New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year choice of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stands out for on-court focus: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/sports...

Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti. Mattia sips on an espresso during his. Truly the heroes we need during these times.

Uh, is Curt Cignetti Bob Ritter from "Clear and Present Danger"? Are we about to have a climactic printing scene?

The Canadian politician and academic (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...) who made this prediction for 2026 in 1926 overestimated by just 60 million or so. (But, as the article notes, no one who saw the initial prediction's around to call him on it.)

Pope Gregory XIII in 1582:

Thanks so much to everyone who's supported my fully-independent Bucholtz Sports Media venture so far. For newer premium subscribers in particular, here are five of my favourite premium posts so far, with new thoughts on each. Happy New Year! andrewbucholtz.com/posts/top-pr...

This is cool. Cross-Bronx Expressway is a great and unique game; love to see it getting the HC playthrough treatment, especially with NB in studio!

One of the things I love getting to do with my own newsletter is featuring sports books. Here are five more (some recent, some older) to check out, from @jaybusbee.bsky.social, @pxw13.bsky.social, Chris Myers, Bill Walton, and Gary Myers. Free post here: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/scribb...

This play has Scott Skiles looking about as awkward as anyone paid to play a sport ever has.

Love this thread.

General Hugs often turns one of his ears inside out and leaves it that way for a while, and it's ridiculously cute.

And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and will return in Avengers: Doomsday

The @www.jrrjokien.com "No Peace in Middle-earth As White Oliphant Gift Exchange Goes Terribly Wrong" piece was what I needed to read today. www.jrrjokien.com/p/no-peace-i...

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post: looking at gaming, ESPN, and independent author perspectives on the Extra Points/ESPN Athletic Director Simulator controversy: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/three-...

While Main Street Sports, the parent of the FanDuel Sports Network RSNs, has emerged from bankruptcy, more drama may be ahead if a DAZN deal fails. New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post on how a decade of RSN history informs this current conversation: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/new-rs...

What Jon Sumrall is doing, simultaneously coaching at Tulane and Florida, is remarkable and impressive. And it speaks well of him and those programs. But it only works in rare situations like this. I dive into that in a (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/jon-su...

Now this is the kind of journalism I can get behind.

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post on some stunning viewership numbers from Nielsen, including sports accounting for 37 percent of broadcast viewership in November despite being just three percent of content: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/sports...

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post, breaking down sports business and media stories from the Thursday Night Football numbers through NASCAR's settlement and much more: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/the-fi...

General Tacticus is one of my favourite minor Discworld characters.

This "Bruce Springsteen’s Exes Grab Brunch" @mcsweeneys.net piece is a delight: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/bru...

Congrats! Amazing anniversary to hit. Always appreciate your blog!

Thanks to Steve Bennett of The Sports-Casters for having me on his show this week! (podfollow.com/thesportscas...) In the wake of that, I wanted to write about some of the episodes of that show that have stood out to me over the years: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/five-e...

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Paramount's competing WBD bid sets up two very different visions of TNT Sports' future: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/paramo...

Definitely a good choice for an oath of office. I'd like truth, freedom, justice, and a hard-boiled egg.

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: CFP chaos leads to two G5 teams, Miami, and no Notre Dame: three business takeaways: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/cfp-ch...

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Remarkable Whitecaps-Inter Miami MLS Cup matchup of Müller and Messi recalls NASL's Soccer Bowl '79: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/whitec...

Enjoying listening to Warren Zevon's final 2002 concert, "Epilogue: Live At The Edmonton Folk Festival." The version of "Hit Somebody!" with Mike Bullard(!) playing the David Letterman role is great: music.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr-G...

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: What's next for TNT Sports around Netflix's acquisition of part of WBD? andrewbucholtz.com/posts/tnt-sp.... Taking a look at some scenarios that could play out here.

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Donald Trump's pardon of ex-AEG, MLSE head Tim Leiweke over Texas arena scandal adds to his sports pardons. Looking at the eight sports-related pardons (that I've found, at least) from President Trump: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/donald...

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: NFL Thanksgiving records, including CBS' mammoth regular-season high point, fit into wider story, including CBB and the NBA: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/nfl-th...

New Bucholtz Sports Media post (free): The pundits blasting Lane Kiffin are missing how the current CFB structure incentivizes even in-season, in-division coaching moves like this: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/midsea...

Some fun Thanksgiving games last night: Qwirkle and World's Fair 1893.

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Five sports and sports-adjacent newsletters I'm thankful for. Thanksgiving shoutouts to @actioncookbook.com, @kdonhoops.com, @joeposnanski.com, @rodger.bsky.social, and @williamfleitch.bsky.social for the great work they do: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/five-n...

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Grey Cup numbers are promising, but CFL still faces challenges ahead: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/grey-c...

Enjoyed the latest "GMT Talk" interview with Justin Fassino on "Seljuk." Sounds like another interesting addition to @gmtgames.bsky.social's Levy and Campaign series. www.podbean.com/media/share/...

One of my favourite quotes. Don't mess with books. (Similarly in "Guards! Guards!", "The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the last date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.")

The "Out of Bounds" docuseries project from Vice TV sounds promising, investigating controversial figures and subjects. More on what they're up to in this Bucholtz Sports Media post (free): andrewbucholtz.com/posts/vice-o...

Playing a couple of rounds of Medusa's Garden in the parking lot was a very surprising highlight of SDHistCon for me. I'm not usually a social deduction fan, but that one was a delightful distillation of the genre. Great writing on it (and two more games) from Dan here.

I am watching the show Loot and they are playing Ticket to Ride. The name of his friend made me chuckle. Alan R. 😆

I enjoyed the particular take here of how horrible a sentient AI would find many of the tasks people delegate to AI. (It also reminded me of Tanya Huff's "Into The Broken Lands," which I just finished; great environmental fantasy novel on knowledge, power, and how those change people.)

This is fascinating. And what's really remarkable to me is that while the tools used to make up this stuff have changed, there's a lot of the practices that remain similar. Reminds me of the "Sarah Phillips" mess at ESPN last decade: deadspin.com/everything-y...

Stitch, who generated $4 billion in merchandising revenue this year, is a pretty big addition to the next "Dunk The Halls" animated altcast. More on that, and the animated altcast strategy, at Bucholtz Sports Media (free post): andrewbucholtz.com/posts/dunk-t...

The 112th #GreyCup proved to be a dramatic and thrilling game, and that could pay business dividends for the #CFL and TSN. New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/close-...

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

The CFL remains tremendous at "Remember that guy?"

A FLUTIE RECORD FALLS

This is a delightful thread, full of bands and acts I've seen.

I pregamed for the Grey Cup in the perfect way today: Po-boy Fest. Some highlights: duck po-boy, Cajun surf and turf (rabbit and shrimp), Thanksgiving, Cajun Parm (boudin balls, sauce and Parm), Pho-strami.

Watching the Grey Cup from New Orleans. Enjoyed the scoring starting with a rouge!