Kevin Van Valkenburg
@kvanvalkenburg.bsky.social
Montana. Maryland. Words.
In this week's KVV Mailbag for @friedegggolf.bsky.social I picked my Top 5 karaoke songs, compared golfer to FNL characters, and contemplated a world where Rory didn't win the Masters.
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Mailbag: Friday Night Lights, Karaoke, and Gary Player
In Kevin Van Valkenburg's latest mailbag, he answers questions on golfers as Friday Night Lights, the best karaoke songs, and Gary Player.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
In this week's KVV Mailbag for @friedegggolf.bsky.social I picked my Top 5 karaoke songs, compared golfer to FNL characters, and contemplated a world where Rory didn't win the Masters.
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www.thefriedegg.com/articles/gol...
This week in @friedegggolf.bsky.social, I wrote a few words about mental health and in praise of the golf buddy. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/in-...
In Praise of the Golf Buddy
Sometimes you need a golf buddy, and other times you need to be the golf buddy, and it's an important role to play in a friend's life.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This week in @friedegggolf.bsky.social, I wrote a few words about mental health and in praise of the golf buddy. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/in-...
Gary Player declaring himself the third best golfer of all time is cool, but you know what's really cool? The Fried Egg staff each declaring our GOAT Halloween candy. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/bes...
What's the Best Halloween Candy?
The Fried Egg Golf staff got together to make their impassioned cases for the best Halloween candy on the market.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Gary Player declaring himself the third best golfer of all time is cool, but you know what's really cool? The Fried Egg staff each declaring our GOAT Halloween candy. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/bes...
I think people being upset about Good Good sponsoring a PGA Tour event is mostly performative, but even if it's genuine, the idea that we suddenly have standards for sponsors in golf is a lie. I wrote about for the @friedegggolf.bsky.social newsletter. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/pga...
The PGA Tour's Good Good Championship Is a Good Thing
The PGA Tour's partnership with Good Good Golf to sponsor a FedEx Cup Fall event is a good thing for golf.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I think people being upset about Good Good sponsoring a PGA Tour event is mostly performative, but even if it's genuine, the idea that we suddenly have standards for sponsors in golf is a lie. I wrote about for the @friedegggolf.bsky.social newsletter. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/pga...
So good.
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So good.
How many swings does Tiger have left? I pondered the question in today's @friedegggolf.bsky.social newsletter. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/pga...
What Tiger Woods' Latest Surgery Means for PGA Tour Career
Tiger Woods underwent yet another back surgery, adding to his long list of injuries and bringing into question his future in professional golf.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
How many swings does Tiger have left? I pondered the question in today's @friedegggolf.bsky.social newsletter. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/pga...
For this week's Monday @friedegggolf.bsky.social newsletter, I wrote about Dustin Johnson and Robert MacIntyre and different kinds of cool. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/dun...
Staying Cool at the Dunhill Links Championship
On Robert MacIntyre and Dustin Johnson at the Dunhill Links Championship, where one player is maximizing his talent and the other is coasting on his.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For this week's Monday @friedegggolf.bsky.social newsletter, I wrote about Dustin Johnson and Robert MacIntyre and different kinds of cool. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/dun...
I had three final thoughts from the Ryder Cup, but No. 3 is probably the one that will linger. The fans who screamed vile stuff about Rory and his wife? In the Hall of Fame of Losers. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/202...
2025 Ryder Cup Final Thoughts
Touching on what could have been for Justin Thomas, press conferences, who wasn't there for the United States, and the rowdy Bethpage fans.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I had three final thoughts from the Ryder Cup, but No. 3 is probably the one that will linger. The fans who screamed vile stuff about Rory and his wife? In the Hall of Fame of Losers. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/202...
The data people involved with the U.S. Ryder Cup team need to resign. Either they're being ignored or they're being outclassed. My latest for @friedegggolf.bsky.social www.thefriedegg.com/articles/usa...
U.S. Ryder Cup Team Needs Major Change After Bethpage
After a rough showing for most of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, the United States team needs to make a major change to its operation to compete with Team Europe.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The data people involved with the U.S. Ryder Cup team need to resign. Either they're being ignored or they're being outclassed. My latest for @friedegggolf.bsky.social www.thefriedegg.com/articles/usa...
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Fridays @friedegggolf.bsky.social Shotgun Start flashback was amazing. Full support for @kvanvalkenburg.bsky.social curating these purely for opportunities to do silly accents
September 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Fridays @friedegggolf.bsky.social Shotgun Start flashback was amazing. Full support for @kvanvalkenburg.bsky.social curating these purely for opportunities to do silly accents
Hey friends, I'm very excited to start a new gig today. Hope you'll follow along as I continue to tell stories with the awesome @friedegggolf.bsky.social team. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/kev...
Kevin Van Valkenburg joins Fried Egg Golf
We're proud to announce the hiring of Fried Egg Golf's newest staff member, Kevin Van Valkenburg, who will serve as our Director of Content.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hey friends, I'm very excited to start a new gig today. Hope you'll follow along as I continue to tell stories with the awesome @friedegggolf.bsky.social team. www.thefriedegg.com/articles/kev...
