Father’s Day never gets any easier. In fact, the older you get, the harder it is to find something for your dad. As a kid, you glue a pair of googly eyes onto a rock you found in the yard, paint ‘Dad’ on the side, and boom, paperweight. Done and done. Never easier. But as you age, as your...

Laker team photo By Brian Beckner: Lest anyone begin to think that professional athletes have ascended from infancy, a story from the never-ending death slog known as the NBA playoffs should quickly dispel that myth. The Los Angeles Lakers have taken to cash incentives to get their players to, you know,...

Very sincere, as always. By Brian Beckner: Can someone that understands John Calipari’s cult of personality please take a moment to explain it to everyone else? Is there anyone in history that has made more money despite being so overtly greasy? Two Final Four appearances, both vacated? How do the...

Reason #1 fans should get tased. A 17-year old loser named Steve Consalvi, (yes, a loser), ran onto the field at the Phillies game last night, and was tased as he tried to elude police. Of course, for some reason that could not be any less clear to me, there are a group of people that think the police acted...

Bad guy, bad outfit. This is not OK. There are no circumstances that would make this OK. Is he an ice cream man? Does he work at In-N-Out or A&W? Is he moonlighting as a milkman from the '40's? Is he cleaning up a chemical spill in the future? In short, what the hell? I know nothing about fashion, nor...