fantastic work

An independent autopsy of Renee Good reveals that she had 3 gunshot wounds: to the left arm, right lung, and left temple that exited the right side of her head. That means the third shot, the most unlawful one, from the side, likely killed her. abc7.com/post/minneap...

Dez didn’t catch it, neither did Brandin Cooks 🤷🏽‍♂️

In a 10-min span: A playoff game ended in OT (with some controversy), starting QB for the winning team was shockingly ruled out for the season, the losing coach went on a rant, a non-playoff team hired their head coach and another playoff game began. This is why I love this job.

To end the 2023 season: — Sam Darnold was Brock Purdy's backup in San Francisco. — Jarrett Stidham started the final two regular season games of a non-playoff Broncos team after Russell Wilson was benched. Two years later, both are starting conference championship games.

Dingu shared this a little bit ago. Apparently this dude is a P1, DF, and Cirque listener who’s having a rough go of things lately. I don’t know the man, but posting it here because it felt like the right thing to do. gofund.me/29d69ba9e

Day 1 of the semester ✔️

Breaking Bad (not just the last episode but the last few)

ICYMI: Before the playoffs began, I ranked all 14 teams by their bandwagon-ability (s/o @DownGoesBrown again for sponsoring my career). So far, the higher ranked teams are 3-0. Bears (5) vs. Packers (7) Rams (6) vs. Panthers (11) Bills (2) vs. Jags (4) www.nytimes.com/athletic/695...

Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good

it is fun to see how the same information from John Harbaugh's agent is filtered differently through each reporter

just a random reminder that if you're a Stars fan, you're lucky that Robert is covering this team as a beat writer and you need to be following him and supporting his work. No hockey writer is writing a recap like this after Game 43 of the season, let alone a 6-3 loss.

The sun rose from the east. Tom Brady: "Wow." The sun set in the west. Tom Brady: "Wow." Water is wet. Tom Brady: "Wow." The sky is blue. Tom Brady: "Wow." It's hot in the summer. Tom Brady: "Wow." It's cold in the winter. Tom Brady: "Wow."

If the Buccaneers beat the Panthers, the NFL should have the Falcons wear Panthers uniforms and the Saints wear Buccaneers uniforms for their game on Sunday. Who disagrees?

Per TruMedia: Cowboys enter Week 18 dead last in the NFL in average starting field position (own 28.6 yard line). KaVontae Turpin leads the NFL in kickoff returns with 62. Averages 25.8 Y/KR (20th in NFL). Turpin is tied for 32nd with 10 punt returns. Averages 5.5 Y/PR.

sincere thank you to everyone who hung out with me over the past few weeks on The Ticket for drydock. The compliments, the (constructive) criticism — appreciate all of it! Always the coolest thing to be on air on the station I grew up on, and hopefully get better at doing it!

Brandin Cooks' last two seasons (14 games of 2025 & 2024), he totaled 178 and 259 yards, respectively. He was released by Saints 11/19 and signed with Buffalo 11/25. He's Buffalo's leading receiver tonight — 4 catches for 101 yards. Credit to Cooks, but Bills front office should be ashamed.

Herbstriet has no idea Travis Kelce is going to get married to Taylor Swift this offseason and Al Michaels is begging him to talk about it. Worst duo in the business.

something about the holidays that makes me feel so much gratitude. Part of it is doing a job(s) I love, but also knowing it wouldn’t be possible to have those jobs without support (readership/listeners) from strangers. So, if you’re one of those strangers, just know I appreciate the shit out of you.

the holidays are now actually fast approaching

Fortunate to have @damnitjason.bsky.social share his baking prowess. 10/10, no notes

The Central division in the NHL is objectively absurd. Could be a league of its own with the talent and storylines flowing throughout

Game-winning drives among active quarterbacks is a doozy: 1. Duh (Matthew Stafford) 2. Third-stringer (Russell Wilson) 3. Makes sense (Aaron Rodgers) 4. Grandpa (Philip Rivers) 5. Rich backup (Kirk Cousins) 6. Two-team starter this year (Joe Flacco) 7. Backup (Andy Dalton)

it is kinda wild some of the beat “coverage” we have for some of the teams among the Big 4 leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB). Sad state of affairs in the sports media landscape (talking about quantity here, not quality).

if there's a bigger beating in sports media than kirk herbstreit's dog, i do not want to know about it