This is so wonderful and somehow hopeful in the face of despair.
this one is for the dolls if I'm being honest, but the rest of you can read it if you want
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BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED
The big question
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August 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is so wonderful and somehow hopeful in the face of despair.
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We are honored and thrilled to share the cover of @tomjunod.bsky.social's upcoming memoir: IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH I WAS TOLD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN. Preorder your copy now:
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In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod: 9780375400391 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod, a searching, brilliantly stylized memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hi...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We are honored and thrilled to share the cover of @tomjunod.bsky.social's upcoming memoir: IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH I WAS TOLD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN. Preorder your copy now:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/89092/...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/89092/...
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New installment in Lenny’s Book Club: AMERICAN KINGS: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE QUARTERBACK by @sethwickersham.bsky.social. Can’t wait to read this. Preorder now:
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July 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New installment in Lenny’s Book Club: AMERICAN KINGS: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE QUARTERBACK by @sethwickersham.bsky.social. Can’t wait to read this. Preorder now:
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/789617...
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/789617...
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The Ringer's Hollywood bureau chief @alansiegella.bsky.social has a new book out about The Simpsons that you need to buy right now.
So many amazing nuggets about what the show owes to ('60s) Batman, the feud w/ Barbara (not just George) Bush, and more. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...
So many amazing nuggets about what the show owes to ('60s) Batman, the feud w/ Barbara (not just George) Bush, and more. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...
Stupid TV, Be More Funny
This comprehensive account of the meteoric rise of The Simpsons combines incisive pop culture criticism and interviews with the show’s creative team th...
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June 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Ringer's Hollywood bureau chief @alansiegella.bsky.social has a new book out about The Simpsons that you need to buy right now.
So many amazing nuggets about what the show owes to ('60s) Batman, the feud w/ Barbara (not just George) Bush, and more. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...
So many amazing nuggets about what the show owes to ('60s) Batman, the feud w/ Barbara (not just George) Bush, and more. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...
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For this week's @nolayingup.com narrative podcast, I wrote a love letter to my local muni (but really, munis everywhere). Neil and Randy and I also have a fun discussion about what makes a great muni in the back half of the pod. open.spotify.com/episode/1lv6...
June 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
For this week's @nolayingup.com narrative podcast, I wrote a love letter to my local muni (but really, munis everywhere). Neil and Randy and I also have a fun discussion about what makes a great muni in the back half of the pod. open.spotify.com/episode/1lv6...
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Sometimes I’m just like everything is so dumb and stupid what is the point and then I see Big Bird in a Larry Bird jersey and it’s like wow the world is beautiful and worth fighting for
June 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sometimes I’m just like everything is so dumb and stupid what is the point and then I see Big Bird in a Larry Bird jersey and it’s like wow the world is beautiful and worth fighting for
For this week's @nolayingup.com narrative podcast, I wrote a love letter to my local muni (but really, munis everywhere). Neil and Randy and I also have a fun discussion about what makes a great muni in the back half of the pod. open.spotify.com/episode/1lv6...
June 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
For this week's @nolayingup.com narrative podcast, I wrote a love letter to my local muni (but really, munis everywhere). Neil and Randy and I also have a fun discussion about what makes a great muni in the back half of the pod. open.spotify.com/episode/1lv6...
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Finding out that the Winklevii aren't ball knowers
June 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Finding out that the Winklevii aren't ball knowers
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Hello twitter emigres! If you are here, poking around, a bit confused—a lot of the football folks you know are already on this app! Smash the subscribe button on this starter pack and you’ll instantly have a timeline 👇
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May 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hello twitter emigres! If you are here, poking around, a bit confused—a lot of the football folks you know are already on this app! Smash the subscribe button on this starter pack and you’ll instantly have a timeline 👇
go.bsky.app/8RH6KbH
go.bsky.app/8RH6KbH
People make smarmy jokes about Infinite Jest but man, so much of it turned out to be prescient.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
People make smarmy jokes about Infinite Jest but man, so much of it turned out to be prescient.
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Now that the Black Sox players have been removed from MLB's permanently ineligible list after 104 years, here's the most accurate history we know on what really happened in the 1919 World Series, from SABR's Eight Myths Out: sabr.org/eight-myths-...
May 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Now that the Black Sox players have been removed from MLB's permanently ineligible list after 104 years, here's the most accurate history we know on what really happened in the 1919 World Series, from SABR's Eight Myths Out: sabr.org/eight-myths-...
Andor has a real chance to stick the landing and be a Top 10 all-time show. Not even joking a little.
Happy Andor finale day to those who celebrate
May 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Andor has a real chance to stick the landing and be a Top 10 all-time show. Not even joking a little.
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This definition of corruption is so pedantic as to be nonsensical. Corruption is an umbrella category of which a bribe is a part.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This definition of corruption is so pedantic as to be nonsensical. Corruption is an umbrella category of which a bribe is a part.