Absolutely insane goal in insane conditions in the CPL final. Absurd.

Cooper touches his left foot to the ground before the right foot what? what?!?!?!?

never in my life have I seen two catches that good on a single drive, much less a game-winning drive with no timeouts for the undefeated No. 2 team in the country never not ever

sure: if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it

"last camp until March, it's time to finally bring Scally and Reyna back into the fold. But not *you* Yunus, we'd rather see Sean Zawadski instead" does not feel like a positive omen for Musah, sadly

maybe not the best part, but one of the very good parts is knowing he'll never have his vengeance against Diego Pavia

Gus Malzahn finished the 2019 regular season 9-3, with wins over eventual 11-2 Pac-12 champ Oregon and then-10-1 Alabama. All three Ls were to teams in the final SP+ top 7. Auburn's own SP+ finish was 9th. So many Auburn fans wanted Gus fired that a year later, he was. Please spare us, Hugh

oh dear that's not good

Hi, among my job duties is helping administer a food pantry. Just in case you're thinking about donating money or food to your local food bank, I'm gonna tell you how your donations can be most effective.

"Ask not what you can do for your country's national team. Ask what your country's national team can do for you" -- JFKeyna

Bulls still finished 37% from deep for the game, decent but hardly unovercomeable. IYAM, probably a good idea not insert your 12th- or 13th-best player to begin the second quarter, score 23 points in the period, and lead by just one at halftime despite the Bulls bricking everything

Auburn wins! despite scoring one offensive touchdown from 47 possessions in Arkansas territory against the SEC's worst defense! because the defense played the most "you want something done, you gotta do it yourself"-ass fourth quarter I can recall! War Damn!

1st-and-goal Auburn, backup QB in, RB averaging roughly 27 yards per carry, play-call is a fade, incomplete, drive ends in a FG 2 possessions later, 1st-and-goal Auburn, backup QB still in, RB still averaging roughly 27 yards per carry, play-call is play-action pass, incomplete, drive ends in a FG

Auburn took over on its own 25, ran the ball on 8 consecutive plays, and moved to Arkansas's 17 Auburn threw one pass and it was returned 89 yards for an Arkansas touchdown

KENNY: Hey Chuck you ever check for X-ray machines? Is that why you lose so much money gambling? CHUCK: Listen. Where you think I'm playing cards, at the doctor? SHAQ: hahahaha youlosingmoney gamblingwithchauncey'sx-rayhahahaha ERNIE: At the half it's Miami 51, Charlotte 43.

Hawks' transition defense got crushed first half, went into the locker room, came out third quarter ... and got crushed even harder. Has not felt like a good night for Quin and his staff, preparation- or adjustment-wise

Sid Bream giveth, Sid Bream taketh away

if you'd asked for my one-sentence Auburn preview in August, I'd have said "not actually better, but better record/vibes because they can't lose all their close games again" lol lmao

as always, i think you'd be wise to read @jerryhinnen.bsky.social's latest on the USMNT 🇺🇸 clever, insightful, and contextual for @backheeled.com www.backheeled.com/usmnt-crisis...

Aw yeah, you know what time it is USMNT folks, it's Ten Windows time

not sure if it's possible to play Balogun and Wright at the same time but what this post presupposes is,

2 goals from 2 different strikers in 2 games? for the USMNT? sorcery? witchcraft? awesomeness?

considering where Auburn was when Pearl took over and where they are now, can't be mad about him choosing his own time of departure no matter how awkward it might be for the program but I'm gonna try

hard way to make a livin', not bein' able to throw the ball

Watching Venables kick the FG to force Freeze into playing for a TD instead of letting him settle for another illest-of-ill-advised FG attempts was a bit like watching some samurai movie where the samurai gives his fallen opponent his lost katana back in the name of honor So sportsmanlike! So dumb!

a comic strip about Hugh Freeze trying not to call pass plays

the thing about this kind of play is that according to the rules it's not allowed

your team's college kicker is not reliable from 40+ yards. under "at the buzzer, for the win" pressure, he's probably not reliable from 30+. for the love of God, go get more yards

there are precious few folks i'd rather read write about the USMNT than @jerryhinnen.bsky.social, whose post-window columns for @backheeled.com continue to rule you won't find the 🇺🇸 compared to shredded taqueria chicken anywhere else, i'd imagine www.backheeled.com/usmnt-japan-...

Hey! It's me! Writing about these wild past few days for the USMNT! Enjoy!

holy shit, is that it is! the thing with feathers! it's been so damn long, y'all

rally hat on

The USMNT did a lot of good things at the Gold Cup. But were those things good enough to matter? @jerryhinnen.bsky.social breaks down the positives, the red flags, and the growing urgency with the 2026 World Cup fast approaching 🇺🇸 Read ⤵️ www.backheeled.com/usmnt-gold-c...

The vibes were back. But not sure vibes should be enough for the final competitive games before a home World Cup. My Gold Cup wrap at Backheeled:

Another bump for my @backheeled.com piece on Tuesday's USMNT debacle, longing for the Frankie Hejduks of yesteryear, and why the Gold Cup suddenly matters even more www.backheeled.com/usmnt-pochet...

The USMNT's June window was yet another one filled with failure 🇺🇸 Between Mauricio Pochettino's grasp of his player pool and more tepid soccer, issues abound. @jerryhinnen.bsky.social examines the state of the U.S. with just one year before the World Cup ⤵️ www.backheeled.com/usmnt-pochet...

Been watching the USMNT for 30 years, and vibes last night were the most rancid they've ever been. So I wrote about Frankie Hejduk, whose vibes were perpetually the opposite of rancid. Enjoy!

Another bump for yesterday's column for @backheeled.com on the USMNT's Nations League pratfall. From the field to the stands, there was no there there www.backheeled.com/mauricio-poc...

"There was no there there. Gertrude Stein was talking about her hometown of Oakland when she coined the phrase, but if this isn’t the perfect summation of totaling .7 xG vs. Panama at home, what is?" One banger line after another from @jerryhinnen.bsky.social. www.backheeled.com/mauricio-poc...

So: I didn't like the USMNT performances this window! Everything about them was bad! I found them dispiriting! I wrote about it for @backheeled.com! New Ten Windows! Enjoy! www.backheeled.com/mauricio-poc...

did I miss something important about other goalkeepers

@rodger.bsky.social not to pile on (their last four games have been pretty good by their season-long standards), but couldn't not share who's currently dead last in Wins Above Bubble

Hey hey, new piece for @auburnobserver.com -- on Johni Broome, and why he should be college basketball's player of the year. It's *college* basketball, after all. Enjoy: www.auburnobserver.com/p/johni-broo...

feels overlooked thanks to Johnson's injury, Bogi's regression, etc., but Bufkin's injury (and the Hawks' Plan B at backup PG being "uh ... Vit? Dyson, maybe?") has been such an enormous drag on this season

have learned last couple of years that a large number of vocally online Hawks fans believe the FO's job is to only make trades that make the team immediately better, and if they just keep making them, ipso facto the team will become a contender also it's extremely important to make the play-in

all of this

So! @auburnobserver.com let me pen a guest column at his place on being an Auburn hoops fan allergic to national title hype watching a team that makes that hype inescapable. Enjoy: open.substack.com/pub/auburnob...

Not counting the game in which Johnson was injured, he and Hunter played 24 times together. The Hawks went 15-9 in those games, including road Ws over CLE, BOS, NYK and MIL Guess neither guy has much history of durability, but that total not even reaching a third of the season is bitterly unfun

The Hawks beat the Celtics and everything since has been a Mario Kart level where you fall off the track so many times Lakitu can't collect coins off you anymore