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Brett Walker

@brettchatssport.bsky.social

Host of #TheBCSPodcast, where guests and I talk about MLB, NBA, NFL and 'soccer'/real football! 😀 Fan of the #ChicagoBulls and #NewEnglandPatriots. Team Editor and Athletics contributor for @batflipsandnerds.bsky.social.

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Brett Walker@brettchatssport.bsky.social · 3d ago

Over the weekend, I read Leander's article for The Guardian on the prominence of English voices in NBC's #PremierLeague coverage, and it got me thinking...

Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens@leanderalphabet.bsky.social · 7d ago

I wrote about the overwhelming Englishness of NBC's Premier League coverage, which out-Englishes even the coverage in England. And I wondered how this editorial choice redounds to nascent American soccer culture. Column @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Guardian Sport@sport.theguardian.com · last wk.

I once saw Enes Kanter speak truth to power. Now he only punches down | Bryan Armen Graham

I once saw Enes Kanter speak truth to power. Now he only punches down | Bryan Armen Graham

Nearly a decade after I watched him defy Erdoğan at great personal cost, the ex-NBA player is using his hard-won freedom to turn transgender people into a punchline Nine years ago, I watched Enes Kanter ask America to take him in. It was May 2017, inside the National Basketball Players Association’s offices in midtown Manhattan. Kanter had just returned from a frightening detention at Bucharest airport, where Romanian border police told him Turkey had canceled his passport. He’d just turned 25, an NBA center with a green card and no country he could safely call home. “I’m open for adoption,” he joked from the head of a table in a nondescript conference room, addressing a dozen reporters hastily summoned by his manager. Then he turned serious: “My next move is to just become an American citizen.” Continue reading...

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Brett Walker@brettchatssport.bsky.social · 3w ago

Good article by Lee Escobedo for @sport.theguardian.com. It baffles me that networks/TV producers on both sides of the Atlantic think we want less analysis and don't want considered takes in our sports coverage. That lack of knowledge-based content being exactly why I started #TheBCSPodcast.

As ESPN cuts familiar faces, its retreat from serious NBA coverage is complete

As ESPN cuts expert voices and rewards viral argument, fans who want to understand basketball are building a smarter conversation elsewhere

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Brett Walker@brettchatssport.bsky.social · last mo.

Interesting article in The Guardian about my team Wigan Athletic's pre-season preparations. Good to see data-driven analytics is being used to personalise training at all levels of the game, but shame the article couldn't also include player interviews about their view of pre-season training too.

Teamwork, tactics and data: behind the scenes at Wigan’s pre-season training

Gary Caldwell, who returned to the League One club in February to keep them up, faces a new season with meticulous plans and bright hopes

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Guardian Sport@sport.theguardian.com · last mo.

Teamwork, tactics and data: behind the scenes at Wigan’s pre-season training

Brett Walker@brettchatssport.bsky.social · last mo.

With the 76ers' other additions, they'd already firmly put themselves in the contention conversation for next season. Adding LBJ as well on a team-friendly salary only helps them more. If they can find a way to keep Embiid healthy, Philadelphia are going to be a problem next season.

The Athletic@theathletic.com · last mo.

LeBron James will play his 24th NBA season with the Philadelphia 76ers, The Athletic confirms. The King is headed to The City of Brotherly Love 👑