Author: TomWilliams
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Ranking The 2024 NFL Playoff Teams
It’s hard to believe it was almost a year ago now that Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs sealed their second-straight Super Bowl win, and while they have looked ropey as the season has gone on, there remains an air of inevitability around the team once again this season. That said, the lineup of… Read more
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Ted Lasso & Letting A Good Thing Die
It seems that everyone invested in the characters of Apple TV’s hit show Ted Lasso is clamouring for a fourth season of the wholesome football series. Whether it’s diehard fans, casual viewers or the cast themselves, there is an air of anticipation around a return to the small screen of everyone’s favourite band of merry… Read more
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The 5 Champions League Outsiders Ready To Ruffle Feathers
Manchester City. Real Madrid. Arsenal. Bayern Munich. Liverpool. Barcelona. Inter Milan. These are the names you’ll be hearing most often in the context of teams that should go deep in the Champions League this season, but we all know plenty about all of them already. What about the teams that granted, *probably* won’t win it… Read more
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Ranking the Ballon D’or Contenders
With a month to go until the Champions League final and another two weeks after that until the EURO’s kick off in Munich, the primary contenders for the Ballon d’Or are starting to take shape. Of course with this type of award, the winners of those two finals in London and Berlin respectively will go… Read more
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Albums That Matter: The Replacements – Tim
A lot of my picks for my favourite lyricists of all-time are pretty basic go-to’s. Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Nick Cave, Elliott Smith, Joni Mitchell etc etc. The one name that usually brings a raised eyebrow is Paul Westerberg, but I’m not entirely sure why. The Replacements have very quickly cemented themselves as… Read more
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The First Annual Tommy’s: Winners
And the time has come to reveal the winners at the First Annual Tommy’s! The moment you’ve all been waiting for? I’m sure that’s the case. Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank in Barry Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie Jerimovich in The Bear WINNER Jon Hamm as Roy Tillman in… Read more
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23/24 UEFA Champions League Power Rankings: The Last 16
Arguably the most exciting time of year in the football calendar is the start of the European knockout stages. Because of various factors ranging from unbalanced draws to injuries to dips in form, it is almost impossible to predict the way it all unfolds, which is why we all love it so much. And yet,… Read more
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The First Annual Tommy’s Nominations
Forget the Emmy’s, THIS is the premiere TV award show, with nominations and awards decided by a reliable committee and panel comprising of me. Here are the nominations based on the best TV of 2023: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – One of the most stacked categories this year ranges from performers like Hannah… Read more
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Five Things To Watch At AFCON
Two years and a day since Senegal lifted the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, football’s most passionate continent is about to go at it all over again. As a self-proclaimed international football maniac, I am ready for another month straight of football at its most authentic, fiery and unpredictable. I’m sure to most of… Read more
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12 Days of Christmas TV #1: Lost – The Constant (2008)
I know there will be some among you who will not like this choice. Not because The Constant isn’t one of the greatest TV episodes of all-time – that’s undisputed fact at this point – but more the question of whether this counts as a Christmas episode. To me, it’s a no-brainer. Not only because… Read more