Derek Silva
@derekcrim.bsky.social
// prof & writer 🍉
// words in Time, LA Times, The Guardian, etc.
// podcast @endofsportpod.bsky.social
// new book link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social
// hobby jogger 2:49 marathon
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/
// words in Time, LA Times, The Guardian, etc.
// podcast @endofsportpod.bsky.social
// new book link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social
// hobby jogger 2:49 marathon
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/
Our book *The End of College Football* has been nominated for the inaugural 2025 @uncpress.bsky.social Readers’ Choice Award!
If you enjoyed reading it please take a moment to vote (while supporting university press books!).
@nkalamb.bsky.social
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@nkalamb.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Our book *The End of College Football* has been nominated for the inaugural 2025 @uncpress.bsky.social Readers’ Choice Award!
If you enjoyed reading it please take a moment to vote (while supporting university press books!).
@nkalamb.bsky.social
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If you enjoyed reading it please take a moment to vote (while supporting university press books!).
@nkalamb.bsky.social
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Absolutely packed house to listen to @nasssbsky.bsky.social President Jay Laurendeau’s presidential address to kick off #nasss2025
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Absolutely packed house to listen to @nasssbsky.bsky.social President Jay Laurendeau’s presidential address to kick off #nasss2025
Berlin Marathon done and dusted.
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Berlin Marathon done and dusted.
Just my former PhD supervisor (who has previously tried to get me fired) immediately taddling to his overlords when he reads anything I write lmfao
Yo, Matt you ok?
Yo, Matt you ok?
June 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just my former PhD supervisor (who has previously tried to get me fired) immediately taddling to his overlords when he reads anything I write lmfao
Yo, Matt you ok?
Yo, Matt you ok?
Made it to full professor while successfully pissing off administration at every turn.
March 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Made it to full professor while successfully pissing off administration at every turn.
In case you were wondering how ESPN is trafficking harm these days.
February 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In case you were wondering how ESPN is trafficking harm these days.
maybe it's the nazism
February 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
maybe it's the nazism
Sports media manufacturing consent to cap worker wages for 1000, Alex.
commish out here just reading random fan emails lmfao
commish out here just reading random fan emails lmfao
February 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Sports media manufacturing consent to cap worker wages for 1000, Alex.
commish out here just reading random fan emails lmfao
commish out here just reading random fan emails lmfao
The support we have received from @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social is nothing short of incredible. If you’re an author with a book project, this group is where you need to take it.
January 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The support we have received from @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social is nothing short of incredible. If you’re an author with a book project, this group is where you need to take it.
Welp…so a couple weeks after this happened to @nkalamb.bsky.social my NEXUS was just revoked by DHS.
It’s not a coincidence.
Sorry American friends and colleagues, looks like I won’t be at events in the US any time soon.
It’s not a coincidence.
Sorry American friends and colleagues, looks like I won’t be at events in the US any time soon.
January 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Welp…so a couple weeks after this happened to @nkalamb.bsky.social my NEXUS was just revoked by DHS.
It’s not a coincidence.
Sorry American friends and colleagues, looks like I won’t be at events in the US any time soon.
It’s not a coincidence.
Sorry American friends and colleagues, looks like I won’t be at events in the US any time soon.
nope not at all a nazi 🙄
January 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
nope not at all a nazi 🙄
This passage from Mohammed El-Kurd’s first non-fiction book “Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal” @haymarketbooks.org needs to be read by everyone and then read again.
January 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This passage from Mohammed El-Kurd’s first non-fiction book “Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal” @haymarketbooks.org needs to be read by everyone and then read again.
In spite of US empire, this event was absolutely delightful. Thanks to everyone who came, bought the book or told me they listen to @endofsportpod.bsky.social
Huge s/o to @edgeofsports.bsky.social (the 🐐) & to @politicsprose.bsky.social for being an incredible bookstore!
Huge s/o to @edgeofsports.bsky.social (the 🐐) & to @politicsprose.bsky.social for being an incredible bookstore!
January 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
In spite of US empire, this event was absolutely delightful. Thanks to everyone who came, bought the book or told me they listen to @endofsportpod.bsky.social
Huge s/o to @edgeofsports.bsky.social (the 🐐) & to @politicsprose.bsky.social for being an incredible bookstore!
Huge s/o to @edgeofsports.bsky.social (the 🐐) & to @politicsprose.bsky.social for being an incredible bookstore!
Every historian should be grateful to the AHA for saving them $40-$360.
January 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Every historian should be grateful to the AHA for saving them $40-$360.
This is a wild headline.
January 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is a wild headline.
Lmfao write about college football and get these highly sophisticated replies
December 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Lmfao write about college football and get these highly sophisticated replies
That settlement money really "fundamentally changing the landscape of college football."
December 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
That settlement money really "fundamentally changing the landscape of college football."
in case you needed a reminder that cops protect capital, not people, just look at this photo
December 19, 2024 at 8:46 PM
in case you needed a reminder that cops protect capital, not people, just look at this photo
why coach in the pros where you have to deal with those pesky unions & workplace safety regulations, when you can go to the NCAA and make bank
December 12, 2024 at 5:03 PM
why coach in the pros where you have to deal with those pesky unions & workplace safety regulations, when you can go to the NCAA and make bank
does someone want to tell them...
December 9, 2024 at 4:46 PM
does someone want to tell them...
It’s pretty simple: the violence that is fundamental to football has no place in education. Football targets the brain and is antithetical to the university mission.
Our latest in @latimes.com.
Our latest in @latimes.com.
December 7, 2024 at 12:06 PM
It’s pretty simple: the violence that is fundamental to football has no place in education. Football targets the brain and is antithetical to the university mission.
Our latest in @latimes.com.
Our latest in @latimes.com.
lmfao if this Patti’s main takeaway from The End of College Football, Patti is either illiterate or stopped reading at page 2
December 1, 2024 at 9:01 PM
lmfao if this Patti’s main takeaway from The End of College Football, Patti is either illiterate or stopped reading at page 2