Happy Holidays!

In reality this should have been the last straw. Never forget

Alcaraz youtu.be/EYe8B--jrbs?si…

Food for thought

The The Wall Street Journal’s piece about the secret negotiations to free Evan Gershkovich ends with an incredible anecdote:

Now that’s the good stuff.

#poll Does a person who starts off a sentence with “I don’t want to be that guy” want to be that guy?

Wrote about Kamala, the candidate who wasn’t there. She hasn’t done an interview, answered a tough question,has no policy section on her website, and turned a vague vision for the country into a huge polling surge. newyorker.com/news/fault-lin…

The Team GB illusion. An act of self-sportswashing. theguardian.com/sport/article/…

Reposting a detailed analysis by Dan Gernez (Dan Gernez) on Jannik Sinner's case. This situation is more complex than it appears, and it's crucial that all the details are addressed to give the public a clearer understanding of what’s going on. Let's break it down. 1/15

Hi, would you be interested in switching over to TMI long distance service. / S04E03 The Pitch seinfeldism.com/s04e03-the-pit… #Seinfeld #Seinfeldism

That never happened and is not worth repeating in a national broadcast.

They should know better than to waste the Michael Keane goal.

When I found out how much it costs to make a penny (3.07 cents), I lost my mind. Spent months investigating it. @NYTMag told me I could write 7,000 words on this. I countered with a 19,000 word draft. We compromised & published 7,000 words. Here they are: nytimes.com/2024/09/01/mag…

Beautiful violence in the way she hits those groundstrokes. Pegula’s right: she’s the best hard court player in the world right now.

Forgot to put Viktor Orban love on my bingo card.

Re-upping. It’s been 23 years today. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

I’ve seen players get scolded by their own supporters after a heavy loss, but Cagliari’s Flamingo mascot being subject to this dressing-down after a 4-0 loss to Napoli has absolutely finished me

There have been dozens of articles about how the new demands and legal uncertainty of NIL stuff is pushing college athletics staffers to the brink and Woj is like “finally some me time and Mai Tais while I try to keep our leading rebounder from going to Ohio State”

Perfect sport, no notes