I sat on a couch and talked about the NBA : (my part starts at 15 min. mark) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGg...

Wonderful work from @curlyfro.bsky.social and James Jackson on NBA pioneers Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, who broke the league's color barrier in the '50s, & are being honored during the NBA's 75th anniversary season. In @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...

Need to catch up on today's NBA news? We have everything at The Athletic: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

Always read DA! Also, "Roundball Rock" is a total earworm. Haven't been able to stop humming/b-b-b-b-basketballing it for a couple of days now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eba7...

Every year, Brewers. Every year

Annnnnd another missed strike call leads to a Dodgers run. Sigh...

TBS’ camera on home plate feels as if it’s in left field.

Phew-ers!

Let's go Brewers!

Got there. Well done.

Just get to 97 wins, Brewers.

Brewers-Padres last night could have used a robot ump.

The shadows in NYC during the fall are fascinating. I’ve often found them to be mesmerizing.

No “letters from Ueck” this time, OK? Congrats, Brewers!

Redford was the last prinicpal actor from "The Sting" who was still alive. He made some stone-cold classics.

A titan.

New for @theathletic.com - Dwight Howard's five year prime in Orlando was awesome, and still massively underrated. Ahead of his HOF induction, let's fix that www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

After 30 years at USA TODAY, it's -30- for me. I have taken a buyout. It's been the thrill and dream of a lifetime. Being a newspaper person was all I ever wanted out of work. There's not enough room to acknowledge everyone who deserves it but my gratitude runs wide and deep.

The Basketball 100 podcast wraps up with @davidaldridgedc.bsky.social @joevardon.bsky.social and @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social. It's a perfect capper for this six-pod series. www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

Trevor Megill is entering Devin Williams anxiety territory

Rob, did you guys have a new The Basketball 100 podcast episode today? Yes! Here you go: www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

Episode No. 3 of The Basketball 100 podcast is live! Enjoy a great coversation about players Nos. 59-40: www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

The #Brewers… I don’t know what to say any longer.

This Brewers season gets more absurdly ridiculously awesome every day.

The first two episodes of The Basketball 100 podcast are now streaming (wherever you get your podcasts). www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

I’ve been a #Brewers fan for all my life (55 years), never seen anything like this.

The #Brewers lost their first four games of the season. Since then? They've won 74 of 114. They're 49-16 since a loss dropped them to 25-28 in May. Not too shabby.

I’m in an independent bookstore and they’re playing The Replacements.

I have a feeling that Bob Uecker is making the baseball gods laugh so hard that they’re forgetting to work their usual shenanigans against the #Brewers.

This #Brewers team. My word.

After leaving the White Sox and before joining the #Brewers, Andrew Vaughn went down to the crossroads.

It’s a crime Rains lost to that jackass Coburn for Best Supporting Actor. Rains’ gives the greatest supporting performance of all time. #TCMParty

“Round up the usual suspects.” Casablanca got me again. #TCMParty

A really exciting update about the future of @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Andrew Vaughn’s impact this season is the offensive version of CC Sabathia’s pitching in ‘08. #Brewers

Decent weekend, Brewers

My wife, after another treacherous trip down an Irish country road as we crest a hill into another breathtaking view: “This country just doesn’t get ugly.”

Also, you can no longer frighten me for I have driven Irish country roads.

Hoop at a primary school in Silver Mines, County Tipperary, Ireland

The NBA in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland: Bulls, Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, Bulls

The NBA in Nenagh, Tipperary County, Ireland: Bulls, Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, Bulls

Producer: Let’s hear some echo on this bass line. Engineer: Got it. <<Sounds fly>> P: Now, let’s try it without the echo. E: What? Like drop the echo? P: Drop it! E: Oooooh-kay <<Sounds … goodish>> P: Nope. Echo. E: (Sighs.)

Oh, are we again talking top 100 NBA players of all time? We've got you: store.nytimes.com/products/bas...

If Prince had only released disc two of “Sign O the Times” it’d still be one of the greatest albums of all time. (One day I’ll show you how the album’s narrator ends up married and as a step-dad to two kids.)

The hype train pulled into Thomas and Mack Center again Thursday, bringing Cooper Flagg to his NBA debut at Summer League in Vegas. He didn’t play well, but that wasn’t important to the fans and celebs who came to see The Next Big Thing. In @theathletic.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...

I know there's a lot of crazy stuff going on, but if you want a handle on the crazy NBA stuff, join us here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

Live blog. Lots of stuff going on. Join us! www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

One of my favorite things about Wimbledon (never been, hope to someday), is the formality of the line judges and ball attendants. The courts look empty without the line judges.

Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."