Andy Elrick
@andyelrick.bsky.social
Dir. of Center for Sports Comm and Prof of Sports Comm at Marist University. Got a Ph.D. Never been invited on a podcast. Former cog at ESPN, CBS Sports and FIBA. QPR, Cubs and UConn. Views mine. Newsletter: https://andyelrick.substack.com
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Andy Elrick
@andyelrick.bsky.social
· Mar 8
They are deeply broken and unhappy people, and no amount of vandalism and ensuing chaos will fill, or distract from, the gaping void at their center. You’re actually doing much better than they are.
They’re not now (nor have they ever been) popular, competent, smart or great communicators. They’re just the dumb dumbs currently at the wheel of one of the two political institutions allowed to vie for power. All they had to be was patient. Things won’t get better until that’s no longer the case.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
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President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
They’re not now (nor have they ever been) popular, competent, smart or great communicators. They’re just the dumb dumbs currently at the wheel of one of the two political institutions allowed to vie for power. All they had to be was patient. Things won’t get better until that’s no longer the case.
Think James Garfield is interesting? Meet Franklin Pierce, the President who took on the task at averting a civil war weeks after his son was decapitated in front of his eyes.
A post about the podcast (Regular Season) and riding the crest of the Death by Lightning wave. If there was ever a moment to get a limited series with a forgotten 19th century U.S. President as one of its three central characters produced this is it.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Think James Garfield is interesting? Meet Franklin Pierce, the President who took on the task at averting a civil war weeks after his son was decapitated in front of his eyes.
A post about the podcast (Regular Season) and riding the crest of the Death by Lightning wave. If there was ever a moment to get a limited series with a forgotten 19th century U.S. President as one of its three central characters produced this is it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A post about the podcast (Regular Season) and riding the crest of the Death by Lightning wave. If there was ever a moment to get a limited series with a forgotten 19th century U.S. President as one of its three central characters produced this is it.
When it comes to dates wrapped in bacon I’m essentially a boxer (the dog breed). If left alone with a tray full I will eat until my stomach explodes.
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
When it comes to dates wrapped in bacon I’m essentially a boxer (the dog breed). If left alone with a tray full I will eat until my stomach explodes.
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Busy preparing for the launch of a new podcast called Regular Season, about the profound meaning of seemingly meaningless games. Got a couple of great guests lined up including @arif.bsky.social of Wide Left on competitive debate.
Checking In With My Inner Debate Kid
My earliest conception of what politics was, revolved around persuasion.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Busy preparing for the launch of a new podcast called Regular Season, about the profound meaning of seemingly meaningless games. Got a couple of great guests lined up including @arif.bsky.social of Wide Left on competitive debate.
Busy preparing for the launch of a new podcast called Regular Season, about the profound meaning of seemingly meaningless games. Got a couple of great guests lined up including @arif.bsky.social of Wide Left on competitive debate.
Checking In With My Inner Debate Kid
My earliest conception of what politics was, revolved around persuasion.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Busy preparing for the launch of a new podcast called Regular Season, about the profound meaning of seemingly meaningless games. Got a couple of great guests lined up including @arif.bsky.social of Wide Left on competitive debate.
We could have put a real business guy in charge. Things could have been different.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We could have put a real business guy in charge. Things could have been different.
The only reactionary political position I hold is that this should not be allowed. There should be a federal agency that regulates minor league baseball mascot names. You can’t just put words together like this. We’re trying to have a society here.
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The only reactionary political position I hold is that this should not be allowed. There should be a federal agency that regulates minor league baseball mascot names. You can’t just put words together like this. We’re trying to have a society here.
Every year I ask students (as a silly attendance question) which athlete they would most like to have a meal with. Someone chose Brandon Nimmo a few semesters back and I have yet to be able to unsee this. Probably my most obviously teachable moment thus far. Let's talk about how we cook chicken.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Every year I ask students (as a silly attendance question) which athlete they would most like to have a meal with. Someone chose Brandon Nimmo a few semesters back and I have yet to be able to unsee this. Probably my most obviously teachable moment thus far. Let's talk about how we cook chicken.
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different. This time one of those people is apparently Chris “Mad Dog” Russo.
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different. This time one of those people is apparently Chris “Mad Dog” Russo.
@mobute.bsky.social and @davidjroth.bsky.social imagining what the morning zoo format might sound like on Hallmark Radio.
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@mobute.bsky.social and @davidjroth.bsky.social imagining what the morning zoo format might sound like on Hallmark Radio.
I think the most shocking thing about this was how short the timeline is. In my mind Riley Gaines lost her fifth place trophy to Lia Thomas like 15 years ago. It feels like we’ve been subjected to this crap for decades, but the “movement” was basically created out of whole cloth like last week.
PTFO collaborated with @msjpauly.bsky.social and @motherjones.com on an investigation into Riley Gaines.
Riley’s messaging about trans athletes involves “predatory men” and “sexual assault.”
But there’s an important story multiple ex-teammates at Kentucky want you to know: youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
Riley’s messaging about trans athletes involves “predatory men” and “sexual assault.”
But there’s an important story multiple ex-teammates at Kentucky want you to know: youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
Riley Gaines Investigated: The Lia Thomas Race, the Coach & Why She "Doesn't Even Like" Trump | PTFO
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November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I think the most shocking thing about this was how short the timeline is. In my mind Riley Gaines lost her fifth place trophy to Lia Thomas like 15 years ago. It feels like we’ve been subjected to this crap for decades, but the “movement” was basically created out of whole cloth like last week.
