Swear I’ll do a post in 2026

In 5 minutes I’ll be going live on spaces to discuss the results of the MLS reentry draft phase 1

Silver Apples tiny desk concert would’ve been cool, rip

The aircraft carrier landing in Top Gun

Who can forget all those jeff Kent at bats you happened to see cuz of that other reason you were watching. Iconic in a way.

it's a good thing the baseball writers have set a clear line in the sand that PED use will bar you from the Hall of Fame so that people like Jeff Kent, a journeyman who suddenly developed superstar power in his 30s, can be recognized

12th or bust for the Fighting Irish

g+ GameFlow: MLS Playoffs Inter Miami CF v Vancouver Whitecaps FC on December 06, 2025. #MIAvVAN ⚽️🤖

This will be the first ever negative extra time given

Messi about to take a throw-in. Keep an eye on transubstantiation here

Tie ball game with half an hour to go in the MLS final where it’s basically analytics vs old Barca guys, or stuff some guys said

The Caps are America’s team

the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation. hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity

This a tragedy

My wife just sent me a snip from excel that is our family schedule tomorrow

Videos of people getting mad during poker games

Heading towards MLS Cup Final I can’t help but think about how many of the Vancouver guys were brought in by Nikos Overheul and how every fan of every team should want their club to sign those types of players…

"[We] refuse to let jubilee exhaust the imagination of change. The more basic question becomes how to build and revise public credit systems so that fewer life-sustaining activities show up as 'debts' at all."

*tearing up*

“In every expense category, we are bottom three in this league, but not in data analytics ... In data analytics, we are pretty high in this league; we're in the top third.” “Our approach has to be different.” How the Vancouver Whitecaps transformed themselves: www.mlssoccer.com/playoffs/202...

The Hall Theoretical

A critique of David Graeber’s theoretical project, written with respect from within the world that it shaped. TL;DR in conflating all formalized obligations with the accusatory logics of debt and Schuld, Graeber prevents any serious thinking about institutional design except for periodic amnesty.

The Avalanches on an Amex commercial my god

The timing of this sucks for Mr Skrive with annual reviews right around the corner.

Iconic

How is Lizza not starting a new podcast

It’s that time of year where I just gotta say this book is fuckin epic somehow without being long or cumbersome. Just a perfect read if you like *gestures broadly*

There's a non-zero chance that Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba could play the last cup final of their careers on San Diego State's football field and I think that's beautiful

And Minnesota United takes the opening kickoff for a touchback, with San Diego FC beginning possession on their own 20 yard line.

I ain’t paying

I read this as “Two Queens with opposing views” and it’s because of how you’re all posting

Annual reminder that Agave in Cabbagetown is an Atlanta treasure worth seeking

This is only based on local averages — there could be more risk of individual games being really cold — but in general the sort of fall-to-spring-ish schedule looks like a good deal

DFW airport blues

When does Cillizza’s book about sports analytics drop. Did that happen did that drop

Olivia Nuzzi was doing journalism the right way. by Ezra Klein

Make the son of a bitch deny it.