Howard Beck
@howardbeck.bsky.social
Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
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Howard Beck
@howardbeck.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hey #NBASky: I made a Ringer NBA starter pack, including every Ringer colleague who writes, edits, produces or pods on the NBA. (If I've missed anyone, please let me know!)
go.bsky.app/FHrHSbx
go.bsky.app/FHrHSbx
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The FIFTH game-winning buzzer-beater of the season!
Tonight is the first night with multiple game-winning buzzer-beaters since March 17, 2024 per @Stathead
Tonight is the first night with multiple game-winning buzzer-beaters since March 17, 2024 per @Stathead
WHAT A SET FROM SPO WHAT A FINISH FROM WIGGINS WHAT A NIGHT OF BASKETBALL
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The FIFTH game-winning buzzer-beater of the season!
Tonight is the first night with multiple game-winning buzzer-beaters since March 17, 2024 per @Stathead
Tonight is the first night with multiple game-winning buzzer-beaters since March 17, 2024 per @Stathead
So many incredible games tonight (and the last few weeks). Please remember this when the NBA Cup propagandists try to tell you that Cup games are more intense than other early regular-season games.
Holy shit that Heat-Cavs finish.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
So many incredible games tonight (and the last few weeks). Please remember this when the NBA Cup propagandists try to tell you that Cup games are more intense than other early regular-season games.
Holy shit that Heat-Cavs finish.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Holy shit that Heat-Cavs finish.
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Cade Cunningham has the SECOND 40-point triple-double in Pistons franchise history
The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!
The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Cade Cunningham has the SECOND 40-point triple-double in Pistons franchise history
The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!
The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!
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Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens will never be forgotten by the #NBA community. Wilkens, who died at 88, was a pioneer and inspiration as a Black coach and player who was once was the all-time leader in coach wins. bit.ly/3LyyPNe
Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens will never be forgotten by NBA community - Andscape
Lenny Wilkens, who died at 88, was a pioneer as a coach and player.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens will never be forgotten by the #NBA community. Wilkens, who died at 88, was a pioneer and inspiration as a Black coach and player who was once was the all-time leader in coach wins. bit.ly/3LyyPNe
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Mailbag time! Got a question for @bellraja19.bsky.social, @loganmmurdock.bsky.social and me? Send to
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
and we might answer on Tuesday's show.
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
and we might answer on Tuesday's show.
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mailbag time! Got a question for @bellraja19.bsky.social, @loganmmurdock.bsky.social and me? Send to
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
and we might answer on Tuesday's show.
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
and we might answer on Tuesday's show.
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i parachute into X/Twitter a lot for my job and obviously have chronicled the devolution but today it feels that, even outside of the realm of groyperposting the broad culture there is just like *i have lead poisoning*
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
i parachute into X/Twitter a lot for my job and obviously have chronicled the devolution but today it feels that, even outside of the realm of groyperposting the broad culture there is just like *i have lead poisoning*
Mailbag time! Got a question for @bellraja19.bsky.social, @loganmmurdock.bsky.social and me? Send to
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
and we might answer on Tuesday's show.
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
and we might answer on Tuesday's show.
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mailbag time! Got a question for @bellraja19.bsky.social, @loganmmurdock.bsky.social and me? Send to
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
and we might answer on Tuesday's show.
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
RealOnesMailbag@gmail.com
and we might answer on Tuesday's show.
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How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider by Dave Weigel talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e... talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e...
How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider
We don’t know the minute when X started throttling links to news,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider by Dave Weigel talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e... talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e...
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wrote about ja morant, falls from grace, and the balancing beam between contrition and awe we want from our stars
Icarus was only drifting
On Ja Morant's recent professional rifts, and how athletes fall from grace.
www.basketballfeelings.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
wrote about ja morant, falls from grace, and the balancing beam between contrition and awe we want from our stars
!!!!
Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
!!!!
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Did some location/count comparisons of spiked pitches in this piece that I'd venture to say don't seem great for Clase:
www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Did some location/count comparisons of spiked pitches in this piece that I'd venture to say don't seem great for Clase:
www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/10/m...
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To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
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1/ 🚨Our NEW study paints a shockingly bleak picture of how teens view the press. It also illustrates that there is a chasm between what teens think is going on in newsrooms versus what happens every day at credible outlets.
🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia
🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1/ 🚨Our NEW study paints a shockingly bleak picture of how teens view the press. It also illustrates that there is a chasm between what teens think is going on in newsrooms versus what happens every day at credible outlets.
🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia
🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia
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Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Andre Drummond brought his dog to the podium for the postgame press conference.
"My dog's here," Drummond said. "No, my actual dog.""
"My dog's here," Drummond said. "No, my actual dog.""
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Andre Drummond brought his dog to the podium for the postgame press conference.
"My dog's here," Drummond said. "No, my actual dog.""
"My dog's here," Drummond said. "No, my actual dog.""
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A study earlier this month found that America’s more fragmented media landscape — particularly the takeoff of cable news — accounts for fully one third of the increase in cultural conflict in the US since the year 2000.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A study earlier this month found that America’s more fragmented media landscape — particularly the takeoff of cable news — accounts for fully one third of the increase in cultural conflict in the US since the year 2000.
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Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
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Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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/2 2. Sports corruption cases tend to be relatively straightforward and relatively easy to investigate and prove, compared to other white-collar stuff. And because it’s sports, it is automatically headline-grabbing. So it’s a good reward on investment for DoJ.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
/2 2. Sports corruption cases tend to be relatively straightforward and relatively easy to investigate and prove, compared to other white-collar stuff. And because it’s sports, it is automatically headline-grabbing. So it’s a good reward on investment for DoJ.
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A few observations about all the sports-betting cases:
1. Most of them bear hallmarks of long-term investigations, so they are probably not purely a Trump administration thing. Biden DoJ started them. Trump admin is definitely putting in lots of attention to finishing them.
1. Most of them bear hallmarks of long-term investigations, so they are probably not purely a Trump administration thing. Biden DoJ started them. Trump admin is definitely putting in lots of attention to finishing them.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A few observations about all the sports-betting cases:
1. Most of them bear hallmarks of long-term investigations, so they are probably not purely a Trump administration thing. Biden DoJ started them. Trump admin is definitely putting in lots of attention to finishing them.
1. Most of them bear hallmarks of long-term investigations, so they are probably not purely a Trump administration thing. Biden DoJ started them. Trump admin is definitely putting in lots of attention to finishing them.
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That a Reagan judge would give up his lifetime appointment willingly because he feels a future GOP president has rendered that appointment meaningless in the midst of an authoritarian speedrun is quite remarkable:
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
That a Reagan judge would give up his lifetime appointment willingly because he feels a future GOP president has rendered that appointment meaningless in the midst of an authoritarian speedrun is quite remarkable:
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One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US cuts funding for Hungary’s Szabad Európa, one of its last independent outlets, days before Orbán’s WH visit as Trump ally Kari Lake slashes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, steps watchdogs call “a gift to autocrats.”
Kari Lake Cuts U.S.-Funded Hungarian Outlet, Handing Authoritarian Orbán Win Before Trump Meeting
Kari Lake’s decision to cut funding for Hungary’s U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe branch came just two days before Viktor Orbán’s White House visit,
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.