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Leonard will be without his sidekick, Paul George, who departed for the Philadelphia 76ers over the summer.

The brutal reality, or so it has seemed, is that Ten Hag is effectively manager by default after Ratcliffe and his sidekick Sir Dave Brailsford could not find a suitable successor in the summer.

The show also remains appointment viewing for its signature segment, “Bad Beats,” a “Scared Straight” for gamblers where Van Pelt and sidekick Stanford Steve Coughlin riff on clips showing supposedly sure bets that go awry.

But for better or worse, Yang’s sidekick days seem to be over.

As creators and consumers, educators and entertainers, whipping boys, final girls, sidekicks and suicides, queer people have, often invisibly, sometimes tragically, always forcefully shaped American culture, particularly through the prism of Hollywood.