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Any Given Wednesday With Bill Simmons
''Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons'' is an American talk show hosted by Bill Simmons. The series premiered on June 22, 2016, on HBO. On November 4, 2016, HBO announced it had canceled the series. Episodes Reception Ratings According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, through its first fifteen weeks, ''Any Given Wednesday'' averaged 203,667 live viewers per episode. HBO announced that the show averaged a total of 2.4 million weekly views across all platforms during that same time period. Critical ''Any Given Wednesday'' was met with negative to mixed reviews. Review aggregation website Metacritic gives the show a 51 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". As of September 2016, it held a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Simmons
William John Simmons III (born September 25, 1969) is an American podcaster, Sports journalism, sportswriter, and cultural critic who is the founder and CEO of the sports and pop culture website ''The Ringer (website), The Ringer''. Simmons first gained attention with his website as "The Boston Sports Guy" and was recruited by ESPN in 2001, where he eventually operated the website ''Grantland'' and worked until 2015. At ESPN, he wrote for ESPN.com, hosted his own podcast on ESPN.com titled ''The B.S. Report'' and was an analyst for two years on ''NBA Countdown''. Simmons founded ''The Ringer'', a sports and pop culture website and podcast network, in 2016 and serves as its CEO. He hosted ''Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons'' on HBO for one season in 2016. At ''The Ringer'', he hosts ''The Bill Simmons Podcast''. Simmons is known for a style of writing characterized by mixing sports knowledge and analysis, Popular culture, pop culture references, his non-sports-related pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Rogen
Seth Aaron Rogen (; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Known primarily for his comedic Leading actor, leading man roles in films, the accolades he has received include nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Spirit Award. Originally a Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian in Vancouver, Rogen moved to Los Angeles for a part in Judd Apatow's series ''Freaks and Geeks'' in 1999, and was later cast on Apatow's sitcom ''Undeclared'' in 2001, which also hired him as a writer. Rogen landed a job as a staff writer on the final season of ''Da Ali G Show'' (2004), for which the writing team was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Apatow subsequently guided him toward a film career. His first movie appearance was a minor role in ''Donnie Darko'' (2001), and he had a supporting par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired Association football, soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a regular on the U.S. women's national soccer team from 2003 to 2015, earning her first Cap (sport), cap in 2001. As a Forward (association football), forward, she currently stands as the United States women's national soccer team#Player records, highest all-time goal scorer for the national team and is second in international goals for both female and male soccer players with 184 goals, behind Canadian Christine Sinclair. Wambach was awarded the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the first American woman to win the award in 10 years. She was included on the 2015 Time 100, ''Time'' 100 list as one of the most influential people in the world. Wambach competed in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2003 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Staples
Vincent Jamal Staples (born July 2, 1993) is an American rapper. Born in Compton, California and raised in Long Beach, California, he first became known for his appearances on projects by Odd Future members—''Earl (mixtape), Earl'' by Earl Sweatshirt, ''Journey to the 5th Echelon'' by The Jet Age of Tomorrow (both 2010), and ''Doris (album), Doris'' by the former (2013). He signed with Talib Kweli's Blacksmith Records prior to releasing his collaborative mixtape with Mac Miller, ''Stolen Youth (mixtape), Stolen Youth'' (2013). The following year, he signed with No I.D.'s ARTium Recordings, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings to release his debut extended play, ''Hell Can Wait'' (2014)—which marked his first entry on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and received critical acclaim. His debut studio album, ''Summertime '06'' (2015), was met with continued critical praise and spawned the single "Norf Norf", which received RIAA certification, platinum certification by the Recordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Durant
Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Durant has won two List of NBA champions, NBA championships, List of Olympic medalists in basketball, four Olympic gold medals, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards, two NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Awards, four List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders, NBA scoring titles, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He has been named to 11 All-NBA teams (including six First Teams) and selected 15 times as an List of NBA All-Stars, NBA All-Star. In 2021, Durant was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. He ranks eighth among List of NBA career scoring leaders, NBA career scoring leaders. Durant was heavily recruited in high school, widely regarded as the second-best player his senior year. He played one season of college ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Trask
Amy Trask is an American sports executive, author, and lawyer from California. She is the former CEO of the Oakland Raiders. Trask has also been referred to as the "Princess of Darkness" by Raiders fans. Education Trask grew up in the Brentwood, Los Angeles, Brentwood district of Los Angeles and graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1982 with a B.A. degree in political science. She became a fan of the Oakland Raiders while attending Berkeley and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After graduating from Berkeley, Trask received a Juris Doctor, J.D. from the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California. She began law school in 1982, the same year the Raiders Los Angeles Raiders, moved to Los Angeles. Career with the Raiders In 1983, Trask interned at the Los Angeles Raiders legal department. Trask was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1985. Trask began her legal career at a law firm in Los Angeles and rejoined the Raiders in 1987. Trask was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cris Carter
