Bryan Curtis
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Editor-at-large of The Ringer Host of the Press Box podcast Mailing list:
http://eepurl.com/Yxm9H
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Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section. This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry.
www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...
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Death of a Sports Section
The Washington Post sports department was dismantled before its leaders gave it a chance to change
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-sports-department-death
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Why Democrats fell in love with Jon Ossoff. Full pod w/
@joelanderson.bsky.social
on the battle for the Senate, NPR, Russini, free agency, and much more here:
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New PRESS BOX w/
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: We checked in on Ossoff, El-Sayed, and the Democrats' push to win the Senate. Then we talked about NPR's Supreme Court meltdown, the Russini video, and the joys of free-agency Twitter.
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about 10 hours ago
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New PRESS BOX w/
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: We checked in on Ossoff, El-Sayed, and the Democrats' push to win the Senate. Then we talked about NPR's Supreme Court meltdown, the Russini video, and the joys of free-agency Twitter.
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about 10 hours ago
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Adam
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The Now They Tell Us™️ (credit:
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) piece about Jaylen Brown that comes out of Boston is going to be a whopper, man.
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The Headline Rule of Three
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In Philly,
@governor.pa.gov
has been calling sports radio stations for years. We asked him to join our open lines. Full interview w/ me +
@joelanderson.bsky.social
about the directions of the Dems, Iran, and much more here:
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2 days ago
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LeBron's run as a Laker is over. Last week, Brian Windhorst explained just how complicated it was. Full interview:
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Michael Pina
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previewed free agency in a wide-ranging conversation that touched on kawhi leonard, jaylen brown, denver, detroit, the voltron warriors, and so much more, with
@zachlowenba.bsky.social
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NBA Free Agency Primer: The Main Characters of the Offseason!
The Zach Lowe Show · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iKRxbY1RVJkB92RHMsaCv?si=8I0KBl2BSl-nZIClsn6Kuw
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LeBron's run as a Laker is over. Last week, Brian Windhorst explained just how complicated it was. Full interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/7eQi...
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3 days ago
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I think I found the first LeBron James chyron. This was published a month before he was drafted. It predicted the next 20 years of ESPN.
3 days ago
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This month, JD Vance said Trump is the only head of state sympathetic to Israel now. We asked
@governor.pa.gov
his comments. Full interview w/ me +
@joelanderson.bsky.social
here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4Me9...
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New PRESS BOX:
@joelanderson.bsky.social
and I talked to Josh Shapiro about the direction the Democratic Party, Iran, Trump + America's 250th, Ken Paxton, and JD Vance. Plus: Mo Cheeks and sports radio.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on His Party’s Path, JD Vance’s Lectures, and Life as a Point Guard
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Me9Sj6TCMzIjhYWl9Puwm
4 days ago
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New PRESS BOX:
@joelanderson.bsky.social
and I talked to Josh Shapiro about the direction the Democratic Party, Iran, Trump + America's 250th, Ken Paxton, and JD Vance. Plus: Mo Cheeks and sports radio.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on His Party’s Path, JD Vance’s Lectures, and Life as a Point Guard
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Me9Sj6TCMzIjhYWl9Puwm
4 days ago
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Joel D. Anderson
4 days ago
was possibly annoying
@bryancurtis.bsky.social
before our big interview today by repeatedly being wowed by how cursed the 1994 Heisman finalists were.
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God bless used bookstores.
7 days ago
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Sixteen years after LeBron took his talents to Miami, I asked Brian Windhorst, is anything about The Decision misunderstood? Full interview in our June Issue:
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7 days ago
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It was fun to learn about Windy's favorite celebrity encounter, but I missed getting the
@joelanderson.bsky.social
follow-up. Full interview about LeBron and more here:
open.spotify.com/episode/7eQi...
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8 days ago
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For everyone who's tired of LeBron vs. MJ, Brian Windhorst proposes a new debate: LeBron vs. George Washington Full interview here:
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8 days ago
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New PRESS BOX: While we wait for LeBron to make his final decision, Brian Windhorst and I talked about his previous decisions and how they rewired the way we cover the NBA. Cover by
@davidshoemaker.bsky.social
, who was staring at Sorrowing Old Man during the draft.
open.spotify.com/episode/7eQi...
