When I got my J/MC degree in 2011, I did not think we'd need to have a "What IS journalism, really?" conversation four times a week in the year 2025. But here we are, and it's exhausting.

Why is he yelling at us?

Hot cocoa in a Gritty mug.

Pennsylvania’s greatest holiday tradition

How weird is it in 2025 to watch an hours-long live TV broadcast without getting bombarded with sports betting promos? #MacysParade

The #MacysThanksgivingParade should have alternative commentary featuring a pair of middle-aged dads who have no idea who any of these people or characters are.

I am not going to know what day of the week it is until February.

Underrated hero of Thanksgiving week.

The discourse about Jalen Hurts when the Eagles win and the discourse about Josh Allen when the Bills lose makes it feel like they play two different positions in two entirely different sports.

Today, I reached the point where I've walked enough steps to average at least 10,000/day for the whole year, which was my goal. While constantly battling imposter syndrome and also feeling like I'm never doing enough, it's nice to see empirical proof of effort.

We need more Thanksgiving songs to serve as a buffer between Christmas and Halloween music. Going from "Spooky, Scary Skeletons" to Andy Williams is too much.

Hot Take: Skeletons are taking up way too much of the Halloween decor stage.

MLB: Look at our ratings! People love baseball. They CRAVE baseball. They can't get enough baseball! ... unless the NFL is on.

It's going to be the first AI-generated Super Bowl halftime show, isn't it?

The delay of game penalty NFL teams take on on fourth down because the opponents aren't dumb enough to jump offsides should be a 20-yard penalty.

Penn State Football is the perfect case study for the peak-end rule.

Four weeks from RIGHT NOW - hopefully with better weather - we'll be gearing up for high school football season openers. With the season on the horizon, here are some notes on this year's Sentinel-area regular-season schedule: cumberlink.com/sports/high-...

Moon.

Sports have always given us a window into "what's really going on" while also dressing up - and serving - as an escape. Nobody NEEDS TO invest time/thought/emotion in them, but that doesn't mean it's foolish to invest time/thought/emotion in them. This is my contribution to The Bluesky Discourse.

How many movies is it going to take to train this dragon?

Almost made sloppy steaks by accident(?), except with iced tea over pork chops. #SloppyChops #ITYSL

If you ever need one of those "you never know someone's story" reminders ... someone, at some point, was stuck behind the pope on the Schuylkill Expressway.

The Hockey > Sunday dad chores

Ever try to turn off PBS Kids in front of a toddler? Not as easy as you'd think.

It's 11:45 p.m. on a Saturday, and I've finished my work, and the rest of my family is asleep (for now). I turn on the TV and ... go to the PBS Kids app out of habit.

Baseball announcers love to remind us that the guy they brought in to pinch-run can run.

So NO ONE in any position of relevance is going to be brave enough to tell him, "No," huh?

Credit to baseball: 2025's torpedo bat is much better than 2024's "how did they manage to ruin all the uniforms?" as a storyline coming out of the first weekend.

Being a sports editor in the middle of the state playoffs and also somehow the beginning of spring sports with a 1-year-old at home means that you don't sleep, but it also means that you can see some cool moon stuff sometimes. #MoonStuff

My 4-year-old now calls fastnachts "not-fuss doughnuts."

February Madness for high school hoops in central PA. District 3 championship games at the Giant Center in Hershey over the next three days, followed by the PIAA playoffs.

We've reached the 'Tush Push Discourse' point of the NFL offseason.

Jacob Wrestling the Angel, Italian School, 17th century, 📸 by @Photography514

"There's a position that's just called 'tackle'? I hate football" -- my wife

Fork Dad definitely gets to be on one of the #Eagles parade floats, no?

Jalen Hurts is Football Derek Jeter.

FOX broadcast: Jalen Hurts, you've just been named MVP of Super Bowl LIX. What will you do next? Hurts: What are we getting at with this?

Points scored so far in Super Bowl LIX: Jake Elliott 10 Kansas City 0

"Lightyear" will be on the Disney Channel tonight at 7 if anyone's interested.

One of my favorite posts from the OG Sports Media Guy reprised The Super Bowl's origin story is that no one cared about the first game. My research shows that's demonstrably false. A nerdy deep dive into 1960s sports journalism: sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/the-super-...

Me: It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.... 4-Year-Old: NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT ANYMORE.

Mitch Jeter just accomplished more in Miami in one play than Derek Jeter did in Miami from 2017-2022.

I see there was a news conference today.

Does every NFL stadium really need a big, loud, elaborate production for defensive third downs to get home fans excited?

All-Sentinel Cross Country: A big year for the Thundering Herd. Boys team: cumberlink.com/sports/high-... Girls team: cumberlink.com/sports/high-...

Here's the All-Sentinel Girls Tennis Team headlined by Cumberland Valley's Pragnya Joshi: cumberlink.com/sports/high-...

The NHL would have been better off with a Winter Classic at 10 a.m. on New Year's Day than burying its big national showcase game at 5 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

First thought: The baby should not be holding our broom. First thought, part II: He's holding it like a left-handed defenseman. Interesting.

"Nosferatu" is an awesome movie, and the title is fittingly badass, but I also wouldn't have minded if they called it "Wife Guys vs. Vampires."

I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.