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Eric Bens
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Go Irish! COYG!
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Various players from terrible Royals teams of my childhood
September 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Eze did more with that touch than Martinelli did all game
August 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Total points: Sinner 193, Alcaraz 192. Guhhhhhhhh.
June 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Came back from vacation and my local Aldi changed their layout
Saying “I’ve asked the WNBA for comment” every time I’m slightly inconvenienced from now on
May 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Should have intentionally missed my flight and stayed in Europe
FROM SHAMS:

Notre Dame's Olivia Miles – the projected No. 2 pick in the WNBA draft this month – will forgo the draft and enter NCAA's transfer portal, sources tell ESPN. The 22-year-old top prospect makes unprecedented decision to use her one year remaining of college instead of the draft.
April 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thank you for the belated birthday gift Slam Magazine!
January 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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A Message From The KCG Board ❤️🤍
January 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Really thought it was over when they hit us with On3 graphic. Incredible perseverance to overcome Flu and Penn State.
January 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Self-portrait of the artist in the guise of a mocker, by Joseph Ducreux, 1790s
January 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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That's true
January 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Unfortunately I simply cannot hear the song “Last Christmas” without thinking about how they actually made a movie where Daenerys Targaryen falls in love with the ghost of the guy who gave her his heart last Christmas (via posthumous transplant)
December 22, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Imagine having never won a home college football playoff game? Couldn't be me!
December 21, 2024 at 4:47 AM
December 21, 2024 at 1:25 AM
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Wrote about a lovely mid-December trip to South Bend, a phrase which has definitely been uttered before.
18stripes.com/ndwbb-diary-...
NDWBB Diary: Smell Ya Later, Geno
The Irish won their biggest game of the season knocking off the hated UConn Huskies 79-68 last Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion. This marks the third top-5 win of the season and should go a long way...
18stripes.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Wrote about a lovely mid-December trip to South Bend, a phrase which has definitely been uttered before.
18stripes.com/ndwbb-diary-...
NDWBB Diary: Smell Ya Later, Geno
The Irish won their biggest game of the season knocking off the hated UConn Huskies 79-68 last Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion. This marks the third top-5 win of the season and should go a long way...
18stripes.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Best and coolest backcourt in the country! Enjoy the trip home, Geno.
December 13, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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More verbose NDWBB writing! We'll recap a roller coaster last three weeks that included two top-5 wins and two hair pulling losses. There's also a preview of the biiiiiig UConn game tomorrow night!
18stripes.com/ndwbb-diary-...
NDWBB Diary: High Highs and Low Lows
The Thanksgiving period was a mixed bag for Niele Ivey's Notre Dame Women's Basketball team. The Irish visited LA the weekend before the holiday where they ran Southern Cal off the court in the bigges...
18stripes.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:24 PM
More verbose NDWBB writing! We'll recap a roller coaster last three weeks that included two top-5 wins and two hair pulling losses. There's also a preview of the biiiiiig UConn game tomorrow night!
18stripes.com/ndwbb-diary-...
NDWBB Diary: High Highs and Low Lows
The Thanksgiving period was a mixed bag for Niele Ivey's Notre Dame Women's Basketball team. The Irish visited LA the weekend before the holiday where they ran Southern Cal off the court in the bigges...
18stripes.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Who's ready to pay for another streaming service!
Important news on 2027 + 2031 Women's World Cup media rights in the U.S.: @ourand.bsky.social reports that FIFA is negotiating exclusively with a “non-traditional” media company after that company put in the highest initial bid. 👀
The Zaz Surprise, Sotonomics & World Cup Deal Heat
Welcome back to The Varsity, my twice-weekly private email on the money and personalities that run the sports media business. Since retiring in April, former CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus has mostl...
puck.news
December 10, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Extremely important to me that this play led to a win! As long as we're not playing on FloHoops, it's a win every time!
HANNAH HIDALGO WITH THE STEAL AND OVERHEAD PASS TO OLIVIA MILES 😮‍💨😮‍💨
December 6, 2024 at 2:18 AM
It's cool that my NFL and college football teams are both 11-1 and going to the playoffs. What a season for me personally.
December 1, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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Three-year update on the insane coach carousel at the end of the 2021 college football season:

USC (Riley): mostly mediocre
Oklahoma (Venables): big decline
Miami (Mario): clear progress, still not successful
LSU (Kelly): almost no progress imo
Notre Dame (Freeman): lookin pretty sweet
December 1, 2024 at 12:25 AM
I have never said a bad word about a Notre Dame CB named Gray
December 1, 2024 at 12:01 AM