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Chicago's Sports Historian. Director, Content Studio, WTWH Media. Talking to strangers since 1981. WHY WE ROOT for sale now! Avatar 📸 by Thought Poet.
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Phil Jackson and Sam Smith discussed the Scottie-MJ feud in their new book. I wrote about the feud, and my hopes for its resolution:
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November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Phil Jackson and Sam Smith discussed the Scottie-MJ feud in their new book. I wrote about the feud, and my hopes for its resolution:
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My conversation with 94-year-old Dick Motta, living life in Fish Haven, Idaho. The man whose Bulls teams saved the franchise shares how it happened.
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My conversation with 94-year-old Dick Motta, living life in Fish Haven, Idaho. The man whose Bulls teams saved the franchise shares how it happened.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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My conversation with 94-year-old Dick Motta, living life in Fish Haven, Idaho. The man whose Bulls teams saved the franchise shares how it happened.
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My conversation with 94-year-old Dick Motta, living life in Fish Haven, Idaho. The man whose Bulls teams saved the franchise shares how it happened.
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2000s era Bulls references? Robert Jordan reporting on Harold & Jane? McMahon to the Chargers? Paul Butterfield??? It's all here folks!
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
2000s era Bulls references? Robert Jordan reporting on Harold & Jane? McMahon to the Chargers? Paul Butterfield??? It's all here folks!
I just found this. Thank you @pointlessexercise.com for the writeup, but especially the part at the end that I've highlighted here. That's the subtext of what I discussed with Dan and Matt: that everyone needs to think a bit more about how we get our information.
September 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I just found this. Thank you @pointlessexercise.com for the writeup, but especially the part at the end that I've highlighted here. That's the subtext of what I discussed with Dan and Matt: that everyone needs to think a bit more about how we get our information.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
SPORTS FANS! The top and bottom of Amazon's top 100 sports essay books list is the place to be:
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After just one day, this is one of @danbernstein.bsky.social's most watched episodes! #5 overall, #4 not counting his intro.
The feedback has been really cool. Glad more people are talking about how journalism works. Bear Down!
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The feedback has been really cool. Glad more people are talking about how journalism works. Bear Down!
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September 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
After just one day, this is one of @danbernstein.bsky.social's most watched episodes! #5 overall, #4 not counting his intro.
The feedback has been really cool. Glad more people are talking about how journalism works. Bear Down!
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The feedback has been really cool. Glad more people are talking about how journalism works. Bear Down!
www.youtube.com/@312SportsCh...
To everyone finding my work through @danbernstein.bsky.social Unfiltered, here is my 90s Bulls newsletter, which is leading to my book:
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September 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
To everyone finding my work through @danbernstein.bsky.social Unfiltered, here is my 90s Bulls newsletter, which is leading to my book:
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Recent stories below. Thank you!
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I love this illustration from Todd Pendleton in this USA Today story by Mike Freeman. Such a fascinating QB era we're in, where you've got this widely presumed Big 4...
...and then the guy who is reigning SB MVP, with a 52-23 career record, regular + playoffs.
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...and then the guy who is reigning SB MVP, with a 52-23 career record, regular + playoffs.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I love this illustration from Todd Pendleton in this USA Today story by Mike Freeman. Such a fascinating QB era we're in, where you've got this widely presumed Big 4...
...and then the guy who is reigning SB MVP, with a 52-23 career record, regular + playoffs.
www.usatoday.com/story/nfl/ph...
...and then the guy who is reigning SB MVP, with a 52-23 career record, regular + playoffs.
www.usatoday.com/story/nfl/ph...
I'm reminded of my interview with the great Ben Joravsky. Ben and Mick Dumke were working on a story where the breakthrough was simply reading the budget. Mick's line speaks to much of @pablo.show's work: “Great investigative journalism! I read the budget.”
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September 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm reminded of my interview with the great Ben Joravsky. Ben and Mick Dumke were working on a story where the breakthrough was simply reading the budget. Mick's line speaks to much of @pablo.show's work: “Great investigative journalism! I read the budget.”
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Assuming no change, 2025 will be the first season where a division has four Black starting QBs for Week 1: NFC East. That is due to Russell Wilson joining the Giants. He will be the first Black QB to start Week 1 for NYG, the final franchise to check that box.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Assuming no change, 2025 will be the first season where a division has four Black starting QBs for Week 1: NFC East. That is due to Russell Wilson joining the Giants. He will be the first Black QB to start Week 1 for NYG, the final franchise to check that box.
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Another new datapoint for this year's story: 2024 was the first year where Black QBs started the majority of playoff games, with 16 of 26 starts. In 2015, Black QBs started 18.2% of NFL games, regular/playoffs combined. In 2024, that number was 44.2%.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Another new datapoint for this year's story: 2024 was the first year where Black QBs started the majority of playoff games, with 16 of 26 starts. In 2015, Black QBs started 18.2% of NFL games, regular/playoffs combined. In 2024, that number was 44.2%.
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I've never actually written about the LaBradford Smith game! I love Wilbon's story about it in 2010:
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August 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've never actually written about the LaBradford Smith game! I love Wilbon's story about it in 2010:
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August 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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91% of NFL players from 1988 season say that while football had a negative impact on their health, it had a positive impact on their life.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
91% of NFL players from 1988 season say that while football had a negative impact on their health, it had a positive impact on their life.
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crazy that he beat Ledger for his only Oscar. What a quintet!
August 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
crazy that he beat Ledger for his only Oscar. What a quintet!
same year
looking at these stills, my "same year" theme is suddenly more impressive, yet seemingly less impressive, because he looks so similar in these three movies (Lebowski, Patch Adams, Happiness). yet each character is completely different.
looking at these stills, my "same year" theme is suddenly more impressive, yet seemingly less impressive, because he looks so similar in these three movies (Lebowski, Patch Adams, Happiness). yet each character is completely different.
August 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
same year
looking at these stills, my "same year" theme is suddenly more impressive, yet seemingly less impressive, because he looks so similar in these three movies (Lebowski, Patch Adams, Happiness). yet each character is completely different.
looking at these stills, my "same year" theme is suddenly more impressive, yet seemingly less impressive, because he looks so similar in these three movies (Lebowski, Patch Adams, Happiness). yet each character is completely different.
Barry Bonds stats at the break in 2001, the year he hit 73. And he hadn't homered in 14 games!
August 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Barry Bonds stats at the break in 2001, the year he hit 73. And he hadn't homered in 14 games!
Philip Seymour Hoffman played these roles two years apart, and in the middle won an Oscar for Capote. Just an unmatched talent.
August 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Philip Seymour Hoffman played these roles two years apart, and in the middle won an Oscar for Capote. Just an unmatched talent.