Tom Coyne on becoming an "accidental" golf course owner

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Tom Coyne has one of those jobs most would envy. As a bestselling author and editor of The Golfer's Journal, he gets to travel to and play some of the most exclusive courses in the world. "It's not a bad perk of the job, Lee, I'm not gonna lie to you!" he said.

He's played over a thousand courses, including Augusta National Golf Club (home of the Masters), St. Andrews (the oldest course in the world), and the Pacific-hugging Pebble Beach in California.

"There's all sorts of different places in golf," Coyne said. "There needs to be all sorts of different places in golf."

Most wouldn't argue that point, but just how different are we talking about?

For a guy whose been invited to the top clubhouses in the world, how in the world did he end up at one in Upstate New York with leaky roofs, abandoned mowers, and mold as thick as the rough itself? And yet, locals weren't scared off, blinded perhaps by their love of the game.

The Sullivan County Golf Club is a rural 9-hole course that opened back in 1925 in Liberty, New York, a small town about two hours from Manhattan, up in the Catskill Mountains where tourists used to flock during the Borscht Belt resort boom.

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The course even made headlines in 1931 when a local pilot took off from what was then the 8th fairway for a daring transatlantic flight to Denmark – hence the club's logo (left), a nod to both its golf and aviation history.

Dan Yaun started caddying at Sullivan County when he was a teenager. His family has been here so long, there's a street named after them. The club championship board boasts its fair share of the family name, too. But over the decades, as the tourists took their clubs and money to fancier courses, things at Sullivan County were left to the locals to keep up.

"It was going downhill a little bit," Yaun said. "Basically I think we were maintaining it ourselves."

Eventually there were more deer than players. In 2023 the unprofitable but still golf-able 170 acres went up for sale.

The Sullivan County Golf Club opened in 1925. / Credit: CBS News

The only greenskeeper left, self-described "turf nerd" Shaun Smith, feared that would be the end of an era. "It's always been the local course on the edge of town; it's kind of always been for everybody," he said.

And that brings us back to Tom Coyne and his golf writing. Smith was a fan, and reached out to him. The two got to talking about the course. As a writer always in search of a good story, Coyne took the bait and came up for a visit.

It looked, he said, like a place that was ready to close. Still, there was something about it. It had none of the trappings today's golf often has – there were no tee times, no valets, no swimming pools or tennis courts, and there was certainly no attitude.

"We couldn't be less stuffy," Coyne said. "We are not fussy. You don't have to get dressed up. You just show up, bring your dog, and go play golf."

Tom Coyne shows correspondent Lee Cowan around the 170-acre golf course he began running in New York's Catskill Mountains. / Credit: CBS News

Purists might argue that's the way golf ought to be – wild fairways kept like a bad haircut, nothing manicured, but playable and accessible to anyone. And that's the story Tom wanted to write … and he has, in his latest book, "A Course Called Home."

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"I've been consuming golf my whole life," Coyne said. "But what if I got on the side of actually providing golf? That would be different."

Just how many course owners do you know who mow their own fairways? Long story short, Coyne asked its former owners to let him run the course for a year, along with Shaun Smith, and if together they could turn it around, Coyne might just buy the place.

Tom Coyne mowing the fairway at Sullivan County Golf Club. / Credit: CBS News

Obstacles weren't strangers to either one of them. Coyne said, "I recognized a kindred sort of golf sicko like myself. So, we bonded on that level. There was also connection there in that Shaun's sober and I'm sober. I think people who've gone down that path and know what that experience is like, there's a connection there and an understanding with someone that is pretty meaningful."

Tom Coyne and Shaun Smith. / Credit: CBS News

"It really became something that we forged kind of a trust around quicker than maybe two strangers would have otherwise," said Smith. "I guess he probably feels I trust him a lot, too."

Together, along with his golf course architect Colton Craig, they set about re-routing some of the holes to take advantage of the topography and the views. They also put in a putting course and a driving range. The goal was to make the course attractive for folks to travel in from outside the Catskills, but keep every bit of the Catskills in the course. "This has to remain a rural Catskills Sullivan County golf course," Coyne said. "And it has to feel like that. That's gotta be the identity. It has to feel like you've gone somewhere else."

All of that, and you could still play for less money than you might spend on lunch. "You're not sure who came in on a first-class flight and who's the local schoolteacher," Coyne said. "Everyone's just there for the love of golf and the love of camaraderie."

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As word got out of the rescue effort, remarkable things started to happen. "Caddyshack" star Bill Murray and NFL star Jason Kelce both came on as Tom's partners. Before long, applications for memberships were coming in from far and wide – players, Coyne says, who would likely never set foot on his greens. "For folks that have joined just for the sake of joining, they're enabling people to play golf who wouldn't have a golf course otherwise," he said. "I think that that's a beautiful thing about the golf community. You know, it's not just about my golf, it's about our golf."

These days, when he sees the ground crews at premiere courses like Pebble Beach, he's both appreciative and also a little jealous. "I even, like, covet a pile of dirt," Coyne said, "'cause that's a good pile of dirt!"

It's all part of the game he never saw before. And now that he has, it's not golf that's taken on more significance; it's all those who make the game possible.

"Golf doesn't let you hide," Coyne said. "You know, I've seen some very powerful or famous people look very normal after about two holes."

