Rudy Martzke, longtime USA Today sports media columnist, dead at 82

Rudy Martzke, longtime USA Today sports media columnist, dead at 82

Longtime USA Today sportswriter Rudy Martzke died this week, his son confirmed on social media. He was 82. Martzke was a sports media commentary pioneer, launching one of the first columns on the topic for the outlet in 1982 through his retirement in 2005. In his final column in 2005, Martzke said his goodbyes while … Read more

Martha Stewart bitterly acknowledges Post columnist she said was ‘dead’ is alive: ‘My favorite newspaper’

Martha Stewart bitterly acknowledges Post columnist she said was ‘dead’ is alive: ‘My favorite newspaper’

Martha Stewart has entered the ring. Hours after The Post’s Andrea Peyser published a column correcting Stewart’s bizarre and wrong claim that she’s “dead,” the lifestyle entrepreneur hit back by bitterly acknowledging the story onstage. “She wrote this very scathing article today,” Stewart bemoaned to the crowd at Thursday’s Philadelphia Conference for Women event, “in … Read more

Hey Martha Stewart, you gloated about the death of a Post columnist — but I’m alive, bitch!

Hey Martha Stewart, you gloated about the death of a Post columnist — but I’m alive, bitch!

I’m alive, bitch! Even if the Domestic Dominatrix thinks she’s finished me off. It’s been 20 years since Martha Stewart traded her Manolo stilettos for ballet flats, her 1,000-thread-count Egyptian cotton bedsheets for a lumpy, polyester blend-covered bunk bed — the bottom half, she moaned — and suffered through a diet of horrific coffee and … Read more

T.J. Simers, former Los Angeles Times sports columnist, dead at 73

T.J. Simers, former Los Angeles Times sports columnist, dead at 73

Former Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers died at the age of 73, according to Lance Pugmire of boxingscene.com. Simers had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, according to Awful Announcing. “Just informed by my longtime @latimes Sports Editor Bill Dwyre that our legendary columnist T.J. Simers has just died,” Pugmire posted on X. … Read more

Columnist Gregg Doyel ‘crossed’ the line with awkward Caitlin Clark exchange

Columnist Gregg Doyel ‘crossed’ the line with awkward Caitlin Clark exchange

Indianapolis Star sports columnist Gregg Doyel admitted he crossed a line with his bizarre interaction with Caitlin Clark during her introductory Indiana Fever press conference on Wednesday afternoon. “After going through denial, and then anger – I’m on the wrong side of this? Me??? – I now realize what I said and how I said … Read more

Larry David’s mom wrote to NY Post columnist concerned that the comedian, then 12, ‘hates people’

Larry David’s mom wrote to NY Post columnist concerned that the comedian, then 12, ‘hates people’

His apparent aversion to other people started out when he was pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty young. Larry David — whose character on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” declared that he finds “human contact repulsive” — revealed Tuesday that his mother once wrote to a longtime New York Post columnist and psychologist over concerns about her then-12-year-old son’s … Read more

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle want to drop ‘poor me’ narrative to keep making money: columnist

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle want to drop ‘poor me’ narrative to keep making money: columnist

Poor little rich royals. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are seemingly dropping their “poor me” attitudes in an effort to rebrand themselves and keep their cash flow from “drying up.” Writer Jane Moore penned a column for The Sun and noted how many business ventures the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have taken on since … Read more

NJ eatery bashed by NYT columnist for supposedly outrageous prices creates a special in his honor

NJ eatery bashed by NYT columnist for supposedly outrageous prices creates a special in his honor

He added insult to the menu. The New Jersey restaurant bashed by New York Times columnist David Brooks about its supposedly high prices — has created a cheeky blue plate special in the scribe’s honor. The “D Brooks” special at 1911 Smoke House BBQ includes a burger, fries — and what amounts to a virtually … Read more

‘Bridezilla’ who barred conservative uncle from wedding — but still wanted  $1K cash gift — mocked by ‘Ask Amy’ advice columnist

‘Bridezilla’ who barred conservative uncle from wedding — but still wanted  K cash gift — mocked by ‘Ask Amy’ advice columnist

An advice columnist didn’t hold back when a hapless mother wrote in asking what to do about her brother’s refusal to give her daughter a $1,000 cash gift for her wedding — after his niece banned him from the nuptials over his conservative views. The mother, who signed herself “Angry in Philadelphia,” wrote to popular … Read more

ESPN host Sam Ponder’s support for fairness in women’s sports ‘plain old bigotry,’ columnist claims

ESPN host Sam Ponder’s support for fairness in women’s sports ‘plain old bigotry,’ columnist claims

ESPN broadcaster Sam Ponder came under fire on Sunday as her support for keeping women’s sports fair and equal was the subject of an opinion column from USA Today’s Nancy Armour. Ponder, and fellow ESPN colleague Sage Steele, have voiced their support for Riley Gaines, who has taken the reins to lead the calls for transgender … Read more

Kathryn Hahn morphs into a slovenly columnist in ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’

Kathryn Hahn morphs into a slovenly columnist in ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’

Kathryn Hahn stars as an unlikely advice columnist in “Tiny Beautiful Things.”  The half-hour dramedy, premiering April 7 on Hulu, was created by Liz Tigelaar (“Little Fires Everywhere”) based on a book by Cheryl Strayed (author of the hit memoir-turned-movie “Wild”). Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern are executive producers — in other words, it’s catnip for … Read more