I definitely blasted this at my kids on Friday mornings 150+ times, which apparently counts as one of the million sales. Happy to have contributed to the effort.

Ernie Smith@ernie.tedium.co · yesterday

I must inform you that Rebecca Black’s “Friday” just went platinum, according to the RIAA. www.riaa.com/gold-platinu...

I saw a thing saying the Cleveland Browns have never, as a franchise, been below .500 overall. It is inexplicably true. The math on it is amazing. First 10 seasons: 105-17-3, 7 champs Next 40 seasons: 316-253-9, 1 champ *moved to Baltimore then resurrected* Next 27 seasons: 146-290-1

It rained (hard). There were so many bugs. We lost our voices from shouting and singing and ruined our shoes and boots by walking 50-plus miles in the mud. Kids got injured and multiple got sick. We never stopped moving and learning. It was perfect.

OOO

Once again I will lead my Scouts into the forests of Rhode Island for a week of chaos fueled by various weapons, tools, small watercraft, poorly-sung songs and a wildly controversial amount of Arizona Iced Tea. Success is measured by exactly one metric: returning with the same number of kids.

The world is better with the Indianapolis Clowns playing baseball again

Pretty cool project but if I were still designing I’d have done one that is all of Argentina’s shots on goal in the final

Josh Crutchmer@jcrutchmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

In Wednesday's @nytimes.com ... all 308 World Cup goals, in the order they were scored. Four pages, up from two in past years

So happy for Spain (and Wes). And yes, Wes has already started lobbying to go to the next World Cup.

Benjamin Hoffman@bhh.bsky.social · 2w ago

He’s like 18 percent Spanish but 100 percent committed

He’s like 18 percent Spanish but 100 percent committed

Who are all these casuals talking about getting sick from Taco Bell outside of an outbreak that was 0 percent their fault? I’ve literally never gotten sick from food there. Maybe you all should stick to dry toast.

More people should be talking about Himesh Patel in The Odyssey. What a performance.

My hot take is California and Texas are basically the same. Republics with tons of ag and livestock that used to be part of Mexico and believe they are a singular class with no connection to the rest of the U.S. They are more like two branches of a Sliding Doors-style story rather than opposites.

@mhaight22.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’ve been to Texas enough times that I’ll stay in California thanks

I felt significantly safer with my kids on nyc subway trains than I do with them in cars on suburban roads

ex-Lethality Jane@lethalityjane.bsky.social · 3w ago

I think you're going to have a difficult time convincing families with young children to give up car culture and take more public transit if you also refuse to police behavior on the public transit and in the transit centers. Yes, people doing drugs in those places is a turn-off.

This is hard because sure, I saw movies like Money Train and Spice World in theaters, but I had a GREAT time and they were exactly what I wanted to see. Maybe Ladybugs? Though I found that mostly amusing too. I found the new Jackass to be kinda depressing and a little gross. So I'll go with that.

Defector@defector.com · 3w ago

What's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...

What if we got excited about a player or a team in a big sporting event and were just happy about it without making huge declarations about them being the greatest player or team in sports history? Like, we could even acknowledge the limitations of comparison across eras and sports.

England’s last World Cup win came four years before the tournament added yellow and red cards, and eight years before the first red card was issued

stim possible@jessespector.com · 3w ago

england’s last world cup win is closer to the reign of edward vii (died 1910) than today

Just about every decision I make at work is run through a “how would Jason handle this?” filter. Absolutely inspired choice for this role. www.nytco.com/press/jason-...

Jason Stallman Is Our Next Obituaries Editor | The New York Times Company

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The amount of very confident, and very wrong, people discussing the WaPo sports section from the McConnell pic is a great moment in print newspapers still mattering

When Carlos Correa went 1-1 I got time with him and Pudge and wrote a decent draft-day profile of a somewhat unexpected top pick. Our only photo of him was a headshot of him in a polo so we called the AP to see if they could beat it and they were like “YOU HAVE A PHOTO OF HIM?!?! CAN WE HAVE IT?!”

Eric Stephen@ericstephen.bsky.social · 4w ago

a reminder that all teams should draft college players or anyone who participated in the draft combine, aka players who already have readily available photos in usa today or getty databases

My Norwegian grandmother was 4-10, ate herring out of a jar and drank mugs of boiling water. The Lillehammer Olympics were an absolute delight as she sat there smiling and cracking jokes, all of which had a punchline about how dumb Swedes are. I really wish she was still around to watch Haaland.

Not sure “similar relocation” is accurate when it’s a 41-year-old considering signing with a 37-win team. I mean, it’s similar in the sense of both players relocating to the Bay Area?

Three years since NYTSports was told our time as a section was wrapping up. Not a day goes by that I’m not proud of the work we did, and all the wild and unpredictable work we’ve all done since.

I’m used to a steady stream of AI-generated social posts and usually just roll my eyes but No. 9 on this list is a classic. It realized it was wrong but then just went with it?

If you don’t want your kid on their phone, consider whether you’ve given them a better option

This post has almost 30k likes on Threads. I’m thinking about doing a series of posts over there that are like “Back when I was younger we would wear things on our legs called PANTS and if they were made of denim we called them JEANS. Does anyone else remember this??”

I took the train in and out of Manhattan yesterday. I was less than half a mile from MSG for most of the day, walked around the area extensively, rode the subway multiple times and at no point was anything abnormal. Claiming Manhattan was shut down in any meaningful way is a WILD exaggeration.

Among other things that Taylor Swift and I have in common, I also got married at a New York City landmark. One might argue the Brooklyn Bridge is a tad more iconic than MSG. But I still hope that she and her guests have fun.

I saw a video earlier assigning John Olerud an extra 20ish WAR and saying he should be considered for the HOF while tacking on 20+ for Griffey for the same reason and I'm wondering how the list of "definitely clean" guys got made, who voted on this list and what the criteria were. Some thoughts:

Ready must thou be to burn thyself in thine own flame; how couldst thou become new if thou have not first become ashes!

Happy People Who Don’t Understand Inflation Make a Big Deal About a Fairly Common Tactic in Sports Contracts Day to those who celebrate. First one like this? No. Most extreme case? No. Bad deal on its face for the team? No. But still, lol Mets, right?