The refs from the 1972 Olympic basketball gold medal match are alive and well and working the Michigan/Central Michigan game.
Philip Michaels
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This gun for hire if you need someone who can write pretty and make other people write pretty. Here, I mostly just talk about sports and movies and whatever's grinding my gears at the moment.
To really honor Joe Paterno, I hope it’s hard to see things happening right in front of you from those seats.
Daniel Gallen@danieljtgallen.bsky.social · 11h agoSection 409 on the new west side of Beaver Stadium is highlighted in blue. the rest are in white. Joe Paterno won 409 games at Penn State.
The first season of “The Muppet Show” began 50 years ago today.
The Pioneer League regular season is over, but my writeup of an Oakland Ballers game lives on in my free newsletter. Also, cowardly tech companies and a review of Crime 101. Haven't read this issue yet? Time to rectify that. get-your-phil-newsletter-ccdfef.beehiiv.com/p/get-your-p...
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The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is the only venue to host a Super Bowl, an Olympics and a World Series.
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · yesterdayTell me a fun fact.
Stepping out of the time machine with teenage Phil at tonight’s Fresno State-USC game and trying to explain which team is in the Pac12.
Play the game down the mine, canary says it's fine.
Sickos Committee@sickoscommittee.org · yesterdayColorado Mines and Washburn will kick at 9am on Saturday due to heat.
The Pioneer League continues to fascinate, friends. www.mlb.com/amp/news/red...
RedPocket Mobiles set Minor League record with 39th straight loss
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New, in Notes from the Economy Class: People are about to get real judgy about the differences between those who scroll and those who turn the page. notes-from-economy-class.beehiiv.com/p/reading-th...
Reading the room you're not allowed into
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"These port-o-Sans are full of surprises" is 1) true of most portable toilets and 2) the sort of phrase that makes me say, "You know what? I'll just go when I get home."
SFGATE@sfgate.com · yesterdayThe bathrooms at Burning Man are full of surprises.
It's a fair cop as anyone who's ever heard me pronounce "burrito" and "movie" will confirm. Also, just enough of my parents' midwestern twang/idiom to throw off the heat.
<extreme Eddie Vedder voice> Jeremy Guthrie Pitched well today
Remember Some Guys@remembersomeguys.bsky.social · 2d agoJeremy Guthrie Pitcher Debut: 2004 - Retired: 2017 WSN - KCR - BAL - CLE - COL
"The futures are pointing up.... BUT NOT FOR YOU."
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d agomaria barta no mo
Feel like Cal needs to add University of Chicago to the schedule, with an oversized laureate medal as the rivalry game trophy.
Sickos Committee@sickoscommittee.org · 3d agoUniversity of Chicago football has added a Nobel Prize sticker to their helmet.
It is the same message as before, but the AI Slop has somehow gotten worse. I think I need to stage an intervention.
Philip Michaels@philipmichaels.bsky.social · 3w agoMe: Ah, another day where I am minding my own business and most definitely NOT ranting about some AI-generated slop a Facebook acquaintance has posted on that devil site. Facebook Acquaintance: Today, I choose violence.
It's a brand new newsletter with the same old price — free! I go to a baseball game! I watch a movie! I fume about the Maps app playing me for a sucker! get-your-phil-newsletter-ccdfef.beehiiv.com/p/get-your-p...
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Apple has donated to the White House's ballroom project and they gave the president a big golden bauble as a present. I wish not a soul supported me that much.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4d ago“Everyone considers it fucking nuts.” Inside Apple, I'm told "not a soul" supports Donald Trump's Lake Ontario rebrand to "Lake America," but the company is also resigned to making such concessions to avoid the White House's rage. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/apple-maps...
Need a few sprigs of basil for a recipe tonight. Guess I have no choice but to buy this huge potted houseplant.
To the lady on her phone blocking the door into the bank, who looked put out that she had to move on my account: I'm a little grumpy due to a professional setback today so when I muttered "effin' Evita Peron here, speaking to her descamisados" under my breath, I was out of line.
I remember a time when I had to struggle to remember the names of lesser Cabinet officials because they were constantly doing or saying weird shit.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 5d agoSean Duffy: I'm gonna give you my take on Sydney Sweeney's breasts. God made us a certain way to want to mate with a woman.
update: Donald Trump just got his doctors to take a second look at Balogun for Everton and they're actually saying he's the healthiest soccer player of all time. "His muscles and bones are the strongest we've ever seen," they're saying. "We actually didn't even know tendons could be this sturdy"
The Toffee Blues@evertonnewsfeed.bsky.social · 4d ago🚨BREAKING! - Folarin Balogun has failed his Everton medical. The deal could collapse despite Monaco and Everton reached a full agreement (Source - Fabrice Hawkins, RMC Sport)
How the Angels being sold while John Fisher still owns the A's is finding me.
Charlie Brown: Always On Me
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I no longer get to point and laugh at Arte Moreno? Comedy truly is dead. Please allow me to mourn in peace.
Nate Atkins@nateatkins.bsky.social · 4d agoStan Kroenke is acquiring the Los Angeles Angels from the Moreno family. Kroenke will now own controlling interest of the Rams and Angels in L.A., in addition to the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Arsenal.
Useful AI-infused apps on your Mac? In this economy? sixcolors.com/post/2026/09...
App Report: AI to the rescue! No… really – Six Colors
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"Restore Congress's authority on tariffs," I say to myself quietly in a doctor's waiting room. "Restore Congress's authority on tariffs," one of the other patients repeats. "RESTORE CONGRESS'S AUTHORITY ON TARIFFS," everyone in the office begins chanting as one, as we rush out into the streets.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5d agoWhat @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social told me the House agenda will be next year if Democrats win —Reverse Trump’s Medicaid cuts —Extend expired ACA tax credits —Restore Congress’s authority on tariffs —“Decisively” end the Iran war Beyond that: “We’ve established five working groups on affordability”
