by streaming services … Read more
My friend in the desert who follows politics voraciously was dealing with a heat wave yesterday, so I’m not surprised he forwarded this from POPULAE INFORMATION author Judd Legum: On Tuesday, Popular Information reported that Sinclair Broadcast Group injected deceptive attacks on Biden’s age into dozens of local news broadcasts. Sinclair owns or operates 186 local news … Read more
We are just about halfway through the month that will end at just about the halfway point of the year that will just about end the first quarter of the 21st century. I realize there’s an awful lot of hedging in that statement, but I know my readership well enough to know that if there’s … Read more
I’m fairly sure Joan Vassos is a pretty decent woman. For the uninitated, PEOPLE’s Skyler Caruso profiled her last month: Meet The Golden Bachelorette’s leading lady! Joan Vassos has been named the star of the inaugural season of ABC’s female-led version of the senior dating show, exciting news that was revealed at the Disney Upfronts presentation in N.Y.C. … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.theDoubleOvertime.com. Please visit it regularly for extended coverage of sports and the media that covers it. This is the third time this year across our two sites that I’ve been motivated to offer a musing involving Caitlin Clark and women’s basketball. That alone should reinforce … Read more
It’s a pretty big week for whomever’s still left at Warner Brothers Discovery. Arguably their most anticipated series of the year, Season Two of HOUSE OF THE DRAGONS, will debut on Father’s Day night for the first of eight episodes that are hoping to extend the lifespan of the GAME OF THRONES franchise that led … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.TheDoubleOvertime.com Please visit it regularly for additional sports coverage. As this is being written, they’re warming up at Stade Roland Garros in Paris for the men’s final of the 2024 French Open. It’s actually a pretty decent match-up with some potentially historic implications, as CNN’s … Read more
So Pat Sajak’s tenure as emcee of WHEEL OF FORTUNE has indeed come to an end. Last night he bid farewell to the millions who still make watching the show a nightly habit, an event that received the kind of coverage normally reserved for the passing of a world leader. Virtually every major media outlet … Read more