Jeff Schultz
@jeffschultzatl.bsky.social
Wrote a bunch of words. Spelled most of them correctly. Exit ramp: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5162555/2023/12/27/atlanta-braves-falcons-hawks-georgia-jeff-schultz/ Practicing radical empathy. Board member: WilliamsHouse.org, FamiliesAnonymous.org
Was he this dumb as a football coach? I can't remember.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoTuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."
While we're it, I'm also for world peace.
Gail Sideman, publicist@gsideman.bsky.social · 3h agoDon't lie to media. ###
A live look at Mike Collins:
Woman's Hilarious Slide Fail
ALT: Woman's Hilarious Slide Fail
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Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h agoFormer Republican Sen. Jeff Flake just endorsed Jon Ossoff for Senate in Georgia. "Character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution."
Luke Skywalker gave a shoutout to a friend and former co-worker. Does that get me closer to Jedi status?
Mark Hamill@markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 6h agoSHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
Good move to avoid prolonged holdout. www.nytimes.com/athletic/734...
Falcons to sign Bijan Robinson to 3-year extension that resets RB market: Sources (Gift Article)
The signing comes after a short contract standoff. The 24-year-old Texas product led the NFL with 2,298 all-purpose yards last year.
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People forget that Alex Anthopoulos has never liked giving up assets for rentals. Even in 2021 all of those deadline moves for outfielders were incredibly cheap pickups.
Tim Williams Art@timwilliamsart.bsky.social · yesterdayI'm incredibly frustrated, Jeff. I think the kicker for me was seeing Casey Mize being picked up relatively late in the day by the Padres. Unless Spencer Schwellenbach makes a return better than the one Elvis made in his '68 NBC special, this team doesn't have enough starting pitching for October.
Todd was a great player and an absolute joy to deal with as a media member. Down to earth and honest and always enjoyed our conversations.Thrilled for him.
The Falcoholic@thefalcoholic.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Falcons are going to continue to lean on franchise legends in new roles, as longtime center and Ring of Honor inductee Todd McClure is back in Atlanta as the team's new coordinator of player development www.thefalcoholic.com/atlanta-falc...
Kenny nails it here. Many scream, “It’s not fair! The Dodgers have all the money!” But it’s not about just the money. They have a great organization and they’re aggressive when it comes to making big moves. Other teams don’t go for it like them.
Ken Rosenthal@ken-rosenthal.bsky.social · 4d agoTarik Skubal addition takes anti-Dodger hysteria to new heights as MLB lockout looms. Column, unlocked and free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Don’t know. But he’s a far better coach than Raheem Morris, who was a bad hire to go with a bad GM (Fontenot).
Bryan Grantham@bryanmgrantham.bsky.social · 5d agoIt’s really wild how it feels like his job is much harder than what Raheem inherited 2 years ago
Good stuff from @joshkendall.bsky.social on Kevin Stefanski. Some deep background in here. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
Kevin Stefanski’s task with the Falcons is tall. Those who know him say he’s built for it (Gift Article)
Stefanski takes over one of the NFL's most challenging jobs this season. After six seasons with the Browns, it's not an unfamiliar role.
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Mike Lombardi is on administrative leave, possibly before being fired, and the College Sports Commission is looking into North Carolina for potential violations. Also, this from Bill Belichick today: "Yeah, well, I mean, we’re ahead of where we were last year." He's not even good liar, anymore.
There's clearly only one problem with the WNBA's growth, and that's that the WNBA is not equipped to handle it. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
WNBA deletes post showing wager between Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese
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"Here’s what we do know about Lombardi’s time in Chapel Hill: Arrogance plus incompetence is a lethal combination." @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
North Carolina put Michael Lombardi on leave. The Bill Belichick era has reached a crisis point
It feels like Bill Belichick and Michael Lombardi's North Carolina experiment couldn't get any worse.
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This has truly been a disastrous hire for Bill Belichick. Now, his longtime confidant, UNC GM Mike Lombardi has been placed on administrative leave: www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
UNC GM Michael Lombardi, longtime Bill Belichick confidant, placed on administrative leave
Lombardi, a former NFL executive with three decades of experience in the league, arrived at North Carolina with Bill Belichick last year.
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The Mitch McConnell business reminds me that when Dorothy Parker was notified that President Calvin Coolidge was dead she said: "How can they tell?"
4fuxake@blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 2w agoAOC on Mitch McConnell's absence.
Breaking News: Federal officials acknowledged in court documents that they canceled grants to states that didn’t vote for President Trump in 2024. nyti.ms/4gRd5Kb
Michael is correct, baseball more than any other sport for some reason. But Snit was always pretty good about stating out of the public stuff until now.
netsjetsfan@netsjetsfan.bsky.social · 2w agoMichael Kay says most of baseball is right leaning so I’m not too surprised.
Not surprised by Mike Plant at all. Would’ve thought Terry McGuirk would be there, too. Many far right individuals in that organization. But Snit — that’s unfortunate.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump introduces Mike Plant and Brian Snitker: "The Mets have the highest salary in baseball and they lose all the time. And I say, maybe we could steal this guy! But the way the Atlanta Braves have been managed for years -- he's the CEO of the Atlanta Braves."
Every time I think about this possibility, it becomes more and more arrogant, power-hungry, short-sighted, ludicrous and self-destructive, but this being college football those also are the reasons it could happen. @sethemerson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
What are the SEC’s breakaway choices? From going nuclear to the mild option
The SEC breaking away has been percolating for a while. It received more life Monday when commissioner Greg Sankey called the talk “real.”
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ESPN laying everyone off so they can pay Stephen A & Pat McAfee 9 figures is exactly why ESPN sucks now. Every media outlet (sports or otherwise) prioritizes carnival barkers despite consumers rejecting them. PTI is ESPN's most-watched daily show for a reason.
When you overpay for programming and you way overpay for a couple of idiots, this is what happens. It has long been the ESPN way. The kings of corporate idiots.
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 2w agoKarl Ravech, one of ESPN's most prominent voices for more than three decades, is expected to be laid off as part of the company's latest round of cuts, sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic. nyti.ms/4vJD4XJ
If Wayne Gretzky had ever set up a goal with his head, it would have looked like that.
The detail I can’t get out of my head here is how he told his ex-wife that he had been hired by ICE, but she thought he must have been having a delusion, because how could ICE hire someone who had such a long history of family violence?
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 3w agoThis AP investigation into David Brouillette, the ICE agent who shot Durán Guerrero in Maine is genuinely horrifying. Long history of extreme mental illness, chronic violence agst spouses and kids, PTSD and heightened violence from mil service. apnews.com/article/ice-...
Top-tier Divorced Guy behavior: thinking your ex-wife is willing to cover and lie for you and not being right about that.
Bangor Daily News@bangordailynews.bsky.social · 3w agoHe reportedly called his ex-wife to ask her to "lie for him" and to "cover for his character."