Asked if he would do it all over again if he had to, Coyne replied, "Yes. Absolutely. 100 percent. And for one simple reason: It's 'cause of the people that it's put in my life. This was something where I absolutely got to be part of a team who wanted to make something good in the world. What a gift!"

READ AN EXCERPT: "A Course Called Home" by Tom Coyne

For more info:

"A Course Called Home: Adventures of an Accidental Golf Course Owner" by Tom Coyne (Avid Reader Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available May 5 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.orgThe Golfer's JournalSullivan County Golf Club, Liberty, N.Y.Thanks to Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif.

Story produced by John Goodwin. Editor: Ben McCormick.

See also:

Roger Welsch on a golf course in Nebraska's Sandhills ("Sunday Morning")Presidential golf: A bipartisan tradition ("Sunday Morning") Renee Powell: A driving force in golf ("Sunday Morning")Jack Nicklaus stays the course ("Sunday Morning")

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Few things in life are as immediately clear as RuPaul's cover girl beauty, but fans had a memorably difficult time literally seeing that — or much of anything at all — through what appeared to be a glob of vaseline smeared across the camera throughout the filming of *RuPaul's Drag Race* season 1.

OG queens BeBe Zahara Benet — who walked away with the Emmy-winning series' inaugural prize — and fan-favorite competitor Ongina recently stopped by EW'S *BINGE* podcast to lovingly recap their season 1 journey through the future ratings juggernaut's fabulous fledgling waters and that infamously blurry camera lens as part of Mama Ru's debut crop of contenders vying for what would become the most coveted crown in queer television history.

"It seems like every two seconds they had to change some lighting thing," Benet affectionately jokes of season 1's aesthetic, which she tells *BINGE* cohosts Joey Nolfi and Jillian Sederholm was a recurring point of comedy for the first group of girls to face off on *Drag Race*. "[It was] that filter!" Ongina continues. "They had to keep changing the plastic layer they kept adding to the camera! They had a man with different color cellophanes. We were just sitting there!"

Benet remembers that the group had no idea the season would end up playing on national television as if it was being broadcast through a cloud of mist, which fans have adoringly come to love as one of the show's most memorable artistic choices across its 11-year history.

"We didn't even know what it was. When we looked at the final product we were like, oh, they sure blurred our faces, honey, we must not have been that cute!" she quips.

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Before the show went on to score gold with the Television Academy and morph into a global phenomenon on VH1, queer-focused network Logo shepherded the series into existence on a much smaller budget than it has now, which resulted in what appeared to be a tiny runway Benet and Ongina claim was easier to navigate than fans suspect. That wasn't the case for season 1 competitor Akashia, however, who fell atop the stage after getting tripped up on a gorgeous ballgown.

"It seemed like she was very down and very sad. What I remember from that day is she had asked me [to help her pick] between two outfits," explains Ongina. "She showed me the gown which she wore, and then she was showing me another hoe outfit. I was like, 'You should probably wear a gown this time because you've been a hoe the last few outfits you've worn.' I'm not saying it was *my* fault she fell, obviously that was her fault because she couldn't walk in a gown, but maybe I added to that!"

Ongina maintains that she made the call as a genuine move to help Akashia, who'd already landed in the bottom twice leading up to that point. Benet backs up the sentiment, speculating that the magic of season 1 stems from a lack of knowledge about how the show operated, so there was no secret plotting or back-stabbing like we see on today's televised pageants.

"Whether you hate or love us, we were very genuine," Benet stresses. "We didn't have blueprints to say 'I want to be the bitch' or 'I want to be this,' we were just who we were.... nobody came with some preconceived notion or strategy!"

Listen to Benet and Ongina's full interview on EW's *BINGE* podcast — which recaps one season of *RuPaul's Drag Race* per episode — above. New episodes premiere every Thursday with new queens (including Bianca Del Rio, Trixie Mattel, Katya, and more), so subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.

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Netflix has a wealth of movie options available to subscribers, with relatively easy separation of kid-friendly titles and more mature fare. But what happens when you want something in between — a movie with a little edge but not fully indulging in sex, violence, or adult language?

This is where the PG-13 rating comes into play, designated for films geared toward those 13 and up. Netflix doesn't have a set tab for movies with this rating, but, hey, that's where we come in.

Among Netflix's PG-13 titles are charming rom-coms like *Always Be My Maybe* (2019), coming-of-age gems like *The Half of It* (2020), and crowd-pleasing monster thrillers like *Godzilla Minus One* (2023).

Ahead, we're singling out 15 of the best PG-13 movies streaming on Netflix.

Always Be My Maybe (2019)

Ali Wong as Sasha Tran and Randall Park as Marcus Kim in 'Always Be My Maybe'. Ed Araquel/Netflix

Most people would rather avoid running into their high-school sweetheart, but Sasha Tran (Ali Wong) and Marcus Kim (Randall Park) — childhood friends–turned–one-time fling–turned–strangers — don't get that choice.

Now a thirtysomething celebrity chef, Sasha returns to San Francisco to open a new restaurant and crosses paths with Marcus, who shows up to install her air conditioning in her interim home. With sparks still flying 15 years later, they decide to give their friendship a second go (and, well, you can guess where it goes from there).

Directed by *Fresh Off the Boat* creator Nahnatchka Khan, *Always Be My Maybe* is a sharp, self-aware rom-com with multidimensional Asian-American representation, fabulous fashion, and sizzling chemistry between Park and Wong. (Plus, you get to see Keanu Reeves in a rom-com for the first time since 2009's *The Private Lives of Pippa Lee*.) —*James Mercadante*

**EW grade:** B

**Director:** Nahnatchka Khan

**Cast: **Ali Wong, Randall Park, Daniel Dae Kim, Michelle Buteau, Keanu Reeves

Daughters (2024)

Incarcerated fathers in 'Daughters'.

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This poignant documentary is a testament to the special bond between fathers and daughters. The film follows four young girls and their incarcerated fathers as they get ready for a special Date With Dad weekend held at the prison.

The main highlight is the Daddy Daughter Dance, and the doc centers on the daughters' point of view as they grapple with their hopes, fears, and understandable sadness over being separated from their fathers.

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, *Daughters* is the kind of movie you'll want to watch with a box of tissues nearby. —*Kevin Jacobsen*

**Directors:** Angela Patton, Natalie Rae**

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

Kathryn Hahn as Claire Debella, Madelyn Cline as Whiskey, Edward Norton as Miles Bron, Leslie Odom Jr. as Lionel Toussaint, and Kate Hudson as Birdie Jay in 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery'. Netflix

Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is back at it again in this sequel to the 2019 sensation *Knives Out*. In *Glass Onion*, Detective Blanc finds himself on tech billionaire Miles Bron’s (Edward Norton) private Greek island to solve a fictional murder mystery with Miles' oddball friends, coined “the Disruptors.” But when the game becomes real, it's up to the detective to crack the case.

Per EW's critic, Craig trades “MI6 and martinis for neatly knotted neckerchiefs and Foghorn Leghorn bon mots — and he seems to revel in it, leaning happily into the pure camp of being Benoit.” The star-studded cast, including Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista, and more should be enough motivation to give this movie a go. *—Madeline Cisneros*

**EW grade: **B+

**Director: **Rian Johnson

**Cast: **Daniel Craig, Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Kuranosuke Sasaki as Seiji Akitsu and Godzilla in 'Godzilla Minus One'.

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*Godzilla Minus One* offers a little something for everyone, delivering monster movie thrills and an emotionally resonant story all at once. Set in Japan after World War II, the film centers on a former pilot who struggles with PTSD after failing to stop Godzilla from wreaking havoc on his Odo Island base. Years later, the guilt-ridden pilot is spurred to join the effort to stop the monster once and for all.

EW's critic ranks *Minus One* as the fourth-best *Godzilla* movie ever made, praising its blend of "sweeping blend of character-driven drama, maritime adventure, and kaiju mayhem" while calling it "popcorn entertainment at its best."

There's a reason it became the first Godzilla movie to not only be nominated at the Oscars, but also to win — taking home the 2024 prize for Best Visual Effects. —*K.J.*

**Director:** Takashi Yamazaki

**Cast:** Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka

The Half of It (2020)

Leah Lewis as Ellie Chu and Daniel Diemer as Paul Munsky in 'The Half of It'.

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Shy Chinese American Ellie Chu (Leah Lewis) may not have any friends, but she *does* run a successful essay-writing business. When she gets an odd request from jock Paul Munsky (Daniel Diemer) to write a love letter for his crush, Ellie begrudgingly gives in — despite having feelings for the girl, too.

As Ellie helps Paul, the two form an unlikely bond that includes late-night movie binges and taco sausages.

*The Half of It* is described by EW's critic as an “examination of first love, and how our messy, well-intentioned attempts to do right by our own hearts can both wound and help us fumble toward the people we’re meant to be.” —*M.C.*

**EW grade: **B

**Director: **Alice Wu

**Cast: **Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Wolfgang Novogratz, Collin Chou

I'm Still Here (2024)

Selton Mello as Rubens Paiva and Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva with their onscreen children in 'I'm Still Here'.

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This moving, Oscar-winning drama follows the struggles of real-life activist Eunice Paiva under the Brazilian dictatorship of the 1970s. Fernanda Torres plays Paiva as a steadfast, resilient wife and mother seeking answers about her politician husband's disappearance. Her mission spans decades, but her resolve remains.

*I'm Still Here* made history as the first Brazilian film to win the Oscar for Best International Feature and to be nominated for Best Picture. Torres also won a Golden Globe and scored an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. —*K.J.*

**Director:** Walter Salles

**Cast:** Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro

Lion (2016)

Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley, David Wenham as John Brierley, and Sunny Pawar as Saroo in 'Lion'. Mark Rogers/Weinstein Co.

It took Saroo Brierley 25 years to find his birth family again, an extraordinary true story that the Indian businessman recounted in his autobiography, *A Long Way Home*, which was adapted to this powerful drama.

As the film depicts, Saroo (Sunny Pawar) accidentally got lost at age 5 and was unable to locate his village in India. Australian couple John (David Wenham) and Sue Brierley (Nicole Kidman) eventually adopted and raised him to adulthood, when he finally resumed his search.

Nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, *Lion* is a sensitively told story that wears its heart on its sleeve. —*K.J.*

**EW grade:** B

**Director:** Garth Davis

**Cast:** Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Matthew Lawrence as Chris Hillard, Lisa Jakub as Lydia Hillard, Robin Williams as Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire, Mara Wilson as Natalie Hillard, and Sally Field as Miranda Hillard in 'Mrs. Doubtfire'.

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There will never be another Robin Williams. Just watch this family comedy favorite and you'll see the kind of raw commitment missing among today's stars.

