(UPDATE) This just in from the official NCAA Twitter account: After Boise State’s request last night, the school may provide immediate assistance to football student-athlete Antoine Turner. — Inside the NCAA (@InsidetheNCAA) May 14, 2014 Of course it’s an extreme case. Sometimes, it takes the recognition of extreme cases in order to see actual problems within the rules of an… Read more →
For those of you interested in general geekery, here is the freshly-released image of lovable douchebag Ben Affleck in costume as Batman in the forthcoming Batman vs. Superman. Yesterday, director Zack Snyder teased fans with an image of what appeared to be the Batmobile half-covered under a tarp. Given that the internet is an ever-hungry machine of people starved for… Read more →
Sometimes I feel like the public at large is soft in the brain. If that’s not the case, the media, in their never-ending quest to secure ratings at the expense of reason, accountability and common sense, feels the need to treat the public like they’re stupid. Maybe we just like to see a good trainwreck from time to time. Last night,… Read more →
We don’t know what we don’t know, but who cares? It’s still newsworthy. And maybe that’s the problem. In the hours since perennial rumor mill TMZ released camera footage of Solange (sister of Beyonce the Great and Powerful) beating Jay-Z like he was her property in the elevator of an after party for the Met Gala they all attended earlier… Read more →
One of the greatest guilty pleasures this fine country has to offer is indulging in an episode of Maury. Day in and day out, carnival barker Maury Povich trots out a parade of unfortunate yet highly entertaining people, all searching for answers to the never-ending question: “Is he the father?” When not doling out schadenfreude in the form of paternity tests,… Read more →
