Mike Silver

Mike Silver

@mikesilver.bsky.social

Senior national columnist for The Athletic. Author; current book, The Why Is Everything, available everywhere: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1324093609/ref=cm_sw_su_dp Partner, Backstage Media. Past: NFL Network, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! Sports, SF Chronicle

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Mike Silver
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I don't know what the doctors told him, but (clearly) he could not "safely play"... As noted in the story, with a quote from an esteemed doctor.

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Mike Silver
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LOL I'll take it. (The Texans are only a small part of this week's NFL Wake-Up Call. I cover a lot of ground!)

Phil Reitinger@philr.bsky.social

I fully support not reading any article which discusses the Texans in a positive light, but otherwise, love your writing Mike. And I especially appreciate the intelligent things you say about the Jaguars.

Mike Silver
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Jesus

JP Acosta@acosta32jp.bsky.social

ESPN released a story about a recruiting firm’s memo to teams about Brian Flores containing racial stereotypes and yeah I’d say that’s definitely racist

Mike Silver
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My man

pdlpeet.bsky.social@pdlpeet.bsky.social

Oh, hey, Mike, what are you doing here? Clever alliteration oozes, just like the above "spectator sport as submissively overdramatized and incessantly overhyped". Great job, Mike. A pleasure to read as always.

Mike Silver
@mikesilver.bsky.social

Nice. Thank you for reading NFL Wake-Up Call!

pdlpeet.bsky.social@pdlpeet.bsky.social

I was reading this via a link in The Pulse. Didn't pay attention to the writer. Found I was reading the whole thing, not just the parts on "my" teams. WTF, who wrote this? <click-click-click>.

Mike Silver
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WTF?????

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

Mike Silver
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I expect the Chiefs to have strong interest in a Tyreek Hill reunion when the free agent receiver is healthy enough to play. He's believed to be targeting a November return. Players I talked to in the locker room (Mahomes, Kelce, Chris Jones & others) are all for it. @theathletic.com

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UC Berkeley
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UC Berkeley has once again been named the top public university in North America in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. This adds to the growing list of #1 rankings Berkeley has earned this year. https://bit.ly/4delZyI

news.berkeley.eduUC Berkeley is the No. 1 public university in North America in Times Higher Education rankings - Berkeley NewsBerkeley tied for ninth worldwide in the publication’s 2027 assessment of a record 2,297 universities.
Mike Silver
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When the pushing and shoving was done, the Colts had joined the Commanders in securing a very welcome victory, a Wake-Up Call. Still snoozing, and losing: the Chargers, Bucs, Titans, Dolphins and, yes, the Texans, who are hauntingly familiar with this predicament... www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...

Mike Silver
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I love Minnesota. What a great state. 💙

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴

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NBC News
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A Republican senator calls for an investigation into the business dealings of Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden following the revelation that a Russian oligarch paid for Trump Jr.’s post-wedding festivities in the Caribbean.

nbcnews.toGOP senator calls for subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to question them on their business dealingsThe request from Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, comes after ProPublica reported that a Russian oligarch with ties to President Vladimir Putin funded Trump’s post-wedding celebration.
Mike Silver
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🇨🇦💙

tsn1050.bsky.social@tsn1050.bsky.social

Coming up on #GamePlay, @mcauz56.bsky.social will be joined by @mikesilver.bsky.social and Mike Ferrin! Listen from 2-4pm on your home speakers, @tsnofficial.bsky.social App, iHeart Radio App or www.iheart.com/live/tsn-105...!

Mike Silver
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Ouch

Dan Pompei@danpompei.bsky.social

"I don’t think he has changed from when we were together 14 years ago, because he’ll still come downhill and knock your pecker in your watch pocket." My story, free to read, on the ageless Demario Davis. www.nytimes.com/athletic/755...

Mike Silver
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That’s like Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, after his ripping national anthem before Wednesday night’s season-opening game between the Seahawks and New England Patriots in Seattle, saying, “Hit a few notes, now it’s on to ‘Yellow Ledbetter.’” @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...

nytimes.comJosh Allen’s audacity leads the way on a scintillating Sunday: NFL Wake-up Call (Gift Article)Elsewhere in Week 1, Ben Johnson called his shot, the Chargers came up (way) short and the Packers earned a dubious honor.

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The New York Times
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From @theathletic.com: As the dust settled on the most brutal terror attack on U.S. soil, many NFL owners insisted — some of them quite loudly — that the games must go on. In retrospect, it’s a blessing that they didn’t get their way, our columnist writes.

nyti.msThe NFL, 9/11 and a decision that was bigger than the gameA week without football seems like an obvious calculus now. But 25 years ago, the NFL made the choice much more complicated.