Brian Hamilton
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Senior enterprise writer for The Athletic. A lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-yous.
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"I tell people, my life's not real." To be an NFL long snapper is to have your worth measured by a half-dozen plays every week. It's also a shot at football nirvana. A story for
@theathletic.com
on the sport's last happy men, and what they're chasing.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
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The NFLās most anonymous men are also the happiest: āMy lifeās not realā
'People think itās impossible to get in (as a long snapper). Itās damn near impossible to stay in.'
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6802946/2025/11/20/the-nfls-most-anonymous-men-are-also-the-happiest-my-lifes-not-real
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The award for Best Timing: Feature goes to
@cjmoorehoops.bsky.social
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Illinoisā Keaton Wagler was No. 261 in his class. Now he could be an NBA lottery pick
Wagler went mostly overlooked as a high school recruit, but is the leading scorer for a Final Four contender as a freshman.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6992977/2026/01/23/keaton-wagler-illinois-college-basketball
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Keaton Wagler went to my old high school and I thought he was gonna be special. But this fast? A possible one-and-done lottery pick? Not even he dreamed it. But his story is one other players should learn from.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
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He was the 261st-ranked player in his class. Now he could be an NBA lottery pick
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6992977/2026/01/23/keaton-wagler-illinois-college-basketball/?source=emp_shared_article
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Breaking News from
@theathletic.com
: Federal prosecutors charged 20 men in what they described as a conspiracy to manipulate college basketball games.
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Federal prosecutors charge 20 men with alleged conspiracy to manipulate college basketball games
The scheme, according to federal prosecutors, involved two men indicted this fall for their alleged role in an NBA gambling scheme.
https://nyti.ms/4sIjlaA
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When the regular season ended last week, the Giants officially embarked on their fifth head coaching search in the 10 years. Landing John Harbaugh is the biggest win for the franchise in a long time. š:
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When the Ravens fired John Harbaugh after 18 seasons, 12 playoff appearances and one championship, he instantly became the most qualified candidate in the market. His resume speaks for itself, but how much of Harbaugh's success with Baltimore is exportable?
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This weekās Top 25 with Saint Louis, Clemson and Utah State making their debuts and both Vandy and Nebraska moving up:
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Menās college basketball Top 25: Unbeaten Vanderbilt, Nebraska are bona fide top-10 teams
It's also time to consider mid-majors ā and Utah State and Saint Louis join our ranking this week.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6962219/2026/01/12/mens-college-basketball-top-25-vanderbilt-nebraska-arizona/?source=emp_shared_article
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A year ago, Jamie Anderson was cozy on the couch, snuggled up with her toddler, far removed from pro snowboarding, and relatively at peace with her career being over. She had a second child in April. And now? Anderson is on the verge of her fourth Olympics. Badass āļø
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Jamie Anderson had every reason to pass on these Olympics. She's going for it anyway
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6955439/2026/01/09/jamie-anderson-winter-olympics-snowboarding-team-usa/
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Fundraising a sneaky problem for Indiana moving forward, now that the heads of all students and alums have exploded
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Michigan breaking algorithms and debuting at No. 1 in a new stat, plus nuggets on Purdue, BYU, Nebraska, Alabama, SMU and Villanova in this weekās Top 25:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/694...
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Menās college basketball Top 25: Michiganās dominance is breaking Vegas
Plus: How Purdue's Braden Smith makes passing magic and why SMU and Villanova are the newest teams in our ranking.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6940573/2026/01/05/college-basketball-top-25-mens-michigan-arizona-purdue/?source=emp_shared_article
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In this weekās Top 25, Michigan, Arizona, Iowa State, Nebraska, BYU, Louisville, Arkansas and Kansas are featured:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
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Menās college basketball Top 25: Whatās fueling still-unbeaten Michigan, Arizona ⦠and Nebraska?
Not only are there still seven undefeated teams in college basketball, but most of them have already faced stiff competition.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6885106/2025/12/15/mens-college-basketball-top-25-michigan-arizona-iowa-state/?source=emp_shared_article
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In 2022, Fernando Mendoza was a two-star recruit from South Florida. He was ranked the No. 140 quarterback nationally by 247Sports. Now, the longest of long shots in Heisman history is part of the most exclusive club in college football.
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Why isnāt Kentucky winning with a $22 million roster? Mark Pope built a team that doesnāt fit him and a defense that is supposed to be elite hasnāt played like it:
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Kentucky reportedly spent $22 million on its basketball roster. Why isnāt it working?
The Athletic spoke with coaches and watched UK's games to assess what Kentucky must do to salvage its still-young season.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6882985/2025/12/12/kentucky-basketball-losing-analysis-mark-pope/?source=emp_shared_article
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Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is facing charges of third-degree home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering, according to police. The charges stem from an alleged incident on Wednesday involving a female Michigan football staffer.
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Sherrone Moore's exit opens up the top job at one of college footballās most storied programs, and at an unusual point in the postseason calendar. Who could replace him at Michigan?
@brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social
's top candidates ⤵ļø
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
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Former NBA player Jason Collins announced that he is undergoing treatment for Stage 4 glioblastoma, one of the most severe forms of brain cancer. āBecause my tumor is unresectable ... the average prognosis is only 11 to 14 months,ā Collins said. š:
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Charley Hullās Instagram tells a story. So does that viral photo of her smoking at the U.S. Open. This summer, I spent time with Hull at her home in England, and it revealed a different picture of the golfer ā a much deeper one.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
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Charley Hullās Instagram tells a story. A trip to her English home told the real one
āPeople think Iām a party girl," Charley Hull admits, but her actual home life is nothing like that.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6879101/2025/12/11/womens-golf-charley-hull-family-lpga/
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LATEST: Sherrone Moore, who was fired by Michigan for having an āinappropriate relationship with a staff member,ā remains in custody at Washtenaw County Jail today after being detained by police on Wednesday. More details ⤵ļø
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
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Michigan coaching candidates: Five names to watch, from Kalen DeBoer to Jedd Fisch. This is what weāre hearing on the Wolverines coaching search:
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Michigan coaching candidates: Five names to watch, from Kalen DeBoer to Jedd Fisch
Many coaching candidates youād think the Wolverines might consider are off the market at this point in December. Who might they pursue?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6880472/2025/12/11/michigan-coaching-candidates-kalen-deboer-jedd-fisch/
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The New York Times
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Sherrone Moore, the University of Michiganās former head football coach, was being held at the county jail in Ann Arbor, Michigan, early Thursday, hours after he was fired over what the university described as an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.
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Michigan Football Coach Is Detained After Being Fired
The University of Michigan fired Sherrone Moore earlier in the day, an abrupt end to his career there, one of the highest profile jobs in college football.
https://nyti.ms/3XKAwtU
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BREAKING: Michigan fired head football coach Sherrone Moore due to violation of university policy, the school announced. An investigation found Moore had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member, Michigan AD Warde Manuel said in a statement. š
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This weekās Top 25, starting with a breakdown of Iowa Stateās statement win at Purdue:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
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Menās college basketball Top 25: Michigan is still my No. 1, but Iowa State is surging
The Cyclones own one of the best wins of the season at Purdue, and vaulted to No. 3 in CJ Moore's Top 25.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6868321/2025/12/08/mens-college-basketball-top-25-michigan-iowa-state-duke/?source=emp_shared_article
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From
@theathletic.com
: "I havenāt seen many players like him in college basketball in probably 15 years." Welcome to the Caleb Wilson Experience, where seemingly every time the 6-foot-10 freshman sensation steps on the court, something stupendous happens.
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UNCās Caleb Wilson: Who knows what his next amazing feat will be?
It's hard for a coach to tell players to act as if they've seen something before ... when they haven't seen it before.
https://nyti.ms/4iKBZtD
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The point of playing football is to play football. So Notre Dame's decision to opt out of playing a bowl game isn't just disappointing, but bad for the sports,
@chrisvannini.com
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Start the search all the way back, and you won't find any magic to explain what's happened at Indiana. You just get reintroduced, again and again, to the same Curt Cignetti: "A cocky nerd," as one ex-player puts it, with an immunity to identity crisis.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
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Indiana football was irrelevant. Then a ācocky nerdā arrived
Indianaās head football coach has had a long, successful ā and unconventional ā career. Whatās the secret to his magical run?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6852835/2025/12/03/indiana-football-coach-curt-cignetti-big-ten-championship/
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
From
@theathletic.com
: Indianaās head football coach, Curt Cignetti, has had a long, successful ā and unconventional ā career. This is the secret to his magical run.
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Start the search all the way back, and you won't find any magic to explain what's happened at Indiana. You just get reintroduced, again and again, to the same Curt Cignetti: "A cocky nerd," as one ex-player puts it, with an immunity to identity crisis.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
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Indiana football was irrelevant. Then a ācocky nerdā arrived
Indianaās head football coach has had a long, successful ā and unconventional ā career. Whatās the secret to his magical run?
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6852835/2025/12/03/indiana-football-coach-curt-cignetti-big-ten-championship/
about 2 months ago
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When former NFL wide receiver Laveranues Coles was arrested for theft, he heard the clang of a jail cell door behind him. Now, he's on the other side of the law.
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How good are Michigan and Purdue? According to KenPom ratings, they are the best two teams through four weeks of the last 15 years. Blurbs in this weekās Top 25 on Michigan, UConn, Duke, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Michigan State, Kansas, Vanderbilt, Iowa and St. Johnās:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
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Menās college basketball Top 25: Why Michigan and Purdueās hot starts are also historic
Michigan's first month of the season is unparalleled in recent history, according to the numbers.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6847718/2025/12/01/mens-college-basketball-top-25-michigan-purdue-uconn/?source=emp_shared_article
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Wrote about football. And people. And the wonderfully weird world of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Happy Thanksgiving.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
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A journey to Michiganās Upper Peninsula, where the Lions and Packers draw the lines
On a swath of land in Michigan, Lions and Packers fans live side-by-side. They're called the Yoopers.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6837163/2025/11/26/detroit-lions-green-bay-packers-yoopers/
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Special Teams Series Sunday
@theathletic.com
: š My story on long snappers, and their football nirvana:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/6802946
š
@mikedugar.bsky.social
on Marquette King:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/6810455
š
@danrobson.bsky.social
on a kicking revolution:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/6814741
2 months ago
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Marquette King boomed punts downfield, then celebrated with moves tailored to his opposition, carving out a distinct persona at a position known for anonymity. That persona may also be the reason he has spent the last several years out of the NFL:
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"I tell people, my life's not real." To be an NFL long snapper is to have your worth measured by a half-dozen plays every week. It's also a shot at football nirvana. A story for
@theathletic.com
on the sport's last happy men, and what they're chasing.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
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The NFLās most anonymous men are also the happiest: āMy lifeās not realā
'People think itās impossible to get in (as a long snapper). Itās damn near impossible to stay in.'
