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Barstool Big Cat
''Pardon My Take'' (abbreviated "''PMT''") is a comedic sports podcast released three times per week by Barstool Sports. It is hosted by Dan "Big Cat" Katz and PFT Commenter. The podcast debuted on February 29, 2016. It first appeared on the US iTunes charts on March 2, 2016, in the number one position. Over the years, Pardon My Take has featured many different interns, including Jake Marsh, Billy Football, Jilly Football, and Huey. Billy Football and Jake Marsh each respectively joined the show for extended periods of time beyond the internship. Billy Football is no longer on the show and did not move to Chicago with the rest of the podcast crew. Jake also left the show in 2024 to pursue a career in sports broadcasting. Other contributing members on the show include Hank, Max (producer), Memes (social media), and Pug (production). The podcast's audience generally ranges between 750,000 and 1.5 million listeners per episode. In 2016, Apple named ''Pardon My Take'' one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFT Commenter
Eric Sollenberger (born January 31, 1985), better known as PFT Commenter is an American sports media personality and podcaster. PFT Commenter, whose name references Profootballtalk.com, is the co-host of the Barstool Sports podcast ''Pardon My Take'', along with Dan "Big Cat" Katz. He also hosts the podcast, ''Macrodosing'', with former NFL player Arian Foster. Persona and media appearances Sollenberger began to use the PFT Commenter alias as a commenter on ProFootballTalk.com before starting the @PFTCommenter Twitter account in 2012, and eventually becoming a contributor for ''SBNation'', Kissing Suzy Kolber and Football Savages. In September 2015, PFT Commenter made an appearance on Mike Florio's ''PFT Live'' radio program. Also in 2015, PFT Commenter began commenting on the 2016 United States presidential election and appeared on camera several times, albeit in the background, during the television coverage of the Republican Party presidential debates. PFT Commenter also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Titus
Mark Titus (born June 25, 1987) is an American author, podcast host, and former walk-on basketball player at Ohio State. Basketball career Titus played high school basketball at Brownsburg High School (BHS) in Brownsburg, Indiana. For Brownsburg High, Titus scored more than 1,000 career points. There are only four other 1,000 point scorers in BHS history, including former NBA player Gordon Hayward. He was voted second team All-Indiana selection twice. He played on the same AAU team as future NBA players Daequan Cook, Eric Gordon, Josh McRoberts, Mike Conley, and Greg Oden. In the fall of 2006, Titus enrolled at Ohio State University, where he planned on attending medical school and working as a student manager for the basketball team. He was subsequently added to the roster by coach Thad Matta as a walk-on, and was cleared to play for the Buckeyes on November 10. In the Buckeyes' season opener, Titus received three minutes of playing time and made each of his two free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buick
Buick () is a division (business), division of the Automotive industry in the United States, American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Started by automotive pioneer David Dunbar Buick in 1899, it was among the first American automobile brands and was the company that established General Motors in 1908. Before the establishment of General Motors, GM founder William C. Durant had served as Buick's general manager and major investor. With the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, Buick became the oldest surviving American carmaker. Buick is positioned as a premium automobile brand, selling vehicles positioned below the flagship luxury Cadillac division. History Early years Buick is one of the oldest automobile brands in the world and is currently the oldest in the United States still active today. Autocar Company, Autocar, founded in 1897, is the oldest motor vehicle manufacturer in the western hemisphere; while originally an automobile maker, Autocar now builds heavy trucks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-ha
A-ha (often stylised as ''a''-h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band rose to fame during the mid-1980s. A-ha achieved their biggest success with their debut album ''Hunting High and Low'' in 1985. The album peaked at number one in their native Norway, number two in the UK, and number 15 on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' album chart; yielded the international number-one single "Take On Me", as well as "The Sun Always Shines on T.V."; and earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist. In the UK, ''Hunting High and Low'' continued its chart success into the following year, becoming one of the best-selling albums of 1986. The band released studio albums in 1986, 1988, and 1990, with single hits including "Hunting High and Low (A-ha song), Hunting High and Low", "The Living Daylights (so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take On Me
"Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha. The original version, recorded in 1984 and released in October of that year, was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff (producer), John Ratcliff. The 1985 international hit version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, ''Hunting High and Low'' (1985). The recording combines synth-pop with a varied instrumentation, including acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. The original 1984 version "Take On Me" failed to chart in the United Kingdom, as did the second version in the first of its two 1985 releases. The second of those 1985 releases charted in September 1985, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in October. In the United States in October 1985, the single topped Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboards Hot 100, bolstered by the wide exposure on MTV of director Steve Barron's innovative music video featuring the band in a Rotoscoping, live-action pencil-sketch animation sequence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese in the United Kingdom, Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound and socially conscious lyrics; his music has blended elements of pop music, pop, British rock music, British rock, soul music, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, Polyrhythm#Sub-Saharan African music traditions, African polyrhythms, and Latin music genres such as samba, among many others. In addition to this, he also helped to pioneer the genre of "ringbang". He was a founding member of the Equals, one of the United Kingdom's first racially mixed pop groups who are best remembered for their million-selling UK chart-topper, the Grant-penned "Baby, Come Back (The Equals song), Baby, Come Back". His subsequent solo career included the 1982 song "I Don't Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant song), I Don't Wanna Dance", plus the platinum 1983 single "Electric Avenue (song), Electric Avenue", which is his biggest interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Avenue (song)
