Ben Krimmel
@benkrimmel.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor from Baltimore who lives in New York. Writes NY sports for SNY and D.C. sports for 106.7 The Fan/Team 980.
Read my writing here and hire me to do more of it: BenKrimmel.substack.com
Read my writing here and hire me to do more of it: BenKrimmel.substack.com
All this pie talk on here today has me going full Blue Raja:
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
All this pie talk on here today has me going full Blue Raja:
Oh, dear god. @cptowers.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Oh, dear god. @cptowers.bsky.social
A Tuesday before Thanksgiving reminder before your last grocery store trip: Don't forget to get the sauerkraut!
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A Tuesday before Thanksgiving reminder before your last grocery store trip: Don't forget to get the sauerkraut!
Workers having their intellectual property stolen is bad and they’re suffering and this sucks, but, I agree, I am also so dumbfounded by how many people can’t see they are Michael Scott driving themselves into the lake with AI
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Workers having their intellectual property stolen is bad and they’re suffering and this sucks, but, I agree, I am also so dumbfounded by how many people can’t see they are Michael Scott driving themselves into the lake with AI
Everything about this is bad and highlights how much of the internet is just fraud. But even before I could get into the article, written and reported by two humans, I had to scroll past this slop:
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Everything about this is bad and highlights how much of the internet is just fraud. But even before I could get into the article, written and reported by two humans, I had to scroll past this slop:
Two indications you are gonna see some dogshit sports take/engagement bait on the other site:
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Two indications you are gonna see some dogshit sports take/engagement bait on the other site:
Yes, I am connecting the current Shedeur Sanders chatter to my personal gripe that the NFL Draft is bad. But, you should treat yourself to understanding just how long the draft has been bad, with my lede, courtesy of Red Smith writing in 1975:
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yes, I am connecting the current Shedeur Sanders chatter to my personal gripe that the NFL Draft is bad. But, you should treat yourself to understanding just how long the draft has been bad, with my lede, courtesy of Red Smith writing in 1975:
ESPN’s soccer push notifications are just super, super weird. Feel like they really did writer dirty with this one
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ESPN’s soccer push notifications are just super, super weird. Feel like they really did writer dirty with this one
Variations on a theme:
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Variations on a theme:
Method Man is working as a photographer on the sideline for Browns vs. Jets today.
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Method Man is working as a photographer on the sideline for Browns vs. Jets today.
Stephen A. Smith talking about politics the same way he talks about a lot of sports: From the point of view of an over-extended talking head repeating misinterpreted talking points to support a conclusion he derived from his predetermined narrative.
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Stephen A. Smith talking about politics the same way he talks about a lot of sports: From the point of view of an over-extended talking head repeating misinterpreted talking points to support a conclusion he derived from his predetermined narrative.
Let’s make it happen, New York City!
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Let’s make it happen, New York City!
Home plate umpire Adam Hamari has blown two strike calls in three at-bats, both on Roki Sasaki splitters. Dodgers fans woulda crashed out if Blue Jays scored from that.
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Home plate umpire Adam Hamari has blown two strike calls in three at-bats, both on Roki Sasaki splitters. Dodgers fans woulda crashed out if Blue Jays scored from that.
Terrible at-bat from Teoscar Hernández, granted the 1-1 fastball ate him alive, but out himself in a whole being far too aggressive first pitch.
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Terrible at-bat from Teoscar Hernández, granted the 1-1 fastball ate him alive, but out himself in a whole being far too aggressive first pitch.
They have a 35-year-old GM, a 33-year-old skipper, are they gonna have a 12-year-old Billy Heywood coaching third base?
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
They have a 35-year-old GM, a 33-year-old skipper, are they gonna have a 12-year-old Billy Heywood coaching third base?
Like, what do you even do with this?
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Like, what do you even do with this?
Here's another example of @jeffpassan.bsky.social doing it again. Baseball is still the sport of writers, which makes the coverage all that much better? www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Here's another example of @jeffpassan.bsky.social doing it again. Baseball is still the sport of writers, which makes the coverage all that much better? www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
I'm slowly turning into this guy every time I watch Wemby play:
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I'm slowly turning into this guy every time I watch Wemby play:
In honor of the NBA on NBC and basketball's return tonight, the cost for fans to watch every game across all the various channels and streaming platforms is again a topic.
Here's @bomani-jones.bsky.social's take: "Not sure why ppl think seeing EVERY nba game is a birthright."
Here's @bomani-jones.bsky.social's take: "Not sure why ppl think seeing EVERY nba game is a birthright."
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In honor of the NBA on NBC and basketball's return tonight, the cost for fans to watch every game across all the various channels and streaming platforms is again a topic.
Here's @bomani-jones.bsky.social's take: "Not sure why ppl think seeing EVERY nba game is a birthright."
Here's @bomani-jones.bsky.social's take: "Not sure why ppl think seeing EVERY nba game is a birthright."
This is pretty funny.
October 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is pretty funny.
When you transcribe what Brian Windhorst just said about the Knicks and Giannis Antetokounmpo, you see how this just doesn't really say anything. Meaning is sooo muddled.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
When you transcribe what Brian Windhorst just said about the Knicks and Giannis Antetokounmpo, you see how this just doesn't really say anything. Meaning is sooo muddled.
I may have been laying it on a little thick, but I regret nothing:
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I may have been laying it on a little thick, but I regret nothing:
Why did Eugenio Suárez go crazy about a called third strike that clipped the zone? Becasue Pitch 2 was called a ball and Pitch 7 was called a strike. Makes no sense if consistency isn't there.
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Why did Eugenio Suárez go crazy about a called third strike that clipped the zone? Becasue Pitch 2 was called a ball and Pitch 7 was called a strike. Makes no sense if consistency isn't there.