Mark Dent

Journalist | Co-author of Kingdom Quarterback, a book about Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes | Features editor and writer at @TheHustle | [email protected]

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

For @SBNation I wrote about three Mississippi high school football players who died in the same season, and how inequality in state funding and public education can make football's risks that much greater https://t.co/aPF0gm5lHl

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

Downtown Dallas has had lots of bad news the last few years as offices emptied out -- but there was always the possibility that it could transform into something new and more entertaining. The last 24 hours have made that a lot harder

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

Beyond high prices, I think sports leagues have been slow to realize the sheer number of options kids have for entertainment on youtube/tiktok. Like 25 years ago there was nothing else to do but be a sports fan and now you can find so many other niches https://t.co/viBVk0xbdY

[Shehan Jeyarajah @ShehanJeyarajah]

In light of some of the discourse of Star Wars’ relevance waning, I’ve been thinking a lot about whether sports are making some of the same mistakes.

There’s a lot of data showing that kids are watching less sports than ever. I think it’s more of a threat than people realize.

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

I swear it feels like the Met gala happens every 3 months not every year

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

There are some small liberal arts colleges in which ~70%-80% of enrolled students are athletes -- and one of them, Erskine College, had a men's basketball roster with 44 players

Full story here: https://t.co/cZaixn6Fr0

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

Something under-discussed about the demographic cliff affecting America's small colleges is that they're using sports to maintain enrollment and stay afloat.

This is the share of athletes at D2/D3 schools in 2004 vs 2023

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

Super interesting: Luxury boxes have physically pushed fans farther away from the action in baseball.
"Fans were closer to home plate in the *last* row of the upper deck at Old Comiskey (150 feet) than in the *first* row of the upper level at Rate Field"

https://t.co/ltHnimPVjm

[Travis Sawchik @Travis_Sawchik]

The retro era of ballparks got one very big thing wrong: it pushed fans, the median seat, further from the game than the jewel-box era it attempted to recreate. Tired of waiting for an architecture firm to correct that error,
@MLBcathedrals, @architecturejks and myself decided to put our vision into the world. We created a (digital) ballpark for a @whitesox team in need of it. For
@ChicagoMag: https://t.co/7fppY7lryH

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

Deeply depressing, but also if you give people just a small sample in blind tests like these they'll say all kinds of weird things, like that they prefer Pepsi over Coke https://t.co/AZKQ20PDz6

[Kevin Roose @kevinroose]

We made a blind taste test to see whether NYT readers prefer human writing or AI writing.

86,000 people have taken it so far, and the results are fascinating. Overall, 54% of quiz-takers prefer AI. A real moment!

https://t.co/Gpbr3TAiiI

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

@joycewchou @TheHustle Hi Joyce, thanks so much! That's really interesting to hear and good luck with your 11-month old!

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

A++ headline…newspapers are the best after huge sporting moments

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

@dougherty_jesse Thanks, really appreciate that!

[Lizzie Johnson @lizziejohnsonnn]

I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

“It’s like Pleasantville.” Jay Bilas with an awesome dated reference

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

@JuliaTerruso @PhillyInquirer Congrats, Julia! Sounds like a great gig

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

My god Melvin Council is legit having one of the best individual performances in KU history

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

Wow that amazing Brazilian national anthem with all the fans wearing nfl jerseys is a good reminder of why the nfl can get away with anything

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

@meganacardona Awesome, congrats Megan!

[Christopher Hooks @cd_hooks]

I have slowly made contact with more magazine writers who are using AI to do research and I want to stake the position that if you are not able to get off this slippery slope you should leave the field and choose a different profession

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

@TrungTPhan A much, much, much smaller scale than Chicken. But turkey consumption has actually doubled since the 70s! https://t.co/aXgcMOqEXp. Maybe someone needs to start a turkey fast food chain

[Mark Dent @mdent05]

@CatsBahner Agh, you're right! Definitely should've had that one in there. I do like the Celica better, but I love Solaras, too -- and yours looks great!