Reposted by Brett BiebelLit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 26/07/2026Come read with us (or listen) tonight at 8 ET! 021
Reposted by Brett BiebelLit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 21/07/2026Tonight at 7 ET! All are welcome! 033
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Maybe half soccer players? Don't think you can leave Maradona off. Could make a case for both Ronaldos and Zidane, but I think those guys would be well below Bolt (and well ahead of Beckham). But "Most famous" gets you out of sport and into brand too much to keep list integrity. Most transcendent. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Dude, anyone who watched Messi, Ali, or Jordan, or even prime Tiger or Federer knows Spice Boy isn't in their league in terms of achievement and athletic transcendence. I am not disputing he's incredibly popular. This isn't about brand. It's about people who revolutionized sport. 100
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I think, rather than "most famous," the better idea is "most transcendent." There's a level of aesthetics, but any list of most transcendent athletes MUST include Bolt, Jordan, Pele, Messi, Maradona, Ali, maybe CR 7 (or Brazil Ronaldo), maybe Tiger, maybe RFed, maybe Serena. Beckham not close. 100
Reposted by Brett BiebelL Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social · 15/07/2026July 31st we drop a new issue. Look at this line-up! We're open. Free sub option always available. We tend to be fairly fast responders. & we pay $30/piece. www.trampset.org/submissionstrampset.orgsubmit to trampset | literary journal submissionsSubmit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations to trampset. Read guidelines and share your best work with our literary journal. 0145
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Congrats, Allison! These are great. Especially love the second one. 110
Reposted by Brett BiebelAllison Renner @allisonwrites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I'm excited to announce I have three microfictions up at @newworldwriting.bsky.social today! Shoutout to @suzannehicks.bsky.social for helping me polish them (AND suggesting this perfect place for them!) newworldwriting.net/allison-renn...newworldwriting.netAllison Renner ~ Three Microfictions - New World Writing QuarterlyTimber We grew tired of standing with no one reclining in our shade, climbing our trunks, or hanging swings or birdhouses from our limbs. What were we even 2112
Reposted by Brett BiebelCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Telemundo refers to David Beckham as Spice Boy, mentions that Timothée Chalamet brought luck to the Knicks but may not be so lucky with France 231033127
Reposted by Brett BiebelSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 845222213628
Reposted by Brett BiebelOkay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 13/07/2026OKD and its contributors were fêted in the Wigleaf Top 50 2026 for “On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61” by Patricia Q. Bidar and “Fireflies” by Rina Olsen. Several pieces also made the longlist— see the full list in our newsletter at okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com/p/bid-farewe... 0163
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Push notifications for gambling should be an easy no for everyone. 010
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Unfortunately, he did not spend enough time training with Klaebo. 000
Reposted by Brett BiebelLit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 11/07/2026Now through Aug. 31, ALL of our plans are 60% off! You can get up to 3 months of Basic or Fancy at $6 and $50 per month respectively. Just use the code LMC-SUMMER-26 at checkout! Not sure which tier is for you? Learn more about each membership tier at www.litmatchcollective.com 032
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Bad enough we have to suffer through Strong/Holden during USMNT matches. Now it looks like they'll get half the remaining games. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Sorry, but giving Strong and Holden two games and Derek Rae zero is a sin and a half. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Well, nice to have these events in basketball cities, even though they shouldn't exist. I guess we take the silver linings we get. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Disappointed in Morocco's approach today. That team is too good to play tentative. If you show up afraid to lose, you probably will. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Bingo. Spanish speakers have a much more elegant soccer vocab. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We've known Trump was a sports moron since he killed the USFL. There's a 30 for 30 and everything. It came out in 2009. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Sadly, I don't think Sheinbaum has that kind of pull. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Two things that haven't changed since I was a kid (at least not here in this little corner of the Midwest): youth sports and school lunches. If anything, both are worse. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This. X1000. I say this as someone who just attended a youth softball tournament for 8 year olds that lasted a week, with games starting at 830 pm. Also shouted curses from coaches, heated spats with umpires, and parents shouting at other people's children. There is a 10th circle. It's not in Oslo. 130
Reposted by Brett BiebelMatt Norlander @norlander.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Just got this text from a coach. 19616
