Like most legendary beasties, leprechauns as we know them today come to us courtesy of a generations-long game of cultural telephone. Starting with their name, Britannica tells us that "leprechaun" comes from the old Irish luchorpan, or "little body," an on-the-nose moniker if ever there was one. Legends paint them in various shades of mischievousness — sometimes they'd show up and fix a person's shoes. Sometimes they'd steal a baby and replace it with a shapeshifter. Read More...
The barber is not considered an essential service so, basically, by the end of all of this, we're all going to look scraggly as hell. The same goes for celebrities. Unless you've been cutting your own hair for years, you have no chance of escaping this quarantine looking your best.
50 Cent has been keeping tabs on all of his buddies, checking to see who has already started to decline during this coronavirus outbreak and he's already found some famous faces to clown. Read More...
The controversial 25-year deal between the International Tennis Federation and Gerard Pique's Kosmos group to run the Davis Cup is ending after less than five years.
In announcing the partnership in August 2018, Kosmos founder and former Barcelona and Spain footballer Pique promised to plough three billion US dollars into tennis and said the deal secured the future of the historic competition, which began in 1900.
It was hugely divisive, with the arrangement largely scrapping the home-and-away format, which saw countries host individual ties against other nations in knockout rounds, in favour of a World Cup style event. Read More...