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The Left Coast Commute Takes A Right

I grew up in a New York Post household long before it became associated inexorably with the color red.  The Post was THE afternoon paper during my youth, which meant it actually had the West Coast box scores and updated standings that all but the very last-delivered editions of the Daily News had, and on

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Media Musings

A Hill To Revive On

It’s easy to understand why it’s been 15 years since we last spent some quality time with KING OF THE HILL.  Sure, it was a de facto hit for FOX, running for 13 years as a part of what was once appointment television on Sunday nights.  And particularly in the era where it was the

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Media Musings

Forget Epstein. I Want The Penske Files!

NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, TheDoubleOvertime.  Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. I don’t know about you, but I’ve honestly gotten over a good deal of the curiosity about those damn Epstein files, no matter who might or

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Media Musings

And Just Like That, These Women Are Leaving. For Good?

I admit I was a little lost this past Thursday night when for the first time in weeks I didn’t have an new episode of HBO MAX’s AND JUST LIKE THAT… to provide me with a brief respite from the reality I otherwise endure.  Yes, I’m a straight white single older male but I’m also

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News Notions

This Gun Has Been Successfully Reloaded. And It’s Not Even Naked.

I needed something stupid funny like breath in the summer of 1982.  My grandmother had recently passed a mere 14 months after her husband did, proving at least to me conclusively that even elderly people can die of a broken heart.  It did leave me with an opportunity to squat in her apartment, giving me

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Media Musings

Surprise. A Semi-Autonomous Carr Doesn’t Crash.

I can’t imagine it’s easy being Brendan Carr these days.  He’s only one of five commissioners serving the Federal Communications Commission these days, but he’s undoubtedly the most prominent and polarizing.  Sort of comes with the territory when you’ve emerged as the de facto hatchet man for the “game plan” that your exceptionally media-obsessed and

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Media Musings

A Reminder Why ESPN Is Always Abbreviated

Unless you’re of a certain vintage and/or a student of TV history you might now know that ESPN is actually an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.  It wasn’t supposed to have that name; it was always intended to be a 24/7 destination for sports.  But when it launched in the fall of 1979

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Media Musings

As Sequels Go, It’s A Happy Medium

Adam Sandler was pretty well known on the Sony lot as a pretty good hang, especially from those who worked for him and his partners at his Happy Madison production company.  Cordial and welcoming to just about everyone, rarely working late hours so that he could be home for his family, and always willing to

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