Troy Machir
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It's Macker. Sr. Manager, Content @BetRivers. Past: @xfldefenders, @NBCSWashington, @SportingNews.
An 8-4 team should make the postseason. It’s called Bowl Season.
Petitti is now defending the possibility of an 8-4 B1G team getting in to the CFP. "If you project that winning percentage across every other sport, I'm pretty sure you make the postseason. ... We've conditioned ourselves to think that if you're not a 1 or 2 loss team you're not…
The most important person in the history of heavy metal music.
Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76, his family says news.sky.com/story/ozzy-osb…
Dan is such a smart, thoughtful and incisive editor who has always cared so deeply about making The Post’s Sports section the best it could be. Hard to imagine this place without him, but I’m fortunate to have worked with and learned from him.
Well. Tomorrow is my last day at The Washington Post. It’s been a total thrill.
Dang. End of an era.
Well. Tomorrow is my last day at The Washington Post. It’s been a total thrill.
On the other hand, the man plays on a golf tour where you hear House music on every hole
"Really? Whistling? Great time. Right in my backswing. Very smart, whoever it was."
Royal Tootpush
Doesn’t matter how old you get, a well-timed fart will never not be funny
The greatest WR in franchise history and one of -- if not the -- most underdiscussed WRs in NFL history.
One number. Forever legendary. Art Monk's number 81 will officially be retired this season
Tf you think, Ben?
Are you annoyed by political fundraising texts?
I took several MMA & grappling classes at Blackman's gym during college. Great teacher, cool dude, 1000% legitimate badass.
Tomorrow on Insight: an extremely rare interview with Steve Blackman! 🙌
That’s a handball in every sense of the word.
Horseshit no call.
I’ll go first: Mozzarella Sticks.
If you were the champion of a competitive eating division, which food category would it be in?
If you were the champion of a competitive eating division, which food category would it be in?
Dang. This stinks. Ben is a good egg and does a great job on the beat.
Personal news posts are the worst. Alas… Today is my final day with The Athletic.
No one is having a worse start to NBA free agency than NBA reporter Chris Haynes. First the LaRavia whiff, now an AI blunder. “DALIEAS”
Bad look by Chris Haynes. Gets sourced info wrong, deletes then reposts with no correction other than an asterisk w/ no explanation.
Anfernee Simons was once the sticking point in Portland Trail Blazers trade talks with the Orlando Magic for Aaron Gordon. Former Blazers executive Neil Olshey wouldn’t budge on Simons as Gordon was traded to the Denver Nuggets and helped eventually win the 2023 NBA championship.
Anfernee Simons was the last player left on the Blazers' roster that Neil Olshey drafted. That page has been fully turned now.
Timely.
Jon Jones faces a new criminal charge in New Mexico for leaving the scene of an accident Full story coming to @MMAFighting, first reported by @GeoffGrammer #UFC