Williams plays a divorced father who disguises himself as a elderly female housekeeper to spend time with his children. It's a wacky concept that could've gone very wrong (as most films from decades ago involving cross-dressing do), but Williams brings surprising nuance to his portrayal of a man desperate to reconnect with his family.

Props also go to Sally Field as his ex-wife, whose "The whole time?" line reading is truly one for the ages. —*K.J.*

**EW grade:** B

**Director:** Chris Columbus

**Cast:** Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Robert Prosky

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People We Meet on Vacation (2026)

Emily Bader as Poppy and Tom Blyth as Alex in 'People We Meet on Vacation'.

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As any fan of the genre knows, a good rom-com doesn't have to reinvent the wheel — it just has to be well-executed, with charming leads and clever writing.

Such is the case with *People We Meet on Vacation*, an adaptation of the best-selling Emily Henry novel of the same name, about an outgoing travel writer named Poppy (Emily Bader) and her relationship with her platonic best friend, Alex (Tom Blyth). Inspired by the friends-to-lovers dynamic of *When Harry Met Sally* (1989), the film largely succeeds in its aims due to Bader and Blyth's sizzling chemistry. —*K.J.*

**Director:** Brett Haley

**Cast:** Emily Bader, Tom Blyth

Rustin (2023)

(Left to right): Gus Halper as Tom, CCH Pounder as Dr. Anna Hedgeman, Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin, Melissa Rakiro as Yvette, Ayana Workman as Eleanor, Lilli Kay as Rochelle, and Jordan-Amanda Hall as Charlene in 'Rustin'.

While Martin Luther King Jr. is a household name, his advisor — Bayard Rustin, who taught him the principles of nonviolent protest — has historically slipped through the cracks. *Rustin* chronicles this unsung hero's efforts to mobilize the 1973 March on Washington while also holding his own amid public scrutiny of his sexuality.

Though this biopic follows a middle-of-the-road formula, Colman Domingo's Oscar-nominated portrayal of the gay civil rights activist is what truly sets the film apart. As EW's critic wrote, "Domingo infuses Rustin with a warmth and vibrancy that creates a performance of immense empathy." *—J.M.*

**EW grade:** B

**Director:** George C. Wolfe

**Cast:** Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Jeffrey Wright, Glynn Turman, CCH Pounder

Sing Street (2016)

Kyle Bradley Donaldson as 5th Former, Ben Carolan as Darren, Percy Chamburuka as Ngig, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as Conor, Lucy Boynton as Raphina, Mark McKenna as Eamon, Conor Hamilton as Larry, and Karl Rice as Garry in 'Sing Street'.

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Like many lovestruck teens, awkward 15-year-old Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) goes to great lengths to earn the affection of his aspiring model crush. That includes inviting her to star in a music video for his nonexistent band. To corroborate his trumped-up tale, Conor assembles a ragtag group of surprisingly talented misfits to create a Duran Duran-esque glam-rock ensemble.

Set in 1985 Dublin, *Sing Street* spins an earnest, multilayered story about taking control over your destiny. It was overshadowed by the same year's much-hyped *La La Land*, but, hey, it's never too late to give this sleeper movie musical's soundtrack a spin. —*J.M.*

**Director:** John Carney

**Cast:** Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor

Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021)

Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson in 'Tick, Tick... Boom!'.

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Yes, Andrew Garfield can sing. He even won a Golden Globe for it. From director Lin-Manuel Miranda, *Tick, Tick... Boom!* follows *Rent *creator Jonathan Larson (Garfield) as he struggles to make it as a composer in New York City.

The musical is described by EW's critic as “an exuberant ode to Larson and a tribute to anyone, especially those in the arts, who might be chasing big dreams.” *—M.C.*

**EW grade:** A–

**Director: **Lin-Manuel Miranda

**Cast: **Andrew Garfield, Robin de Jesús, Alexandra Shipp, Vanessa Hudgens, Bradley Whitford

Train Dreams (2025)

Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier in 'Train Dreams'.

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The passage of time weighs heavily on *Train Dreams* and its protagonist, Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a humble man living in the early 20th century. This adaptation of Denis Johnson's 2011 novella tracks Robert across various trials and tribulations as he works as a logger, experiences love and loss, and searches for his life’s purpose.

A profound meditation on the American experience, *Train Dreams* was universally hailed by critics as one of the best films of 2025, earning four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. —*K.J.*

**Director:** Clint Bentley

**Cast:** Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy, Clifton Collins Jr.

You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)

Sunny Sandler as Stacy Friedman and Samantha Lorraine as Lydia Rodriguez Katz in 'You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah'.

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This comedy shows off Adam Sandler's daughters’ acting chops. Based on Fiona Rosenbloom's eponymous book, *You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah* follows best friends Stacy (Sunny Sandler) and Lydia (Samantha Lorraine), who dream of celebrating their bat mitzvahs together — though middle school drama and a boy threaten their friendship.

Now one of Sandler's highest-rated films on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie oozes a sense of comfort and belonging. Much of this can be attributed to the Sandler family, as director Sammi Cohen explained to EW that they "have this way of really making everyone feel like family and feel at home." *—M.C*.

