Attempted bagel theivery thwarted

I’ll miss all their self-congratulatory press releases about how great they are

Why do the biathletes not simply shoot the other guys if they ski past

Special Sports Media Guy post, because the Polymarket-Substack partnership is bad, bad, so very, very bad. Why this partnership could be a death knell to ethical, independent sports journalism online.

The Supreme Court:

The Red Balloon was a mainstay in my school district.

Every day, with each loss or rescinding of a Trump order or declaration, the companies and entities that immediately capitulated to him look worse and worse. We should never let them forget it either.

I didn’t expect Rap to need therapy because he made a Manscaped ad

I think Tom Mees is tripping up a lot of people. Loved me some Mees.

Very humorous and not-at-all surprising watching all the "defenders" of the sanctity of girls' and women's sports also get furious that ESPN is doing "Women's Sports Sundays."

Fascinated to learn turning right on a red comes from the 70s energy crisis

Our @bkoo.bsky.social is the guest on @jimmytraina.bsky.social’s podcast this week. Topics include the history of AA, philosophy on what to post, our relationship with networks, and more.

I don't think anyone in Seattle would sell Howard Schultz a hamburger, let alone the Seahawks.

So if you’re an AI guy who is miffed that we loathe your product, sorry, not our problem. As the meme goes, that’s not how any of this works. Go raise another 900 trillion in funding, make everyone else love and want and PAY for you (you know you have to do this eventually!) and leave us out of it.

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

What's the point of owning a minor league baseball team in Syracuse if you're not going to call them the Salt Potatoes?

Honestly we don't use this screenshot enough

Finger so far from the pulse.

The Big Ten did not like this article when we initially published it but we are not a trade pub. Our audience is sports fans, and BIG+ is just straight up an inconvenience, bad deal, and a bad experience that lags behind what other power conferences have in place.

"...if it means undermining the Democrats, you best believe a lot of Republicans will get behind Stephen A." Hill arrives at the same conclusion Dan Dakich, of all people, did. That Smith "is a useful idiot."

Seattle Pro Tip: If you ever need a quiet spot to hunker down and get some work done, and all the coffee shops are nuts, TeKu Tavern on Denny (at least until the beer drinkers start showing up around 4).

I’m in @awfulannouncing.bsky.social this morning with a fun little profile on US curling legend John Shuster who’s been blessing your TVs each morning on Gold Zone:

If you ever besmirch the honor of a royal and are forced to do combat in a Trial of 7 and you need some help, leave me out of it. No thank you, you're on your own.

Aspirational.

Turns out, the people who claimed Bad Bunny had used explicit language during his halftime performance were morons. bit.ly/4rM1M8a

From a producer of The Huntsman: Winter's War and one of the writers of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian comes a new vision of terror:

Weird what were the odds

Really regretting getting my girlfriend a case of Jimmy Fallon-Tommy Mottola Pasta Sauce.

"Stephen A. Smith wants us talking ourselves in circles about his intentions and possibilities, elevating him beyond the caricature of a screaming buffoon on television. "If that’s the playbook, it sure sounds familiar." bit.ly/4kHC8iQ

I don’t know why I find this headline so funny.

This is so spot on

Stephen King anthologies are hilarious cause you’ll get used to the cadence of 30/40-page stories and then all of a sudden he’ll hit with a 200-page novella just tucked in there without any warning.

Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40. Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store

Excellent take from @seankeeley.bsky.social at @awfulannouncing.bsky.social: "Stephen A. Smith wants us talking ourselves in circles about his intentions and possibilities, elevating him beyond the caricature of a screaming buffoon on television."

BagelFest West, Heated Rivalry, and Burning Bagel Questions…

Pete Golding just called Trinidad Chambliss at his trial to get him to commit to Ole Miss.

In a rare move, Pat McAfee backtracked yesterday after removing credit from Front Office Sports for a story about him and ESPN's Super Bowl plans. Have we finally found the red line he can't cross: Messing with Disney corporate synergy?

Had a whole plan today but there’s bald eagles in Volunteer Park so now my day is shot

Did you think I wouldn't find a bagel angle for Heated Rivalry???

Had a good laugh at the bar being set at "he's a better actor than Shaquille O'Neal."

I think both this post and the romance author AI story aren’t really about AI, they’re about people in those industries showing how poorly they think of the people who consume the work they produce. That romance author came off like Carol in Pluribus about her audience, and this is kind of the same.

The beautiful game.

"Quite frankly, if you got anything to say about my quarterback. If you got anything to say about my defense. If you got anything to say about my O-line. And you got anything to say about the city of Seattle, I got two word you: F*CK YOU!" - Seahawks LB Ernest Jones

"For who? For what?" - Ricky Watters