Graduel Christopher Darwin Carter (born November 25, 1965) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles (1987–1989), the Minnesota Vikings (1990–2001) and the Miami Dolphins (2002). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time. Carter played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes football, Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the Eagles in the fourth round of the NFL Draft#Supplemental draft, 1987 NFL supplemental draft. While in Philadelphia, head coach Buddy Ryan helped to coin one of ESPN's Chris Berman's famous quotes about Carter: "All he does is catch touchdowns." He was let go by Ryan in 1989, however, due to off-the-field issues. Carter was signed by the Vikings and turned his life and career around, becoming a two-time first-team and one-time second-team All-Pro and playing in eight consecutive Pro Bowls. When he left the Vikings after 2001, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. He has received various accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his leading performances in ''500 Days of Summer'' (2009) and '' 50/50'' (2011). He is the founder of the online media platform HitRecord whose projects such as '' HitRecord on TV'' (2014–15) and ''Create Together'' (2020) won him two Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Interactive Program. Born in Los Angeles to a Jewish family, Gordon-Levitt began his acting career as a child, appearing in the films '' A River Runs Through It'' (1992), '' Holy Matrimony'' (1994), and '' Angels in the Outfield'' (1994), which earned him a Young Artist Award and a Saturn Award nomination. He played the role of Tommy Solomon in the TV series ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' (1996–2001). He had a supporting role in '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999), starr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeMaurice Smith
DeMaurice F. "De" Smith (born February 3, 1964) is the former executive director of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). He was elected unanimously on March 15, 2009. As executive director of the NFLPA during the 2011 NFL lockout, Smith played a major role in helping the players and NFL owners come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. Smith was replaced by Lloyd Howell Jr. on June 23, 2023. Education Smith received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his B.A. degree in political science from Cedarville University, a Baptist school in Ohio. Career Prior to his work with the NFLPA, DeMaurice Smith was a trial lawyer and litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. offices of Latham & Watkins and Patton Boggs, serving as the chair of the firm's government investigations and white-collar practice group. Smith previously served as counsel to then-deputy attorney general Eric Holder in the U.S. Department of Justice before e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Glazer
Jason Charles Glazer (born December 26, 1969) is a television personality and sports reporter. Since 2004, he has worked as a National Football League (NFL) insider for Fox Sports' NFL pregame studio show, ''FOX NFL Sunday'', on which he reports exclusives, late-breaking updates, injury news, and other reports. The whole cast and their show were inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in 2019. He was also part of FOX's Thursday Night Football television coverage. Glazer has been on multiple TV shows, including guest starring on all five seasons on HBO's ''Ballers'' and ''The League'' on FX. Glazer trains NFL players in mixed martial arts during the off-season. Sandomir, Richard"Fox's Glazer Straddles Jobs as N.F.L. Reporter and Trainer" ''The New York Times'', May 28, 2010. Accessed July 5, 2018. In January 2018, it was announced that Glazer had joined Paramount Network and Bellator MMA to be part of their broadcast team after serving as host for the UFC for the previous five years. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris (born December 19, 1975) is an American film critic and podcast host. He is currently critic-at-large for ''The New York Times'', as well as co-host, with J Wortham, of the ''New York Times'' podcast '' Still Processing.'' Previously, Morris wrote for ''The Boston Globe'', then Grantland. He won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work with ''The Globe'' and the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his ''New York Times'' coverage of race relations in the United States, making Morris the only writer to have won the Criticism prize more than once. Early life Morris was born and raised in Philadelphia. He attended high school at Girard College, graduating in 1993. While a high school student, he wrote for the ''Philadelphia Inquirers teen supplement, "Yo! Fresh Ink." In 1997 he graduated from Yale University, where he had been a film critic at ''The Yale Daily News'' for four years. Career Morris joined ''The Boston Globe'' in 2002, where he reviewed fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Favreau (speechwriter)
Jonathan Edward Favreau (; born June 2, 1981) is an American liberal political commentator, podcaster, and the former director of Speechwriter, speechwriting for President Barack Obama. After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross as valedictorian, Favreau worked for the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign to collect talk radio news and was promoted to the role of Deputy Speechwriter. Favreau first met Barack Obama, then a state senator from Illinois, while working on the Kerry campaign. In 2005, Obama's Director of communications, communications director Robert Gibbs recommended Favreau to Obama as a speechwriter. Favreau was hired as Obama's speechwriter shortly after Obama's election to the United States Senate. Obama and Favreau grew close, and Obama referred to him as his "mind reader". He went on the campaign trail with Obama during his successful Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign, presidential election campaign. In 2009, he was named to the White House staf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
