Author: "Pacific Rims," "Two and Two," and NYT Bestseller "Basketball: A Love Story." Host: @HoopNationCNN. Former U.S. Fulbright Scholar to the Philippines.

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Joined February 2009
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“BAKIT PATAY SINDI? NASA DISCO BA TAYO?” 😂🪩 Lights in the press room at the Blue Eagle Gym suddenly turn off while winning coach Jeff Napa of the NU Bulldogs is making his remarks following their dominant game against the Adamson Soaring Falcons in UAAP Season 89 men’s basketball. | via Luisa Morales/ One Sports #UAAPSeason89 #ForEveryoneUAAP
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Your local sports team should be on local TV. My grandpa who has been a fan since the team’s inception doesn’t have DAZN, won’t get DAZN, and wouldn’t even know how to work it if he did. That’s before you even consider the added cost of it. It’s a total joke.
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The best breakdown of Wemby’s game you’ll hear all week 💯
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🚨 'PARAMOUNT EMBARRASSED BY GARCIA-BENN NUMBERS' 👀 Dan Rafael on Zuffa Boxing: "I don't think anybody expected them to do big numbers off the bat. But I do think people expected them — including Paramount executives themselves — that when they brought a fight like Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn to Paramount and they had paid Conor Benn astronomical money for his first fight of his agreement to be on an undercard that was on Netflix and then to come and have a big main event on Paramount with Ryan, they had expectation to get some big bang for their buck and it was very telling that they did not announce any numbers for that. ... They were embarrassed by the numbers I'm sure for that fight. And it's cost them a lot of money." [@TrisDixon's Total Boxing on YouTube]
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very lively and fun new episode of @ttsgpod with Thomas Frank. @Tyler_A_Harper and I talk to him about his new book THE CREATIVITY CON. A whole lot of talk about the construction of the "creative class," his time starting the Baffler Magazine, and Obama. goodbye.substack.com/p/the-c…
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At halftime of #Warriors-Lakers last week, a fan paid for a man's beer, thinking he was Steve Kerr. He was not. Meet Steve Gillis (yes, Steve), the Kerr doppleganger who went viral. He's been dealing w/this since '98. He swears he doesn't play into it: sfchronicle.com/sports/warri…
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Best example of this genre since the episode of 24/7 when Roger Mayweather pointed to a wall full of champions' portraits and reminded us all the greatest champions came from the Middle West
LeBron James to Knicks fans: “Ain’t nothing soft in the Midwest.” “I’m not from the West Coast, I’m from Ohio, baby. I’m an Ohio baby, f*ck is you talking about?” 😳🍿
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I mean this is just outrageous 😭😭
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Nick Nolte’s speech from Blue Chips was over 30 years ago and aged like a fine wine, just change the word basketball to football
NEW: The College Football Playoff is nearing a deal to expand to 24 teams, ESPN reports. The new format will start in 2027.
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kahit ilang ulit ko na napanood 'to, tawang tawa pa rin talaga ako sa reaction ni kuya HAHSHSAHAHAHSHAHA 😭
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Al Attles
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They stay throwing jobs at everybody who ever went to school in Boston
Former #NBA Champion Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) joins @ESPNNBA as an analyst 🏀 To contribute regularly to NBA Today 🏀 Will serve as game analyst Details: bit.ly/4e8hExq
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“Canelo doesn’t have any fear (of fighting in Saudi), because he’s flying into a private airport. What about everyone else!” Oscar drops a Clap Back 🎤
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There's a reason people talk about a job at Bloomberg as a pair of "golden handcuffs." Great pay, nice perks, and a lifetime devoted to seeing whether you or someone at Reuters can be first to file a single sentence on jobs or energy data three seconds after it has been released.
Put some respect on the house that Mike built!
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Sunset on corner of Vernor and Dix in southwest Detroit:
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That’s not an overhand right. We really need to work with the DAZN social team on their punch identification. This is literally a problem for them every week. It’s not THAT hard.
HUGE OVER HAND RIGHT DROPS HIM IN ROUND 1 #SchofieldBahdi Live NOW on DAZN ▪️
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Imagine if he starts using Tyson lines to shut down reporters? "I normally don't do interviews ... unless ..."
Q: Zelenskyy said you're weak because of the Putin deal. He just criticized you TRUMP: Who said that? Q: Zelenskyy. He said you're weak TRUMP: Okay. *walks away*
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They called him Pete!
🔥 Pernell Whitaker scores a brilliant first-round KO of Juan Nazario to become the first undisputed lightweight champion since Roberto Duran. I feel for those who didn't see this guy fight live and especially those who don't appreciate him today. He was brilliant! 🇺🇸🥊🇺🇸
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