Bradford William Davis
@bwd.bsky.social
2025-26 Pulliam Fellow working on the intersection of sports, transportation and environmental justice
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Most MLB teams have DEI programs. Why won’t any commit to them or talk about it? | Opinion
In the Trump era, when even Jackie Robinson is at risk, the sport is quiet about diversity efforts it used to tout. | Opinion
www.miamiherald.com
when MLB dropped "diversity" from its career site, I reached out to every team, including those with live DEI pages.
None committed to their current efforts. Almost nobody responded!
One week before Jackie Robinson Day, my take on the leaguewide silence:
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/arti...
None committed to their current efforts. Almost nobody responded!
One week before Jackie Robinson Day, my take on the leaguewide silence:
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/arti...
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Remember how Tim McOsker fought to have LA28 split sailing events across into two venues, Port of LA and Long Beach, so the city of LA could "benefit" from the games?
No one mentioned the part where local kids would lose their waterfront access for the next three years
No one mentioned the part where local kids would lose their waterfront access for the next three years
Port of LA to evict long-running Cabrillo Beach Scout camp for Olympic sailing facility
Scout troops and Cub Scout packs have regularly used the grounds for nearly 80 years. They’re being kicked out at the end of the month so it can become a waterfront training center.
lbpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Remember how Tim McOsker fought to have LA28 split sailing events across into two venues, Port of LA and Long Beach, so the city of LA could "benefit" from the games?
No one mentioned the part where local kids would lose their waterfront access for the next three years
No one mentioned the part where local kids would lose their waterfront access for the next three years
why did they have the fox and bunny lustfully stare at each other
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
why did they have the fox and bunny lustfully stare at each other
.237/.324/.393
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
.237/.324/.393
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The @foiaball.com Christmas party has a martini station where you spin the wheel to see how may olives you get
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The @foiaball.com Christmas party has a martini station where you spin the wheel to see how may olives you get
New from me!
Late in the 2025 season, MLB sent a memo to players warning that investing in baseball "predictive markets" like Kalshi and Robinhood violated its gambling policy. Over at @frontofficesports.bsky.social, I dig into the ongoing legal debate around what even constitutes a sports bet.
Late in the 2025 season, MLB sent a memo to players warning that investing in baseball "predictive markets" like Kalshi and Robinhood violated its gambling policy. Over at @frontofficesports.bsky.social, I dig into the ongoing legal debate around what even constitutes a sports bet.
MLB Sent Memo to Players in August About Kalshi, Polymarket
In a letter to players obtained by FOS, the league warned that its rules against gambling on baseball also apply to prediction markets.
frontofficesports.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
New from me!
Late in the 2025 season, MLB sent a memo to players warning that investing in baseball "predictive markets" like Kalshi and Robinhood violated its gambling policy. Over at @frontofficesports.bsky.social, I dig into the ongoing legal debate around what even constitutes a sports bet.
Late in the 2025 season, MLB sent a memo to players warning that investing in baseball "predictive markets" like Kalshi and Robinhood violated its gambling policy. Over at @frontofficesports.bsky.social, I dig into the ongoing legal debate around what even constitutes a sports bet.
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insane local news just dropped. i've lived in a part of KC for ~decade and it's been an inside joke with friends and service workers that the local biz/party district is ran by a cartel of biz owners who bully out new ventures and replace them with generic dive bars for white suburbanites.
Well UH
Well UH
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
insane local news just dropped. i've lived in a part of KC for ~decade and it's been an inside joke with friends and service workers that the local biz/party district is ran by a cartel of biz owners who bully out new ventures and replace them with generic dive bars for white suburbanites.
Well UH
Well UH
who wants to catch Spain vs. Argentina in Provo, UT?
Monica Crowley claims Trump is "talking to FIFA" about potentially moving the World Cup out of "blue cities," but no decisions have been made
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
who wants to catch Spain vs. Argentina in Provo, UT?
i support Black-owned business
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
i support Black-owned business
allen iverson doc in the background. modelo in my left hand, google docs on my lap.
"girl is who going to be okay"
"girl is who going to be okay"
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
allen iverson doc in the background. modelo in my left hand, google docs on my lap.
"girl is who going to be okay"
"girl is who going to be okay"
lil scoop for y'all tomorrow
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
lil scoop for y'all tomorrow
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Absolutely stunned and honored to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on this list.
I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
The 10 Best Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Absolutely stunned and honored to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on this list.
I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
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In this episode of Death, Sex & Money Anna talks to Sarah Amos about her dad, Wally, who founded the Famous Amos cookie brand, and then lost it all. slate.trib.al/ebSWEfc
When Your Famous Dad Can Charm Anyone But Can’t Pay the Bills
“The best way to describe my childhood was a nepo-baby fever dream.”
slate.trib.al
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
In this episode of Death, Sex & Money Anna talks to Sarah Amos about her dad, Wally, who founded the Famous Amos cookie brand, and then lost it all. slate.trib.al/ebSWEfc
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If I ever do get to toss people out of the Baseball Hall of Fame (per the subtitle of my 2017 book), Judge Landis and Cap Anson (he of the “Gentlemen’s Agreement”) are two of the first to have their plaques melted down for their outsized roles in segregating the game
Also revisited the 1919 Black Sox scandal, which I learned caused no discernible harm to MLB’s business, just its image in the eyes of press. The first commissioner punished the Black Sox while enforcing a far worse violation of competitive integrity. frontofficesports.com/gambling-isn...
