Jake Cole

Horrible gambler. Ranch Waters help 🥃

[Kevin Van Valkenburg @KVanValkenburg]

This is a good read.

[Dan Wetzel @DanWetzel]

Maybe making travel soccer even more expensive will help the US finally get good.

[TSA @TSA]

If you’re visiting for a very large sporting event & you happen to discover RANCH while you’re here… pls pack it in your CHECKED BAG on the way home.

Thank you.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The Thunder aren't even close to the best team in Oklahoma- The "UV Okies" retirement community Wii Bowling Team are going for their 6th straight undefeated season 😤

[Boomtown Hoops @BoomtownHoops]

Here is the full answer Shai gave about getting Chet more involved.

But yeah, let’s keep posting the edited version of Shai looking like he didn’t have an answer.

This app is something else, yall.

(Question and video via @Justintohoops)

[Michael Martin @MichaelOnSports]

Dare I say it's not very ethical to flop like you got hit in the face when you got “weight roomed” by 6’3 190-pound Jared McCain?

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

@Corbeezyy @PardonMyTake Why? You don’t like them because your team is playing them. I think they’re really good and can look past what some people keep complaining about

[Jacob Kniffen @JacobKniffen]

I didn’t think Castle was playable this series — but if he’s gonna be allowed to maul and grab Shai like this on every play he should play 48 minutes. This is hilarious.

[Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007]

Raymond Felton on OKC:

"It starts with Sam Presti. This is our culture. Either you're with it or we can trade you. Or you can be part of something special where everybody is going to get paid and eat. We're going to win a lot of games and championships."

(via @ToTheBaha)

[Riggs @RiggsBarstool]

Incredible trip to Shangri-La Resort in Oklahoma. Had never even really heard of the place. A fantastic 27 holes winding through the tree lines with tricky ass greens & great bunkering. Plus a PHENOMENAL 18-hole par 3 course.

[Underdog @Underdog]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have now played 16 games since March 17.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has missed ONE Q4/OT shot over that span.

[Dave Helman @davehelman_]

perhaps my hottest Cowboys take is that Cowboys fans younger than 40 are the most loyal in sports

imagine dealing with front runner accusations & leaguewide derision through an entire lifetime of incompetence & heartbreak.

love y’all

[Benjamin Howard @BenHowardOPT]

You'll be shocked to learn that the Thunder were called for more fouls in this game than the Sixers and that noted foul merchant SGA took 3 free throws (one of which came on a Nick Nurse technical).

Every game. Rinse and repeat. Always a story. Never true.

[Nick Crain @CrainNBA]

This is a heck of a statement to make in a game that:

-Brown used 0 challenges
-SGA took 6 free throws off fouls
-SGA took 1 free throw from Brown tech
-SGA drew less fouls than Brunson

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

The Pro Bowl we grew up watching vs. the Pro Bowl we have now 😭

[Will Compton @_willcompton]

For the love of god

Shadeur Sanders, all athletes, and literally everyone that operates on a team for that matter —please do not listen to this or take this advice.

[Zach Greenberg @ZachCPG]

Booze is coming back. For the bravest CPG entrepreneurs, it is one of the most interesting places to look in 2026 and beyond.

I firmly believe the “decline in drinking” among the early 20s crowd has way more to do with the cost of going out than not wanting to drink.

Surging Ubers, $18 dollar cocktails, etc.

I am not a long term believer in the mocktails category.

It does not make sense to serve what is basically $14 dollar exotic apple juice at a bar or an $8 ready to drink version in a store.

Sure, a handful of non alc brands will have great exits; most will not.

This GQ article is a home run in what many will experience going booze free and what I see as massive tailwinds for the alcohol category.

The author, a health journalist, lasted three months sober:

The lack of booze negatively impacted his mental health despite lower bar tabs and hangover free mornings.

He would pop into his local dive to see friends but would not stay long and soon realized his best bonding moments happened on those nights.

FOMO from the group chat peaked.

He shifted his friend group toward sober curious, health focused circles built around fitness studio grand openings.

When he asked if others felt the same void booze provided in their life, it was usually met with self righteousness.

(we all seen this performative behavior in real life on podcasts, on linkedin, etc.)

The article cites an anthropologist and social scientist with an expertise in drinking and culture.

His point is why I am long term bullish on booze:

From an evolutionary standpoint, drinking requires everyone to lower their guard and accept vulnerability.

When you do that together, trust is built.

Most sober social settings can not recreate this.

The author gives examples inside his marriage where dates without wine turned into shorter dinners, and no cocktail lounge pit stops.

Straight home to Netflix and being on their phones.

A massive decline in their carefree fun.

He ultimately concludes that going sober fixed nothing in his life and slowly became a detriment.

He had always been healthy, fit, and social.

I believe most consumers will reach the same conclusion.

Non Alc will go the way of Paleo. Consumers get bored.

I am optimistic about THC drinks for those who cannot drink.

(The regulation in that category is total bull shit and needs to change)

Long booze. Would love to see more builders step into this space this year while others are looking elsewhere!

[George Stoia III @GeorgeStoia]

I really don't understand the lack of urgency from OU on this drive.