Now that all the year-end best-of lists are finally over, it's time for some lists that look forward rather than backward. 2014 has a lot to live up to; 2013 was one of the best movie years in recent memory. Glancing over the release schedule, there are of course tons of sequels and remakes and another Transformers movie. But there is still plenty of room for hope … even in some of those sequels. So: Here are the 20 movies in 2014 we're most looking forward to. Boyhood.Richard Linklater is the most fascinating, oddly unheralded American filmmakers working, and this year, we should finally see the culmination of his decades-long passion project. Back in 2002, Linklater began a film starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as parents of a six-year-old boy … and he has retu…
It doesn't have the craftsmanship of the CC Sabathia ad in the Cleveland Plain Dealer — what glorious fonts! — but Trevor Hoffman's farewell manifesto in the San Diego Union Tribune is pretty cool nonetheless. A San Diego without Tony Gwynn and Trevor Hoffman is fairly unthinkable — you may as well remove the zoo and the homeless population — but there it is above in black and white. Or color, actually. Here's the text,. Although Hoffman and the Padres' front office did not exactly leave on the best of terms, the Hall of Fame-bound relief pitcher saw no reason to take it out on San Diegans, with whom he's had a love-love relationship since boarding the ship in 1994. 902 games later he's a Milwaukee Brewer, and that's going to take some getti…
The game within the game between the Houston Rockets and Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday highlighted the dilemma Rockets center Alperen Sengun presents opposing defenses. In the early stages of the Rockets' 112-101 victory, the Nets aggressively sent a second defender at Sengun when he attempted to post up, testing both his ability to pass out of the double team and his patience to deal with it. Initially, there were moments of pause from Sengun, but eventually, the Rockets uncovered an adjustment that allowed him to thrive. Sengun finished with 30 points — his seventh consecutive 20-point game — plus eight rebounds and four assists to lead the Rockets to their second win in a seven-game homestand that continues on Friday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Sengun is averagi…
data-mm-id=”_bj4iaua2y”>Bradley Beal signed a 2-year, $72 million contract extension that could keep him in Washington through 2023. This is great for the Wizards who were able to temporarily lock down their star player. It's such great news that it made ESPN's Jay Williams temporarily lose his mind.””If you have one of the best backcourts in the league, you’re going to have a chance to be at the top of the East.””It's unclear exactly what exactly Williams meant here, but it sounds like he thinks a Bradley Beal – John Wall backcourt will make the Wizards competitive. This a take that makes a lot of sense in 2016, but in 2019, what is he talking about?After playing a total of 73 games over the last two seasons, John Wall is likely going to miss this entire season, while h…
data-mm-id=”_f78jzvpw7″>Michael Irvin went on the Dan Patrick Show today, and he called Packers head coach Matt LaFleur the luckiest man in the world for having Aaron Rodgers as his quarterback. Irvin analogized LaFleur to Rodgers' backpack, along for the ride on the back of a legend:Here's the thing: LaFleur inherited a Packers team that was in disarray at 6-9-1 and had missed the playoffs two straight years. Aaron Rodgers started all 16 games in 2018. This season, the Packers are 11-3. They will very likely win the NFC North, and are squarely in the mix for a first round playoff bye. With Rodgers as a constant between this season and last, the head coach has to get some credit as a variable in the turnaround.Now, it's not like a flip switched and LaFleur was the only c…
data-mm-id=”_unn66vpo7″>It was about 1:15 p.m. EST today on another gloomy afternoon in the new world order. The stock market was crashing again. The airline industry was/is considering a shutdown. New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut announced sweeping new rules to limit resident movement and exposure. Coronavirus talk and action ruled the day. Then DeAndre Hopkins was traded and everything changed. Suddenly, the NFL took center stage. After Hopkins was traded, rumors erupted about Tom Brady to the Bucs, Teddy Bridgewater to the Bears, Stefon Diggs wanting out of Minnesota, Odell Beckham Jr. possibly being traded again, Todd Gurley being dangled as a trade chip, and so many other pieces of news. Honestly, it was hard to keep up. Yet keep up we did because we were trying to avoid a pa…
data-mm-id=”_vzjqrun6t”>If it feels like the Atlanta Falcons are cursed, it's because they probably are. Ever since they blew a 28-3 lead in Super Bowl LI, the Falcons have remained under whatever magical spell Tom Brady conjured up late in the third quarter during that fateful evening in Houston. They couldn't close out the win then and they can't now. No matter how big the lead or how insurmountable the obstacles for the opponent, Atlanta always finds a way to blow it. At this point, it's clear that in order to move forward, to break whatever jinx hovers over them in the second half of games, the Falcons need to start fresh with a totally new core group. As today's last-second loss to the Detroit Lions proves (the Lions marched 75 yards in 1:04 and scored the…
ในขณะที่เกมยิงปืนส่วนใหญ่ มักจะตัดสินแพ้ชนะกันที่ฝีมือการยิงปืนแทบจะทั้งหมด เกมยิงปืนแนวเอาตัวรอด (Survival Shooter) กลับได้รับความนิยมในหมู่เกมเมอร์ทั่วโลกจากความเป็นไปได้ในการวางแผนอันลึกล้ำและหลากหลาย โดยนอกจากจะต้องตามหาทรัพยากรณ์อย่างกระสุนและชุดเกราะเช่นเดียวกับในเกมแนว Batt…
data-mm-id=”_vvb0zwcbs”>John "Spider" Salley was a role player on the back-to-back world champion Bad Boy Pistons, playing in all 82 games in 1990-91 and providing valuable rim production and energy off the bench. The 6-foot-11 center caught on with the Chicago Bulls in 1995-96 and enjoyed a ride to another title, contributing 2.1 points in 11.2 minutes per game. Then, after 10 years in NBA, he took his talents to Greece before retiring. He made a return to the NBA after a three-year hiatus and was a member of the title-winning Los Angeles Lakers in 1999-00. It was a bizarre, fulfilling career buoyed by good fortune. Salley was a glue guy, an engaging and hilarious personality. The type of player every championship team wants around to provide that certain je ne sais quoi. Bu…
data-mm-id=”_v2fmlj4fy”>The Denver Nuggets have now come back from a 3-1 deficit twice in the 2020 NBA Playoffs. The latest comeback will rightfully be viewed as a choke job by the Los Angeles Clippers, but what the Nuggets did was still incredible. Denver is a legitimate title contender with two stars early in their primes who are simply built for the playoffs. After finishing with the third-best record in the Western Conference and sixth-best record overall, they looked like a young team that could compete for a title in a year or two. Instead, they're simply contenders in their second playoff run. And they've done it with two guys they drafted and smartly built around.Nikola Jokic may be young enough to still be on the upside of his career, but he's simply one of the …