**Director: **Sammi Cohen

**Cast: **Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Idina Menzel

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Why Ty Simpson&x27;s first 2 months with Rams will be important as he teams up with Matthew Stafford Jori EpsteinFri, May 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM UTC 0 When Tua Tagovailoa signed with the Atlanta Falcons, and when Justin Fields was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, a similar narrative of opportunity unfolded. The teams’ incumbent quarterbacks, Michael Penix Jr. and Patrick Mahomes respectively, are recovering from lateseason ACL tears. Each is aiming to return by Week 1 but in serious question for offseason participation.

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When Tua Tagovailoa signed with the Atlanta Falcons, and when Justin Fields was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, a similar narrative of opportunity unfolded.

The teams’ incumbent quarterbacks, Michael Penix Jr. and Patrick Mahomes respectively, are recovering from late-season ACL tears. Each is aiming to return by Week 1 but in serious question for offseason participation.

So Tagovailoa and Fields likely await acclimation to new teammates not only in the locker room and meetings. Their onboarding to new schematic principles and terminology will likely not be confined to mental reps.

Tagovailoa and Fields should each get plenty of offseason and preseason snaps, including reps with the starters.

Ty Simpson, selected 13th overall by the Los Angeles Rams last week in the NFL Draft, could find a similar opening.

The Los Angeles Rams do not have an injured quarterback in the driver’s seat. And reigning MVP Matthew Stafford is not fighting to retain his role after the Rams selected the Alabama quarterback with their first pick of the 2026 NFL Draft.

But Stafford’s preseason limitations due to an aggravated disc in his back last summer, and his subsequent MVP campaign, taught the Rams a lesson.

Expect them to limit the 38-year-old’s offseason and preseason work yet again.

And thus expect Simpson to have a chance to acclimate on the field soon.

Rams general manager Les Snead spoke to that reality last month at the league’s annual meetings in a conversation with Yahoo Sports about the challenges of investing in the immediate future while planning a longer-term outlook.

Los Angeles is realistic, Snead said, that when “you go through a quarterback transition, that’s a cliff.” The club hopes managing Stafford in the offseason can firstly support his late-season performance and secondarily support the depth chart’s development for their post-Stafford era.

“The way we manage Matthew, at least our backup QB is going to get more reps,” Snead told Yahoo Sports on March 30. “But it's going to come during OTAs. It's going to come during some portions of training camp. And then once the season starts, so that's the tough part.”

Without 2025 Rams QB2 Jimmy Garoppolo in the fold, Simpson will compete with 2023 fourth-round pick Stetson Bennett to allocate snaps. Bennett may have a leg up on understanding the offense at first — but head coach Sean McVay reiterated before the draft that “Stetson is considered a backup” compared to how he viewed Garoppolo as a starting quarterback.

It strains credulity to think the Rams would select Simpson 13th overall without a belief Simpson will be, if not already is, a starter. And thus, opportunity during Stafford’s cautionary period awaits.

“The most important thing is, when you’re going into Year 18, how do we keep you as physically, emotionally and mentally, basically as fresh as possible?” McVay said in a news conference. “[Using our other quarterbacks] allows us to operate in a manner where you're saying, ‘All right, hey, what's the priority? How do we keep our guy feeling as good as possible?’

“And being able to do that without allowing it to fall off too much.”

‘There's moments where I think he's better than Fernando [Mendoza]’

Creating a succession plan for any contributor, much less an MVP- and Super Bowl-winning quarterback, is a tricky balancing act.

But the Rams’ belief in their Super Bowl-contending legitimacy fuels their belief that a potentially strong class of 2027 first-round quarterbacks will be out of reach by the time Los Angeles gets onto the draft board next year (they hope to pick 32nd). The most successful quarterback currently set to hit free agency in 2027 is Baker Mayfield, whom the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will likely extend before then.

All of this made the path to a Stafford successor next year murky. And while Stafford has confirmed he’ll play in 2026, his status in 2027 and beyond remains to be seen.

Add to that a young, talented corps that includes Puka Nacua, Jared Verse, Kobie Turner, Byron Young and Braden Fiske? The Rams will have choices to make on second contracts. Consider that 2025 first overall pick Cam Ward received a four-year, $48.8 million deal that averages $12.2 million per year (the division of cap hits is malleable). Compare that to the veteran quarterback market, where 10 quarterbacks have received contracts averaging more than $50 million per season? The Rams want to extend their Super Bowl window by positioning themselves financially to keep their young stars beyond Stafford’s era.

So drafting Simpson, the Rams believed, has the potential to answer a major question mark as soon as 2027. The Rams are also not naive enough to feel sure they won’t need Simpson in 2026.

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“Sometimes you might take someone and it's a little bit for the future and you have an unforeseen attrition due to injury, and all of a sudden, the delayed becomes the immediate,” Snead told reporters in a pre-draft news conference. “So you're always balancing that with every pick. And I think, as you mentioned, that's subjective on where our roster ranks and things like that.”

An AFC talent evaluator told Yahoo Sports they graded Simpson similarly to Bo Nix coming out. The two quarterbacks’ volume of experience differs drastically — Nix started a massive 61 games in college, compared to Simpson’s 15 — but Simpson’s best moments this past season reflected NFL-caliber play.

“There's enough really good film of him this year,” the AFC evaluator said. “There's moments where I think he's better than Fernando [Mendoza] when I watch Fernando.”

Simpson ranked third among quarterbacks on Yahoo Sports’ 2026 NFL Draft consensus big board from draft experts Nate Tice and Charles McDonald. But he ranked as their 55th prospect overall, compared to Mendoza at second overall and LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier at 34.

