Bryan Graham
@bryanagraham.bsky.social
Guardian journalist from Philadelphia
Spain (2.10) 0 - 0 (0.20) Cape Verde Spain (1.00) 1 - 0 (0.23) Uruguay Spain (2.68) 4 - 0 (0.08) Saudi Arabia Spain (3.03) 3 - 0 (0.36) Austria Spain (1.98) 1 - 0 (0.67) Portugal Spain (2.38) 2 - 1 (0.43) Belgium Spain (1.81) 2 - 0 (0.28) France Spain (1.94) 1 - 0 (0.20) Argentina ¡Qué solvencia!
I wrote a eulogy to Aqueduct, one of New York City’s last great third spaces. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘I’m going to miss this place’: Aqueduct bids farewell after 132 years as New York City’s racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack hosted its final races on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on 132 years of history and one of New York City’s last great third spaces
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Lauren and I went to Rikers Island to watch Game 1 of the NBA finals.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2mo agoInside New York’s notorious jail complex, nearly 2,000 incarcerated people watched Game 1 together, arguing calls, roasting celebrity fans and sharing in a rare citywide moment
Some parting thoughts on Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua, 6ix9ine, the attention economy, the streaming wars and What It All Means. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream
Netflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutally
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The selling points in this sizzle reel for a sports wagering startup already backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) tells you lots about where our society is heading, and it's not to higher ground.
Let's talk about drugs and baseball. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
From monkey elixir to fentanyl: Tyler Skaggs’s death is merely a chapter in baseball’s 136-year drug fix
As the LA Angels stand trial over the pitcher’s death in the quiet shadow of the World Series fanfare across town, a sport confronts a truth practically as old as the game itself
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NYC's mayoral candidates were asked if they'd go to a Mets Game 7 of the World Series or a Knicks Game 7 of the NBA finals if they could only pick one and Cuomo still got it wrong. The ship be sinking.
Serena Williams built her legacy on defiance. Why lend it to Ozempic culture? | Bryan Armen Graham
Serena Williams built her legacy on defiance. Why lend it to Ozempic culture? | Bryan Armen Graham
From Compton outsider to American nonpareil, she came to embody resistance. But her embrace of GLP-1 drugs feels like capitulation to ideals she once rejected
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Never forget that Rocky III was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Japanese Academy Awards.
With the BET Awards happening in downtown LA, I was wondering who was going to say something first. Doechii really is that girl.
Coco quotes Tyler in her French Open victory speech. Tyler name-checked Coco in Thought I Was Dead off Chromakopia.
Michael Blake is the only candidate in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary who was for shitcanning Thibs.
Magnus Carlsen punches the table in frustration after losing to world champion Gukesh Dommaraju for the first time in a classical game at #NorwayChess today.
The Knicks' win probability with a 14-point lead and under three minutes left in regulation was 99.7%.
Reese and Desiree Mistretta just became the first mother-son duo to win New York Golden Gloves titles, but their remarkable story goes far beyond boxing. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
‘This was for her’: how boxing brought a mother and son back from the brink
Reese and Desiree Mistretta are the first mother-son duo to win New York’s prestigious Golden Gloves, but their deeper bond is how boxing helped them survive life’s hardest hits
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Everyone is so hung up by Carrie Coon's college track career to realize that she went to the same school for the same four years as Nick Sirianni.
Wrote about Alysa Liu, one of the greater comeback yarns I've seen. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
Alysa Liu left figure skating behind. She came back better than ever | Bryan Armen Graham
After two years away, the American skater found her way back to the ice – and became the world champion no one saw coming
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Insane photo finish in the world indoor women's 60m hurdles final today in Nanjing. Sixth-place finisher was four hundredths of a second off the winning time.
