Jason Anderson

Who even said you have to like basketball or sports, certainly not me

Any Bottas points this season will be a gift from the gods, while Hamilton will have a few weekends where Ferrari doesn't pour a Double Big Gulp on the battery or whatever

He was going to be in Child tier but he's too tall

Real ones know that Takata-san is the ideal 3rd member of the Iron Chef commentary team, this is her vibe in every episode

Few people deserve the specific hell of Ferrari positioning everything well enough for him to believe he will win and then Ferrari does something no one's ever thought of before to spoil his race

I saw him do an interview where he said he would want to have dinner with Elon and it wasn't like a brief, tossed-away answer, which is very hard to square with everything else about him being the king of the "seems to be having fun out there" tier

A tier list for the 2026 F1 season, showing pictures of drivers and different categories. From top to bottom, they are as follows: Emotionally committed (utterly doomed) - Valtteri Bottas Emotionally committed (torment guaranteed) - Lewis Hamilton, Isak Hadjar, Carlos Sainz, Alex Albon Seems to be having fun out there - George Russell, Nico Hülkenberg Mildly positive - Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris, Checo Pérez It's complicated - Charles Leclerc I respect an old schemer - Fernando Alonso Child - Kimi Antonelli, Arvid Lindblad Certainly an F1 driver - Oscar Piastri, Esteban Ocon, Oliver Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto Should've lost seat instead of Yuki - Franco Colapinto, Liam Lawson Villain - Max Verstappen Failson, automatic bottom tier - Lance Stroll

My driver feelings as of the start of the season

I'm holding off on FP1 for Maryland wbb but very excited to abandon watching TV shows and everything else in order to watch F1's unhinged start under new regs

Anyway for the rest of tonight it is Go Terps around here, only post if you are posting Go Terps

Inter Miami is the most political club in MLS. As political as St Pauli, only in a different direction. "Freedom Park," the club's new stadium about to open, is called "Freedom" for a reason that is geopolitically clear to all of us living here

Messi and Inter Miami were wallpaper for Trump’s whims in their White House visit The US president welcomed the 2025 MLS Cup champions in a ceremony beset by tangents and awkward asides

Inter Miami became the latest team to become wallpaper in Trump’s White House. Even by the standards of this administration, and even by the standards of American soccer, it was a truly bizarre thing to watch.

Me, on @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

MLS & Inter Miami's unwillingness to stand for something (and that's the best-case scenario here) means they're props for literal death threats.

Not surprised, as the league has generally preferred to avoid any kind of stance about any moral issue, but this is what you get for not standing up.

From what I've gathered, Sullivan is projected to return well in advance of the new WAFCON window, and it wouldn't be a shock if Abiodun's absence obliged a recall for Stainbrook once the USLSL spring season ends.

Tsé also said on @heyspirits.bsky.social that she's played midfield.

Ah, that's the lot directly south of Audi. At $80/game I'm not 100% sure there's a discount here, since the price fluctuates depending on how big the game is. I bet the average is between $80-90.

Kind of a running game among media to clock the price on the walk inside. The high I think is $140?

Do they tell you what lot that's for?

It’s 2026. The World Cup is in North America. The top flight league has so drastically cut its own media presence and has a fully paywalled broadcast that’s effectively made it invisible to casual soccer fans. Second tier league is openly trying to bust a union.

USL emails players about union resignation procedures as strike looms The email, sent to all USL Championship players, includes an “FAQ” section on crossing a potential picket line

REPORT: On Wednesday, the USL emailed all Championship players with information on procedures for crossing a potential picket line and resigning their union membership, multiple sources have confirmed to The Guardian.

Details, including the attached "FAQs" pdf: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Tottenham bellowing "it's Morbin' time!" as the first half comes to a close

I feel at home, this is a warm embrace

The biggest film studios have optimized in favor of box office returns and nearly completely banned risk-taking, but sometimes they still end up putting out Morbius or Madame Web and you get a good laugh out of it

On some level it is reassuring that, while the Premier League hoovers up global men's soccer talent to such a perverse degree, it can still produce a game like Spurs-Palace.

Roster update out of Portland: Sophia Wilson has officially completed return to play protocol, and will be active for the team’s season opener next weekend

The FIFA window thing matters because those are the occasions where FIFA requires clubs to release players. Without that rule, it could be more of a question mark.

This is a moving situation, so how things are today is not guaranteed to be how they are tomorrow.

For the Spirit, Abiodun, Kouassi, and Monday could miss as many as 8 matches if we assume the normal international tournament two-week prep window is involved here...and it could be 9-10 if there's a need to rest after they return.

Issue is complicated by WAFCON no longer falling in a FIFA window.

Stiff arm from a tight end for a 43yd gain

I'll give Sentor a 2/4 here (runs were lacking in coordination, finding runners on the turn didn't happen often enough).

But big picture that's a win, because she took her shots from where you want to take shots, and not from 25+.

"Nope. Nope. You're done tonight, let's go. Out the door."

Had fun talking DCU's 1st 2 games, the Pirani riddle, & the unhinged soccer-adjacent things I did in the late 90s that lead inexorably to whatever it is I'm doing now

Goal is not gonna hurt.

(for the record so far: ❌, 🤔, not often enough, ✅)

Inside the box, this was so good from Fox. Forced Lacasse to turn away from goal, then anticipated leans in both directions. Lacasse ended up walking herself out of danger and dishing it off elsewhere.