Dan Lyons
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Now: College Sports at Sports Illustrated (@siunion.bsky.social). Then: Athlon Sports, TNIAAM. Syracuse alum. @Dan_Lyons76 at the other place.
The Mets are settling back into midseason Mets form after a nice few weeks
I am *extremely insistently* tapping the sign to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free news how and where you are able to
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5d agoAt an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
I wrote about the most urgent danger now threatening the United States of America
Why the Most Urgent Threat to America Is Actually a Bee
The giant, coordinated movement against them is not enough. Just ask these extremely credible experts.
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The @sportsillustrated.bsky.social Football Preview Issue is out, along with our cover on Will Anderson and the Texans defense. It's about who you are in little moments, a meeting that changed everything and, yes, a near fistfight over sweet potatoes. I hope you like it. www.si.com/nfl/texans-d...
if someone hears Meta talking and thinks it's anything other than a fucking lie they deserve what they get
Jed Dolbeer@jdolbeer.bsky.social · last wk.The "Threads has this many users" number is also wildly cooked. It counts anything featured on Insta/Facebook, regardless of clickthrough.
We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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✨THING TWO✨ Part 2 of our stakeholder-exclusive extended roundtable discussion is almost exactly as long, by itself, as the version that ran in the magazine: channel-6.ghost.io/what-you-mis...
WHAT YOU MISS WHEN YOU WATCH COLLEGE FOOTBALL, CONT'D.
Part 2 of our stakeholder-exclusive extended edition of a conversation between Spencer, Joel Anderson, Michael Felder, and Mike Golic, Jr., approximately 40% longer than the one that appears in the 20...
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Channel 6@channel6.bsky.social · 2w ago✨THING ONE✨ An even longer version of the longest story in Turfman's College Foot-ball Almanac, exclusively for Ch6 stakeholders, feat. @edsbs.bsky.social, @joelanderson.bsky.social, @itsfelder.bsky.social, and @mikegolicjr.bsky.social: channel-6.ghost.io/turfmans-202...
The individual liberties respecter has logged on
David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · 2w agoAaron Rodgers is obsessed with his own privacy. His neighbors? Not so much. After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program. www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...
NEWS: The FBI and NCAA are collaborating to combat a disturbing trend: the sexual exploitation and extortion of college athletes. bit.ly/4fXlg5u
FBI, NCAA Launch Effort to Protect College Athletes From Online Sexual Exploitation
The initiative comes amid a troubling rise in athletes being targeted through hacking, AI-generated images and online blackmail.
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And last week's podcast: buy a ticket and call plays at Akron. Courts and Congress. Coaches poll reactions. ND-USC rivalry return. IU's scheduling, and other scheduling issues. More. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaPi...
Coaches Poll Reaction, ND v. USC Is Back, Best & Worst College Towns | Others Receiving Votes
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News story on the resumption of the USC-Notre Dame series in 2030, at a different point in the calendar. Plus the demise of the Indiana-ND series. bit.ly/3TyrSQs
Notre Dame–USC Football Rivalry Will Return: ‘That’s the Way It Should Be’
The series will resume in 2030 and retain its traditional home-and-home format, but there will be a major schedule change.
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Column from Notre Dame, where the fingers are now pointing inward for last year's playoff miss and the urgency is heightened for a fast season start. bit.ly/4w8I34i
Pat Forde: Notre Dame Won’t Leave Its Playoff Fate to Anyone Else This Season
Marcus Freeman says the Fighting Irish have the talent to contend for a national title, but only if they avoid another costly September stumble.
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A few Sunday reads (and a listen) as we reach T-minus 20 days to college football. Start here: The Most Intriguing Coaches List, with 8 from the B1G, 7 from the SEC, 5 from the ACC, 4 from the Big 12 and 1 independent. bit.ly/4wLImDx
Pat Forde: The 25 Most Intriguing College Football Coaches for 2026
The confident reigning national champion and a controversial and brash boss lead the list of coaches who will define the season.
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Journalism is a public good. It needs to be publicly funded, for the same reasons that health care needs to be publicly funded. The privatization of public information has created a true crisis. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/paying-for...
Paying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having It
The consequences of privatizing public information.
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"Hey, we saw you from across the degenerate sports betting app and liked your vibe"
BK?@whitesox.bsky.social · 3w agoTrivia question of the day is “can you name both people on this graphic” and it’s harder than you’d think for most
Column: The College Football Most Intriguing Lists are back, starting with the Most Intriguing Coaches. Cig, Prime, Kiff, Whitt, Sark, Hoodie, more. bit.ly/4wLImDx
Pat Forde: The 25 Most Intriguing College Football Coaches for 2026
The confident reigning national champion and a controversial and brash boss lead the list of coaches who will define the season.
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🚨🏈 New pod: Buy a season ticket and call plays at Akron -- what's on our play script? Courts/Congress mayhem. ND-USC series back on. Indiana scheduling. Coaches poll Top 25 -- underrated/overrated. Best college towns (not cities). @CBB_Central youtu.be/YaPipOSHgIQ
Coaches Poll Reaction, ND v. USC Is Back, Best & Worst College Towns | Others Receiving Votes
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Two longtime announcers were fired and were given a truly crazy explanation for their firing. Boston College ignored emails from us all day and then shorty after publishing, farted out a non-denial word salad. awfulannouncing.com/college-bask...
Newsletter: Overlooked in all the handwringing about the state of college football: The games are better than ever, the sport is fairer than ever, and every previous attempt to control the market has backfired on the NCAA. We need to think differently. davidhale.substack.com/p/were-from-...
We're from the government. We're here to help.
The PCSA rose from the dead like The Undertaker at Wrestlemania this week, but even if it becomes law, it's not addressing the real problems -- or seeing the real successes of the modern era.
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Major CFB scheduling news: The Notre Dame-USC rivalry is back on, starting in 2030. Plus some news on an ND series that has been called off. bit.ly/3TyrSQs
Notre Dame–USC Football Rivalry Will Return: ‘That’s the Way It Should Be’
The series will resume in 2030 and retain its traditional home-and-home format, but there will be a major schedule change.
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A column on Pat Fitzgerald's perfect fit at Michigan State. Hungry coach, hungry program. "We've got a bag of chips on our shoulders." bit.ly/4fGmOAy
Pat Forde: Why Pat Fitzgerald Feels Like the Perfect Fit at Michigan State
Both the coach and program are coming off painful setbacks, making this one of college football’s most compelling fresh starts.
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A column on Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti -- on a winning streak and willing to talk about it. Will he add a playoff format victory to his current roll? bit.ly/44Z9dzA
Tony Petitti’s Big Ten Keeps Winning. Now His 24-Team Playoff Push Might Be Too.
With championship momentum at his back and College Football Playoff expansion in his sights, the Big Ten commissioner has never commanded a brighter spotlight.
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Some CFB reading from last week, starting with Curt Cignetti taking a thinly veiled shot at the SEC. The Big Ten has the hardware, and some SEC backers are still trying to wrap their minds around that. bit.ly/4fvQL7S
‘We Don’t Cry a River’: Curt Cignetti Takes Aim at SEC Strength Narrative
As the Big Ten celebrates three straight national titles, the Indiana coach argues the conference lets its results speak louder than the SEC’s explanations.
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