Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Zombieland) and Danny McBride (TV’s Eastbound & Down, Pineapple Express) lead an all-star cast in the hilarious action-comedy 30 Minutes or Less, coming to Blu-ray and DVD November 29 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. From the director of Zombieland comes a whacky, action-comedy crime caper about a pizza delivery guy (Eisenberg) who is kidnapped by two inept criminals (McBride & Nick Swardson) and forced to rob a bank. 30 Minutes or Less also stars Nick Swardson (You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, TV’s Reno 911!) and Aziz Ansari (Funny People, TV’s Parks and Recreation).
Marie DeRuiter of Hart, Michigan, and a graduate of Grand Valley State University, will be one of the hopefuls in tonight’s
I’ve coached sports for 20-plus years. Granted, it’s always been at the youth and high school level.
I coach competitive travel baseball over the summer, middle school basketball in the winter and one year I even coached freshmen football.
Ok, so I don’t have the credentials of a former college football player at the University of Michigan or head coach of San Fransisco 49ers like Jim Harbaugh or even that of Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz.
But I still know how coaches should act on and off the field, which prompts me to say: What was Jim Harbaugh thinking?
He charged to midfield to congratulate Schwartz acting like he had won the Super Bowl, and he had played in the game himself. Did you see him untuck his shirt? What’s up with that? You’re not a player, you’re a coach, and you’re there to set an example.
Common sense says you congratulate your assistant coaches and some nearby players, within reason because you’re in front of the cameras, then you shake your opponent’s hand with respect.
You save the chest-thumping for the locker room or when the cameras are off.
As for Schwartz, I don’t really care for how he acted, either.
But I understand the spirit of competition, and sometimes you lose it when the opponent pushes you over the edge. The key is to “lose it” without totally loosing it.
If you’ve ever coach, you know what I’m talking about.
I’m sure a lot of you will say, “What do you know?” “You have no clue!” Or, “Buddy, you’ve only coached year of freshman football, that does not make you an expert on the NFL.”
You’re right. I’m not ready to coach in the NFL.
But if this is what professional sports has become then I’ll stay coaching 8th grade basketball for the love — and respect — of the game.
Follow John Gonzalez on Twitter at Twitter.com/GRGonzo.
Here is some audio of the Pacers at the Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon 2011. Tune in live on WJRW-AM (1340).
Guilty pleasure of the day: Mirror Man by the Human League.
Make it a great day, and remember: “You know I’ll change, if change is what you require….”
I saw the trailer last night for “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” and it brought a tear to my eye. I love a great story; and it features two of my favorite actors, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock.
And…the Oscar buzz has already kicked in.
The movie is based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel about a boy coping with the 9/11 death of his father. And it’s directed by Stephen Daldry (“Billy Elliot,” “The Hours” and “The Reader”).
It will be released Christmas Day.
Check it out for yourself.
Now through Oct. 30, The Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek is asking for the community’s help to name its newest furry addition, a male red panda cub. Binder Park Zoo’s animal care staff has come up with a list of five possible names:
*Dagan, meaning grain of rice in Hebrew;
*Connolly meaning fierce in Gaelic;
*Reid meaning red-haired in Gaelic;
*Xu (pronounced “shoe”) meaning to snort in Chinese;
*and Di meaning younger brother in Chinese.
Go to the Binder Park website for more info. You can cast a vote for your favorite name; votes will cost $1.
Or just comment below.
In a recent blog, music critic John Sinkevics praised rockabilly’s Delilah DeWylde for her developing her own style.
“The energetic and instantly recognizable West Michigan musician and singer has developed her own take on the vibrant American musical style, spinning her stand-up bass and perching herself upon the instrument during wildly entertaining shows here and beyond,” he said recently on his Soundcheck blog.
Along with her band, the Lost Boys, Sink says the group has “moved their twangy, honky-tonk country music more toward the rockabilly end of the spectrum as of late, as evidenced by songs from their latest album, ‘The Price You Pay.’”
Love this new video by Robert Roblin.