"Electric Avenue" is a song by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant. Written and produced by Grant, it was released on his 1982 studio album '' Killer on the Rampage.'' In the United States, with the help of the MTV music video he made, it was one of the biggest hits of 1983. The song refers to Electric Avenue in London during the 1981 Brixton riot. Composition The title of the song refers to Electric Avenue in the south London district of Brixton, the first market street to be lit by electricity. According to Grant, he first became aware of the existence of the street during a stint acting at the Black Theatre of Brixton. The area is now known for its high population of Caribbean immigrants. At the beginning of the 1980s, as identified by the Scarman Report, tensions over unemployment, racism and poverty exacerbated by racist policing culminated in the street events now known as the 1981 Brixton riot. Grant, horrified and enraged, wrote and composed a song in response to thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyre Fest
Fyre Festival was a luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent. The festival was scheduled to take place on April 28–30 and May 5–7, 2017, on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma. The event was promoted on Instagram by social media influencers, actors, reality TV stars and models including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Hailey Baldwin, and Emily Ratajkowski, many of whom did not initially disclose they had been paid to do so. During the Fyre Festival's inaugural weekend, the event experienced problems related to security, food, accommodation, medical services, and artist relations, resulting in the festival being indefinitely postponed and eventually cancelled. Instead of the gourmet meals and luxury villas for which festival attendees had paid hundreds or even thousands of dollars, they received packaged sandwiches and were lodged in po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Homa
John Maxwell Homa (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He reached the top five in the Official World Golf Ranking in 2023. During his amateur career at the University of California, Berkeley, he won both the individual Pac-12 Men's Golf Championship and NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship in 2013. He turned professional later that year, and he has since won six times on the PGA Tour. Early and personal life Homa was born in Burbank, California, on November 19, 1990. He is Jewish, and attended six years of Hebrew school and had a ''bar mitzvah'', but has stated he is not religious. He said in 2018: "The most Jewish I’ve ever felt came after looking at a home with extravagant Christmas lights and immediately thinking 'that electric bill must be brutal'." In November 2019, he married Lacey Croom. The couple live in Scottsdale, Arizona, and had a son in October 2022. Amateur career Homa attended Valencia High School in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Haren
Daniel John Haren (born September 17, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Haren played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, and Chicago Cubs. He now serves as a pitching strategist with the Diamondbacks. Haren starred for the baseball teams at Bishop Amat High School and Pepperdine University before the Cardinals selected him in the second round of the 2001 MLB draft. After he made his MLB debut in 2003, the Cardinals traded him to the Athletics to get Mark Mulder. After his first All-Star season in 2007, the Athletics traded him to the Diamondbacks for prospects. After appearing in two more All-Star Games in 2008 and 2009, the Diamondbacks traded him to the Angels during the 2010 season for Joe Saunders and pitching prospects. A free agent after the 2012 season, he pitched for the Nationals in 2013, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Van Pelt
Scott Van Pelt (born July 9, 1966) is an American sportscaster and sports talk show host employed by ESPN. He is a long time anchor of key editions of '' SportsCenter'' on ESPN, served as the co-host of '' SVP & Russillo'' alongside Ryen Russillo on ESPN Radio, and hosts various major golf events for the network. For the 2023–24 NFL season, Van Pelt took over as host of '' Monday Night Countdown''. Early life and education Van Pelt was born in Brookeville, Maryland, and grew up in the Washington, D.C., area. He attended Flower Valley Elementary School in Rockville, Maryland. He graduated from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland, and from the University of Maryland in 1988 where he studied radio/television and film. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Career Van Pelt began his career in sportscasting in 1990 at WTTG-TV, a FOX affiliate in Washington, D.C. From 1995 to 2000, Van Pelt worked for the Golf Channel, where he was a studio host fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry O’Connell
Jeremiah O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American actor and TV show host. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series ''Sliders'', Andrew Clements in ''My Secret Identity'', Vern Tessio in the film '' Stand by Me'' (1986), Joe in ''Joe's Apartment'' (1996), Frank Cushman in ''Jerry Maguire'' (1996), Derek in ''Scream 2'' (1997), Michael in '' Tomcats'' (2001), Charlie Carbone in ''Kangaroo Jack'' (2003), and Detective Woody Hoyt on the NBC drama ''Crossing Jordan''. He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the single 2010–2011 season of '' The Defenders''. He also had a starring role in the comedy horror film ''Piranha 3D'' (2010). Recently, he voiced Commander Jack Ransom on the animated series '' Star Trek: Lower Decks'' and hosted a version of ''Pictionary'' syndicated on Fox stations. Early life O'Connell was born in New York City, the eldest son of Linda, a Special Education teacher in New Jersey, and Michael O'Connell, an advertising agency art di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
