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Matt Berninger traded his notebook for a baseball. And the words kept coming For The National’s frontman, the way forward was written on rawhide.

From @theathletic.com: A few years ago, Matt Berninger, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The National, was stuck with writer’s block. “I started getting depressed by notebooks.” So he wrote on a baseball instead. Then the words kept coming.
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So BQ spent five and a half hours in Matt Berninger's garage, talking writing and music and baseball and life

That's cool

[screams into pillow for the rest of the day]

Bucky McMillan rose from high school to Texas A&M in 5 years. Will ‘Bucky Ball’ work in the SEC? Bucky Ball is a religion in Birmingham, Ala. Now, McMillan is trying to win with it at the highest level of college basketball.

Bucky McMillan has lived his entire basketball life with people saying, “No way you’ll be able to do that,” and him firing back, “Watch me.”

The next test for the new Texas A&M coach is showing his style can work in the SEC: www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

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Some preseason college hoops rankings over here @theathletic.com:

Men's:
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Women's: www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...

LSU fires Brian Kelly after loss to Texas A&M, coaching staff standoff Brian Kelly will finish his LSU tenure with a 34-14 record in less than four seasons after a tense standoff about his future on Sunday.

More on the 24 hours that escalated Brian Kelly's end at LSU. www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

Potential candidates for LSU football's coaching vacancy, according to @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social:

◽️ Kenny Dillingham - Arizona State
◽️ Lane Kiffin - Ole Miss
◽️ Eli Drinkwitz - Mizzou
◽️ Clark Lea - Vanderbilt
◽️ Jon Sumrall - Tulane

As another once-promising season falls apart in Baton Rouge, a conversation that had only begun to percolate is now steaming hot.

Is Brian Kelly’s time at LSU almost out?

@chrisvannini.com explains: www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

The NBA gambling indictment involving Chauncey Billups is in such stark contrast to the man that writer Jason Quick had been around the past four-plus years.

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NBA gambling investigation: 3 takeaways from the federal indictments "This is the insider trading saga for the NBA," FBI director Kash Patel said Thursday.

On Thursday, federal prosecutors arrested more than 30 people as part of a multiyear investigation into illegal betting activities.

“This is the insider trading saga for the NBA,” said FBI director Kash Patel.

Three takeaways from the indictments ⤵️

Our staff ranked the best of the best college football stadiums. Thoughts? 👀

Reasoning: http://dlvr.it/TNqKt0

Whoever wrote the 'Snack Homiez' skit on SNL deserves all the awards. Or whatever awards are given out by people who listen to adolescent boys talk every day.

"Some vegetables are fire, and some vegetables low-key be a fruit" belongs in all the annals.

Texas Tech to ban tortilla-tossing tradition during kickoffs as Big 12 penalties rise AD Kirby Hocutt said the change in stadium policy was made to prevent tortilla tossing from impacting the team’s chances of winning games.

Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said Monday the tradition of tossing tortillas at kickoff of home games is no more.

Full story on the tortilla saga, from the August conference vote to the Kansas kerfluffle to today's news @theathletic.com: nyti.ms/473aPu5

YouTube video by The Audible Week 8 Reactions: Who Wins and Who Loses from Week's Chaos?

Crazy weekend of college football! So many undefeated teams went down. Who’s in the most trouble? Join @ralphdrussoath.bsky.social Stew & me on The Audible’s Live show on YouTube at 1130 am ET/830 am PT this morning:

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New York Giants coach Marcus Freeman

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Notre Dame coach Clark Lea

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I am not sorry for officially putting this into the universe

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Indiana is 7-0 and will be No. 2 in the polls tomorrow.

Vanderbilt is 6-1 and is on the doorstep of the top 10.

Northwestern is 5-2 and made a national title favorite fire its coach.

Injuries ended a star QB’s career. Back home, he found a protege — and a purpose The bond between two quarterbacks is tested by the game they love but can’t control.

“In all honesty,” Cam Rising says, “I feel like the world’s my oyster.”

After the Rose Bowls and Heisman chatter, an injury switched the tracks. He went home. He found a QB bound for Michigan and a purpose.

Then the game, as Rising knows it can, demanded more.

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He went home after the Rose Bowls, the Heisman talk and the career-ending injury.

He found a four-star QB prospect and purpose.

But it can get dark, quick. And nobody better than Cam Rising to show Brady Smigiel what to do then.

@theathletic.com story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/6721629

He went home after the Rose Bowls, the Heisman talk and the career-ending injury.

He found a four-star QB prospect and purpose.

But it can get dark, quick. And nobody better than Cam Rising to show Brady Smigiel what to do then.

@theathletic.com story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/6721629

In hindsight, it’s easy to spot why Penn State was overhyped.

The Athletic spoke with eight people who have worked with James Franklin and the Nittany Lions.

Things were far more fragile in Happy Valley than they appeared to be: http://dlvr.it/TNjdmf

Ten years ago Friday, seven magic words changed college football forever.

“𝙒𝙝𝙤𝙖, 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙥!”

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A three-month burglary spree targeted some of Seattle's most prominent athletes.

A crew made off with more than $700,000 in luxury watches, jewelry and designer leather goods while robbing the likes of Richard Sherman and Julio Rodríguez.

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Who are the Penn State football coaching candidates with James Franklin out? Cignetti, who has engineered an amazing turnaround at Indiana, and Nebraska's Matt Rhule will be top targets.

Who gets the Penn State job? PA native Curt Cignetti has worked miracles at IU and would owe Indiana $13 million if he left before Dec. 1 and $10 million after that. Nebraska's Matt Rhule is a former PSU player with deep ties inside Penn State... www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

On Sunday, Penn State announced it has fired 12th-year coach James Franklin, for whom they now owe a roughly $45 million buyout.

These schools aren’t broke. They’re just wildly irresponsible spenders.

✍️ @slmandel.bsky.social explains:
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BREAKING: Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin, the school announced Sunday.

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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the Loyola Chicago team chaplain who rose to fame during the Ramblers’ 2018 Final Four run, died Thursday.

She was 106.

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Those who never doubted Cameron Skattebo share validation: ‘No one understood what we were looking at’ "We knew exactly what we were looking at and nobody else understood," said Cam Skattebo's high school coach of the Sun Devils star.

In honor of Cam Skattebo continuing to wow folks only now on an even bigger stage, read this if you haven't. Some of these stories just seem unbelievable, but with him at this point, they don't: www.nytimes.com/athletic/601...

I'm legitimately waiting for us to fact check and delete this

The Seahawks-Bucs game was, uniform-wise, nirvana. But Phillies-Dodgers these two days is making a strong hold-my-beer case

On many levels, the NFL’s foray into the UK has been a smashing success.

However, plenty of things have happened on these London trips that are far from normal.

Enter fights, firings and fanfare: http://dlvr.it/TNYSBR

The Cubs were beaten Monday by a guy the White Sox demoted this spring and a team they have a decided financial advantage over.

Chicago has been pushed to the brink.

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