Will that be enough to earn Simpson the second-string snaps behind Stafford, and the first-team snaps when he’s on veteran mandatory rest? Snead spoke to the challenges of earning any spot on a perennial playoff team.

“Usually it is very hard for any rookie to come into an ecosystem like ours that has the efficacy,” Snead said. “We've won before, so it's hard for those players to come in and earn equity. [We] try to find players that give us an edge and then put them in the ecosystem. Let them earn equity. And at the right time, they'll get on the field.”

Why Simpson looks like a natural fit in L.A.

McVay explained his muted draft-day expression the following day.

“The demeanor would have been stoic by nature because you are excited but … it is Matthew’s football team,” McVay said on Friday, in part. “Whenever that time comes for [Simpson] to get an opportunity to be Matthew’s successor will be on Matthew’s terms.”

If Simpson does need to wait a year or three before seeing meaningful action in live games, the experience will be familiar.

In the transfer-happy era of college football, Simpson made the rare decision to stay at Alabama his entire college career. He did not attempt more than 25 passes until his fourth and final season. Then, he completed 64.5% (305 of 473) of his attempts for, 3,567 yards, 28 touchdowns and five interceptions.

Simpson led the SEC in completions and attempts, ranking second in passing yards and passing touchdowns. Alabama finished 11-4 in his 15 starts.

The 6-foot-2, 208-pound quarterback raised concerns from some evaluators who believe his slighter frame contributed to his 2025 injuries and could increase his injury risk going forward. But even in his one-year sample size, Simpson impressed the Rams with his ability to process, his mobility, his versatility from dropback passing to play-action, and the timing and rhythm with which he threw.

His late-season performance dipped from his 2025 start, which evaluators attribute to a mix of playing through injury and playing tougher competition. Regardless, Simpson is aware he has room for refinement.

“There's not a throw that I feel like I can't make on the field,” Simpson said, “but it's also, I got to make sure that I throw it on time.”

Stafford health permitting, Simpson won’t be thrust into immediate regular-season action. But if he is, the Rams believe Ryan Grubb’s Alabama offense last season was rooted in similar principles to those which McVay asks of his quarterback.

And first, expect Simpson to receive opportunities over the next couple months to immerse on and off the field. He’s entering a team with the oldest starting quarterback in the league under contract. (Aaron Rodgers can change that if the 42-year-old signs his Pittsburgh tender or another deal.) There are practice benefits that come with that in spring and summer.

And once the regular season hits, Simpson will have opportunities to learn as the reigning MVP digests film, acts on his instincts and manipulates defenses with his footwork.

Simpson knows how to play the waiting game after three years sitting at Alabama. He’ll begin by focusing on improvement rather than expectations.

“I learned that from Coach [Nick] Saban about how if you have expectations, you're always really bound to fail,” Simpson said. “If I come in here and say, ‘Well, I want to win rookie of the year,’ well, Matthew Stafford just won the MVP. That's going to be a fail. So my plan is to just get better each day.

“I just want to get better each and every day so eventually I have a long career like Matthew.”

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It's showtime, bébé!

For season 3 of EW's BINGE podcast, we're talking to *Schitt's Creek* showrunner, co-creator, and star Dan Levy all about the Emmy-nominated CBC and Pop TV sleeper hit. Each week we recap a season of the comedy and Levy shares behind-the-scenes secrets about many of the show's biggest moments. Follow along and you'll be ready when the final season premieres in January.

In this week's episode, which you can hear below, we cover season 5, which starts with Moira on a movie set in Bosnia and ends with an incredible performance of *Cabaret*. Levy discusses giving Moira the win she deserves, how Stevie's story led to *Cabaret*, ‘A Little Bit Alexis,' and much more. Here are just a few highlights from this week's BINGE, which you can subscribe to on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts.

**Return of the ****Crows**

Viewers already knew about Moira's work on The Crows Have Eyes franchise, so it was great to see her back on set in Bosnia working on another installment in season 5.

When faced with an unenthused director, Moira fought for her movie by suggesting changes and inspiring him to get behind the project. "I wanted her to have a big win. I wanted Moira to finally be validated," Levy says, "I wanted there to be a legitimacy to her career."

The new film also gave us that unforgettable crow costume — prosthetic beak and all — and voice. "I remember her coming out of the hair and makeup truck in that wig and the prosthetic beak and being like, ‘Okay, great, this is exactly what I wanted,'" Levy adds. "Her impulses are so unique and there will never be anyone like her. You write something and she takes that and makes magic out of it."

The confidence and sense of hope Moira brought back to Schitt's Creek from Bosnia gave new energy to her character and the storylines of season 5. "It's so new for Moira because she's been so beaten down by the experience that to give her that sense of hope was crucial," Levy shares, "it was a really fun season to play and a really fun season to write because it was very hopeful and excitable."

**Patrick's Big Steps Forward**

Happy in his relationship with David, Patrick went through a lot of personal growth in season 5. He moved into his own apartment and finally came out to his parents, developments that allowed viewers to get to know the character better.

Getting the apartment was important for Patrick and it also created an opportunity for an epic — and eventful — housewarming party. The high school slumber party-themed event got wild after a very drunk Ted plants a big, enthusiastic kiss on David during a game of spin the bottle.

