Attn @bryancurtis.bsky.social & @thepressbox.bsky.social: She was Embattled!

Right, though the expression on McIlroy's face after winning is right up there with the money shots of the tournament. And, ideally, you see all these things.

How Professional Wrestling Prepared Linda McMahon for Trump’s Cabinet The Education Secretary ran the W.W.E. for years with her husband, Vince, an unstable man who, like her new boss, has a genius for inflaming the crowd.

“Her current role very much mirrors her former role—a big-personality man who believes only his opinion matters and doesn’t care about rules and wants to just steamroll, and has Linda as the implementer.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Commentary: Rick Monday saved an American flag in 1976. Why the moment resonates 50 years later April 25 will be the 50th anniversary of the day Rick Monday rescued the American flag at Dodger Stadium. Said Peter O’Malley: “It’s one of the great moments in Dodger history.”

50 years ago this week, Rick Monday stopped a father and son from burning a flag in the outfield at Dodger Stadium www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

How I Found Out I Knew a Serial Killer

Amy Ryan (!) called NYT reporter Ginia Bellafante to tell her they knew the Long Island serial killer. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/n...

Angels' World Series hero and even-keeled slugger Garret Anderson dies at 53 Garret Anderson's most memorable moment was belting a decisive three-run double in Game 7 of the only World Series ever played by the Angels.

“I used to be called lazy," Garret Anderson told Bill Plaschke. "Now that we win a World Series, I’m called graceful.” www.latimes.com/sports/story...

We did!

The day @macfarlanenews.bsky.social figured out that network news wasn't delivering the news in a way a lot of people wanted.

Full interview with me and @joelanderson.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/7ytY...

Two Magicians Warn the Supreme Court About Junk Science

“I am carny trash. I am uneducated. If you want to say I have a position of expertise, it is that I have lied to people onstage and gotten them to believe it. And I think I could do what that police officer did.” @adamliptak.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

Thank you!

Thank you!

In 2024, when Scott MacFarlane worked for CBS News, he covered Donald Trump's rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.

@joelanderson.bsky.social and I asked him what he remembered about that day.

Full interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/7ytY...

Rueben Bain Jr.’s Measurables and JD Vance’s Humiliations. Plus, Scott MacFarlane on Life After CBS. Spotify video

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:

Rueben Bain's Measurables
The Humiliations of JD Vance
NY Mag for Sale
Masters Clean Up

PLUS: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social on life after CBS News
open.spotify.com/episode/7ytY...

Rueben Bain Jr.’s Measurables and JD Vance’s Humiliations. Plus, Scott MacFarlane on Life After CBS. Spotify video

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:

Rueben Bain's Measurables
The Humiliations of JD Vance
NY Mag for Sale
Masters Clean Up

PLUS: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social on life after CBS News
open.spotify.com/episode/7ytY...

When we were talking about insiders this week, @joelanderson.bsky.social told us about the time that BuzzFeed got interested in hiring Woj.

Full pod: open.spotify.com/episode/1L15...

Dianna Russini Resigns From The Athletic Spotify video

New PRESS BOX w/ @noraprinciotti.bsky.social + @joelanderson.bsky.social:

Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic:
open.spotify.com/episode/1L15...

The bit about "split-second decisions" is a standard defense but that's the whole ballgame in TV. In the booth and truck alike.

When split-second decisions are made well, nobody says the praise is unwarranted.

Dianna Russini Resigns From The Athletic Spotify video

New PRESS BOX w/ @noraprinciotti.bsky.social + @joelanderson.bsky.social:

Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic:
open.spotify.com/episode/1L15...

Catching up on @thepressbox.bsky.social after the holidays and I'm delighted to have @bryancurtis.bsky.social's recap of the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa! It's incredible & hope that they still have the binders of letters people wrote to him in 1999 that I saw during my 2003 visit.

Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

Follow the Press Box on Instagram to see Shoemaker’s covers, clips from the show, and valuable used bookstore finds. www.instagram.com/pressboxring...

Mel Kiper has covered the NFL Draft for ESPN since he was 23 years old.

@joelanderson.bsky.social and I asked him to make his all-prospect team.

Full interview:
open.spotify.com/episode/1EQj...

Davey Lopes, Base-Stealing Maestro, Is Dead at 80

Davey Lopes, Base-Stealing Maestro, Is Dead at 80 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/s...

Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

Follow the Press Box on Instagram to see Shoemaker’s covers, clips from the show, and valuable used bookstore finds. www.instagram.com/pressboxring...

Sam Altman and Trump’s War Room. Plus, ESPN Draft Guru Mel Kiper Jr. Spotify video

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social and Mel Kiper, Jr.

We got into everything from Mel’s ESPN debut at age 23 to Mel Kiper, Sr. Plus, this week’s headlines. open.spotify.com/episode/1EQj...

The APRIL ISSUE:

Me and @seanfennessey.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of All the President's Men.

We talked about how movie plays in the age of a downsized Washington Post. open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...

The APRIL ISSUE:

Me and @seanfennessey.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of All the President's Men.

We talked about how movie plays in the age of a downsized Washington Post. open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...

New PRESS BOX:

Me and @seanfennessey.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of All the President's Men. open.spotify.com/episode/3Dka...

New PRESS BOX:

Me and @seanfennessey.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of All the President's Men. open.spotify.com/episode/3Dka...

I want it!