A.J. Perez

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

I arrived back to my parents’ house to the news of Dave Roberts’ firing. I hadn’t said much about his YouTube viewing, but he now knows not to trust the AI-generated vids from the Otahni Scrotum Trauma channel. Oh, and Kershaw is the new manager and Rojas is the third base coach now.

the U.S. military should not be used as entertainment at college football games & I'm only surprised this didn't happen earlier. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-dies-utsa-rappelling-incident/

Out with a couple hundred NoVa residents at the March for a Moratorium rally in Leesburg this afternoon. This is part of a push by Piedmont Environmental Council and others for a Virginia-wide pause of data center construction.

Live view of a Dodgers fan stuck in the parking lot after Falling Down 3-0.

Yesterday, one of my clients (a retired airman who graduated from the USAFA) said he looked up the Democratic Socialists of America’s political priorities: “They want healthcare for everyone, to reduce housing costs and stronger labor unions. All those make sense to me.”

My mom craved a Filet-O-Fish today, so I went to McDonald’s. I was shocked it costs nearly $8. ($6.99 minus CA tax.) In 2019, the avg price was $4. Can’t be tariff-related since the fish is allegedly wild caught in Alaska. Adjusted for inflation (since ‘19) it should cost $5.19.

“I just always felt that football should be played on grass,”Raiders owner Mark Davis told @latimes.com. FIFA outfitted MetLife Stadium—site of today’s World Cup Final—and other NFL venues w grass. Here’s what it’d take for the NFL to go all-natural. www.latimes.com/sports/socce...

NEW: Newsday offers buyouts to veteran staffers, including members of the Patrick Dolan-owned newspaper’s sports staff. The offers went out as management mulls over other changes expected to impact sports coverage. My @awfulannouncing.bsky.social story: awfulannouncing.com/newspapers/n...

First win at Crooked Run trivia. I picked the category for the first question next week—and of course it’ll be on the WNBA. (How’d you guys do, @steveagardner.bsky.social?)

The World Cup restarted the natural vs. artificial turf debate this summer. But what would it take for NFL stadiums—which FIFA converted to real grass—to execute a similar setup for (American) football? A breakdown in my latest @latimes.com story. www.latimes.com/sports/socce...

This part could be my favorite of today's NYT Russini opus. You can't retroactively go off the record (or even on background). First-year j-school stuff right here.

ICE flights. Sunday, June 14,2026. At least 53 flights -- of which, at least 10 were removal flights -- on 18 planes. This is a "quiet day" on ICE Air.

If a company is going to sponsor something, don’t be shy about it—even when reporters ask about a UFC fighter calling a former first lady a man, feet from where she lived for eight years. (via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social) www.status.news/p/ufc-white-...

Fria, our half husky/half chihuahua, enjoys brining dead animals onto the deck. Today it was a squirrel. Glad I have these grabber tools—a must for any owner of these hair-shedding wannabe taxidermists.

Glad the FDA still has enough resources left to get Boner Bears recalled. 🔗 www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

Wrote this when Ausberry was named interim AD. Still true!

Does telling your tennis opponent (who is at least 15 years younger) that I scheduled surgery on my other hip while up 6-0, 5-0 count as a chirp?

This story was written a decade ago btw. If you didn’t see any of these details in today’s coverage of Bobby Cox’s death, that says a lot about today’s sports media landscape.

It’s been a few hours since we learned that former Braves manager Bobby Cox died at age 84. When I learned how to write obits in j-school, we were told they should tell the full story of someone’s life. So leaving this amazing read right here. tht.fangraphs.com/mlb-turned-a...

Conspiracy theory: Those rumblings over a delay of the NFL schedule release (slated for Thursday) could have been because league officials were working to force Fox to make the Cardinals, Titans or Jaguars as one of the "America's Game of the Week" teams for weeks 1-10.

The @lastweektonight.com segment will clue you into these products and what little multiple administrations—and the current one, in particular—have done to police the industry. Props on the hidden mic work btw! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRZq...

I am dyslexic, but even I know how percentages work. $100 to $600: 500% 🔼 $600 to $100: 83% 🔽

Some of my best reporting will only be seen by like a half-dozen people (for now). 🤞 you all get to see what I found for this true crime doc.

Oh hey! I apparently covered another story that was subject of a Netflix Untold. I think we are up to at least seven now. (Pretty sure this is my only story on this shooting so it's more accurate to say I "somewhat covered" this one.) www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Why is a member of Congress boosting an anonymous African account using “CONFIRMED” without a legit original report that Trump “wanted to invoke the nuclear codes as a deterrence against Iran” and the a general refused?

Quick thoughts on the Dexter Lawrence trade. A Saturday night #PFTPM is coming.

Spring is the best season for sports.

Dianna Russini didn’t just put her own credibility at risk. She jeopardized that of every other woman in sports, too.

The Athletic is (finally) out with its own Diana Russini story this afternoon. Russini and and exec editor Steven Ginsberg "did not immediately respond to requests for comment." Maybe The Athletic is having Slack issues? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/b...

It’s taken two hours on my only day off the week to find a pharmacy that has my ADHD medication. Nobody talks about the need for DEA reform for certain drugs more accessible to those who need them.

A post by Pakistan’s defense minister, as talks are reportedly set to begin within the next 36 hours between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran in Islamabad, under Pakistan’s mediation.

The Sharks haven't made the playoff since the 2018-19 season and it looks like that drought will continue. Their defense is just so bad, especially when it comes to defensive zone giveaways and the amount of time they're stuck in their own zone. Grier & Co. have some work to do this offseason.