Author Archives: Aaron Yorke

PSU Football: Ted Roof leaves for Georgia Tech

Yesterday, Penn State announced that secondary coach John Butler was being promoted to defensive coordinator. The move was necessary because current defensive coordinator Ted Roof had left the program to take the same job at his alma mater Georgia Tech! … Continue reading

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Pokémon X and Y: New Legendary Pokémon named

Hey, guys. Remember those legendary Pokémon we saw yesterday that we didn’t have names for? Well, earlier today we got names for them! Nintendo is great. This guy is named Xerneas (remember, the Pokémon X logo resembles him!). Apparently, that is pronounced … Continue reading

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I am stoked for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y

Earlier today I posted on That VideoGame Blog that two new Pokémon games are going to be released later this year on Nintendo 3DS. Needless to say, I am very excited. In the trailer above, you can see that the … Continue reading

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Indiana 74, Penn State 51: Basketball Recap

Yeah, the Indiana versus Penn State basketball game from last night was nothing to write home about, but I’m going to write about it anyway because I’m not the busiest person in the world. Probably because they had no one … Continue reading

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The movie version of Les Misérables is a glass case of emotion

I didn’t walk into Les Misérables with a whole bunch of high expectations. I knew about the Oscar buzz, but I didn’t think I had the patience to sit through a two-and-a-half-hour emotional gauntlet. I still don’t have that patience … Continue reading

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The Hobbit is not as great as The Lord of the Rings, but still a lot of fun

I was pretty surprised when I heard that Peter Jackson was going to turn The Hobbit into a motion picture trilogy. Yes, I claim to never be surprised when a company makes a decision that will make it more money, … Continue reading

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This recent Giants blowout loss was worse than the last one

The loss that the Giants suffered at the hands of Baltimore on Sunday wasn’t the same as the embarrassment that occurred the week before in Atlanta. In fact, the effort in the 33-14 loss to Baltimore may have been even … Continue reading

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Mets trade Dickey, acquire hot catching prospect Travis d’Arnaud

With David Wright already being signed to a lengthy extension, the two big Mets dramas of the offseason have been brought to conclusion. On Monday morning it was announced that the Mets had agreed to a deal with the Toronto … Continue reading

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Eli Manning isn’t elite, and I don’t care

The Giants lost on Sunday to the Atlanta Falcons, 34-0. Horrible, horrible, horrible, blah, blah, blah. Thanks to a brutal collapse by the Chicago Bears, the Giants can still clinch a playoff birth with two wins in their final two … Continue reading

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Big Ten Basketball Tuesday Roundup

Michigan 67, Binghamton 39 Yes, the Wolverines are quite impressive. They’re 10-0 for the first time since the 1988-89 season (hey, they won the National Championship that season!) and are seventh in the nation in effective field goal percentage (eFG%). … Continue reading

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