Brian Windhorst says the NBA media is not in a good place
“NBA media right now, we’re not in a great place. Because I think we’re devaluing things … that help build the league up. Like one of the things [is] storytelling. Everything is too short right now. People are too focused on tweets, too focused on guys getting crossed-over, guys getting dunked on, guys getting embarrassed, social media posts. Not as much on storytelling, learning about players and learning their backgrounds, what I call chronicling the season.”
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I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.
I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.
My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.
That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.
Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.
It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.
I want to tune out.
But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.
And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.
That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.
For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.
The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.
It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!
But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.
It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.
We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.
That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.
Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.
And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H
This event wound up raising $24 million. Panthers owners David and Nicole Tepper donated every dollar made at the stadium - a huge night for Charlotte. Luke Combs and Eric Church brought together a dozen country music superstars in front of an audience of 82,000+ — and thousands more via livestream — to raise money for Hurricane Helene relief in the region. Combs, a lifelong @Panthers fan, called David Tepper three weeks ago about the show and Tepper donated the stadium, sponsorships, suites, parking, and more to make the event possible. Big win for Carolina.
THE 2024-25 SEASON TIPS OFF TONIGHT!
💍 Celtics get their rings
🏆 Tatum, Brown, BOS start title defense
🗽 Bridges, KAT make NYK debut
🌟 Ant, Brunson look to continue ascent
👑 LeBron begins Year 22
🐺 Randle, DiVincenzo debut for MIN
#KiaTipOff24 on TNT... YOU READY?
I'm voting in Georgia for the first time in 20 years... I last voted here in the 2004 election, and the next year I moved to NC. Then I lived in DC, before moving to Atlanta last year. I've voted in many elections, but in Georgia in 2024, every vote counts (literally/hopefully)!
Happy National Voter Registration Day! Take a minute (literally) to confirm whether you're registered to vote in your state and that your info is up to date. Don't assume that your status is good. Or, register if you need to.
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Just landed back in Columbia
Today was awesome -A HUGE thanks to all the #Gamecocks that made the trip to Lexington
Nothing like seeing an empty stadium at the end on the road except for a sea of Garnet & Black
We’ll see ALL of #GamecockNation along w @CollegeGameDay next Saturday in Columbia
#ProudToBeAGamecock 🤙🏻
61 years after my father’s "I Have a Dream" speech, the call for justice and equality remains urgent. Now more than ever, it’s imperative that we stand together to protect those values push forward with the courage and conviction my father exemplified.
#MLKDream61#KingLegacy
Then the largest gathering of its kind, the March on Washington was immortalized in images of Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech, crowds filling the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and protesters locking hands in a show of unity. https://t.co/We6IHoQrp1
61 years ago, on THIS day over a quarter of a million Americans gathered at the Lincoln memorial to demand fair wages, voting rights, the end of segregation & access to better school, jobs & opportunity.
In 2024 the necessity of those demands still rings true!