my two big takeaways: 1. Luke Murray seems like a total asshole (which isn't surprising; as much as I love his work, his dad is, too) 2. the people I blame the most in this saga are BC leaders who are letting a dude who's never coached a game dictate these kinds of decisions

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · yesterday

Boston College fired longtime broadcasters Kevin Collins and Josh Maurer, who say new coach Luke Murray was personally responsible for the decision. awfulannouncing.com/college-bask...

an elderly man exercising his constitutional right to remain silent, which he was likely advised to do by lawyers, is gonna be the next big thing right-wingers will believe they'll be vindicated by like how they think the Mueller Report, which was actually quite damning for Trump, cleared him

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s August 2026 and Aaron Rodgers is having a full blown meltdown about Anthony Fauci.

Ryan Ruocco noting Cheryl Reeve's shirt and then video of Cheryl talking to Sophie Cunningham earlier

desperately hoping this Michigan race isn't a preview of what the 2028 primary is going to be like. because as exhausting as 2016 and 2020 were, this one could be worse

Denver's the first place I've lived where the main local newspaper wasn't my primary source for info. grew up reading the Courier-Journal in print in Louisville. read the Globe in Boston during college. obviously worked at the Post-Gazette in Pittsburgh hedge fund ownership has just gutted the Post

never been more convinced someone's an industry plant than this Stella Lefty

after researching and writing about UMass basketball all week, I'm dangerously close to buying this beauty

UMass came out of nowhere to be one of the best men's college basketball programs in the 1990s. since 1998, though, the Minutemen have made only one NCAA Tournament what caused their sudden rise? and what has contributed to their downfall? this week's (free) newsletter

The Comet Series: UMass men's basketball

The Minutemen were one of college basketball's dominant forces in the 1990s. Since John Calipari left, though, they've faded. What happened? And is there a way back?

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the fact that trans participation in sports is an 80-20 issue is reflective of a massive Democratic failure to counteract bad-faith attacks. before the current panic, leagues had regulations and testing in place governing trans athletes. this isn't Juwanna Mann.

I knew who the radio host was before even getting to the second graf

NCAA: for the sake of professionalism, I'll sit it out NFL: Cowboys, Giants, Commies, Steelers, Chiefs NBA: Thunder, Lakers, Celtics, Heat, Jazz Premier League: Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal, I guess Chelsea

tony homo@gaychel.bsky.social · 7d ago

Gimme your top 5 hated teams for your favorite sports. I am just going with NFL and MLB because its hard to write em all down. NFL 1. Rams 2. 9ers 3. Steelers 4. Packers 5. Broncos MLB 1. Astros 2. Yankees 3. Blue Jays 4. Rangers 5. Red Sox

whenever I talk about Sophie Cunningham, I feel like the liberal version of Rush Limbaugh talking about Donovan McNabb (except, unlike that bigoted bozo, I'm actually right)

came across old newspaper clip this while doing research for my next newsletter. UMass did pretty well going with that Caligari guy

people being mad at Andy Beshear is very funny to me. I understand the desire for bold action, but it really shows some of the blind spots for the "do something!" caucus

there are days where I miss being a beat writer, but football conference media days aren't one of them

this stadium looks awesome and it's really cool to see how much this community has embraced women's soccer, but it seems wild to me that this much money is getting spent on a facility for just the Summit. feel like they and the Rapids could share a facility. a ton of NBA and NHL teams do

Denver Summit stadium won't be ready to start 2028 as planned

Denver Summit FC's new permanent stadium near downtown will not be ready for the start of the 2028 NWSL season as originally planned.

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finally got around to this today while doing some yard work I generally like Shapiro, but him revealing he's good friends with Michael Rubin is disqualifying

Bryan Curtis@bryancurtis.bsky.social · last mo.

New PRESS BOX: @joelanderson.bsky.social and I talked to Josh Shapiro about the direction the Democratic Party, Iran, Trump + America's 250th, Ken Paxton, and JD Vance. Plus: Mo Cheeks and sports radio. open.spotify.com/episode/4Me9...

for the next few weeks for my newsletter, I'm writing about programs that had an extended run of national relevance only to fade away in the years and even decades since first, I looked at Stanford men's basketball. this week, it's Pitt football

The Comet Series: Pitt football

The Panthers were a title-winning, star-studded monster in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but haven't come close to it since. What happened?

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I've seen multiple one-hit wonder drafts that included someone picking Yung Joc. our nation's education system is failing us all

in commemoration of America's 250th birthday, our team at USA Today has ranked the 10 best college athletes from every US state based purely on their college careers these have been rolling out the past couple of days and will continue the rest of this week a quick thread on the ones I've handled

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it's a shame that Caitlin Clark, through little fault of her own, has attracted such a large army of insufferable culture warriors who know nothing about ball because, my god, she's such a joy to watch on nights like this

with the World Cup third-place game set to take place Saturday between England and France, I wrote about the NCAA Tournament third-place game, which had a 35-year run before being axed in 1981

The bizarre life of the NCAA Tournament third-place game

As England and France meet in the World Cup's third-place game this weekend, don't forget that men's college basketball used to stage a similar consolation match

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Men in Blazers describing Tuchel's look as "Nosferatu at a golf retreat" was too spot on

As sad as I am about the looming end of the World Cup, I'm elated that I may not have to see these fucking Polymarket ads for much longer

I hope this World Cup will mark the death of stutter step PK. you saw it with Kane against Mexico and Oyarzabal there against France: if you hit it far enough away from the middle goal and put enough pace on it, you're beating the keeper at least 90% of the time, even if they guess the right way

We need term limits for Beltway media more than we do for politicians

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Best! Beat! Ever!" (proceeds to tell an anecdote about a senator telling her to go buy a dress before she's allowed to write a story about him in the wake of a racist mass shooting)

as much as some use this website as a punchline, I feel like people here were rightly skeptical of or actively against Platner long before the most recent allegations. unlike the PSA guys, The Intercept extended universe and Emma "I Don't Care if You're a Nazi as Long as You're for M4A" Vigeland