Sunday Link-Off: Sporting Brouhaha

For the first SLO of a new year, here’s a new face for the blog, Bar Refaeli.

A look at athlete “transgressions” from an inside perspective. (New York Times)

Suppose somebody was to make a movie about Tiger Woods’ transgressions. Who would you put in that movie? Well, somebody’s already fantasy cast a Tiger Wood’s biopic. (Fanhouse)

Basketball is such a civil sport. Players will fight with fans, sleep with other players’ fiancés and even draw guns on each other. Even weirder, it was teammates drawing guns on each other. (Deadspin) And you thought the NFL had a culture problem…

After the jump, the return of wrestling’s Monday night wars, even more decade and year retrospectives, and the interstellar A-Team. Continue reading

Entertainment Link-Off: The New Year Is Here!

Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first edition of the Entertainment Link-Off in 2010. Let’s kick off the new year with Isabel Lucas. She can be seen in the upcoming vampire flick Daybreakers, which is out next week.

After the jump a brief look back into 2009, Ricky Gervais and Elmo reunite and another James Cameron/Avatar related video. I sent Steve the link to the ‘making of the bootleg’ video and he poached it and put it in his Wednesday Link-Off. Bastard. Continue reading

2009 in Film: A Year in Review

2009 was another big year for movies thanks to 3D movies, sequels to giant blockbusters and ‘sexy’ vampires. With everything going on over the past year, it’s easy to forget about many of the films that were released. Just for kicks, let’s take a look back at the year of 2009. Continue reading