Jensenphillyhoops
@jensenphillyhoops.bsky.social
Ex-Philadelphia Inquirer. Writing book on the impact Philly has had on the sport of basketball. So hopefully a book about Philadelphia as much as about basketball. Publisher, Temple University Press.
Big 5 Hall of Famer, yo.
Big 5 Hall of Famer, yo.
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Every time you thought John Chaney was crazy, he knew exactly what he was doing | Mike Jensen
And every time you thought he knew exactly what he was doing, he showed he was crazy. Here are memories and lessons from covering Chaney as a coach and a person.
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I wrote this when John Chaney died, about what it was like to cover him. He remains the most unique man I ever met. (His name will definitely appear throughout my Philly Hoops book.)
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Hitting free agency soon.
DM’s are open.
DM’s are open.
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hitting free agency soon.
DM’s are open.
DM’s are open.
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From @theathletic.com: A few years ago, Matt Berninger, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The National, was stuck with writer’s block. “I started getting depressed by notebooks.” So he wrote on a baseball instead. Then the words kept coming.
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Matt Berninger traded his notebook for a baseball. And the words kept coming
For The National’s frontman, the way forward was written on rawhide.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Since this is likely to come up, here's the buyout info I have on Matt Rhule, via the Extra Points Library:
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Since this is likely to come up, here's the buyout info I have on Matt Rhule, via the Extra Points Library:
Nothing like an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel.
October 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Nothing like an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel.
Best of Philly all-time list includes this man
A year ago, doctors told me I had neuroendocrine cancer of the pancreas. I’d probably been living with it for a decade. I will likely never be cured. But after a year of surgeries, radiation and monthly shots with a giant needle, I’m not going anywhere anytime soon. defector.com/my-life-with...
Let Me Tell You About My Uncommon Cancer
Dan McQuade shares what his last year has been like since learning he’s living with neuroendocrine cancer.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Best of Philly all-time list includes this man
Confession: I’ve never written “whom” in a sentence. I’ll rewrite the whole damn piece before I throw in a word I never heard at the dinner table.
Behold: an absurdly simple trick for choosing between “who” and “whom.”
The Comma Queen’s Lesson on “Who” Versus “Whom”
Does civilization depend on the proper use of “who” and “whom”?
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September 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Confession: I’ve never written “whom” in a sentence. I’ll rewrite the whole damn piece before I throw in a word I never heard at the dinner table.
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With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history
August 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history
News alert: Philly Hoops manuscript goes to the publisher tomorrow. They’ll take 90,000 words. I’m only giving them 89,998.
August 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
News alert: Philly Hoops manuscript goes to the publisher tomorrow. They’ll take 90,000 words. I’m only giving them 89,998.
Didn’t get a hit in Little League for 2 seasons until last inning of championship game, when I got a double (and went on to score winning run) … First base coach, my friend Jimmy’s dad, was so excited he slapped me on back rounding first, knocked me down. I got up, both elbows bloodied, ran to 2nd.
what is your personal sports highlight?
mine is: down 2 with like 4 seconds left, deflection sends ball into corner
guy throws the ball in to midcourt and i intercept it, and pass to my teammate who gets fouled shooting a 3
2/3 FT, go to OT
they are down 1, i stuff the j at the elbow. win
mine is: down 2 with like 4 seconds left, deflection sends ball into corner
guy throws the ball in to midcourt and i intercept it, and pass to my teammate who gets fouled shooting a 3
2/3 FT, go to OT
they are down 1, i stuff the j at the elbow. win
July 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Didn’t get a hit in Little League for 2 seasons until last inning of championship game, when I got a double (and went on to score winning run) … First base coach, my friend Jimmy’s dad, was so excited he slapped me on back rounding first, knocked me down. I got up, both elbows bloodied, ran to 2nd.
The interview I HAD to have for Philly Hoops book. (He was great.)
July 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The interview I HAD to have for Philly Hoops book. (He was great.)
Frequent reader but infrequent poster here. I’m well into my 60s Mark. I don’t need idiots explaining why they’re idiots in the name of diversity of thought. Bluesky serving the exact purpose I want as consumer, thank you very much.
The lack of diversity of thought here is really hurting usage.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post
Opinion | The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes
The social media network was doomed to fail as progressives tried to re-create old Twitter.
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June 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Frequent reader but infrequent poster here. I’m well into my 60s Mark. I don’t need idiots explaining why they’re idiots in the name of diversity of thought. Bluesky serving the exact purpose I want as consumer, thank you very much.
If this stands up in second half (if … IF) …. would have to go down as one of the great title-winning goals anywhere ever.
May 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If this stands up in second half (if … IF) …. would have to go down as one of the great title-winning goals anywhere ever.
Had never been to Southern Italy before. Awesome trip that ended in Naples, where Maradona remains the singular football god, every bit as much as in his native Argentina, or Michael Jordan is in Chicago. (When Napoli scored a goal Sunday at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the whole city shook.)
May 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Had never been to Southern Italy before. Awesome trip that ended in Naples, where Maradona remains the singular football god, every bit as much as in his native Argentina, or Michael Jordan is in Chicago. (When Napoli scored a goal Sunday at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the whole city shook.)
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Just how much pressure was upon those shoulders? How did it feel every time Jack and Tiger and the others uttered his name? We found out on Sunday.
Catharsis, thy name is Rory.
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Catharsis, thy name is Rory.
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Rory McIlroy’s Masters win gives him, at last, his seat at the table
Catharsis, thy name is Rory.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just how much pressure was upon those shoulders? How did it feel every time Jack and Tiger and the others uttered his name? We found out on Sunday.
Catharsis, thy name is Rory.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/627...
