The three-time Grammy Award winner is the third artist to perform at UNC’s pregame concert series during the football season.

Column: Hollywood is in a state of confusion, no more so than with the Glen Powell sports comedy ‘Chad Powers’ Gift 🔗

New, from me: wrote about Marvin Harrison Jr and Brian Thomas Jr, their struggles and how they can get back on track www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/sop...

What a pass from Chelsea Gray to Jackie Young

🚨FRESH & NEW CHGO Wrestling🚨 ⭐ @kwilliamsmedia.bsky.social joins the show 😡 Wrestlepalooza & All Out Recap 👑 We play @dlls-mavs.bsky.social own Kevin Gray Jr.'s interview with Stephanie Vaquer 🤔 Is Triple H ruining John Cena's final run? 📝 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers list www.youtube.com/live/a6Vy9UO...

Brand new CHGO Wrestling for you with @bigdavechgo.bsky.social @seanwanderson.bsky.social and @kwilliamsmedia.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/live/a6Vy9UO...

The Golden Knights asked me to leave their practice facility and revoked my credential because I asked one of their players about the Hockey Canada 5. Their sensitivity underscores the dicey nature of the decision VGK and Carolina are facing. My story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

"We’ve got to be willing to adapt and be willing to change ... If you want to win, you’ll do it. It’s that simple." At Y! Sports: Went to Westchester for Knicks media day, and wrote about the weight of expectations, the tricky task of speed-running evolution, and fine lines: yhoo.it/4pDymc0

Lock in with me, Tate and Van at 7 pm ET Saturday for our live reactions to Auburn-Oklahoma, Michigan-Nebraska, Texas Tech-Utah and so much more. Also make sure to subscribe and like and leave a nice review (if the spirit moves you, ofc) for the Ringer Tailgate.

Joined @seeratsohi.bsky.social on the Ringer WNBA Show to discuss what we saw in the four Game 2s the last two nights and look ahead to three deciding games on tap tonight and tomorrow: www.theringer.com/podcasts/the...

It’s scary how easily government is using its power to censor opposing viewpoints.

Doing a coach interview during play in the playoffs seems suboptimal

Column: If the Emmys can’t muster excitement for television, why should anyone else? Seriously, what are we doing here? Gift 🔗

That Bears loss looks so much worse

J.J. McCarthy’s first regular season introduction at U.S. Bank Stadium. He was second-to-last announced out of the tunnel. Justin Jefferson was the final player in the lineup.

Hollywood used to be run by young hotshot power brokers. Not anymore Sunday's Emmys could make history if some of the oldest nominees are winners My newsletter this week. Read! Subscribe! It's free!

Anthony Rizzo will retire as a Chicago Cub and join the organization as a team ambassador. "Rizz was everybody's go-to guy — on the field, in the clubhouse and in the community — and he never let us down," Theo Epstein told @pwsullivan.bsky.social.

I really turn 26 today. That’s crazy

"Only Murders in the Building" is always GREAT when it pauses for lovely little portraits of NYC that aren't essential to the plot, but as the seasons have progressed (this is S5) there are fewer opportunities to see the threesome interact just as friends even when they aren’t “on a job” Gift 🔗

I really did not like "The Paper" Gift 🔗

"Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain" episode 22 Guest: Mike Tirico With the NFL season kicking off tomorrow night, listen to how the voice of Sunday Night Football got his start in sports media. Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/15Ew...

And I got to go onstage with Drake at this concert

Resolved: GameDay made the right decision to do this in Columbus rather than Tallahassee.

next up in our quarter-century NFL rewind: i wrote about how rex ryan was able to modernize his father’s 46 defense from the 80s, marrying perfect talent with a style so aggressive and demanding on its players, that the scheme became a cultural landmark itself sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...

Two years in this crazy industry!

