lebron the chosen one sports illustrated cover

this was 24 years ago btw

Trump keeps saying Iranian leaders have "no cards." But Iranians are more into chess, aren't they? Someone tell Trump he should play chess with an Iranian leader, on television, just to show he can beat them at their national game. I'd watch that.

If only someone had the image editing skills to replace Hello Kitty with, I dunno, a red panda in a helmet...

Quite the week for the president of the United States on Truth Social.

Sunday: "Praise be to Allah!"

Tuesday: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."

Thursday: [video of a woman being murdered]

Victor Orban’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

IMO, it's always notable when a team is bad early on and, instead of tanking, says, "Nahh, let's keep pushing and see if we can get something going for next year." CHA (and ATL) are good examples, but my memory goes back to DAL with Nash/Dirk in 1999-2000 or so

[*waves while working on screenplay*]

BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office

That's every sane person's favorite team. (OK, yes, I grew up in L.A. watching the '80s Lakers, but still...)

It's also horrible PR for the league for the summer to be dominated by media conversations about how much money a top rookie is demanding before ever playing a game. That's why the rookie scale was introduced in the first place.

When outlets continue to elevate news analysts with histories of being relentlessly and catastrophically wrong, it really gives the game away. Being right will get you fired; flattering the powerful will give you a career.

in trumps perfect world of impermanence every event he does not have any actual answer for this minute is two to three weeks away

I don’t root for a drunk driver to drive home safely without killing anybody. I root for someone to take their keys away.

Joe Orton in "Loot" (1965):
Truscott: I solved the case of the limbless girl killer.
Hal: Who would kill a limbless girl?
Truscott: She was the killer!
Hal: How did she do it?
Truscott: That is a fact I'm not allowed to discuss outside the profession. We don't want a copy-cat murder on our hands.

I live in Chicago, which is an ideal place to be when the weather's nice.

Both days of the year.

The biggest movie is about science bros and the power of friendship and sacrifice, the biggest TV show is about good people doing their best under impossible circumstances to help suffering people, even under our culture’s institutionalized greed and cynicism, people are desperate for fellowship.

Yep. If you're total garbage when you get a hoped-for MVP-level top-3 pick, and only then start adding surrounding talent, you're likely mediocre at best when he's due for a presumable (super)max contract. Have some talent already in hand, you're more likely to know if it's worth going into the tax.

"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."

Ohhh, _that's_ what his job was.

Beating him up seems like the only way to slow him down, so it's something he's going to need to figure out (& probably is or will soon)

Polymarket to allow bets on the name of the new terrorist organization spawned by the war in Iran.

My favorite thing about that shot is Andre Roberson's panicked reaction to Steph pulling up. He knew his job was to challenge the shot, but... "oh crap, he's going to shoot it from *there*?!"

VU’s “The Gift” doesn’t count?

Twitter is owned by a fascist who deliberately manipulates the algorithms to promote far right messages. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem.

Does he actually know what a dog is?

Bob Dylan - The Letterman Collection - Don't Start Me Talkin' YouTube video by James

youtu.be/-EebsMElpt4?...

Now is always the time! (IMO, I think both sides have played this like adults... MIL has tried gambles to keep competitive, Giannis has given them a chance, they both see it's not happening, but what's a trade that helps either one reach their goals, much less both? No easy solution.)

That season was wild. Few people note that a big part of the reason GSW lost to CLE in the finals was that OKC was such a huge challenge in the previous round, so they basically ran out of gas when the finals went past 5 games

And the reason why various rules exist in the first place. I'm old enough to remember why the rookie salary cap was created - clear #1 draft picks in the early 1990s holding teams hostage for massive contracts before playing a single NBA minute. Merits aside, it was a PR disaster for the league.