Tony Brothers with two questionable foul calls on KAT. Potential series turning moment from the officiating

(Whispers) This is also the advantage of playing in the East the next part of this decade because you might get a weakened OKC or SAS after they throw haymakers at each other.

How long until the “Karl-Anthony Towns is predicted to win Finals MVP on Polymarket” tweets start appearing

Please clap

My dad’s high school is doing a fundraiser for a scholarship in his name as he heads off into retirement, if you’re so inclined to want to give: www.nepagives.org/story/Mister...

Statement from the Star Tribune Guild in response to management’s plans to lay off 15% of staff, including union members in the newsroom:

The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut its workforce by 15% through buyouts and layoffs, executives said Tuesday evening, just a month after the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Annunciation school and church shooting.

About to start the Hacks finale and don’t think I’m emotionally ready for this

Tipping points in recent Twins seasons: Aug. 2024 – Joe Ryan on IL. Team collapsed over final six weeks of season. June 2025 – Pablo López and Zebby Matthews on IL in same week. Team goes 3-15 to set up deadline teardown. June 2026 – Four healthy starters… www.startribune.com/minnesota-tw...

Welcome to following Billboard chart records in the streaming era. “Choosing Texas” is probably gonna become the record holder for most weeks at No. 1 before Mariah (again) retakes the throne this Christmas

This is like when the Grammys make those lists of artists who’ve won, like, Best New Artist and Album of the Year in the same year and you’re always surprised to see Bob Newhart on there.

Jordan McLaughlin vs. KAT in the NBA finals.

NBA broadcasts could sometimes benefit from a rules guy like football has to explain what is and isn’t reviewable in certain situations, like whether it was reviewable or not to assess a flagrant there

Tonight was a chance for NBC to riff on this classic intro from Pat Summerall, “In two weeks will be the Super Bowl. After that the Pro Bowl. Today we play both.” youtu.be/5rRQf1zfwwA?...

When I got into sportswriting, places I considered dream/destination jobs back when I left college are either gone completely or a shell of what they used to be. I don’t know what to tell journalism students/interns who want to make a career in this field about where they should be aiming.

Worlds colliding

Coming up at the Emmys this year, can Jean Smart go 5-for-5 for the five seasons on this show? Can’t recall someone running the table like that in Emmys history. JLD came of so close for Veep. She went 6/7. Lost to Fleabag the final season.

I know conference finals are on and all but an all time great sitcom also ends tonight and I’m sad about it :(

Kendrick has reached a level only about two other longtime artists have reached on social media in terms of their bulletproof nature to any criticism. I won’t reveal those two artists for fear of being attacked but feel free to DM your guesses! 😂

The internet is fickle and filled with frontrunners. For a while nobody online would wanna get caught saying a bad word about Kendrick, at the risk of being seen as uncool. But as time went on, you realized it provided room, space and interest for Drake to respond.

As recently as like 8 or 9 years ago, folks thought the Beatles record of having the entire top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 would never be duplicated. While it didn’t QUITE happen here, it has happened multiple times this decade (Taylor Swift does it every album now).

I smell a pool report coming after that sequence!

53 years ago today... Carole gave a free concert in New York for what was, at the time, the largest gathering in Central Park. “New York has given me such an awful lot — stimulus, ideas, feelings to write — that the concert is just a small way of giving something back to it,” 📷 Jim McCrary

Are we 100% sure that the winner of Spurs-Thunder is gonna cakewalk to the title? 🤔

A team allowing 38 points in the first quarter in an elimination game … it’s giving 1-2-3 Cancun.

Rudy Gobert makes first team all defense. (Jaden McDaniels received three second-team votes. Reminder that these votes are taken before the playoffs.)

Let me Google how the new changes to Google are going to kill journalism...

I started watching the Daily Show in high school, was a loyal viewer of the Colbert Report from day 1, even when our dorms at Notre Dame only had cable in common rooms. Same with The Late Show. I’ve probably spent more hours watching Stephen Colbert than anyone on television. Salute and thank you.

As usual, it takes a few listens for how good a Kacey Musgraves albums is to truly lock in. This one is no different. Much more of a fan of this one now than I was upon release

This series so good might be better than 5 of the 11 seasons of Frasier.

Was told around 70 people were let go today in the Blazers' layoffs on the business side. Know some of the names but out of respect to them I'll let them announce it when and how they will.

Tim Connelly spoke to the media for over 26 minutes today. It touched on a little bit of everything roster-wise. Instead of searching for clips, just go watch the whole thing. I'll be writing up my takeaways from it shortly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X41...

Your best hope is they take everything out of each other in this round like they might end up doing.

I like the overhead camera

Whispers after watching this game … (The Wolves can’t move to the East fast enough)

After exit interviews, I tried to tie everything together, tracing some of the Wolves' "moodiness" to not often having a traditional point guard out there to make sure everyone got theirs. In my eyes and what I observed and heard, it was all connected: www.startribune.com/minnesota-ti...

After exit interviews, I tried to tie everything together, tracing some of the Wolves' "moodiness" to not often having a traditional point guard out there to make sure everyone got theirs. In my eyes and what I observed and heard, it was all connected: www.startribune.com/minnesota-ti...

Just checked Hulu too and this is head scratching. One of the all-time best and most important Frasier episodes has randomly disappeared from streaming services.

Jaden McDaniels has a special guest at his exit interview press conference.

Naz Reid said his shoulder was a big issue around the All-Star break but he fought through it: “There were times I couldn’t even shoot the ball, for real.”

Mike Conley said he won’t be retiring: “I think I might’ve proved to myself I can play a little longer.” He’ll be a free agent this offseason.

After Timberwolves end season with lopsided playoff loss, they lament factors that were within their control www.startribune.com/minnesota-ti...

Anthony Edwards discussing the lack of championships habits he felt the Timberwolves didn’t build this season.

Jordan McLaughlin was also on the floor to close out a playoff series here in 2022 and the Timberwolves made massive changes that offseason. ...

The Wolves proved to be the third best team in the West this season. But the gap between 1-2 and then 3 is quite large. Three blowout losses in this series.

Anthony Edwards dapping everybody up, his night is over, as is everyone else's. Finch empties the bench.

For the third consecutive year, the Timberwolves are down 30 in the game that will ultimately end their season.

Stephon Castle, what a player.

Starters again fail, timeout Finch at 9:49, Reid checking after the break.

McDaniels in foul trouble again. Four here in the third.