Brendan Quinn

1 Nov 2025

Resharing for the weekend long-readers. On Matt Berninger and the baseballs of writing … Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

cbssports.comMatt Norlander's Top 100 And 1 college basketball teams: CBS Sports' preseason rankings for 2026-27The season is less than a week away, title contenders are everywhere and more NCAA bids are there for the taking. Here's what to know

The Heathen Historian@heathenhistory.bsky.social

If you were President, what chain restaurant would you decorate the Oval Office as? My choice: Chuck E Cheese

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Matt Norlander

@norlander.bsky.social

Encouraging thoughts/feedback/corrections — so please read and amplify 👍 Would like to get a bit more college hoops on the Bluesky timeline when the games get going next week. I know there's a small but eager faction of ball knowers checking in on this app daily.

Matt Norlander@norlander.bsky.social

It's never been more difficult to forecast a season than now, with an unending string of court cases affecting dozens of teams across CBB. You think that stopped me from writing 101 capsules and building out the most accurate preseason ranking in the history of the internet? Of course not. Enjoy!

Sixers just improved to 3-0 while sitting LeBron and finishing off the Bucks without Maxey taking a shot in the final 10 minutes. Team might be pretty good.

nytimes.comCollege basketball’s economic divide claims another tradition. This time in PhiladelphiaThe end of the storied Big 5 exposes a stark reality: Nostalgia doesn't pay the bills.

The Philadelphia Big Five died (again). And it sucks. And I'm sorry if you can relate. A column from home ... www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

First the Big 5 loses Villanova. Now Branden Grace and Lucas Herbert are leaving LIV. Is nothing sacred?

Pregame warmups in Philadelphia. LeBron James takes the ball for the first time in lineup drills, stirs the building, puts a series of moves against an imaginary defender, drives and goes two-hand murder dunk. Place roars. This is gonna be something.

Boyz II Men for the National Anthem Bernard Hopkins rings the bell. It's a scene.

South Philadelphia. Currently burning to the ground.

nytimes.comAn Iowa greenside phone call sold LeBron on Philly. Can Nick Nurse deliver on his pitch? (Gift Article)On the rural golf course he saved, the 76ers head coach took the call that altered the NBA. Now comes the hard part.

Nick Nurse was out playing a few holes at the hometown golf club he rescued in tiny Carroll, Iowa, when his phone began buzzing. That call? It marked maybe the biggest twist in a career filled with em. And put Nurse center stage in the NBA's biggest show. www.nytimes.com/athletic/770...

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Charlie Warzel

@cwarzel.bsky.social

genuinely think that chartbeat and real-time audience traffic insight dashboards are one of the worst things to happen to the media industry. it found out what people read and wanted and public trust has pretty much only sharply declined since then

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)

@iwriteok.bsky.social

Replying to @iwriteok.bsky.social

Anyway I'm not giving up my em-dashes. Fuck off.

nytimes.comA $30 million disaster: How did Yale let its newly restored golf course fall apart? (Gift Article)Alums are upset about patchy grass, dried-out greens and want answers. "If someone gave you a Rembrandt, you’d take care of it."

Would feel bad for Nebraska fans but I just spent the last hour on the phone with comcast and everyone can go to hell

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brainplan

@brainplan.bsky.social

I appreciate that Hurts always keeps it real

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Gabby Herzig

@gabbyherzig.bsky.social

The Yale Golf Course just got a $30 million Gil Hanse restoration. Now, Yale is charging $350 for the public to play…with poor and patchy turf conditions. So, what happened? “For them to drop the ball, that doesn’t surprise me.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

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Brian Hamilton

@brianchamilton.bsky.social

Can Caitlin Clark just play basketball? Over 15 days in five cities, and one phone call about her garden, I tried to find out. Free to read @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/762...

nytimes.comCan the WNBA’s biggest star just play basketball? Let’s ask Caitlin Clark (Gift Article)"“Everybody wants her to be something." But what does Clark want to be?

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Joe Flynn

@chinajoeflynn.bsky.social

The White Sox have to retire Munetaka Murakami's number immediately. This is the greatest interview of all time.

youtube.comMurakami loving his first clubhouse celebration 😂YouTube video by Bleacher Report

A forewarning that this one is difficult. But it’s a credit to Duncan Robinson and his family for telling it. They hope it’ll help others. And maybe it’ll be a good reminder that “we can all be a little less certain about knowing what someone is going through.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...

Proud owner of the greatest uber-niche podcast-themed t-shirt ever produced. 10/10 turkeys, @bowulf.bsky.social

6 Sept

dont think anyone is beating this one

No Escalators@noescalators.bsky.social

Everyone in these pictures thought they won

nyti.msLIV Golf 1.0 met an unceremonious end. Inside the fight for what comes nextNo longer is LIV trying to usurp the PGA Tour as golf's hegemonic power. It's now just about survival.

6 Sept

One hundred percent criMinal

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The New York Times

@nytimes.com

24 Aug

From @theathletic.com: LIV Golf 1.0 met an unceremonious end Sunday at a country club in the Indianapolis suburbs. This league arrived with pomp and controversy, representing perhaps the strangest time in golf history.

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Nick Piccone

@piccone.bsky.social

23 Aug

¡SCHWARBER! ¡EN ESPAÑOL! @philliesbeisbol

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Zak Keefer

@zakkeefer.bsky.social

17 Aug

"NFL agents have no f—ing clue how to do this." "You're getting your ass handed to you by somebody who wasn't in this f—ing world 5 years ago." Inside the chaotic world of NIL agents, college football's modern-day disruptors: www.nytimes.com/athletic/751...

nytimes.comIn college sports’ NIL era, ‘there’s no real rules’ for agents. And some like it that wayLamented by coaches and resented by their NFL peers, NIL agents operate with little-to-no oversight in an unfettered environment.

nytimes.comA playboy NFL agent was in line to run the Seahawks. Then came the crossbow killingMichael Blatt, one of the most feared agents in football, was on the verge of taking over an NFL team. Then a rival turned up dead.

12 Aug

Knew in advance this was going to unblinking and unbelievable. It somehow exceeded expectations. Madness, from Katie Strang, @zakkeefer.bsky.social and @nathanfenno.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

They were given the time, space and resources, and worked their asses off. Story could have wilted away a million times. It didn't. They stuck to it and the result is one of the most bizarre NFL stories published in a long time. You love to see it.

12 Aug

tl;dr — come for the murder, stay for the micropenis

Some fun facts from behind the scenes. This story was an old white whale for @smcohen.bsky.social. Couldn't let it go. That's how it landed, FOUR years ago, on Katie Strang's desk. As she does, she *dug.* Then came @zakkeefer.bsky.social and @nathanfenno.bsky.social.

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The Athletic

@theathletic.com

25 July

Nobody knew, not even the 76ers. LeBron James didn't tell Philadelphia he had chosen them until shortly before Friday's announcement, sources tell The Athletic. Inside the 25-day free agency saga and how the Sixers won the final LeBron sweepstakes: nyti.ms/4wo1pDq

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Bobby Hughes

@bobbyhughes.bsky.social

@bradfordpearson.bsky.social

Wish McQuade was around on a day like this.

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Bradford Pearson

cars up and down my block are all honking, people are screaming "LEBRON JAMES IS A SIXER" this is baffling and insane

Hearing reports that Girard Ave "is going nuts"

GO BIRDS

The Athletic@theathletic.com

LeBron James will play his 24th NBA season with the Philadelphia 76ers, The Athletic confirms. The King is headed to The City of Brotherly Love 👑

nytimes.comThe Open Radio sounds different, which is why everyone from Hawaii to Royal Portrush listens"It's like you're telling stories over a beer, reflecting on the day at the pub. There's an intimacy and loyalty."

16 July

A reminder to hit mute on the TV this week. www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

7 July

Go Norway

7 July

That was cool until it totally wasn’t.

6 July

need to meet some irl who is watching this jameis and gronk soccer show

nytimes.comDelco shaped Kevin McGonigle’s gritty style. Now he’s the county’s local kid-turned-All-StarDelaware County forged Kevin McGonigle. Now the Philadelphia suburbs proudly welcome him home as an All-Star.

6 July

I am *very biased* but this is awesome. @codystavenhagen.bsky.social on DELC❤️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...

youtu.beGeorge Washington- [Brad Neely]YouTube video by DuckDuckCamel1996

4 July

Happy 250. Here’s to our collective spirit and honoring the real stories of those who ignited it youtu.be/qv6OOuPI5c0?...

4 July

That was exhausting. Love you, Cape Verde.

2 July

What I know about soccer: Nothing What I am certain of: That call was a load of bullshit.

Check back here for more analysis.

That ruled.

What I know about soccer: Nothing What I am certain of: That call was a load of bullshit.

2 July

Also our coach’s vibe is impeccable and Pulisic’s haircut is stupid

nytimes.comWhy can’t college sports be fixed? Look at Michigan’s response to Dusty May leavingMichigan’s president calling for reform without sacrificing “competitive advantage” is why college sports aren’t getting fixed.

30 June

. @byameek.bsky.social nails it www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...

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Nancy Armour

@nrarmour.bsky.social

30 June

The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant

22 June

It's Josh Schertz szn in Ann Arbor

The Athletic@theathletic.com

The Dallas Mavericks have named Michigan Wolverines' Dusty May as their new head coach, The Athletic confirms. May won a national championship with Michigan in April. www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...