Pete Croatto
@petecroatto.bsky.social
Accidental sportswriter (NYT, Andscape, GQ, Poynter, The Athletic, etc.) and intentional author (From Hang Time to Prime Time). Pardon the typos. He/him. Tips or inquiries: [email protected].
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Dump that grease onto a paper towel in the garbage can or incorporate it into a delightful after-dinner cocktail. Be creative!
WIFE: I learned that the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers...
ME: Because everyone clogs the toilets?
WIFE (eyes narrowing): ... because people dump turkey grease down the sink.
ME: Because everyone clogs the toilets?
WIFE (eyes narrowing): ... because people dump turkey grease down the sink.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Dump that grease onto a paper towel in the garbage can or incorporate it into a delightful after-dinner cocktail. Be creative!
I’m confused. Is this a coded scoop about the Dolphins’ GM search?
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I’m confused. Is this a coded scoop about the Dolphins’ GM search?
And I was thrilled to read them all—even the lede.
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
And I was thrilled to read them all—even the lede.
Only the greats can take a broad idea and spin it into a transcendent work. Bari Weiss is not in that camp. She's not even on the waiting list to get into that camp.
She has yet to learn that "this is what I want to do" is a lousy foundation for a story, forget about the agenda of a news company. For example, I want to write about LeBron. Great. So does everyone else. What's the angle? Why should readers care? Why you?
Her inexperience is in neon.
Her inexperience is in neon.
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Only the greats can take a broad idea and spin it into a transcendent work. Bari Weiss is not in that camp. She's not even on the waiting list to get into that camp.
Every Bari Weiss idea for CBS News.
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Every Bari Weiss idea for CBS News.
Reposted by Pete Croatto
When I started part-time at newspapers that year, many people taught me about journalism beyond the classroom *and* how to be an adult.
By the time I started working full-time at a newspaper in June 2000, the internet had evolved into a real-time threat and mentorship was a musty inconvenience.
By the time I started working full-time at a newspaper in June 2000, the internet had evolved into a real-time threat and mentorship was a musty inconvenience.
Hell, I need guidance from time to time—and I've been writing for fun and profit since 1998.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
When I started part-time at newspapers that year, many people taught me about journalism beyond the classroom *and* how to be an adult.
By the time I started working full-time at a newspaper in June 2000, the internet had evolved into a real-time threat and mentorship was a musty inconvenience.
By the time I started working full-time at a newspaper in June 2000, the internet had evolved into a real-time threat and mentorship was a musty inconvenience.
RIP, Rodney Rogers, the star of this utterly bonkers one-man comeback. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMu2...
9 points in 8 seconds by rodney rogers
YouTube video by AC KC
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
RIP, Rodney Rogers, the star of this utterly bonkers one-man comeback. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMu2...
To quote Percy Sledge, loving eyes never see.
I'm so good at catching everyone else's mistakes and not my own. And no tricks help me. Haha.
And just so we’re clear: writers cannot be their own copy editors. A fresh pair of eyes is a necessity, not a luxury.
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
To quote Percy Sledge, loving eyes never see.
And just so we’re clear: writers cannot be their own copy editors. A fresh pair of eyes is a necessity, not a luxury.
It is so, so bad. We’re surrounded by some of the sloppiest copy I’ve ever seen. Nothing gets another set of eyes anymore. Incredibly amateurish stuff at some really serious media orgs. Makes me wanna scream.
Every day I see spelling and grammar mistakes in ads, TV chyrons, and other places where, in the past, it would be deeply embarrassing and a deal breaker for the source, but now they just fly, and where are the editors. Just hire me or something, damn.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
And just so we’re clear: writers cannot be their own copy editors. A fresh pair of eyes is a necessity, not a luxury.
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I still work on my jump shot form at random points throughout the day. Just in case. And I have one of those quiet basketballs you can dribble in the house. Gotta keep the handle tight.
Why are yall pressed to play basketball just randomly in your day??????????????
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I still work on my jump shot form at random points throughout the day. Just in case. And I have one of those quiet basketballs you can dribble in the house. Gotta keep the handle tight.
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
Still $8! Get a head start on that holiday shopping, you old so-and-sos!
Amazon, for some reason, has the book available for $8. Help Bezos get another Dan Flashes shirt. www.amazon.com/Hang-Time-Pr...
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Still $8! Get a head start on that holiday shopping, you old so-and-sos!
We’re entering Lindsay Lohan filming “The Canyons” territory.
Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers, who has been pushing to play all week despite a fracture in his left wrist, is hoping to take the decision up to game time. Doctors have been cautious, but Rodgers wants to go and believes he can protect himself.
The Bears await.
The Bears await.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We’re entering Lindsay Lohan filming “The Canyons” territory.
I gotta date with the night
Burning out my finger
Gonna catch the kids dry
Gonna walk on water
Buying out the fight
We’re sweating in the winter
Well, both thighs squeeze tight
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Burning out my finger
Gonna catch the kids dry
Gonna walk on water
Buying out the fight
We’re sweating in the winter
Well, both thighs squeeze tight
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I gotta date with the night
Burning out my finger
Gonna catch the kids dry
Gonna walk on water
Buying out the fight
We’re sweating in the winter
Well, both thighs squeeze tight
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Burning out my finger
Gonna catch the kids dry
Gonna walk on water
Buying out the fight
We’re sweating in the winter
Well, both thighs squeeze tight
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
Choke, choke, choke
And Christensen allowed Sarsgaard to find his motivation for Chuck Lane.
From my Random Roles with Sarsgaard for @avclub.com a billion years ago.
www.avclub.com/it-s-more-ab...
From my Random Roles with Sarsgaard for @avclub.com a billion years ago.
www.avclub.com/it-s-more-ab...
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
And Christensen allowed Sarsgaard to find his motivation for Chuck Lane.
From my Random Roles with Sarsgaard for @avclub.com a billion years ago.
www.avclub.com/it-s-more-ab...
From my Random Roles with Sarsgaard for @avclub.com a billion years ago.
www.avclub.com/it-s-more-ab...
And they’re all watching THE LAST WALTZ.
What started as a wink-wink tradition among dedicated pot smokers to make Thanksgiving more bearable has mushroomed into a full-blown holiday. Behold the “Cousin Walk.” 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oVRf9y
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
And they’re all watching THE LAST WALTZ.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Buzz Bissinger was paid $3 a word for that feature.
instead of reading the Unpleasant Thing of the Day, check out Ken Griffey Jr on the April 1994 cover of Nintendo Power magazine
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Buzz Bissinger was paid $3 a word for that feature.
Reposted by Pete Croatto
I found the one exception to my belief that journalists should be paid for their work
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I found the one exception to my belief that journalists should be paid for their work
It should have done that three months ago, but whatever.
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It should have done that three months ago, but whatever.
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I can’t believe vanity fair is hiring marjorie taylor greene to be their DC editor
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I can’t believe vanity fair is hiring marjorie taylor greene to be their DC editor
Death, taxes, and UConn women’s hoops…
seeing how the UConn women are doing against the No. 6 team in the country and SHEESH
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Death, taxes, and UConn women’s hoops…