Bradford William Davis
@bwd.bsky.social
2025-26 Pulliam Fellow working on the intersection of sports, transportation and environmental justice
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[email protected] for everything else
I'm so sorry Shabazz. This is awful news.
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm so sorry Shabazz. This is awful news.
It bugs me out that Babe Ruth got punished harder than any active player on the 2017 ‘Stros (and thanks for reading, I kinda hoped you would lol)
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It bugs me out that Babe Ruth got punished harder than any active player on the 2017 ‘Stros (and thanks for reading, I kinda hoped you would lol)
I prefer anyone who wants a better game and country avoid the same mistake again
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I prefer anyone who wants a better game and country avoid the same mistake again
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 2:32 PM
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...
I appreciate Trevor May, who played for John Fisher’s wholly exploitative A’s team spoke to me for this column. He asked a question that clarified a lot of my thoughts.
“Is gambling easy to accept because we’ve normalized the other thing?” I think it is. frontofficesports.com/gambling-isn...
“Is gambling easy to accept because we’ve normalized the other thing?” I think it is. frontofficesports.com/gambling-isn...
![The system, as it's set up, frustrates May because it encourages being very bad, on purpose, indefinitely. One dismal Pirates lineup card easily surpasses the on-field impact of every contemporary point-shaving scandal combined.
"It doesn't have to be the way [MLB] says,
'That's the system," May tells FOS. "Yeah, but you built the system." And you, the fan, have been trained to tolerate it.
May argues that though sports gambling, both legal and illicit, is a starkly different moral question than tanking, its mechanics are similar because it "intentionally decouples revenue from on-field success."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bzdhz7pkz6zbp2b5zus32hoy/bafkreigc4bk7zrk57gl7coyzshur3locbt5idr4q7kcofswcgdpeouxy7m@jpeg)
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I appreciate Trevor May, who played for John Fisher’s wholly exploitative A’s team spoke to me for this column. He asked a question that clarified a lot of my thoughts.
“Is gambling easy to accept because we’ve normalized the other thing?” I think it is. frontofficesports.com/gambling-isn...
“Is gambling easy to accept because we’ve normalized the other thing?” I think it is. frontofficesports.com/gambling-isn...
got a cool story coming tomorrow about all this.
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
got a cool story coming tomorrow about all this.
Nah Brussels sprouts are effortlessly delicious turkey takes so much work to be just fine. The American Vice President is right.
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Nah Brussels sprouts are effortlessly delicious turkey takes so much work to be just fine. The American Vice President is right.
don’t mind me I’m just postin’
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
don’t mind me I’m just postin’
Levittown a spiritual and literal superfund site dear god
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Levittown a spiritual and literal superfund site dear god
it's still extremely sweet, but the pecan flavor pops. and you won't need an insulin shot
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
it's still extremely sweet, but the pecan flavor pops. and you won't need an insulin shot