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Sean Keane

NBA Writer

Sean Keane is a sportswriter and a comedian based in Oakland, California, with experience covering the NBA, MLB, NFL and Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league, The Big 3. He’s written for Comedy Central’s “Another Period,” ESPN the Magazine, and Audible.com. His debut album “America’s Uncle Dad” debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes comedy chart and since 2016, he’s co-hosted the NBA podcast “Roundball Rock. In 2014, the San Francisco Bay Guardian named Keane an “Outstanding Local Discovery” and promptly went out of business.

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NBA, NFL, MLB

The best (and worst) signature looks of celebrities

Some looks stand the test of time, like Elton John's jackets, while others are terrible in any era, like MC Hammer's pants. For every fashion icon there's a fashion victim, and this list will deliver a healthy portion of each, as we serve as fashion police, judge and jury.

The Academy Awards...but for sports

The Academy Awards ceremony is February 24th, and once again, the sports world has been completely shut out of the nominations. Which is why we are presenting an alternate set of awards honoring the teams and athletes who have made outstanding and terrible achievements.

The all-time NBA All-Star Weekend moments

The NBA All-Star Weekend is the most fan-tastic of all the major sports, even seven decades in. Let's take a look back at some of the most spectacular, hilarious and heartwarming moments from All-Star Weekends past.

The best talk show appearances from Oscar nominees

The Academy Awards honor great achievements in film, but they aren't just determined by what you see on the big screen. No, the final stage in winning an Oscar is the talk show circuit, where a great performance on the late-night couch can provide that extra boost to a great performance in a film.

Who are the Oscar nominees out of character?

The Academy Awards nominees for 2019 have been announced, and what follows is the final push of the marathon awards season. Some will receive Oscar glory and lasting immortality, while others will be ignored forever in unwatched screener DVDs, lost to history.

Shot by shot: Hollywood’s wildest and weirdest remakes

In an era where even releasing movies into theaters is a risk, studios are always looking for the safe bet that comes from remaking a tried-and-true product, but often these remakes are strange, misguided and outright befuddling. 

Which cities deserve to host a Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl heads to South Florida this year for the 11th time, but there are plenty of cities that haven’t had a Bowl for a long time — or never hosted one at all. So with that in mind, here is our Sean Keane's list of cities — and fans — that deserve to someday play host to football’s biggest game.

Thanks for nothing, Academy: The biggest snubs in Oscar history

Let’s take a look at the biggest missteps, snubs, oversights and outright travesties in the history of the Academy Awards. 

The funniest talk show hosts of all time

In 2021, there are no shortages of talk shows hosted by some of the funniest people on Earth. So with that in mind, let's look at the 20 funniest talk show hosts of all time — and one who was the absolute worst.

Golden moments from the Golden Globes

Though the Golden Globes have grown in prestige in recent years, they remain the Oscar’s goofy cousin — the breeziest of awards show where television and films commingle and everyone gets drunk.

There's never been more comedy in pop culture than in 2018... and never more outrage

This was a banner year for comedy and an even bigger year for getting outraged about comedy. 

22 times Sam Jackson stole the best lines and moments in a film

Samuel L. Jackson is celebrating his goddamn 70th birthday after a movie career that began in earnest in 1988 with roles in "Coming To America" and "School

The best names in college hoops

Only some of the players on this list are superstars, but they all have superstar names.

The naughty and nice athletes list for 2018

As Christmas approaches, we look back on 2018 in sports and make a list, check it twice and let everyone know who's been naughty or nice in the sporting world.

Angels on the call sheet: Hollywood's best angel movies

"It's A Wonderful Life" was released on Christmas Day in 1946 and eventually became not only Hollywood's definitive holiday movie but also its definitive angel movie.

The 25 best Christmas movies that aren’t technically Christmas movies

The holiday classics that might not have Christmas in the foreground, but they do have Christmas in their hearts — and on their soundtracks.

The biggest sports beefs of 2018

Here's a look at all of the hottest, juiciest beefs in sports, which are mostly totally real and not just grown men fighting on social media. 

Not being John Malkovich: Malkovich’s 25 best roles

John Malkovich joined the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 1976 but didn’t break into films until 1984's "Places in the Heart." Of course, he promptly got an Oscar nomination, won an Emmy for "Death of a Salesman" and didn’t look back.

The 10 funniest comedians who broke through in 2018

The 10 funniest comedians who broke through in 2018 2018 was a great year for comedy, with more venues than ever for comedians to emerge — comedy clubs, podcasts, sketch groups and roughly 5,000 Netflix specials.

The biggest sports turkeys of 2018

It's the week of Thanksgiving, a time to give thanks and a time for turkeys — sports turkeys, that is — the players, coaches and organizations that have filled 2018 with a cornucopia of mistakes; a veritable feast of foolishness.

Motion pictures about static images: Hollywood takes on art

Let's look back at the times Hollywood has put its best left foot forward and used its Technicolor palette to bring fine art to the biggest gallery of all, the silver screen.

Indie Indeed: The most memorable moments in the history of the Independent Spirit Awards

Any ceremony that employed John Waters as emcee for years is going to end up with a lot of highlights, so here's a gallery of just some of moments, chosen with absolutely no input from the big Hollywood studios.

From 'The Halls of Montezuma' to the world: 21 famous Marines

November 10 marks the 242nd birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, founded in 1775 as the "Continental Marines" by order of the Second Continental Congress.

People's Sexiest Men Alive, ranked

Since People magazine started giving out the honor in 1985, there have been 31 different Sexiest Men Alive. Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Richard Gere have all won twice, although Gere’s first win was as part of People’s only “Sexiest Couple Alive” award, along with Cindy Crawford.

A walk in the Parker: Parker Posey's most memorable roles

Parker Posey is turning 50. And appropriately, she’s got exactly 100 acting credits on IMDB. It’s not just indies like "Party Girl" and "The House Of Yes" or her three Christopher Guest movies.