Noah Frank

I was always a fan of the old A-10’s structure, with teams 5-8 getting a bye and 1-4 getting a double-bye. But I actually think this more aptly rewards the regular season standings. Just can suck in tiebreaker situations like this

This is completely insane, and also probably the most fair way that anyone decides their conference championship

I first started hearing and learning about private credit last fall, but from everything I saw, it has all the same warning signs as the housing market collapse. Except, as Ed points out, so many of us have money in the pot without even realizing it

It worked for the late-90s world in which it was written

Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas

NEW: Elon Musk said he was “selling almost all physical possessions” when he moved to Texas. Nope. Instead, he has secretly amassed land and penthouses and planes and mansions. We just had to spend months digging through private company records to find it all. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

I always felt like that movie didn’t get its due because it made too many powerful people in both Hollywood and Washington uncomfortable

Ah, I suppose that’s true — I guess I think of anything on the Nevada side as “south shore” even though that’s obviously not directionally correct

Surely the winner of the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize would never bomb Iran

Thanks! It took me a while to drill down to the coherent thesis, but I really do think there’s a through line from poker to legalized sports betting and prediction markets that explains so much about modern American society

Yeah, certainly the magnificent 7. I’ve made it a point to personally untether myself from them as much as I’m able

Thanks! Been working on it for a while and things kept happening that I felt needed to be in it, but finally got it out this week

Thanks for reading!

It’s a good day to be drinking in the morning

Needless to say, that episode was a formative experience

Every American needs to understand the scandals that are upending legal sports betting, the mechanisms of the emerging prediction markets, and how opportunity for insider trading could have a causative impact on upcoming major world events.

I regret to inform you that, yes, this also includes war with Iran pretty-good.ghost.io/sports-betti...

Yep, I talk all about the prediction markets in there. We’re at a very, very precarious moment on a lot of fronts with this stuff

Yep bsky.app/profile/noah...

Always the Bridesmaid: The Juan Soto Story Juan Soto wants to win the National League MVP, but that will be awfully tough.

Talked to @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social at @fangraphs.com about whether Juan Soto can ever win an MVP blogs.fangraphs.com/always-the-b...

A self-made, small business owner who pulled himself up through his own hard work, delivering a vital resource for his community. Truly a model American.

This guy rules so hard

President Trump will chair the group, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and New York Yankees president Randy Levine are listed as vice chairs, according to a source who provided a list of 35 people who received invitations. The list also includes: Golfer Tiger Woods Former college football coaches Nick Saban, Mack Brown and Urban Meyer Former secretary of state and College Football Playoff selection committee member Condoleezza Rice New England Patriots president Jonathan Kraft NBA commissioner Adam Silver Fox Sports president Eric Shanks ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro Several athletic directors, including Notre Dame's Pete Bevacqua Former college athletes, including Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and Florida State basketball and football player Charlie Ward

A true nightmare of a blunt rotation www.espn.com/college-foot...

Yeah, it’s for all the reasons you’d probably expect. The only surprising thing for me was some of the places people are moving (Albania!)

What’s wrong sweetie, you haven’t gotten your glory henna yet

Was just talking to someone last week about how you’ve officially paid your dues as an American journalist once:

1. You’ve been laid off

2. The New York Times has ripped your reporting off wholesale without credit

24 tacos in a single sitting is insane. But 24 hours is a lot of time, and running that much creates a solid calorie deficit. You’ll hate yourself down the stretch, but very doable

Absolutely. The beer is the only prohibitive part. If we’re talking IPAs or oatmeal stouts, yeah, that’s gonna be rough. But if I get to pick them, I’m getting to the finish line

Will this be a terrible experience? Definitely for the latter half. Will I puke? Almost certainly. But I ate 10 tacos in one sitting for the Doritos Locos Taco Throwdown and could have gone much harder but for the salt content. Confident this can be done.

Feel like you could absolutely sip a couple beers while jogging the 10 miles for sustenance, crush as many tacos as you can with a few more beers post-run, take a nap, then just try to pace out the remaining food and beers over the final ~18 hours

Yeah, I talk about the friction involved in smoking compared to how insanely easy it is to gamble in the piece

Sports betting In early March of 1997, I went on a ski trip with my parents. We normally made the drive up Interstate 80 to Lake Tahoe from the Bay Area at least once a year, but almost always to Northstar, on the n...

Young men in America are sold two paths to happiness — being right, and making money. Through sports betting, they’re told they can achieve both, fast.

That’s why it’s everywhere, and why it explains so much of this moment and what might happen next pretty-good.ghost.io/sports-betti...