Mike Mussina can whittle his illustrious career down into one word. Almost. Four times in his career, he’s almost thrown a perfect game. In four different seasons, he’s almost won 20 games. He’s almost won a Cy Young, finishing in the top six eight separate times. And, perhaps the most frustrating to Mussina, he’s almost…
Review: The Dark Knight
Good and evil. Supposedly diametric beings are deconstructed and turned on their heads in The Dark Knight, which has cemented Batman as the cutting-edge franchise in comic-book adaptations. Christopher Nolan’s latest film effortlessly combines eye-catching action with visceral emotion in an unpredictable blend of excellence. The plot, at its most basic level, is just the…
Review: Wanted
Wanted is a movie that fits right in with what we’ve come to expect from summer blockbusters. The action is noteworthy. The plot is somewhat lacking. But overall, it is fun to watch, a sight to behold, and one of the more memorable movie-going experiences you’ll have this summer. Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) lives a…
Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Nineteen years of creative thinking and collaborating, and the best George Lucas could do was The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? If Lucas could’ve taken one lesson from the Star Wars prequel blunders, it should’ve to leave a trilogy alone. The year is now 1957, more than 10 years after the events of The Last…
No longer a one-pitch wonder, Wang dominates Indians
It was on this very same field last October, Cleveland’s Progressive Field, when the sinker wasn’t sinking, and Chien Ming Wang was helpless as the Yankees endured another early exit from the playoffs. In just 5 2/3 innings of work, he allowed 12 runs and set off a cascade of arguments into whether Wang was…
Greene’s decision to leave a mistake
In a move that came as no surprise, freshman forward Donte Greene declared himself eligible for the NBA draft last Wednesday, forgoing his final three years at Syracuse. Greene can still remove his name by June 16th as long as he doesn’t hire an agent. “After discussing my future plans with my family and Coach…
Tyree cements place in history
There are plays that define Super Bowls. There was Joe Montana to Dwight Clark for “The Catch.” There was Mike Jones gobbling up Kevin Dyson on the 1-yard line for “The Stop.” There was Joe Namath and “The Prediction.” And now, for David Tyree and Eli Manning, there is “The Play.” Tyree, a former Syracuse…
Review: Juno
Juno is one of those rare films where the movie is so good in every respect from the witty dialogue, to the entire ensemble cast, to the development of each character that you wish every movie could affect you in the same way. Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is sixteen years old and has recently found…
Mitchell Report: Much Ado About Nothing
One year of investigating and $30 million later, and the much anticipated Mitchell Report was much ado about nothing. The report, released last week, named roughly 80 players – some of them at the forefront of baseball – linking these athletes to performance enhancing drugs. It was worth a day-long special on ESPN and grabbed…
Pushing Daisies: Feel-good Fantasy-noir
Ned sees dead people. Well, that’s only half the story of Pushing Daisies, ABC’s rookie fall drama that airs on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m., that has garnered more than its share of praise and viewers. The other half of the story is that Ned sees dead people, because he can bring them back to…