'When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence'
nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/…
via The New York Times

'Where billions of cicadas will emerge this spring and over the next decade in one map'
vox.com/science/240472…
via Vox

The Toronto Maple Leafs have now lost seven consecutive #Game7 games in #NHL postseason play.
The last time that franchise won a do-or-die playoff game in the final game of a series was in 1992.
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
#LeafsForever

Here we go:
Toronto = Morgan Rielly
Boston = Pat Maroon

#bucciovertimechallenge
#NHL
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
#NHL Bruins
#LeafsForever

Sensational postseason basketball action.
Incredibly entertaining #Game1 .
We can all only hope that this series goes the full seven games.
#MINvsDEN
#RaisedByWolves
#Road2Gold
#NBA
#NBA Playoffs

#TORvsBOS
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
#NHLPlayoffs2024
#AustonMatthews
#LeafsForever

'Ten years after the Flint water crisis, distrust and anger linger'
propublica.org/article/flint-…
via ProPublica

'The NFL's Growing Global Presence'
cultureofsport.substack.com/p/the-nfls-gro…
via Culture of Sport

I flipped between Sportsnet 590 The FAN and TSN 1050 Toronto this morning on the drive into work.
Lots of energy/excitement/anticipation as the on-air hosts analyzed #Game6 of the #LeafsForever versus #NHL Bruins series and previewed #Game7 tomorrow night.
#NHL
#BOSvsTOR
#StanleyCupPlayoffs

On nights like this it's a shame we aren't able to hear Steve Somers present a delightfully written monologue on WFAN Sports Radio about 'the New York Knickerbockers.'
#NBA Playoffs2024
#NewYorkForever
#NBA

Items of interest:

'Inside RFK Jr.’s chaotic White House bid'
wsj.com/politics/elect…

'Immigrants are saving the American economy'
popular.info/p/immigrants-a…

'QAnon was born out of the sex ad moral panic that took down BackPage dot-com'
theintercept.com/2024/04/27/bac…

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have combined to score a total of 66 points for the #Oilers in 18 playoff games played against the #Kings over the past three years.
#LAKvsEDM
#NHLPlayoffs
#StanleyCupPlayoffs
#LetsGoOilers
#GoKingsGo

It's time for the annual pull-the-table-umbrellas-down-from-the-garage-rafters-and-check-to-see-if-there-are-any-bats-or-birds-or-squirrels-hiding-inside proceedings.

All clear!

Items of interest:

'RFK Jr.’s third-party odyssey'
politico.com/newsletters/po…

'Professor who correctly predicted nine presidential elections weighs in on Biden vs. Trump'
cnn.com/2024/04/29/pol…

'State of the Buffalo Bills, post-draft edition'
golongtd.com/p/state-of-the…

Quality content.
Heather Prusak and Allison Staebell on how UB Women's Hoops coach Becky Burke and her wife became parents.

'Love & Basketball:
Emotional journey leads UB women’s coach Becky Burke and her wife into parenthood'
wivb.com/sports/univers…
via News 4 Buffalo

#Buffalo
#UBhornsUP

'Why we keep seeing egg prices spike'
vox.com/money/24144715…
via Vox

cc:
Jerry Johnson
tom iafallo
Heidi Higgins

'Here are a few middle-six wingers that Buffalo could consider adding in a trade: Andrew Mangiapane of the Calgary Flames, Alex Iafallo of the Winnipeg Jets and Radek Faksa of the Dallas Stars.'

- Lance Lysowski in a recent 'Sabres Mailbag' published in Buffalo News Sports

#Buffalo
#Sabres

For the #TORvsBOS overtime session, I'll go:
Boston = Brad Marchand
Toronto = Mitch Marner
#bucciovertimechallenge

cc:
k
Angela Marinucci