Pop Culture Lunch Box

I know a lot of rock'n'roll hipsters like to proclaim the greatness of producer/musician Steve Albini , and while I can appreciate a...

I was just a little too young to watch O.J. Simpson during his prime Buffalo Bills era, although I still have some cards from when he was on...

Dick Butkus, who died at 80 in Malibu this week, was exactly the kind of player that got me interested in NFL football when I was around 6 o...

I haven't cared a lick about the New England Patriots throughout the Tom Brady era, or even before that during the Drew Bledsoe one. It ...

Every year at this time I go back to see many of my high school and college buddies in Osage Beach, Missouri, overlooking the country's ...

OK, I got my Barbie tickets for a showing this upcoming Sunday. The whole family is going as an early birthday present for my daughter's...

TV Show of the Month: The Bear - Season 1 (Hulu): A Chicagoland beef joint goes through growing pains as one brother dies, leading the way ...

This is a new column I've promised myself each week, to tie all the random TV, movies, magazine articles, books, and more that I'v...

Friday Night Lights isn't just a book, a movie, a TV series, and recently the focus of a captivating 25th-year anniversary article i...

I've seen a hodgepodge of movies lately. I'm not sure that any of them warrant their own blog posts at the moment so this compilat...

Republished from Mobility Lab I love going to NFL football games. Going to the Ravens' stadium to see my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers...

It was a heartbreaking ending last year, losing to the Packers in a thrilling Super Bowl. But good things appear to be on the horizon for...

I'm too superstitious to write anything other than ... Go Stillers!!! And maybe post a roundup of past Pop Culture Lunch Box blogs about...

My favorite NFL team, the Pittsburgh Steelers , were purchased during the Depression for $2,500, money earned by Art Rooney's betting on...

Michael Oher went from nothing to making Old Miss's honor roll twice, graduating with a degree in criminal justice, and getting drafted...

As the season winds down to a New Orleans-Indianapolis Super Bowl (this list tells you who I'm cheering for), it seems like a good time...

I was going to write a season-ender on my Pittsburgh Steelers, who were eliminated from making the playoffs in the last week of the regular ...

Adventureland is one of the top indie comedies I've seen recently. It's directed in the Wet Hot American Summer style by the same ...

As I inevitably continue to get older, nothing seems nearly as routinely debaucherous as my annual sojourn to Osage Beach in the Lake of the...

Pretty clear why these are worth posting for posterity on my blog.