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Brian Moritz

@bmoritz99.bsky.social
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Ph.D. Director of journalism MA online programs at St Bonaventure. Writing on Substack at Sports Media Guy. Podcasting about writing at The Other 51. Ellie's dad. Bills/Bonnies/Barça fan. He/Him/His. Print news, raise hell.

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 15h
A life lived in journalism is one that is inextricably linked with people. One of those people for me was Doug Schneider, a good friend and great reporter we lost last week, far too soon. sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/rip-doug-s...
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RIP Doug Schneider
Remembering my friend, “a journalist to his core.”
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 11h
Votebeat's Expert Desk is up and running and is *already* helping stories connect with on-the-record sources. You can talk to them on the Slack space you are *already in.* There are also tipsheets! And a fun watercooler channel! Please join us: www.electionexpertdesk.com
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 14h
What an absolute, colossal dork.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 15h
A life lived in journalism is one that is inextricably linked with people. One of those people for me was Doug Schneider, a good friend and great reporter we lost last week, far too soon. sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/rip-doug-s...
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RIP Doug Schneider
Remembering my friend, “a journalist to his core.”
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh shoot can't wait for this one!
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2026
You will be able to set your watch by the frequency with which Musk sets his minions on people during this case, using their usual tactics of death threats and doxxing. And media will cover none of it.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵
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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here's the thing: Hot Springs National Park has a long history with professional baseball. It was a spring training site for many clubs. If you want to do a national park game, that's where it should be, not some place with no tradition attached to it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh god, iced coffee discourse is here? Guys. Leave that shit to Threads.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Parks and Rec at No. 50, nearly 40 spots below The Office, is insane.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This news out of California is another troubling example of how the “rigged election” conspiracy theories have been mobilized into policy, including (illegal) ballots seizures. But it’s REALLY IMPORTANT to stress that the seized ballots are from a 2025 special election, not the current election.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seems like it should be part of the "are phones ruining the kids" debate that every marker of teen mental health has improved since 2021 www.cdc.gov/yrbs/youth-h...
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not for nothing, but the fact that the immediate follow up question to the "I don't think it matters" should have been simply "Why not?"
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One thing I'm confident in is that institutions cannot stand on the ground of uncritical use by leadership while punishing students for the exact same uses. This has to be hashed out. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Dartmouth’s provost has stopped “writing.”
Dartmouth’s provost raises a tension we should examine.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On one hand, sports leagues are absolutely correct to call for the harassment of players to stop. On the other hand .... sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/how-gambli...
At the same time, it’s hard to hear someone who invited a bull into their china shop and get mad that there are so many broken plates.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New at Sports Media Guy: Remember that story last week about how leagues want to stop gamblers harassing athletes? We all had a good laugh at the hypocrisy of that. But in reality, that story encapsulates sports and sports media in the 21st century. sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/how-gambli...
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How gambling and online harassment tell the story of modern sports media
The story made the rounds a week ago.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Both @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
oh hey, an ACTUAL threat to women's sports!
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“It’s as predatory as it sounds.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meet Derek.
An AI add with a stickfigure using a computer: "Meet Derek. AI every day. Always hitting a wall. Then he found evenfall. Private AI chat. No ads. No behavioural tracking. More room to create.Screenshots from "The Good Place" of Jason Mantzoukas (Derek) saying: Well I wasn't technically designed for this. But to be fair, I wasn't designed for anything."
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Matt Norlander @norlander.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This one's for all the style guide + headline nerds ... ... ... OXFORD KARMA
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We don’t need our journalistic watchdogs to have “access” to Trump Everyone in the press room should walk out in protest … and source up.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m on a quiz show that only tapes 46 days a year and even I think this schedule is a little light.
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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 18/09/2026
i spent the first 19 years of my life thinking i might literally never see my favorite team make the playoffs once i am honestly grateful that they now have the capacity to disappoint me
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As a professional punter, I’m in absolute awe at the masterclass put on by this Congress. Just punt after punt after punt, it’s like rewatching the 0-16 Lions.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This was a great piece from @mattbrown.bsky.social and it got me thinking. If there are seismic changes to the Olympic sports model at college, what happens to the Youth Sports Industrial Complex?
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
there’s a conversation to be had about whether and to what extent social media could be categorized as addictive, but anyone just saying “oh so you can be ADDICTED to talking to your FRIENDS??” is not honestly engaging in that conversation
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New at Sports Media Guy: There’s part of the Diana Russini story that’s always bothered me. I reached out to @amymoritz.bsky.social and @mollyyanity.bsky.social for their perspectives to help me (and you) understand this story a little more. sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/thats-the-...
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“That’s the patriarchy at work.”
Sex, sports journalism, and the Dianna Russini story.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Gene Wojciechowski is a real one. @sportsiren.bsky.social is the best. But let's be goddamn clear about one thing. Arch Manning's comments, and the reporters in that room laughing, would be vile and disgusting and wrong no matter who the woman in that fake video might have been.
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Won’t someone save us from all the gambling money pouring into our leagues ...
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Guy in hot dog suit dot meme www.espn.com/betting/spor...
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NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS urge action against threats from bettors
The NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and their players' unions are urging state gambling regulators to combat escalating harassment and violent threats from sports bettors.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Arch Manning and a room full of journalists laughing about an AI video of Steve Sarkisian slapping Holly Rowe is horrible. Fixed it for you guys.
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...
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A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 14/09/2026
i really appreciate NBC putting the giants and cowboys on SNF bc it gives me permission to go to bed at halftime
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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 13/09/2026
How it started. How its going.
Apple's 1984 ad from 1984. And screenshots of Apple Maps with Lake America and Gulf of America.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If any of y'all read that piece in the WSJ about Syracuse, this is one of the biggest hits my grad school alma mater is taking.
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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Counterpoint, sports rule.
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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🏈 CHI 59 - 37 CAR FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1096th unique final score in NFL history.
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 13/09/2026
Any two consecutive Josh Allen plays ever are the definitive Josh Allen plays
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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Greg Cote of the Miami Herald laid off after more than 50 years with the paper
Greg Cote was among the 30 employees laid off by the Miami Herald in the latest round of cuts by McClatchy Media that have affected newsrooms across the country. Cote, who spent 54 years at the Herald covering sports and became a national media figure thanks to both his reporting and his contributions to The…
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11/09/2026
You can become a journalist to be a TV star or to join the elites or to write an American canto or you can become a journalist to challenge power and advocate for the powerless.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Diversity and inclusion is common sense to most Americans, as @nwarikoo.bsky.social explains here. newrepublic.com/article/2150...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The Miami Herald will no longer have a Miami beat” is the state of local journalism in a nutshell. Really, really bad.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remember when Joe Biden proposed canceling student debt and every single Republican accused him of "bribing voters"?
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Biden accused by GOP of 'bribing' voters with student loan forgiveness
The Biden administration unveiled its latest effort to forgive as much as $20,000 in debt for some borrowers on Monday after the Supreme Court struck down its original plan last year.
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Wild that Disney spent decades trying to figure out how they should use the Muppets in today’s world, and it after it turned out the answer was just “do The Muppet Show,” everyone over there is like, “But what should the premise of The Muppet Show be?" It’s. The. Muppet. Show.
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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
[P] I might suggest “the Muppets must put on a variety show with a different guest host each week. Various shenanigans happen both on stage and backstage.”
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