Ian Powers
ianpowers.bsky.social
Ian Powers
@ianpowers.bsky.social
Two National-award winning decades in sports journalism. Thousands of sports stories.

Now I’m building Write Sports — a space for writers and solopreneurs to grow their audience and business on Substack.

👉 theianpowers.substack.com
"has an alcoholic's personality"

I've been saying he's the classic case of a "dry drunk" for close to a decade.
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now, if Menendez and his wife had stashed away some of those gold bars...
In a social media post announcing the move, Trump drew parallels between the case against Cuellar and his own legal troubles, which he decried as a partisan crusade by former President Joe Biden.
Trump Pardons Texas Democrat, Wife Who Faced Bribery Charges
President Donald Trump pardoned US Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife of federal corruption charges, a gesture to a Texas Democrat often at odds with his own party on key issues.
bloom.bg
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hey who doesn't like seeing how the vomit is made?
The Hollywood Reporter, citing an anonymous source, said that the error happened because Mad Men production company Lionsgate gave HBO Max the wrong file.
Mad Men’s 4K debut botched by HBO Max streaming episode with visible crewmembers
Producer Lionsgate reportedly contributed to the gaffe.
arstechnica.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Gary Myers was doing multi-platform work before any of us had platforms — TV, radio, books, columns, etc

The real secret?

He promoted his work like no one else was going to do it. Never waited for permission.

Creators: the tools changed, the fundamentals didn’t.

open.substack.com/pub/theianpo...
CASE STUDY: How Gary Myers Built a 45-Year Sports Media Career by Thinking Like a Solopreneur (Before the Creator Economy Existed)
Gary Myers’ résumé is impressive on its own — seven books, multiple New York Times bestsellers, Inside the NFL, ESPN Radio, Vice TV documentaries, The Verdict, decades at the New York Daily News and t...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Jones this year and Barkley doing what he did last year after the whole "Hard Knocks" scene couldn't be sitting well with Mara at all. Which makes me curious about Schoen's future as well.
Guess this was inevitable. I mean Daboll won a playoff game with Daniel Jones and now he's got the Colts in the No. 1 seed in the AFC. They may have something in Jaxson Dart, but there needs to be a change. The culture of losing is too much.

www.newsday.com/sports/footb...
Brian Daboll out as Giants head coach
Brian Daboll went 20-40-1 in his three-plus seasons as head coach of the Giants. Schoen remains GM.
www.newsday.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Guess this was inevitable. I mean Daboll won a playoff game with Daniel Jones and now he's got the Colts in the No. 1 seed in the AFC. They may have something in Jaxson Dart, but there needs to be a change. The culture of losing is too much.

www.newsday.com/sports/footb...
Brian Daboll out as Giants head coach
Brian Daboll went 20-40-1 in his three-plus seasons as head coach of the Giants. Schoen remains GM.
www.newsday.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Heismendoza!

#iupsu
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
One of my responsibilities each week is editing celebrity birthdays. Did a Google search of Sammy Hagar and was very interested/disappointed to see Google's suggested playlist for Sammy Hagar. AI overviews.
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
IF JFK Jr. told her that, then this Senate hearing took a much stranger, paranormal turn that anything RFK Jr. has uttered.
September 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Messi-anic? Or Kane-ish?

Well let’s not go crazy either way but if gets close to Kane’s production, that will be something.
August 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Reflecting on Darwin Nunez's time at Liverpool, I smh at the "You're just a s--- Andy Carroll" chants.

I used to think, "No, he IS Andy Carroll"

Man bun aside, comparing their LFC eras:

Nunez: 95 apps, 25G, 0.46G/90
Carroll: 44 apps, 6G, 0.21G/90

No, Carroll's just a s--- Darwin Nunez

#LFC
August 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Frimpong!!!! That’s two debutants on the scoresheet. Wirtz is on the clock. #lfc
August 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Every manager and his staff in the Premier League are grumbling at the preparation they’re going to need to do especially with Wirtz in the final half/third. His speed and precision of his work there is going to affect the league. Add to that the speed Ekitike, Frimpong and Kerkez. Yikes. #lfc
August 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hugo!!!! The quickness and the passing of these young signings! #lfc
August 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Built in Birmingham" doesn't hold a candle to "Welcome to Wrexham."

Some of that has to do with the storytelling.

It does come off as a vanity project, but I think it also gives insight to a bit of what makes Brady tick and his drive for success and process.

I think Wagner is more compelling
August 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Am I going to tear up at the 20 minute mark of every match this season? #LFC #diogo
August 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Whole lotta shaking going on in NYC just now. #nycearthquake
August 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I'm ecstatic over the prospect of Isak coming to #LFC, but is anyone else also feeling like they want won't be satisfied until we bring in 2 CBs?
July 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
One of the best keepers in the world who got Germany to the semifinals with quarterfinal heroics has a lapse in positional concentration in extra time.
Near post? NEAR POST? After all that?
July 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The old Closed Circuit screening for boxing before Pay-Per-View became popular to watch at home. It made Ali-Frazier even bigger.
WWE is partnering with Fandango to bring WWE PLEs to theaters nationwide starting with Summerslam
July 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
😂😂
Someone needs to take the Epstein files to a Coldplay concert.
July 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Nailed it
Trump shared a riveting story about his uncle teaching Ted Kaczynski, which never happened
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I know the Mamdani die hards won’t like it in NYC, but does Hakeem Jeffries need to run for president in 2028?
July 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The scenes from the Guatemalan team upsetting Canada... uh...

#goldcup
June 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
There’s a scene in Hunt for Red October where Richard Jordan says the Russians have so many sonar buoys in the North Atlantic that he could walk to Greenland and to Iceland without getting wet.

That was Mamdani volunteers in my district.

#nycmayor
June 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM