La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative
Posts by Michelle Martinelli
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
Just so we have this straight. The LA28 board refused to take action — but his clients and agents forced him out of his own company.
And now the taxpayers of the City of Los Angeles *WHICH HOLDS THE CONTRACT WITH LA28* are stuck with him! Great work everyone!
Our opinion page published a guest piece on Lindsey Vonn that was misogynistic trash. I had thoughts.
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Hello to everyone sharing this — I have a newsletter called Torched, it's all about LA and megaevents and Casey Wasserman, and you should *really* subscribe
America is bringing its ugliest stain to the Games.
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Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala:
“This is a militia that kills, a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips. It is clear they are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I am a tire carrier competing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and I’m taking you behind the scenes with me today.
Join me as I share my view of working on the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3 in the GTD Pro class.
The Supreme Court will hear two cases today challenging state bans on transgender athletes.
These bans are about erasure. Not fairness.
This is the year. Bo Nix has improved so much under this new offense. He's focused. He's having fun. I wouldn't be surprised if he's a dark horse for the Heisman.
You will be visited by three spirits
Hitting free agency soon.
DM’s are open.
YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT
gonna call them to let them know they’re never getting any donations from me since they apparently have $75 million lying around to appease the government
Art Briles has been hired as the head football coach at a D2 school and so is back in the news. If you want to understand why this hire is upsetting for many, here's the long piece @dansolomon.com and I wrote back in 2019 about How Baylor Happened: web.archive.org/web/20190208...
ACC after dark
PTFO collaborated with @msjpauly.bsky.social and @motherjones.com on an investigation into Riley Gaines.
Riley’s messaging about trans athletes involves “predatory men” and “sexual assault.”
But there’s an important story multiple ex-teammates at Kentucky want you to know: youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
full video via @usatodaysports.usatoday.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPBY...
some light reading for the Notre Dame-BC game today... i recently spoke with Jeremiyah Love about his Heisman elevator pitch, his relationship with CJ Carr and why he'd compare himself to Jahmyr Gibbs.
"I can do some spectacular things, but I'm also that team guy."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Me dressed up as the pop-tart mascot. I will likely not wear this for long because it’s hard to drink my drinks I’ve made to drink and get drunk
Happy Halloween, Sickos
INDI2NA
IN2IANA
2NDIANA
thanks, Prince❤️
"It’s the most fantastic ending that you’d never predict."
"An explosion of probability."
"One of the greatest endings in the history of college football."
"It’s just pure shock."
"Sean McDonough lives rent-free in my head."
"It still gives me goosebumps."
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
the Trouble with the Snap game actually was the first of two games that season where Michigan State won but didn't have the lead until 00:00.