8 days ago
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9 days ago
An all-timer ‘only in journalism’ in the NYT / The Athletic Russini piece.
@bryancurtis.bsky.social
@thepressbox.bsky.social
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Now updated with new covers…
www.instagram.com/p/DZ_GDnnAVV...
add a skeleton here at some point
9 days ago
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Elliot Mann
9 days ago
A “Now they tell us!” instant classic! cc:
@bryancurtis.bsky.social
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add a skeleton here at some point
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New PRESS BOX: Haberman and Swan's "Regime Change" The Best World Cup Announcer More Announcers w/ No Fans Savannah Guthrie A Mark Singer Reading List
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Nuggets From the Haberman-Swan Trump Book, the Best Announcer at the World Cup, and a Mark Singer Syllabus
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Gk4uXeDF00nYpVG8Mq2T7
10 days ago
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Regime Change, the new Trump book, brings up an old question: Is there any good reason for reporters to save their scoops for a book? Full pod (with plenty of Haberman and Swan's scoops) here:
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9 days ago
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New PRESS BOX: Haberman and Swan's "Regime Change" The Best World Cup Announcer More Announcers w/ No Fans Savannah Guthrie A Mark Singer Reading List
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Nuggets From the Haberman-Swan Trump Book, the Best Announcer at the World Cup, and a Mark Singer Syllabus
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Gk4uXeDF00nYpVG8Mq2T7
10 days ago
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From the Curtis Magazine Conservancy…No. 1 overall picks:
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10 days ago
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Ben Terris left the Washington Post for New York magazine. We asked if he could make sense of what happened to his old paper. Full interview with me +
@joelanderson.bsky.social
here:
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10 days ago
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Thoughts on the great New Yorker writer Mark Singer:
www.instagram.com/p/DZ05n8BD_t...
13 days ago
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Few announcers have entered the Alexi Lalas zone, where they put together a long TV career despite having few or no fans.
@joelanderson.bsky.social
and I made the list. Full pod here:
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He Made ‘Heathcliff’ Absurd. Comedy Fans Love It.
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He Made ‘Heathcliff’ Absurd. Comedy Fans Love It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/style/heathcliff-comic-strip-new-fans.html?smid=bs-share
16 days ago
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What Mike Breen got (very) right during the NBA Finals. Full Press Box w/ me +
@davidshoemaker.bsky.social
here:
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16 days ago
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Donald Trump's go-to sports used to be boxing and wrestling. Now, he loves UFC.
@davidshoemaker.bsky.social
and I explain why. Full episode here:
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16 days ago
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New PRESS BOX: Trump's UFC Birthday Party Vance's Book Tour World Cup Takes Mike Breen + the Knicks PLUS: Fox-Roku and Rupert's NFL Gambit w/
@pkafka.bsky.social
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World Cup Takes and Trump’s UFC Birthday Party. Plus, Peter Kafka on Fox and Roku.
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/77QzDCnLIBEJ7BXUgSGwcQ
17 days ago
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New PRESS BOX: Trump's UFC Birthday Party Vance's Book Tour World Cup Takes Mike Breen + the Knicks PLUS: Fox-Roku and Rupert's NFL Gambit w/
@pkafka.bsky.social
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World Cup Takes and Trump’s UFC Birthday Party. Plus, Peter Kafka on Fox and Roku.
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/77QzDCnLIBEJ7BXUgSGwcQ
17 days ago
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Awful Announcing
21 days ago
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The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis calls out ESPN for cutting to celebrities after OG Anunoby’s game-winner
OG Anunoby’s tip-in delivered Game 4 of the NBA Finals to the Knicks in one of the most chaotic, gut-punch finishes the playoffs have maybe ever produced. In the disorienting seconds that followed, ESPN’s broadcast went looking for reaction shots and found nearly everyone in Madison Square Garden except the players who had just authored…
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21 days ago
For next week, a discussion on how to shoehorn the Knicks into anything….
variety.com/2026/politic...
