Benjamin Hoffman

Repeatedly playing the ad about the doctor who got Lindsey Vonn back skiing when she proceeded to tear her ACL and then immediately had a horrific crash and a career ending injury is some big “Dan vs Dave” energy. Surely they could swap in some psoriatic arthritis ads instead.

The obvious answer: cut both in half and examine the differences!

I know it’s not factored into the ratings but Bad Bunny’s halftime show was a rare crossover hit between the 7th grade boys and 9th grade girls in Connecticut. Benito built a bridge no one thought was possible.

Almost feel like he needs to justify not being a Giants or Jets guy?

I saw Green Day for the first time as a preteen and just watched them play the Super Bowl with my 12 year old son.

A great moment punctuated by my 14 year old daughter saying “Aren’t they older than you? Why are they still doing this?”

You know what would have been a better summation of the Bay than an outsider talking about bands and poets from 50 years ago? Marshawn Lynch just saying we don’t have to explain ourselves to you and then the video cutting out.

Hard to gauge how obscure of a reference he’ll try to make. Can I get odds on him talking about eating an It’s-It?

I’m a vegetarian so I cancel this out. Me and Bobby = 1 omnivore.

I never actually extricated myself from the Super Bowl after the sports department disbanded, because there was plenty of Styles stuff to do.

But barring something happening that touches on election analytics, I’ll be watching the game strictly as a fan for the first time since 1999. SO WEIRD.

I appreciate you being concerned about Draymond being violently struck by an overly anxious opponent but I think he’ll be fine. Very tough guy.

Ouch! Thanks for the flag. I hope Draymond’s elbow is ok. Impact like that could affect his shoulder too. Something to monitor.

Hi guys. Draymond is actually the best. In so many ways. Thanks for understanding.

Twenty one years ago I posted a questionable Seth Cohen take on the internet and it led directly to me meeting the girl of my dreams, getting married and having kids.

The lesson here: Never stop posting your takes, no matter how bad they are.

The girl who calls you an a-hole might be the one.

Really struggling with the judgement my Upstate NY wife will impose on me for not having shoveled yet with the fact that I haven’t shoveled because I’m trying to let her sleep

Wrote this before the vote where he got 7.3 percent. Felt just as good about it then as I do now that he’s a HOFer www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/s...

I think he was mostly crowded out with guys like Glenn Hubbard, Stan Javier and Mike Gallego all competing for ABs, along with him having some injuries. And then went to worse teams where there was more opportunity.

In another era maybe he'd have been valued more a la Ben Zobrist.

(Would that add up to warranting a HOF vote? Maybe in a year where I only thought nine guys legitimately deserved it and wanted to hand out the 10th vote as a career achievement award.)

I loved him on the A's, but his explosion when he left was just outrageous. A seven-year stretch from ages 31-37 where he had 32.9 WAR and a slash line of .277/.396/.412.

Makes you wonder what he'd have done with more health/opportunity in Oakland.

Solid and versatile defender too.

I usually say my commute doesn’t feel long even if it takes a while. It turns out that doesn’t apply when Verizon is entirely out of service and I didn’t bring a book with me.

Brock Purdy’s first full season as a starter would set Bears records for passing yards, TDs and rating and at the end of the season most people couldn’t decide if he was good or not.

Season 2 of The Pitt opens with Dr Robby, an ER doc who has probably seen a thousand head injuries, riding a motorcycle with no helmet (but carrying a helmet) and wearing a fairly thick jacket on July 4 in Pittsburgh.

What in the world?

Compromised and used the school's old name and its new name in the announcement, @calpolyhumboldt.bsky.social

I had the same job title, duties and schedule for like 12 years. Since then: chaos.

A New Role for Ben Hoffman | The New York Times Company

Some personal news!

This week I started a new role as deputy editor of Election Analytics.

The quote Sam Sifton gave for the announcement summed up my career well: “Ben is at the very top of the short list of Times journalists who could move seamlessly from Sports to Styles to Election Analytics.”

Found out today that McDonald’s in Italy has Celiac-safe gluten-free cheeseburgers that come in a cross-contamination proof bag.

Which is even better than Canada where the fries are usually safe.

In summation: F you, American McDonald’s.

Same in CT. Chance of snow is 0. Precipitation is 0. Yet I have what looks like an hour of shoveling ahead of me if we want access to both cars tomorrow.

I don’t blame @mccanner.bsky.social entirely but weather IS her thing, so …

Not sure what this is going on about, she was in Mallrats and after you’ve hit that peak it’s kinda downhill no matter what

Not going to Macy’s to see Santa for the first time since Obama’s first term was one thing, but I got a reality check on life with kids well into tween-teen hood when they told me what time I should make sure they’re awake by on Christmas.

So I’ll check in with them at 9:45 I guess?

In all the time it took to set up that promo on the Sphere why didn’t Timmy think of something better to say?

My collection was built at library sales and garage sales and used record stores where you could get harder to find stuff for cheap. Every record my daughter buys is $40 and I just sit there baffled.