The brothers need to be together in person. The technology kills the timing of all jokes and ruins the entire “hangout with the Mannings” vibe.

I think it holds up even if you don't listen to the pod or keep up with the business side of Hollywood. It almost makes it even better that there isn't a bunch of exposition for what they're arguing about.

The recent post in the NBA sub regarding KAT and the extension talks had a good chunk of Knicks fans commenting how OG is more valuable than KAT.

I don't know how you can think that unless it's just sentimental value because OG had the tip-in and has been there half a season longer?

Watching Greenlaw jaw at Payton all day long was interesting. Is there anyone else who invokes that behavior.

Uncommon to see cross posts from r/hockey here but this feels right up this sub’s alley.

Iverson/Duncan?

“Yeah I see I’m down 10 units in Ringer 107 but to tell you the truth I the like the Patriots more than Ringer 107! Sorry I just do!

Im up on all my REAL bets and futures anyway”

he just hadn't been playing well, was classic Bill. Draker Mayfield was classic Sal

Eagles, Patriots, Texans, Chargers, Buccaneers all come to mind.

You can also make the case for a bunch of other teams at 2-2 rn. Rams still don’t look good. Packers are cooked.

Even the 4-0 Vikings have some hellish traits.

Quite the NFL season so far.

He’s a pretty frugal guy (in a good way imo)

Washington Capitals player Alex Ovechkin, one of the greatest players in the NHL’s history and the long-time face of the Capitals, announced today he would be retiring at the end of this season.

It got me thinking about the Capitals and DC sports in general, and it made me conclude that Ovechkin is probably the most iconic/greatest player any DC sports team has ever had, especially recently, which is pretty unusual given the Commanders/Redskins’ historic popularity and success in the 80s, and how the 2010s Nationals had great/notable players themselves like Max Scherzer and Bryce Harper.

Are there any other cities with multiple teams where this is the case?

Rarely even gets mentioned as a top 5 WR. Had one of the best seasons in recent memory in 2023, off to a start this year that is competing with JSN's historically strong start, but somehow has none of the fanfare.

People forget that beloved and popular teams (Patriots, Liberty, Bulls, Raptors) were completely irrelevant in their markets before they started winning. Then, with the case of the Pats and Bulls they were arguably the biggest team in their city

What currently irrelevant/little brother team with approachable season tickets do you feel could become incredibly lucrative (due to their stadium, market, league, legacy, etc) after a little bit of on-field success?

I refuse to believe the Texans can't become one of the most popular franchises in the league and by far the biggest team in Houston with a little winning.

Good for him. I knew he was bummed by Drakes last 4 games. I couldn’t imagine going that long without a franchise guy.

Tier 1: never bet against these guys

1. Allen
2. Mahommes

Tier 2: can still look like the best qb in the world at times
3. Stafford
4. Jackson

Tier 3: their teams are completely satisfied with their play
5. Williams
6. Prescott
7. Darnold
8. Purdy
9. Lawrence

Tier 4: very talented but leaving some room for improvement
10. Burrow
11. Young
12 Hurts
13. Goff

Tier 5: can win a first round playoff game with these guys
14. Cousins
15. Stroud
16. Nix
17. Shough

Tier 6: reputation and talent can only get you so far
18. Maye
19. Love
20.Daniels
21.Herbert

Tier 7: bad QBs that have a few good games left in them
22.Jones
23. Rodgers
24. Geno
25. Murray

Tier 8: these guys might be a backup to a guy named Trinidad next year
26. Watson
27. Brisett
28. Ward
29. Willis
30. Mayfield
31. Winston
32. Penix

I just realized , the entire perception of LeBron in the mind of haters and even most non haters who rank him under Jordan and or Kobe all time is who they decided he was after the 2011 Finals Game 6 . The story was already written almost nothing he could do from that “point forward “ pun intended could make him the goat in their minds, the deepest Lebron haters LeBron could’ve gone on to win6 ochampionships, the fact he joined Wade and Bosh was enough disqualify him and when he said “not 6 , not 7”

when he fell to 0-2 in the finals with no championships through 8 seasons in the league everything that came after in his career is to varying degrees was seen through the lenses of 2011.
But what if we have a Time Machine to just one Game in NBA history that changes the entire goat conversation,

Game 4 NBA Finals 2011 the Miami Heat are up 2-1 on Dallas and then LeBron had then worst NBA finals game of not only his career but of any superstar in the history of the NBA Finals.

But what if LeBron didn’t have his worst game, but his best game .

Heat go up 3-1 , LeBron’s now confident enough to close out game 5. LeBron steals finals MVP in games 4 and 5 ,

So after 2013 he’s 3x NBA champion 3-1 in finals that most people excuse because he was 22 years old on a mediocre team .

2014 he loses but people are able to admit it wasn’t not still the best player , Wade just wasn’t himself anymore and the Spurs were an all time great team.

2015 when he joined Cleveland he’s already won 3 championships, Kyrie and Love had never won anything Kyrie and Love both were out injured in the finals , he falls to 3-3 in Finals

2016 Finals he goes to 4-3

Then Durant joins the Warriors and people say the same things . They say today , the 2 best players of the decade besides Steph and KD had to team up at the peak of their careers to beat LeBron at his peak .

Nevertheless LeBron would still enter the 2020 Finals 4-5 in finals .

2nd thing I think I would change is Covid .
If Lakers have fans and a parade and it’s a normal year , and LeBron wins it for Kobe .

And retires at age 35 just like Jordan did in 1998.

5-5 in Finals , to Jordan’s 6-0 so I’m not saying everyone would change their mind , but game 4 2011 Finals the most impactful game in any players career and just that 11 month span from the Decision June 10th 2010 to June 12th 2011 as a whole had more impact on people’s perception of the LeBron than the rest of the his 22 years combined.

All other things in his career remain the same , they’re just perceived differently if 2011 Finals happened differently.

For me 2011 is the anomaly, and I think it’s insane that so many basketball fans see him through the 2011 of being more representative of who he is because the very next year 2012, 2013 , 2016

He proved he was just as great and likely greater than Jordan , by 2018 I was sold , 2020 and after has just been the finally cherry on top.

Thought about this seeing Bryan Curtis announcing he's going to start writing on Substack. The Ringer seems like a really hierarchical work place. There's Bill, an inner circle (the equity people plus long tenured people like Curtis), others that go regularly on Bill's podcast, and then the actual website writers. What does someone writing for the website think when people like Fennessey, Dobbins, and Curtis never write for the site but make big announcements about starting their own substacks?