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If I ever do get to toss people out of the Baseball Hall of Fame (per the subtitle of my 2017 book), Judge Landis and Cap Anson (he of the “Gentlemen’s Agreement”) are two of the first to have their plaques melted down for their outsized roles in segregating the game
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Landis’ racism is one of those things that is ignored by the worst historical accounts of the Black Sox but even the “better” histories of it sorta mention it but mostly gloss over it (I’ve seen the Ruth suspension mischaracterized in multiple accounts)
Also revisited the 1919 Black Sox scandal, which I learned caused no discernible harm to MLB’s business, just its image in the eyes of press. The first commissioner punished the Black Sox while enforcing a far worse violation of competitive integrity. frontofficesports.com/gambling-isn...
November 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Landis’ racism is one of those things that is ignored by the worst historical accounts of the Black Sox but even the “better” histories of it sorta mention it but mostly gloss over it (I’ve seen the Ruth suspension mischaracterized in multiple accounts)
While Cyber Monday is still going: What's your favorite zip hoodie?
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
While Cyber Monday is still going: What's your favorite zip hoodie?
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So there's AI porn slop on the @nintendousa.bsky.social store now
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So there's AI porn slop on the @nintendousa.bsky.social store now
Online sports betting might be killing your marriage, GPA and 401k. But is a clear social contagion killing sports, in any sense?
I wrote about the wave of betting scandals with insights from the 1919 Black Sox, the end-times Oakland A’s, and endlessly refreshing my Tankathon tab.
I wrote about the wave of betting scandals with insights from the 1919 Black Sox, the end-times Oakland A’s, and endlessly refreshing my Tankathon tab.
Tanking Is Hurting Pro Sports More Than Gambling Ever Could
Gambling isn’t killing pro sports, our guest columnist writes. The multiplying scandals are just part of a much deeper problem.
frontofficesports.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Online sports betting might be killing your marriage, GPA and 401k. But is a clear social contagion killing sports, in any sense?
I wrote about the wave of betting scandals with insights from the 1919 Black Sox, the end-times Oakland A’s, and endlessly refreshing my Tankathon tab.
I wrote about the wave of betting scandals with insights from the 1919 Black Sox, the end-times Oakland A’s, and endlessly refreshing my Tankathon tab.
there’s a pro-turkey vibe shift. And I don’t like it.
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
there’s a pro-turkey vibe shift. And I don’t like it.
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I remember during the first Trump term, one journalist was furious that I criticized individuals that sat on stories for their books. He basically called me dumb and naive. I hope he’s doing poorly now. Sigh
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I remember during the first Trump term, one journalist was furious that I criticized individuals that sat on stories for their books. He basically called me dumb and naive. I hope he’s doing poorly now. Sigh
On one hand, I read that having two subway conductors on every train could cost New York taxpayers over $200 mil a year.
OTOH, without subway conductors would we have wouldn’t have legendary hip hop producer Conductor Williams, or his iconic CONDUCTOR tag on Rome Streetz tracks.
OTOH, without subway conductors would we have wouldn’t have legendary hip hop producer Conductor Williams, or his iconic CONDUCTOR tag on Rome Streetz tracks.
MTA union quietly turned to Albany in push for 2 staffers on every train
State lawmakers quietly passed a bill in June that would block the MTA from running trains with just drivers.
www.crainsnewyork.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
On one hand, I read that having two subway conductors on every train could cost New York taxpayers over $200 mil a year.
OTOH, without subway conductors would we have wouldn’t have legendary hip hop producer Conductor Williams, or his iconic CONDUCTOR tag on Rome Streetz tracks.
OTOH, without subway conductors would we have wouldn’t have legendary hip hop producer Conductor Williams, or his iconic CONDUCTOR tag on Rome Streetz tracks.
less sugar/syrup, more pecans (come to my house)
I don’t really get pecan pie as a concept, but it’s very good at drawing the safeties away from the targets I really wanna hit at dessert
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
less sugar/syrup, more pecans (come to my house)
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Did, uh, anyone notice that when Carville claims in his NYT piece that “defund the police” was bad that the link takes you to an Appeal story about why ”fund the police“ was bad? Any editors, perhaps?
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Did, uh, anyone notice that when Carville claims in his NYT piece that “defund the police” was bad that the link takes you to an Appeal story about why ”fund the police“ was bad? Any editors, perhaps?
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good morning. we are celebrating thanksgiving all week on IHTOV, and i've got two good ones for you today.
first up, tracy miller writes beautifully about thanksgiving and a nina simone record and the spirituality of music ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/the-r...
first up, tracy miller writes beautifully about thanksgiving and a nina simone record and the spirituality of music ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/the-r...
The Record That Taught Me to Pray: How Nina Simone Became My Thanksgiving Religion
When I was a kid, Thanksgiving wasn’t about turkey or mashed potatoes. It wasn’t about the cranberry sauce or the football game on TV. Thanksgiving was about music. Every year, my aunt would pull out ...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
good morning. we are celebrating thanksgiving all week on IHTOV, and i've got two good ones for you today.
first up, tracy miller writes beautifully about thanksgiving and a nina simone record and the spirituality of music ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/the-r...
first up, tracy miller writes beautifully about thanksgiving and a nina simone record and the spirituality of music ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/the-r...
i repeat:
I will be the first to defeat Choitner in Verbal Kombat
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
i repeat:
what's the cheapest, Amazonless way to get an external hard drive. nerdsky do your thing!
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
what's the cheapest, Amazonless way to get an external hard drive. nerdsky do your thing!