Lmao here's the goal from Freese's perspective, courtesy of the BBC's 3D World Cup thing

You can't call the future of US Soccer bright when this sport is still a sport for the elite in this country. If you can't afford to play football in this country, in most cases, you won't play. That's just not how it is in the rest of the world.

The AI powered team whose president bribed FIFA just lost 4-1

The game industry is so fucking back

Celtics jettison beloved Finals MVP for lapsed podcaster and some picks: defector.com/celtics-jett...

I am surprised hardly anyone is pointing out how hostile this decision is for people who already own a large amount of PS4/5 discs already. If the PS6 is backwards compatible it will surely not support a disc drive. Which means 1 in 5 people cannot play their library on new hardware.

It was a really gratifying night to work with so many wonderful journalists at @denverpost to cover consequential primaries — and a rush to do so with print deadlines still a thing. We got the biggest news on the front page just in the nick of time as print closed.

Also, obviously: “these parents see their kid’s best shot of going to college as an athletic scholarship” is pointing at a bigger, solvable problem with tuition costs than just “let’s remove the imaginary obstacle to your delusional goal.”

There’s obviously a lot that’s wrong here but one major component here is the delusion among a surprisingly large portion of parents that their kid is gonna get an athletic scholarship and go to the Olympics, and a truly courageous public official _might_ find a way to break the bad news to them.

Affordability is a real concern, but … Washington State Univ, eg, admits 87% of applicants and annual costs are about $11,500 for a median income family. Anyone who has the wherewithal to do travel sports but tells you that an athletic scholarship is their only way to college is full of shit.

ok I have not been a fan of Zlatan as an on-air presence but he just justified his existence for the whole World Cup "I'm gonna block Alexi because he has no clue what he's talking about"

Boggles the mind that the entire world saw ICE execute defenseless people in the street and somehow there are still sitting Democrats who have a wide open flank on abolishing the agency

Decision Desk HQ projects Melat Kiros wins the CO US House 1 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 10:31 PM EDT

useless, totally unable to meet the moment they were one vote from overriding the fourteenth amendment retire and give your job to someone who understands the stakes

literally one day apart. goldfish would scoff at this lack of object permanence

There’s a journalism ethics textbook from about 10-12 years ago that had a case that looked at DC-journo buzz around “hot young bloggers” Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, etc. and asked students to really think about who gets elevated into the best careers and who don’t. I think about that case a lot.

IGN is reporting that your GTA 6 character can only access healthcare in the Ultimate Edition

🚨 I'm thrilled to share a new 🔓 #OpenAccess article out now in Information, Communication & Society: Inaccuracies, omissions, and bullshit: 2024 U.S. elections through the eyes of ChatGPT A quick 🧵:

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Awful news this morning — one of Oregon's best reporters has passed away, all too young. His absence will be felt by the media and by the public at large. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

This is incredible. So satisfying. I was going to say it’s “cutting” but it’s more a knifing to the gut or maybe a beheading. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

It is funny to see that the Knicks winning soft confirms nobody in NY gives a shit about the Nets. Still in the top 5 of the dumbest franchise relocations.

It can't be overstated how he really doesn't know how anything works but was mythologized as a supergenius engineer by a shitty press

They are 100% going to use AI to do Tupac’s voice in this game aren’t they? This is beyond gross.

More integrity than Martin Scorcese.

Atlantic writer's son offers bold advice to Democrats: Pretend to be a sports moron defector.com/atlantic-wri...

Guillaume Johnson and I wrote about apologies in racialized organizations being decoupled from actual anti-racist actions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

It is hilarious how the pundit class clutches their pearls about Democrats learning to speak like “normal” people and then propose the exact goofy shit that would completely piss off every normie in the state of Texas.

My partner is a diehard Spurs fan so we’re going to the arcade near our place to celebrate. I will be playing NBA Jam and reliving the glory days of my Rockets 😭

In the same way they say “momentum in baseball is just tomorrow’s starting pitcher” momentum in sports ratings is just who your next big star is.

We're excited to launch the Dan Jenkins Medal for Student Sportswriting, which is open to any student publishing on any platform. Check out the work from these five finalists at jenkinsmedal.com, representing UFlorida, UMaryland, UOregon, UColorado, and PSU-Bellisario.

In 2026, we'll introduce two new Jenkins Medal awards. For the inaugural Best Student Sportswriting medal, I'm delighted to celebrate these outstanding finalists!

Our new article about sports media coverage of Dana White slapping his wife (which he received no repercussions for) is now out in Sociology of Sport journal. Hilariously, I don't have access to my own article! But here's a link if someone is interested. journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

this is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...

Got a paper accepted into AEJMC and one of our reviews is completely AI generated. Beyond pathetic. At least they gave us a good score 🙄

Gov Jared Polis told a Colorado Sun event that his decision to give clemency to Tina Peters "will be remembered fondly." He was later interrupted by protesters carrying an enormous banner reading EAT SHIT POLIS coloradosun.com/2026/05/19/j...

"And in what way does firing people from the Post make people more likely to pay for the Post?" That obvious follow-up question is strictly forbidden under capitalism.

Solidarity with the research chairs dealing with the new paper management system.

seems like jared polis thought this would make him look like an enlightened and humane centrist instead of a dumbass

Hey, universities, maybe you could try inviting graduation speakers who *aren't* actively hostile to your fundamental mission and basic purpose? Or at the very least, people from industries your faculty isn't suing for intellectual property theft?

One really fascinating point here (among many) is that a peril of organic-looking PR is less that people will be tricked into liking a band, and more that some journalists can be suckered into treating people/phenomena as massively influential when they probably are not!

Love this for them #subnautica #videogames #gaming

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Nothing like a coming-of-age piece of media to remind you that genre focuses on white folks

Uhhh, starting to feel relieved our semester schedule was moved up a week and got my grades posted last weekend…

This week, Donald Trump asked a child, "You think you could take me in a fight?" So we at @today.yougov.com obviously polled Americans on the topic. Our results:

I am 100% positive these listings are from the legendary Game Informer vault being strip-mined for memes, in case you needed an excuse to throw up today

The problem with politicians is not that they talk like professors, it's that they talk like managers and consultants.

As a professor, I take offense There is nothing clearer than the way I speak to students. Stop attacking us

Finally, a major American newspaper whose editorial board is courageous enough to stand up for the rights of big tech companies.