Ian Levy

It's like this every year. Honoring those we lost with the most chaotic design disaster they can muster.

Every year our small town does this beautiful memory tree ceremony. People submit names of friends and family who have passed, names are written on little cards on the tree, and read aloud. And then they light the tree ...

Half colored lights, half white, some lights not working, some blinking

Why events like the Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup could be the future of Special Olympics Special Olympics is a lot more than just the World Winter and Summer Games.

Just going to thread up the rest of my coverage from the event:

Interesting stuff on why single-sports events are a growing part of the Special Olympics plan and impact:

Look at this gorgeous drive-and-dish from Carlos Perez-Ramos to Daruwin Duran Delgado. The Dominican Republic team is looking tough at the Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup.

#choosetoinclude #SpecialOlympics #PlayUnified

Competition and sportsmanship on display at the Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup 3x3 basketball athletes with and without intellectual disabilities are competing side-by-side, battling for wins and building connections.

The Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup is off to an incredible start, and the hoops are just a piece of the picture.

#SpecialOlympics #ChooseToInclude #PlayUnified

Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup is rocking — Chile vs. Canada right now. Already saw really strong wins for El Salvador and Costa Rica this morning. All the action is available to livestream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Fe...

#ChooseToInclude #SpecialOlympics #PlayUnified

YouTube video by Special Olympics Special Olympics Live Stream

The Opening Ceremonies kick off in about 8 minutes and it's all available to live stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=anWk...

Special Olympics Unified Basketball 3x3 World Cup: Full schedule, Opening Ceremony and how to watch Watch along as Puerto Rico and Special Olympics show the power of sport to promote inclusion and make lasting change.

Honored to be in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the next few days, covering the Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup. If you want to tune in and follow along, here's everything you need to know:

Welcome to Suns After Dark! | Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site Get more from Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site on Patreon

As promised, today is the official launch of @sunsafterdark.bsky.social, a new Patreon site and podcast from yours truly! Here's what you need to know about the name "Suns After Dark" and why I'm doing this: www.patreon.com/posts/welcom...

A lot happened over the last 3 months.

On getting fired for my Charlie Kirk comments, getting doxxed and death threats, leaving Phoenix, and what’s next for this Suns writer: youtu.be/XFMQHnk-M64

The gingerbread house game has changed

It's College Football Rivalry Week again, and the @fansided.bsky.social team put together this incredible package to keep the fires of your sports hate stoked.

READ MORE: fansided.com/ncaaf/colleg...

YouTube video by Ringer NBA Who will help Paige Bueckers: Azzi Fudd or Awa Fam? | Ringer NBA

talkin' Azzi Fudd vs. Awa Fam for the No. 1 pick with @tylerdeluca.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yozc...

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.

Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

This galaxy-brain 5-team trade could save AD, Trae Young, Ja Morant and LaMelo Ball More and more stars keep cropping up in trade rumors, and one wild deal could solve all their problems.

So many unhappy stars with trade rumors swirling. What if we could fix it all with one giant mega-trade?

Late stage capitalism, baby!

Cathy Engelbert's salary compared to the average WNBA player Salaries are one of the biggest sticking points in contentious labor negotiations as the WNBA CBA is set to expire. How does Cathy Engelbert's salary compare?

The WNBA CBA proposal discussed today would bring max salaries up to $1.1 million. That's a big increase, but still means the highest-paid player would almost certainly make less than the commissioner.

I don't think that's the case in any major men's sport, and just feels kind of gross, right?

Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Mo’ne Davis Is Finally Ready to Play Baseball Again More than a decade after becoming a Little League sensation at age 13, Mo’ne Davis is set to make more history as the face of the Women’s Pro Baseball League.

Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:

Kevin Durant Is Watching You On the shady side of athlete partnerships and investments

Want to feel a little sick before you flip on that NBA game tonight?

Early-season takeaways from in-house LNIB stats, including the Thunder's historic pace, a possible change to Aggression+ to account for the Blazers' pressing, the Rockets' offense, the Knicks' possession battle dominance, and more.

www.lastnightinbasketball.com/early-season...

AMA, anytime, about the NBA or jumping in cold rivers.

And get prepared for my mushroom foraging/NBA TikTok crossover series when Spring hits

I'd be doing this many days anyway. I'm just adding the NBA talk and recording it. To answer your other questions:

1. It's painfully cold, but you feel incredible when you get out

2. I try to stay in for 1-2 minutes

3. Follow me here for more frosty NBA takes: www.tiktok.com/@levy_2725

Work asked our team to start experimenting with short-form video stuff. They asked us to be authentic and true to our own interests and styles. In case you're wondering why I've been sitting in the ice-cold river by my house talking about terrible NBA shooters.

Savvy, galaxy brain solution to the Aspiration/Kawhi scandal by the Clippers — just be so terrible that no one cares about your financial shenanigans to try and create a contender.

Whatever crisis PR person came up with this plan deserves a raise.

NBA expert takes: MVP picks, Ja Morant trades scenarios, contenders that need a reset Plus, we consider apologizing to Nikola Vucevic and figure out why the Orland Magic offense still isn't working.

In today's NBA roundtable at The Whiteboard: @btoporek.bsky.social, @hickoryhigh.bsky.social, @ecassels.bsky.social and more share MVP picks, favorite Ja Morant trades scenarios and consider apologizing to Nikola Vucevic.

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Happy Mushroom Monday! It's getting pretty late in the season, but was still lucky enough to find this little flush of oysters poking out. #fungifriends 🍄📸