Where did 15 years go?! One of the first stories I covered as a New York City college cub reporter was Occupy Wall Street, which began this day in 2011. Here’s the ol’ biz card today in my home office. (The TV news makeup stains came later.)
Harrison Golden
@harrisongolden.bsky.social
Co-writer of Fred Hickman's "CHANNELING." TV news alum. SABR member. ⚾️ NY-born, NOLA-seasoned, NC-living.
Zohran Mamdani "was the only senior elected official who stayed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at the WTC until the end…Vance was the first to leave the VIP area, and other elected officials began 'schmoozing.'" Per Steve Kastenbaum:
Jacques Doucet, French radio voice for the Montreal Expos, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, and longtime SABR member, has died at 86. He is credited with inventing and popularizing many French baseball terms to help fans across Canada understand the game better: sabr.org/latest/in-me...
Legendary Montreal Expos broadcaster and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Jacques Doucet has died at the age of 86. My condolences to his family and friends. I wrote about him: tinyurl.com/mv6cmw3k
Legendary Montreal Expos broadcaster Jacques Doucet dies at 86 - Cooperstowners in Canada
Legendary Montreal Expos broadcaster and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Jacques Doucet has died at the age of 86.
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I still think about this post from the hours before Hurricane Ida's landfall five years ago. Margaret was a special person to work with — and remains such a gift to Louisiana.
📺 CNN pioneer. “Nick and Hick.” Play of the Day. YES Network. ESPN. And one famously lonely NBA MVP vote for Allen Iverson. We revisit the fascinating life of Fred Hickman with "Channeling" co-author @harrisongolden.bsky.social; 🎧 ➡️ NOW wherever you pod or YouTube!
Thanks to @timhanlon.bsky.social Hanlon for having me on @goodseatsstillavailable.com to discuss the autobiography that my dear late friend Fred Hickman and I collaborated on! The hour-long episode is up on most podcast apps. "CHANNELING" is available wherever you find books online.
% of Canadians who say the US is a reliable partner to their country 📉 83% in 2022 35% in 2026 *2026 survey conducted in the spring, before latest tariff dispute with the US
Trump Gets Negative Reviews Internationally as Fewer Say U.S. Is a Reliable Partner
A 36-country survey finds declining ratings for the U.S. amid rising concerns about its foreign policy and the health of its democracy.
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Baseball-related finds at Sleepy Poet Stuff in Charlotte.
Another baseball passage today: Butch Huskey, a former New York Met and protagonist of Yo La Tengo’s “Moby Octopad.” “Eight o'clock, the lights are on at Shea / Phone turned down, we've nothing much to say / Dozing off, the TV drones / Huskey makes the turn and heads for home”
welcome to the field of dreams, an homage to a movie revolving around men banned for life from baseball for gambling. brought to you by fanduel
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · last mo.only now realizing the field of dreams game happened and this is all so unbelievably stupid
A Louisiana legend is gone. Skip Bertman, who led LSU baseball to five College World Series titles, has died at age 88. I had the joy earlier this year of writing about one of Bertman's most famous triumphs: the 1996 championship. 📷: TigerRag magazine ARTICLE: sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Jesus fucking Christ. There is literally no “controversy.“ A bunch of racists are mad that the mayor is Muslim. That is the “controversy.” The mayor is Muslim. That’s it. Anybody upset about that is a racist. Your story is “racists don’t like the Muslim mayor.” Holy fuck
CNN@cnn.com · last mo.Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc
Born on this date in 1927, former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards (pictured here in 2019).
1) Why is anybody asking the President about a baseball trade? 2) The President has no idea what he's talking about, so segues into praise of the two Yankees execs he knows and then NIL, which is college sports.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: "I've known Brian Cashman for a long time. Look, he's done a good job. I think Randy Levine is great."
"There's not a lot of videos of him playing" is like when Theo Von said "there aren't any photographs of humans with dinosaurs" these guys should not be allowed to drive a car or vote
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe whole Mariners' pen believes Babe Ruth didn't exist. Kinda want all MLB players to believe this and make the owners agree to it in next CBA
As a cyclops truther I like that Homer’s Odyssey is listed as non-fiction
footage of Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo is a nice palate cleanser this Friday morning
Pope Leo XIV receives American singer Patti Smith at the Vatican
YouTube video by ROME REPORTS in English
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It was Saturday night in the Pioneer League and things got totally out of hand.
Gambling addiction is destructive. Articles like this attract comments that mock those caught up in it. Or try to apply logic to it. Addictions are not logical. This is a public health crisis that requires regulations we don't currently have. Blaming individuals for a systemic problem isn't helpful
Catherina Gioino@catgioino.bsky.social · 2mo agoI wrote about how much Americans wagered on sports betting in 2025 and how it’s more than they spent on movies, art, museums and music combined. Read my article @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...
I honestly wonder how long things like this can drag on where evil people publicly don’t pay what they owe with no consequence, until the average person decides there’s no point in paying off their credit card, line of credit, loan, etc. The whole system is a house of cards.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2mo agoAlex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.
every one of these people should be fired. out of large potato guns. into each other.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Disgraceful. Deepest shame on everyone who sat there and laughed at this fascist's jokes.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner