Mike Finger

Victor Wembanyama in midseason form as both shot-blocker and wordsmith Victor Wembanyama had the audacity to make his return in midseason form, not only as a shot-blocker and a multifaceted offensive creator but also, maddeningly, as a wordsmith.

Victor Wembanyama infuriates me the same way he must infuriate veteran NBA players, and this situation is becoming untenable.

If he keeps describing Spurs games better than I can describe Spurs games, he’s going to put me out of a job.

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This is why Spurs Insider (available wherever you get your podcasts) never makes you look at us, and doesn’t let you even if you’re sick enough to want to.

zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

Brought to you by the same folks who calculate the regional economic impact of middle-tier bowl games.

i endeavor to live my life in such a way that i’m never arrested for my own stabbing

NANTZ: “A minute left, Chiefs down six. These are the moments Mahomes lives for."

ROMO: “Absolutely, Jim."

(Producer passes over a promo card)

NANTZ: “Will watching the rest of this game make your children trans? Stay tuned for a new ’60 MINUTES’ to find out."

Billy Napier is about to be the subject of a federal gambling investigation.

I think LHN would’ve been harder on him.

I hate to be this guy, but the fellas in the broadcast booth have spent this whole Texas game making excuses for a quarterback like his uncles work for the company.

Used to complain about all the sports betting commercials during football games until they were replaced with absolutely dystopian “Join ICE” commercials.

Those Arch commercials for Warby Parker vision are starting to hit different.

Yeah, well, what about Schrute Bucks?

How Mitch Johnson is setting own course in first Spurs preseason in charge Mitch Johnson is not a caretaker anymore. He’s not an acting head coach, which was his official designation for 77 games last season. The acting part is over. He is the Spurs head coach.

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It’s becoming more and more clear that the possibility of a third OT possession means the coin-toss winner should take the ball, right?

Spurs continue theme nights 'fostering inclusivity and belonging' Even as some companies have fallen in line with the Trump Administration's efforts to roll back DEI, the Spurs' schedule includes a Pride Night and nights to honor women, Blacks and Hispanics.

Community leaders are praising the Spurs for continuing to hold theme nights celebrating diversity, equity and inclusion even as the Trump Administration seeks to scuttle DEI programs across the federal government and the private sector.

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Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.

"Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention ... that number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott." Then Republicans jumped on, including the President. Great internet we made here www.wsj.com/articles/bot...

The Kids Are Alright.

I don’t care what anybody says, this discussion of IShowSpeed’s name is peak journalism

You have to love it when the program you use to plan your family’s financial future is more or less as accurate as Jakob Poeltl at the free throw line.

Spurs Insider Basketball Podcast · Updated Monthly · Hosted by sports columnist Mike Finger, Spurs Insider gives you behind-the-scenes access to San Antonio’s favorite team. Count on Spurs writers Jeff McDonald and...

Spurs Insider pod, media day edition: We talk Wemby's new lease on basketball life, overreact to De'Aaron Fox's hamstring injury and try to answer the age-old question: "Who is Speed?"

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Why Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is embracing every summer lesson The Spurs and Wembanyama are now confident that his version of deep vein thrombosis poses no long-term danger to his career or his life.

“Please explain ‘compartmentalize.’"

Wrote about how a medical scare wound up sending Victor Wembanyama to a Chinese Shaolin temple, a Japanese soccer field and a NASA training facility, and why he sees it all, plus hoops, as part of the same mix.

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Time and time again, one realizes that talking to this guy is unlike talking to most guys.

Forgot to take cell-phone photos of all the basketball players I saw today wearing game uniforms while looking spontaneous and fun in front of monochrome backgrounds.

Now I’m not sure where you’re going to find any photos like that, honestly.

Apologies for letting you down.

Victor Wembanyama, breaking some news at media day:

“I don’t think I’ll be obese any time soon.”

Maybe only his brother Carl.

Once saw Colt McCoy do what Jordan Love just did in that building. It was something.

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

Controversial opinion:

The Ryder Cup is compelling.

Jeff Traylor is going to have to do a different “I’m committed to UTSA” press conference every week at this rate.

Nothing makes a billionaire realize he might have overrated his own intelligence quite like owning a sports franchise, which is why I think they all should be forced to buy one.