Iran scored a winning goal in each of their 3 matches, each one was overturned by VAR. The way they’ve been treated and what they’ve had to overcome is absurd, no other team was barred to stay in the host country, no other team’s country is being bombed by the host country.
In the world of injustice, this may seem small, but in the world of international sport it’s deeply unjust.
They might think their performance was disappointing, but it was far from it. They played with heart and captured the hearts of people across the world.
Been thinking about this. It's not about hoops, but it is about a hooper.
Give Wemby and his marketing team major credit.
For three or four years now he's been saying yes. Access. Interviews. Riding the subway. Playing chess. Living with monks. Voiced geopolitical takes. Stunt-y or not, doesn't matter.
I think reporters have been starved of actual access from NBA stars for a long time. From LeBron to Jokic, you only got the few crumbs that the player and his sneaker brand and his agency wanted you to have. Then, journalists (and talkshow hosts) would have to make a meal out of crumbs. (Crumbs that often came with strings attached.)
Wemby's kind've bucked that trend. So now that he's got the biggest stage of his career, those same access-starved reporters (who also, fwiw, tend to align with his politics and disposition) have got stories, angles, and the "superhero" they've craved to cover.
Whether Wemby's genuinely that guy or just plays one really well, I don't know. But from a media and marketing standpoint, he and his team ran their long play about as well as we've seen it run in a long time.
Salute.
Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend
George Conway on Trump: “He invites people to feel as if they are superior by hating on other people. He has created a permission structure for people to be their worst selves. He has taught Americans that it’s okay to be selfish and spiteful and hateful and angry and resentful and that is the most toxic thing he has done to the country”
This is basically the end of the first Sea/Pats Super Bowl. Pats only chance to win was if Seattle put the ball in the air. They did & Butler got the pick. UConn only chance to turn Duke over was if Duke start tossing around the rock instead accepting the foul. Well…
The US bombing of schoolchildren in Iran is the biggest single US massacre of civilians since My Lai. The Israeli bombing of Tehran’s oil storage constitutes the biggest single act of chemical warfare against a civilian population in history. Grotesque new depths of barbarism.
Can’t embarrass your guy like this
This is insanity
May have been worse than it looks here, but he actually looks like he is going for the ball
Hard foul? Yes
Worth all of this? No.
A truly remarkable video.
Jamie Raskin tells US Attorney General Pam Bondi the truth: "You turned the people's Department of Justice into Trump's instrument of revenge."
His list of facts against the US government is staggering.
It is a dictatorship.
NBC lied about Michael Jordan.
ESPN lied about Inside The NBA.
The NBA schedule between networks is confusing as a consumer.
Consumers don’t want to pay for multiple subscriptions to watch NBA games.
The Titans fired Mike Vrabel to hire Brian Callahan.
The Vikings let Sam Darnold walk for J.J. McCarthy.
The teams that “took a chance” on Vrabel and Darnold *last year* will play in this year’s Super Bowl.