Seems bad!

Some parting thoughts on Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua, 6ix9ine, the attention economy, the streaming wars and What It All Means. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

I wrote about Zohran and the Arsenal.

The selling points in this sizzle reel for a sports wagering startup already backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) tells you lots about where our society is heading, and it's not to higher ground.

Let's talk about drugs and baseball. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

A sad story all around.

NYC's mayoral candidates were asked if they'd go to a Mets Game 7 of the World Series or a Knicks Game 7 of the NBA finals if they could only pick one and Cuomo still got it wrong. The ship be sinking.

Trinity Rodman spread in new Interview Mag.

Welcome to hell! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Womp womp ☹️

Not great!

I wrote about Venus.

Serena Williams built her legacy on defiance. Why lend it to Ozempic culture? | Bryan Armen Graham

Never forget that Rocky III was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Japanese Academy Awards.

With the BET Awards happening in downtown LA, I was wondering who was going to say something first. Doechii really is that girl.

Coco quotes Tyler in her French Open victory speech. Tyler name-checked Coco in Thought I Was Dead off Chromakopia.

Michael Blake is the only candidate in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary who was for shitcanning Thibs.

Magnus Carlsen punches the table in frustration after losing to world champion Gukesh Dommaraju for the first time in a classical game at #NorwayChess today.

The Knicks' win probability with a 14-point lead and under three minutes left in regulation was 99.7%.

Nobody ever did it better.

Reese and Desiree Mistretta just became the first mother-son duo to win New York Golden Gloves titles, but their remarkable story goes far beyond boxing. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

VPOTUS with Ohio State’s 16th fumble of the season.

Everyone is so hung up by Carrie Coon's college track career to realize that she went to the same school for the same four years as Nick Sirianni.

Wrote about Alysa Liu, one of the greater comeback yarns I've seen. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

Insane photo finish in the world indoor women's 60m hurdles final today in Nanjing. Sixth-place finisher was four hundredths of a second off the winning time.

Unreal performance. RIP Big George. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q70j...

IOC presidential election happening now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-u-...

Four Oscars in one night: Walt Disney (1953), Bong Joon-ho (2019), Sean Baker (2024)

One year to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics: Twenty athletes from Team USA to watch

Caller phones into C-Span's inauguration coverage to complain about the CFP selection committee leaving Alabama out of the playoff.

The Free Library of Philadelphia put one copy of Inner Excellence into circulation on Libby about two hours ago and there's already 97 people waiting for it.

Art imitates life 🐾

Nasty work. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

First byline of 2025. Love and light to everyone! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Here's the official scorecard for tonight's #UsykFury2 fight.

Same energy

Ding Liren loses his world title on a horrific blunder (55 Rf2??) as 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest world champion in history.

Who wants to go halfsies? www.ebay.com/itm/11527256...

There goes that man.

Asked to name their favorite athletes outside of chess at today's presser, Gukesh said Novak Djokovic and Ding said ... Lamar Odom and Federico Chiesa 🫠

Asia's first grandmaster Eugenio Torre talks about playing chess with Manny Pacquiao during today's #DingGukesh broadcast.

Just learned the church where the wedding scene from the Deer Hunter was shot had a catastrophic fire that damaged the main dome. There's a Gofundme for the restoration. www.gofundme.com/f/help-resto...

The world chess championship starts tomorrow in Singapore. I wrote about 22 of its most famous games and you can go move by move through each of them. www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

Jake Paul getting top billing over Mike Tyson in the promotional materials is one thing. But calling it “Jake Paul w/ Mike Tyson” feels like an odd choice if you're trying to convince people it's a genuine sporting event and not a sham.