Selfishly this is my favorite piece in the student site because Rory Sparrow was--along with Bernard King, of course--my first favorite Knick. basketballnepa.omeka.net/items/show/62

Ben Rice and Aaron Judge are the first pair of Yankees teammates with 13+ homers each in the team’s first 42 games of a season

Done with almost all the grading minus the last few things to trickle in. Celebratory beer!

Ever catch yourself singing parts of a song with the windows open and then realize what you are shouting out? Like, say, totally hypothetically some of the parts of “Relax” that would be pretty funny to just shout out your window?

Just saw a truck with the Punisher bullshit logo and 1776 together and I think my brain is broken.

Super excited to share the work my Sports History students did this semester on the history of professional ball in Northeast PA. They pulled together an archive, with a focus on the Eastern League which was integrated at same time the NBA had its quota system in place: basketballnepa.omeka.net

I just asked my phone to play "Nickel Bags" by Digable Planets and instead it pulled up a Nickelback song. I think maybe the tech revolution isn't all we are told it can do.

Reading through student exhibits on the Eastern League (which eventually morphs into the CBA) and...the Hamden team was called the Bics because it was sponsored by Bic pens?

Play this on a loop for every enthusiast of this slop in higher ed.

So here is the mystifying part of this video: is the dude wearing a Trey Jamison jersey? Or Greg Anthony? Or Felton Spencer? Mike Sweetney?

Angel hair with pistachio pesto, tomato salad, strawberries macerated with balsamic for dessert. Trying to bring in Spring with all the flavors even if the weather isn’t cooperating.

WE ARE THE NEW YORK #KNICKS!!!

The Knicks opponent getting blown out and still playing the “defense music” remains the most fun part of this playoffs.

Unleash the Kolek

Amazing

81 points at half and I definitely remember some Knick playoff games where they didn’t score 80 for the whole game.

Junior Caminero's reaction to Payton Tolle celebrating a K while the Red Sox are losing 3-0 is perfect

What might be most impressive about this Knicks run of play for the last 6 or so games is the full variety of ways they are beating teams.

The Philadelphia 76ers have 13 field goals as a team. The New York Knicks have 14 made 3s. There's 8:26 left in the first half.

DEEEEEEUUUUUUUCEEEEE

Per NBA tracking data, In the 105 possessions in which Mikal Bridges has been the primary defender on Tyrese Maxey over the first three games of this series, Maxey has scored a total of: 10 points and has More turnovers (8) than assists (5) or made FGs (5).

Yankees Appearance Policy Amended To Allow Extreme Body Modification https://theonion.com/yankees-appearance-policy-amended-to-allow-extreme-body-modification/

The most Mitch answer possible.

Aurora and Cephalus, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810, 📸 by Jesse D. Garrabrant

Running 9 deep in the rotation and fresh starters in the fourth. Everything happening right now points to the changes made from last year.

Following this team for now going on 45 years, I can’t really express what winning Knicks basketball means to me at this point.

Ticket prides for Sunday already coming down on re-sale market 🤣

Tyler Kolek sighting!

I appreciate how Brown brings people back into the rotation after they have lost minutes. Has made a big difference with Clarkson, Jose, Shamet.

SCORCHING HOT

MSG Philadelphia

Yeah, fuck Oubre also.

Embiid plays to contact as if he was the same size as Muggsy Bogues.

Are we back to being able to say, “fuck then picks” again?

Man, Paul George didn’t even run back after that turnover.

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It’s objectively funny that the Sixers make such a big deal about not selling tickets to Knicks fans and yet still the place is flooded with Knicks fans.

Jordan Clarkson morphing into an elite offensive rebounding guard still blows my mind.

Embiid you giant ridiculous flopbaby

Sixers shot the lights out and Knicks are down 4. I would be pretty unhappy if I was a Philly fan.

Hey, look up Northeast PA!

Dying at these emails from the sixth grader while he is in math class.

5'8" Charlie Criss putting up 72 points in 1976 for the Scranton Apollos (I kind of dig the Hazleton Bullets jerseys here).

I am grading final papers for Spring semester and it feels like Fall out.

Next semester I will have my students record podcasts on wax cylinders and then ship them to me by canal boat.

Little known fact is that Jim Boeheim was the first player in semi-professional basketball history to receive a wedgie while driving to the basket while playing for the Scranton Miners.