Andy Elrick
@andyelrick.bsky.social
Dir. of Center for Sports Comm and Prof of Sports Comm at Marist University. Got a Ph.D. Former cog at ESPN, CBS Sports and FIBA. QPR, Cubs and UConn. Vermonter. Views mine. Newsletter: https://andyelrick.substack.com
Top 5 all-time QB? 4X MVP? Nope. Thanks to @davidjroth.bsky.social he is now, and will forever be, the diarrhea retreat guy.
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 4d ago
Really excited to be in Stockholm piloting a potential experiential learning opportunity related to youth sports. Today was photo day which they didn't do when I worked at FIBA, but is really a lot of fun.
Heading to the land of not being left penniless just because you got sick.
1-9 is, in my opinion, the greatest New Jersey road. Elite levels of auto body shop to shady hotel ratio.
I wish Bari Weiss would hire guys instead of reporters so I could see them flash up on screen and say their names. “I’m Rance Mulliniks. I’m Ricky Bottalico. I’m Blue Edwards. I’m Alberto Berasategui. Those stories, plus Dan Pasqua on 60 Minutes.”
It rules that after two years of Trump fully going for it. Indulging in all the worst and most violent right wing fantasies, and failing on pretty much every single front, the outcome is a "modest" advantage for Dems. I really think the 2-party system is under discussed as the root problem.
It rules that after two years of Trump fully going for it. Indulging in all the worst and most violent right wing fantasies, and failing on pretty much every single front, the outcome is a "modest" advantage for Dems. I really think the 2-party system is under discussed as the root problem.
It’s July 25th and I’m already completely wound up about this cursed club. Not even August yet and all of our strikers are crocked. #QPR.
Really good blog here. defector.com/sophie-cunni...
Sophie Cunningham Is About As Edgy As A Beach Ball | Defector
There’s a type of public relations exercise that unfolds like a joke. In it, a notable figure who has chosen to sit for a longform profile, declined to answer a sensitive question through her represen...
defector.com
What I love most about soccer is the places and people it makes me think about. Having enjoyed Curaçao and Cape Verde's debut appearances, I sat down with my 9-yo to discuss newbies we'd like to see in 3030. Got to say Djibouti and talk about my (now retired) Principality of Liechtenstein wallet.
The World Cup Would Be More Fun if it had Lemurs and Arnaud Randrianantenaina.
My nine-year-old son and I thought the coolest thing about the World Cup were the debutants so we picked four new countries we would like to see at the 3030 edition.
andyelrick.substack.com
I've never bought into his argument about the meaning of the regular season. Since before the playoff (and still to a degree) there's been an entire underclass in CF for whom every regular season game is meaningless. UCF 2017? TCU 2010? Utah 2008? Were their regular season games meaningful?
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 2w agoPaul Finebaum explains how ESPN is caught in the middle of CFP expansion talks... on ESPN air
I wrote about being at the FIFA World Cup final and the entire sordid scene. I spoke to a few people who bought five-figure tickets. I tried to make sense of the senseless. @defector.com (This is a gift link, but you should subscribe to Defector, the rare outlet that would commission this.)
FIFA Got What It Came For | Defector
A WELL-KNOWN VENUE IN THE MEADOWLANDS THAT FIFA WOULD THANK YOU TO CALL “NEW YORK NEW JERSEY STADIUM” BECAUSE IT DIDN’T GET PAID BY THAT STADIUM’S CORPORATE SPONSOR — The grass told the entire story. ...
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Very happy to have @leanderalphabet.bsky.social's blog on the interlocking perversities of The FIFA Experience leading our freshly redesigned website at this moment. defector.com/fifa-got-wha...
FIFA Got What It Came For | Defector
A WELL-KNOWN VENUE IN THE MEADOWLANDS THAT FIFA WOULD THANK YOU TO CALL “NEW YORK NEW JERSEY STADIUM” BECAUSE IT DIDN’T GET PAID BY THAT STADIUM’S CORPORATE SPONSOR — The grass told the entire story. ...
defector.com
Do you weigh 97 pounds and hate football? Please send your headshots to marketing@veneziafc.it.
Andy Elrick@andyelrick.bsky.social · 2w agoMost right thinking people like Venzia’s kit, but truly the best part is the sad waif models they use. So on brand.
Most right thinking people like Venzia’s kit, but truly the best part is the sad waif models they use. So on brand.
What I love most about soccer is the places and people it makes me think about. Having enjoyed Curaçao and Cape Verde's debut appearances, I sat down with my 9-yo to discuss newbies we'd like to see in 3030. Got to say Djibouti and talk about my (now retired) Principality of Liechtenstein wallet.
The World Cup Would Be More Fun if it had Lemurs and Arnaud Randrianantenaina.
My nine-year-old son and I thought the coolest thing about the World Cup were the debutants so we picked four new countries we would like to see at the 3030 edition.
andyelrick.substack.com
It's been a long haul but yesterday I was able to remember my wife's phone number. We've been together for going on 12 years.
Andy Elrick@andyelrick.bsky.social · 2y agoGuys, I can't commit my wife's phone number to memory. Just can't do it. We're married. She's my wife. I can't reliably remember her phone number.
DODGERS [right as the Giants are about to announce that they’ve developed a Quad Pooser]: we’ve signed Quint Pooser to a $500 million contract
MLB Trade Rumors@mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 3w agoI've only ever walked out of two movies, the Sean Astin vehicle Toy Soldiers and (this will be incredibly unpopular) Mad Max: Fury Road.
David_j_roth@davidjroth.bsky.social · 3w agoI was really spoiled for options here, but I stand by my choice.
I often fantasize about retiring and working at our local community-owned grocery store as the cheese monger so this is bad news for me. What else can I monger?
Everybody Loves Cheese. Why Is Selling It So Hard These Days?
Cheesemongering is a calling, requiring deep expertise and longstanding relationships, but today’s retail environment is making it more and more difficult.
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Moving on to my totally normal fixation with a second division english club.
