Jack Gillespie

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[Jack Gillespie @JackGillespie96]

Here are my official picks for the @nytimes best TV shows of the 21st century

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

Rutgers invented college football in 1869 and has spent the last 160 years regretting the decision

[Andrew Dukowitz @adukeMN]

So like… I’ve been really quite on the Enis Kanter stuff…

but

The WNBA does test for synthetic testosterone and natural testosterone as part of their drug testing… and from my understanding uses the Olympic guidelines for what “normal” levels are…

You test outside of the normal you get suspended for 20 games… then they test you again and you get suspended for a season… then they test you again and you get expelled…

The league has an awesome therapy and help program for people who fail the tests, but the rules are black and while. Any artificial testosterone, you’re suspended, abnormal natural testosterone, you’re suspended.

This entire talking point is so tiring because unless people are taking hormone blockers… the WNBA drug policy will kind of keep things competitively fair…

Oh also most of the hormone blockers are also on the banned list… as are all of the steroid maskers, and diuretics to fool tests blockers or drugs…

Heck if you want to take ADHD meds you need like multiple doctors letters and an independent panel of physicians rules on if they can.

It just feels like this is a lot of time spent talking about a person that theoretically would just get suspended and then expelled for blood test failures.

Also the full drug policy can be found in the CBA, as is the list of banned substances, penalties for failure. People can find the Olympic guidelines in their rule book as well…

If anyone wants to talk about the actual game, or needs a pod guest to talk about this league exploding in popularity, my DMs are always open.

I’m pretty open over the FIBA break.

[AdequateEmily @AdequateEmily]

Both this and the South Park “Cissy” episode came out within like 6 months of each other, with the message of “let kids experiment and find who they are, even if they end up not being trans after all” right as I came out to my family in 2015 and it’s weird how much shit changed…

[Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan]

Lena Dunham Magneto when

[James @exhaustdata]

Being a 33 year old man on Phoebe Bridgers day

[Ceramic @CeramicTrPl0]

We are living in the Second Era of Pibb

[Greg Ehrenberg @gehrenbergdfs]

Fernando Mendoza trying to survive Las Vegas

[Pablo Torre 👀 @PabloTorre]

When Ohio set out to ban trans girls from female sports, there was exactly one (1!!!) such varsity athlete in the state.

But Fox News doesn't want you to meet Ember Zelch.

Because she's a softball player who, uh, isn't very good at sports: https://t.co/NtMewwHjUx @pablofindsout

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Daveigh Chase has sadly passed away at the age of 35.

She was the voice of Lilo in ‘Lilo & Stitch’ & Chihiro in the English dub of ‘Spirited Away’.

[Adam Spencer @AdamSpencer4]

Schools to produce both a Super Bowl-winning QB and a Best Actor/Actress Oscar winner:

- Cal (Aaron Rodgers, Gregory Peck)
- Wisconsin (Russell Wilson, Fredric March)
- FSU (Brad Johnson, Faye Dunaway)
- Stanford (Jim Plunkett/John Elway, Reese Witherspoon)
- UCLA (Troy Aikman, Helen Hunt/Nicolas Cage

Either USC (John Wayne/Forest Whitaker) or UNC (Louise Fletcher) will join the list this year.

[diawlectical @diawlectical]

Yep he died two months after being fired for covering up decades of sexual abuse of young boys by his longtime pedo defensive coordinator

And a few years before that he shit his pants on the sidelines

What a legacy

[Jack Gillespie @JackGillespie96]

Top 10 Films of 2025

[Jack Gillespie @JackGillespie96]

Some film performances I liked in 2025

[Duke Dog Burner @DukeDogBurner]

Fuck you too. “Awful for our sport” you know what’s awful for our sport? Being money hungry assholes that hate this sport and lick boots of the SEC and BIG10.

It’s not awful for the sport, it’s awful for you shitty agenda

[Jack Gillespie @JackGillespie96]

@wcvarones They did indeed! See it ASAP if you can - it's been out for ~3 weeks now, so it'll probably exit theaters soon. The cinematography makes the theater trip worth it!

[Jack Gillespie @JackGillespie96]

Hamnet is not just my favorite film of 2025, it's my favorite film of the decade and top five all time. Jessie Buckley's heart-rending performance as Agnes Shakespeare and the final scene of Hamlet's performance left me and my mom in tears. See it now. Words don't do it justice.

[Sam Block @theblockspot]

TCU lost by 58.
Florida State lost by 39.
Michigan State lost by 38.
Oklahoma lost by 35.
Ohio State lost by 31.
Alabama lost by 28.
SMU lost by 28.
Ohio State lost by 28.
Notre Dame lost by 27.
Tennessee lost by 25.

This is common for the CFP.
Stop complaining about Tulane.

[Doug Kyed @DougKyed]

I was unaware of Fernando Mendoza’s vibe until tonight

[Jack Gillespie @JackGillespie96]

Rutgers travelled 2800 miles from News Brunswick to Seattle for a Big 10 conference loss to Washington

Michigan is travelling 2400 miles from Ann Arbor to Los Angeles for a Big 10 conference game against USC tonight

What is even the point of conferences anymore?