You might've heard I have a new book coming out in November. Started a free newsletter about it on Substack. Will post fresh & fascinating stuff about the writing/research process, the movie, etc. Hope you'll check it out & spread the word. Thanks.
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My thanks to my pal @mikesielski.bsky.social and to @robellis.bsky.social for chatting up #BossesOfTheBromx, starting at the 1:49:00 mark. open.spotify.com/episode/5BKs...
So you can preorder my book GOING THE DISTANCE, about the making of ROCKY, at @barnesandnoble.com 2day & 2moro & get 25% off. Code is PREORDER25. Gotta be a B&N member, but it’s free to join. Book comes out on Nov. 10, & preorders count big-time toward bestseller lists & help me feed my kids. 😀Thx!
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The Eagles must face what will be their biggest challenge on offense. They have to negotiate the difference between the player Jalen Hurts believes himself to be and the player he has been, writes @mikesielski.bsky.social.
So you can preorder my book GOING THE DISTANCE, about the making of ROCKY, at @barnesandnoble.com 2day & 2moro & get 25% off. Code is PREORDER25. Gotta be a B&N member, but it’s free to join. Book comes out on Nov. 10, & preorders count big-time toward bestseller lists & help me feed my kids. 😀Thx!
On the latest unCovering the Birds, @jeff-mclane.bsky.social and @mikesielski.bsky.social read the tea leaves from Howie Roseman’s offseason moves and examine how A.J. Brown’s status could ultimately factor into the Eagles’ plans.
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What happened to Big 5 basketball?
The Big 5 was a glorious thing that folks knew about beyond Philly. Now it isn’t much of anything anymore. The reasons are many. @mikesielski.bsky.social breaks them down.
A column on Fran McCaffery, TJ Power, and the
@upenn.edu Quakers, the coolest story in Philadelphia basketball in a long time.
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YOU THINK I DON'T SEE YOU, FGSB? 😘
The key thing to remember about the #Eagles' upcoming moves in free agency is that my book GOING THE DISTANCE, about the making of ROCKY, is already available for preorder and will be published on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Hell yes.
The longest-tenured #Villanova men's basketball player has been there less than two years & has been compared to one of the most important players on an NBA title contender. A column on Tyler Perkins, Josh Hart, & the way things have changed:
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So you can officially pre-order GOING THE DISTANCE through @barnesandnoble.com & anywhere else you get your books. I'm not saying you definitely should pre-order it. But I am saying that if you don't, I'll be very disappointed & might never speak to you again.
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"The reaction to Tocchet’s comments suggested that people were afraid Michkov would be so offended that he would catch the first flight to Little Diomede & hike the Bering Strait back to Putinland."
#Flyers
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The NFL's passing game isn't necessarily what it used to be.
But that doesn't mean it can't evolve with the right strategy, and in the Eagles case: the right coordinator, argues @mikesielski.bsky.social.
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Nick Sirianni and Kevin Patullo won a few games in 2025 by exercising caution.
It was not a strategy that could win when it mattered, argues @mikesielski.bsky.social.
also you should read this moving meditation on the enduring mystery of suicide and mental health from @mikesielski.bsky.social at the @inquirer.com (gift link)
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Do the Eagles have a harder road back to the Super Bowl now? Maybe, but not necessarily. They got some rest and eliminated any risk that they’d be short-handed to a significant degree next Sunday," writes @mikesielski.bsky.social.
After Terrence Butler, a Drexel University basketball player, shot himself in August 2023, I spent 18 months trying to understand why. Suicide is a mystery, a terrifying one. Hope you'll give this a read. Thanks.
@richarddeitsch.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social
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If you’re waiting for Nick Sirianni and Kevin Patullo to suddenly start dazzling everyone with their wide-open style of offense, you’re missing the key to understanding the 2025 Eagles, writes @mikesielski.bsky.social.
“The reasons that Terrence (Butler) had died … would remain shrouded in grief and incomprehension, in blindness born of love and admiration and disbelief that he was capable of such an act — in an innocent unwillingness or inability to see.”
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The case for Philly-Buffalo-Niagara solidarity. I have never seen a piece of writing reflect my exact politics. via @mikesielski.bsky.social in the @inquirer.com. www.inquirer.com/sports/eagle...
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The Eagles have quelled much of the anger and anxiety that once characterized Philadelphia sports fandom. For Buffalo, though, there has been no great expulsion of joy and relief, writes @mikesielski.bsky.social.
After Terrence Butler, a Drexel University basketball player, shot himself in August 2023, I spent 18 months trying to understand why. Suicide is a mystery, a terrifying one. Hope you'll give this a read. Thanks.
@richarddeitsch.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social
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Holy Crap Thunder @mikesielski.bsky.social
That’s a thing of beauty. NYC Squawkin launch dibs.
Congrats.
You did it. We can all do it.
(Read it anyway).
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Even when the Eagles win, many of their fans still express their frustration with them. It could be much, much worse here, writes @mikesielski.bsky.social.
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There are two kinds of teams that would trade a player like A.J. Brown: bad teams and dumb teams, argues @mikesielski.bsky.social.
It's unfair, and it's reductive, and I understand all the counterarguments. And yet ... if I were the #Sixers, I wouldn't draft Dylan Harper or Ace Bailey. Why? Because #Rutgers stunk. Column:
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"MAGIC IN THE AIR is a can’t-miss title this summer ... Tells the tale of how the dunk revolutionized basketball with dozens of interviews from players, coaches & experts. Fans of Julius & Jordan will find plenty to love in this exciting book."
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