ESPNโs Plan to Ride With Streaming and Also Not Die With Cable
The sports broadcaster ventures into premium content waters with hopes of not sinking its lucrative cable deal.
New HANG UP and Listen @slate.com features @louisathomas.bsky.social talking about the revamp of U.S. Open mixed doubles. Plus ESPN DTC and why NFL teams are so eager to bench first-round QBs now. Good listening imo @benlindbergh.bsky.social @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/han...
26.08.2025 14:06 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
A Fond, Confused Farewell to โAnd Just Like That โฆโ
And a salute to the โSex and the Cityโ universe
an honor to discuss one of TV's strangest shows with
@benlindbergh.bsky.social! topics of interest include poor Victor Garber; Carrie-Miranda through the years; and (just go with it) that aughts-era Hollister flagship store in SoHo with the lifeguard guys outside
www.theringer.com/2025/08/14/t...
15.08.2025 15:19 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Enjoy! Hope they help you as much as they've helped me.
11.08.2025 10:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Either way, I win!
08.08.2025 20:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Get more from Effectively Wild on Patreon
Creating a baseball podcast
I feel like the pod has really been humming lately. If you like baseball, and want a podcast with whimsy and stats and absolutely no gambling ads whatsoever, I hope youโll give it a listen and consider supporting us on Patreon: patreon.com/effectivelyw...
02.08.2025 14:22 โ ๐ 112 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
On this episode we launched a "2025 in 2025" Patreon campaign, and...we're almost up to that total. You can help push us across, keep the pod ad-free, and get access to monthly bonus episodes, our Discord group, playoff livestreams, and other perks by signing up here: www.patreon.com/effectivelyw...
21.07.2025 16:45 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Best Video Games of 2025 (So Far)
The first half of the year brought a new gaming console and a stacked slate of fantastic games. Here are the best of them.
I guess 2025 is more than halfway over? I donโt know if I believe that but @benlindbergh.bsky.social and I wrote about our favorite games of the year so far.
www.theringer.com/2025/07/18/v...
19.07.2025 00:51 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Very good HANG UP AND LISTEN @slate.com this week.
@girinathan.bsky.social joins to discuss Sinner v. Alcaraz and Wimbledon in general
@benlindbergh.bsky.social on the Braves being bad
@henrybushnell.bsky.social on how the Club World Cup went
@lindsaygibbs.bsky.social on Tobin Heath
(link โฌ๏ธ)
15.07.2025 00:44 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
We interviewed Kim Ng!!!
10.06.2025 19:13 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Sinner and Alcaraz Played a Final for the Ages.
Carlos Alcaraz came back from a two-set hole to win it all in a historic French Open finish.
fresh episode of HANG UP AND LISTEN @slate.com with @benlindbergh.bsky.social and @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social.
we discussed the french open. ben + linz interviewed Kim Ng, now CEO of the new pro softball league. plus canada's cup drought and a bonus show i thought was fun slate.com/podcasts/han...
10.06.2025 14:08 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
The Cow character from Mario Kart World grinding on a power line.
New Button Mash!
@benlindbergh.bsky.social and I talk Switch 2, Mario Kart World, and the dizzying number of game announcements within the past week!
open.spotify.com/episode/6xXE...
09.06.2025 22:56 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The Roots of โAndorโ Lore Run Deep
The โStar Warsโ seriesโ Ghorman Massacre has a hidden, 35-year-old origin story
New Star Wars continues to draw references and inspiration from the work me and the team at WEG did on the original Star Wars RPG. Here's an article that talks about our work and Andor.
www.theringer.com/2025/05/08/s...
08.05.2025 17:47 โ ๐ 71 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 1
The Roots of โAndorโ Lore Run Deep
The โStar Warsโ seriesโ Ghorman Massacre has a hidden, 35-year-old origin story
this @benlindbergh.bsky.social piece on how much Andor pulls from the West End Games Star Wars TTRPG is a lot of fun
www.theringer.com/2025/05/08/s...
09.05.2025 15:00 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2
The Roots of โAndorโ Lore Run Deep
The โStar Warsโ seriesโ Ghorman Massacre has a hidden, 35-year-old origin story
So here is an article about the creation of the โGhorman Massacreโ from the TV series #StarWars #Andor.
Funny story: turns out I invented it 35 years ago. Who knew?!
www.theringer.com/2025/05/08/s...
08.05.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 51 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 3
www.google.com/maps/place/4...
04.05.2025 22:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Shedeurโs Sad, Messy and Misconstrued Fall.
The media overhyped Shedeur Sandersโ draft stock, but the long, awkward wait for his pick was both confounding and cringeworthy.
New Hang Up podcast @slate.com.
