It will never end

Or is it?

Read Sam, DA and Shakeia!

Read the article that made one reader give it this exuberant review: (From Josh Robbins Fred Katz Law Murray 🎡 Eric Nehm Jared Weiss and me) nytimes.com/athletic/64461…

This is always one of my favorite pieces of NBA history.

We are all Jovan Buha fans here and always will be. Was a pleasure watching him grow at The Athletic and we’re all going to continue to enjoy his rise and all the great things he will do in this industry throughout his career. Keep being great, Jovan 💪

25 years ago today, I became a published author with the release of “Sam’s Boys: The History of Chicago’s Leone Beach and Legendary Lifeguard Sam Leone,” launched at an epic (though very wet, we had a monsoon) lifeguard reunion on what would’ve been Sam’s 100th birthday.

Analysis, fits for every NBA Draft pick from ⁦John Hollinger⁩ and ⁦Sam Vecenie⁩ nytimes.com/athletic/64513…

Bulls fans, meet Joel Lorenzi, your new beat writer The Athletic. He’s from Chicago. And you’re in extremely good hands.

What an imprint in my brain - his scores and themes are literally what we think of when we think 60’s and 70’s movies and television pop culture. So grateful to grow up on the era of his music. Thank you Lalo Schifrin. 🙏

What do you say to someone who entered the NBA undrafted, worked his way through the G-League to become one of the most popular players in franchise history and just agreed to a 5-year, $125 million contract? There are only two words: Naz Reid. (Link below 👇)

The greatest comedy mind ever. Mel Brooks is 99 today but always number 1. #melbrooks Mel Brooks

Read Jon K.!

Since he turns 99 today, I thought I’d go back in time - when Mel was merely 93 - and post this CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 Morning piece on Mel, his enduring love for his late wife Anne Bancroft, and the state of comedy today…in 2019. youtu.be/ZHT07L8iv7I?si… via YouTube

Read Nehm!

Internet gonna internet and stuff gets lost in aggregation, but Dame loved the Bucks ownership and management group. He’s very close with team president Peter Feigin. They were nothing but supportive during his time there. No one is upset about anything. The end.

As tested during the 2024–25 NBA G League season and in effect for all 2025 NBA summer leagues, an unsuccessful end-of-period 'heave' will be recorded as a team—not individual—missed field goal attempt when all of the following criteria are met: 🏀 The missed field goal attempt

USMNT Report 🇺🇸🇹🇷 The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, by Marco Pino, 1564

I subbed myself for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once on a basketball court. web.archive.org/web/2009061223…

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