Zak Keefer
@zkeefer
Senior writer @TheAthletic, adjunct professor @IUMediaSchool.
Another humiliating loss. Accountability slipping. Former greats ripping the team. "There's no vision here," said a veteran. "From the front office to the coaches to the players, no one's ever on the same page." Inside another lost year, w @RomeovilleKid nytimes.com/athletic/60307…
#Pacers president Kevin Pritchard on negotiating with Myles Turner, who joined the #Bucks: “I think that there was a number he was trying to hit, and I think we were in the ballpark, but that’s my opinion. It must not have been for him.” nytimes.com/athletic/64790…
One of my favorite players I’ve ever covered (and still ticked it was for only one season). Philip Rivers is everything that’s great about football.
philip rivers forever.
I am thrilled to join the team of tremendous sports journalists at @TheAthletic, the best of the best. First day, first column on my 40-year adventure in the biz: tinyurl.com/52f9dkk9
I had no reason to leave Minnesota, as much as we loved it there, if both teams were drafting a quarterback high." (2/2)
"Quarterback 2" was released today. The first interesting nugget from Kirk Cousins, on the drafting of Michael Penix Jr.: "It felt like I had been a little bit misled or certainly if I had had the information around free agency, it would have affected my decision. ... (1/2)
After being forced to miss the final two months of last year due to a cancer diagnosis, ESPN expects Hall of Fame WR Randy Moss to return to a full-time role on “Sunday NFL Countdown,” the network confirmed to @AndrewMarchand.
What is Caitlin Clark worth to the WNBA? Like other sports greats before her, a number that her salary will never live up to. @CaitlinClark22 | @IndianaFever
Fun show today on @1075thefan 12:30 @PacersJJ 1:00 @zkeefer 2:00 @jack_harvey93 Pacers, Colts, IndyCar, 4th of July plates let’s gooo Watch & listen: youtube.com/@1075thefan_?s…
I'll read any story about Tom Moore. Even better, this one's written by @danpompei
Barry Sanders ate one green apple before every game. Bucky Irving has a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. And only one man would know that. My story on a bond for the ages. nytimes.com/athletic/64305…
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"No cellphones until middle school. Even then, they couldn't be used at dinner. And until 11th grade, they had to charge their phones at night in their parents' room." How do you raise a star QB in the social media age? Fascinating from @BruceFeldmanCFB nytimes.com/athletic/64489…
New for @TheAthletic and @nytimes Art Spander has seen everything. The Miracle on Ice. Kirk Gibson. The Catch. But nowadays? The view is changing and time is moving. On the life and love of a true original: nytimes.com/athletic/64361…
The best thing you'll read all day, on an 86-year-old sportswriter who can barely see and can't quit. From @BFQuinn nytimes.com/athletic/64361…
#Pacers HC Rick Carlisle, while discussing Tyrese Haliburton (torn Achilles) on @MorningShow1075: "Obviously, very unlikely that he plays next year." youtube.com/watch?v=rH1WZj…
Tyrese Haliburton: “I’d do it again, and again after that, to fight for this city and my brothers. For the chance to do something special.”
Man. Don’t know how to explain it other than shock. Words cannot express the pain of this letdown. The frustration is unfathomable. I’ve worked my whole life to get to this moment and this is how it ends? Makes no sense. Now that I’ve gotten surgery, I wish I could count the…
Basketball is brutal. Game 7s deal only in extremes. Triumph or tragedy. Hallelujah or heartbreak. Tyrese Haliburton’s fate came before the final horn, write @ThompsonScribe and @sam_amick.
I'm hearing that the Game 7 of the NBA Finals topped 16 million viewers. We should know the exact number in the next couple of hours. That would be a massive viewership win for the NBA/ABC/ESPN given the brutal viewership numbers leading up to it.