1. Shedeur
2. A rousing round of "real or mirage" on the first month of the MLB season with @benlindbergh.bsky.social
3. Entertainment Strategy Guy joins for a discussion of F1's maybe-blunted business momentum
@lindsaygibbs.bsky.social
slate.com/podcasts/han...
29.04.2025 00:41 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
New Button Mash!
Talking about an unforgettable week in RPGs w/ @benlindbergh.bsky.social
โขIs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 already the Game of the Year?
โขIs The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered worth your time in 2025?
โขPlus Switch 2 and Ghost of Yotei talk!
open.spotify.com/episode/5VSh...
28.04.2025 22:01 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Behind the Camera, Movies Are Still #SoWhite
A decade after #OscarsSoWhite, movie casts have grown much more racially diverse. But the makeup of movie crews has barely budged.
My latest with @benlindbergh.bsky.social: Hollywood casts have become a lot more diverse in the last 10 years, better reflecting the demographics of the US. But among crew--the larger group of cameramen, editors, etc.--the change has been much slower.
www.theringer.com/2025/04/23/m...
23.04.2025 16:21 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
If you haven't listened to the Effectively Wild series on Ella Black, the first female national baseball writer, you really should. @benlindbergh.bsky.social's devotion to uncovering her identity & bringing her into the light is intellectually impressive AND moved me to shed an actual tear.
21.04.2025 20:29 โ ๐ 59 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Didn't get coordinates, but I can when I go back soon!
21.04.2025 00:11 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Going to organize a group one soon!
20.04.2025 19:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Effectively Wild Episode 2311: Only a Woman: Ella Black, Lost and Found (Part 3โEllaโs Legacy)
The (hopefully) thrilling, revealing, touching, etc. conclusion of the @ewpod.bsky.social Ella Black trilogy is available for your podcast pleasure. Enjoy the grand finale!
blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
19.04.2025 21:45 โ ๐ 62 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 4
Iโve told Ben this already, but he and his team have created something truly wonderful and spellbinding here.
20.04.2025 00:44 โ ๐ 33 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Effectively Wild Episode 2311: Only a Woman: Ella Black, Lost and Found (Part 3โEllaโs Legacy)
The (hopefully) thrilling, revealing, touching, etc. conclusion of the @ewpod.bsky.social Ella Black trilogy is available for your podcast pleasure. Enjoy the grand finale!
blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-...
19.04.2025 21:45 โ ๐ 62 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 4
Executive Director of Design at Sports Reference. SABR member. Baseball history nerd. Negro Leagues & Latin American baseball researcher. Borussia Dortmund supporter. I schedule the baseball grids. Woke as fuck. He/him.
Lawyer, former Wisconsinite, (coefficient) shrinkage enthusiast. Baseball Prospectus stats, PECOTA. Likes: Brewers, Packers, statistical parameters.
PhD | Policy and Equity Researcher | Sport, Gaming, Management, Health | Professor | Public Scholar | Forbes Contributor | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/
i've been writing about video games since 2007. currently: freelance writer; podcast co-host of Triple Click and The Mutant Ages. formerly: Polygon, Kotaku, The Mary Sue, The Boston Phoenix. bonus side hustle: writing electro-pop music. she/her.
Baseball writer/historian, music, baseball cards. Founder SABRโs Biography Project & Baseball Cards committee, author 7 books, former SABR board president, creator Satchel Paige Project. https://marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/
Author, THE ROAD FROM RAQQA. Next book on masculinity in America coming early 2026. Senior Staff Writer, The Ringer.
Associate Dean, Professor of Law and Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Legal Expert at Sportico. Ed O'Bannon's co-author. Attorney.
โถ๏ธ NOW: Cautionary Tales; game narrative consulting
โช PAST: Naughty Dog; co-writer/narrative designer Uncharted 4, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us Pt II
๐ชฆ RIP: Crop Circle Games, narrative director
๐๐ณ linktr.ee/joshscherr
โค๏ธ fix your hearts or die
letโs go red sox ๐๐ ๐๐๐
Deputy National Editor at NPR. I edit transportation, sports, human spaceflight, some southern stuff and I keep tabs on severe weather. Iโm also a soccer referee, photographer and black cat fan.
Miami Herald's Miami Hurricanes and Florida Panthers beat writer
Senior writer for The Athletic covering the New York Mets.
Boston Globe reporter. Registered in the Ecktionary as โStat Masterson.โ Author of โHomegrownโ (https://bookshop.org/p/books/homegrown-how-the-red-sox-built-a-champion-from-the-ground-up-alex-speier/8023395)
Mother of Joshua Smith, daughter of Bill & Bernice Smith. Proud Temple alum and professor of journalism. BBWAA Career Excellence and Red Smith awards may mean I did a few things right. Hope so!
