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Old enough to have had a Top 8. Young enough to be on Bluesky. VP of social at NBC Sports. Exes: Pac-12 and WJLA-TV. Arizona State and Maryland alum.
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If I were the Edmonton Oilers, I would probably just stop taking penalties.

Am I the first on Bluesky to use #SportsSummit25? Excited to be on a panel here in Denver this week to talk the long and crazy arc of sports and social media.

The Maple Leafs losing this series is one thing. The Maple Leafs getting outscored 11-2 (so far) on home ice in Games 5 and 7 of a series is maybe one of the worst drubbings I've ever seen.

Cancel every other playoff series and just left Florida and Toronto lay every night until July

The very kind flight attendant on my red eye told us upon landing and opening the door that we were “free to go” and tbh I didn’t realize there was another option at the end of a flight?

This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977. Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.

*Alexandre Carrier perks up* “you raaaaaaang?”

SHEESH this Copa Del Rey final

The @cpsc.gov runs the most delightfully unhinged account on Bluesky

If I send this to you, I’m either not here for the complaining OR I’ve just stepped on a Lego

If this doesn’t lead every single Stanley Cup Playoffs rollout, we’ve failed

Electric moment watching Gabe Landeskog come out of the tunnel.

Those who do not learn from history something something yet again a Domi is conquering Ottawa in the playoffs

Including the Scott Stevens high hit on Paul Kariya in the feature to open this Ottawa/Toronto game was a choice!

I’m not mentally prepared for a Winnipeg team that’s clutch in the postseason.

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Got this on right now. Blown away by the sheer number of things happening. Multiple Olympians and 1,000,000 scores on the screen simultaneously. Everybody is having the time of their life. Electric stuff

Santa Clara's International Swim Center was my second home for three summers in high school and a world-class swimming facility. Happy to hear it's getting the long-overdue renovation it deserves. sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-...

We need to declare April 14 "Steamed Hams Day" in America. The perfect annual lead-in to Tax Day.

Tried a new #dadswhocook recipe where the spaghetti gets cooked dry straight from the box in tomato puree, olive oil and garlic. Comes out wonderfully firm, and the sauce infuses directly into the pasta. Electric way to prepare it.

Did not have a Kids Bop cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” at a Chuck E. Cheese kids birthday party on my bingo card for today (or this life). And yet

Just catching up on the latest political discourse

5 Tommy Vardells and a bench of 8 more Tommy Vardells

Sasquatch State was my backup school

one shining moment, but it’s all NCAA-mandated drink cups

Along with being an elite song, I’ll never forget when a Canadian radio station flipped formats and spent 24 straight hours playing Killing In The Name. Think they played it like 500 consecutive times.

Live look at Booker in @maddow.msnbc.com’s green room

*scene: 2:30 am after a Friday at the bars* HELLO EVERYBODY I’M BRAD NESSLER

Hello friends. Our #ParisOlympics social super team is a finalist for Best Sports Social in the 2025 Webbys! Would love your vote as it’s help us take home the trophy. We promise more memes in 2026 if you do! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

What’s a song from your teenage years that still lives rent free in your head?

Shoutout to that March Madness commercial that calls our bootleg merch dealers, but don’t act like you’re above wearing a sweet jersey with OREGANO across the chest.

They chose wisely

Found this beauty of a relic in a moving box. Opening night of 1992-93. Sharks won 4-3 in OT. They’d only win 10 of their final 83 games that year. Stuff of legends.

I’ve been watching hockey for almost 35 years, and this was a top 5 coolest moment I’ve ever seen in the NHL.

Class by Alex Ovechkin to make sure Capitals shook hand of Marc-Andre Fleury after likely final meeting. The battles Ovechkin and Fleury waged were immense. Both gave as good as he got.

162 points? In regulation? In THIS ECONOMY?

LeGoat

Yeah, that viral morning route is neato, but have you tried: 3:33 a.m.: Baby wakes up crying 3:34 a.m.-5:01 a.m.: Baby refuses all comfort 5:02 a.m.: Baby chugs 10 oz of juice, passes gas 5:08 a.m.: Baby falls asleep 5:35 a.m.: Peloton 7:00 a.m.: Bucket of black coffee

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, socks and shoes time