Catharsis, thy name is Rory.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/627...
ONLY hire Audrey if you want the best college football coverage in the country.
So… After nearly 7 years at The Athletic, my time with the company has come to an end. They no longer want to cover Penn State with a full-time beat writer.
Proud of the work I did and the stories I told. Thank you to so many who subscribed.
Time to figure out what’s next!
Proud of the work I did and the stories I told. Thank you to so many who subscribed.
Time to figure out what’s next!
April 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
ONLY hire Audrey if you want the best college football coverage in the country.
Duh who doesn’t know that? (I learned it Friday.)
I just realized that Sarah Strong’s mom is Allison Feaster, who put up 35 points and 13 rebounds for Harvard in the first ever March Madness upset of a 1 seed (Stanford) by a 16 seed back in 1998!!!!!
a man with his hand on his chin looks surprised
ALT: a man with his hand on his chin looks surprised
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April 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Duh who doesn’t know that? (I learned it Friday.)
North Carolina Tar Heels are officially your pesky NCAA underdogs.
March 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
North Carolina Tar Heels are officially your pesky NCAA underdogs.
A book writing update: Thank you Earl Monroe.
March 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A book writing update: Thank you Earl Monroe.
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📗Saint Joseph's 2003-04 Book Countdown‼️
🚨WE MADE IT! 0 days until pub date of 3/1/25!
🏀Today's fact: On March 2, 2004, Saint Joseph's defeated St. Bonaventure 82-50 at the Fieldhouse to finish the regular season with 0 losses, improving to 27-0.
#0304stjoesbook @brooklinebooks.bsky.social
🚨WE MADE IT! 0 days until pub date of 3/1/25!
🏀Today's fact: On March 2, 2004, Saint Joseph's defeated St. Bonaventure 82-50 at the Fieldhouse to finish the regular season with 0 losses, improving to 27-0.
#0304stjoesbook @brooklinebooks.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📗Saint Joseph's 2003-04 Book Countdown‼️
🚨WE MADE IT! 0 days until pub date of 3/1/25!
🏀Today's fact: On March 2, 2004, Saint Joseph's defeated St. Bonaventure 82-50 at the Fieldhouse to finish the regular season with 0 losses, improving to 27-0.
#0304stjoesbook @brooklinebooks.bsky.social
🚨WE MADE IT! 0 days until pub date of 3/1/25!
🏀Today's fact: On March 2, 2004, Saint Joseph's defeated St. Bonaventure 82-50 at the Fieldhouse to finish the regular season with 0 losses, improving to 27-0.
#0304stjoesbook @brooklinebooks.bsky.social
My former shop damn sure sticks the landing on the headline
🏆 Presenting the front page of tomorrow's Inquirer, memorializing the Eagles' second Super Bowl win.
February 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
My former shop damn sure sticks the landing on the headline
Nice little ball club, those Philadelphia Eagles.
February 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Nice little ball club, those Philadelphia Eagles.
It is a place he loves, but when asked last week if there were a lot things happening there ahead of the Super Bowl, Smith admitted: “Don’t nothing happen in Amite.”
Lots of gold nuggets in here. The coach in Amite was more than ready for Neiburg.
Lots of gold nuggets in here. The coach in Amite was more than ready for Neiburg.
Drove up north to Amite, DeVonta Smith’s hometown, where a proud high school coach is still haunted by Smith’s last championship game at the Superdome.
“Tay-Tay” is home, and a win Sunday would be a “fairytale,” even if it can’t heal a wound from 2016:
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“Tay-Tay” is home, and a win Sunday would be a “fairytale,” even if it can’t heal a wound from 2016:
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Back home in Louisiana, DeVonta Smith will try to erase the pain of a championship loss while a proud community watches
Smith, who grew up in Amite City, once lost a high school state title game at the Superdome. He and his community haven’t forgotten.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It is a place he loves, but when asked last week if there were a lot things happening there ahead of the Super Bowl, Smith admitted: “Don’t nothing happen in Amite.”
Lots of gold nuggets in here. The coach in Amite was more than ready for Neiburg.
Lots of gold nuggets in here. The coach in Amite was more than ready for Neiburg.
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There's a list out there on the internet, one tallying h.s. basketball's highest single-season scorers. The name on top isn't a familiar one. It's one that was without a story.
That's where we begin...
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That's where we begin...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/607...
The search for an all-time scorer that time forgot
The unwritten history of Finell White, who went from Harlem playgrounds to South Carolina countrysides and rewrote the record book
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January 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
There's a list out there on the internet, one tallying h.s. basketball's highest single-season scorers. The name on top isn't a familiar one. It's one that was without a story.
That's where we begin...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/607...
That's where we begin...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/607...
I remember the longtime great Gettysburg sports information director saying years ago that he wanted to put on his gravestone, “It’s in the notes.” I hope they do. RIP Bob Kenworthy.
Our condolences to one of the best - The General.
Our thoughts are with Margie, the family, friends and colleagues. Rest in peace, my friend.
May your memory always be a blessing.
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Our thoughts are with Margie, the family, friends and colleagues. Rest in peace, my friend.
May your memory always be a blessing.
www.kenworthyfh.com/obituary/Rob...
Robert Kenworthy Obituary | Jan 27, 2025 | Gettysburg, PA
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January 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I remember the longtime great Gettysburg sports information director saying years ago that he wanted to put on his gravestone, “It’s in the notes.” I hope they do. RIP Bob Kenworthy.
Underrated blessing of this site if you’re in Philly … @boopstats.bsky.social is here.
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> Also big fan of Big 5, Phillies, Eagles and other Philly sports teams
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January 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Underrated blessing of this site if you’re in Philly … @boopstats.bsky.social is here.