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There aren’t a lot of good sports movies out there. The Blind Side, I’m told, is a pretty bland rendition of a dynamic book, the latest in a long series of formulaic sports movies. On Monday night, a few dear friends and I stood in an unending line of humanity to watch a sneak of...
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The painful, worthwhile documentary, directed by Jason Reid, begins its seven-night run at the SIFF Cinema Friday night at 7:30. Astute H&F readers will remember Constable’s review from October 13th. Check it out if you enjoy reliving horrible, awful break-ups. Support your local filmmakers.
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In Singapore! For a city with not one, but two pontoon bridges, is this the natural next step?
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Hey, we made it to a bowl preview show! It’s a miracle. We didn’t talk about Charlie Weis kind of accusing Pete Carroll of banging grad students in Malibu; Jake Locker staying or going; or, whether or not Cal is dumb enough to fire Tedford. We did talk about Washington embarrassing Cal, the...
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Here is a nice little animated story to a Patton Oswalt bit. Just in time for the holiday season.
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Fig Jam So Tiger Woods is in the news.  Perhaps you’ve heard.  Apparently being the world’s largest sports icon, filthy rich, and absolutely ripped comes with a little attention from the opposite sex.  Attention that Woods accepted from time to time.   The sad thing, in my opinion, is that when all this is said and done...
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Washington wins! Washington wins! Oh my god Washington wins! Was the Apple Cup particularly well played? No. In fact, WSU was ridiculously awful. Washington honestly should have scored more, but I’ll take the first rivalry shutout of my lifetime happily. Fuck you, Cougars. But who cares...
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Another year. Another pillow fight between the two horseshit Pac-10 teams from the state of Washington. Fuck this sport. Does UCLA have what it takes to upset a closer-to-average USC team? Can Notre Dame find enough time away from their busy getting-punched-in-the-face schedule to put up a fight against Stanford? ...
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After correctly predicting a measly two of 10 in last year’s Expansion Draft Preview, we’re back again and hoping to improve on our record. This year’s it’s the Philadelphia Union’s turn. On Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. PST, the Union will select 10 players to form the core of their new team. The rules are...
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This guy does an excellent job merging two stereotypes.
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Let’s hear it for Jim Harbaugh and Mike Riley. A credit to the conference, both of them. When Stanford went for two with the game out of reach in the Coliseum, I couldn’t help but think: “See Neuheisel? THIS is how you shut USC up.” When Oregon State obliterated Washington,...
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President William Howard Taft joined Americans everywhere in admiration of Milwaukee Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings’ 55 point outburst against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night. “This young negro in Milwaukee impressed all Americans with his ability to fill up the peach basket,” Taft gushed. “As excited as I was to review...
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Last week I linked to that article about Dock Ellis throwing a no-hitter on LSD. Coincidentally, someone posted this video about that great story on youtube this week. Now if you didn’t read the article you don’t have to and if you did read it, now you can watch this trippy video!...
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