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Ironclad World Cup rule: if you come into a knockout game and don't at least try to do something positive, you're going to lose. Honestly, I'm mostly up for shithousing. But you have to at least pose a threat on the counter. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Quick shout to "Subject to Review," an outstanding short doc on tennis replay systems, margins of error, and the general lesson that, "the closer you look, the more you miss." 000
Reposted by Brett BiebelPablo Maurer @mlsist.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I’ve long thought VAR is destroying the game, fyi. I think it’s fascinating - life is inherently imperfect and unfair. It’s so bizarre to me to insist that sports be the one facet of it that’s exempt from human error, etc… To me, it is part of the appeal of it. 9935
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026PSA: If you hate VAR, watch the Championship. Lots of emotion, a lot less oil money, and a lot of fun, strange teams to root for. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We should not be using instant replay to determine whether or not a runner came off the bag by a micrometer for a microsecond while the tag was applied. We should not be using VAR to find microscopic touches on the ball that negate goals. Especially when the defender arguably plays the ball after. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Belgium has turned it on at crucial points. US has been switched on all tournament. Doesn't mean they'll win, but sure looks to me like the US are the better side, even without Balo. 000
Reposted by Brett BiebelL Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Huge congrats to everyone on the Wigleaf list this year! I always love reading everyone's stories (some again, some for the 1st time). Want a lesson in what flash/micro can do? Start here, always. wigleaf.comwigleaf.comw i g l e a f : (very) short fictionAn online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words. 1193
Reposted by Brett BiebelAndrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Awesome to see my story, The Shape of Things, in the @Wigleaf top 50! The story originally appeared in the Heavy Feather Review. And so great to see so many other writer friends on this list :) 2344
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Remember when John Roberts said he was an umpire? Can we ABS him out of a job yet? 010
Reposted by Brett BiebelCurt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Final: Brewers 6, Phillies 0 Jacob Misiorowski has thrown a 15-strikeout complete game shutout. The most strikeouts in a Maddux. Ever. He raises his hands to the sky in celebration. One of the greatest pitching performances in baseball history, point blank. The record: 42-25 719227
Reposted by Brett BiebelDeke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026 Telemundo TV commentator: "We are one of the only networks in the world to not show ads during the World Cup cooling breaks. We prefer the old school way. We should be able to see what the players do. We show fans, people enjoying, not the corporate direction of football." 774598667
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Having Ian Darke available and not assigning him to US broadcasts is a sin. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 12/06/2026You'll never convince me that mandatory hydration breaks are anything other than a way to finally sell actual commercials during soccer matches. 000
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 01/06/2026If they ever form a supergroup, the band names itself. 100
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Happy to be in the Penn Review today! Hope you'll check out this piece about siblings, commerce, and taking care of abandoned property. www.pennreview.org/the-purgator...pennreview.orgThe Purgatory of Assets — The Penn Review 020
Reposted by Brett BiebelSplit/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 28/05/2026We're psyched to have the cover for Diego Gerard Morrison's UPFLOW revealed at @electricliterature.com today, and we're QUITE pleased to announce that preorders for UPFLOW are now available!!! www.splitlippress.com/product-page...splitlippress.comUpflow | Split/Lip PressA darkly funny, hydro-ethnological collection of stories following the path of water in and out of Mexico City, investigating themes of scarcity, pollution, and corruption as the ghostly lakebed of Me... 043
Reposted by Brett BiebelMapping the Zone podcast @mappingthezone.bsky.social · 11/05/2026www.inspitemagazine.com/in-spite-art... Been a while since I had something published. Forgot how good it feelsinspitemagazine.comOn Punk, Hip-Hop, and Independent Art in a Late-Stage Capitalist Society — In Spite MagazineHow independent artists and underground scenes are fighting back against isolation, algorithms, and the suffocating grip of late-stage capitalism. Centered around Damag3’s emotionally explosive Philad... 151
Reposted by Brett BiebelAna @motherslug.bsky.social · 09/05/202689 years strong, baby. He’s got another one or two or even three in him, I just know it. 1443
Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Happy Pynchon in Public Day, not just to those who celebrate, but to everyone! The Master is 89 today, and he's had a helluva year. Never a better time to read V. Or Gravity's Rainbow. Or Mason & Dixon. Preferably along with this little beauty right here: www.ugapress.org/978082036583...ugapress.orgA Mason & Dixon CompanionMason & Dixon might be Thomas Pynchon’s most human book. Its main characters are richly drawn, and they center the narrative. Yet the novel is also pac... 082
