The Barbican Esate is very keen to make sure I hear its good news today. Glad the Golden Lane Leisure Centre refurbishment has been brought forward though. Highlight might be the fact they sent a 'sorry for all the emails' email then three more emails. We're currently on 18 copies of the same email.

A salute to Billy. A good coach and a good dude. Got more than most would have out of all the fundamentally flawed rosters he was given. Always played to his players’ strengths. Will do well wherever he goes. www.cbssports.com/nba/news/bil...

Well this wasn’t the podcast I was expecting today. Steve Palazzolo, Mike Renner and particularly @sammonson.bsky.social did not spare the details on the demise of @profootballfocus.bsky.social. As a PFF fan since the mid-2010s this was weirdly cathartic. www.youtube.com/live/EHZBH3E...

There's nothing quite like March basketball. Spurs up by almost 30 inside the second quarter. The joys of being an NBA fan in the UK who has to take what he can get with the early slate games.

If you can afford it, please donate to Hatzola North West to help replace the three ambulances the charity lost in an arson attack last night. And remember as always, showing solidarity with a minority community in London is nothing to do with events 2,500 miles away. hatzolanw.org/support

Sometimes I go look at Spotrac's cap table for the Bulls next year just to remind myself that most of this roster is getting flushed shortly. But then I accidentally remind myself the PATRICK WILLIAMS HAS ANOTHER THREE DAMN YEARS AT $18M and I no longer feel better www.spotrac.com/nba/chicago-...

#Patriots fans: no matter what happens today, remember that a year ago we were worrying about Will Campbell’s arm length. Just take a moment to appreciate how far we’ve come so quickly. #LETSFUCKINGO

Live roster: F Matas Buzelis C Zach Collins F Ousmane Dieng G Rob Dillingham F Noa Essengue G Josh Giddey G Jaden Ivey G Tre Jones G Yuki Kawamura G Mac McClung F Isaac Okoro C Lachlan Olbrich G Collin Sexton G Anfernee Simons F/C Jalen Smith F Patrick Williams F Guerschon Yabusele

Again, thanks for everything Ayo. As a second round pick, you more than became the player we hoped you would be. We’ll always root for you.

Thanks for all of it, Coby White. Enjoy going home to NC. He always played his heart out and seemed like a good dude. Glad to see him go to a team on an upswing. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/c...

Busy day for AKME. Trading him is long past due but Vooch has been a pro’s pro every second he’s been in Chicago. He’ll be remembered warmly in the future.

I assume this heralds the end for Coby White in Chicago very shortly (or less likely, Ayo Dosunmu). This trade looks good for the Bulls on the face of it - getting Ivey essentially for free, only taking on an expiring Mike Conley (who will get Jevon Carter’s veteran bench PG vibes role).

Every team that gets offered Dennis Schröder in a trade package says “yeah, he’s pretty good, we could probably flip him as part of a package for someone better.” Six months later the process repeats. This summer Schröder will be traded from the Cavs to the (shakes magic 8 ball) Bucks.

Thoughts on Bulls-Celtics from high up in the Garden: - Hauser guarding Matas is a matchup the Bulls should be looking to make the most of, he’s bullying him already

With Morgan Moses about to get a 90% playing time bonus, it’s worth looking at just how much Doug Marrone has contributed to a great season for the #Patriots. He’s even turned Vederian Lowe into a serviceable swing tackle! musketfire.com/overlooked-p...

I didn’t have ‘The Tyler Kolek Game’ on my list of things to watch today, and yet.

One of the few times a season my #ChicagoBulls play in a reasonable evening slot for UK fans. Off back to back wins against the Cavs I'm hoping for a continued upward trajectory but realistically expecting Jalen Johnson to feast on a total lack of rim protection. Trae will remain Ayo's son however

Something lovely to lift the spirits on a gloomy Friday music.youtube.com/watch?v=3rv9...

It turns out that post-All Star break Josh Giddey is just the real Josh Giddey. If he carries on averaging 23/10/9 he’s going to be an All Star himself.

What a win-win trade this turned out to be. Caruso played a key role in getting OKC a title. Bulls now 20-5 in their last 25 with Giddey running the show.

This is a really excellent read as ever from @kdonhoops.com

Aight @stephnoh.bsky.social you demanded it

The man might have been a Jet but he was a great player, an absolutely rock solid center you could set your watch by. A sad loss for anyone who watches AFC East football. www.newyorkjets.com/news/nick-ma...

Panthers special teams coach

Nice to see the Steelers running the same defense on Hunter Henry as they used to on Rob Gronkowski

Immanuel Quickley got $32.5m per year, RJ Barrett got $27.7m. Giddey’s ceiling is higher than either of them. This is a good deal. It can still go sideways if he doesn’t continue to develop but if you believe in post-All Star break Giddey’s 20/10/9, this can look very cheap very soon

Seoul back alley photography serendipity

Something beautiful because we don't spend enough time or thought on beautiful things any more music.youtube.com/watch?v=YJsH...

ICN in Korea. Convenient, fast rail link to downtown Seoul. Great food options. Bath house in the basement where you can sleep and shower for $5, great when you have a layover long enough to be tiring but short enough to not want to pay for a hotel.

RIP Terence Stamp. For my generation it’s his brilliant performance in The Limey that we remember best. Just tremendous in its intensity. www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

Happy birthday Bill Evans, who would have been 96 today in a world where he wasn’t a terminal heroin addict who died 45 years ago music.youtube.com/watch?v=3rv9...

User Itaewon_Comic on Reddit posted a collection of 20 illustrations of nightlife in Seoul’s traditional foreigner neighbourhood and captured the spirit the place beautifully www.reddit.com/gallery/1mny...

Trading in your car at a dealership was always paying for convenience and we understood that. These days they just take the piss though - offering £3,000 less than the Motorway price? I might pay for convenience but not to the tune of three grand.

Goodnight HULK from jabronie marks without a life that don’t know it’s a work when you work a work and work yourself into a shoot, marks

Glad to see the Bulls get this deal done. $8m p/a is a great price for a high quality backup PG who played some really good ball last season. Means we can still push the pace and generate transition buckets when Giddey is off the floor. And that’s a very tradeable contract if needed

Again: Nepo Baby Association www.sfchronicle.com/sports/warri...

For people on the left who feel a strange need to ‘pick a side’ in Israel v Iran

Love, North London

Fair play to Thomas Meunier. One of us. “I went to watch [United] a few weeks ago, against Bilbao. In with the fans, singing my heart out. I’m a real fan. I go to watch them at least once every season.” www.gva.be/sport/voetba...

This is not just true and surprisingly important, it’s also an excellent piece of writing. Surely someone at @theringer.com.web.brid.gy has a platform for @ocksportello.bsky.social’s talent www.neverhungover.club/p/toward-a-u...

이재명과 민주당을 축하합니다. 대한민국에 새로운 시작이 되기를 바랍니다 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

DREAMS STILL CAN’T BE BUY

Nepo Baby Association

In the pub last night I learned how to tell someone to eff off in Scottish Gaelic: thalla s’ cagainn bruis - ‘go and chew a brush.’

I know there’s never a GOOD time to turn the ball over on like five consecutive possessions but that was a particularly bad time to do it #game7

Regardless of how this game ends, it’s incredible that Gordon is even out there, let alone playing effectively. If you or I had his injury we’d be struggling to get off the sofa.

No.

Friday night, listening with the lights down. music.youtube.com/watch?v=gvkZ...

Strongly of the opinion that the Windows default wallpapers have degenerated in recent months from ‘creative images of the world’s most spectacular locations’ to ‘your mum’s holiday photos’