Chuck Culpepper
@chuckculpepper.bsky.social
Husband, nomad, sportswriter (nowadays Washington Post after Los Angeles Herald Examiner, The National Sports Daily, Lexington Herald-Leader, Oregonian, Newsday, Los Angeles Times, The National/Abu Dhabi, Sports On Earth).
'I see dead people. They're everywhere. They don't even know they're dead.'
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Back from the dead, UCLA and Florida revel in their resuscitation
The Bruins shocked No. 7 Penn State, and the Gators surprised No. 9 Texas. Who wouldn’t want to go 0-4 or 1-3 and then win like that?
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October 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
'I see dead people. They're everywhere. They don't even know they're dead.'
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As horse people and congresspeople strive anew for political solutions, the immigrants who sustain horse racing toil in searing fear and constrained mobility.
Horse racing depends on immigrants who are suddenly working in fear
The backbone of an American industry is the workers who care for racehorses around the clock at tracks across the country. Can a coalition of powerful stakeholders protect them?
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July 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As horse people and congresspeople strive anew for political solutions, the immigrants who sustain horse racing toil in searing fear and constrained mobility.
Murray State!
It's an epitome of the era of fast roster-building, and just look at the humongous list of community colleges in the player bios.
It's also an epitome of why we bother watching sports.
#CollegeWorldSeries #CWS
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It's an epitome of the era of fast roster-building, and just look at the humongous list of community colleges in the player bios.
It's also an epitome of why we bother watching sports.
#CollegeWorldSeries #CWS
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Murray State reaches College World Series as underdog and emblem
The Racers open play in Omaha on Saturday against UCLA, and their unlikely journey embodies the wonder of sports.
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June 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Murray State!
It's an epitome of the era of fast roster-building, and just look at the humongous list of community colleges in the player bios.
It's also an epitome of why we bother watching sports.
#CollegeWorldSeries #CWS
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It's an epitome of the era of fast roster-building, and just look at the humongous list of community colleges in the player bios.
It's also an epitome of why we bother watching sports.
#CollegeWorldSeries #CWS
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Road teams are 6-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the #NBAPlayoffs, meaning that to help out their teams, all home fans should sell their tickets to road fans
May 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Road teams are 6-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the #NBAPlayoffs, meaning that to help out their teams, all home fans should sell their tickets to road fans
A project about an old topic about which humanity still learns, with brilliant photos from @michaelswensen.bsky.social
At a Kentucky farm, star racehorses help people fight a monster: Addiction
The Stable Recovery program at Taylor Made Farm changes lives with the remarkable healing power of animals.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A project about an old topic about which humanity still learns, with brilliant photos from @michaelswensen.bsky.social
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Has any contestant an any sporting event ever showed so many turns of big guts and so many turns of human frailty, both things, back and forth, in the same competition? #TheMasters
April 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Has any contestant an any sporting event ever showed so many turns of big guts and so many turns of human frailty, both things, back and forth, in the same competition? #TheMasters
The best place to watch this #MastersSunday and #Rory would be aboard a jet because airsickness bags are readily available
April 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The best place to watch this #MastersSunday and #Rory would be aboard a jet because airsickness bags are readily available
April 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Large bonus to Nicklaus 1975 footage on CBS: Vin!
April 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Large bonus to Nicklaus 1975 footage on CBS: Vin!
If they had a #Masters prop bet that Rory McIlroy would have a two-shot lead, a one-shot deficit, a tie and a three-shot lead, all within the first four holes, that would have been a sound bet for those who bet.
April 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If they had a #Masters prop bet that Rory McIlroy would have a two-shot lead, a one-shot deficit, a tie and a three-shot lead, all within the first four holes, that would have been a sound bet for those who bet.
Before its annual curtain dropped, @marchmadnesswbb.bsky.social provided one final example of how it’s a justly beloved wonder but also a mean old coot www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
March Madness does its thing, and Houston is left wishing it hadn’t
Florida rallies from a 12-point deficit to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship, leaving the Cougars just shy of their first title.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Before its annual curtain dropped, @marchmadnesswbb.bsky.social provided one final example of how it’s a justly beloved wonder but also a mean old coot www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Houston vs. Duke ended last evening approaching midnight, except that its life has only just begun. #FinalFour #Houston
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In a Final Four classic, Houston rallies in the final seconds to topple Duke
The Cougars’ miracle comeback shocks the favored Blue Devils and sets up an unexpected championship game matchup against Florida.
