Sridhar Pappu
@sridharpappu.bsky.social
Journalist and author of “The Year of the Pitcher” (http://amzn.to/2R8EXtv) and the forthcoming “Murderers’ Row: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and The Birth of the 1927 Yankees.” (2027, W.W. Norton) Represented by @wmebooks sridharpappu.com
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Taylor Sheridan was the cornerstone of Paramount’s streaming future. Then came the the new bosses. My profile on his rise to television power player for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How Taylor Sheridan Created America’s Most Popular TV Show
Inside Paramount’s “Yellowstone” juggernaut
www.theatlantic.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Taylor Sheridan was the cornerstone of Paramount’s streaming future. Then came the the new bosses. My profile on his rise to television power player for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Eric Young Sr. Sits Down To Talk Managers and Managing blogs.fangraphs.com/eric-young-s...
Eric Young Sr. Sits Down To Talk Managers and Managing
The 58-year-old coach has played for and worked with some notable managers, and he has managerial aspirations of his own.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Eric Young Sr. Sits Down To Talk Managers and Managing blogs.fangraphs.com/eric-young-s...
This is the letter that #Bengals owner Mike Brown wrote me in 1992. I had asked his counsel on whether to forgo architecture school and pursue a course that would lead to become an NFL GM. It’s real, heartfelt and practical. In other words, Mike Brown. Happy Birthday!
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is the letter that #Bengals owner Mike Brown wrote me in 1992. I had asked his counsel on whether to forgo architecture school and pursue a course that would lead to become an NFL GM. It’s real, heartfelt and practical. In other words, Mike Brown. Happy Birthday!
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1915, the day they changed their name to the Cleveland Indians. There’s nothing honorific about this.
July 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1915, the day they changed their name to the Cleveland Indians. There’s nothing honorific about this.
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The truth is the White Male Novelist was preeminent for more than a century *because* he represented the unfettered human, our Zeus, and Zeus's problems (whether internal or external) represented the human condition, our kernel crisis, so hells yeah, White Man write!
That was always bullshit.
That was always bullshit.
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The truth is the White Male Novelist was preeminent for more than a century *because* he represented the unfettered human, our Zeus, and Zeus's problems (whether internal or external) represented the human condition, our kernel crisis, so hells yeah, White Man write!
That was always bullshit.
That was always bullshit.
Mel Allen on Dave Parker in 1985: “Number 39 is Mighty Fine!” An understatement for the ages…
July 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Mel Allen on Dave Parker in 1985: “Number 39 is Mighty Fine!” An understatement for the ages…
The world is lesser without Dave Parker. They’ll talk about a lot of on-field things when he goes into the Hall. But we owe him a debt for what he did for a generation of Black players. My 2024 piece for @espn.com’s Andscape:
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Dave Parker is a father figure to Black MLB legends
Dave Parker had prepped Eric Davis for this. Davis had earned this moment — ready to come through where his baseball father had failed. Parker had just failed. …
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June 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The world is lesser without Dave Parker. They’ll talk about a lot of on-field things when he goes into the Hall. But we owe him a debt for what he did for a generation of Black players. My 2024 piece for @espn.com’s Andscape:
andscape.com/features/dav...
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andscape.com/features/dav...
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The Latino Alumni of Northwestern University have rallied behind the family, sharing a fundraising campaign to help fund a legal challenge to the parents’ deportations.
Northwestern University student set to graduate — as his parents face deportations
The Latino Alumni of Northwestern University have rallied behind the family, sharing a fundraising campaign to help fund a legal challenge to the parents’ deportations.
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June 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Latino Alumni of Northwestern University have rallied behind the family, sharing a fundraising campaign to help fund a legal challenge to the parents’ deportations.
This is Eric Davis doing something awesome for the #Reds in 1988. Because that’s what Eric Davis is: Awesome.
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Eric Davis (Reds) Hits a Homerun off Len Lancaster (Cubs) (1988)
YouTube video by Baseball Ruski
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June 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is Eric Davis doing something awesome for the #Reds in 1988. Because that’s what Eric Davis is: Awesome.
youtu.be/_DkdFUNFo_g?...
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Because of @jeffpearlman.bsky.social’s PressBox Chronicles on the 1984 #Padres, YouTube fed me this tonight. Glorious. Just F—in glorious.
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8/12/1984: Benches empty again in Padres-Braves 9th
YouTube video by MLB Vault
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June 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Because of @jeffpearlman.bsky.social’s PressBox Chronicles on the 1984 #Padres, YouTube fed me this tonight. Glorious. Just F—in glorious.
youtu.be/fuJZ3gYrRVA?...
youtu.be/fuJZ3gYrRVA?...
I love Chicago State—its faculty. Its students. What’s happening here is truly, truly terrible.
Chicago State University is the only university in the state with a predominantly Black student body, and it has far less money than places like Northwestern University. So far, the school has lost about $5 million in federal grants.
‘It’s just devastating,’ Chicago State president says of federal cuts
As schools like Harvard, Columbia and Northwestern have gotten most of the attention, regional public universities are losing grants and feeling the pain too.
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May 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I love Chicago State—its faculty. Its students. What’s happening here is truly, truly terrible.
