Sunday marked the end of LIV Golf as we know it. I spent a few days in Indianapolis and wrote about what it’s like when the music finally stops: www.espn.com/golf/story/_...
Chris Almeida
@chrisalmeida.bsky.social
CFB editor at ESPN | writing elsewhere | chrisjalmeida.com
Today’s the day! FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS is out!!!!!!!
Finding Renée Richards by Julie Kliegman | Astoria Bookshop
"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, ...
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An important question for our times: Should your QB be swole? John Mateer has seen the reaction to his offseason transformation and shirtless pics: "The thing I would hate the most is for people to think I'm just some dumb big jock. I don't lift like I'm just a gym bro." www.espn.com/college-foot...
Swole ballgame: Should quarterbacks be jacked? An ESPN investigation
Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer has turned heads this offseason with his massive arms. But has he gotten too big?
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"One of the best profiles I’ve read all year—and one of the best stories about the ~influencer economy~ I’ve ever laid eyes on." - @jacobfeldman.bsky.social on his favorite this week by @chrisalmeida.bsky.social washingtonian.com/2026/08/06/t...
Guess What? Tony P Hates You, Too.
Online ridicule helped DC influencer Anthony Polcari go viral—and make money. As his social-media star wanes, he’s looking to jump to television. But can he afford to leave his snarkiest followers beh...
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Today is my last day at Sports Illustrated. My choice, after 8+ years and a ton of change and so many stories that meant the world to me. (With one more still on the way.) I'll have more on what's next soon but for now — what a gig! Can't believe how lucky I was to have it.
Have to say @chrisalmeida.bsky.social cooked here washingtonian.com/2026/08/06/t...
Guess What? Tony P Hates You, Too.
Online ridicule helped DC influencer Anthony Polcari go viral—and make money. As his social-media star wanes, he’s looking to jump to television. But can he afford to leave his snarkiest followers beh...
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Thrilled to share this @washingtonian.com banger from @chrisalmeida.bsky.social on unlikely DC influencer Tony P and his many, many online haters—which is really about the costs of the attention economy: washingtonian.com/2026/08/06/t...
Guess What? Tony P Hates You, Too.
Online ridicule helped DC influencer Anthony Polcari go viral—and make money. As his social-media star wanes, he’s looking to jump to television. But can he afford to leave his snarkiest followers beh...
washingtonian.com
For @washingtonian.com, I spent the last few months talking to the influencer Tony P in DC and trying to figure out why we chase after attention even when it hurts us.
Guess What? Tony P Hates You, Too.
Online ridicule helped DC influencer Anthony Polcari go viral—and make money. As his social-media star wanes, he’s looking to jump to television. But can he afford to leave his snarkiest followers beh...
washingtonian.com
When you really think about it this is all England’s fault
The Tour de France starts tomorrow, and ESPN let me go long on Tadej Pogacar, and why he's the greatest bike racer who ever lived
Can Tour de France champ Tadej Pogačar redeem cycling's reputation?
Pogačar's quest for a fifth Tour de France title begins on July 4. His tougher quest: Making fans believe in miracles again.
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Three decades since Pokémon’s debut, some of its hottest collectibles can sell for millions at auction — or be stolen at gunpoint.
How Pokémon Cards Became Scarce, Valuable and Surprisingly Dangerous
Three decades since Pokémon’s debut, some of its hottest collectibles can sell for millions at auction — or be stolen at gunpoint.
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Wrote a story for Bloomberg Businessweek about how Pokemon cards are more popular than ever and how everything is gambling now
How Pokémon Cards Became Scarce, Valuable and Surprisingly Dangerous
Three decades since Pokémon’s debut, some of its hottest collectibles can sell for millions at auction — or be stolen at gunpoint.
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My notes on this game have descended into increasingly incoherent scribbles
Snarky stuff like this misses the point just as much as people who try and pretend that AI writing could just never be as brilliant as what they produce. The point with this isn’t “does it work?” It’s “is it worth 5 guys having all the world’s resources?” And, no, 82-0 did not convince me of that.
Danny Page@danny.page · 4mo agoSo much love on here for 82-0! Seems like folks are coming around to GenAI/LLM developed websites?
I looked at some tweets yesterday and there were a bunch of people sincerely and earnestly being like “who cares about the journalists, fire them all, people don’t watch 60 Minutes for them! They watch for the stories!” And dawg listen…do we have any theories about how the stories come to be…
Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · 4mo agoI think I that Bari Weiss and her crew think that 60 Minutes inherently has value, when it’s the people who’ve done the hard work for years that have earned the respect and trust that brings value.
"Wake up in the morning wanting to have ideas" is such an incredible tell. It's like saying you wake up in the morning wanting to be fast but that you don't ever go for a run.
Kate Knibbs@knibbs.bsky.social · 4mo agoOne of the weirdest conversations I've had recently. Had to cut that at one point he asked me if WIRED runs all my writing through an AI detector. www.wired.com/story/future...
I don't know when it became normal for people to not just cheat and lie and steal but also to then say, after being caught, that they did nothing wrong. But I hate it. nymag.com/intelligence...
