Welcome to Weekend Waves #1. Every week, I’m gonna share some jams I’ve been listening to recently. Some new releases, some old releases, some songs no one’s ever heard of. I’m done feeling like I’m the only one listening to these songs alone in my apartment. I know I’m not the only distinguished music sicko […]
After beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-111 on opening night, the New York Knicks are now on pace to go 82-0. Let’s talk about how the Knicks look with an actual bench and a head coach who knows their names. Here are 5 takeaways from the Knicks first win over the Cavs: 1. The Knicks can […]
The 2025-26 NBA season starts this week. Can the Oklahoma City Thunder become back-to-back champions? Will Nikola Jokic win another MVP? Is this LeBron James’s last NBA season? Will Victor Wembanyama dominate? Probably. Let’s make predictions based on out-of-context historical precedents, random coincidences, hunches, women’s intuition, delusions of grandeur and dreams provided by marijuana leaves. […]
This is an edition of the newsletter Let’s Get This Dread, in which the columnist weighs in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Next month, NYC will have a new king of rats. Who can follow in the footsteps of the great Mike Bloomberg, one of the wealthiest […]
The NBA is back—the Oklahoma City Thunder ring ceremony before they meet the newly outfitted Houston Rockets. Then, Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler jump Luka Doncic in an alley, circling him, knives out. NBC and the NBA reignited their old marriage—allowing us to see our child, Michael Jordan, once again; his lever screaming […]
4 Takeaways from the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 125-124 double overtime victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night. Lara been Croft Shai Gilgious Alexander, 35 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 10 free throws. First day back in the office same as the last. SGA’s little chickenwing move to get space off […]
Fox Sports is making some changes. Joy Taylor Gone In January, two former Fox Sports employees filed lawsuits against the network, depicting the workplace as a breeding ground for misogyny where quid pro quo sexual favors were almost expected. Noushin Faraji was a hairdresser at FS1, where she claims the top executive of the company, […]
Poker Face is a show on Peacock where Natasha Lyonne travels the country, speaking like an old-timey cartoon character, solving mysteries thanks to her special ability to recognize when anyone is lying. The first season is the story of her running away from a Casino boss. Pretty good stuff. But season 2 is untethered from […]
When 23 year old Shohei Ohtani arrived in Major League Baseball in 2018, he was the 2nd best hitter on the team behind a still-healthy Mike Trout (who finished 2nd in MVP that season) and, in only 10 starts, proved he was one of the best pitchers on the team as well. He hit 22 […]
This was supposed to be an article praising the New York Knicks on their Game 1 victory over the Indiana Pacers but then I remember good things do not happen to me. As a child I was was given the curse of being born. I didn’t ask for this. So to avoid depression-typing 1,000 words […]
A few days ago, I wrote about a former Phoenix Suns employee, Gene Traylor, filing a lawsuit against the team—citing allegations of discrimination and harassment. Traylor was the head of security and claims to have been demoted when he, well, went to his boss with several security claims—including Phoenix Mercury star, Britney Griner, being followed […]
After fast forwarding through large chunks of Wrestlemania 41—I have decided I probably won’t be watching or reviewing the WWE anymore. If anything interesting happens over there, you’ll hear my thoughts on “The Pipe Bomb,” but yea, I’m unplugging from a company that doesn’t want me there. This new, TKO-owned, Netflix-streamed WWE slop is for […]
BREAKING: The #Giants and QB Jameis Winston are finalizing a 2-year, $8M deal, which could be up to $16M with incentives, multiple sources tell @NFLonFOX. [image or embed] — Jordan Schultz (@schultzreport.bsky.social) March 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM What does Jameis Winston bring to the New York Giants? Jameis Winston’s greatest strength is not being […]
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