WRESTLING
Colette Arrand Jan 24, 2022. 9 minute read
Dawn of the Sad Rafter Clown (1997 Week 3)
I watched a frankly modern amount of wrestling this week. Raw was an hour. ECW was an hour. WCW, damn them, ran a Nitro, a Clash of the Champions, and nWo Souled Out, a whopping six and a half hours of content strung along, like most WCW programming, on the…
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mer Jan 19, 2022. 6 minute read
What’s a Beast to the All Mighty? Bobby Lashley Hunts Brock Lesnar
Raw aired from Philadelphia last Monday, making it only the second-worst sports news for Philly fans in recent days. WWE has continued to produce their same 2020 level content as they kicked off 2022, offering the occasional solid match sandwiched between two hours of rambling promos that we’ve all heard…
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Miles Schneiderman Jan 18, 2022. 8 minute read
What Is the Legacy of NXT’s Black and Gold Era? (Part 1)
June 20th, 2022, will mark the ten-year anniversary of NXT – the wrestling promotion, not the scripted reality show. NXT as we knew it, however, isn’t making it to that milestone. The first week of the new year made it abundantly clear that “NXT 2.0” wasn’t just a change in…
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Colette Arrand Jan 16, 2022. 10 minute read
Steve Austin “Wins” the Royal Rumble (1997 Week 2)
About a quarter of the way through an interminable tag team match pitting Goldust and Marc Mero against Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Jerry “The King” Lawler, I paused the episode of Raw and said “This is going to be hard” to myself. Not watching wrestling; watching wrestling is easy, even…
READ MORE >Joseph Anthony Montecillo Jan 14, 2022. 5 minute read
Not Just the Fourth Pillar: The Essential Akira Taue
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Jan 13, 2022. 8 minute read
Jonathan Gresham and the Rebirth of the ROH World Championship
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Geoffrey D. Wessel Jan 12, 2022. 5 minute read
In a NJPW vs. NOAH Clash, Four Generations Put On One Great Main Event
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Oumar Saleh Jan 11, 2022. 4 minute read
William Regal Was a Key to WWE NXT’s Greatest Era
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Jan 10, 2022. 5 minute read
Headbutts and Revenge: “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson II
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Colette Arrand Jan 9, 2022. 8 minute read
The Greatest Year in the History of Our Sport (1997 Week 1)
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Colette Arrand Jan 6, 2022. 5 minute read
Jade Cargill’s TBS Championship Victory Was Her Best Match Yet
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Jan 5, 2022. 6 minute read
Matches On WWE Day 1 and Raw Showed What Brock Lesnar Brings to a Match
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Colette Arrand Jan 4, 2022. 4 minute read
Obviously, Katsuyori Shibata’s Return to Pro Wrestling Ruled
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Dec 31, 2021. 6 minute read
DDT’s Jun Akiyama and Yoshihiko Are an Iconic Duo
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Dec 31, 2021. 6 minute read
Once a Match of the Year, Roman Reigns vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan Didn’t Endure
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Geoffrey D. Wessel Dec 30, 2021. 7 minute read
Dragon’s Fire: How Shingo Takagi Salvaged New Japan’s 2021
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TV/FILM
Gretchen Felker-Martin Jan 24, 2022. 2 minute read
‘Framing Agnes’ Review: Slight, but Heartfelt
Transhood, The Trans List, Disclosure, No Ordinary Man — the last decade is littered with documentaries on the present and recent past of transgender culture, and without exception these films feature at least one talking head decrying the salacious public and journalistic fixation on gender reassignment surgery, reminding viewers that…
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Steven Nguyen Scaife Jan 21, 2022. 8 minute read
Three Visits to Detention: the Game, the Movie, and the Netflix Series
(Note: Detention‘s Character names are translated differently into English across different adaptations. For clarity’s sake, I’ve used the original game’s spelling and shortened names throughout. For one Netflix-specific character, I’ve used the spelling given in the English subtitles.) Which video games get adapted to other mediums is seemingly random. It…
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Gretchen Felker-Martin Jan 7, 2022. 5 minute read
Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Top 10 Movies of 2021
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Dylan Roth Dec 30, 2021. 8 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 7 “…But to Connect” Review
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Dylan Roth Dec 23, 2021. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 6 “Stormy Weather”
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 22, 2021. 1 minute read
You Can Now Watch the Doctor Strange Sequel Trailer Without Sitting Through Spider-Man’s Credits
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Dylan Roth Dec 21, 2021. 5 minute read
“Mother/Android” Review: The Apocalypse is a Real Downer
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Kenneth Shepard Dec 20, 2021. 4 minute read
On Canon, Closure, and Continuity in Spider-Man: No Way Home
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Steven Nguyen Scaife Dec 17, 2021. 5 minute read
The Most Underrated and Overlooked Movies of 2021
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Dylan Roth Dec 16, 2021. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 5 Review: “The Examples”
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Dylan Roth Dec 9, 2021. 8 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 4 Review: “All is Possible”
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Danielle Riendeau Dec 8, 2021. 4 minute read
Shudder Reviewers are Dead Wrong About The Strings
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SPORTS
Natalie Weiner Jan 21, 2022. 3 minute read
Lusia Harris-Stewart Shows Why We Must Rewrite History
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. “Harris may not be a household name,” cautions NPR’s obituary for legendary basketball…
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Natalie Weiner Jan 14, 2022. 8 minute read
Travis Hunter, Jackson State and Where HBCU Athletics Are Today: A Conversation With The Atlantic’s Adam Harris
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. When the No. 1 overall high school football recruit in the country, Georgia…
READ MORE >Natalie Weiner Jan 7, 2022. 3 minute read
Becky Hammon’s Career And The Futility Of Firsts
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John Warren Dec 28, 2021. 2 minute read
John Madden, Legendary Coach and Video Game Pioneer, Dead at 85
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Natalie Weiner Dec 17, 2021. 3 minute read
The Sports World Still Hasn’t Learned To Take COVID-19 Seriously
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Natalie Weiner Dec 3, 2021. 3 minute read
Enormous College Coaching Salaries Show How Far We Have To Go
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Natalie Weiner Nov 19, 2021. 2 minute read
Women’s Basketball Is Growing, And Its Leadership Is Finally Acknowledging That
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Natalie Weiner Nov 12, 2021. 3 minute read
The Dangers Of Sports Gambling Are Being Ignored As Corporations Rush To Profit
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Natalie Weiner Nov 5, 2021. 4 minute read
Sports Teams Are Ending Pandemic Precautions In The Middle Of A Pandemic
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Natalie Weiner Oct 29, 2021. 4 minute read
There’s No End In Sight For Sexual Abuse In Sports
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Natalie Weiner Oct 22, 2021. 3 minute read
The WNBA Season May Have Ended, But Its Players’ Activism Hasn’t
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Natalie Weiner Oct 15, 2021. 2 minute read
“Female Empowerment” Enables Women’s Sports Leagues to Perpetrate Harm
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Natalie Weiner Oct 8, 2021. 4 minute read
Urban Meyer and the Women He Treats as Collateral Damage
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Natalie Weiner Sep 24, 2021. 3 minute read
Somehow, It’s Normal To Attend Sporting Events In The Middle Of The Pandemic
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