We Caught Up With the Viral Pacers Couple—Here’s What They’d Like the Internet to Know Meet Grace and Michael, the couple who became a meme Thursday night for their conversation caught on the Pacers’ broadcast. So, what were they talking about?

This is a 99.99999th% outcome for what this really was. Delightful! www.si.com/nba/pacers/v...

Viktor Hovland’s shirt today looks like he’s streaking across Augusta and the broadcast is trying to blur him out

We Caught Up With the Viral Pacers Couple—Here’s What They’d Like the Internet to Know Meet Grace and Michael, the couple who became a meme Thursday night for their conversation caught on the Pacers’ broadcast. So, what were they talking about?

“We were talking about the academic rigor of a liberal arts education, and essentially how it can be updated for the current economic status and job market."

A perfect @tomdierberger.bsky.social interview
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We Caught Up With the Viral Pacers Couple—Here’s What They’d Like the Internet to Know Meet Grace and Michael, the couple who became a meme Thursday night for their conversation caught on the Pacers’ broadcast. So, what were they talking about?

“What the f— are you talking about?”

BlueSky, meet Grace and Michael, the Pacers fans who went viral for their animated conversation caught on the broadcast. I chatted with them about their moment and wtf they were actually talking about:
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The people have spoken. Why would you use Wisco, Nike?!?

Ranking the Eight New MLB City Connect Jerseys in 2026 From Worst to Best The good, the bad, and the ugly of the new City Connect jerseys that will be debuting on a baseball diamond near you.

Some new jerseys dropped today. Let’s rank them.

Also, uh, Wisco?!?
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It’s Over Already?! The WNBA’s Expansion Draft Was a Baffling Flop The 2026 WNBA expansion draft could have been an email.

Last night’s WNBA expansion draft had us all asking: Wtf was that?
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Matt Shaw playing right field

Where Are They Now? Catching Up With March Madness Viral Heroes of the Past Northwestern’s crying kid. Villanova’s sobbing piccolo girl. Doug Edert and his viral mustache. Where are they now?

Northwestern’s crying kid? Villanova’s piccolo girl? Doug Edert’s mustache?

It’s March, which means we are asking the question: Where Are They Now?
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Rocking the Easter colors on opening day, Cyrt is risen

SI Bracket Challenge: Join the Sports Illustrated March Madness Bracket Contest Join the Sports Illustrated Bracket Challenge for March Madness. Fill out your tournament bracket, compete with fans and see how your picks stack up.

There are still a few hours left to join the free SI Bracket Challenge! See if you can beat me and my @sportsillustrated.bsky.social colleagues:
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First Look at ‘Backyard Baseball’ and Exclusive Details on New Game Dropping in July Will MLB players be featured in the new “Backyard Baseball” game? Sports Illustrated has the details on that—and more—heading into the game’s July 9 release.

Will MLB players be in the new “Backyard Baseball” game?

For all you Backyard Sports fans out there, I have a few exclusive details to share about the new upcoming game. For @sportsillustrated.bsky.social:
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The Ravens Fan Who Shaved His Head After the Maxx Crosby Trade Has No Regrets, Actually Nate, or @Hamilton_DPOY on X, promised to shave his head if Baltimore traded for the Vegas pass rusher. Then, the unexpected happened.

A Ravens fan vowed to shave his head if Baltimore traded for Maxx Crosby. But now that the trade fell through, the Ravens don’t have Maxx Crosby, and Nate doesn’t have hair.

A fun one from @brigidk.bsky.social:
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No Belichick?!?!

Of all the weird clips of Rapaport eating and drinking on The Traitors, I hadn’t seen anyone post this one from the first roundtable where he reached over and took Dorinda’s water. They snuck this wide shot in like an easter egg.

Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."

January 24, 2026 at 1:34 PM Jeff Day Sources identify man shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti of south Minneapolis The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation. Pretti, 37, has an address listed in south Minneapolis. At a news conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the man who was shot was a 37-year-old white man with no serious criminal history and a record that showed some parking tickets. Law enforcement sources said Saturday their records show Pretti had no serious criminal history. O'Hara said the man was a “lawful gun owner” with a permit. Records show that Pretti attended the University of Minnesota. State records show Pretti was issued a nursing license in 2021, and it remains active through March 2026.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, licensed nurse

What lie will ICE and the administration come up with to defend this? Get these incompetent clowns out of my state.

Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings, Breeze FC) is donating $50,000 to relief efforts organised in response to ICE raids in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota. On Monday Bueckers won $50,000 in the #Unrivaled free throw competition after successfully scoring 13 free throws. (Source @brwsports)

I’m also not missing any big breaking news off the clock, which was my reason for keeping Twitter on my phone. Twitter still has the edge in content from teams and media brands, highlights, etc, but the gap is closing there too imo.

Excited to be back on here!

— Reading much more high quality journalism in both sports and news
— Better informed, particularly about the latest ICE activity in my home city and state
— No longer getting rage baited by the Dov Kleimans of the world
— Marked safe from Grok
— Enjoying social media again during big games??

It’s pretty remarkable how much better of a product BlueSky is than Twitter these days. A couple of weeks ago, I deleted Twitter off my phone, redownloaded BlueSky and I am:

(Sorry for the annoying LinkedIn thread I couldn’t fit it all in one post)

The Minnesota Twins today

Luther Burden III faces storm of doubt as Ben Johnson questions Chicago Bears’ bold draft choice A Controversial Choice The Chicago Bears' decision to select Luther Burden III in the second round of the draft has

Did a Google search for Luther Burden today and this piece of AI trash ranked fourth in the results.

500 words of generic and misleading BS.

Do better, Google.

Just filled out my first ballot for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard

Based on how many rain delays the Twins have had this year you’d think The Great Flood is upon us

Send the Utah Jazz another first-round pick for Rudy Gobert 🐺

Why Travis Hunter is the biggest fish (and fisherman) in the pond trib.al/oQsYqGV

Big yikes!!

Twins' Jose Miranda Gets Tagged Out Walking Back to Dugout After Being Called Safe Things are not going well in the Twin Cities.

The Twins make me sad.