This is it. It’s the year I’m going to learn what a “soccer tactics” is

what was that 48-team cliff notes preview on a blog that everyone was circulating

Why doesn’t OG score 40 points a game

True and I’d add that perversely, interest in the sport makes you LESS likely to end up as one of its decision-makers. (College presidents and TV executives have career tracks completely outside the game; say what you will about Roger Goodell but I do believe he likes watching football.)

Would expect college football’s leaders to respond forcefully here (adding a seventh commercial break to the first quarter)

If I were one of Penelope’s suitors it would not have gone down like that

The ticket prices are hilarious but e.g. in my old section which seats about 500 there are 31 total tickets available. Feel like it is still going to be a hardcore/sicko crowd.

Spent five minutes begging for KAT, who I have never called a bum on this website, to be involved in an offensive play in crunch time of the Finals

Shamet releasing the ball before it reaches his hands

Got acid reflux for no other reason than that I ate half of a carnitas burrito for breakfast, drank two huge coffees, and then laid flat on my back for four hours to work. Sometimes life isn't fair.

I was doing this in 1998 this is bullshit

Re: the transformation of the Knicks in the playoffs, here’s KAT’s AST% last 4 years:

The CIA captured the Judeo-Christian God in a special operation in 1971 and trained him to play chess before eventually giving him to an Afghan mujahideen battalion under Operation Cyclone, who used him to shoot down Soviet helicopters until he was tragically KIA.

Our failure to adopt my “The American Dream” suggestion is a big part of our … failure

the Fed should also have a preferred source of replenishing electrolytes

You can almost think of California as the California of America

In a way, the state itself is the main character of the show (the show is a collaboration between David Simon and Anthony Kiedis called “Bomp She Bomp on My Domp De Dómp”)

“DAAAAAAA BRUTALIST”

January 25 lmao. What a joke. If you know a university president or regent please tell them to consider resigning in shame.

The new Vested Interest includes what I think is a smart take on SpaceX featuring Aswath Damodaran: newsletter.wealthfront.com/vested-inter...

the fascinating case of Spain, whose economy has been historically, shockingly good the past few years, fueled by record immigration levels -- but most of those immigrants already spoke Spanish www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Wise words beng.substack.com/p/some-nba-r...

Fair enough but I want to see the SaaS startup that runs with this

Not losing enough money on parlay bets? Try “combo” trades: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

People say this sometimes but it’s true for me right now. I’m exactly 50-50 on whether this is parody.

good stuff www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/pie-town-i...

A thought about living in a regular town vs. NYC is I enjoy actually knowing all my neighbors, store employees, keepers of local institutions, etc. but also that any random grouping of city dwellers who are strangers can attain kindred status given the right catalyst, which isn’t true “out here.”

Interesting if you think about it how our society has developed two such precise uses for ragtime music (middle difficulty piano instruction and documentaries about baseball or World War I)

I was just saying, I’m not a native and I truly thought this team was toast at many points, but I did pay a lot of money to watch Eddy Curry and Andrea Bargnani and that should count for something.

Canonical for me in many ways

I’m spectating a day of 9 year old baseball as a parent only and PMC beer discourse might be what I need to get me through. I’m gonna fire off some of the most fucked up takes you’ve ever seen

Thinking about how the first line and motivating premise of "Area Codes" ("you thought I was just 770?") was proto-Making Up a Guy to Be Mad At

Watched the first ep of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed and it’s very good, however her apartment has unmistakable Los Angeles Light/vibes and that was genuinely confusing for a while

When humans are definitely involved in the workflow

Modern Humorist

Pretty good first two games both teams playing real ball tho I still reserve the right to be annoyed that coaches and “matchup hunting” podcasters just decided that screening can now mean hugging or pushing off or grabbing a guy with two hands and the league was like okay

Michigan fans were right from the start about this fucking ghoul. www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

Crowd reaction to the Brunson stepback reminded me of one specific noise I’d heard before

Cruel to keep Harden out there

Here today at the National Magazine Awards, where I will be arguing for the creation of a lifetime achievement in toilet blogging award that I will naturally be the first recipient of

My book was embarrassing the old-fashioned way (entirety of the Kirkus review was just the word “no”)

I ordered—not made, or even customized—this plexiglass plate for the portable AC hose, and my brain could not be more pleased with itself looking at it if I’d built an actual working spaceship

It’s a little hard to tell but the other guys are actually very tall by normal standards

This game is no Cavs-Pistons but I guess I still want to see how it ends

Lol

It’s probably nothing

Good. Playoff daytime basketball at the Garden is something everyone hated and I’m certainly glad my kids won’t be able to see the end of any of these games

Someone put a clean paper plate of fresh salmon in our front yard overnight.