For the first time in the history of football: An offensive lineman wearing a number in the 60s is cool

This will be worth reading, I am confident

The last few weeks of Knicks fandom have been the best of my entire two, maybe three months of pulling for this franchise. So gratifying

Feeling pretty good about how I have adjusted my media consumption diet, because I just learned that a sitting governor created a big scandal by admitting she murdered her pet, and apparently it's been going on for like a week. Neat one to just drop in on

I really do want the Pirates to be relocated or contracted from MLB. People think I am kidding but it would be so good for me and I lack the self-control to walk

I have a worse day than the owner of the team and the GM do when the Pirates lose. Which is every day now. I must withdraw my emotional investment from this organization and see if it's possible to socialize myself into rooting for a better franchise. Like the Oakland A's

Dave & Buster's is getting into betting. (Yes. Dave & Buster's.) I have reporting in Slate on what that will look like and if society has opened a portal into hell. There was a good bit of 'no comment' from the gaming company setting it up:
slate.com/business/2024/…

I had finally stopped being mad at the Falcons and then I listened to the last 20 minutes of this podcast and now I am furious all over again.

I found this absurd draft recap ep of Split Zone Duo wildly entertaining, namely the deserved shoutouts to the guy Christian Caple.

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It is possible -- I would even say probable -- that Deion has spent more time this year scrolling social media apps that he's spent recruiting high school players

No doubt this is a deliberate leak to make it look like the U.S. president is Doing His Best while not taking steps available to him. Also I think some are ignoring no one on Earth can prevent this guy from catastrophically catering to the Israeli right to protect his career

(Halfway through the episode)

Alex: Ya Know, the University of Georgia can really develop players…

Pirates hitters are just so bad. It's an organizational failure. Look at all the dudes who literally cannot hit pitches grooved right down the middle of the plate. Henry Davis is a No. 1 pick college hitter and he can do NOTHING with anything that's not down and away

NEW EPISODE is an NFL Draft postmortem through a CFB lens.

UGA's development, Oregon's use of Bo Nix, whether Saban admitted to a capital crime on live TV, and, most of all, how Steven Godfrey is coming to grips with the Michael Penix situation (not well) splitzoneduo.com/p/nfl-draft-20…

'Let it go' is what you'd get from university PR but ideally not people covering a team

Did you know that Virginia Tech has one of the most gettable schedules in the Power Four AND was one of the better teams in college football after Week 4? AND has a promising returning QB? Keeping an eye on this situation.

I am on Hang Up and Listen with the talented Joel D. Anderson 🆓 and Josh Levin this week. Between the three of us, we've hosted like half the seasons of Slow Burn and had an FBS football career, so you know it's good: open.spotify.com/episode/3ZKUF2…

There are two NFL QBs who average a Bo Nix-like depth of target and are good: Mahomes and Burrow. So either he can do what they do, or the Broncos have to do a substantial redesign for their 24-year-old QB

Upon further review: these are still ridiculous selections given the context, but it's easier to squint and imagine the Penix pick working out