Every kit deal should include three designs. Home, away and fat guy.
Hull City's home shirt is the old Kappa Kombat style that looks good on no one. On the Kit Korner, @andyelrick.bsky.social will often say if something is a good fat guy kit - these are decidedly not and aren't even a good skinny guy kit. Incredible really.
The tiger stripes are cool though.
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The tiger stripes are cool though.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Every kit deal should include three designs. Home, away and fat guy.
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It seems like this went about as well as Mamdani could have hoped for, but he still had to do the thing where you stand behind him while he’s hunched over his desk. I feel like you can photoshop literally anyone into this screenshot and it scans. Kid Rock, Saquon Barkley, Emmanuel Macron.
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It seems like this went about as well as Mamdani could have hoped for, but he still had to do the thing where you stand behind him while he’s hunched over his desk. I feel like you can photoshop literally anyone into this screenshot and it scans. Kid Rock, Saquon Barkley, Emmanuel Macron.
It seems like this went about as well as Mamdani could have hoped for, but he still had to do the thing where you stand behind him while he’s hunched over his desk. I feel like you can photoshop literally anyone into this screenshot and it scans. Kid Rock, Saquon Barkley, Emmanuel Macron.
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It seems like this went about as well as Mamdani could have hoped for, but he still had to do the thing where you stand behind him while he’s hunched over his desk. I feel like you can photoshop literally anyone into this screenshot and it scans. Kid Rock, Saquon Barkley, Emmanuel Macron.
BTW, if you produced sports talk radio in the 90's and early 2000's like I did you played your fair share of hotel bingo and got yelled at a lot. I remember Mike "Spanky" LaValliere absolutely goin' off on a guy one night.
Who is the most famous person to ever hang up on or yell at you on the phone? I'll start, Eric Dickerson.
“That source… told me that Fetterman and Bissinger did not get along. Bissinger did little to quell those rumors: He yelled at me, then hung up on me when reached by phone” defector.com/john-fetterm...
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
BTW, if you produced sports talk radio in the 90's and early 2000's like I did you played your fair share of hotel bingo and got yelled at a lot. I remember Mike "Spanky" LaValliere absolutely goin' off on a guy one night.
Who is the most famous person to ever hang up on or yell at you on the phone? I'll start, Eric Dickerson.
“That source… told me that Fetterman and Bissinger did not get along. Bissinger did little to quell those rumors: He yelled at me, then hung up on me when reached by phone” defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Who is the most famous person to ever hang up on or yell at you on the phone? I'll start, Eric Dickerson.
Reading a back issue of the NYT from 1997 for a project and it's so weird to see the movie ads. This absolutely forgotten Costa-Gavras "thriller" with two huge stars that earned John Travolta a "Stinker Award" nomination for instance. He lost to Tom Arnold in McHale's Navy.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reading a back issue of the NYT from 1997 for a project and it's so weird to see the movie ads. This absolutely forgotten Costa-Gavras "thriller" with two huge stars that earned John Travolta a "Stinker Award" nomination for instance. He lost to Tom Arnold in McHale's Navy.
It’s 2025 and yet I’m still at custodian levels when it comes to keys.
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It’s 2025 and yet I’m still at custodian levels when it comes to keys.
Oh flower of Scotland!!!
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Oh flower of Scotland!!!
Am I the only person who keeps trading cards in their glove box to sift through when they’re getting an oil change?
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Am I the only person who keeps trading cards in their glove box to sift through when they’re getting an oil change?
The Rik Smits of football has spoken.
I'm sorry for Jason Myers and the Seahawks fans in my life but also I'm not going to pass up the opportunity to bring up one of my favorite answers ever given to a Talk About question.
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Rik Smits of football has spoken.
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BREAKING: A detailed analysis of newly released Epstein emails has revealed that the single most accurate predictor of being an associate or friend of the world-historic sex predator is decorating your home with scallop shells that a border collie could comfortably sleep in.
…about why anyone would or could keep a scallop shell the size of a tractor tire on their coffee table. What do you put in there? Can a decor really be that coastal? Why is there a full on tree there too? These are the questions I’m here to answer.
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
BREAKING: A detailed analysis of newly released Epstein emails has revealed that the single most accurate predictor of being an associate or friend of the world-historic sex predator is decorating your home with scallop shells that a border collie could comfortably sleep in.
BREAKING: A detailed analysis of newly released Epstein emails has revealed that the single most accurate predictor of being an associate or friend of the world-historic sex predator is decorating your home with scallop shells that a border collie could comfortably sleep in.
…about why anyone would or could keep a scallop shell the size of a tractor tire on their coffee table. What do you put in there? Can a decor really be that coastal? Why is there a full on tree there too? These are the questions I’m here to answer.
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
BREAKING: A detailed analysis of newly released Epstein emails has revealed that the single most accurate predictor of being an associate or friend of the world-historic sex predator is decorating your home with scallop shells that a border collie could comfortably sleep in.
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…about why anyone would or could keep a scallop shell the size of a tractor tire on their coffee table. What do you put in there? Can a decor really be that coastal? Why is there a full on tree there too? These are the questions I’m here to answer.
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
…about why anyone would or could keep a scallop shell the size of a tractor tire on their coffee table. What do you put in there? Can a decor really be that coastal? Why is there a full on tree there too? These are the questions I’m here to answer.