The 2026 NBA Finals continue to deliver record-setting interest. Game 3 between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs averaged 23.8 million viewers across ABC and ESPN, making it…
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Basketball icon Allen Iverson marked his 51st birthday by sharing a heartfelt message of gratitude with the fans, family, and friends who have supported him throughout the years. The former…
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What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. On their first night as a Women’s National Basketball Association franchise, the Portland Fire […]
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_NBA The Run_ offers an expansive list of controls and other settings that you will want to tinker with before hopping into your first tournament. While you can learn on the fly and potentially cost your team a free win, it’s better to enter Shootaround mode and see which settings you need fixed. Whether it’s adjusting the audio so the announcer doesn’t constantly blare in your ear or tweaking…
Nobody wants to think about officiating, much less talk about it. Joyce Carol Oates knows it. The NBA Finals are no occasion for rational nonpartisanship. The middle ground is out of reach.
If I want to say something straightforwardly true about the officiating, like, "Referees are still sorting out how to protect Victor Wembanyama from a kind of mauling that only he faces," unless I surround…
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I am on a daily Pook-Emu Bee links roll. Today, I keep it doing with a third consecutive edition of the links.
Boerum Hill is "tony" but that particular stretch of it was not "tony"…
I am on a daily Pook-Emu Bee links roll. Today, I keep it doing with a third consecutive edition of the links. [caption id="attachment_5694" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] I took this photo of the Gowanus Canal from the 3rd Street Bridge at about noon on June 8, 2026. While Washington DC has a shiny refurbished reflecting pool,...
The return of the NBA Finals to Madison Square Garden for the first time in 27 years brought excitement, celebrity sightings, and political headlines as Donald Trump attended Game 3…
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As New York City prepared for its first NBA Finals game since 1999, Fanatics hit the streets with its Fanatics Fan Wagon, bringing officially licensed Knicks merchandise directly to fans…
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As launch day approaches, the team behind NBA The Run says its attention is fully on getting everything ready for release. The arcade-style basketball title arrives worldwide tomorrow, June 9 at 2:00 PM ET, when downloads become available and servers officially go live across all supported platforms.
Based on what was learned during testing, several gameplay adjustments and fixes have been made.…
I came across Brian McCormick's Hard2Guard Player Development Newsletter, which focuses on coaching basketball, via Mike Klinzing's Hoops Head Podcast Newsletter (Hoops Head inspired one of my recent memories articles). I had almost included Mr. McCormick's On Being a Generalist in my NLJ 6th Birthday Blogging Wisdom Series, but I ended up saving it for later use. But in celebration of Junited…
I came across Brian McCormick's Hard2Guard Player Development Newsletter, which focuses on coaching basketball, via Mike Klinzing's Hoops Head Podcast Newsletter (Hoops Head inspired one of my recent memories articles). I had almost included Mr. McCormick's On Being a Generalist in my NLJ 6th Birthday Blogging Wisdom Series, but I ended up saving it for...
Knicks & Spurs face off for Game 3 on Monday (June 8) — watch the championship series without cable for free.
I was only able to publish two editions of Pook-Emu Bee links last week. Thus, to make amends, I present a rare Sunday edition of the Pook-Emu Bee. For link fans out there, I include many links in my weekly newsletter. See my June 6, 2026 Newsletter for an example. [caption id="attachment_5583" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] I...
The cheapest way to get NBA finals tickets? Try a third-party site promo code, to pick up a rare discount on Knicks vs. Spurs stubs.
President Donald Trump is expected to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals when the New York Knicks host the series at Madison Square Garden, according to reports from NBA…
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The beginning of an era.
Reebok and WNBA star Angel Reese have officially announced the release date for the highly anticipated Angel Reese 1 ‘Red’ colorway. The new signature sneaker will be available for purchase…
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I missed two days of Pook-Emu Bee links. But it is not all bad: Now we have even more links from around the web to choose from. 1. Why I Built Bubbles (Ben at Bubbles Blog. March 26, 2026.) I've been an RSS obsessive for years. Hundreds of feeds, hand-picked one by one. But RSS...
I missed two days of Pook-Emu Bee links. But it is not all bad: Now we have even more links from around the web to choose from.
I've been an RSS obsessive for years. Hundreds of feeds, hand-picked one by one. But RSS only shows you sources you already know. New voices don't find you there.
I added Bubbles' Daily Briefing to my feed…
Photographer Sam (Samantha) Owens is covering her first NBA Finals, representing the long-time advancement of women assigned to document elite sports events.
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That photo up there is of Jalen Brunson, who hit some huge shots down the stretch of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, led all players on both sides in scoring, and was talked up by his head coach as the hero of a game the underdog Knicks won, 105–95. "He did what MVP candidates are supposed to do," said a glowing Mike Brown, who pushed every correct button Wednesday night. "In the biggest moments, he…
Ahead of Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals, NBA 2K26 has released its official championship simulation, forecasting a title run for the San Antonio Spurs. According to the simulation,…
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We have two teams with loaded rosters, but only one can be left standing.
Hoopheads across the nation begin their annual vigil Wednesday in anticipation of receiving the thing they most crave in all the world—a new team to admire, love, fear, and hate simultaneously. And you can't really blame them for their baffled antipathies. Their favorite sport is both defined and repelled by dynastic teams and the silly little debates they shape, which are always on the menu as a…
The NBA has officially revealed its 2026 Finals court art, bringing back a familiar tradition. For the first time since the 2009 Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando…
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AJ Lamarque isn’t just a nerd, he’s every high school bully’s wet dream. He’s an amateur Egyptologist, a stand-up comedian, a biomedicine graduate, and, well, a gay twink. And yet, ...
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After Oakland Unified slashed some girls sports programs in 2018, parents fought back. A settlement set the Oakland Athletic League down a different path.
Today is Friday, May 29, 2026. Because it is a day ending in -day that is not Saturday, it is time for our daily Pook-Emu Bee links. There will be no Pook-Emu Bee tomorrow, but you will find even more links in The Newsletter Leaf Journal. I usually do not publish links on Sunday, but maybe I will surprise everyone. In any event, Pook-Emu Bee will be back on Monday. By the way, do you know what…