Given its role in inequalities & injustices financial, environmental & social, should pro sports even exist anymore? podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob…

What it's like when a season ends, from 3 different POVs (media/athlete/fan): @howardbeck.bsky.social, Gigi Speer, Wish in One Hand podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/…

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One of my favorite writers -- who writes seemingly about the Knicks, but really about life's journey -- interviewed me for his The Jacobin Sports Show podcast. Somehow we didn't even get to the Mets and Knicks until overtime.

Some Dame Lillard/Jrue Holiday arms race vibes, followed by @darcangel21 talking WNBA. What to make of the Finals after Game 1? The Bay Area is confirmed for expansion, but what about Portland? Plus Dearica Hamby's lawsuit against the Aces & the WNBA. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/…

Four stories that remind us $$$ isn't everything: why Malcolm Brogdon may rightfully refuse to be traded to a better team; how the NBAPA failed Joel Embiid; Tony Snell gaining sympathies before losing them & Michael Jordan making on octogenarian widow cry podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob…

A team of us at Nottingham Trent University considered the critical question - Is gender equality in brain damage ‘progress’ for women and sport? Our 'answers' frame important ethical & moral positions for the future of all performance-orientated sport 😎🧠🏈👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

In this special episode, we talk LSU/Iowa's Elite 8 blockbuster, the Minnesota T'Wolves fussin' billionaires, the EPL's 3-horse home stretch, the tsunami of sports gambling red flags, a VERY special interview guest and announce the show's new name. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob…

On when losing is like fish sauce, the NBA's 3-body problem & how the Atlanta Hawks are Swedenborg's Hell. Kris Pursiainen joins to talk today's sports media landscape plus NBA play-in/playoff topics open.spotify.com/episode/2oSeGM…

How are the Mat Ishbia Suns like the Jonestown cult? Why doesn't Reggie Bush's retro-Heisman matter? Also: NBA playoff talk, Candace Parker leaves the WNBA, Jurgen Klopp nears the end at Liverpool and somber numbers regarding death and boxing. open.spotify.com/episode/5qHAQv…

Stoked to be joined by Caitlin Cooper to talk going from writing for a corporation to a subscriber model plus NYK/IND -- what happens when a team that hates switches meets one that hates switching? How will the tortoise & hare attack each other? That and more! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob…

Man City's four-peat & the Knicks G7 lead to questions about the WNBA's direction. Then Alford Corriette breaks down half the W's teams, charter flights, the in-season tournament & whether the W would welcome a young star pushing for early draft eligibility podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob…

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My main account is suspended b/c I tweeted about dumping NYC's mayor into a river, so here's a roundabout reminder for anyone interested in the Brooklyn Nets or the always terrific work of Lucas Kaplan, who was gracious enough to share some offseason storylines to watch

Per the currently banned @MatthewEMiranda: on the death of a Buffalo icon -- the Old Pink open.substack.com/pub/matthewmir…

2nd best goal of the Euros for me, behind Güler’s of 🇹🇷 . How bout this soft ⛳️ wedge shot pass to Yaremchuk? He then handles it with absolute class. Golazo 🇺🇦

"Nobody deserves to live in fear because of who they are," says the D.A. who drove home drunk and shit all over the cop who tried to do his job, a move none of the rest of us could pull, living in fear of the law and being who we are, i.e. not elected DAs