Katie Baker

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  • Nov 25, 2025
    In the summer of 1995, a few days before his 25th birthday, the filmmaker Kevin Smith attended his first San Diego Comic-Con. “It was like a circus,” he wrote years...
  • Oct 21, 2025
    In the premiere episode of HBO’s Task—a cat-and-mouse series about sins, forgiveness, and the [extremely Delco accent] holiness of Rita’s wooder ice—two...
  • Jun 19, 2025
    The first time Brad Marchand won a Stanley Cup, with the Boston Bruins, his celebrations included a six-figure bar tab and a misspelled tattoo that read: “Champians.” He...
  • Apr 9, 2025
    During a strange season of life for Alexander Ovechkin, the kind where time suddenly announces itself with a tap on the shoulder, the Washington Capitals captain talked to reporters...
  • Feb 6, 2025
    Midway through the fourth quarter of the Philadelphia Eagles’ 55-23 NFC championship game win over the Washington Commanders, the Fox broadcast aired a brief highlight reel of...