1. Red Sox 2. Giants 3. Mariners 4-28. Every other team in baseball 200 feet of crap 29. Yankees My ex-in-laws, the Irish potato famine, the song “butterfly” by 311 30. Dodgers

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Watching the Pakistan Super League and there was just an interview that is making me wonder — and I don’t know how exactly to ask this — is there a “Spanglish” version of English-infused Urdu? I assumed it was just in Urdu; then the dude said “the World Cup is very important to our preparation”.

There's more than an hour left before this week's Premier League Darts and less than an hour in this episode. So why not fill that time with Brad and I yakkin' 'bout "girl dads" wearing dumb shirts and darts?

At this point, anyone who engages with the question of anti-trans bias at the New York Times probably has to consider it fully substantiated.

One of the most blatant examples of bullshit I have ever seen in sports. They fucking continued the game! Good for Senegal.

This makes sense, as both the A10 and ACC have deals to broadcast lacrosse through ESPN and the + app, but the entire way that NCAA lax works in terms of TV is so very fucked. I spend more time on it for the streaming schedule tracking where the games are than literally every other sport combined.

This week’s newsletter is about the IPL’s season debut and how the league cuts off the tanking and load management discourse before it ever has a chance to germinate, simply by not creating an incentive structure that allows for it. (Either the acts themselves or the whining about them.)

This is a really important distinction, and it's one that's been made in different ways to equal effect: Engaging with the Potter franchise is bad because bad/harmful things will happen *as a direct result of your consumption and support*. If you don't want those things to happen, don't do it!

Working on a piece about the Indian Premier League and the value of a short season, but came across this piece (commissioned by @benmathislilley.bsky.social!) I wrote for BuzzFeed Sports, which was my first ever paid work. SHOCKED that it's still online (for the time being).

I think at least partially, it's that -- and I say this as someone who is almost nine years without a drink -- there is not any meaningful benefits to organized betting (which is the issue at hand) that one could even conceivably argue for, whereas with alcohol, like, in moderation is totally chill!

I don't dislike Dobey as much as other players who I am also not a huge fan of, but "Hey Jude" is one of the worst walk-on songs in the entirety of the PDC. It just does not fit at all. Like coming out to "A Long and Winding Road" or some shit.

Happy Friday to you guys

How else would we know what it truly means to be human if not for people in people suits?

"Dan Orlovsky attributes his limited palate to growing up eating mayonnaise sandwiches, which he still loves." My brother in Christ, you have food aversions, bordering on AFRID.

There was just a "weather" delay being caused by a literal fan (as in not a spectator) causing wind issues on the stage. I love darts so gd much.

The Oktoberhallen is probably my favorite Euro Tour venue, as it looks and feels like a giant roller skating rink.

G2HCG2H (ES!)

As someone who actually picked Siena -- a good friend from high school went there, so I picked them in solidarity -- over Duke in their bracket, this is almost nerve racking. To be clear, I don't give a shit about my bracket, but if I did, woof.

All due respect to his talents, but I will never get over just how much Luke Littler's girlfriend looks like his mom.

It’s a manic episode! Just walk away!

oh, we're doing Freelancer Pay Discourse? perfect time to announce that @charleylocke.bsky.social and I are starting another round of our class on how to build a freelance career! you can actually make freelancing work without just waiting for people to offer you $3 a word, I promise. sign up now!

Realizing how many members of the regime are essentially just vacillating between being dry drunks and relapsing is very clarifying.

This Senegal shit sure is fucked! But not entirely unprecedented -- even in the last few weeks and months -- in terms of undue influence by regional hegemons in international sporting competition.

TGIF Thank God It’s Freakin Soda Time

Chuck Klosterman is a writer who really, really likes football. So much so that he wrote a book about it, called, well, Football. He joined us to talk about the book, why the sport can matter to everyone, regardless of fan status, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO57...

My exact words were “Hell yeah, dude” when his music hit.

I’ve said this multiple times now, but the B1G+ and BTN situation is a nightmare for lacrosse broadcasts. They don’t put all of their stuff on the network, but have so many teams that at least once a week, there seems to be a major game not airing.

Let me preface this by saying that I agree with the goals of the prison abolition movement and strongly believe in restorative justice as opposed to punitive forms of it. HOWEVER, I’ve seen enough to say this: the way that crime and punishment work in Super Kitties is completely fucking insane.

I was watching, wondering “why does she remind me so much of my ex-wife?” And then I was basically like Joe Mantegna at the end of The Usual Suspects.

Realized this watching the reboot, actually.

Not an expert, but it seems like New Zealand should not have a wicket rate of roughly 1 per over.

These are all super impressive, but the last one is legitimately one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen someone do in a sporting event.

Leave it to England to lose the championship in the most excruciating possible way for Ireland.

God, that shit ripped. #vivelafrance

Obscure sports are all fun and games until you actually give a shit who wins.

Holy shit that try by France.

The French rugby shirts are so nice.

I will say, in covering college sports while in college, baseball and soccer players were often the least... engaged... in the world, while football players were BY FAR the most intelligent in aggregate. Don't know if this the experience of other people covering sports, however.

What a sport

So, I figured out how to do very basic queries in Google Sheets. Not going to lie, I think I might be at least as powerful as God right now. At least a minor deity.

We already have F1. I don't think we need another mediocre movie about "handsome older guy makes car go fast good, but... too fast for heart love?"

Finally, the IPL has released its schedule and with it, freed me (and itself?) from an existential crisis.

Yeah, this shit ripped. I need to do the evaluation, but here is a testimonial: This workshop provided me with a new community, a sense of hope about the future and the tools to not just get going in the freelance business but remember why I want to do this stuff to begin with.

So, as part of research for a project on the site, I am going through different sports broadcasts and, boy howdy, I know this isn't new, but auto-translated/dubbed videos are horrifying to listen to.