With the Opening Ceremonies of the Rio Olympic Games happening tonight, a small ray of light may glimmer in the darkness of the upcoming Games. It seems that everywhere you look, there’s some article or television piece that blasts the Games, the IOC, and Rio. Even I at evilopinion have reported on the problems with […]

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2016 has been a monster to too many cultural icons: Parliament/Funkadelic’s keyboardist supreme Bernie Worrell, Anton Yelchin, Maurice White, Glenn Frey, Paul Kantner, Bowie, Prince. We lost Abe Vigoda and Alan Rickman Away from music, we of course had Muhammad Ali and Gordie Howe barely days apart. Well, this morning we lost two more sports […]

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As we get closer to the July opening of the new Ghostbusters movie, the backlash has been just brutal. The fact that the iconic comedians from the original: Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd have limited participation, and of course Harold Ramis has passed away, is one big problem, but lots of people seem to have […]

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It seems like everyone knew that ESPN was planning on life after Skip Bayless; the controversial columnist who hosts the network’s “First Take” show with fellow embarrassment Stephen A. Smith. His contract was apparently not being renewed and his contract expires in August, but he announced today that he is leaving ESPN next week. As […]

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You must know that I love to read – I read all the time. And I love to read newspapers: I’m old fashioned, I know, but I read both Chicago dailies everyday and add the New York Times on Sundays. I am a big fan of good columnists like Rick Telander of the Chicago Sun-Times […]

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Life is very complicated, mine especially; which means that time often does not allow me to make a post when a story comes along. So, occasionally, I have to play “catch-up.” This is one of those times. Last week, Blackhawks Hall of Fame broadcaster Pat Foley blasted the 8:35 PM Central start times of the […]

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As noted everywhere today, 2016 has been an absolutely brutal year for artists. In less than one-third of a year, we have already lost Alan Rickman, Doris Roberts, Chyna, George Kennedy, Garry Shandling, Harper Lee, Nancy Reagan, Abe Vigoda. Musicians have been particularly hard hit; the year started with the death of David Bowie, then […]

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