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[The List - Dolphins Podcast @TheListFinsPod]

🗣️ Troy Aikman:

"There have been production meetings with coaches who I didn't know - and when I meet them, I (thought) he's not going to be a coordinator long.

I thought Mike Vrabel was that guy. I thought DeMeco Ryans was that guy. I felt that way about Jeff Hafley in '24"

[Jack Hirsh @JR_HIRSHey]

TaylorMade thinks an invisible issue might be sending some of your golf shots offline, and no, it’s not your swing.

During robot testing at the Kingdom, the company noticed golf balls with identical construction flying very differently. Same launch. Same speed. Some flew as much as 20 yards apart. The culprit wasn’t the core or the cover. It was the paint.

Traditional painting can drip or pool inside the dimples, creating subtle inconsistencies you’d never see with the naked eye but that can absolutely affect aerodynamics. “Painting was not a precision process,” TaylorMade’s Mike Fox told me.

That discovery led to “Microcoating” on the new 2026 TP5 and TP5x. TaylorMade now controls everything from paint flow and curing temperature to how the paint atomizes as it dries. The goal is to make every ball behave like the last one you hit.

It matters for Tour players, but it matters for amateurs too. When you hit what feels like a good shot and it darts off unexpectedly, confidence disappears fast.

The paint overhaul is paired with real performance changes. TaylorMade digitally simulated more than 100,000 ball constructions to land on new designs, with testing showing about 1 mph ball speed gains.

TP5 gets a larger core and a new dimple pattern for a lower, more penetrating flight. TP5x tweaks its mantle layers to stay fast and low spin. Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa have already switched.

At the end of the day, it’s a simple trade. You can live with your misses, but nobody wants a golf ball that doesn’t do the same thing twice.

[Joey Swoll @TheJoeySwoll]

That "skinny" girl lifting the bar recently gained 5lbs trying to overcome her eating disorder.

That skinny kid on the bench press is trying to get stronger because he’s tired of being bullied.

That young girl doing her workout wrong is new to the gym and struggling with addiction.

That angry looking buff guy just lost his job and has no idea how he is going to provide for his family.

That "overweight" girl wearing tight clothes has already lost 30lbs and is only just starting to feel confident.

That Mom lifting 5lbs has been dealing with postpartum depression and just making it to the gym is a huge win for her.

That guy sitting alone on the turf just lost his wife and his entire world is falling apart.

Everyone in the gym is fighting demons we know nothing about. Be kind always. 🙏🏼❤️

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

This is going to be a scam gold rush like we've never seen before. Facebook Boomers have NO Idea what's coming. They are TURBO COOKED. Warn your loved ones. This is a Hiroshima level event. Develop a safe word only you know with your circles. GOOD LUCK!!

[Learn Something @cooltechtipz]

The most powerful way to teach this.

[Ethical Skeptic ☀ @EthicalSkeptic]

What you soon learn with guitar, weapons, field outfitting, horseback riding, studio engineering, analytics, or travel is that - no matter your years of practice or depth of qualification - to many pundits you are still doing it wrong. They crave hovering about to instruct everyone on how to do it right.

Just walk into any craft or specialty store and begin to fiddle about. They will soon emerge.

There are so many of these experts available that you begin to wonder whether the world is simply flush with 'expertise.'

The artist, by contrast, is keenly aware that there is most often no single correct answer - and in his silence refuses to lead another where instruction is unnecessary or even stifling.

A consequence of this is that the artist in philosophy also understands that debunking and trivial critique are common stage acts, apt to deceive the magician far more than they enlighten.

A rarer talent still lies in the ability to craft novel coherence - to frame the familiar anew, to step beyond the pastiche - into a horizon of apprehension that is elegant, even beautiful, in art, in form, and in structure.

Be wary of noisy experts. They are often blind to their own weaknesses - and deaf to the strengths of authenticity.

The work must speak where the instruction can not.

[Golf Digest @GolfDigest]

Scottie Scheffler gave his best (and deepest) press conference answer ever at the 2025 Open Championship. 🗣️

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

There’s really not a huge advantage to having the opponents call sheet.

The plays they run, the situations they run them in, the variations, etc. it’s all on film, documented and translated into the language of your own team.

Having it in their language is only beneficial if you can clearly hear the QB calling the play in their huddle from behind the line of scrimmage, which is very rare. (during Covid it was a lot easier)

Signals, code words and tendencies, are much more important and beneficial. And those are also all tracked, documented, analyzed, presented, etc.

And finally, at the end of the day, there remains the age old phrase…

“Go ahead and tell ‘em what we’re running. They still have to stop it.”

[Andy Asaro @racetrackandy]

Another outstanding article from Jon

The NYRA Jockey Walkout is Ridiculous https://t.co/gzAs0TKLgt

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

No. 38 is Alijah Clark, an undrafted free agent on the #Cowboys, and this won Dallas the game. A+ effort.

[Learn Something @cooltechtipz]

The Hug That Changed Modern Medicine:

In 1995, premature twins Kyrie and Brielle Jackson were fighting for life in a Massachusetts hospital. Kyrie was stable. Brielle was failing and expected not to survive.

A veteran nurse, Gayle Kasparian, took an unusual step for the time and placed the twins in the same incubator. Within minutes, Brielle’s breathing steadied, her oxygen levels rose, and her heart rate calmed. A photograph captured Kyrie resting her tiny arm over her sister.

Brielle recovered, and the image, known as “The Rescuing Hug,” spread worldwide. Research soon confirmed that co-bedding and skin-to-skin contact help premature infants regulate temperature, avoid infections, and survive at higher rates.

Today, this practice is standard in NICUs. A simple act of closeness became a medical breakthrough.

[Jack Hirsh @JR_HIRSHey]

Asked last week's winner, Adam Schenk, about his relationship with gear after he won with only the only clubs in his bag from post-2018 being his wedges.

Got one of the coolest quotes on gear I've heard this year:

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

I know I sound like I’m bitching a lot about horse racing but this is a criminal offense by @peacock Who the hell is running these channels?

[49ers & NFL News 24/7 @49ersSportsTalk]

🚨 NEW STUDY from UTEP (published in Financial Review): It’s not just in your head.

From 2015–2023, data shows the #Chiefs have statistically benefited from slanted officiating, especially in the playoffs. 👀

Researchers found penalties vs Chiefs opponents were:
•More likely to be subjective (RTP, PI)
•Covered more yardage
•Led to more 1st downs

It’s literally proven science now. 🧠📊
#NFL | #ChiefsKingdom

[austin @MSU_Austin]

I mean it’s laughable

[Dave Myers @DaveMyersBIB]

I see the #Chiefs are back!

Play 1 - Kelce ball hits the ground
Play 2 - Kelce holds a Lions player directly trying to make a tackle
Play 3 - Mahomes runs right past a Lions player being strip searched.

And… the Chiefs had zero penalties in the game. Thats basically impossible.

[Celestara @celestaracosmos]

Life is strange. You arrive with nothing, spend your whole life chasing everything, and still leave with nothing. Make sure your soul gains more than your hands.

[🍀🧲 @Johnny_Poe]

@Rate_the_Refs Refs out here blatantly rigging games

[🍀🧲 @Johnny_Poe]

@NFL you just gonna sit back and watch these refs rig games for all to see and do nothing about it?

[Gulf-SchemePark(Decoupling soon) @Jackpotkimm]

There's a pick 6 carryover at Saratoga today. What does @TheNYRA do? They raise the takeout 60%(15% to 24%), a fitting ending to the incompetence and corruption from NYRA management.