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Los Angeles Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Dean Cain wants to join ICE. Forget Lex Luthor, this Superman is after Tamale Lady
There are people who keep reliving their glory days, and then there's Dean Cain. The film and TV actor is best known for his work in the 1990s series 'Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.' He was no Christopher Reeve or Henry Cavill. But enough people remember Cain in blue tights and a red cape so that he's a regular on the fan convention circuit. It's his calling card, so when the Trump administration put out the call to recruit more ICE agents, guess who answered the call? Big hint: Up, up and a güey! On Aug. 6, the up until then not exactly buzzworthy Cain revealed on Instagram that he joined la migra — and everyone else should too! The 59-year old actor made his announcement as an orchestral version of John Williams' stirring 'Superman' theme played lightly below his speech. Superman used to go after Nazis, Klansmen and intergalactic monsters; now, Superman — er, Cain — wants to go after Tamale Lady. His archenemy used to be Lex Luthor; now real-life Bizarro Superman wants to go to work for the Trump administration's equally bald-pated version of Lex Luthor: Stephen Miller. 'You can defend your homeland and get great benefits,' Cain said, flashing his bright white smile and brown biceps. Behind him was an American flag in a triangle case and a small statue depicting Cain in his days as a Princeton Tigers football player. 'If you want to save America, ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and removing them from America's streets.' Later that day, Cain appeared on Fox News to claim he was going to 'be sworn in as an ICE agent ASAP.' a role Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin later on clarified to the New York Times would be only honorary. His exaggeration didn't stop the agency's social media account to take a break from its usual stream of white supremacist dog whistles to gush over Cain's announcement. 'Superman is encouraging Americans to become real-life superheroes,' it posted 'by answering their country's call to join the brave men and women of ICE to help protect our communities to arrest the worst of the worst.' American heroes used to storm Omaha Beach. Now the Trump administration wants their version of them to storm the garden section of Home Depot. Its appeal to Superman is part of their campaign to cast la migra as good guys while casting all undocumented people as shadowy villains who deserve deportation — the faster and nastier the better. But as with almost anything involving American history, Team Trump has already perverted Superman's mythos. In early June, they put Trump, who couldn't leap over a bingo card in a single bound let alone a tall building, on the White House's social media accounts in a Superman costume. This was accompanied with the slogan: 'Truth. Justice. The American Way.' That was the day before Warner Bros. released its latest Man of Steel film. Even non-comic book fans know that the hero born Kal-El on Krypton was always a goody-goody who stood up to bullies and protected the downtrodden. He came from a foreign land — a doomed planet, no less — as a baby. His alter ego, Clark Kent, is humble and kind, traits that carry over when he turns into Superman. The character's caretakers always leaned on that fictional background to comment on real-world events. In a 1950 poster, as McCarthyism was ramping up, DC Comics issued a poster in which Superman tells a group of kids that anyone who makes fun of people for their 'religion, race or national origin ... is un-American.' A decade later, Superman starred in a comic book public service announcement in which he chided a teen who said 'Those refugee kids can't talk English or play ball or anything' by taking him to a shabby camp to show the boy the hardships refugees had to endure. The Trumpworld version of Superman would fly that boy to 'Alligator Alcatraz' to show him how cool it is to imprison immigrants in a swamp infested with crocodilians. It might surprise you to know that in even more recent times, in a 2017 comic book, Superman saves a group of undocumented immigrants from a man in an American flag do-rag who opened fire on them. When the attempted murderer claimed his intended targets stole his job, Superman snarled 'The only person responsible for the blackness smothering your soul ... is you.' Superman used to tell Americans that immigrants deserved our empathy; Super Dean wants to round them up and ship them out. Rapists? Murderers? Terrorists? That's who Superman né Cain says ICE is pursuing — the oft repeated 'worst of the worst' — but Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse found that 71% of people currently held in ICE detention have no criminal records as of July 27 . I don't think the real Superman — by whom I mean the fictional one whom Cain seems to think he's the official spokesperson for just because he played him in a middling dramedy 30-some years ago — would waste his strength and X-ray vision to nab people like that. Dean 'Discount Superman' Cain should grab some popcorn and launch on a Superman movie marathon to refresh himself on what the Man of Steel actually stood for. He can begin with the latest. Its plot hinges on Lex Luthor trying to convince the U.S. government that Superman is an 'alien' who came to the U.S. to destroy it. 'He's not a man — he's an It. A thing,' the bad guy sneers at one point, later on claiming Superman's choirboy persona is 'lulling us into complacency so he can dominate [the U.S.] without resistance.' Luthor's scheme, which involves manipulating social media and television networks to turn public opinion against his rival, eventually works. Superman turns himself in and is whisked away to a cell far away from the U.S. along with other political prisoners. Luthor boasts that '[constitutional] rights don't apply to extraterrestrial organisms.' Tweak that line a little and it could have come from the mouth of Stephen Miller. Director James Gunn told a British newspaper that his film's message is 'about human kindness and obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them.' He also called Superman an 'immigrant,' which set Cain off. He called Gunn 'woke' on TMZ and urged Gunn to create original characters and keep Superman away from politics. Well, Super Dean can do his thing for ICE and Trump. He can flash his white teeth for promotional Trump administration videos as he does who knows what for the deportation machine. Just leave Superman out of it.
