Bret LaGree
@hoopinion.bsky.social
Let’s not kid ourselves, it gets really, really bad.
It’s on my list every time the SIGHT & SOUND poll comes around.
#ComingUpOnTCM
SOME CAME RUNNING (1958) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer
Dir.: Vincente Minnelli 10:15 AM PT
A soldier returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
2h 14m | Drama | TV-PG
#TCM #TCMParty #JamesJones
SOME CAME RUNNING (1958) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer
Dir.: Vincente Minnelli 10:15 AM PT
A soldier returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
2h 14m | Drama | TV-PG
#TCM #TCMParty #JamesJones
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It’s on my list every time the SIGHT & SOUND poll comes around.
Watching EMMET OTTER to help teach my children to be kind to their mother and that creeps sometimes have the best songs.
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Watching EMMET OTTER to help teach my children to be kind to their mother and that creeps sometimes have the best songs.
This is a significant challenge to my “they should call traveling more often, but only on inbound passers” bit.
Grayson Allen commits the most egregious travel in NBA history (h/t @ianrea.bsky.social)
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is a significant challenge to my “they should call traveling more often, but only on inbound passers” bit.
The “Mount Mumandad” episode of BLUEY is Videodrome for toddlers.
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The “Mount Mumandad” episode of BLUEY is Videodrome for toddlers.
Farke may only be a competent manager but he’s not bald and he’s not a fraud.
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Farke may only be a competent manager but he’s not bald and he’s not a fraud.
Got the younger generation to bite on “I saw Busta Rhymes in concert and he brought the WHOLE Flipmode Squad with him…”
“What’s the Flipmode Squad?”
“Gather round, it’s uncle’s time to shine.”
“What’s the Flipmode Squad?”
“Gather round, it’s uncle’s time to shine.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Got the younger generation to bite on “I saw Busta Rhymes in concert and he brought the WHOLE Flipmode Squad with him…”
“What’s the Flipmode Squad?”
“Gather round, it’s uncle’s time to shine.”
“What’s the Flipmode Squad?”
“Gather round, it’s uncle’s time to shine.”
Are we going to spend all week talking about which bad goalkeeper should play, which non-scoring attackers, or both?
Probably just batter the manager for his mistakes and everyone else’s. #lufc
Probably just batter the manager for his mistakes and everyone else’s. #lufc
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Are we going to spend all week talking about which bad goalkeeper should play, which non-scoring attackers, or both?
Probably just batter the manager for his mistakes and everyone else’s. #lufc
Probably just batter the manager for his mistakes and everyone else’s. #lufc
Calvert-Lewin with a chance to finish the season on negative goals now.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Calvert-Lewin with a chance to finish the season on negative goals now.
Getting an early lead then bringing on your should-be first-choice attackers at 60 minutes to see it out isn’t how I would go about it, but I’m desperate for it to work today. #lufc
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Getting an early lead then bringing on your should-be first-choice attackers at 60 minutes to see it out isn’t how I would go about it, but I’m desperate for it to work today. #lufc
It would be very funny if Farke somehow keeps Leeds up despite giving more minutes to Aaronson than any other attacking player and everyone thinks less of him as a Premier League manager as a result.
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It would be very funny if Farke somehow keeps Leeds up despite giving more minutes to Aaronson than any other attacking player and everyone thinks less of him as a Premier League manager as a result.
The non-existent crowd figures to be the lesser of the no-shows in this one.
I expect to feel transported back to my youth with how badly Kansas gets beaten in an empty stadium on Friday morning as Lance Leipold secures another losing season.
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The non-existent crowd figures to be the lesser of the no-shows in this one.
I expect to feel transported back to my youth with how badly Kansas gets beaten in an empty stadium on Friday morning as Lance Leipold secures another losing season.
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I expect to feel transported back to my youth with how badly Kansas gets beaten in an empty stadium on Friday morning as Lance Leipold secures another losing season.
I’m 90% certain the Kansas defense is bad because they don’t recruit players big and fast enough to make plays.
I also have very strong suspicions that, without much better coaching talent, we wouldn’t see a huge difference even if the main problem was solved.
I also have very strong suspicions that, without much better coaching talent, we wouldn’t see a huge difference even if the main problem was solved.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’m 90% certain the Kansas defense is bad because they don’t recruit players big and fast enough to make plays.
I also have very strong suspicions that, without much better coaching talent, we wouldn’t see a huge difference even if the main problem was solved.
I also have very strong suspicions that, without much better coaching talent, we wouldn’t see a huge difference even if the main problem was solved.
Matt Campbell inexplicably not trying to score on Iowa State’s final possession of the first half has kept me tethered to this Kansas loss in progress.
There are reasons these two guys are still coaching at Iowa State and Kansas.
There are reasons these two guys are still coaching at Iowa State and Kansas.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Matt Campbell inexplicably not trying to score on Iowa State’s final possession of the first half has kept me tethered to this Kansas loss in progress.
There are reasons these two guys are still coaching at Iowa State and Kansas.
There are reasons these two guys are still coaching at Iowa State and Kansas.
