Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after he scored a touchdown at the Green Bay Packers last Sunday to put his team up 12-6 en route to a 16-13 win. In short, he paid homage to the infamous Hingle McCringleberry celebration from the old Comedy Central show, Key & Peele, and the referees didn’t take …
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Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after he scored a touchdown at the Green Bay Packers last Sunday to put his team up 12-6 en route to a 16-13 win. In short, he paid homage to the infamous Hingle McCringleberry celebration from the old Comedy Central show, Key & Peele, and the referees didn’t take …
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Marlon Wayans does not appear to be thrown by the critical response to his new football-centric horror movie, Him. The actor stars alongside Tyriq Withers in director Justin Tipping‘s film that counts Jordan Peele as a producer. Receiving a C- CinemaScore from audiences, Him opened this weekend in second place at the domestic box office with a projected $13.5 million, …
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This article contains spoilers for Him. When I walked into my screening of Him, the new Jordan Peele–produced horror film set in the world of football, I had a specific set of fears. Was the overriding theme of this movie going to be that football is dangerous? Thanks, but Will Smith already made that movie, and I already get enough …
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I am not sure if director-writer Justin Tipping (Kicks) and his co-writers Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie of the Black List screenplay Him were attempting a bold satire on the brutality of football and the game’s cold-hearted view toward the safety of its players, but certainly the bones of a piercing blow-by-blow sacking of the sport are there. The problem …
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