Ben McCormick
@caseofthebens.bsky.social
2x Muskego tee-ball sportsmanship award winner. Writer. Just here for the zipline.
Why is my four-year-old nephew’s life’s goal coughing into my mouth?
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Why is my four-year-old nephew’s life’s goal coughing into my mouth?
To quote @tiwindisch.gspn.info : KPJ has Docholm Syndrome
The way you can tell Doc has a magnetic personality is how no coach got through to KPJ for 24 years and suddenly KPJ rocks with this old man
December 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
To quote @tiwindisch.gspn.info : KPJ has Docholm Syndrome
The way you can tell Doc has a magnetic personality is how no coach got through to KPJ for 24 years and suddenly KPJ rocks with this old man
December 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The way you can tell Doc has a magnetic personality is how no coach got through to KPJ for 24 years and suddenly KPJ rocks with this old man
People out here thinking Homer actually wrote any of this down.
Ever since the first look at Matt Damon as Odysseus was revealed, Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey has faced questions about its historical accuracy. Now, the debut of its trailer has reinvigorated that debate. https://bit.ly/49pIIGp
December 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
People out here thinking Homer actually wrote any of this down.
Had one of those random “I bet that’s true” moments that turned out to be so:
Soft drinks got their name because they don’t contain hard liquor(!)
Soft drinks got their name because they don’t contain hard liquor(!)
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Had one of those random “I bet that’s true” moments that turned out to be so:
Soft drinks got their name because they don’t contain hard liquor(!)
Soft drinks got their name because they don’t contain hard liquor(!)
Reposted by Ben McCormick
Reposted by Ben McCormick
"The NBA Cup is contrived!" As if the NBA was created by Zeus and handed down on golden tablets. The whole thing is fucking made up.
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"The NBA Cup is contrived!" As if the NBA was created by Zeus and handed down on golden tablets. The whole thing is fucking made up.
If there are three parties in any GA trade—Bucks, Giannis, other teams—and you accept the Bucks aren’t competing this year, only two parties get more desperate as the deadline arrives: GA and other teams.
Bucks fans should be ready for 4-6 weeks of waiting for a team’s owner to panic trade for GA.
Bucks fans should be ready for 4-6 weeks of waiting for a team’s owner to panic trade for GA.
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If there are three parties in any GA trade—Bucks, Giannis, other teams—and you accept the Bucks aren’t competing this year, only two parties get more desperate as the deadline arrives: GA and other teams.
Bucks fans should be ready for 4-6 weeks of waiting for a team’s owner to panic trade for GA.
Bucks fans should be ready for 4-6 weeks of waiting for a team’s owner to panic trade for GA.
Rockets can say they aren’t interested in Giannis all they want, but everyone who just watched that overtime knows they’re missing a number one offensive option
December 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Rockets can say they aren’t interested in Giannis all they want, but everyone who just watched that overtime knows they’re missing a number one offensive option
For those of us who want action from the Bucks, a reminder that the way to drive leverage for a Giannis deal is for the Bucks to show they’ll actually hang onto him even if the wheels come off.
Leverage comes as the deadline gets closer.
Leverage comes as the deadline gets closer.
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For those of us who want action from the Bucks, a reminder that the way to drive leverage for a Giannis deal is for the Bucks to show they’ll actually hang onto him even if the wheels come off.
Leverage comes as the deadline gets closer.
Leverage comes as the deadline gets closer.
I keep trying to fast forward through this Bucks game but my TV keeps saying “you’re already live.”
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I keep trying to fast forward through this Bucks game but my TV keeps saying “you’re already live.”
Oh this is dark.
Now it's 106-76, and it is the first 30-point lead of the year for the Nets.
December 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Oh this is dark.
Fun football: every play a team has to have one player on the field who plays the majority of their snaps on the other side of the ball
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Fun football: every play a team has to have one player on the field who plays the majority of their snaps on the other side of the ball
One of the great pleasures of any year is in December compiling best books of the year lists and compiling my purchase list for 2026.
It is lengthy.
It is lengthy.
December 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
One of the great pleasures of any year is in December compiling best books of the year lists and compiling my purchase list for 2026.
It is lengthy.
It is lengthy.
Samanta Schweblin (and her translator Megan McDowell) absolutely COOKED on GOOD AND EVIL AND OTHER STORIES.
Incredible collection. Can’t recommend highly enough
Incredible collection. Can’t recommend highly enough
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Samanta Schweblin (and her translator Megan McDowell) absolutely COOKED on GOOD AND EVIL AND OTHER STORIES.