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April 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Houston vs. Duke ended last evening approaching midnight, except that its life has only just begun. #FinalFour #Houston
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In a culture known to practice a dislike for Duke, here's a Duke team where if you don't like #Duke, you don't like basketball.
Duke advances to 18th Final Four — and tries to make it harder to hate Duke
The Blue Devils were dominant in the East Region final Saturday night, pulling away from Alabama for an 85-65 victory.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In a culture known to practice a dislike for Duke, here's a Duke team where if you don't like #Duke, you don't like basketball.
With the eight seedings adding up to a puny 13, only one more than the minimum possible, is this the chalkiest #EliteEight since the seeding system began in 1985? No! It ties #MarchMadness 2007 with four No. 1s, three No. 2s and one No. 3.
March 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM
With the eight seedings adding up to a puny 13, only one more than the minimum possible, is this the chalkiest #EliteEight since the seeding system began in 1985? No! It ties #MarchMadness 2007 with four No. 1s, three No. 2s and one No. 3.
As #Alabama sets the record for most threes in a #MarchMadness game (22), raise a glass to the fact the Loyola Marymount record stood for 35 Marches
March 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
As #Alabama sets the record for most threes in a #MarchMadness game (22), raise a glass to the fact the Loyola Marymount record stood for 35 Marches
With 15:59 left, Marc Sears has 7 threes and #RollTide has 14, too soon to talk about Madness men’s records except that talking about them involves maybe the most remarkable Madness score ever (from 1990): Loyola Marymount 149, Michigan 115 (21 LMU threes, Jeff Fryer 11)
March 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
With 15:59 left, Marc Sears has 7 threes and #RollTide has 14, too soon to talk about Madness men’s records except that talking about them involves maybe the most remarkable Madness score ever (from 1990): Loyola Marymount 149, Michigan 115 (21 LMU threes, Jeff Fryer 11)
The first foul of the Alabama-BYU game arrives with 12:40 left in the first half. We’ll pause now for a brief ceremony on which the refs get medals and cookies. #MarchMadness
March 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The first foul of the Alabama-BYU game arrives with 12:40 left in the first half. We’ll pause now for a brief ceremony on which the refs get medals and cookies. #MarchMadness
The most meaningful part of #MarchMadness is the parade of March sadness.
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Nothing defines March Madness like the Parade of the Sad Locker Rooms
All but one team exits the NCAA men’s basketball tournament with a loss. But the losing is often not what hurts the most.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The most meaningful part of #MarchMadness is the parade of March sadness.
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To absorb the zeitgeist of college sports in 2025, visit and listen to athletes in . . .
. . . the McNeese locker room.
Yeah.
Their coach is leaving at a tricky time.
Why are they pretty much the opposite of distracted?
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. . . the McNeese locker room.
Yeah.
Their coach is leaving at a tricky time.
Why are they pretty much the opposite of distracted?
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McNeese State’s coach is leaving. His players might love him more than ever.
Will Wade’s Cowboys are the upset darling of the NCAA tournament so far, even after Wade made clear he is taking a different job.
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March 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
To absorb the zeitgeist of college sports in 2025, visit and listen to athletes in . . .
. . . the McNeese locker room.
Yeah.
Their coach is leaving at a tricky time.
Why are they pretty much the opposite of distracted?
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
. . . the McNeese locker room.
Yeah.
Their coach is leaving at a tricky time.
Why are they pretty much the opposite of distracted?
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Dog-walking, stroller-parking, jet-gazing and palm-dwelling at the darlingest of American airports, in the park adjacent the Sonny Bono Concourse, Palm Springs, California, United States, Earth, 18 March 2025
March 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dog-walking, stroller-parking, jet-gazing and palm-dwelling at the darlingest of American airports, in the park adjacent the Sonny Bono Concourse, Palm Springs, California, United States, Earth, 18 March 2025
To spend two weeks watching conference tournaments is to spend two weeks watching a protracted sequence of hugs. They hug because they made it. They hug because they didn't.
One hug beat all.
One hug beat all.
The magic of March Madness is one long hug between mother and son
SIU Edwardsville guard Ray’Sean Taylor earned a long-awaited NCAA tournament berth then shared the moment with his mom, epitomizing the best of the annual event.
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March 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
To spend two weeks watching conference tournaments is to spend two weeks watching a protracted sequence of hugs. They hug because they made it. They hug because they didn't.
One hug beat all.
One hug beat all.