Column: Teen movies used to be a genre Hollywood took seriously, young audiences too. But good luck finding them in theaters today I talk with @jackie-johns.bsky.social Gift 🔗

LRT: We do need to be more social! And the absence of this is absolutely being reflected in the lack of hangout shows being made right now. Hollywood is just mirroring our collective reduction in hanging out IRL and that’s sch a bummer! Anyway I go deeper on that in this newsletter

Angel Reese had 20 and 10 and 3 assists and Kamilla Cardoso had 22 and 16 and 5 assists and there is something there folks.

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: The Travis and Taylor Podcast Jimmy Pitaro's Vision for ESPN Does It Matter if Howard Stern Got Cancelled? The Worst Question(s) Ever Asked at the White House A Hot Dog Tour of Connecticut open.spotify.com/episode/3p97...

Was the entertainment press “gunning” for “Titanic” to fail? That was the assertion recently, but just cuz someone says it confidently on social media doesn’t make it true. So let's take a look, shall we? My newsletter this week (please subscribe! it's fun!) buttondown.com/NinaWatchesE...

Ferris Bueller is a very entertaining movie.

It’s mind-boggling that Fox was willing to pay Conan O’Brien at least $20 million a year to host a talk show. Also, it’s fascinating how desperate Jay Leno was to get The Tonight Show. Bill Carter did a great job reporting on the behind the scenes aspect of late night in his book

In this week’s newsletter: Are we seeking the pleasures of “hangout shows” in untraditional formats right now? Is Hollywood’s not making the regular kind because … we’re not doing a whole lotta hanging out in real life either? Read! Subscribe!

There’s way too much handwringing being done because of the ESPN-NFL partnership

This is a great question. I grew up in the early 2000’s. Even then, we still had some enjoyable Saturday morning program with Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon and other Cartoon Network shows. It feels like that’s how a relic of the past television model.

I'm launching a newslettah! Please read/subscribe! It's called Nina Watches Everything (well, not everything but a lot) about the way TV and film shape how we think and talk about the world First up: Gambling on Rotten Tomatoes scores (and the absence of gambling in recent sports shows/movies)

And don't forget, we'll be doing a live watchalong for Sunday's card! Big Dave and I will be joined by some of your CHGO favorites and special guests @kwilliamsmedia.bsky.social and @evanfmoore.bsky.social!

Nothing sounds worse to me as a viewer I wrote about this a while back in a column about AI coming for Hollywood Gift 🔗 www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/19/c...

“We talk about defense being a constant. He’s playing with a high level of confidence right now. He’s playing free.” Colson Montgomery has impressed the White Sox early with his defense at shortstop and defense. t.co/0S8r9yLDL2

Give Robby Hoffman the Emmy for guest actress in a comedy series. Thought it was brief, her cameos in Hacks were delightful and hilarious

Veep is such a well-written show

@seanfennessey.bsky.social, @minakimes.bsky.social, and Charles Holmes joined me for the best middle school lunch table conversation of 1994. It's THE SIMPSONS draft. (And yes, I know I look like I'm trying to copy Murray Bartlett's look in White Lotus.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0IF...

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social: WaPo's Latest Reboot NBA Finals --Simple Fix for ESPN --The Bob Myers Experiment --Solidarity with Stephen A Headlines PLUS: @gustavoarellano.bsky.social on covering the protests open.spotify.com/episode/1zQj...

I already consumed a lot of coffee. Being on the road increased my intake my a significant margin.

Houston had some solid coffee shops

I confirmed yesterday — Chris Cotillo was first— that the White Sox were calling up top prospect Kyle Teel, who they acquired from Boston for Garrett Crochet. chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School made history with 23 students scoring perfects on the ACT—an achievement reached by less than 1% of test-takers nationwide.

Tomorrow’s Mets-White Sox game has been moved to 1:10

Reporting from Citi Field

Tired: 2025 rookies Wired: 2024 rookies I watched the 2024 rookie wide receiver class back this week and came away with my socks blown clean off by Brian Thomas Jr and Ladd McConkey, among other takeaways. (Free): www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...