Why I Will Miss Anton Yelchin Like Crazy
Another good-bye, but this time a premature one By Andrew J. Pridgen I encountered Anton Yelchin at a q&a after the press and industry screening of a movie he starred in called “Like Crazy” at...
View ArticleEverything I needed to know about working, I learned from Bill Cunningham
Those who do not believe in a higher power may certainly be questioning the how-can-it-bes and the what-ifs of the great beyond this year as another of the our best and brightest bulbs has been...
View ArticleOne More For Coach
Legendary–in the non-hyperbolic, actual sense of that word–basketball Coach Pat Summitt died Tuesday at age 64 from complications of Alzheimer’s-type dementia. She essentially founded the women’s...
View ArticleTony Hawk sticks a 900 as a 48-year-old …why it’s important — and why it’s not
In his words, he did it because (he still) can. By Andrew J. Pridgen Tony Hawk was already ancient in his sport’s terms when he stuck the skateboarding’s Triple Lindy: A 900. That’s not one, not two,...
View ArticleMadison Bumgarner hits for himself, thank you
And just like that, it’s the year of our Bicentennial all over again. By Andrew J. Pridgen The Giants have been sucking in Oakland. Losers of three in a row to a team that is objectively if not...
View ArticleThe man who shared everything without ever needing a device
The world without Vin Scully will be a much less vibrant, less informed place. This year, his victory lap, is more than that — it’s the last time the rest of us will be able to witness a piece of...
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We got a lot: 25 incredible things about Point Break on the day of its 25th...
Special thanks to Pt. Break scholar emeritus David W. Briggs for calling this one out this a.m. By Andrew J. Pridgen If you’re expecting a link-bait piece about the amazingness of Keanu and Swayze and...
View ArticleNot just the same old same old for baseball
Baseball’s midsummer All Star showcase last week was a reminder that the national pastime is once more moving to the fore. A youth movement, a multi-cultural wave of talent and an increasingly savvy...
View ArticleGarry Marshall raised me
…And I think he did a pretty OK job. By Andrew J. Pridgen I grew up a latchkey kid. Or, in today’s terms, I was free-range parented. There were some long days, especially during the summers, when I...
View ArticleMichelle Obama’s embrace of America is exactly what we needed
…Now let’s get back to it. By Andrew J. Pridgen This campaign season has been one of the most debilitating, disheartening and grotesque in American history. Some of the unrest and rhetoric has bubbled...
View ArticleRequiem for A-Rod
The sad, quiet end of Alex Rodriguez’s career is his most endearing moment By Andrew J. Pridgen Like most baseball fans who refer to themselves as purists (purists, btw, are people who condemn others...
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Kristin Armstrong – An Olympian for the Rest of Us
“For all the moms out there, I hope that this was a very inspiring day.” By Andrew J. Pridgen Today’s Olympics are about busting athletes out of the shrink wrap every four years, admiring them,...
View ArticleP&G’s Olympic mom spots are making my eyes all sweaty
Procter & Gamble’s Olympic advertising is designed to leave you a sobbing mess, and they’re assholes for being good at it. Written by Kyle Magin I knew what I was doing when I YouTubed Procter...
View ArticleBronzed and Bloodied: U.S. Tennis Suprises in Rio
Who we put on the podium in Rio wasn’t who we thought …but maybe exactly who we needed. (in other words, we’ll take that mixed-doubles gold!) Written by Kyle Magin These weren’t the Americans you...
View ArticleWhy yes, I can TOTALLY believe your kid is in fourth grade this year
What I can’t believe is why school starts in the effing middle of summer. By Andrew J. Pridgen I know you can’t, but I can totally believe your kid is in fourth grade this year. And I know you JUST GOT...
View ArticleSan Francisco Giants make strange pitch with Gaylord Perry statue
…And 10+ other Giants who are now equally deserving to have their own seagull guano catcher. By Andrew J. Pridgen I can’t really feign too much outrage when it comes to last week’s Gaylord Perry statue...
View ArticleLiving in a time when the facts get in the way of a good drunk story
Our devices have essentially negated a millenia of social norms and placed us in a worst-case-scenario world where we are acting, volunteering even, as our own Big Brother. It is sobering to note that...
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Catching Pre
More than four decades after his death, the promise of Steve Prefontaine and Bowerman’s Men (and Women) of Oregon was fulfilled in Rio. By Andrew J. Pridgen As long as an Olympic torch remains lit...
View ArticleGene Wilder wasn’t funny which is what made him hilarious
Gene Wilder died on Sunday night at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 83. By Andrew J. Pridgen Funny never dies. That’s the first thing that came to my mind when I heard of Gene Wilder’s death on...
View ArticleThe Earth is thawing out the next five unstoppable human-destroying plagues...
…We are all guilty I suppose. By Andrew J. Pridgen We peeps do a really good job of really fucking up priorities on a regular basis. Owe three months rent? I’ll just put that jacket on the card….and...
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