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6802946/2025/11/20/the-nfls-most-anonymous-men-are-also-the-happiest-my-lifes-not-real
2 months ago
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2 months ago
From
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: Behold the long snapper, the last happy man in football. At a position more or less immune to the bloodthirst of the sport ā to the idea of earning a living by inflicting pain ā a snapping career can be a rapture.
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It's Long Snapper Story Day! Or I wrote stuff about them for
@theathletic.com
, anyway. š On the NFL's last happy men, and the football nirvana they're chasing:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/6802946
š On Jon Dorenbos, who turned tragedy and football into magic:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780425
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To be an NFL long snapper is to have your worth measured by maybe a half-dozen plays every week. Behold, the last happy man in football. š:
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"I'm about to kick some ass!" Jon Dorenbos tells an arena full of people at a Tony Robbins event. While reporting on long snappers, I went on a ride - in every way - with the most famous one in the world. Life is magic, indeed.
@theathletic.com
story:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
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"I tell people, my life's not real." To be an NFL long snapper is to have your worth measured by a half-dozen plays every week. It's also a shot at football nirvana. A story for
@theathletic.com
on the sport's last happy men, and what they're chasing.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
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The NFLās most anonymous men are also the happiest: āMy lifeās not realā
'People think itās impossible to get in (as a long snapper). Itās damn near impossible to stay in.'
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6802946/2025/11/20/the-nfls-most-anonymous-men-are-also-the-happiest-my-lifes-not-real
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Thereās a kicking revolution afoot in the NFL, a league that has seen 46 field goals of 60 yards or longer in its 105-year history, more than half coming since 2020.
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I went on a journey ā to Las Vegas, San Diego, Dallas, and Buffalo ā to learn about the NFLās long-distance kicking revolution. From a camp of pro hopefuls to Brandon Aubrey, Cameron Dicker, Cam Little and more. Hereās my story on the art of kicking.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
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The third College Football Playoff rankings of the season are out. ā»ļø Oklahoma moves into top 10 ā»ļø Alabamaās slide should raise flags for Oregon ā»ļø Winning out might not be enough for Vandy Read more:
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Six days after he was fired, James Franklin went on ESPNās āCollege GameDayā and made it clear he wanted to coach again. Now he's the first major hiring of the coaching carousel. Details:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
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Virginia Tech finalizing hiring James Franklin to be next coach: Source
āWeāre just going to go win the national championship somewhere else now," Franklin said a week after being fired.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6780867/2025/11/17/james-franklin-virginia-tech-coach-hire/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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Alabama dropped to No. 10 while No. 22 North Texas moved into the rankings for the second time in school history and first since 1959. The latest AP Poll Top 25 ⤵ļø
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
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The costs of college football games have swelled out of control. What was once an affordable autumn excursion for a family of four has become a series of $1,000 (or more) weekends. š:
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We started in Week 1 with a simple question: Is college football pricing out the middle class? Our answer involves 9-figure stadium renovations, rev-sharing and a lot of people like Ann, an 83 YO retired grade school teacher who's been going to games since 1960.
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What happens when college football games are only for the rich? Some faithful fans are finding out
Special moments and memories attending college football games are priceless ā until they aren't.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6799381/2025/11/14/college-football-game-prices-fans/
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AJ Dybantsa is projected to be one of the top three picks in the 2026 NBA Draft, largely because of his physical skills. But as his BYU coaches have come to learn, he also possesses an intellectual curiosity that sets him apart.
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What makes BYU star AJ Dybantsa special? His size, athleticism and skill obviously. But his separator might be a curiosity that reminds one of his coaches of a young Shane Battier:
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A potential No. 1 draft pick's secret sauce? AJ Dybantsa 'is so intellectually curious'
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6799088/2025/11/12/aj-dybantsa-byu-basketball-nba-draft/?source=emp_shared_article
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Itās not far-fetched to think Matt LaFleur is fighting for his job as the Packers head coach for the rest of this season. Monday nightās loss to the Eagles at Lambeau Field mightāve been rock bottom. š:
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Brian Kelly has filed a lawsuit against LSU, asking a Louisiana court to confirm the school fired him without cause and that he is owed the full remaining value of his contract. His full buyout is about $53 million. š:
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