Ben Mathis-Lilley
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Good post that I am taking as a complete and total apology for Deadspin/Defector’s various defenses of steroids in baseball
there is a certain kind of writer who lives in an elite bubble but considers themselves a salt-of-the-earth truth teller, and that kind of writer gets ethered here
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Everybody Stand Down: New Yorker Columnist's Child Doesn't Care About Sports Gambling | Defector
In the final hours before the Nov. 1 UFC bout between featherweights Isaac Dulgarian and Yadier Del Valle, the betting odds on Dulgarian, the favorite, abruptly dropped from -250, meaning a bettor wou...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good post that I am taking as a complete and total apology for Deadspin/Defector’s various defenses of steroids in baseball
Michigan has the correct position here, but is not exactly blameless in the matter of selecting a television executive with no ties to the Midwest or college sports to run their Midwestern college sports conference. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Big Ten is letting the wolf in the door and selling its soul. For what?
Is Tony Petitti trying to kill the Big Ten all by himself?
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November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Michigan has the correct position here, but is not exactly blameless in the matter of selecting a television executive with no ties to the Midwest or college sports to run their Midwestern college sports conference. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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this is good, actually. the next Bond should adhere strictly to the laws of physics, and end 35 seconds in, after 007 fails to "outrun bomb." It will cost $247 million to make (the bomb is real).
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
this is good, actually. the next Bond should adhere strictly to the laws of physics, and end 35 seconds in, after 007 fails to "outrun bomb." It will cost $247 million to make (the bomb is real).
Someone out there is stoned for the first time AND seeing one of the padded helmets for the first time and really going through it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Someone out there is stoned for the first time AND seeing one of the padded helmets for the first time and really going through it.
RT for awareness that @umichfball.bsky.social must play “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” during the first timeout of the third quarter of this year’s game against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
I wrote about the bizarre, delightful, and reverent resurgence of the Edmund Fitzgerald—on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the ship's wreck.
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An Infamous American Shipwreck Turned 50. Then Came the Internet’s Response.
A Great Lakes wreck's anniversary gave rise to the most ridiculous and reverent of memes.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
RT for awareness that @umichfball.bsky.social must play “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” during the first timeout of the third quarter of this year’s game against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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Gales of November coming for Julian Sayin. Soon.
A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve "Lake Mindset" | Defector
The popular culture of the 1970s is almost impossible to parse in retrospect. The people making the movies and music and television of the era were horny and ambitious and earnest, they were ingesting...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Gales of November coming for Julian Sayin. Soon.
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“Why don’t you want to give away 10% of revenue forever for a one-time infusion of like a year’s revenue?”
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“Why don’t you want to give away 10% of revenue forever for a one-time infusion of like a year’s revenue?”
Michigan State and Rutgers or whoever threatening that Michigan and USC will lose access to “capital” if they don’t sell a stake in their brand to a pension fund (?) for the benefit of Michigan State and Rutgers is pretty funny sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
Sources: Big Ten execs pressing to make $2.4 billion investment deal — without Michigan and USC if needed
The Big Ten has signaled to those at Michigan and USC that it is moving forward with the deal, even delivering to each program an ultimatum with a deadline.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Michigan State and Rutgers or whoever threatening that Michigan and USC will lose access to “capital” if they don’t sell a stake in their brand to a pension fund (?) for the benefit of Michigan State and Rutgers is pretty funny sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
Two hour shutdown delay announced while we were taxiing to takeoff for three hour flight with three kids
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Two hour shutdown delay announced while we were taxiing to takeoff for three hour flight with three kids
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Big congrats to @joshuablevin.bsky.social on the launch of Replay Booth, his new sports podcast. The guy deserves all the ears he can handle. (I also wanna thank him for trusting me to create the official tile art.) Listen/subscribe here: replaybooth.show/p/replay-booth-episode-1-wilbur-huckle
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Big congrats to @joshuablevin.bsky.social on the launch of Replay Booth, his new sports podcast. The guy deserves all the ears he can handle. (I also wanna thank him for trusting me to create the official tile art.) Listen/subscribe here: replaybooth.show/p/replay-booth-episode-1-wilbur-huckle
Dog and we get “Morgan Wallen”????
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Dog and we get “Morgan Wallen”????
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Canada let down by second consecutive Bieber
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Canada let down by second consecutive Bieber
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
Next year is going to be extra boring as the number of bizarrely exciting niche baseball events per at bat regresses to the mean on account of all being used up in the last half hour
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Next year is going to be extra boring as the number of bizarrely exciting niche baseball events per at bat regresses to the mean on account of all being used up in the last half hour
This guy was so despondent about what was happening that his brain forgot to have any nerves whatsoever about catching a sinking laser beam on international television and he just picked it right out
I wonder what it's like to be a fan that makes a sweet catch of the most untimely home run in your team's history
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This guy was so despondent about what was happening that his brain forgot to have any nerves whatsoever about catching a sinking laser beam on international television and he just picked it right out
ESPN gamecasts getting worse every year is a nice piece of monopoly enshittification
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ESPN gamecasts getting worse every year is a nice piece of monopoly enshittification
Running on third and 6 so you can punt it to Jeremiah Smith as a road dog from the +43. Interesting.
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Running on third and 6 so you can punt it to Jeremiah Smith as a road dog from the +43. Interesting.
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im reading a book about old timey baseball and I'm loving it. players eating bologna from their back pocket every game. fortune tellers telling randos they have to pitch for the Giants, and then the superstitious manager letting them. players getting drunk before games. amazing stuff.
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
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October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness
There was a big replication crisis story that was even more recent than the Gideon L-K piece on Gino. What was it? There was a woman who ran some sort of doing-research-better group whose work was itself then called into question.
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There was a big replication crisis story that was even more recent than the Gideon L-K piece on Gino. What was it? There was a woman who ran some sort of doing-research-better group whose work was itself then called into question.
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As usual, President Nixon will welcome costumed children to his home from 5-9 p.m. on October 31. Every costumed child will receive a can of soda, a candy bar of their choice, and a signed card. - RZ
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As usual, President Nixon will welcome costumed children to his home from 5-9 p.m. on October 31. Every costumed child will receive a can of soda, a candy bar of their choice, and a signed card. - RZ
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the governor of lousiana has demanded that LSU athletic director scott woodward "eat the spiciest bowl of jambalaya that he would likely ever encounter." he also added that he would have to "tie him to uncle orville's air boat and drag his lily white butt across the swamp to put out that ass fire"
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
the governor of lousiana has demanded that LSU athletic director scott woodward "eat the spiciest bowl of jambalaya that he would likely ever encounter." he also added that he would have to "tie him to uncle orville's air boat and drag his lily white butt across the swamp to put out that ass fire"