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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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
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@mikedugar.bsky.social
on Marquette King:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/6810455
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@danrobson.bsky.social
on a kicking revolution:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/6814741
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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:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
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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 New York Times
12 days ago
From
@theathletic.com
: 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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13 days ago
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:
http://dlvr.it/TPMqwH
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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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14 days ago
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 Athletic
14 days ago
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:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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The Athletic
15 days ago
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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what in the blue hell is going on in College Station
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The Athletic
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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.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
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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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The Athletic
20 days ago
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:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
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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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The Athletic
21 days ago
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:
http://dlvr.it/TPC4sd
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In this weekās Top 25, I hit on the offenses of Arizona, Alabama, Gonzaga, North Carolina, Indiana and Michigan State:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
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Menās college basketball Top 25: Arizona, UNC rise after big week for freshmen
First-year players keyed the big movers in this week's men's college basketball top 25.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6792250/2025/11/10/mens-college-basketball-top-25-arizona-alabama-gonzaga/?source=emp_shared_article
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23 days ago
Brian Daboll was finally burned by playing with fire with Jaxson Dartās health. The quarterback left Sundayās game with a concussion between the third and fourth quarters after Daboll said he alerted trainers that Dart, ājust didnāt seem right.ā
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Thousands of sorority women from the 18 houses that power Alabamaās Greek life take part in a tradition born of football religion thatās become its own cultural rite, platform and ecosystem. More on the phenomenon ⤵ļø
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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When sorority influencers meet Alabama football, game days turn into a campus-wide catwalk
The outfits are grand and unapologetically bougie. For some women, this is the stage to cash in on the influencer cachet sweeping campuses.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6777899/2025/11/05/alabama-football-sorority-fashion/
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27 days ago
In Mike Troutās prime, the three-time MVP was a baseball god. Now, the 34-year-old is coming off the worst offensive full season of his career. So how did the best player in his generation just⦠fade away?
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Mike Trout is a generational MLB talent, a player who should have been plastered on Times Square billboards and cereal boxes. But he's faded from the sportās consciousness. How?
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College basketballās most famous broadcaster almost lost his voice ā and his life. Now, heās back in a headset. āI told my oncologist that is the best medicine I could receive. It really is. I love the game. I love the people.ā āļø
@brendanmarks.bsky.social
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Dick Vitale almost lost his voice, his life, but returns to college basketball: āThe best medicineā
It's awesome, baby! Dick Vitale will call Texas-Duke on Tuesday and hopes to be a regular presence this season.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6774701/2025/11/04/dick-vitale-college-basketball-espn?source=bsky_hq
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Love that college hoops is here but opening day/week could be way better. My ideas to improve scheduling to draw more attention to the sport:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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Menās college basketballās opening night is a missed opportunity. Hereās how to fix it
There's only one matchup of ranked teams on the first night of the college basketball season ā a night that should be more of a spectacle.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6771624/2025/11/03/college-basketball-opening-night-games/?source=emp_shared_article
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Right now, a Giants celebration seems a thousand light-years away. And for good reason. The Giants are a lousy football team. But Jaxson Dart is going to be a star, maybe a big star, at the only position in the NFL that really counts.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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ā»ļø Out-of-nowhere Virginia leads the ACC ā»ļø Georgia is either extremely fortunate or extremely tough ā»ļø The 9-0 Hoosiers are just merciless
@slmandel.bsky.social
college football Week 10 takeaways:
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Start believing in Texas, stop trusting Miami and more college football Week 10 takeaways
What we learned in Week 10 of the college football season about trusting Miami, the wild ACC, Texas ascending and much more.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6770201/2025/11/02/college-football-scores-results-week-10?source=bsky_hq
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The Athletic
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Could Jimbo Fisher make his return to the sidelines? It wouldn't be an Auburn coaching search without a wild card or twoā¦
@brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social
candidates to watch for the Auburn coaching vacancy:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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Throwing this story on Jeremiyah Love back out there, because I feel like his greatest achievement is knowing exactly how much to care about people's feelings
www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
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ah, yes, jeremiyah love being good at the football and so forth
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Shohei Ohtani has spent career establishing new standards. Now he faces his biggest challenge yet. Pitching Game 7 of the World Series while also serving as leadoff hitter and DH:
http://dlvr.it/TP18GM
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If I learned nothing else about SMU today, it's that Rhett Lashlee's long-sleeve dri-fit shirt was š„
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
The Athletic spoke with 10 people who have been part of LSU football in recent years and/or have worked for Brian Kelly. They described a coach who delegated too much authority, didnāt prioritize recruiting and failed to bond with his players:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
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The New York Times
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From
@theathletic.com
: A few years ago, Matt Berninger, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The National, was stuck with writerās block. āI started getting depressed by notebooks.ā So he wrote on a baseball instead. Then the words kept coming.
