Some personal news: I'm heading West to help cover Southern California for @nytimes.com

Seidler was not shy about his ambitions to win a World Series with the Padres, no matter the cost. Under his leadership, the Padres spent big on players in hopes of winning a title.

Your Favorite Song Is Now a Norteña My latest (gift link/no paywall) —

Why run the NYC marathon when you can drive it? Fun idea and brilliantly executed by David Waldstein with visuals from Jonah Markowitz

A United flight that departed from Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday night arrived 58 minutes early at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris, a flight that normally takes about seven hours.

Today’s front page of The Dallas Morning News

The German tennis star was ordered to pay a penalty in a case involving the alleged physical abuse of the mother of his child, his lawyers said.

“Be looking over your shoulder,” the man said in a voice mail message for Fani Willis, the Fulton County prosecutor who filed charges against former President Donald Trump.

a national treasure

It’s true that “Sports Twitter” lives on like a zombie on X

Writers and editors at Reviewed, a product recommendation website, say that the company used artificial intelligence to create reviews last week.

Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable. My latest (gift link/no paywall) —

Imitation, in New York, is often the sincerest form of entrepreneurship. But a fuchka free-for-all erupting in Queens around selling the Bengali snack is a level of commercial copycatting rarely seen within a one-block radius.

On Friday Amanda Serrano and Danila Ramos will compete in the first women’s boxing title fight in 15 years that has been sanctioned under men’s rules, and only the second one ever.

The collision came as aviation officials have been concerned by the regularity of near misses across the country that have been caused by understaffed air traffic control facilities and failures to install warning systems.

looking at ticket prices for bad bunny and the world series

Today’s front page of The Dallas Morning News

LSU fan casually barehanding a home run

The New York Times has published an editors’ note about its early coverage of an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City. Read the note in full here. nyti.ms/3M96vyv

iconic SNL moment last night. most of the show did not have subtitles when bad bunny spoke in Spanish

my biggest pet peeve on here and elsewhere is when people repost something and just say "wow," "this" or "!!" add insight, add value, add context, add *anything* besides just wow! this! !!

new york math is taking a $2.90 train to a different borough so you can take a $50-uber back home

Wow that's crazy. They should use social media and websites

just learned that “gas” means “good” now

new level of New Yorker unlocked: experiencing nostalgia for scaffolding in my neighborhood 🔓

The men were wrongly convicted as teenagers in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy. Their case was revisited after one of the men submitted a public records request.

philly — mexico vs. germany at the linc

This shiny glass condo in New York City has become notorious for killing birds. Now some of its residents are trying to fix the problem, joining a small but determined global push to make glass more bird-friendly.

Low riders!

i'm looking to talk to people for a story: is anyone on here a sports fan who gave up on twitter in the past year? if that's you and you're interested, reach out! first.last @nytimes. com

all we're asking for is just one sunny weekend

whah whah whah my team didn't win

Meanwhile, over on X, all of my new followers just happen to have the X logo as their profile pics

The Rangers' ALCS roster has been announced, and both Max Scherzer and Jon Gray are active www.lonestarball.com/2023/10/15/2...

For the @newyorktimes.bsky.social magazine this weekend, I wrote about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and what it meant to me as a suburban kid growing up: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/m...

Me trying to wear all of my fall clothes now that it’s cool enough in NY

Duolingo cutting deep today

A new study has an encouraging message for Americans who shy away from Covid shots because of worries about side effects: The chills, fatigue, headache and malaise that can follow vaccination may be signs of a vigorous immune response. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/07/h...

“last year, i spent countless hours organizing receipts and expenses. that’s when i turned to turbotax…”

Not really sure what to be posting here but here’s a baby alligator in a Florida swamp

I want to read on a night flight but no one has their overhead light on. What’s the etiquette here? Just suck it up and leave the book for another day?

State officials in Mexico said that the bus was transporting 55 people, many of them believed to be from Venezuela.

George Tyndall, the former University of Southern California gynecologist accused of preying sexually on hundreds of patients dating as far back as the 1990s, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, his lawyer said.

Haven’t posted here in a minute so here’s a Cuban and a manta ray

No Rafa, Serena or Roger. But there's the chance of a Djokovic vs. Alcaraz rematch in the final. My breakdown of draw reveal day —

Prosecutors had originally planned to seek the death penalty for Michael Cummins, 29, of Tennessee, who killed his parents, an uncle and five others in a string of attacks in 2019.

Tyler Massengill told investigators that on the day of the fire, something had reminded him about an ex-girlfriend who he said had chosen to have an abortion, which upset him.

Six ex-officers in Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses against two Black men they assaulted with a sex object and shot in the mouth

The city of Chihuahua said it would impose hefty fines on bands that perform songs with lyrics that “promote violence against women.”