It’s been some time since I’ve taken Robert Zemeckis seriously. His last film to make a lasting impression was 2007’s Beowulf ...

Years ago, as a student at the University of the Ryukyus in in Okinawa, Japan, Ai Takahata was researching the color patterns ...

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It can be easy, as a sports fan and a blogger, to focus on the times players and teams screw up. Easy, and satisfying too.

It is clear what we most need to happen in the sure-to-be-bastardized 2025 baseball season, and that is for the Tampa Bay ...

There is something bleakly inspiring about the fact that despite the total saturation of sports culture with the brand and ...

I don’t care that he left Sacramento to go to high school in bullshit Southern California, then played in college for the ...

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something ...

Disgraced former NFL coach Jon Gruden has spent the last few years desperately trying to return to his craft. Gruden lost his ...

What exactly is the Utah Hockey Club? I can give you the obvious answers: They’re an NHL team playing its first season in ...

The hits keep coming for Premier League referee and self-proclaimed Liverpool hater David Coote. After the leak of a video ...