Absolutely gutting news on Tyler Seguin. His efforts to recover from one devastating injury after another are fairly well-documented at this point, but since those injuries, he's done so much to just take care of his entire body to try and *prevent* injuries. Just awful, awful news.

random food PSA: If you are a fan of cornbread, the cornbread from the Albertsons bakery is absolutely elite. Taste, price, lasting power, etc. Checks all the boxes. You're welcome.

the fact it took the 8th goal scored for a team to have their first multi-goal scorer in the game is nasty business

it has been a bad, bad week for Mikko Rantanen. there's reputation things here that will follow him along for a while

not many players where you can literally see the level of confidence on the ice the way you can with Jason Robertson. And he's beyond confident right now.

Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator/head coach when he hasn't had Josh Allen as his QB, points scored per game: 2009-2010, Browns (OC): 30th 2011, Dolphins (OC): 20th 2012, Chiefs (OC): 32nd 2022-2025, Giants (HC): 29th 2018-2021, Bills (OC, with young Josh Allen at QB): 15th

haven’t watched a minute of mavs basketball this season but just seeing tweets and box scores, it is some of the most satisfactory sports vibes I’ve felt in a while 😌

my man ended his victory speech and walked off the stage to Dhoom Machale. I don’t think people quite understand the level of iconic that is

To kick or receive? Debating the pros and cons of NFL overtime coin toss strategy www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

Tyler Seguin playing in his 1,000th game tonight after not being able to walk five years ago is pretty dang cool. I wouldn't put words in his mouth, but considering his injury history, the longevity milestones might mean even more than the production milestones. Good stuff for a good dude.

even if you’re having a bad day today, be thankful you’re not going through what my pal Jonah is going through! (this was because I ranked the Eagles as the fourth-most likely team to win the Super Bowl, behind Detroit, KC and Buffalo 😂) www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...

It's actually remarkably easy to not ever use ChatGPT.

Contract Year George Pickens with CeeDee Lamb out and Dak Prescott playing at an MVP level feels like the absolute best version you're gonna get from No. 3, and that's been quite obvious for weeks now.

The 0-6 Jets finished with -10 net passing yards 🤯

i'm so glad i'm not a fan of either team because this game is cocaine

i’ve always been “imma post what I wanna post” guy (though I do generally limit my politics stuff, genocides notwithstanding), but just curious as hockey season begins, for posting purposes on here, “like” this if you’re a Stars fan still following me from my previous life

Thursday night. 77 degrees. Regular season football and regular season hockey on the screens. Sometimes you really gotta pause and soak in these fleeting moments

Latest What's Trending in the NFL column, where we look at the weirdest touchdowns in the NFL so far this season, with two coming from this past week's games. ➕ A new Top 5 teams (no undefeated teams for the first time this year!) and Bottom 5 teams www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

The Cowboys have never beat the Packers in Jerry World 👀 Last night's tie moved Dallas to 0-5-1 against Green Bay at AT&T Stadium. H/T @saadyousuf126.bsky.social

Lions started the season with a loss to the Packers but are coming off a big road win in Baltimore. If your fav team sucks, now’s a good time to hop on the Lions bandwagon. In this week’s column, I offer 6 reasons why. ➕ Top 5 teams, Bottom 5 teams ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

First time I’ve ever listened to the One Star Cowboys Podcast. I’m familiar with Saad and KT, but I’d never heard Machota issue HSOs like this. Pretty good. open.spotify.com/episode/4KIy...

The latest edition of "What's Trending in the NFL," where we have our first change in the Road to Santa Clara (aka top five teams), shuffle the bottom-five and categorize the "Mushy Middle" (teams that are 1-1). Hop in! ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Week 2 of What’s Trending in the NFL, in which: — We have five overreactions to Week 1 — A new top team in the NFC — A new team headlining our bottom five Vikings stock rising, Game of the Year and a whole lot more! ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

Super excited about this weekly column I’ll have throughout the NFL season! I’m a huge fan of @downgoesbrown.bsky.social especially his Weekend Rankings. With his blessing, I’m bringing that format to the NFL! Top 5, Bottom 5, Bonus 5 (+ Not Ranked)!

It’s easy to draw the parallel between the Luka Doncic trade and the Micah Parsons trade — two superstars shipped away in their prime. But really, aside from the heartbreak at the end, they aren’t too much alike, for many reasons. My column 👇🏽 www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...