Timothy Bella

Journalist and author of BARKLEY. Writing 2nd book. Past: @washingtonpost. TCU/Columbia alum, Springsteen enthusiast. The Rock once gave me a hat when I was 10.

[Timothy Bella @TimBella]

I profiled the crew of NASA's Artemis II for The New York Times (@nytimes). Can the four astronauts of the first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years make a difference in a distracted and divided world? Enjoy the gift link & happy Tuesday! https://t.co/bv2hdqCkt1

[Timothy Bella @TimBella]

@JonHealy @WorldWideWob Now we have to see the AI version of Eva Longoria from this time period 🤣

[Hoops @Hoopss]

Dude got arrested & banned for life just for his selfie with Wemby to look like this😂

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@maxkellerman Aura and Mystique still makes me laugh, and I’m a Yankees fan 😂

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Keith Hernandez was the king of New York in the 1980s. No one could resist him, whether it was bouncers at the China Club, Elaine Benes or the New York Mets fans that revered him as the captain of the 1986 World Series champions.

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.

[Timothy Bella @TimBella]

Rick Adelman was a kind man and an underappreciated great offensive mind who elevated Portland, Sacramento and Houston. I spoke to him for the book in ‘25, and he couldn’t talk about the infamous Game 6 of 2002 WCF between Lakers & Kings. Too painful of a memory, he said. RIP.

[NBA Coaches Assoc. @NBA_Coaches]

The membership of the National Basketball Coaches Association joins the NBA family in mourning the passing of legendary Head Coach and Hall of Famer, Rick Adelman.

Rick Adelman coached in the NBA for 29 years, serving as a Head Coach for 23 seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves. Over his coaching career, Rick won 1,042 games (10th all-time), was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021 and received the NBCA Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. Coach Adelman also enjoyed an eight-year NBA playing career with the San Diego Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Jazz, and Kansas City-Omaha Kings.

Adelman will be remembered not only as a coach and a player, but also as a mentor to so many in the basketball community. Rick was a husband to Mary Kay for 56 years; father to Kathy, RJ, Laura, David, Caitlin, and Patrick; and a grandfather of twelve. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Adelman family during this difficult time.

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@TalkinYanks Time for Boone's June swoon.

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I love this game.

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of
@minakimes

[bomani @bomani_jones]

one of my homies today asked me to imagine what jameis might say to dart about all this. i said “anything is on the board.”

here’s the board. as you can see, i was correct.

[Timothy Bella @TimBella]

When your book is due in three days and you have a profile due a couple days later. See you in a few days 🫠

[Paul Knepper @paulieknep]

Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway

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@pkcapitol @AnnahBackstrom DMB, too

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@bryancurtis I must be a sicko because I hang on this man’s every word when he talks about his process.

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Rest easy, Dr. Jones. It was an honor.

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I’m really gonna miss Clarence B. Jones, the speechwriter and counsel for Martin Luther King Jr. who, in the words of former president Obama, helped “bend the arc of history toward justice and freedom.” Here’s my 2023 WaPo profile of him. https://t.co/uC204NJA4T

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@finessefaveplug I am now 5 percent dumber listening to everyone here.

[Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff]

Knicks are in the finals and nobody likes the new Star Wars movie. The 90s are back, baby!

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@NPRinskeep @WajahatAli The model at headquarters is wild, too.

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@Ben_Yoel @OldTakesExposed On a generational run as of late. Good stuff.