Chris Vannini

Gonna hear it from the Silver King when I get back on the pod smh

(solemnly) pizza pizza

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Today marks eight years at @theathletic.com for me. Got lucky this startup job came along as I considered having to leave the profession. Been a heck of a ride. Thanks to everyone for reading my stuff. Looking forward to another college football season. 🇮🇹

Non così veloce, mio amico!

Even the Romans put a retractable roof on their stadium.

Is the Pantheon still in the pantheon of churches? We debate on tomorrow’s First Take.

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🚨 #WWE #SummerSlam Ultimate Preview! @adamsilverstein.bsky.social, @chrisvannini.com tackle inaugural 2-night card w/ predictions

☀️ Cody Rhodes to end heel John Cena?
☀️ GUNTHER vs. CM Punk + Rollins?
☀️ Naomi-IYO-Rhea hype
☀️ Roman Reigns & Jey Uso
☀️ Jelly Roll & Logan Paul
🎧 linktr.ee/gettingover

The first thing I saw in my hotel in Rome was a guy wearing a Buc-ee’s hat.

I’m off to the Vannini homeland

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🎙 New Bunch Formation

- Why preseason polls are Actually Good

- Memphis' leaked playbook and Big 12 stories are both pretty wild

- Deion Sanders' cancer press conference was courageous

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A new episode of Bunch Formation out tomorrow morning.

@davidubben.bsky.social and I talk preseason polls, Deion Sanders' health, Memphis' stolen playbook, ACC/American/CUSA media days gossip, the Big Ten's CFP rollout and more.

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Deion Sanders was dealing with an aggressive cancerous tumor on his bladder this summer that was removed. His medical team says the cancer is now gone.

Sanders says he has lost 25 pounds this summer dealing with the cancer and complications from surgeries.

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Exactly. So would I.

CBS does a good job with this. I see some historical broadcasts show up around anniversaries.

Billy Bob playing a parody of himself in Not Another Teen Movie is such an underrated moment.

This led me to the MLB Vault channel, which is a good example. NBA uploaded almost 100 games solely during COVID lockdown, a good idea that should've continued! Lot of you also saying NASCAR is good with this.

So would I. It's leaving money on the table. WWE has more YT followers than the big four sports leagues combined. They uploaded an old Brock Lesnar match 14 hours ago. It has 195k views.

You want to increase your international audience, there's an easy way to help that.

Convincing The Youth to learn about Big Ten history on a cable channel is not gonna work!

The wild thing for colleges is that they never got around to digitizing a ton of that film. At every school in America there are classic games just sitting in some unmarked box. More P4 teams need historians

That is such a cool idea.

Sports leagues should learn from WWE's YouTube channel.

WWE is constantly uploading timely old matches and showing old match marathons live on YT.

Finding full broadcasts of old sports games is a lot harder than it should be. You have these massive libraries. Use them!

Oba Femi, All-America shot putter turned WWE rising star, has the NCAA’s NIL era to thank WWE’s pivot to sign college athletes a few years ago is quickly paying off, with a former Alabama shot putter the first star pupil.

✍️ Sunday Read: Oba Femi has held WWE's NXT Championship for 200 days.

How he went from Nigeria to all-SEC shot put thrower at Alabama to WWE's first NIL star.

“I want to be remembered."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...

News: Geoff Collins has joined South Carolina as a senior defensive assistant.

The former Georgia Tech/Temple head coach was UNC's defensive coordinator last year.

Depending on the day, 2001 Angle is my favorite wrestler sometimes. The way he falls into the middle turnbuckle. His tuck out of the ring in the sleeper. His sell of the post shots. I'd never seen anyone like that.

My guess is the finish and the door that opens, but the match built perfectly to doing that. Wonder what the record for sunnter kickouts in a match is. Might be that one.

YouTube video by WWE FULL MATCH: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle | WWE Title Match: SummerSlam 2001

It's Summerslam week, and Austin-Angle 2001 is the best Summerslam match of all time, to me.

Angle might be the best ever at selling the stunner and at kickouts. Rare time a DQ finish completely worked. Incredible match.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mrg...

Oba Femi, All-America shot putter turned WWE rising star, has the NCAA’s NIL era to thank WWE’s pivot to sign college athletes a few years ago is quickly paying off, with a former Alabama shot putter the first star pupil.

✍️ Sunday Read: Oba Femi has held WWE's NXT Championship for 200 days.

How he went from Nigeria to all-SEC shot put thrower at Alabama to WWE's first NIL star.

“I want to be remembered."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...

I don’t know if Pedro smiled at all in the movie, it was weird. The car seat thing at the end was great, was expecting more of that.

A ★★★½ review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Solid. Vanessa Kirby shines. Pedro Pascal is kinda subdued, but maybe that's the point. Thing is good and Johnny Storm is totally forgettable. Surprising little humor for a Marvel movie. Interpersonal...

Chris Vannini Movie Review™️

Fantastic Four: Solid. Vanessa Kirby shines. Pedro Pascal is subdued, but maybe that's the point? Surprising little humor for Marvel. Interpersonal dynamics not as deep as I expected. Galactus is awesome.

3.8/5 stars boxd.it/auBUnf