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Who is the crisis comms consultant they hired on this and *how* was this initial response what they came up with!!!

Very unfair to have Tom Dundon Cheapskate Discourse without any mention of Chuck Kaiton

For years, Amalia Holguin was known as the Littlest Mamba, the youngest AAU player coached by Kobe Bryant. Then, she was the Last Mamba, the only one of that roster left playing high school ball. And now, as she leaves to play in college, she is ready to be known simply as Amalia Holguin

This is an exceptional piece by @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social about a child who lost her coach — who happened to be an icon. www.si.com/college-bask...

Amalia Holguin was the youngest AAU teammate of Gigi Bryant. Now, six years after the grief of that helicopter crash and everything that followed, she is the last of that cohort to go off to college. On becoming something bigger than The Littlest Mamba:

OR NOT!!!!!!

Those who can’t get over Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals (me) are doomed to repeat it

In awe of the deal Freddie Andersen apparently made with the devil last week

A beautiful Garret Anderson obituary from Verducci

🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to @heyjordanr.bsky.social and @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social about the people who made women’s basketball into the phenomenon it is today, and we'll get a preview of the upcoming season. ❓How have you seen the culture around the WNBA change? 📻 Listen:

"He has seen Staff’s face zero times, and he has decided, as a matter of creative principle, to keep it that way." that's right baby

Developing a new take: If you repeat at the Masters, they should let you choose any past champion in attendance to put the jacket on you

“We were talking about the academic rigor of a liberal arts education, and essentially how it can be updated for the current economic status and job market." A perfect @tomdierberger.bsky.social interview www.si.com/nba/pacers/v...

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The Angel Reese trade exposes the Sky's central flaw: they mismanage their most valuable assets—their players. More on today's deal and Sky's history of failing to retain and build around their stars: www.si.com/wnba/angel-r...

The UCLA women won the title their way: with ruthless tenacity, and a whole bunch of love. www.si.com/college-bask...

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Lot of surprising things from this Final Four, to put it lightly, but gotta say I'm really struck by "Sarah Strong and Lauren Betts proving these programs seemingly do not have even one usable back-up jersey for their biggest stars"

Sorry to everyone covering the men who had to endure The Chainsmokers. The halftime entertainment here is Ilona Maher delivering bowls to Red Panda... a real win for women everywhere imo

“It’s really all about toughness at this point. And finding a way to make a winning play, even if it’s a winning play you wouldn’t have predicted or chosen.” UCLA would not have chosen to play such an ugly game. It won anyway.

“I never want it to be Geno and Dawn, Geno and this, Geno and that… I’ve tried really, really hard over the years to not make it about that ever again.” That was Geno Auriemma on Thursday. So where was that on Friday? Column from Phoenix:

Three-point shooting tips from Karl Smesko, post play pointers from Lisa Leslie, and general inspiration from Olympic sprinters. Wrote about Dawn Staley's list of guests for team visits this year and what it's brought South Carolina

“I’ve stayed in hotel rooms that are nicer than my house. But home is still home.” Wrote about what the Rays learned in their season away from Tropicana Field, and what it means for them to return, if only for a little:

From last night in Sacramento, on South Carolina getting to the Final Four as usual, only with different players and a very different playbook

UCLA coach Cori Close darted out to wave down Grandview High School coach Josh Ulitzky. They both knew what it meant to lead a team whose star was Lauren Betts. Yet they had not coached the same player, and they had not coached the same person, either. On the growth of Lauren Betts:

UCLA coach Cori Close darted out to wave down Grandview High School coach Josh Ulitzky. They both knew what it meant to lead a team whose star was Lauren Betts. Yet they had not coached the same player, and they had not coached the same person, either. On the growth of Lauren Betts:

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“I was like, ‘I feel like *I* did that.’ I’m so happy. When I see the ball go in for her, I’m like, *Yes,* my eyes get big.” www.si.com/college-bask...

SACRAMENTO — The ball touched every last inch of the rim. It rolled with a cruel, unhurried indifference. For a fraction of a second, it rested there, suspended between win and loss, joy and misery, one more game and a long flight home. And then it fell.

Column from Fort Worth on the staggering brilliance of Hannah Hidalgo: www.si.com/college-bask...

Developing a take here in Sacramento: Championship banners should have logos from when they were won. Jerry West was still in middle school in 1951! Get his silhouette outta here

We all got too caught up in the narrative potential of Geno vs. Shea Ralph and overlooked the timeless, undying, self-perpetuating heat of Geno vs. Notre Dame

From last year but, apparently, still very relevant today! Hidalgo describes her goal not as taking the ball away but as taking the heart of the ballhandler away. “That’s where the joy comes from,” she says. “Just knowing you’ve done that to an offensive player.”

“The landscape was changing, but that didn’t mean that we had to change who we are or how we operate. I still believed that we could win and be developmental." On what Shea Ralph has built at Vandy with Mikayla Blakes:

A Youtube wormhole expansion draft starter kit for Tempo and Fire fans. Plus, I liked going long with @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social on Shea Ralph’s journey, the Pat Summit doc, the long shadow she casts over Tennessee and Vanderbilt becoming the states upstart foil. open.spotify.com/episode/7yLs...

What did they do to the MLB app scoreboard and why did they do it

If you have been in the market for a podcast with Opening Day complaints and then some women's basketball chat and finally a lot of thoughts about Mr. Pibb, boy do I have the show for you

Weird to realize the one area of life where I actually have gotten more conservative as I’ve gotten older is “Opening Day should involve the Cincinnati Reds on regular TV for an afternoon game”

“One of the greatest things,” Buscaglia says with delight. “You’re down by 50 points or so, and you go out there and take a charge… I was really proud of that.” How do you coach up your No. 16 seed to go out and face No. 1 UConn? Like this.

Every time I see Coach Cal on TV, I think back to this all-timer tweet. (h/t: @tonyreast.bsky.social)

“I walked into the locker room, I looked at the score, it’s like, Oh, geez, 20 more minutes of this. They really could score 200. The conversation at halftime was: Do you guys still want to do this?" Called up some 16-seed coaches for what you tell your team when your opponent is... 1-seed UConn.

espresso machine only pulling decaf :(

Here is my debut piece for @flaminghydra.com. It's about celebrities, thinness, and my own anorexia. flaminghydra.com/r/d37a670d?m...

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

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