The world is terrible. But Reuters bringing on badass Michael “Nuke” Learmonth is not! What an amazing get for an amazing organization!
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U.S. Race and Justice Correspondent (Level 1 Journalist) in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America | News & Editorial Careers at Thomson Reuters
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May 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The world is terrible. But Reuters bringing on badass Michael “Nuke” Learmonth is not! What an amazing get for an amazing organization!
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Trump welcomes 49 white Afrikaners today as “refugees” from South Africa…
The racism is a feature, not a bug.
The racism is a feature, not a bug.
May 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump welcomes 49 white Afrikaners today as “refugees” from South Africa…
The racism is a feature, not a bug.
The racism is a feature, not a bug.
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
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Shoutout to Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, who’s been on the Judge Dugan story all week. You can catch up on his coverage here www.jsonline.com/staff/264800...
Daniel Bice
Daniel Bice is a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Watchdog team.
www.jsonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Shoutout to Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, who’s been on the Judge Dugan story all week. You can catch up on his coverage here www.jsonline.com/staff/264800...
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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
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They’re taking *our* investment—the money that we spent months writing grants for, the hours and hours we all spent reviewing each others’ work, the money that was supposed to go to libraries and community groups—and blowing it on this nonsense.
“the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is pleased to announce a special funding opportunity to support the design and creation of statues of important American historical figures for the planned National Garden of American Heroes.” bit.ly/42KlpCz
NEH Announces Grant Opportunity to Create Statues of Iconic Americans for the National Garden of American Heroes
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April 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
They’re taking *our* investment—the money that we spent months writing grants for, the hours and hours we all spent reviewing each others’ work, the money that was supposed to go to libraries and community groups—and blowing it on this nonsense.
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A brush with immortality.
The Hall of Fame Yearbook, featuring cover art by James Fiorentino, is now available online and at the Museum. ow.ly/rAaR50VEFxc
Receive a free copy with your Museum Membership: baseballhall.org/join
The Hall of Fame Yearbook, featuring cover art by James Fiorentino, is now available online and at the Museum. ow.ly/rAaR50VEFxc
Receive a free copy with your Museum Membership: baseballhall.org/join
April 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A brush with immortality.
The Hall of Fame Yearbook, featuring cover art by James Fiorentino, is now available online and at the Museum. ow.ly/rAaR50VEFxc
Receive a free copy with your Museum Membership: baseballhall.org/join
The Hall of Fame Yearbook, featuring cover art by James Fiorentino, is now available online and at the Museum. ow.ly/rAaR50VEFxc
Receive a free copy with your Museum Membership: baseballhall.org/join
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"At Michigan, students have been told the casualties include orientation events for new Latino, Arab and Asian American students, along with the LEAD Scholars program, a financial aid award for Black, Latino and Native American students."
These things harm no one. He just wants nonwhite suffering.
These things harm no one. He just wants nonwhite suffering.
DEI rollbacks hit campus support systems for students of color
As U.S. colleges are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose campus mentors, move-in events, scholarships and diversity offices where...
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April 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"At Michigan, students have been told the casualties include orientation events for new Latino, Arab and Asian American students, along with the LEAD Scholars program, a financial aid award for Black, Latino and Native American students."
These things harm no one. He just wants nonwhite suffering.
These things harm no one. He just wants nonwhite suffering.
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Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
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The best thing to ever happen to Pablo… Leaving ESPN
He’s good at this!
He’s good at this!
April 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The best thing to ever happen to Pablo… Leaving ESPN
He’s good at this!
He’s good at this!
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Major League Baseball and the Dodgers will be lavishing praise on Jackie Robinson today.
Spare me.
These same folks have had nothing to say as the Trump administration tries to erase Robinson and everything he fought for.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Spare me.
These same folks have had nothing to say as the Trump administration tries to erase Robinson and everything he fought for.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
How to honor Jackie Robinson? Defend his legacy from those who wish to erase him. | Opinion
Jackie Robinson Day this year comes just a few weeks after the Trump administration tried to erase the baseball icon and American hero.
www.usatoday.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Major League Baseball and the Dodgers will be lavishing praise on Jackie Robinson today.
Spare me.
These same folks have had nothing to say as the Trump administration tries to erase Robinson and everything he fought for.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Spare me.
These same folks have had nothing to say as the Trump administration tries to erase Robinson and everything he fought for.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
On this Jackie Robinson Day, my piece from @andscape on his last fight. In the midst of personal tragedy, he stood what was right. My hero. An American Hero. He cannot be erased. #jackierobinson #mlb #gop #dodgers #blackhistory
andscape.com/features/jac...
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An ill and unhappy Jackie Robinson turned on Nixon in 1968
In October 1968, Jack Roosevelt Robinson, the man who had changed baseball and American sports forever, was 12 years into retirement and ready to return to the …
andscape.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
On this Jackie Robinson Day, my piece from @andscape on his last fight. In the midst of personal tragedy, he stood what was right. My hero. An American Hero. He cannot be erased. #jackierobinson #mlb #gop #dodgers #blackhistory
andscape.com/features/jac...
andscape.com/features/jac...