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Dan Hopper
@danhopp.bsky.social
Writer of comedy & sports stuff.

Host of THRILL OF DEFEAT: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrill-of-defeat/id1816289659

The Only Pittsburgh Sports Page: https://danhopper.substack.com/

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/DanHopp/
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This week, @nataliesmcgill.bsky.social and @thatbilloakley.com join to discuss BALTIMORE RAVENS fandom, their go-to gameday foods, why Maryland is the only state that cares about its flag, and a forgotten SNL cartoon. I even kept my Ravens hatred mostly in check! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Baltimore Ravens (with Bill Oakley and Natalie McGill)
Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 10/21/2025 · 1h 4m
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(seeing a bible chapter and verse sticker on a car window in traffic) oh cool. i'll be sure to go home and look that up. and then, believe in it
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remembering that old tweet about how Trump looks like when you’d pause an 80s action movie to see the bad dummy that’s visible for a split second before a character explodes
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I keep getting "impulse buy" texts from the company I paid thousands of dollars to move my stuff from LA to New York. They're all like "Fall is here!! 🍁 Want to move everything you own back to the west coast?"
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Had the pleasure of talking to Dan Hopper (@danhopp.bsky.social) last night for an upcoming episode of Weird Islanders: The Podcast! If you're a listener to our show, you need to check out Dan's great podcast, "Thrill of Defeat" about shared fan heartbreak.

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Toronto Maple Leafs (with John Cullen and Sean McIndoe)
Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 07/29/2025 · 1h 11m
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November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“You GOTTA see what’s in this person’s bio lmaoo”
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Most political commentary from 1996-2004 was pundits asking "which candidate do you want to have a beer with?" Entire 12 person panels devoted to imagining some hypothetical hick holding a theoretical beer and shooting the shit with president pro tempore Orrin Hatch
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I strongly believe that mayors should be required to wear a big sash that says “MAYOR” on it. In recent times mayors have forgotten that they serve we the people, and we want the sash
June 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
BAD NEWS New Yorkers, this badass leader is about to usher in what appears to be an era of futuristic prosperity
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
On a night like this, people need to be careful not to just confirm their priors. Not me though… I simply believed certain things that turned out to be right, prior to this
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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the Zohran campaign goes to show how much your local DSA chapter can accomplish if they stop watching wrestling
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Every day for weeks my 2-year-old has demanded to watch a 7 second video of her cousin eating a donut and she reacts to him saying “so yummy” like when peak Carvey dropped a “well isn’t that special”
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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"We have a great product that really works. Now to find a spokesman and aesthetic that's synonymous with 'feeling and being chill.'"
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Oh you were watching football? I was playing a little sport called SAVING DEMOCRACY (while listening to the game on headphones then gunning it home to resume watching)
November 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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If you dress as Oasis for a Halloween party in Bed-Stuy there is an enormous chance that people will assume you’re doing racially uncomfortable Run-D.M.C. cosplay. You live and you learn!
November 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Yamamoto roped into pitching five innings in the Dodgers’ company softball game tomorrow
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I was the guy in the Dodgers dugout just yelling FUCK FUCK SHIT FUCK after the home run so they had to keep dropping the audio
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Funny to look back at the timeline and people are like ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME and they could be talking about any of nine plays
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Every cut to Freddie Freeman
November 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Finishing all 7 of my leftover pumpkin beers by the end of tonight out of principle
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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It's remarkable how straightforward and solvable most societal problems seem as long as you don't know shit about them
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Once again, the media refuses to cover Trump with the proper urgency…
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Gen Z co-worker hit me with a “you seem like one of those guys who was really into Mad Men…” before a question and I was just in awe of the killshot-accurate profiling
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This World Series has too many players with custom quirks: goofy glasses, facial hair, veneers — teams should be limited to one folk hero utility guy and one tatted reliever whose gimmick turns SO sad when he’s getting shelled
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Me: Sometimes I'll start microwaving my leftovers, then go pee *while* the thing's in the microwave. You just gotta get back before it starts beeping

Forbes Profiler: And this is another form of DanMaxxing?

Me: It's another form of DanMaxxing, exactly
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM