I had about a half dozen different days in one on Monday, starting off at the National Civil Rights Museum. I'd forgotten Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, and the museum is on …

Maybe it's not always like that at Graceland. Maybe it was the chilly weather, maybe it was everyone buried in the audio tour and not talking much — I've never visited before, so I can't …

Every year we come down for the baseball conference, it's cold and rainy, and every year, every earthworm and slug within six feet of the front-entrance apron at the Crestwood Suites decides it's going to …

It all happened very fast — within a couple years of the Motown special. But even at the time of the "Motown 25" moonwalk, fame was old hat to Michael Jackson. He hadn't even turned …

Harry Kalas, legendary Phillies broadcaster, and Mark "The Bird" Fidrych both passed away yesterday. Tough week for baseball, but seeing Nick Swisher on the mound brightened things a bit, at least on this end.
Remembrances/bullpen jokes …

Prior to reading the book, my primary association with Twilight Zone: The Movie was the profoundly creepy third segment, especially the shot of the sister with no mouth; I made the mistake of watching the …

Because a few people have asked…fans of David Foster Wallace should read Troy Patterson's write-up for Slate. Troy is a fellow vet of our college paper, and his take is on point as usual.
Well, as …

BSD dropped me an email about Bernie Mac's death about an hour ago; the Sun-Times had it, but none of the other news orgs were confirming it, so we were on the phone together looking …

Warning: Contains spoilers.
I can't figure out why I like the Bale Batmans so much (foxy Bale himself aside).Both movies lean heavily on storytelling maneuvers that I tend to hate, and both movies arrived in a …

I didn't care for Bobby Murcer in the booth at first — the gee-willikers accent, combined with his almost naïve enthusiasm for everything that happened on the field, got on my nerves.But as time went …