Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Shirley Povich writing in 1962, with the most immaculate burn conceivable of the Redskins awful, vile owner George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to insist on an all white roster: "Jim Brown, born ineligible to play for the Redskins, integrated their end zone three times yesterday." RIP WaPo. 121112281
Page 🗽 @firbirdnc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Oh dang!media.tenor.coma group of young men are dancing in a park . one of the men is wearing glasses and a hoodie .ALT: a group of young men are dancing in a park . one of the men is wearing glasses and a hoodie . 010
Wawamaxxing @rcrotty.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Maury’s dad. He also said a running back was “moving with all deliberate speed” which was a shot at the Supreme Court’s civil rights language. (He was saying slowly.) 0260
Sausage Hand Man @gringusmcdingus.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The lie detector determined, he was telling the truth. 060
Patrick Matthews @matthewsp.bsky.social · 04/02/2026That is the greatest sportswriting burn I have ever read 1130
briscocountyjr.bsky.social @briscocountyjr.bsky.social · 04/02/2026When I was a kid I worked at a store where we sold hundreds of newspapers daily. The Globe and Herald from Boston, as well as a few local papers. The Times, Post and Daily News from NY. And the WAPO. My customers always said it was the second best Sports Section to the Globe. 041
paulbuse.bsky.social @paulbuse.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Jim Brown averaged 6 yards per carry, for a career. Nobody came close. 020
tomgfromnc.bsky.social @tomgfromnc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Grew up devouring sports writing from Shirley and his contemporaries, and learned valuable lessons on composition, storytelling, and brevity from these wonderful historians. Your quote above is a perfect example of how they could encapsulate so much meaning in just a few words. 041
AdakWillie @rapidrascal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Maury was the best. His coverage of the perennial woeful Senators was breathtaking--and he got to cover Ted Williams as manager. 010
Justin McGuire @justinmcguiremx.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Not a burn, but I love this Povich lede from the 1956 World Series: "“The million-to-one shot came in. Hell froze over. A month of Sundays hit the calendar. Don Larsen today pitched a no-hit, no run, no-man-reach-first game in a World Series.z' 230