This is just to say: today is my last day at the @PhillyInquirer. Next week I'm starting a new career in media strategy/comms. I'm excited, but it's still sinking in! I've spent 20 years in newspapers, almost 14 of those here at my hometown paper. I'm so lucky. I'm so grateful.
Glorification? There was zero glory in my addiction. It was truly the most excruciatingly humiliating and degrading experience you could possibly imagine. I wanted to commit suicide almost daliy, but didn’t have the courage for even that. Instead I’d reach for the pipe or the bottle. The cowards way out. The guilt. The shame. The hurt. The absolute misery of it. Yet here I am. And I am not alone. There are millions upon millions of us. We don’t all agree on politics or people or who we root for on Sunday. But we all have the shared experience of walking through that fire and surviving. I chose to live. That’s not a joke.
F1 before introducing minimum weight rules for drivers is scary crazy to read about.
This is an incredibly candid and honest piece from Valtteri Bottas about his highs & lows.
Everyone should take time out of their day to read the whole thing. It’s so well done.
First off, space rules and always has. Love this.
But MORE IMPORTANTLY I'm going to need you to click this tweet and look at the very bottom to see who shot this video.
Can’t wait to see which race it’ll be this season when a Formula 1 driver pulls his boyfriend out of the grandstands and kisses him at the finish line!!
the first F1 story of the season was “leclerc got married and his dog was there” the second story is “Aston Martin built a car that will kill the driver if they try to complete a full race.” Perfect sport, no notes
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze then, unprompted, uses post-race interview to reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he hopes that "committing social suicide might show how much I love her"
https://t.co/9yVPRlWW8t
One of the most amazing, spectacular and breathtaking moments in sports history: 19 yr old American Ilia Malinin wins the world championship with the greatest technical free skate of all time. SIX QUADS. Artistry in motion that inspires the heart and marvels the mind.