Falcon is much, much older than Blade and Steel. I’m talking about the first African-American super hero in comic book history, not film history.

I meant in the comics, not in the films. Falcon is, definitively, the first African-American super hero in major comic book history. These films were comic books first, you know.

Raul Julia’s last movie was Street Fighter, and Orson Welles’ last movie was Transformers. I feel like that’s the great actor equivalent of dying while sitting on the toilet.

It was a long week, and I’ve been looking forward to Saturday like I was in a De La Soul video.

Anthony Mackie has the honor of playing the first African-American super hero in comic book history... and this is how he thinks.

If Eddie Murphy didn’t single handedly save SNL from being canceled, when he was only 19 years old, there’s a good chance none of us would have ever heard of Tina Fey. Soo...

This is a bit off topic, but how did Tina Fey win this award before Eddie Murphy? I love Fey as much as the next person, but Eddie had more success before he was 25 than she’s had in her whole career. And that’s not an insult to her, just an acknowledgment of how much Eddie accomplished so young.

I like how the only time many sports fans give a fuck about sexual assault is when they can reference it in order to heckle a player on an opposing team.

Andrus fucked up the most, but nearly the entire infield had a disastrous inning. Moreland had a terrible throwing error, and Odor blew an easy out on the Donaldson hit when he completely misplayed it and let it go over his head. The only person in that inning who did his job properly was Beltre, the old man playing…

Because it went over his head without him even touching it, and that kind of play is never ruled an error. Think about all the times an outfielder has come in on a ball, realized he completely misplayed it, then sprinted backward as it sailed over his head for a double that should have been an out. That’s never ruled…

Greg Hardy is going out of his way to say to America “Yes, I beat a woman half to death. Yes, I got away with it. And no, there’s nothing you can do about it.” He’s basically laughing at society because, at this point, he knows there’s nothing anyone can do.

Fun (and kind of stunning) baseball stat of the day: Dee Gordon is the first player to lead the National League in batting and stolen bases since Jackie Robinson.

I’m not a White Sox fan, but for some reason I always loved Mark Buehrle. I can’t explain why he was a joy to watch, but he was.

Also worth noting: there were 35 strikeouts in this game, which breaks the major league record for a nine inning game. Harvey had 11 in just six innings! But Scherzer was a fucking monster. I’ve never seen a performance like that.

Outside of maybe Andrew McCutchen, R.A. Dickey might be the most likable player in the whole sport. The second my team is eliminated, I’m rooting for a Jays vs. Pirates World Series.

If the Cubs win, Theo Epstein will have brought a title to Boston and to north Chicago. And he’s barely 40.

This deserves more stars.

Stewart was an awful interviewer when he first started. It took him years to improve, and I never thought he was consistently good.

Oh, I think Colbert will be great. It’s just going to take some time. This is the first time he’s ever been on TV as himself, which has to be so bizarre. Give him a few months, and he’ll be fantastic. He’s already much better than he was just two weeks ago.

Colbert started off bumpy, but there was never a reason to be concerned. Putting together a show like that, and following a legend, is so damn hard. I think it says a lot about him that he’s managed to improve so quickly.