A specific example but this chapter from @jessicawluther.com and @kavithad.bsky.social book LOVING SPORTS WHEN THEY DON'T LOVE YOU BACK (which we published in 2020) is a great one.

Context and facts: The talent pipeline in the US is different for soccer than hockey; this level of dominance esp. considering Team Canada *is* unprecedented in hockey; and a major reason for that is regular competition among the best players in the world thanks to the PWHL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ELANA MEYERS-TAYLOR 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

It is absolutely a choice.

Team USA women's hockey is 31-1 in goals/goals against heading into the gold medal game. They've posted *five* straight shutouts and have scored at least five goals in each game, and they're scoring up and down the roster. Just unprecedented dominance

I'm crying because why does my dad have a cache of Mr. Beast chocolates?! That 74-year-old Indian man does not know who Mr. Beast is lol

Interesting piece by @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social on the NFL's relationship with the military, featuring the esteemed @howardbryantbooks.bsky.social and yours truly youtu.be/X9KOyRlyQlM?...

"The deracination of independent sports reporting in America is a microcosm of the retreat from factual journalism in the more important fields of politics and society." observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Good god, Allan Houston's stroke is still silky smooth

Everything is terrible rn, but all of New York Undercover is on Hulu

Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far. In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.

Some words don't need to be combined

Okay, aside from this being AI slop, I don't quite know how to explain this, but... Lola Bunny is not white

Good progress toward a move that should've been implemented from the jump, as countries like the UK and Ireland have banned credit cards from being used to place online bets for years

I've been sick since Monday and have had a hard time putting down food, but I've gotta eat because apparently all the cold meds except for Sudafed are NSAIDs, and kidney donors can't have those. So here I am, trying to trudge my way through an 11am frozen Marie Callender's chicken pot pie.

The US Women’s Hockey team is terrifying. They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far. Their opponents? One.

Homeboy has clearly never tried to go to a bar only to realize he left his ID in another purse

May Sam Darnold inspire you not to just have a second life, but a third and a fourth

Per @enriquerojas.bsky.social, the little boy Bad Bunny gave his Grammy to in the Super Bowl halftime show was Liam Ramos. The levels to this show, man. They're so beyond football. x.com/i/status/202...

We're really allowing a dot gov ad during the Super Bowl featuring Mike Tyson, huh

Low-key Eddie Palmieri tribute in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show is sending me

"They bought or inherited aging apartment buildings, hoping to bring home a little extra cash" ... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings

Two firsts this week: First time back at the gym since giving my dad a kidney 💪🏾

This is a Gus Kenworthy household

Got to preview the Super Bowl with one of my faves, @lindsayhjones.bsky.social! Listen to find out what she said to make me laugh this hard #SuperBowl    #SuperBowlLX    🎙️ pod.link/1733944403/e...

🥵🥵 ‘Heated Rivalry’ isn’t making hockey sexy, that’s just want it’s like. You have to listen to this conversation on ‘Sportly’ with @amirarose.bsky.social & @kavithad.bsky.social about the intimacy inherent in hockey: share.harkaudio.com/6Nypu7FJeYM7...

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce has released this letter on behalf of more than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies.

No shit man you live 10,000 miles from NYC. ☠️

The kid from Harlem absolutely posterizing Embiid, you love to see it

Such a fun conversation! So happy to talk to Jessica and Amira about Heated Rivalry

Consistently having to reconcile how much I genuinely love the New Englanders in my life with how much their fandom irks literally everyone who's not them

The Celtics are still good even without Jayson Tatum, the Bruins scored 10 goals against the Rangers, and the Pats just won their first playoff game since the first Trump administration -- something's awry

A man who doesn't eat tomatoes yet does Pizza Hut ads calling kickers "quirky" is quite a thing

I was lucky to be a match to donate a kidney to my father l. Others aren't so lucky -- but lemme tell you, 3 weeks after surgery, I'm doing well, he's doing well, and it will forever be one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Elder millennials/Gen X are always mad thankful there weren't camera phones/social media when they were in college bc they'd have photos of, like, 20-year-olds playing Edward 40 Hands, while these boomers were just out in these streets documenting crimes of the century on analog

YAAAAASSSSSSS

A gift from my nurse 💚

I just donated a kidney and watching these ugly-ass NBA Cup courts is still the most painful thing I'll have to do today

Yada yada ON IT

Also I have officially become a person who goes to the gym after brunch and a film festival

No YOU cried all throughout the screening of "Street Smart," the documentary on Sonia Manzano aka Maria from Sesame Street @docnycfest.bsky.social

Having a fully childhood day with high school frenz -- had brunch at a restaurant I first went to when I was 15 (shoutout to Hearth, glad some NYC institutions are still there and still good) and now we're waiting to see the documentary about Maria from Sesame Street at DOC NYC

I'm sorry but when did a three-piece at Popeyes become SEVENTEEN AMERICAN DOLLARS

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At least you know you need one

19 years ago today. This one hits different because mom's not here. She used to send me a letter every year telling me how much she knows how hard this day is for me, and how proud she is of how much I've overcome. I hope she's still proud. www.espn.com/espnw/voices...

I say this as a proud (pre-Trump capitulation) Lion, but why is Columbia-Harvard on ESPN2

Thursday's @theguardian.com cartoon #zohranmamdani #mamdani #zohranfornyc #NewYork

Spotted on the UES

I have to know who the 6,382 people who voted for Eric Adams are