Nothing makes a billionaire realize he might have overrated his own intelligence quite like owning a sports franchise, which is why I think they all should be forced to buy one.

We miss Mitch Hedberg more and more every day, man.

When the rapture comes, and you tell him you went to the other side and decided to come back, and he believes you.

ESPN’s in-game, “coming up” promos for pro wrestling look and sound exactly like in-game, “coming up” promos for the NFL and the NBA. I realize I’m yelling at a cloud, but if you’re telling viewers all of that is the same, I wonder what you expect viewers to think about the NFL and the NBA.

Most traumatic weekend for Gundy and Dabo since Cracker Barrel changed its sign.

Talking about what I really wasn’t looking forward to talking about with my guy @bryancurtis.bsky.social for @thepressbox.bsky.social.

This is the work of @staceywescott.bsky.social

It's the year the paradox was first coined that really resonates with me

Mark A. Welsh III resigned as president of the Texas A&M University flagship on Thursday in a stunning fallout that comes a week after a viral “whistleblower” video circulated that raised questions about a professor’s teaching on gender identity issues. bit.ly/4mrwjVD

Would be such a touching tribute if every fan wore one of these to Dodger Stadium for Kershaw’s last start. I’m sure it would mean a lot to him.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Gin Blossoms got this H-E-B turnt, as the kids say.

Did I write an entire column about Wemby’s new fan section solely to amuse myself with this lede? Maybe. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

“I’m just like you. It’s 2 in the morning and I don’t know nobody." youtu.be/nby0t43dlIs?...

After the gigantic pro basketball players left and the shrieking kids filed out of the little gym, I asked the school principal a dumb question. Her answer spoke to the nature of devastation, and healing, and why a visit from the Spurs mattered. Gift link: www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Are college quarterbacks talking to coordinators after interceptions the only members of Generation Z using a corded landline?

After the gigantic pro basketball players left and the shrieking kids filed out of the little gym, I asked the school principal a dumb question. Her answer spoke to the nature of devastation, and healing, and why a visit from the Spurs mattered. Gift link: www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

The greatest sports dynasty of the past decade is the “turning into your parents” Progressive campaign. Dr. Rick just don’t miss.

if i get killed, you can quote stuff i wrote. that's why i wrote it

“We could travel the world for a million years and never meet anyone who’s even close to John Hines.” Paying respects to a lovably irascible newspaperman and honest-to-goodness original, who documented and preserved high school sports history as only he could: www.expressnews.com/sports/high-...

I wrote this four years ago, and I still feel it today: www.actioncookbook.com/they-dont-re...

"We just wanted to give them something to smile about." The bulk of the Spurs' roster -- including superstar Victor Wembanyama -- went to Ingram to raise spirits in a region still reeling from the July 4 floods. The club promises it won't be the last visit. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

What comes next is going to matter a great deal, and I’m not sure any of us are safe from it.

Texas A&M has 79,000 students across all its programs, as a matter of interest. That’s more than every Ivy League undergrad college combined.

Man, talk about going WAY undercover.

Just found out I am “had zero idea who Josh Allen’s wife is” years old.

The I-35 rivalry game, much like way too many drivers on I-35 most nights, is drunk.

Hearing a longtime presidential ally is making urgent requests for the national guard to stop the violence in the blue city of Eugene, Oregon.

Spurs rookie Dylan Harper is likely to miss all of his first NBA training camp after undergoing surgery to repair a partial ligament tear in his left thumb Friday. On an early setback for the NBA's No. 2 overall pick: www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

Fully expecting to hear that FanDuel noticed abnormal wagering activity on the first-loogie prop bet.

Wrote about Kawhi’s alleged no-show job, and a Fred’s Fish Fry gig that never would’ve worked out, and conspiracy theories, and why the NBA owes it to the entire league to do a real investigation of the Clippers. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

I owe a decent chunk of my meager following here to one rich fella sharing a starter pack, and just about every time he says something, I want to give it back.

Not for his nephew, though. Dennis got him everything he said he was going to get for him.

So great to see my guy Dennis back in the news.

Imagine how bad this would be if TCU had access to Bill’s depth chart.

Charlie Weis: Maybe no longer the worst college coach produced by the New England Patriots.

A grinning Mack Brown is now lining up guest spots on every morning sports talk show in America.

Where have you gone, Tyrone Swoopes?

More than a quarter-century after my last college credit, and just as long into my journalism career, I can report that the “final exam after skipping class all semester” dream FINALLY has been replaced with the “column due in five minutes after interviewing nobody and writing nothing” dream.

It breaks my brain that this happens in our country several times each year. It’s become a normal thing when nothing about this should be normal or OK

On this week's pod, we have a special guest! Swapping stories with legendary musician, author, award-winning Haray Caray impersonator, death row correspondent and (semi) retired Spurs radio voice Bill Schoening. A fun one with the great Philly Billy: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

This morning I received a follow-up to an email from 2009, when a reader said he liked an article I wrote in the newspaper, and I thanked him. Today he replied and informed me he liked another one. That’s what we refer to around here as a hot streak.

Here at the Express-News, we have access to a cutting-edge large language model known as the Fortified Intelligence Nexus, Generated Entirely Reliably (F.I.N.G.E.R., for short). I plugged the latest CFP press release into the model for a translation: www.expressnews.com/sports/artic...

That’s 49.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Reckon I should admit here there have been times late at night in DC, while walking through the city back to my hotel after covering a Spurs-Wizards game, when I’ve been afraid someone would approach me on the sidewalk and make fun of me for having attended a Spurs-Wizards game.

Everybody wondered if the hotshot kid would leave school early, so an ambitious reporter asked old Archie Manning. “My gut feeling,” Archie said 28 years ago, “is he’s coming (to the NFL)." He was wrong then about Peyton. Maybe he’ll be right about Arch. www.expressnews.com/sports/artic...

Soon TV will tell you the feel-good story of Venezuelan kids allowed to "chase their dreams” here. You won't hear so much about the ones who earned a spot here and weren’t welcome. With a World Cup and Olympics on the way, how many more dreams will be denied? www.expressnews.com/sports/artic...

Opponents of both tried forcing them to go right.