Incredible collection. Can’t recommend highly enough
Incredible collection. Can’t recommend highly enough
The last good website.
Bar none.
Bar none.
loath to be too precious about this stuff but I want one lesson of defector to be "you can choose to not do stuff that sucks" even if "doing stuff that sucks" is the default
December 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The last good website.
Bar none.
Bar none.
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loath to be too precious about this stuff but I want one lesson of defector to be "you can choose to not do stuff that sucks" even if "doing stuff that sucks" is the default
December 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
loath to be too precious about this stuff but I want one lesson of defector to be "you can choose to not do stuff that sucks" even if "doing stuff that sucks" is the default
Never good when the thumbnail is defensive!
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Never good when the thumbnail is defensive!
Makes much more sense why GA has been more of a lead-by-example leader than vocal leader.
Haynes: “Giannis addressed his teammates recently to stress the importance of focusing on basketball and not to allow outside distractions to interfere… I was told his point was that he’s here at the time being… He relayed the message that he can’t control even what happens to him.”
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Makes much more sense why GA has been more of a lead-by-example leader than vocal leader.
Today’s Giannis trade thought:
What if the Knicks really are the only other team he’d play for and the Bucks made it known they weren’t taking the KAT poopoo platter?
And this whole saga was really like 2 days? (convo—>no—>Haynes/Stein reporting about no trade)
And GA is just “okay, I’m a Buck”
What if the Knicks really are the only other team he’d play for and the Bucks made it known they weren’t taking the KAT poopoo platter?
And this whole saga was really like 2 days? (convo—>no—>Haynes/Stein reporting about no trade)
And GA is just “okay, I’m a Buck”
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today’s Giannis trade thought:
What if the Knicks really are the only other team he’d play for and the Bucks made it known they weren’t taking the KAT poopoo platter?
And this whole saga was really like 2 days? (convo—>no—>Haynes/Stein reporting about no trade)
And GA is just “okay, I’m a Buck”
What if the Knicks really are the only other team he’d play for and the Bucks made it known they weren’t taking the KAT poopoo platter?
And this whole saga was really like 2 days? (convo—>no—>Haynes/Stein reporting about no trade)
And GA is just “okay, I’m a Buck”
Today’s Giannis trade thought: there are four different kinds of assets to get for him:
Good player now
Young promising player
Premium pick this/next year
High volume of distant draft picks
Any offer is two of these. Just hope the Bucks are offered and take whatever arrangement you want.
Good player now
Young promising player
Premium pick this/next year
High volume of distant draft picks
Any offer is two of these. Just hope the Bucks are offered and take whatever arrangement you want.
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today’s Giannis trade thought: there are four different kinds of assets to get for him:
Good player now
Young promising player
Premium pick this/next year
High volume of distant draft picks
Any offer is two of these. Just hope the Bucks are offered and take whatever arrangement you want.
Good player now
Young promising player
Premium pick this/next year
High volume of distant draft picks
Any offer is two of these. Just hope the Bucks are offered and take whatever arrangement you want.
The (accidental?) Milwaukee Brewers tie-in to the new Stranger Things episodes is so great
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The (accidental?) Milwaukee Brewers tie-in to the new Stranger Things episodes is so great
Packers defense played this perfectly…
(And if Williams held on for a half second longer he had DJ Moore wide open)
(And if Williams held on for a half second longer he had DJ Moore wide open)
Keisean Nixon with a game-winning INT to vault the Packers into first place in the NFC North.
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Packers defense played this perfectly…
(And if Williams held on for a half second longer he had DJ Moore wide open)
(And if Williams held on for a half second longer he had DJ Moore wide open)
On Giannis: Bucks should feel little urgency to trade him this season for anything less than a haul.
Siakam got four firsts with a year left on his deal and a handshake on an extension.
If Bucks ownership doesn’t trust this FO to draft/hire, more reason to let the next regime make important calls.
Siakam got four firsts with a year left on his deal and a handshake on an extension.
If Bucks ownership doesn’t trust this FO to draft/hire, more reason to let the next regime make important calls.
December 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
On Giannis: Bucks should feel little urgency to trade him this season for anything less than a haul.
Siakam got four firsts with a year left on his deal and a handshake on an extension.
If Bucks ownership doesn’t trust this FO to draft/hire, more reason to let the next regime make important calls.
Siakam got four firsts with a year left on his deal and a handshake on an extension.
If Bucks ownership doesn’t trust this FO to draft/hire, more reason to let the next regime make important calls.