As we went from surfing the web to scrolling in apps, we lost something. Luke smartly identified that departure—and seeks to make it right—in our Father’s Day edition of The Sunday Long Read. Oh, his intro also made me blush!

A patch of dusty land and a few stones, half-buried, set the stage for a dramatic, emotional story about unearthing the past. But as @korisuzuki.com points out, this is no Indiana Jones tale. It's far more real. @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite www.hcn.org/issues/57-4/...

Proof that a good writer can make anything interesting. Rosecrans Baldwin on sperm…? Yup, that’s right. Sperm. @gqmagazine.bsky.social h/t @dvnjr.bsky.social , @jacobfeldman.bsky.social www.gq.com/story/are-me...

Reminder that we're doing daily March Madness nuggets in the @clubsportico.bsky.social newsletter. Great way to get a dose of NCAA Tourney talk without wading into social media! club.sportico.com/p/mcneese-st...

I talked with the Indiana Fever's new president about the present and future of America's fastest-growing team(?)... www.sportico.com/leagues/bask...

Do sports follow-docs have staying power? 6 years after Drive to Survive's debut, no similarly constructed show has matched its impact, though many have tried. Now Full Swing Season 3 is returning to the tone that turned it into a 2023 hit... www.sportico.com/business/med...

Going relatively unnoticed in the traditional avenues of prep basketball, Eli Ellis took things into his own hands on social media while dominating @overtimeelite.bsky.social. A fun @sportico.bsky.social story from @jacobfeldman.bsky.social and me. www.sportico.com/personalitie...

Call Mahomes a flop artist. Say the Chiefs are reliant on the refs' favor. Admit that you're bored with their success. But keep in mind: a plurality of Americans are rooting for Kansas City... still.

This is so fascinating. You can't tell the story of the internet's impact on society without saying: ***Our identities used to be tied to activities. Now they're built around preferences.*** 55% of kids said their top fandom had an enormous influence on their daily lives.

Today, Bills fans have me wondering, what if we could troll ... productively? ⬇️ club.sportico.com/p/no-one-tro...

Why can't NFL teams have accounts on Bluesky? "The NFL and its franchises only have official presences on platforms with league partnership agreements, a league source told Sportico, and no such deal with Bluesky is currently in the works." More: www.sportico.com/business/tec...

Adam Schefter just invited his followers to instead follow him directly via the ESPN app. Is he setting up a potential off-ramp from X?

Today on @thisdaypod.com: we talk about the millions of people who turned out for the Women’s March in 2017–and why the streets are quieter today podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Guest curating the excellent @thesundaylongread.bsky.social newsletter for the second time was an absolute thrill. I wrote about my favorite stories of the week, retooling my media diet, my love for local news, the joy of discovering new magazines, and more.

Which pro sports markets have had the best 21st century, 25 years in? @levakabas.bsky.social did the math... ⬇️ club.sportico.com/p/numbers-sa...

Fubo engaged in an existential fight with Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery last year. It came out alive. Now can New Fubo take on Google’s YouTube TV and Amazon’s video platforms? Here's what its CEO said: www.sportico.com/business/tec...

On today's Club Sportico I wrote about: - Our holiday party 🎉 - John Elway's early Twitter usage 🏈 - Caitlin Clark misinformation 🏀 - My New Year's Resolution to use less X 📉 club.sportico.com/p/did-you-he...

I talked to some Oregon Duck and Brutus Buckeye "insiders" (get it?) about being the one point of continuity amid college football's chaos—and soon enough maybe being the only ones *not* getting paid for their work. www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

We may have done more episodes about Jimmy Carter than any other president. Will start a thread to highlight some favorites. Starting with his fateful encounter with a swamp rabbit podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

What’s actually wrong with the NBA? @clubsportico.bsky.social counted 29 reasons given for the league’s issues this year—plus one that we think isn’t being talked about enough. www.sportico.com/business/spo...

Christmas travel tip: @libbyapp.bsky.social has magazines in it. You can re-live the feeling of picking up an issue of The New Yorker at Hudson News to flip through on the plane (or Harper's or NatGeo or New York or... ), all for free with your library card.

About those NFL RedZone ads: 4 commercials ran on Sunday, all 15 seconds or less, with games still appearing in a side-by-side box. Fan complaints have been heard across X, Reddit, Threads, etc. No more spots are scheduled as of now. Details here: www.sportico.com/business/med...

Breaking: JuJu Watkins and Dawn Staley have invested in @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social, joining a $28 million Series A investment round. www.sportico.com/leagues/bask...

Love this from Ezra Klein, in part because it's exactly the mission at sundaylongread.com

If you’ve ever been harassed for standing up at a sporting event… or been annoyed by that drunk lunk blocking your view, this story/essay/rant is for you. There’s been a long, loooooong debate about how to behave at games. club.sportico.com/p/will-the-r...

Ask us anything! Eben & I are going to kick off tomorrow night's Club Sportico Live event by answering your questions, so let us know what you want to know—which sports do we see growing or shrinking, how did we get our starts in journalism, you name it. open.substack.com/chat/posts/b...

Sports in 2024: Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau will compete for $10M paid in crypto, at a golf course owned by a casino co., in an event by a studio backed by Abu Dhabi’s ruling family, and being promoted by a tour owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund

If the people running college sports were hosting Thanksgiving, the turkey would be served at noon while the stuffing didn’t come out until 8 pm ET, to space out the attractions.

I'm sorry but we can't just let teams make up new names for 'forward.' That way madness lies.

Love this from @davidpierce.xyz on Madden (and Monopoly) www.theverge.com/24306628/mad...

Weekend Sports Watch List: 🏆 High Stakes: National Women's Soccer League Championship — Orlando Pride vs. Washington Spirit Sat., 8 pm ET, CBS 🛋️ Fun Vibes: No. 5 Indiana football @ No. 2 Ohio State Sat., 12 pm ET, Fox cont...

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Sure, Oregon Football is undefeated and ranked No. 1, but the Ducks' most impressive unit IMO is its video team. Today Club Sportico is an ode to the best sports video series currently on the internet 👇 club.sportico.com/p/the-perfec...

bullied the pod into rerunning the fluoride episode (tried to get them to rerun our polio vaccine and pure food and drug act eps, and call it RFK Jr week, but no dice)

Let's make today's @clubsportico.bsky.social News Quiz free on Bluesky! Check it out forms.gle/xzpQ9mY1xo2J...

I forgot what it's like to see sports tweets actually in order

The Sunday Long Read is turning 10, so I wrote a thing about the shrinking returns of writing, our diminishing ability to read, and the need for change (maybe this place can help?) sundaylongread.com/2024/11/16/e...

The Sunday Long Read turns 10 years old this month - it has been an enormous part of my ongoing journalism education and a precious space where we can appreciate longform work in a world where those spaces are dwindling. sundaylongread.com/2024/11/16/e...

I'm fascinated by the way solidarity and rivalry intersect in women's sports. This is a perfect example. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/a...

No—the NFL is not rigged. But the perception it might be is still a massive problem for the league! 🧵 My latest for @clubsportico.bsky.social : club.sportico.com/p/lets-addre...

The latest Club Sportico just dropped. Here's @jacobfeldman.bsky.social on the NFL's growing trust issue. If you strip the proper nouns, though, this could be about a lot of things in America.