I feel like I have to say something about the firing of Gregg Berhalter, since this is SportsFirings.com. Even though I hate soccer.
On a happier note, here’s a fun article from The Society for American Baseball Research: “You’re Out of Here: A History of Umpire Ejections”.
Yes, I don’t like baseball either. But I dislike it less than I do soccer, and a history of baseball ejections is the kind of weird thing that appeals to me. Much like Disco Demolition Night…
Shelley Duvall. This is breaking, and the NYT is in “full obit to come” mode. I’ll link to that later.
Edited to add: NYT obit.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. As noted, they own Redbox. They also own the Crackle streaming service.
Fun fact:
They had filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition (which would have allowed them to re-organize) but yesterday it was converted into a Chapter 7 petition, which is total liquidation. And it sounds like there was some sleazy stuff going on.
I have seen reports that they were pocketing employee health insurance premiums, but not actually paying the insurers. Those are just reports, and the executives are entitled to the presumption of innocence. But if it is true that they weren’t paying employees, and weren’t paying employee health insurance…the kind side of me thinks those people should be in jail. The unkind side of me thinks that rope and lampposts are in order.
Edited to add: more from THR, concentrating on the RedBox part of the business, but including the accusations of financial mismanagement.
Benji Gregory. Other credits include “Amazing Stories”, “The Twilight Zone” (the 1985-1986 revival), and “T.J. Hooker”.
Playing catch-up:
Joe Bonsall, of the Oak Ridge Boys.
James M. Inhofe, Republican senator from Oklahoma and former mayor of Tulsa.
Today is the 220th anniversary of the Burr-Hamilton duel.
Here’s a fairly good article about the pistols.
Fun fact that I did not know until a few days ago, when I went looking for the video online: Michael Bay directed this commercial.