Pete Hegseth was born three weeks after me but graduated in the class after mine, couldn't stand the kids who did that

"Certainly more than Trenton Hassell did. That guy made Keith Bogans look like James "Hollywood" Robinson." 😆 My T'wolves fandom started around the time of Hollywood Robinson and Shane Heal. I just remember being a tween and Flip would put one of them in the 4th quarter for some "instant offense"

Republicans have always hated the troops and we should always say so www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...

Illini great DEON THOMAS says former coach BRUCE PEARL doesn't belong on TV — and he's right. chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media...

One thing Trump has successfully done is cowed a lot of people into thinking they can't call for meaningful accountability for him and his cronies because it would be "revenge" or "political" and therefore illegitimate. Absolutely essential to reject that

"If prolonging, fomenting or enabling war by interfering in foreign policy is no crime, if failing at war is not failure, and if preparation is immaterial because cost is invisible, then there's hardly any need left to have a purpose for it either." Fabulous essay on the US addiction to war.

I'm listening to a civic news podcast and listening to a bunch of the back catalog, & its just a delight that the Delta Police accidentally violated the Treaty of Ghent last year Very funny to see the War of 1812 being in a relevant news story 110+ years later vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/01/28/d...

Here's a typically thorough, well-organized feature story by Baxter Holmes detailing the A-Z of the Kawhi Leonard saga. Very hard to believe Ballmer is totally clean on this. Shame on the NBA for allowing entire season to pass without resolution of these charges. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

This is what the news studio looked like at Indianapolis ABC affiliate WRTV this morning, two days after WISH-TV owner Circle City acquired the station and then fired its news staff. Additionally, WRTV's website is mostly national news stories now.

My latest for @theavclubgames.bsky.social asks: where have the college basketball video games gone? To answer that question, I talked to college sports expert @mattbrown.bsky.social about EA, 2K, licenses, and the world we live in where you can't play taking over Merrimack to win a national title.

i’m one of those “People wondering WTF they're looking at”. source: Alt Text Hall of Fame @[email protected]

bushwick & willie d with the hardest anti war bars of all time 'the enemy is right here g them foreigners never did SHIT to me' 'absolutely no respect, get a plate in ya head, lose a leg and ya might get a check or a goddam star, you can have that shit MOTHERFUCK A WAR' youtu.be/Ybvbnqatz1w?...

got 5+ minutes into this before realizing I'd been doing Alonzo Mourning *nod, sigh, welp, nod* gif the whole time

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Those of you who want politics out of sports: Robert Pera, owner of the Grizzlies, makes his wealth selling drones used for ‘Human Safari’, through anonymous agencies because it is a war crime. The NBA & government know. No consequences. His star player was pilloried for brandishing a gun on IG.

I don’t really understand why you’d want your newsletter, blog and podcast hosted in the same place but this will definitely help Substackers feel better about migrating to beehiiv techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/b...

This is awesome, and I appreciated the multiple mentions of the old Loop Bennigan's

C’mon man! Go easy on Journey. Nothin’ embarrassing about a thick jean-load of meat. i.pinimg.com/736x/d9/24/8...

I’ve been a fan of Queen’s “essential” era (73-78) since that actual era itself, but I’ve only recently become obsessed with this song, which is so sophisticated in its arrangement, performance & chord structure that it may be one of their finest moments committed to tape youtu.be/v_wLNqUz7pM?...

And once he was gone, people assumed the problem was solved, and blithely elected someone well to his right in 1980. It’s going to take generations to fix this unless we are ready to remediate early and often and relentlessly.

Jaylen Brown on Derrick White Defense vs. Heat: 'Don’t know how the hell he did that' www.si.com/nba/celtics/...

MISSION CONTROL: prepare to enter the vacuum of space DOG ASTRONAUT: wait the what now

One of the best/weirdest to ever do it

I hope I don't die too soon I pray the lord my soul to save I'll be a good boy I'm trying hard to behave Because there's one thing I know Id like to live Long enough to savor That when they finally put you in the ground I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_Y...

The 2026 WNBA Expansion Draft is still days away, but the Chicago Sky have already guaranteed none of its players will be selected in exchange for draft picks. @maggiehendricks.bsky.social evaluates the trade terms and what these deals mean for the Sky. youtube.com/shorts/P_dI8...

Good and true, signed, a Bulls fan.

Hollinger POTD Igor Rakocevic. Serbian SG was drafted 51st by in 2000 by MIN. Came to NBA in 2002 & MIN tried to make him back up PG & struggled w/the role change (1.9 ppg). Returned to Europe in 2003 & lasted 10 more years. Retired in 2013 & was an exec. Now a ju jitsu expert.

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The White House has removed this video from their social media channels. But not before we could post it.

I briefly worked at that Bennigan’s. 😂

🗣️ “50% of electricity demand in Dublin is data centres," Energy use by data centres is under scrutiny as rising costs and warnings of prolonged disruption hit Irish households. 📺 Watch the full discussion ▶️ https://youtu.be/RsRt8EfObXM #TonightVMTV

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All this talk of a looming oil crisis should, if our leaders were logical, lead to switching to renewable energy - EVs, solar, wind, etc - but because we live in hell, they’re just arguing over how much it will cost to pay for the oil that’s killing the planet.

I always thought this song made it sound like Izzy Stradlin secretly wished he was working with Tom Petty when he was in GnR www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBg...

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On the dawn of the Tom Dundon era for the Blazers, which is going to be very different from the Paul Allen era in ways good and bad: www.rosegardenreport.com/tom-dundon-o...

“…to the spectacularly-out-of-his-depth-as-GM (Google still refers to him as a "Lithuanian basketball player") Artūras Karnišovas.”

Remembering the great Ronnie Lane on his birthday

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Does it make you feel like Hemingway to have a byline? Writers hardly even get paid for the work they produce with their own minds! Why would you let a machine write some middling piece of shit blender story, slap your name on it, and feel proud? Have you no dignity?

song for the day (and raise a glass to the late Ronnie Lane, who was born on this date in 1946): www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-L...

would be so cool if Graig Nettles had a brother named Creg

Pregaming tonight's Nick Lowe show by rewatching my favorite music documentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0m0...

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