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Sofia Coppola Is Rooting for the Knicks and Fighting for Women’s Rights: ‘Everyone Needs to Focus on Being Vocal’
Sofia Coppola spoke to Variety at “No Matter What,” a Planned Parenthood pop-up, about women’s rights being stripped away, the Knicks and New York City.
https://variety.com/2026/politics/news/sofia-coppola-knicks-planned-parenthood-1236779824/
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Mike Breen did such a good job of capturing what those Knicks comebacks felt like. It's tone of voice more than anything you actually say. Breen quoted Jack Buck after Game 4 but he really didn't need to.
19 days ago
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The Battle for CBS isn't a gang of digital disruptors vs. the linear TV living dead. Bari Weiss is doing stuff that's straight out of 1986. Full episode here:
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21 days ago
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After OG Anunoby's shot, the ESPN truck went all-in on celebrities and forgot about the players who'd just won and lost the game. Full pod here:
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21 days ago
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New PRESS BOX: ESPN's Game 4 Flop Bari Weiss: Layered or Promoted? Haberman and Swan's Trump Book World Cup + Freddy The Best Used Bookstore in Scandinavia PLUS:
@daveweigel.bsky.social
on Platner, Talarico, campaign reporting, and WaPo.
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ESPN’s Game 4 Flop, Trump’s Epstein Strategy, and Everyone’s Favorite World Cup Fan. Plus: Semafor’s Dave Weigel!
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F9wKaYaXsNXxYlXlQBdEK
21 days ago
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We asked Michael Steele about the legacy of birtherism and somehow got from there to Game 3 at MSG and, uh, Moonstruck. Full interview w/ me and
@joelanderson.bsky.social
here:
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23 days ago
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When Michael Steele was running the RNC, he called for bringing conservative ideas to "hip-hop settings." We asked him if Donald Trump had done that. Full interview w/
@joelanderson.bsky.social
here:
open.spotify.com/episode/40jE...
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23 days ago
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New PRESS BOX w/
@joelanderson.bsky.social
: Pat McAfee's New Deal Scott Pelley + 60 Minutes A Trumpy Game 3 Primary Day for Graham Platner Plus: the Midterms and the state of the GOP w/
@michaelsteele.bsky.social
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open.spotify.com/episode/40jE...
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A Trumpy NBA Finals, Pat McAfee’s New Deal, and Scott Pelley’s Interview. Plus: MS NOW’s Michael Steele
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/40jE6RK0pYg9FCg2oxFtY9
24 days ago
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New PRESS BOX w/
@joelanderson.bsky.social
: Pat McAfee's New Deal Scott Pelley + 60 Minutes A Trumpy Game 3 Primary Day for Graham Platner Plus: the Midterms and the state of the GOP w/
@michaelsteele.bsky.social
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A Trumpy NBA Finals, Pat McAfee’s New Deal, and Scott Pelley’s Interview. Plus: MS NOW’s Michael Steele
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/40jE6RK0pYg9FCg2oxFtY9
24 days ago
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“Brother, even the devil has to eat.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/w...
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This Debt Collector Is the Devil
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/world/americas/venezuela-caracas-debt-collector-dr-diablo.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
25 days ago
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On IG, we’ve got Spielberg covers from the Curtis Society for the Preservation of Magazines.
www.instagram.com/p/DZTyiRIlH1...
26 days ago
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Supporting local arts programming.
26 days ago
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰
28 days ago
Love me some Barry Sanders 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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28 days ago
New PRESS BOX w/@bryancurtis.bsky.social checking in from Scandinavia: * Bari Weiss vs. 60 Minutes * Vinnie Goodwill on the Knicks' Game 1 ambush of the Spurs. * And
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social
on the populist mvmt fueling Spencer Pratt's mayoral campaign in LA. 🎧:
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'60 Minutes,' the NBA Finals, and the California Primaries
The Press Box · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1OfViyCCFYE8dhDAGrF4I7?si=04c62798d34c498b
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60 years ago, Esquire's editors set out to pick a group of Unknockables. A handful of people, as the editors put it, that everybody could agree were OK.
@davidshoemaker.bsky.social
and I tried to figure what a 2026 version of the Unknockables would look like.
open.spotify.com/episode/4vJr...
about 1 month ago
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