Decided to tap into the Philadelphia Sixers—one of the final remaining undefeated ball clubs. Paul George recently had knee surgery. Jared McCain injured day one of training camp. Joel Embiid, on a minutes restriction—Jennette McCurdy’s ex to spell. This team should be sharing an under-the-stairs basement bedroom with the Brooklyn Nets. On Monday night, Philadelphia […]
This is an edition of the newsletter Let’s Get This Dread, in which I, Lester Lee, weigh in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. This week a full, solo review of Netflix’s “A House of Dynamite” (Spoilers..duh) We open to ominous sounds and a crawl explaining the state of the […]
Tyler Shough will start Sunday ⚜️ pic.twitter.com/2Iz7eXpJnE — New Orleans Saints (@Saints) October 28, 2025 The New Orleans Saints won 1 game this season. Had 8 tries. Won once. Derek Carr smashed his shoulder last season, retired, suddenly, leaving the New Orleans Saints in the shaking hands of 2nd year QB, Spencer Rattler—a guy, […]
This is an edition of the newsletter Let’s Get This Dread, in which I, Lester Lee, weigh in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. We are one week into the 2025-26 NBA Season, which means it’s time for overreactions to small sample sizes. The temperature dropped below 70 degrees […]
The New York Knicks lost their second consecutive game after the Milwaukee Bucks stole a 121-111 victory at home. Jalen Brunson scored 36, Mikal Bridges put 24 on the board—the remaining Knicks enjoyed front row seats to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s MVP campaign. New York went into halftime possessing a double-digit lead. Then Karl-Anthony Towns took over […]
I’ll be honest, a looooot of dogshit football this week. Every year I forgot the brutality and cost of this enterprise, where, by week 8, you’re mostly watching minor leaguers try, with all their might, to stop the few remaining true superstars still standing. Like, why did I just watch Andy Dalton play football in […]
This is an edition of the newsletter Let’s Get This Dread, in which I, Lester Lee, weigh in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. 2 days into the 2025-26 NBA season. Oklahoma City and Houston have a double overtime banger. Anthony Edwards and Victor Wembanyama start their MVP campaigns with 40-point […]
“Skate on the demo like Vladimir Tarasenko/ Need a ballerina to tweak like Valentina Shevchenko”, haunts Gabe Nandez over a crime jazz beat produced by Preservation to open Bascinet, easily one of the best rap records of the year. Gabe Nandez delivers proverbs, axioms, with hypnotizing flashes of introcate multisyllabic rhymes. “Stacking my medals like […]
I love that the Toronto Raptors went out there and traded for Brandon Ingram. Stars are moving to The 6—especially if Aspiration is cutting checks on the low. Organizations like the Raptors have two options: 1.) They can do whatever it is the Brooklyn Nets are doing; intentionally losing, running out lineups full of young […]
The Minnesota Vikings, dogwalked by the Los Angeles Chargers, 37-10, Amazon Prime(time). All eyes on Kimani Vidal and Justin Herbert playing keepaway from the toddlers on the Vikings defense—while Carson Wentz, teary-eyed, unable to withstand the Chargers pass rush—played like he knew his time in the NFL was coming to an end. The holy trinity […]
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 […]
The New York Giants are 79-132 since winning the Super Bowl in 2011. Then Eli Manning began to melt upon making eye contact with pass rushers. Odell Beckham Jr refused to visit a mental health specialist. Daniel Jones routinely visiting a spine specialist. Ben McAdoo fired. Pat Shurmur fired. Joe Judge fired. Saquon Barkley moving […]
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