The Pro Football Hall of Fame released its list of finalists yesterday. It includes three players in their first year of eligibility — Joe Thomas, Darrelle Revis and Dwight Freeney — and household names like DeMarcus Ware, Jared Allen and Zach Thomas. But not all of the 15 modern day…

More quarterbacks have started a game this NFL season than ever before (not counting strike years): 64, with the Cardinals’ David Blough and the Raiders’ Jarrett Stidham taking over under center for Week 17. Injuries, of course, have played a role, but there are more questions at the position now…

I’ve loved books since I was a child, when my parents would read aloud to me and my brothers. Until I got to college, I read voraciously, sometimes as many as a hundred books a year. Then came a full-time university course load, a full-time job, smart phones, XBOX 360…

The latest album from BLH was worth the wait Brave Little Howl’s newest record, Neola Gold, is their first full-length album in more than four years, but that doesn’t mean BLH hasn’t been busy. In 2020, they released a unique and intimate album, Live From Big Thicket, that was, well, recorded live at Travis Wright’s Big Thicket cabin on…

The Rangers’ 2022 season is over, and while there were memorable moments and important progress for some young players, it was largely disappointing. So what’s next? When Texas committed almost $600 million to two free agent middle infielders last winter, it was a signal to fans that the Rangers’ management was ready to accelerate their improvement after one of the worst seasons in franchise history.

This year, we’ll finally get Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series, which should premiere on Sept. 2, 2022. Amazon spent more than $750 million purchasing rights for the show from the Tolkien estate and producing the first season. But while the online retail giant spent the GDP of a small…

I’ve written a series of articles exploring the story of Númenor and how it connects to and influences the rest of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. I hope the information is interesting and provides some important context for the upcoming Amazon series. …

I recently watched a YouTube video that delved into how each U.S. state and territory got its name. Accompanying each state slide was a flag, which made me realize that A) I don’t know most U.S. state flags and B) most of them are terrible. As an amateur vexillologist, I…

I’ve been sick all week. It wasn’t COVID… I have a test to prove that. But it was fatigue and a cough and congestion and a fever and it was no fun. Today I started feeling a bit better, and I got up and made myself coffee and walked outside…