My comment … wow (I am that old … needs to win a title? Clyde’s D still has him top of my list but yeah Brunson has hit “under consideration” … just as Ewing once was.) Hmm all-time Knicks 5 Frazier Brunson Bernard King (!) Ewing Reed Bench: Rest of ‘69-73 Knicks starters + current guys

Shoutout to those four guys who left Knicks game early to grab a beer before getting on the train.

Watching Wemby, it’s the first time I’ve tried to imagine what it was like for offenses to go at Wilt. How soon does Wemby rise to the top of all time list of foreign-born NBA players? (Now? Not yet, not yet …) (Maybe now)

Looking to confirm that the local professional soccer squad here in Philadelphia, Pa. has played 14 games in 2026 and managed to score more than the other squad exactly one time. True, you say? I need another source.

Waiting for Morey manifesto

Sixers should seriously talk to my man Jim Clib, the Nuggets director of scouting who has lived in Philly the whole time he helped build Jokic-era Denver. (He saw Collin Gillespie was an NBA player, as one for instance.)

Congrats to those sub .500 teams in Power 4 leagues that just made the 2026-27 field. Can’t wait to see them. (Possibly worth it if 5 more teams from non-Power leagues get in too … a big if.)

Note to Gianni … love the World Cup, covered a few of them. Tickets cost what? Hard pass.

Bookshop.org supports local bookshops … Bookish Notions is our local in Media, on State Street.

When the Masters telecast cuts to Jake Knapp at 4-under with a 25-foot birdie putt, there’s approximately a 100-percent chance the putt is going in.

Friendly reminder …

60 Minutes has Mike Krzyzewski on for its last minute segment tonight. That’s funny.

That … was kind of memorable.

A favorite chapter of my Philly Hoops book has Geno Auriemma and Phil Martelli sitting on Martelli’s porch at the shore talking about their shared roots. Learned a bunch of things I didn’t know, which is always the goal obviously.

Talking Monday at Philadelphia Youth Basketball. I’ll be explaining exactly why Philadelphia is the most influential city in the history of the sport. (Big clue: Women’s hoops takes it over the top.) RSVP for free admission to my talk on upcoming Philly Hoops book: forms.gle/4fRf3Fv2mqRr...

All-time great is a 🎯

Analysis: Atlantic 10 hit a grand slam.

I’ll play … TYUS EDNEY

Gelston isn't on here so I can say nice stuff about him, but in all the NBA record discourse this week, this is about all I want to read on the matter apnews.com/article/cham...

Thanks to PYB for inviting me to talk some hoops.

People will always read the good stuff and WANT it to keep going. (Shit, Bob Ford sports columns in Philadelphia, you’d so often go back and read them twice.) The bad stuff might as well be 50 words because you lose readers at the jump.

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Favorite professional moment of 2025 … that’s easy, not even close. Ed Marussich has been a close buddy since 6th grade, was in my wedding. He’s such a great photographer, an artist really. Scouting around Philly with Ed for two days, looking for perfect Philly hoops cover shot.

My book on Philly Hoops, on how the city and region shaped the sport of basketball, is now available on pre-order from Temple University Press. Hit this link tupress.temple.edu/books/philly... and make sure you include the promo code (26BKF) for a 25-percent discount.

On Feb. 4, Matt Selman, The Simpsons EP, texted Christine Nangle with an idea. Their friend, Dan McQuade, planned to write about their Philly-themed episode. But he passed away before he could do so. Selman and Nangle decided to add him to it — days before it aired www.inquirer.com/sports/dan-m...

Now he’s got to come to Philly and win a bike race … like Eric Heiden once did.

Analysis: Worth suffering through the first half for the halftime show.

Patriots rooting for some snow.

John Feinstein is screaming right now … I can hear him in Philly.

Lots of skills, wrapped in a great person who happened to play high school ball for Speedy Morris. (So, yeah, Rich knows ball.)

Here's a thread of some Dan McQuade blogs that we really loved 🦅 The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...

Foles get in?

Feel like some Cheez-its, can’t quite figure out why

Temple, keep your phone on.

Fun fact: I couldn’t care less where Lane Kiffin coaches next year.

Hitting free agency soon. DM’s are open.

More @bfquinn.bsky.social greatness

Since this is likely to come up, here's the buyout info I have on Matt Rhule, via the Extra Points Library:

Nothing like an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel.

Best of Philly all-time list includes this man

Confession: I’ve never written “whom” in a sentence. I’ll rewrite the whole damn piece before I throw in a word I never heard at the dinner table.

With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history

News alert: Philly Hoops manuscript goes to the publisher tomorrow. They’ll take 90,000 words. I’m only giving them 89,998.

Didn’t get a hit in Little League for 2 seasons until last inning of championship game, when I got a double (and went on to score winning run) … First base coach, my friend Jimmy’s dad, was so excited he slapped me on back rounding first, knocked me down. I got up, both elbows bloodied, ran to 2nd.

The interview I HAD to have for Philly Hoops book. (He was great.)

Frequent reader but infrequent poster here. I’m well into my 60s Mark. I don’t need idiots explaining why they’re idiots in the name of diversity of thought. Bluesky serving the exact purpose I want as consumer, thank you very much.

If this stands up in second half (if … IF) …. would have to go down as one of the great title-winning goals anywhere ever.

Had never been to Southern Italy before. Awesome trip that ended in Naples, where Maradona remains the singular football god, every bit as much as in his native Argentina, or Michael Jordan is in Chicago. (When Napoli scored a goal Sunday at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the whole city shook.)