Extra FutureCongratulations to the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox, who have defeated the Pirates and Yankees respectively, to advance to the World Series in this, the strangest Divergent League season yet.
That means the World Series starts Tuesday, October 6th, and 4:30pm. Join us live for every game on https://divergentleague.com/tv
I haven’t talked about much about Divergent League (What is Divergent League?), the atemporal fantasy sports thing I run, here. My Patreon is usually kept up to date, but let’s get some cross-posting going on. Marketing 101.
The 1977 postseason has begun, and the White Sox, Yankees, Reds, and Pirates are vying for the coveted Bip Roberts Memorial Cup Even Though He’s Still Alive. We’re streaming games live every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 3:30pm PDT on Twitch. Join us!
As a big fan of [genetic walkers][walk], and [genetic cars][car], [this is right up my alley][link]. Can I get a baseball version please?
[link]: http://joshmillard.com/football/ “Genetic Football”
[walk]: http://rednuht.org/genetic_walkers/ “Genetic Walkers”
[car]: http://rednuht.org/genetic_cars_2/ “Genetic Cars”
Weird to see adults clinging to "jocks vs. nerds" when the sports industry & videogame industry are just the same dude in different T-shirts
— Maddy Myers (@samusclone) December 16, 2014
[ESPN’s Bill Simmons on the death of a man who, for many of us, typified pro wrestling in the 1980s][link]. Hulk Hogan was always more popular, but Macho *was* wrestling in a way Hogan could never touch.
[link]: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/110524 “Bill Simmons: Macho Man brought together the die-hards, the bandwagon fans and the ’80s – ESPN”
[A well-written weekly feature][link]. Relevant to the interests of anyone who grew up watching pro wrestling. Notables covered so far: [The Junkyard Dog][jyd], [Chris Canyon][canyon], [André The Giant][andre].
[link]: http://deadspin.com/tag/deadwrestleroftheweek/ “deadwrestleroftheweek – Deadspin”
[jyd]: http://deadspin.com/5542721/dead-wrestler-of-the-week-junkyard-dog “Junkyard Dog”
[canyon]: http://deadspin.com/5512595/dead-wrestler-of-the-week-chris-kanyon “Chris Canyon”
[andre]: http://deadspin.com/5500057/dead-wrestler-of-the-week-andre-the-giant “André The Giant”
[Salient chunks from Blowing the Whistle][link], by disgraced former NBA ref [Tim Donaghy][tim]. The guy obviously has an axe to grind, but the detail and name-dropping extent he goes to is pretty remarkable. This is gonna cause some serious shitstorms in the NBA.
*UPDATE*: As I was writing this, the book [was dropped by the publisher][dropped], due to the NBA threatening to sue the hell out of them.
[link]: http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts-from-the-book-the-nba-doesnt-want-you-to-read “Excerpts From The Book The NBA Doesn’t Want You To Read – Tim Donaghy – Deadspin”
[dropped]: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016839645 “Disgraced Ref Donaghy’s Book Cancelled By Publisher”
[tim]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Donaghy “Tim Donaghy on Wikipedia”
[Probably the single most visible ambassador of American football][link] is calling it quits after 50 years. A great coach, and a great announcer. Even if you didn’t like his style, you knew he cared a lot about the game.
[link]: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/sports/football/17madden.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all “Madden Decides to Put Down His Microphone – NYTimes.com”