For anyone who is part of MAGA and against birthright citizenship, but roots for Folarin Balogun and USMNT tomorrow in the World Cup, you're a fucking hypocrite.

When I hear media commentators, e.g., in sports, say that someone is a really good human, has a positive attitude about everything, etc., I wonder if that is just code for non-controversial, they don't rock the boat, they don't voice valid criticisms that probably should be voiced.

How is it that Westeros isn't constantly dealing with wildfires like the Western USA is?

This Jaylen Brown for Paul George trade is like if OKC in 2016 sought out trades for Kevin Durant and chose to trade him to GSW for Harrison Barnes.

The Celtics are making a huge mistake by shopping Jaylen Brown. The Brown-Tatum pairing is a proven championship duo. If Brown is offended that he was offered in a Giannis trade package, that's a huge mistake too. The Celtics and Brown need to reconcile, its the only sensible path.

Let's go Western States 100 Mile runners! www.youtube.com/live/St-kUCm...

Here's my top 10 for the men's race at WSER this Saturday.

Locking in my Western States 100 Mile Endurance Race picks on Fantasy Freetrail. Who you got?

My condolences to Timberwolves fans. What is going on with your front office? Dumping Randle for nothing and now trading Naz and 4 first round picks for LaMelo? Makes absolutely no sense.

The athletes with a "a real motor" are not in New York tonight at the NBA draft. They are in Auburn or Palisades Tahoe California this week, preparing to show off said motor Saturday at the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Race. Lebron could never...

Jim Walmsley is going for WSER win #5 this year. But remember how close he was in 2016 before that famous wrong turn at mile 94 and how fast he was racing in 2017 before heat exhaustion. His history with this race is now longer than Scott Jurek with his 7 straight wins.

I can't believe Washington gave Trae Young $212M/4yrs. He has zero trade value and will hinder the development of whoever they draft #1 (whether Dybantsa or Peterson). Got to be the worst contract in the NBA immediately upon signing.

That's all Milwaukee got for Giannis??? They had four or five better offers in February than what Miami just gave them. I don't understand NBA trades.

The Spurs have six players they can trust: Wemby, Harper, Castle, Vassel, Champagnie, Johnson.

All of these Luke Kornet minutes should be played by Keldon Johnson.

Dylan Harper needs to start the second half. Bench Fox.

I'm tired of seeing the Sacramento Kings beat the Spurs.

Holy shit. Whatever karma NYC had from the Yankees losing from 3-0 to the Red Sox in 2004 they just cashed in tonight for the Knicks in their comeback from 29 down against the Spurs. Down 20 with 9 minutes left. Wow.

Why is the ABC broadcast blurring the basketball?

More Dylan Harper. Less D'Aaron Fox.

Whether the Knicks or the Spurs prevail in this series, it does feel like this Finals means more than last year's. Bill Simmons was right, some championships just seem to mean more.

Wemby is so tall, Lisa Salters isn't even on the TV screen as she interviews him. 🤣

Joakim Noah was no Victor Wembanyama. Nor was Jaren Jackson. (And Desmond Bane was no Stephon Castle.) Dylan Harper will rule this league in a way only Manu Ginobli ever has.

Trump takes a long blink during the NBA Finals

Wow this is a good basketball game. Wemby has woken up. Dylan Harper is still unconscious. Spurs showing they want this.

If Donald Trump is allowed to attend game 3 of the Finals, Adam Silver might as well be letting Donald Sterling back in.

The Albanian people have been massively protesting for several consecutive days against slumlord crook Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka seizing land in their country to the sum of billions of dollars to build a trashy resort. I hope they don’t stop until their evil corrupt deal is reversed.

Kudos to the Knicks for never giving up in game 1. This is real ball between these two teams. Wemby needs to review film and stop driving into traffic and turning it over or taking bad shots for the Spurs to have a chance in this series.

Wemby is making a few good plays, but in between, he looks completely gassed.

That was a refreshing half of a basketball game. No flopping or cheap hits, both teams playing hard and having runs going back and forth. Spurs vs Knicks is going to be a good series.

Crazy how many NBA teams are magnetically paired, across many years: Knicks-Spurs, Mavs-Heat, Lakers-Celtics, Warriors-Cavs.

“He was literally just talking” Hey @mikiesherrill.bsky.social u up?

ESPN needs to divest from its partnerships with gambling sites and stop reporting on the gambling odds. This isn't an argument against legalized sports betting. I want to see sports be followed for the artistry of athletes and the joys and pains of fandom of elite competition.

The Thunder's MVP, Alex Caruso, needs to have a better shooting 4th quarter than he's had all game if OKC is going to have a chance.

Textbook fastbreak by the Spurs. Fox to Champagnie to KJ for the finish. Beautiful basketball.

Meiselas: Katie Miller has been posting about you. I want to give you the opportunity right now to respond. What do you want to say to her? Paulina Mangubat, Content and Creative Director for @TheDemocrats: I want Katie Miller to know that her husband is an ugly fuck.

McCain nails Harper in the throat. No foul. McCain comes to a sudden stop. Drops flat on his face. Foul. #NBA

"If you want $3 gas, you're going to have to wait 6 years. We will not get back down to that sub-$70 oil level until 2032"

It is weird to introduce athletes for their entire career as "from" a place they spent 1 year when they were 18 and exploited by a coach and boosters for unpaid labor which dominated the psyches of millions of fans who would never vote for their civil rights.

The NBA should have their best announcers on the conference finals - why do we have a generalist like Mike Tirico? Years ago Bob Costas, Al Michaels, or Jim Nantz would be on the call - we don't need football/baseball/Olympics announcers for the biggest NBA games. Harlan, Eagle, Breen exist.

Devin Vassel putback of Wemby 3 looked very much like many Kevon Looney putbacks of Steph 3s.

The OKC Thunder are so hard to watch. They don't play basketball, they play Harden ball.

Wemby needs to have a better handle than Jordan Poole if he's gonna be the GOAT. The difference in this game at the end of 3rd Q is turnovers. 17 for Spurs, only 7 for OKC.

The compressed every other day schedule of the NBA conference finals is such a weird contrast with the super stretched out 19 day Finals schedule.

Stephon Castle. 👀

Its really remarkable that Eastern Conference basketball has been the more boring grind it out game in comparison to faster paced more beautiful basketball in the Western Conference for my entire life.

I’m late to the party, but it’s finally hit me that too many people equate wealth with intelligence. Get serious, people! No, I do not think you’re particularly smart or qualified to run a government because you’re a billionaire.

Yikes

One of the finest pieces of writing I have ever read.