@pw_mcgovern@stephenwitt Wow, who could have imagined that one of history's most successful business executives had little patience for fools? Next, we'll find out that Steve Jobs wasn't always a nice guy.
@IraHeatBeat Every fourth minute of basketball: DraftKings ad, antidepressant ad, HIV drug ad—may as well throw Giannis advertising wearing polyurethane and rubber on the genitals in there
@mollyhannahm It is noteworthy that the piece does not explicitly address that which people have been talking about—Mrs. Curry kissing another man.
I think it could be stronger if you directly addressed this + the claim that her kissing someone else is a bad thing.
@ClayTravis@Outkick@SportNState We’ve lost ESPN because they were a pure, neutral spot for sports to be enjoyed. There is no going back to Eden, a sports platform must be explicitly right wing so as to not become left wing.
@NathanChester24 I don’t blame him for thinking he got fouled on his pullup. Guess no call because Coward screened defender into Cam.
But he should have known refs were not calling fouls where Grizzlies highlighted defenders’ improper positioning (see Wells reversal), especially on last play
@Fishheadforever@sportslogosnet Many teams are in areas and choose a broader name. Vikings, Panthers, Pacers.
Miami is just such a distinctive cutout from the rest of the state. Not like “Green Bay” which anyone can relate to for hundreds of miles around.
@Fishheadforever@sportslogosnet I’d much prefer them as the Florida Marlins. Somehow Miami is a major metropolitan area and has (relative) difficulty sustaining sports teams.
@mark_giangreco@DemetriRavanos I enjoyed SportsCenter because it was an easy way to check in on the world of sports. Now, to see updates from the game I have to have a parasocial relationship and learn some strangers’ personalities.
In a world bowling alone, maybe that’s what the people want. But just not me.
@mark_giangreco@DemetriRavanos It’s easy to forget one’s place. A sports journalist job is to highlight happenings in sports. He does not exist without the sports. If the focus shifts to the journalist over the sports, he is no longer a sports journalist and has become something else.
Phil Jackson says Michael Jordan would be so worn down after a game that he needed teammates to help him get to his room, and says Jordan would still want to play the next night because it might be the fans’ only opportunity to ever see him play
“We got out on the road, we were winning games. Michael played a great game in Sacramento and literally had to be kind of carried, not physically carried, but his arm around the shoulders of two of his teammates to get to his room. Oh, he’ll be back, he’ll play tomorrow. There’s no way he’s going to stop playing.”
“He’ll want to play just because this is the only chance the fans out here in Golden State or Portland, or wherever he was, are going to see him. And he knows that, and he wants to perform and play the best he can in front of them. That was a remarkable part about the effort he gave. And we have effort now from NBA players where they literally take time off.”
“‘I don’t think I can play two games in three nights.’ As basketball players, we used to play. One of our finishes to a road trip, we played Golden State, Portland, and Seattle, three games in three nights. And now, with literally back-to-back games, a lot of players take off because they can’t play back-to-back games.”
“And that’s a remarkable thing about the performance level of the game that became like Michael Jordan’s muse, was that I need to perform to show these people why I’m the best player in this game, or to have my impact on the game itself that we’re playing. One time, we were at the end, before the All-Star break, and we had a game in Seattle, a double-overtime game. Michael bumped a referee, and he was suspended for one game, the last game of this road trip in Phoenix. And the hue and cry from people that had bought tickets from all around the Arizona area just so they could go watch Michael Jordan.”
“Our only time he played in Phoenix, you know, it left the league a little bit embarrassed about the suspension because it was a minor event, a minor thing, accidental as a matter of fact. So that was perhaps one of the most remarkable things about the effort that Michael put in.”