Brendan Quinn
@bfquinn.bsky.social
I write stuff for The Athletic
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Detroit, via Philadelphia
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Brendan Quinn
@bfquinn.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Matt Berninger traded his notebook for a baseball. And the words kept coming
For The National’s frontman, the way forward was written on rawhide.
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A new story I'm pretty pumped to share. It's about words, and our pastime, and changing your traumas by changing your patterns.
On Matt Berninger, and the baseballs of writing:
On Matt Berninger, and the baseballs of writing:
Reposted by Brendan Quinn
The Cuckold Bridegroom, by Jan Havicksz, 1670, 📸 by Justin Ford
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The Cuckold Bridegroom, by Jan Havicksz, 1670, 📸 by Justin Ford
One of the great Twitter traditions — the chuck culpepper globe-trotting love-spreading joy-inducing New Year celebration — is now on bluesky. Raise your glasses ❤️
Midnight in the time zone UTC/GMT +8, so #HappyNewYear2026 to all the people who bring the goodness and the life and the energy to Manila, and to Taipei, and to Kuala Lumpur, and to Singapore . . .
December 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
One of the great Twitter traditions — the chuck culpepper globe-trotting love-spreading joy-inducing New Year celebration — is now on bluesky. Raise your glasses ❤️
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I spent a week with the Colts to understand the woman who will lead them into their next era.
My profile of Carlie Irsay-Gordon: www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
My profile of Carlie Irsay-Gordon: www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
All eyes are on the NFL’s most atypical owner. Where will her curiosity lead her next?
Carlie Irsay-Gordon is younger than her peers, with her own distinctive vision of how an NFL owner can lead. It is about to be tested.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I spent a week with the Colts to understand the woman who will lead them into their next era.
My profile of Carlie Irsay-Gordon: www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
My profile of Carlie Irsay-Gordon: www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
My level of football analysis amounts to this — it’s a boss move to roll into an intro press conference looking yoked in a polo instead of a suit
December 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My level of football analysis amounts to this — it’s a boss move to roll into an intro press conference looking yoked in a polo instead of a suit
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Everybody hates it and any claims that “this happens with any disruptive tech” are obvious and pathetic cope. Shut down your AI depts and take the L large corporations. This is not it
Nobody wants AI. We want Mexican Coke and McDonald’s to bring back the dollar menu. That’s it, you fucking pigs. Easy.
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Everybody hates it and any claims that “this happens with any disruptive tech” are obvious and pathetic cope. Shut down your AI depts and take the L large corporations. This is not it
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Our journalists are joining nearly 40 scientists on a two-month expedition to Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers.
Learn more about the trip: trib.al/m5FCPom
Follow along with their dispatches and send us your questions: trib.al/hmpnb4J
Learn more about the trip: trib.al/m5FCPom
Follow along with their dispatches and send us your questions: trib.al/hmpnb4J
December 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Our journalists are joining nearly 40 scientists on a two-month expedition to Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers.
Learn more about the trip: trib.al/m5FCPom
Follow along with their dispatches and send us your questions: trib.al/hmpnb4J
Learn more about the trip: trib.al/m5FCPom
Follow along with their dispatches and send us your questions: trib.al/hmpnb4J
Michigan Penn State
Falling ass backwards
into a better coach
🤝
Falling ass backwards
into a better coach
🤝
December 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Michigan Penn State
Falling ass backwards
into a better coach
🤝
Falling ass backwards
into a better coach
🤝
For some reason The Athletic sent me to Hot Springs, Ark., with a set of hundred-year-old golf clubs and a spot in the field at the 2025 U.S. Hickory Open.
😬
Here, for your holiday, is what happened.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
😬
Here, for your holiday, is what happened.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
The hickory experiment: What century-old clubs taught me about modern golf
In an era of $600 drivers and 'optimized' swings, a band of tinkerers and hobbyists find purity in the 'sweet spot' of a 100-year-old game.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For some reason The Athletic sent me to Hot Springs, Ark., with a set of hundred-year-old golf clubs and a spot in the field at the 2025 U.S. Hickory Open.
😬
Here, for your holiday, is what happened.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
😬
Here, for your holiday, is what happened.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
Reposted by Brendan Quinn
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Now the playoffs really begin. Roll Wave. Go Dukes. Smash the patriarchy.
December 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Now the playoffs really begin. Roll Wave. Go Dukes. Smash the patriarchy.
Could not fathom a greater place to shittalk your way out of as a winning visiting fan than College Station
December 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Could not fathom a greater place to shittalk your way out of as a winning visiting fan than College Station
The biggest story in college sports this weekend?
These Oakland basketball uniforms are ELITE.
These Oakland basketball uniforms are ELITE.
December 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The biggest story in college sports this weekend?
These Oakland basketball uniforms are ELITE.
These Oakland basketball uniforms are ELITE.
