Ben Wilke

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

Rest in peace to the love of my life @BridgetEbbert. I wish I would have appreciated the time we had together more and I'm sorry we'll never have the life we dreamed of together. I'll do everything I can to carry on your legacy. You are my forever Bridgey, I'll always love you

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

People forget that the loser of the Steelers/Pats game last year went to the super bowl

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

76ers losing before the ECF hasn't been as funny since the Ben Simmons years. Glad it'll be just as funny once again next year

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

Could you imagine the discourse going on in sports media if someone was on pace to beat Barry Bonds' home run record?

[Roadman Podcast @Roadman_Podcast]

Lance Armstrong said the quiet part out loud yesterday.

"Tadej knows damn well what the real record is."

He's talking about Tadej Pogacar, who is closing in on his fifth Tour de France. Five puts him level with Merckx, Anquetil, Hinault and Indurain. The official summit of the sport.

Lance is saying Pogacar won't stop there. Because the number in Pogacar's head isn't five. It's seven.

I’m not sure Lance is wrong.

The record books say those seven Tours never happened. Fine. But millions of people stood on the roadside and watched them happen. The riders he beat were, almost to a man, doing exactly what he was doing. We scrubbed the wins from paper. We never scrubbed them from the sport's memory.

I'm not defending him. He cheated, he lied about it for years, and he went after the people who told the truth. That part of the story doesn't get softer with time.

But there's a difference between a record being deleted and a record not existing. Everyone in the sport knows the difference. Pogacar knows it better than anyone, because he's the one riding in its shadow.

That's why Armstrong's comment lands. It's not an old man reaching for relevance. It's the one thing about that era nobody wants to say out loud: you can take a name off a trophy, but the race still happened.

So when Pogacar rolls into Paris, he won't be celebrating a record. He'll be counting.

Five down. Two to go.

Where do you land? Is the record five, or is it seven?

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

The Pirates have been content machines this year. A rule check is electric

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

I've watched Pitt Basketball for the past decade, this Hawks game is light work

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

Ben. Kindel. #bucciovertimechallenge

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

Someone needs to explain the lack of illegal screen calls on KAT for me

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

CJ McCollum legacy series in 2026. What a time to be alive

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

Sick to my stomach watching Toney Bradley play serious minutes in the playoffs

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

@KLChouinard It's seemingly every game now

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

Jaylen Brown plays incredibly unethical basketball

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

I've never seen a league more blatantly screw over a team more than the Penguins this season

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

We're never getting a TdF with no excuses for Jonas/Pogi, such a shame

[Cycling on TNT Sports @cyclingontnt]

Jonas Vingegaard has delayed the start of his season following a crash and subsequent illness.

The Dane will now only ride Volta Catalunya before his Giro debut.

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

Jury duty the morning after the Steelers playoff game is cruel and unusual punishment

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

If the Pirates sign Okamoto to complete the best off-season of my lifetime I will go skinny-dipping in the Allegheny

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

@ASaunders_PGH Two steps

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

Blessed for the opportunity to watch Adam Thielen and MVS catch passes from Aaron Rodgers in 2025

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

I'll forever hate that 2015 Hawks team for making me a lifetime fan

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

The Orlando Magic are enemy number 1

[Ben Wilke @bdwilke]

He followed up that legendary 2024 season with an equally if not more impressive 2025 season. Without a doubt the most dominant athlete I'll ever see in my lifetime 🐐

[La Flamme Rouge @laflammerouge16]

TADEJ POGACAR WINS #iLombardia 2025 EQUALLING FAUSTO COPPI

FIRST RIDER TO WIN THE SAME MONUMENT 5 TIMES IN A ROW

FIRST RIDER TO PODIUM ALL THE MONUMENT IN THE SAME SEASON

TENTH CAREER MONUMENT

History in progress.