"He knows deep down that he probably shouldn't be because it really does mean nothing," Levy says about Patrick's reaction to the kiss. "To show a little bit of the cracks in the veneer of Patrick I think is really valuable in building him up to what becomes of his character over in the second half of the show."

Another crack in his veneer came when David invites Patrick's parents to a surprise birthday only to learn they don't know he's gay. "I knew that I wanted there to be a side of Patrick that we hadn't seen yet. I wanted there to be a skeleton in the closet," Levy shares. "With a character that's so confident, it's so important, especially knowing what I wanted to end with in terms of their relationship."

To add to Patrick's stress, David was taken aback to learn his boyfriend had been keeping his sexuality a secret. "I felt heartbroken for David that he's like, ‘Wait, you didn't tell them?' to then immediately having so much empathy for Patrick who is struggling so much to figure out how to do this and then kind of back again when David's like willing to basically go back into the closet if necessary to get his boyfriend through this," Levy says.

**A Little Bit Alexis**

One of the season's biggest stories was the town musical. The audition process for *Cabaret* gave us one of the show's most iconic and viral moments, thanks to Alexis.

Searching for a lead actress turned out to be a difficult task, so Alexis graciously offered her services. And who could turn down the trained singer and star of critically reviewed limited reality series "A Little Bit Alexis," which actress Annie Murphy actually wrote.

"She has always sort of been surrounded by musicians and new people and producers and said, ‘Yeah, let me see what I can do," and came back to us with a banger," Levy shares. "Now, I'll get tweets from predominately gay men who are in clubs and the song will play. I think gay bars and clubs are like playing it, which to me is the greatest compliment."

Unfortunately for Alexis, she didn't get the part.

From David's lack of interest in hiking to a branch going straight through Patrick's shoe, this couple's trip was a mess from the start. A mess that stressed out a typically-laid back Patrick, a change of pace that Levy enjoyed because it showed Patrick being "extra" for once as the frustration slowly built up.

Speaking of that branch, that painful development came from an incident from Levy's own life. "I was taking my dog for a walk and stepped on a branch that went right through my shoe. I'm fine…but it was a strange thing."

This seemingly-doomed adventure allowed for a role reversal, where David is the one to salvage the hike by literally carrying Patrick the rest of the way on his back. "Then for David to be rewarded with what happens, I thought was a really nice turn and twist," Levy adds, referencing Patrick's marriage proposal.

The choice of four rings to replace the four David always wear is both a romantic touch and testament to how well Patrick knows his finacé.

"It was an easy way of adding like an extra sucker punch to the emotionality of that scene by saying, ‘Oh, he really sees this person and knows what he wants and is thoughtful and caring and has taken the time to really know who this person is,'" Levy adds.

**Stevie Goes to the Cabaret**

The reason Levy landed on *Cabaret* for the musical had a lot to do with Stevie. "Because I knew … what Stevie was going to do at the end of it. And I knew how that song could service that character," Levy shares, adding that actress Emily Hampshire has always dreamed of playing *Cabaret*‘s Sally Bowles. "As she said, ‘I could never have dreamed that playing Stevie playing Sally would be how I did it and I wouldn't have it any other way,'" he says.

With that incredible performance, *Schitt's Creek* season 5 ends without a dry eye in the house.

Thank you so much for going on this journey with us as we revisit five great seasons of *Schitt's Creek*, but we're not done just yet. We have some amazing bonus episodes of BINGE where we sit down with stars Annie Murphy and Dustin Milligan AND we have the upcoming EW On Set podcast when *Schitt's Creek* returns for its final season in January.

*A* Schitt's Creek* immersive experience is coming to New York City and Los Angeles in November, and Dan Levy is hosting a charity fundraiser through Omaze and flying one lucky fan out to N.Y.C. to visit the pop-up with him! Get all the details here.*

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***To celebrate *****Community***** finally arriving on Netflix, EW is binging the beloved comedy with the cast and creator.***

In recent years, Netflix has continually given new life to shows joining the streaming platform's catalog, whether you were already a modern day classic, like *The Office*, or something like *Waco*, which two years after a quiet run on Paramount Network has become a regular in Netflix's top 10. Now, it's time for *Community* to get the golden ticket.

After being on Hulu since premiering on NBC in 2009 and spending the sixth and final season on Yahoo Screen (R.I.P.), the cult classic sitcom arrived April 1 on Netflix, coincidentally, right as the world was stuck at home and looking for new binges more than ever. And with *Community* seemingly primed for the Netflix bump, EW is launching the latest installment of our *BINGE* series, in which hosts Chancellor Agard and Derek Lawrence will go through the entire run via in-depth analysis of each season and interviews with the cast and creator.

Over the next week, one episode will be released daily, focusing on a particular season and featuring the likes of stars Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong. But, before we dive deep into each school year, creator Dan Harmon is taking us through *Community*'s creation, rise, and end in our series primer, which can be watched above. And, like so many of us, he's already found himself dipping his toes back into the show.

"It's been the right amount of time, even for somebody who's been too inside it, which could refer to either me or the fans," he shares. "I mean, we both had a passionate relationship with the show that's resulted in me not really watching it for a long time. And, for a totally unrelated reason, I was watching one of the episodes. The easiest way to do it was to hop on Netflix to find it really quick, watch that one episode, and I ended up in this four or five episode binge. And I'm the guy that has the worst anxiety about the show and the most reasons to turn his head away and stuff like that, and I was just like, 'Wow, it's been just long enough and this is just easy enough to keep it running, and it's just a kind of delightful binging experience on Netflix.'''

