Dir. of Center for Sports Comm and Prof of Sports Comm at Marist University. Got a Ph.D. Former cog at ESPN, CBS Sports and FIBA. QPR, Cubs and UConn. Vermonter. Views mine. Newsletter: https://andyelrick.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3ml4il37xj22a"Look, fat.." - Joe Biden [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4il37xj22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3ml4gkr4dp22m"Verifying FIFA-style sustainability is a bit like trying to buy Bigfoot with a bucket of Bitcoin: Insisting the transaction is real does not make it so." Schedule to talk with @julesboykoff.bsky.social for Regular Season soon and really looking forward to it based on this turn of phrase. https://defector.com/jules-boykoffs-kicking-is-clear-eyed-and-warm-hearted05 May 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4gkr4dp22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkxfvvkfj22kMy favorite conspiracy theory is that it’s possible to fold fitted sheets.03 May 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxfvvkfj22khttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkxdxddkvs2eI've had my say on Ezra, but this goes to the point I've made a few times @dennycarter.bsky.social's Bad Faith Times now. I've labeled what Klein does as "politics as ASMR." It's for people who want to be soothed, and it increasingly has a lot to do with affordances of podcasting I think. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxdxddkvs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkt6rshv522oI look forward to the day we can bake things again because all the cookie sheets and pans aren’t being used to hold legos.01 May 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt6rshv522ohttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkqteidqik2aIf the Knicks blow this I’m becoming a Knicks fan.01 May 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqteidqik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkoaohi3sc2xDo you really have a living room if you don’t have an ottoman? Discuss.29 Apr 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoaohi3sc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkmzer5xbs2aI too don’t know if Norm is his really name. We need a nation full of @normcharlatan.bsky.social’s and we’ll be fine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmzer5xbs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mklumc5vyc2sPlease enjoy this A.I. generated documentary about former A's rookie hot shot Troy Neel. A story that takes us to Japan, Vanuatu and San Antonio and stars future Texas governor Greg Abbott and Ichiro Suzuki. How did I find this? You'll have to subscribe to my FREE newsletter to find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYB0eU0GY-029 Apr 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklumc5vyc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mklo47e7q22c [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklo47e7q22chttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mklamsutnc2zEpisode 5 of Regular Season is here! Some Guys and a GOAT - Dodgers vs. Reds (8/3/2006) with @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social. We discuss the law, depression and how Joe Beimel ruined everything. https://open.substack.com/pub/andyelrick/p/some-guys-and-a-goat-dodgers-vs-reds?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web28 Apr 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklamsutnc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mklh3qwda22o@murderxbryan.bsky.social and @brandazzle.bsky.social did you not come across Overspray Jay in your fragrance guy research? He got in my algorithm a while back and I couldn't look away. He recommends ONE HUNDRED SPRAYS every time you apply. "Nuthin' less than a hunded" is his catch phrase. He rules.28 Apr 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklh3qwda22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mklamsutnc2zEpisode 5 of Regular Season is here! Some Guys and a GOAT - Dodgers vs. Reds (8/3/2006) with @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social. We discuss the law, depression and how Joe Beimel ruined everything. https://open.substack.com/pub/andyelrick/p/some-guys-and-a-goat-dodgers-vs-reds?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web28 Apr 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklamsutnc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkhwdinm6s2aQuestion: Is there a generation that’s most obsessed with talking incessantly about generations? Follow up: Can they be put in prison?27 Apr 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhwdinm6s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkgoiib5kk2qMilk Street falafel. Died and gone to heaven.26 Apr 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgoiib5kk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkgfnavonk2dFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgfnavonk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mkalwj7hvk2zI love old cookbooks, and like the idea of trying to make the recipes but they don’t give you a ton to go on.24 Apr 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkalwj7hvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mk74xheiik2h [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk74xheiik2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mk736x4nw22eWhat won’t I do for this kid?23 Apr 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk736x4nw22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mk6uosxuqs2wMy man @leanderalphabet.bsky.social is doing this one. Might try to make it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6uosxuqs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mk6lvmxpps2pOne of many reasons to not touch Nancy Grace with a barge pole is that she was the main media figure to get out over their skis on the Duke Lax scandal. The cynical weaponization of the mishandling of that case brought a much younger (but no less bald) Stephen Miller to prominence. Thanks Nance. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6lvmxpps2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mk6f7lekhk2iHoping to release the next full episode of Regular Season next week, but for now here's a preview of my interview with baseball writer @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social about the forgotten night in August of 2006 when Greg Maddux came as close as he ever would to throwing a no-hitter. https://open.substack.com/pub/andyelrick/p/preview-greg-madduxs-near-no-no-and?r=27wix2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true23 Apr 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6f7lekhk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mk4w724pyk2bI don’t have a head for business like our President. Every business idea I have is just a pun (a store that sells only monocles and ascots called Urbane Outfitters© for instance) which is why I appreciate “The Coughyshop.” I haven’t been by in a while, but I hope they’re thriving.23 Apr 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4w724pyk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mk3uv5bi4s2o"In Russia, the most popular meal is the bread sandwich. That's two slices of bread with a slice of bread in between." Yakov Smirnoff, America on Six Rubles a Day. Vintage Books. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3uv5bi4s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mk3me6vl2k2p/Snoop Dog opposite Walter Goggins in a Super Bowl ad that cost 100 times the yearly budget of my local elementary school. "Fo shizzle my Cribl". https://defector.com/did-you-hear-cribl-axonius-and-netskope-were-at-the-game22 Apr 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3me6vl2k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mjzcicgsds2fDoing some reno work in the center which involved repurposing our complete collection of ESPN the Magazines. Had forgotten about this cover. Imagine the incredibly healthy discourse this would spark now.21 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzcicgsds2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyelrick.bsky.social/post/3mjzcicgsds2fDoing some reno work in the center which involved repurposing our complete collection of ESPN the Magazines. Had forgotten about this cover. Imagine the incredibly healthy discourse this would spark now.21 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:cec7vl62aitrgxf3scydpawn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzcicgsds2f