Andrew Bucholtz

Definitely a good choice for an oath of office. I'd like truth, freedom, justice, and a hard-boiled egg.

CFP chaos leads to two G5 teams, Miami, and no Notre Dame: three business takeaways What does all the College Football Playoff craziness mean from the business side? Some implications affect the ACC, Notre Dame, and the G5.

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: CFP chaos leads to two G5 teams, Miami, and no Notre Dame: three business takeaways: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/cfp-ch...

Oh, that's an amazing pick. Remarkable figure.

Remarkable Whitecaps-Inter Miami MLS Cup matchup of Müller and Messi recalls NASL's Soccer Bowl '79 The hotly-anticipated Lionel Messi-Thomas Müller matchup brings back '79 Soccer Bowl comparisons, and might serve as a similar soccer springboard.

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Remarkable Whitecaps-Inter Miami MLS Cup matchup of Müller and Messi recalls NASL's Soccer Bowl '79: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/whitec...

That's amazing! Sounds like a fantastic couple of nights.

Me too. What a brilliant writer. And that's very cool that you saw him live then!

YouTube video by Warren Zevon - Topic Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) [Live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival]

Enjoying listening to Warren Zevon's final 2002 concert, "Epilogue: Live At The Edmonton Folk Festival." The version of "Hit Somebody!" with Mike Bullard(!) playing the David Letterman role is great: music.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr-G...

What's next for TNT Sports around Netflix's acquisition of part of WBD? While TNT Sports isn't included in the Netflix-WBD deal, there are plenty of questions ahead for it.

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: What's next for TNT Sports around Netflix's acquisition of part of WBD? andrewbucholtz.com/posts/tnt-sp.... Taking a look at some scenarios that could play out here.

Donald Trump's pardon of ex-AEG, MLSE head Tim Leiweke over Texas arena scandal adds to his sports pardons Tim Leiweke became at least the eighth sports-connected figure pardoned by President Trump. But those eight figures are incredibly different.

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Donald Trump's pardon of ex-AEG, MLSE head Tim Leiweke over Texas arena scandal adds to his sports pardons. Looking at the eight sports-related pardons (that I've found, at least) from President Trump: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/donald...

NFL Thanksgiving records, including CBS' mammoth regular-season high point, fit into wider story CBS' NFL numbers were the most spectacular, but other NFL games, CBB games, and NBA games around Thanksgiving all found huge success.

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: NFL Thanksgiving records, including CBS' mammoth regular-season high point, fit into wider story, including CBB and the NBA: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/nfl-th...

Midseason coaching moves like Lane Kiffin's show the structural chaos of college football The pundits yelling at Lane Kiffin are missing the point of a highly unequal CFB system that incentivizes midseason moves like this.

New Bucholtz Sports Media post (free): The pundits blasting Lane Kiffin are missing how the current CFB structure incentivizes even in-season, in-division coaching moves like this: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/midsea...

Some fun Thanksgiving games last night: Qwirkle and World's Fair 1893.

Five sports and sports-adjacent newsletters I'm thankful for These are some of the newsletters that are currently bringing me joy.

New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Five sports and sports-adjacent newsletters I'm thankful for. Thanksgiving shoutouts to @actioncookbook.com, @kdonhoops.com, @joeposnanski.com, @rodger.bsky.social, and @williamfleitch.bsky.social for the great work they do: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/five-n...

Hmm, yeah, could be. That's funny. (But mixing up shows and weeks definitely happens.)

New (premium) Bucholtz Sports Media post: Grey Cup numbers are promising, but CFL still faces challenges ahead: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/grey-c...

With you on this one. I love eating turkey sandwiches/other dishes whenever I get the chance.

Episode 20: Justin Fassino On Episode 20 of GMT Talk, Rachel and Luke chat with Justin Fassino, designer of Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged, 1068-1071, which is Volume V the Levy & Campaign series. We hope you enjoy!Episode music wa...

Enjoyed the latest "GMT Talk" interview with Justin Fassino on "Seljuk." Sounds like another interesting addition to @gmtgames.bsky.social's Levy and Campaign series. www.podbean.com/media/share/...

One of my favourite quotes. Don't mess with books. (Similarly in "Guards! Guards!", "The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the last date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.")

VICE TV "Out of Bounds" documentary series to kick off with episode on Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson A new, promising docuseries from VICE TV will start with an episode on Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson.

The "Out of Bounds" docuseries project from Vice TV sounds promising, investigating controversial figures and subjects. More on what they're up to in this Bucholtz Sports Media post (free): andrewbucholtz.com/posts/vice-o...

Playing a couple of rounds of Medusa's Garden in the parking lot was a very surprising highlight of SDHistCon for me. I'm not usually a social deduction fan, but that one was a delightful distillation of the genre. Great writing on it (and two more games) from Dan here.

A still shot from the show Loot. They are playing Ticket to Ride.

I am watching the show Loot and they are playing Ticket to Ride.

The name of his friend made me chuckle.

Alan R. 😆

That looks great! And they always make such cool games.

I enjoyed the particular take here of how horrible a sentient AI would find many of the tasks people delegate to AI. (It also reminded me of Tanya Huff's "Into The Broken Lands," which I just finished; great environmental fantasy novel on knowledge, power, and how those change people.)

This is fascinating. And what's really remarkable to me is that while the tools used to make up this stuff have changed, there's a lot of the practices that remain similar. Reminds me of the "Sarah Phillips" mess at ESPN last decade: deadspin.com/everything-y...

Nice! They have some great games.

Disney, ESPN and Beyond Sports bring back Dunk The Halls, adding Stitch this time The latest animated NBA altcast adds a character that generated $4 billion in merchandising revenue this year.

Stitch, who generated $4 billion in merchandising revenue this year, is a pretty big addition to the next "Dunk The Halls" animated altcast. More on that, and the animated altcast strategy, at Bucholtz Sports Media (free post): andrewbucholtz.com/posts/dunk-t...

Close Grey Cup again suggests the game's the thing A remarkably-close Grey Cup game could pay business dividends for the CFL.

The 112th #GreyCup proved to be a dramatic and thrilling game, and that could pay business dividends for the #CFL and TSN. New (free) Bucholtz Sports Media post: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/close-...

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

Great idea! And an amazing name.

The CFL remains tremendous at "Remember that guy?"