Bryan Graham

Seems bad!

Jake Paul’s artless spectacle robbed boxing of its democratic dream Netflix’s 300 million global subscribers got just what they wanted: to see a former YouTuber knocked out brutally

Some parting thoughts on Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua, 6ix9ine, the attention economy, the streaming wars and What It All Means. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

I wrote about Zohran and the Arsenal.

The selling points in this sizzle reel for a sports wagering startup already backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) tells you lots about where our society is heading, and it's not to higher ground.

From monkey elixir to fentanyl: Tyler Skaggs’s death is merely a chapter in baseball’s 136-year drug fix As the LA Angels stand trial over the pitcher’s death in the quiet shadow of the World Series fanfare across town, a sport confronts a truth practically as old as the game itself

Let's talk about drugs and baseball. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

A sad story all around.

NYC's mayoral candidates were asked if they'd go to a Mets Game 7 of the World Series or a Knicks Game 7 of the NBA finals if they could only pick one and Cuomo still got it wrong. The ship be sinking.

Trinity Rodman spread in new Interview Mag.

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity

Welcome to hell! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Womp womp ☹️

Not great!

I wrote about Venus.

Serena Williams built her legacy on defiance. Why lend it to Ozempic culture? | Bryan Armen Graham From Compton outsider to American nonpareil, she came to embody resistance. But her embrace of GLP-1 drugs feels like capitulation to ideals she once rejected

Serena Williams built her legacy on defiance. Why lend it to Ozempic culture? | Bryan Armen Graham

Never forget that Rocky III was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Japanese Academy Awards.

The #BETAwards tonight was the #SinnerAlcaraz of awards shows. Heroically long (4h45m!) and historically good. Jesse Collins is very good at this.

With the BET Awards happening in downtown LA, I was wondering who was going to say something first. Doechii really is that girl.

Coco quotes Tyler in her French Open victory speech. Tyler name-checked Coco in Thought I Was Dead off Chromakopia.

Michael Blake is the only candidate in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary who was for shitcanning Thibs.

Norway Chess 2025 | Open • Round 6 6-player double round-robin | 120 min + 10 sec / move starting 41 | standard | Stavanger, Norway | Carlsen, Gukesh, Caruana, Nakamura

Yes, here's the game: lichess.org/broadcast/no...

Magnus Carlsen punches the table in frustration after losing to world champion Gukesh Dommaraju for the first time in a classical game at #NorwayChess today.

The Knicks' win probability with a 14-point lead and under three minutes left in regulation was 99.7%.

Nobody ever did it better.

‘This was for her’: how boxing brought a mother and son back from the brink Reese and Desiree Mistretta are the first mother-son duo to win New York’s prestigious Golden Gloves, but their deeper bond is how boxing helped them survive life’s hardest hits

Reese and Desiree Mistretta just became the first mother-son duo to win New York Golden Gloves titles, but their remarkable story goes far beyond boxing. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

VPOTUS with Ohio State’s 16th fumble of the season.

Everyone is so hung up by Carrie Coon's college track career to realize that she went to the same school for the same four years as Nick Sirianni.

Alysa Liu left figure skating behind. She came back better than ever | Bryan Armen Graham After two years away, the American skater found her way back to the ice – and became the world champion no one saw coming

Wrote about Alysa Liu, one of the greater comeback yarns I've seen. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

Insane photo finish in the world indoor women's 60m hurdles final today in Nanjing. Sixth-place finisher was four hundredths of a second off the winning time.

YouTube video by Batman Boxing George Foreman vs Joe Frazier | Fight Of The Year 1973

Unreal performance. RIP Big George. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q70j...

YouTube video by IOC Media 144th IOC Session - Day 2

IOC presidential election happening now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-u-...

Four Oscars in one night: Walt Disney (1953), Bong Joon-ho (2019), Sean Baker (2024)