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The idea for *Community* came from Harmon's own experience going to community college in his early 30s. Like Jeff (McHale), Harmon was initially annoyed upon being asked by some younger students to study, only to soon have a change of heart. "I was having the greatest time of time of my life," he says. "In my head, I was like, 'I am a pretty rare specimen of jackass,' and then [it] clicked, like, 'Okay, so the next time I'm pitching a network, I don't have to pitch them the robot show or the show about people who produce your dreams, or the conceptual medieval fantasy thing. I can finally satisfy myself and them by saying, 'This is a show about a fish out of water,' because that fish out of water is me, and it's an asshole, but one you'll learn to like because you'll cast a handsome guy in the role.' It's about the kinds of things that people care about."

Upon getting the greenlight from NBC and scoring a spot in their coveted Must See TV block alongside comedy heavyweights *The Office*, *Parks and Recreation*, and *30 Rock*, Harmon felt the pressure "do what I thought I should be doing" and make a more traditional series. "It wasn't my goal to do something crazy; it was my goal to get a pool and a health plan," explains Harmon. That being said, he admits to preparing Abed (Pudi) to be his "ripcord," knowing he had the meta-crazed film major in case he did need to reverse course and steer into the madness. Then, with the end of season 1 approaching, NBC commissioned three extra episodes to air before the finale, and Harmon points to a "distracted" studio in Sony, who was working on new pilots, as well as his attitude of "desperation" that allowed him to throw up a few "Hail Marys." And that led to two of season 1's most memorable episodes: *Goodfellas* homage "Contemporary American Poultry" and paintball OG "Modern Warfare."

"It was kind of like kids on the last week of school; we had this really fun time writing these last three episodes that felt like they didn't need to matter as much to our handlers," recalls Harmon, who points to that as the stretch when they noticed an uptick in critical praise. "I think going into season 2, it was sort of like, 'Well, we almost got canceled, we're only here because it was cheaper to keep us, and the only thing that we accomplished was a couple of reviews that distinguished us from *30 Rock*, distinguished us from *Parks and Rec.* Not because we were better or worse, but because we were at least different and not something that was just trying and failing to be also them. This is our survival mechanism, to get more reviews like this, not Nielsen ratings, which are never going to happen.' Then, season 2 got a little more self-indulgent, if that's the word. It was a little more confident. It was like, 'stay in your strong corner,' and that's probably why it was the peak season for a lot of people, because it was a perfect, different split between total self-indulgence and self-destruction."

For more from Harmon, including his reaction to the rallying cry #sixseasonsandamovie, watch the first installment of EW's* BINGE *of* Community* above. And check back on Friday for season 1's episode with Joel McHale.

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Michael J. Fox Calls “Back to the Future” Costar Christopher Lloyd &x27;Youthful&x27; Ahead of His 88th Birthday (Exclusive) Chris BarillaSun, May 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC 0 Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox in 2023Credit: AFFUSA/Shutterstock Michael J. Fox reflected on Christopher Lloyd turning 88, tying it to the iconic DeLorean speed in Back to the Future Fox praised Lloyd as one of the most "youthful" people he knows after a recent dinner together Fox attended a Parkinson’s fundraiser in Nashville, celebrating $3.5 million raised and his ongoing acting success Michael J.

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Michael J. Fox knows how important the number 88 is to Christopher Lloyd.

In conversation with PEOPLE at the A Country Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s event in Nashville on April 15, the acclaimed Back to the Future star, 64, took a brief moment to reflect on the notion that his costar in the 1985 film and longtime friend, Christopher Lloyd, is turning 88 this year.

Through the lens of the movie, that number is the same as the speed needed by the DeLorean time machine to time-travel.

"Yeah. I put a picture on my Instagram," Fox said, referencing a photo he and Lloyd shared in a joint post of the pair out to eat, leaning in and smiling at one another.

That post was captioned, "Dining with my bestie at the beach. Next year BTTF is 41. Great Scott. Chris will be 8️⃣8️⃣. That’s some serious s---," in reference to Lloyd's character, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown.

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Lloyd, quoting Fox's character, Marty McFly, as he just did his own, wrote in the comments, "Man, that’s heavy."

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"He and I went out for dinner a few days ago, and he said he'd be 88 ... when he turns 88. But he's great. He's one of the most youthful guys I know. So young," Fox told PEOPLE at the Nashville event.

A Country Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's 2026 marked a major milestone for the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which celebrated having raised more than $3.5 million over the past three years by hosting events in Music City. For this year's iteration, Fox was joined by Willie Geist, Little Big Town, Eric Church and more for an evening of music and celebration as his foundation works toward a cure.

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Beyond his noteworthy contributions to Parkinson's research, Fox is still keeping busy as an actor and a family man. His most recent appearance on the hit series Shrinking has drawn critical acclaim and, for the star, an even closer bond with collaborator Harrison Ford.

Asked about a potential return to the series, Fox told PEOPLE, "Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. I love Bill [Lawrence] and I'm so happy it's a success. And it's such a great time being with those actors."

On top of that, Fox released a memoir, Future Boy, at the end of 2025, in which he recounts what it was like filming Back to the Future and his fan-favorite sitcom Family Ties at the same time.

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