Lance Leipold has figured out he won’t get criticized for blowing another fourth quarter lead if he never tries to score.
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Lance Leipold has figured out he won’t get criticized for blowing another fourth quarter lead if he never tries to score.
Lance Leipold spent the bye week becoming even more himself: defense can’t get a stop to start the game, choose to kick on 4th-and-short on the first offensive possession, special teams mistake.
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Lance Leipold spent the bye week becoming even more himself: defense can’t get a stop to start the game, choose to kick on 4th-and-short on the first offensive possession, special teams mistake.
Wait. Do my beloved fellow Leeds fans think there’s ANY chance that after the club told Bielsa “we don’t like you, we only like results” he would return?
This is above and beyond his established, practical disinterest of taking over mid-season.
20 shots against Spurs but something had to change.
This is above and beyond his established, practical disinterest of taking over mid-season.
20 shots against Spurs but something had to change.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Wait. Do my beloved fellow Leeds fans think there’s ANY chance that after the club told Bielsa “we don’t like you, we only like results” he would return?
This is above and beyond his established, practical disinterest of taking over mid-season.
20 shots against Spurs but something had to change.
This is above and beyond his established, practical disinterest of taking over mid-season.
20 shots against Spurs but something had to change.
Great to see one of my long-term Instagram followers honored.
Quin Snyder pregame on Bob Rathbun:
"You can't overstate the impact. His work ethic and his preparation for the games. His passion for the way that he covers the game."
Also praised Bob quite a bit personally and for his overall contributions to the Hawks organization.
"You can't overstate the impact. His work ethic and his preparation for the games. His passion for the way that he covers the game."
Also praised Bob quite a bit personally and for his overall contributions to the Hawks organization.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Great to see one of my long-term Instagram followers honored.
RIP Elizabeth Franz. Her performance as Linda Loman in that Robert Falls production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN was the biggest part of me being captivated by that play for the first, and only, time.
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
RIP Elizabeth Franz. Her performance as Linda Loman in that Robert Falls production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN was the biggest part of me being captivated by that play for the first, and only, time.
I think the job of managing Leeds will become slightly easier if the opportunity arrives to give 100% of the winger minutes to James, Gnonto, and Okafor but I also know if any of the 17 established Premier League teams wanted any of those three in the last two years, they wouldn’t be at Leeds.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I think the job of managing Leeds will become slightly easier if the opportunity arrives to give 100% of the winger minutes to James, Gnonto, and Okafor but I also know if any of the 17 established Premier League teams wanted any of those three in the last two years, they wouldn’t be at Leeds.
Lance Leipold kicks on 4th-and-short in opposition territory twice in the 4th quarter with a three-point lead and, to the surprise of no one paying attention, Kansas loses yet another game they led late.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Lance Leipold kicks on 4th-and-short in opposition territory twice in the 4th quarter with a three-point lead and, to the surprise of no one paying attention, Kansas loses yet another game they led late.
(Some) Leeds fans livid about how much better Sunderland is than Leeds but would be equally livid if Leeds blew a 1-0 lead at home while only mustering 5 shot attempts.
I’m not laughing at you, I’m ruefully chucking in recognition.
I’m not laughing at you, I’m ruefully chucking in recognition.
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
(Some) Leeds fans livid about how much better Sunderland is than Leeds but would be equally livid if Leeds blew a 1-0 lead at home while only mustering 5 shot attempts.
I’m not laughing at you, I’m ruefully chucking in recognition.
I’m not laughing at you, I’m ruefully chucking in recognition.
BLACK RABBIT is hilarious. Tertiary character to his partner, the heterosexual female lead, “Of all the people in New York, why did you sleep with him?”
And she can’t answer, “Because he looks like Jude Law.”
And she can’t answer, “Because he looks like Jude Law.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
BLACK RABBIT is hilarious. Tertiary character to his partner, the heterosexual female lead, “Of all the people in New York, why did you sleep with him?”
And she can’t answer, “Because he looks like Jude Law.”
And she can’t answer, “Because he looks like Jude Law.”
Less embarrassing financially than the Capela and Hunter extensions.
From @theathletic.com: A former Atlanta Hawks senior vice president is accused of embezzling $3.8 million from the NBA franchise to buy lavish trips, a Porsche, and tickets to concerts and other events.
Former Atlanta Hawks senior VP charged with embezzling $3.8M to buy Porsche, tickets
The SVP of finance, who no longer works for the Hawks, is accused of changing financial reports to hide his company credit card charges.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Less embarrassing financially than the Capela and Hunter extensions.
Dick Cheney, who created his own reality to the detriment of so, so many, perhaps realized today that he never did, and then died. In reality.
In related news, “adult libertarian” remains the greatest possible insult.
In related news, “adult libertarian” remains the greatest possible insult.
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Dick Cheney, who created his own reality to the detriment of so, so many, perhaps realized today that he never did, and then died. In reality.
In related news, “adult libertarian” remains the greatest possible insult.
In related news, “adult libertarian” remains the greatest possible insult.