Good stuff from @brendanmarks.bsky.social on Joe Klatt being a dipshit (my words, not his)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
What Joel Klatt got wrong, Tennessee’s X-factor and Jai Lucas’ coaching blueprint
Joel Klatt's take missed what makes college basketball special. Plus, picks for the rest of nonconference play.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Good stuff from @brendanmarks.bsky.social on Joe Klatt being a dipshit (my words, not his)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
Last couple of days have been pretty terrible, so here’s a picture of the best dog in the world
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Last couple of days have been pretty terrible, so here’s a picture of the best dog in the world
If he regained possession, that means he lost possession. If he lost possession, that means it couldn’t have been a catch in the first first place. No?
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If he regained possession, that means he lost possession. If he lost possession, that means it couldn’t have been a catch in the first first place. No?
New on @theathletic.com, w/ @gabbyherzig.bsky.social
Trump threatens to seize control of Washington, D.C.’s public golf courses
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Trump threatens to seize control of Washington, D.C.’s public golf courses
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Trump threatens to seize control of Washington, D.C.’s public golf courses
The Trump administration’s interest in Washington’s public golf courses is part of a larger plan to revamp the capital’s footprint.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New on @theathletic.com, w/ @gabbyherzig.bsky.social
Trump threatens to seize control of Washington, D.C.’s public golf courses
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Trump threatens to seize control of Washington, D.C.’s public golf courses
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
“The Sojourn” is a baller name for a student newspaper
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“The Sojourn” is a baller name for a student newspaper
Reposted by Brendan Quinn
Column:
FIFA’s pricing strategy for World Cup is not only terrible for foreigners who want to travel, it also treats U.S. sports fans as FIFA’s personal ATM and excludes many domestically from a sport which is still in a growth phrase in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
FIFA’s pricing strategy for World Cup is not only terrible for foreigners who want to travel, it also treats U.S. sports fans as FIFA’s personal ATM and excludes many domestically from a sport which is still in a growth phrase in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Exorbitant World Cup ticket prices could ruin hopes of growing soccer in the U.S.
Even the least expensive tickets for next summer's World Cup will be unaffordable for the majority of Americans
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December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Column:
FIFA’s pricing strategy for World Cup is not only terrible for foreigners who want to travel, it also treats U.S. sports fans as FIFA’s personal ATM and excludes many domestically from a sport which is still in a growth phrase in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
FIFA’s pricing strategy for World Cup is not only terrible for foreigners who want to travel, it also treats U.S. sports fans as FIFA’s personal ATM and excludes many domestically from a sport which is still in a growth phrase in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Highly recommend this one from @gabbyherzig.bsky.social.
On Charley Hull, an image often open to interpretation, and who’s really in the picture
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
On Charley Hull, an image often open to interpretation, and who’s really in the picture
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Charley Hull’s Instagram tells a story. A trip to her English home told the real one
“People think I’m a party girl," Charley Hull admits, but her actual home life is nothing like that.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Highly recommend this one from @gabbyherzig.bsky.social.
On Charley Hull, an image often open to interpretation, and who’s really in the picture
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
On Charley Hull, an image often open to interpretation, and who’s really in the picture
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
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LATEST: Sherrone Moore, who was fired by Michigan for having an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member,” remains in custody at Washtenaw County Jail today after being detained by police on Wednesday.
More details ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
More details ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
LATEST: Sherrone Moore, who was fired by Michigan for having an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member,” remains in custody at Washtenaw County Jail today after being detained by police on Wednesday.
More details ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
More details ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Welp, made the mistake of visiting the other place for five minutes. Now carving my eyes out with a spoon, again.
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Welp, made the mistake of visiting the other place for five minutes. Now carving my eyes out with a spoon, again.
Generally agree on the fired ex-nfl coach being a hazard to avoid.
But here’s a name that feels weirdly interesting. (Preface: I know nothing and this straight out of the ass.) Robert Saleh?
But here’s a name that feels weirdly interesting. (Preface: I know nothing and this straight out of the ass.) Robert Saleh?
Jedd or Jesse Minter are the most logical and would be good.
Replicating the UNC experience would be the nightmare. Avoid old NFL coaches.
Dream hire… kiffin?
Replicating the UNC experience would be the nightmare. Avoid old NFL coaches.
Dream hire… kiffin?
December 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Generally agree on the fired ex-nfl coach being a hazard to avoid.
But here’s a name that feels weirdly interesting. (Preface: I know nothing and this straight out of the ass.) Robert Saleh?
But here’s a name that feels weirdly interesting. (Preface: I know nothing and this straight out of the ass.) Robert Saleh?
Ok, Michigan fans, need to know.
Who is the dream hire?
And who is the nightmare hire?
Who is the dream hire?
And who is the nightmare hire?
December 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Ok, Michigan fans, need to know.
Who is the dream hire?
And who is the nightmare hire?
Who is the dream hire?
And who is the nightmare hire?
“Michigan coach Nick Sirianni” has a ring to it.
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“Michigan coach Nick Sirianni” has a ring to it.