nyti.ms/3WtMo2Q
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Matt Berninger traded his notebook for a baseball. And the words kept coming
For The Nationalās frontman, the way forward was written on rawhide.
https://nyti.ms/3WtMo2Q
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So BQ spent five and a half hours in Matt Berninger's garage, talking writing and music and baseball and life That's cool [screams into pillow for the rest of the day]
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Bucky McMillan has lived his entire basketball life with people saying, āNo way youāll be able to do that,ā and him firing back, āWatch me.ā The next test for the new Texas A&M coach is showing his style can work in the SEC:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
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Bucky McMillan rose from high school to Texas A&M in 5 years. Will āBucky Ballā work in the SEC?
Bucky Ball is a religion in Birmingham, Ala. Now, McMillan is trying to win with it at the highest level of college basketball.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6757652/2025/10/29/bucky-mcmillan-texas-am-new-basketball-coach/?source=emp_shared_article
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Some preseason college hoops rankings over here
@theathletic.com
: Men's:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Women's:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
More on the 24 hours that escalated Brian Kelly's end at LSU.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
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LSU fires Brian Kelly after loss to Texas A&M, coaching staff standoff
Brian Kelly will finish his LSU tenure with a 34-14 record in less than four seasons after a tense standoff about his future on Sunday.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6752139/2025/10/26/brian-kelly-lsu-scott-woodward/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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The Athletic
about 1 month ago
Potential candidates for LSU football's coaching vacancy, according to
@brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social
: ā½ļø Kenny Dillingham - Arizona StateāØā½ļø Lane Kiffin - Ole Miss ā½ļø Eli Drinkwitz - MizzouāØā½ļø Clark Lea - Vanderbilt ā½ļø Jon Sumrall - Tulane
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As another once-promising season falls apart in Baton Rouge, a conversation that had only begun to percolate is now steaming hot. Is Brian Kellyās time at LSU almost out?
@chrisvannini.com
explains:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
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The Athletic
about 1 month ago
The NBA gambling indictment involving Chauncey Billups is in such stark contrast to the man that writer Jason Quick had been around the past four-plus years. š:
http://dlvr.it/TNtWlK
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On Thursday, federal prosecutorsĀ arrested more than 30 people as part of a multiyear investigation into illegal betting activities. āThis is the insider trading saga for the NBA,ā said FBI director Kash Patel. Three takeaways from the indictments ⤵ļø
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NBA gambling investigation: 3 takeaways from the federal indictments
"This is the insider trading saga for the NBA," FBI director Kash Patel said Thursday.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6743912/2025/10/23/nba-betting-investigation-fbi-illegal-gambling?source=bsky_hq
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The Athletic
about 1 month ago
Our staff ranked the best of the best college football stadiums. Thoughts? š Reasoning:
http://dlvr.it/TNqKt0
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Whoever wrote the 'Snack Homiez' skit on SNL deserves all the awards. Or whatever awards are given out by people who listen to adolescent boys talk every day. "Some vegetables are fire, and some vegetables low-key be a fruit" belongs in all the annals.
about 1 month ago
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