saw a couple at the tennessee state fair wearing custom airbrushed memphis grizzlies hats/shirts/shorts so I said GO GRIZZ as i walked by and they looked at me like i was a pervert

Apollo and Daphne, artist unknown, 1630-60

And let us not grow weary of doing what is right and good, for we will reap in due season, if we do not give up. ✨💜✨ -encouragement for the Valkyries + their fans on a beautiful, powerful, storybook season, with so much more to come. Galatians 6:9 #WNBA

“Ramírez occasionally likes to tell reporters ‘No hablo inglés’ when they approach him. Once, when a reporter then offered to converse in Spanish, he countered, in perfect English, ‘I don’t speak Spanish.’” @zackmeisel.bsky.social:

“‘The Spurs were maybe the most respected, most revered pro sports team in America,’ one former staffer said. ‘It was like if this guy is willing to tell those people to go fuck themselves, he can't possibly be afraid to tell us to go fuck ourselves.’” @baxterholmes.bsky.social:

a few of Caleb Deschanel's astonishingly beautiful shots of Robert Redford in The Natural

“It is very unlikely litigation would emanate from this controversy, especially because teams and owners contractually assent to the league having final, binding, and conclusive authority on disciplinary matters. But that hasn’t stopped owners from filing lawsuits against the league and others.”

Baseball in Tokyo

“In court filings, judges and prosecutors have defined understanding as ‘the comprehension or awareness of the parties’ and ‘at least a universal perception or belief’. The NBA could place a low bar for ‘understanding’ to find the Clippers at fault.” @mccannsportslaw.bsky.social:

“I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.” -Paige Buckers to Chris Koclanes right before this photo was taken, quoted in Revelation 3:1 #WNBA #TakeFlight

“Everything we said we were going to do, we did. There’s nothing that we pitched investors that did not come to fruition. I think we’ve now built that trust, and it’s really opened the doors where we’re now having to turn away investors because there’s only so much room.” @benpickman.bsky.social:

“The team that was already in the worst kind of spotlight decided to hop into the headlines yet again. They sent a second statement. The convenient omission of such key facts only worsens the already-poor optics.” @samamick.bsky.social:

The US Open Honey Deuce price of $23 did not go up this year, but it is still far outpacing inflation over the past decade as demand for the cocktail has increased The USTA made ~$12.8 million in revenue from the drink in 2024

The funniest outcome is James Harden getting mad he was being paid LESS under the table and demanding another trade

“One of the fastest players in baseball doesn’t break for home, doesn’t outrun anybody, doesn’t show off the wheels, just basically stands perfectly still, being. So the major league third baseman stands there, his brain just glitching, thwarted by an opponent’s essence.“ @sammillerbb.bsky.social:

“If you don’t play that way, your teammates are going to look at you like, ‘What are you doing? Do you see how many games we win every year? Why are you going to be the one guy that comes in here and doesn’t play this hard?’” @cjmoorehoops.bsky.social:

lmaooooooo

I swear you see something new in MLB every damn day, Tucker's throw in hits Matt Chapman at first base and pops the ball to the backstop allowing another run to score and Chapman to go to 2nd

The US Open's profits have increased by 76% since before COVID Most expensive tickets, more sponsors, more Honey Deuces

One of the more bizarre 1-4-3 double plays you'll see. Keep an eye on Lawrence Butler after the popup.

starting pitchers should do this every night. why not! air all the grievances from the entire game, not just your own but on behalf of your boys. "and another thing! you had a bad call against so-and-so in the third inning!"

This remains one of my favorite Beltre clips ever, stay for the replay

🔥⚾️🎨 On June 27, 2022 Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. went 1 for 4. But Royals photographer Jason Hanna went 4 for 4 with these amazing shots. 😍😍😍😍 #BaseballArt #BaseballPhoto #SportsPhoto

Thank you @kyle.difrances.co for this photoshop

“A source close to the ownership group says the tribe is frustrated and feels the league is presenting a one-path option: relocation of the team to a market of its choosing at a value of its choosing.” @alexaphilippou.bsky.social and @ramonaespn.bsky.social:

Maxen Snoozy is an all time name, I hope he makes the show

Very excited to announce that my WNBA league report is now live at bankbryan.com/WNBA! Still a work in progress, but so far it has complete information for all players who have taken the court this season

incredible bench camo

Caleb Durbin gets the rare double mask shot, hits both the catcher and umpire

Skylar said to herself, “This time, when I do mischief to the Phoenix Mercury, I will be without blame.” -A hot mic moment from this game, not subject to referee review, quoted in Judges 15:3 #WNBA

Baseball

It's so tight that the Bulls have the biggest single-franchise market in the NBA all to themselves, lead the league in attendance every year, boast an international fanbase that eats up merch, and are so irrelevant that they got three crappy national TV games and will probably get flexed down to two

The WNBA is averaging more than 11,000 fans per game this season for the first time in its history

imo 'sports misery' occurs as a circle not a spectrum--when your team is complete dogshit you achieve an unstressed freedom only otherwise found in fans of multi-year championship dynasties. true misery is eternal mid-ness, year-in year-out ~.500, one or two beloved stars wasting their careers

“You won’t find this clip by looking at the shots Kornet defended. You’d only find it by watching every wide-open three taken with Luke Kornet on defense. So that’s what I did.” @owenphillips.bsky.social:

Been fixated on the on-deck areas this year, and can report that 1. most on-deck circles have this freaky bat but 2. Literally no hitter has ever swung it.

As one reaches into a nest, so I reached for the wealth of the international basketball scene; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all of the #WNBA sixth women. -Ohemaa Nyanin on the significance of the hatching egg to the Valkyries’ team identity, quoted in Isaiah 10:14

the last time i checked in on Labubu Dubai-Chocolate Matcha he was barely ranked on any top Reds prospect lists but if he's learned to control the high-90's "slunker" he throws i could see him getting a cup of coffee with the big league club in september

Ridiculous catch

The Monkey Prince Angada delivers Rama’s message to Ravana, by Manaku, 1725, 📸 by @StephChambers76

On this day in 1972, Sandy Koufax was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the youngest to ever receive the honor. Here’s my painting of him mowing down Hector Lopez during the 1st game of the 1963 World Series (his 12th strikeout on the day), based on the photography of Robert Riger.

“Go, make love to a woman who has a lover and is involved in adultery, just as The Point God loves all the people of the #WNBA, though they turn to other gods and love the power straights.” -What Doppler read in their morning devotional, see Hosea 3:1

she does not care