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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 6h

Congrats on inventing a large chunk of modern sports journalism and the entirety of the sports documentary genre.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 6h

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 13h

A lot of "beat sweetening" happening this morning among the #USMNT press pack.

A 2-1 win over a smaller country with a similarly Potemkin domestic soccer system is the barest of minimums.

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Urban Dictionary: beat sweetener

beat sweetener: (JOURNALISM) using flattery to gain access to sources. The phrase is usually used in the context of White House or Congressional press corps,...

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 1d

I can agree that he's pretty good. But the level of clamor I saw over this guy testing at IMS was a bit much.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 1d

I'm glad somebody else is asking questions about all this. I don't get it.
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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 1d

I do not understand the level of fan and media excitement over Mick Schumacher's interest in IndyCar. I get that he's a nice enough guy with a famous dad and enough time in F1 to get "famous," but he hasn't won a race in any car since 2020 in F2.

Why is this such a big deal?

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 1d

My cynical theory is that IndyCar is so down right now in terms of momentum, positive energy, and positive stories that the press pack is grabbing anything it can and, sadly, this is the best it can do.

I suppose you can only do so many "Roger and team may not know what they're doing" stories.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 1d

I do not understand the level of fan and media excitement over Mick Schumacher's interest in IndyCar. I get that he's a nice enough guy with a famous dad and enough time in F1 to get "famous," but he hasn't won a race in any car since 2020 in F2.

Why is this such a big deal?

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 2d

If MLS generates so little interest that media won’t cover it and so little revenue that it can’t pay in-house writers fill the gap, perhaps it’s worth asking more fundamental questions about MLS’ viability in its current form.

If this is where the league is in 2025, what are we/they doing?

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 2d

Since I’ve now been asked twice about this… it obviously sucks that MLS is “pivoting to AI,” but MLS’ view of media is hardly the most important question raised by this.

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 6d

Actual non-snark question from non-New Yorker...

Is daylighting just keeping streetlights on for longer, or is it something more comprehensive?

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting timing of posts on my feed over at the other place.

Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 7d

"Leaving Gotham and City Football Group for the Midwest is not a typical career move for a rising soccer executive."

30 seconds on Zillow changes that.

www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 8d

Only marginally jazzy, but our local RSN’s intro featured a ref getting hit in the nuts and throwing a flag. 😂😂 youtu.be/rBzdWoqtnac?...

HTS Home Team Sports Pinball Intro 1996

YouTube video by Brandon Wise

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 9d

I didn't know that. Wow.

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Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com · 14d

Martin Keown: "If it was a game of chess, then it's game, set and match to Arsenal."

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 16d

2. The US team was non-competitive from minute one and people have paid too much/sat in too much traffic to just leave early. (Sort of a "game state" argument). We can't really separate the behavior from the non-competitiveness.

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 16d

I'm tempted to push back a bit on the complicated interpretations of this.
1. Whenever the Ryder Cup is in the Northeast, it gets a bit hairy. Brookline in 99 was remembered for bad behavior even before the famous putt and subsequent player-on-player offense taking.

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 17d

Still Drew Allar. Still James Franklin. Simple as that.

😂😂😂😂

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 22d

Never mind. This is UEFA, not FIFA.

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 27d

Haha, that's him. A secret Nazi merch shrine in his casino... filling the UND arena with Native American iconography in such a way that they can't ever remove it. What a guy...

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 27d

This is tangential, but how familiar are you with the late Ralph Englestad, UND hockey donor?

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Aaron Stollar @aaronstol.bsky.social · 28d

Can’t recommend this show from @gregoryroche.bsky.social and @mlsist.bsky.social enough summing up the DCU omnishambles. www.buzzsprout.com/8793/episode...

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