🚨🏈 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

YouTube video by Sports Illustrated College

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My grandmother worked at Maas Brothers there. RIP, WestShore Plaza. www.tampabay.com/news/busines...

Goodbye WestShore Plaza: New owner will demolish the aging Tampa mall

The 54-acre property sold for $135 million. It will be transformed into a mixed-use development.

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Don't send stuff unrelated to a reporter's beat, either. Do your homework. #PR

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 6h ago

Tip for fellow journalists, this has made my life so much better: Over the past week or so I have invested something like 10 hours in unsubscribing from everything possible, blocking all press flacks that send me stuff unrelated to my beat, and setting up an auto-filter for newsletters. 1/2

Don't lie to media. ###

Bill Chambers@flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 6h ago

This is just one of the many reasons we politely declined to review Eli Roth's latest.

Arizona State University launches degree in content creation

Arizona State University Launches Degree In Content Creation

Arizona State University is launching one of the country's first bachelor's degrees in content creation as universities begin to embrace the fast-growing creator economy.

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Writing fiction in any genre should be a purely human exercise. If you use AI to generate *any* dialog, story ideas, character shapes, *anything* creative, you're betraying the very concept of artistic expression. This is a bright flashing red line for me. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

‘Everyone Is Doing It’: The Truth About AI in Hollywood

Puck’s Matthew Belloni says AI has quietly become part of everyday filmmaking. The battle now isn’t whether Hollywood will use the technology—it’s who controls what’ll come next.

wired.com

This summer marks a moment of transition in the Grateful Dead's long, strange trip: the first in many years where there is no clear center of the band's universe. Where do Deadheads go from here? n.pr/4zcKPZg

The Ripple Effect

This summer marks a moment of transition in the Grateful Dead's long, strange trip: the first in many years where there is no clear center of the band's universe. Where do Deadheads go from here?

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Former "60 Minutes" correspondents Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi will serve as journalists-in-residence at the Columbia Journalism School, where they will work with students and contribute to the Columbia Journalism Review, the school said on Monday.

Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi get Columbia Journalism School residencies

August 3, 2026 - Alfonsi and Pelley will work with students through lectures, workshops, special events and individual sessions; both will also work on the Columbia Journalism Review.

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I'm also a fan of snail mail. My own words. "Creative" handwriting.

Bryn Donovan@bryndonovan.bsky.social · 2d ago

I just casually jotted off a couple of handwritten thank-you notes and put them in the mail. No ChatGPT needed. I know, I’m amazing 😎 #antiAI

i do think it's fucked up that there's no afternoon games today. best part of trade deadline is when players get removed mid game, hugs on the field etc

This is so gross. Shame on this PR agency and any others like it.

Simon Owens@simonowens.bsky.social · 2d ago

Futurism reports on how an army of AI-generated PR reps are flooding journalists’ inboxes — not only with their initial product pitches, but also with constant follow-ups. This is why I’ve been forced to get extremely harsh in how I manage my inbox. I send out a newsletter just about every weekday,

If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.

I hate that the WPBL is behind ESPN paywalls. A miss for the league, IMO.

I don't like seeing the word "carted" so much at this time of year.

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PodKATT@podkatt.bsky.social · 5d ago

Who could have seen this coming, except every single person who has watched this nonsense fail every time for the last half decade.

Time to catch up on streamed shows and books. Oh, and football will start. (That's hella long, Seth -- miss ya!)

LateNighter@latenightercom.bsky.social · 5d ago

First on LateNighter: The news will keep coming for the next seven weeks—but viewers won’t have Seth Meyers around to break it down.

New LSU transfer Jada Williams is front and center on the union's website. Hell Yeah.

Matt Brown@mattbrown.bsky.social · 5d ago

well well well www.espn.com/womens-colle...

Tennessee AD Danny White continues to be the most sensible voice in college athletics. www.on3.com/teams/tennes...

Tennessee AD Danny White not an advocate of the Protect College Sports Act

While Congress races to try and get the Protect College Sports Act to a vote, Tennessee Athletics Director Danny White is no advocate for the bill.

on3.com

finally porting over my “nfl camp watchers” from x dot com the everything app!! all killer, no filler, up-to-the-second #nfl camp news by the journalists doing the work. still adding and changing; please let me know anyone I’ve missed! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Are these leaders engaging with people or just posting stuff? www.axios.com/2026/07/30/x... Because it's an internal battle to provide Twitter 2026 with any momentum.

X is still the comms platform of choice for many CEOs and world leaders

For communicators, the most important audience isn't based on size — it's the one most likely to influence headlines, markets and policy.

axios.com

With the NFL season essentially here as training camps open, this list is essential. There’s no reason BlueSky can’t be the default app of sports and NFL fandom and information.

Cameron White@whiteheatff.bsky.social · last wk.

Here’s the link to Lou’s beat reporter list. Make sure to pin it with the button in the upper right corner. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Coming from a family of doctors, it’s depressing (and frankly embarrassing) to see these unhinged attacks of Dr. Anthony Fauci, a man who served this country for decades and saved countless lives. Medical professionals are the best of us. It’s all so bleak.

It is so upsetting to see a scientist who dedicated his entire life to public service and objectively made the world a better place be treated this way by a bunch of idiot congressmen who think they understand infectious disease better than he does. All this because they didn’t wanna wear masks.

Am I the only one who watches blowout sports broadcasts? You find out who's got true announcer chops. The fill takes practice.

Not what was intended when NIL meant money to college athletes, but the result of the NCAA's inaction. Deals gone wild. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

These college basketball players will make more money than LeBron James next season

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A bench-clearing something something in #TBT 🏀. This is supposed to be FUN, guys.

"Don't let all this nonsense get you down. One of the things that was luckiest for me was I didn't get famous until I was like 45,. So, I was an old man. You're my daughters' age, they haven't had that much immersion in nonsense, so don't lose that joy." Barack Obama advice to Caitlin Clark

I feel bad for New College's alumni as new "leaders" want to dismantle their association. They don't need the sh** that Florida's current university system is serving to keep that school's legacy alive. If you're a New College alum, let's talk. www.tampabay.com/news/educati...

New College Foundation seeks to dissolve school’s alumni association

The group, which has criticized the school’s conservative overhaul, would be replaced with a new committee overseen by its foundation.

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and impact on the sport! if you can't tell the story of a certain era of the sport without someone, they should be in (this is also why I think Mike Leach will get into the CFB HOF despite his overall W-L record)