Reuters
30-05-2025
- General
- Reuters
Princeton WR AJ Barber, Tiki's son, enters transfer portal
May 30 - Princeton wide receiver AJ Barber has entered the transfer portal, On3 reported Friday. Barber was a full-time starter last season and appeared in all 30 games during three seasons with the Tigers. He caught 109 passes for 1,264 yards and six touchdowns, never finishing lower than third on the team in receiving yards. Barber also played on special teams as a returner on kicks and punts. The Old Greenwich, Conn., native is the son of former New York Giants star running back Tiki Barber. A second-round pick out of Virginia, Tiki Barber spent all 10 of his NFL seasons with the Giants, becoming the team's all-time leading rusher. He scored 67 touchdowns and is one of three players in NFL history to accumulate 10,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards. The Tigers finished last season at 3-7, with a 2-5 record in Ivy League play under 14th-year head coach Bob Surace. --Field Level Media
Associated Press
23-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
PWHL hires Princeton coach Cara Gardner Morey as GM of its Vancouver expansion team
Cara Gardner Morey is leaving Princeton following seven seasons as women's hockey coach after being hired as general manager and the first employee of PWHL Vancouver's expansion franchise, the league announced Friday. Aside from spending 14 seasons at Princeton, Gardner Morey has held various coaching roles with Hockey Canada at the senior women and under-18 levels, while also serving as a developmental camp coach with the Philadelphia Flyers the past four years. She coached the Tigers to their first ECAC conference tournament title in 2020 as part of a school-record 26-win season. Her former Tigers players include Canadian national team members in forward Sarah Fillier and defenseman Claire Thompson, who were selected first and third overall in last year's PWHL draft. Gardner Morey's first priorities will involve hiring coaching and support staffs, while also preparing for the league's exclusive expansion signing period from June 4-8 and expansion draft on June 9. Her hiring comes two days after the PWHL appointed Boston Fleet assistant GM Meghan Turner to take over as general manager of its other expansion franchise in Seattle. The six-team league, in the midst of completing its second season, announced Vancouver and Seattle's additions in separate news conferences held a week apart late last month. 'Cara brings exceptional experience at all levels of the game, a deep understanding of player development, and an unwavering passion for advancing women's sports,' PWHL executive vice president of hockey operations Jayna Hefford said. From Hensall, Ontario, Gardner Morey played both ice and field hockey at Brown University, and also played in the original NWHL. She earned a masters in education at Arizona State. 'It's a privilege to help bring the best women's hockey to one of the greatest cities in the world,' Gardner Morey said. Vancouver was selected as the PWHL's first expansion franchise after attracting a sold-out crowd of 19,038 to a neutral site game in January. The yet-to-be-named Vancouver team will play out of the former home of the Vancouver Canucks, the Pacific Coliseum. ___ AP Women's Hockey:
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Duke's Jon Scheyer Gets Transfer Portal News After Historic Season
Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer has been extremely successful in his promoted role with the program. Scheyer took over as the head coach at Duke in 2022 and has since led the program to an Elite Eight run and Final Four run. Advertisement The Blue Devils are fresh off a trip to the Final Four, having defeated Mount St. Mary's, Baylor, Arizona and Alabama in the NCAA Tournament. They ultimately lost to Houston in the Final Four, forcing Scheyer back to the drawing board. As the Blue Devils prepare for a major roster change, they bolstered the team via the transfer portal. On Sunday, Princeton transfer Jack Scott announced his commitment to Duke. "Committed," Scott said. "@DukeMBB Thanks to Coach Scheyer, Coach Schrage, and the entire Duke coaching staff for this opportunity." Scott played three seasons with the Princeton Tigers, from 2022 to 2025. Last season at Princeton, Scott posted 1.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. Advertisement While he hasn't had incredible production during his college basketball career, he's an established player with NCAA Tournament experience. Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Donnan-Imagn Images Scott will look to help boost the lineup as Duke loses a ton of production from the 2024-25 college basketball season. During a 35-4 season, the Blue Devils' first 35-win season in a decade and only sixth time in program history, they were led by one of the best freshmen classes college basketball has ever seen. Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach all made their mark during their freshman seasons with the Blue Devils. Each player, who originally committed to Duke as a five-star recruit, declared for the 2025 NBA Draft. Advertisement Related: Big John Calipari Announcement Made on Friday Related: UConn's Azzi Fudd Makes Major Personal Announcement on Friday
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Florida basketball adds star Princeton guard Xaivian Lee via the NCAA transfer portal
Florida basketball made its first offseason acquisition on Wednesday with a commitment from one of the top-rated guards in the NCAA transfer portal, former Princeton Tigers standout Xaivian Lee. After making numerous campus visits with various schools, including one in Gainesville on Tuesday, the Canadian-American originally from Toronto, Ontario, decided to fly south to the Sunshine State after three years in New Jersey. Among the stops he made before choosing the Orange and Blue were with the Kansas Jayhawks and St. John's Red Storm. Advertisement While Lee is originally from north of the border, he graduated from Pennsburg (Pennsylvania) Perkiomen School—the same program that produced current Gator Thomas Haugh—in the 2022 class as a no-star prospect. He landed in the Ivy League with the Tigers, where he made an immediate impact off the bench as a true freshman, appearing in 32 games to tie the conference lead while averaging 13.4 minutes per. The 6-foot-4-inch guard's offensive output exploded from 4.3 points per game during his first year to 17.1 points the next season, earning the starting role in all 29 of the team's matchups. His average slipped ever-so-slightly this past campaign to 16.9 points per but he still managed to maintain his high level of play while starting in all 30 games; Lee also added 6.1 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.2 steals per while shooting 43.9% overall, including 36.6% from beyond the arc in 2024-25. With the departures of all three of Florida's starting guards, there will be plenty of room on the roster for the newcomer and every opportunity to earn one of the vacant starting roles. Denzel Aberdeen and Urban Klavžar represent his biggest opposition at the position, along with rising sophomore Isiaah Brown, but Todd Golden will undoubtedly find a way to maximize all of their talents on the court next season. Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions. This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: Florida basketball adds guard Xaivian Lee via NCAA transfer portal
