Mike Frentz

Scrabble master, halfway decent at a bunch of other stuff. (he/him)

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

I know this sounds corny and cringey and naive and whatever, but Dolly Parton felt like America when it was trying to be the place it promised to be.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@PSchrags @OmahaProd What places constitute the Seven Wonders of the Sports World?

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@xpmorgan Were it not for a 95th-minute goal, we could have had (potentially) a day where Brazil, Germany, and the Dutch all lost. Willing to bet that hasn’t happened before.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@xpmorgan It is a credit to both sets of players (and both coaching staffs) that a match that “should have” ended 0-0 instead ended 3-3.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@xpmorgan You think this is the start of an eventual move to just having four 15-minute quarters with the clock actually stopping? Or is the 90-minute tradition too entrenched for that?

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@BreeNewsome Agreed. How do we do so in a way that minimizes the collateral damage to marginalized people and groups? (I haven’t seen a good answer…but am I at least asking the right question?)

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@notthefakeSVP Mike Eruzione, meet Jack Hughes.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@awfulannouncing Hear me out: Linkin Park.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@PSchrags So who do the Niners go get as their new DC (fourth in four years, if memory serves!)?

[Andy Pelzel @apretzel33]

@ringernflshow I’m already annoyed about the media narrative coming out of this game that Lamar can’t win big games. I am pre-annoyed.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@xpmorgan We didn’t get to talk about this last time we spoke (for obvious reasons), but…what the hell happened to your team?

[Stoke City FC @stokecity]

Back-to-back to start 2026 🙌

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@scott_pianowski …huh. I kinda get it, but what does Ohtani have to do? Win MVP and Cy Young?

[Sports Illustrated @SInow]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is SI's 2025 Sportsperson of the Year 👏

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@awfulannouncing Harbaugh I could see as a game analyst. Tomlin would probably be better as a studio guy.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@scott_pianowski The fact that Tampa could win the week 18 prime time “win-and-in” game and not actually win the division says it all.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@IanDarke Virtually every football fan I know says some version of “we need a striker/our final ball has to be better/we’re doing everything but score the goals”. If goalscoring were as easy as supporters make it out to be, every match would end 6-5! Keepers/defenders are professionals too

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@xpmorgan I think the PWHL has this one right: draft position for non-playoff teams is based on most wins recorded after they are eliminated from playoff contention.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@pokerheadrush I’m sure you’ve taken/given/seen this beat before.

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@ringer @katiebakes It’s a setup without a punchline…and, somehow, that *is* the joke. Which, to be fair, is a tale as old as time. (In related news, you just lost The Game.)

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@walterzuey Search letsplayscrabble on YouTube

[Mike Frentz @WordsWithFrentz]

@scott_pianowski We’re closing in on nominations for this year’s SOTY…it’s probably just Ohtani, right? (I’ll hear you out if you want to argue Rory McIlroy’s case.)