You’re playing catcher. You call for a fastball in the dirt, when all of a sudden you look down

Question from a naïf: What does one do in Las Vegas on a Saturday night that isn't gambling, dinner, a casino show, or a nightclub? Right answers only.

Some picks - TIME (Garrett Bradley) - MEMORIA (Apichatpong) - BEGINNERS (Dea Kulumbegashvili) - THIS IS NOT A BURIAL IT'S A RESURRECTION (Lemohang Mosese) - DAYS (Tsai Ming-liang) - DRIVE MY CAR (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi) - DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (Radu Jude) - EEPHUS (Carson Lund)

Blair expressed frustration that the "Lord Balfour" peerage was already claimed, sources close to the former PM shared.

One of the best transphobic pitchers in baseball history.

Over the last 5 months, I've been working on building an app that allows *everyone* to generate data visualizations using ASA data. From match-level action plots to season-long radar charts, VizHub lets you download tons of different graphics with ease. It's 100% free and public, too. Enjoy!

EMERGENCY POD! Alyssa Thompson's move to Chelsea is official. Was it for $1.3 million? Nearly $1.5 million? $1.65 million? Despite conflicting reports, the guys feel like it was a steep underpay. What does this mean for Thompson and for #AngelCityFC?

Our own @evandavissports.bsky.social tried to make sense of Alyssa Thompson's transfer to #AngelCityFC, which, according to some reporting, is still at the "verbal agreement" stage. The WSL transfer window closes in less than 3 1/2 hours.

Also a blank space on the team's website that only seems to have been fixed today. (Still no mention of the coaching change on their website, either.)

Sarah Michelle Gellar on ALL MY CHILDREN. I was 11 when BUFFY came out and thought "damn Kendall got called up to the majors"

"Crab rangoon, things of that nature" "Drive to deep left field by Castellanos" "Big Greek comedy fan" This is posting heritage.

Wrote about the significance of That Goal and what Trinity Rodman means to the NWSL.

On Sunday, Trinity Rodman returned from injury after four months and scored the Spirit's game winner. @evandavissports.bsky.social wrote on the dramatic moment, which was a reminder of Rodman's greatness - and her impending free agency. ⤵️ equalizersoccer.com/2025/08/03/t...

Already in first place, the Kansas City Current picked up another huge offensive weapon in Ally Sentnor through a record-breaking transfer. @evandavissports.bsky.social broke down the details of the trade:

A wonderful and necessary call to action by Cat here (with a cheeky cameo from @evandavissports.bsky.social at the end)

RFK Jr., meet me in Temecula

England have been historically bad against top sides for a major tournament finalist. I laid out just how lucky they've been to get to another #EURO2025 final.

England are Euros finalists once more, but they haven't impressed against tough opposition this summer. Can they pull it out against Spain on Sunday? @evandavissports.bsky.social unpacks the context surrounding the Lionesses' struggles in Switzerland.

Even if you're not going full phrenology racism, the way we continue to pace+power black players, so rarely do I hear commentators praise their intelligence - and I don't mean the "oh, she's been smart there" - but rather reduce them them down aggression and speed (1/2)

The reason why I find the "mental strength" argument for success or failure less compelling is because of the game we just witnessed. No one would say that Germany didn't bring every possible ounce of mental strength to try and win that game. And yet, they lost. That's football. #WEURO2025

Players have failed to convert a whopping 17 penalties at the Euros this summer. Are kickers worse? Are keepers better? Or is this just a weird fluke? @evandavissports.bsky.social digs into the data to understand what's going on in Switzerland.

Prawn!

If France are "chokers", then so are Germany, Sweden, Brazil, Spain, England, the USWNT, Japan, Canada, and every other team who has lost a major tournament knockout game. I lay out why France do not deserve the epithet, because no team does. #WEURO2025

BEFORE MIDNIGHT makes for a decent counterpoint.

It’s easy to label France as chokers, a team that crumbles under pressure and fails to deliver in big moments. But does that argument hold up under scrutiny? @evandavissports.bsky.social argues it's an unfair label to place on Les Bleues. ⤵️ equalizersoccer.com/2025/07/21/f...

Zambian heartbreak once more, with fewer excuses this time—even though those excuses are ultimately the reason for their current standing. My thoughts below.

Absolutely wonderful stuff from Jenna. #WEURO2025

Absolute legend @jenramose.online

We'll always have Dublin. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru

15 minutes and eight to go. A goal every two minutes. That's it.

nine...number nine...number nine...number nine...

Eight in the second half. Just eight. I bought eight bananas the other day. What's such a big deal about eight?? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru | #ENGvWAL | #WEURO2025 | #EURO2025

Locked in for seven, here we come 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru | #ENGvWAL | #WEURO2025 | #EURO2025

Stressed? Who's stressed? Six Welsh goals to come, no prob 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru | #ENGvWAL | #WEURO2025 | #EURO2025

nbd now we can go out and score 5 like we wanted 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru | #ENGvWAL | #WEURO2025 | #EURO2025

All we gotta do is have France beat the Netherlands and then we beat England by 4+ Otherwise, we'll always have Dublin #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Love chatting about my birthright The Bean Boot with @lesleyryder.bsky.social, this is New England Excellence

Now that the 2nd round of Euro games is done, there's finally enough to data to analyze. I built a shiny app that lets you view Atomic VAEP for Euro games + players. (All modeling/data processing credit goes to @chloesainsbury.bsky.social) Lmk what you think: catabush.shinyapps.io/vaep_tables/

All we gotta do is have France beat the Netherlands and then we beat England by 4+ Otherwise, we'll always have Dublin #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

bonus points to @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social if he can find a Welsh artist for this

Put. It. In. The. Fucking. Louvre. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru | #WEURO2025 | #EURO2025

Treasuring those three beautiful glorious green bars #Cymru | #WALvNED | #WEURO2025

Thanks, I hate it (only for today)

Don't worry guys I'M NOT CRYING THROUGH IT #Cymru | #WEURO2025

Some incredibly evil shit presented as simply doing business

"I look up to Roger Taney. Love him like a dad, even." - John Roberts

My therapist's recent feedback

We Mainers are not basketball people

This is me, this is who I am.