Not that TV has any relation to reality, but Harvard and Yale are notorious for not advancing junior faculty to tenure tenure, instead hiring in tenured faculty who already have ‘star power’ – such that the assumption for incoming Asst. Profs is that they’ll do their probationary period and then get a good job at…

While Steven De Souza insists Commando II and Die Hard were separate projects, it’s clear that he recycled a lot of what he was working on for Commando II into Die Hard, after the Commando sequel was scuttled because Arnie didn’t want to do it.

“Terrible writer”? No. His attention to prose style is sometimes indifferent, as befits a genre author who had to crank ‘em out to make a living. But when it mattered to him – as in Scanner Darkly – the use of language is first-rate. It’s obvious you don’t get the stylistics of Androids, either, which are purposefully…

It’s clear in the first film that Skynet has created many different Terminators, which makes sense as multiples with the same appearance would be more easily discovered. It’s just the one that looks like Arnie that’s sent back to kill Sarah Conner. So back in the future, yes there’s a Jesse the Body Terminator, a Bill…

Just “C” is Canada.

Drew’s not old enough to know the full true pain of Vikings fans. You’re a “wide left” generation newbie if you write a Viking anguish article without referencing the “Hail Mary” or Brent McLanahan.

Hey now, I’m from St. Louis Park, and when I was in high school anyway (’68-’71) we were the anti-cake-eaters. Also, Hopkins proper and Robbinsdale proper were nothing like Edina, Wayzata etc. (There was barely anyone living in Eden Prarie then.)

Being from Minnesota, I had to laugh at the suggestion that Tubby’s responsibility in the transfers is confined to “his plans for the offense differing from those of Pastner.” It’s news to Gopher fans that Tubby has an offense at all, much less anything that could be called a “plan”.

Answer: Shabazz Mohammed (ball hog).

For me, the best minor-league-lifer-finally-makes-the-bigs story will always be Ron Washington, who became the Twins starting shortstop at age 30 after 10 years in the minors.

WTF, Drew? “NO ONE DENIES AP is the greatest running back in Vikes history”? Did you know no Purple fans older than you before you left the Five County Mosquito Control District?* See, some of us remember Viking backs who could block, catch, work out of the shotgun, and hold onto the ball. I would take Chuck Foreman,…

Well, he does contain the concession for a restaurant and pub in the Mohegan Sun casino, called Geno’s Fast Break. Because when I think “women’s basketball” gambling and drinking are the first things that come to my mind... err, NOT!

It’s not hard to win when you’re in bed with the only TV network that promotes women’s hoops. ESPN loves UConn because it’s only about an hour away from Bristol, making it a “cheap date”. It wouldn’t work, though, if Geno didn’t have a “TV coach” persona. But they should change the name of the women’s team from…

I’ll answer your question below, but first I’ll note that this case has confused almost everyone because there are four different entities judging the players on four different standards, and in four different capacities: the DA (as citizens, per the law), the University EOAA office (as students, per the code that…

I won’t hate, 3Js, but I’ll observe some things. Osahor’s game against Stanford last year was one of the greatest women’s hoops performances I’ve ever seen. The Husky’s have no bigs on the bench, so Chantel plays more minutes than most centers, and saves her energy for when it counts. She consistently out-rebounds…

Trump started his Presidential bid by descending an escalator in the Golden Glitz of Trump Tower. See, it all fits. :-)

Of course Trump denies he hired Russian hookers for a golden shower party in the hotel suite once occupied by the Obamas. It didn’t happen. The spies were too spooked to report the straight dope.  It was Catherine The Great’s bedroom, and it was Melania giving a golden shower on Putie’s big head while Donald was…

By, “the problem is that Comey didn’t take the same approach to Huma Abedin’s fucking laptop” I assume you’re suggesting Comey should have hired Melania to piss on it, yes?

If he’s a real Vikings fan, anything breakable was already broken many years ago...

I’m struck by the fact we’ve never seen anything like this from players before. I think this reflects that guys in the locker room know their teammates, thus an accused player may get some benefit of doubt from his peers, but little more because, well... they know the guy is at least a little skeevy. Out and out…