No greater honor than getting an “I command you to read” from Russell. What a lovely explanation of why his opinion has meant so much to so many.

Come hang out on Tuesday if you're in NYC :) Trivia, women's hoops, the only good bar experience available on St. Patrick's, I promise!!!

I can't wait to call my grandpa about this one in the morning

Italian-American Hall of Famer John Smoltz?????

4/9 SQUAWKIN’ SPORTS LIVE XX STARRING: @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social @sportyprof.bsky.social @davidjroth.bsky.social Grab them tix today! greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...

🏀 From the AIAW ➡️ NCAA ➡️ WBL ➡️ ABL ➡️ WNBA ➡️ Unrivaled; the story of women's hoops past, present & future - with "Court Queens" authors @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social & @heyjordanr.bsky.social; 👑 NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/59yhhhrz #GoodSeats

First of all, happy International Women’s Day. Second of all, would you like to celebrate by preordering a coffee table book on the history of women’s basketball?

Every time I see CBK I think California Bizza Kitchen

Usain-Bolt-esque competition by Baby #5 in the halftime baby race at LSU vs. South Carolina. Made it to the finish line before any other baby had gotten more than a few inches off the start.

A classic Verducci lede right here www.si.com/mlb/world-ba...

Fascinating soda fountain at the SEC tournament

Come see us! East Coast stops for me, West Coast stops for @heyjordanr.bsky.social, fun basketball convos everywhere 🥰

Excited for y’all to listen to this one. We enjoyed chatting it up with Jordan & Emma SO much about their book, which is GORGEOUS. Plus - who would @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social choose to be her teammate in a 2x2 game against @heyjordanr.bsky.social & @airswoopes22.bsky.social 🤔 #WNBA I #WBB

“It’s a lot easier to go to, I think, top programs and just win,” she said. “I wanted to do the uncommon thing.” On what Shea Ralph and Mikayla Blakes have unlocked together at Vanderbilt:

NYC!!! Please come hang with me at Wilka's on March 17 to launch COURT QUEENS and do some fun women's hoops trivia

"If she leaned into joy any harder, the j would touch the y."

All-time day for getting to feel patriotic sitting on my couch and watching cool women on TV 🫡

“That’s what I’m f—ing talking about!”
 Alysa Liu as she leaves the ice 🔥

Maybe a personal failing of mine but I would get sooooo annoyed by a teammate yelling "curl! curl! curl!" at me while I was actively curling

The fate of the nation of Canada rests in the hands of Jordan Binnington. Amazing sentence.

No one better 🥰

Need to know if Isabeau Levito has watched Mad Men

COURT QUEENS comes out in one month! Women’s basketball from the 1890s to 2020s, in words and pictures, from AAU to AIAW to WBL to WNBA. You can preorder now wherever you get your books ✨ www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/emma-...

I would like to hear Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski call a baseball game

Really enjoyed this long read on Heated Rivalry and what it does (and doesn't) mean for the NHL and hockey more broadly

You know, actually, I have already spent enough of my life watching Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teräväinen get embarrassed outshooting the opponent while still ending up with a brutal loss

Guy with the lanyard wandering into the shot and scrambling to get out… beautiful representation for us in the “always in the wrong place” community ❤️

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

There are a million great stories that show what Jesse did at the Post, but I keep thinking about his profile of Azzi Fudd from November, which builds on his profile of her in high school in *2018.* So few outlets let writers grow like that and let readers benefit. How insane to just throw it away.

I'm just so mad. What a horrible day for D.C. (and, in fact, everywhere else!)

Can the first question to Jon Cooper be what exactly he was going for with his look here

Everyone is saying the same things, but they’re worth saying again, because they’re so true: Dan was so kind and funny and just such a gem of a person.

I love the Marine Traffic app and will talk about it with anyone who will have me, if your podcast / show / party has space for people who love marine traffic, please invite me

Getting the same disappointment from learning I'm too tall to be Mrs. Met that I got from learning I'm too old to be an air traffic controller. Didn't *think* I was going to pursue those career paths but still really sad to learn the doors are shut! sterlingmets.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Mets/j...

This is so thorough and delightful and quite timely for me, personally, after yelling HOW DO THEY NOT KNOW BILLY MARTIN at my television just yesterday

if you're a baseball fan there's really no reason not to get into crosswords. it grants you basically at least one freebie every day

Ben has done *so much* of the best WBB coverage out there over the last few years.

Blessed and humbled to make an appearance here as “friend”

ICYMI: There's a NEW episode of the Women's Hoops Show pod with my co-author and friend @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social ! We talk: 📙All things COURT QUEENS ✏️Her @sportsillustrated story on Phee and Stewie 💥Unrivaled record breakers 🫨CBA "status quo" update link.pscrb.fm/f0281/jr_ap

Column: On Curt Cignetti's old-school headset, and the wisdom he is channeling through it. As Indiana storms to 15-0 and the cusp of a title, the world wants to know: What's the frequency, Curt? bit.ly/3YurkKD

ACC football, baby

A great dumb yearly goal is visiting every Edgar Allan Poe house museum. (Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, NYC.) It’s fun and then you get to brag about doing something that no one in any room you walk into has done, unless you ever walk into a room of Edgar Allan Poe scholars

COURT QUEENS! March 2026! Preorder now! amzn.to/4b5eYQs

COURT QUEENS is out March 17, women's hoops in pictures and words, 1890s to 2020s. It was a blast to pull together such a love letter of a coffee table book—pre-orders open everywhere you buy your books 🧡 (But 25% off for Barnes and Noble members right now! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/court-quee...)

Genuinely shocked that most of the Letterboxd reviews of The Holiday focus on Jude Law…. Where is the respect for how charming Jack Black is here………..

watching hockey

When it was announced that Oklahoma City would host 7 events at the 2028 L.A. Olympics, a lot of people asked … why? I *went rafting with the mayor of OKC* and got the full story of a city that's transformed itself through sports. www.si.com/olympics/oklahoma-city-kayak-softball-2028-digital-cover

Checking in as yet another person who became obsessed with Lonesome Dove after thinking no way I would ever care that much about a 900-page cowboy novel 🫡 Sucker! I was so wrong!!! This was perhaps the most enjoyable reading experience of my adult life and I am so grateful I finally picked it up

On a perfect-for-me copy of a perfect book:

New for @sportsillustrated.bsky.social: The world's oldest hockey rink, Boston’s Matthews Arena, will host its final game Saturday after 115 years. As the first indoor rink in Boston, it’s largely responsible for Massachusetts becoming a hockey hotbed. www.si.com/college/last...