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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 50m

fun fact: James Dolan says this Ray Bradbury story about kids programming a smart room to viciously kill their parents is his favorite children's story, and that it was his inspiration to build The Sphere did a Phantom Island about it with @celebrityhottub.bsky.social, my fav ep I've done with them

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Did the Las Vegas Sphere save the New York Knicks?

Podcast Episode · Phantom Island · June 3 · 1h 24m

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 5h

I think every Yankees game should include one instance of fan interference just so we can see the incredible faces Yankees fans make after they pull this shit

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 6h

In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls

The sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

@lucyrohden.bsky.social i have also never seen FNL in any form, it's fine and we're normal people

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Steven Godfrey @stevengodfrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Take a second today and check out @fmckindra.bsky.social on his reckoning with Arkansas fandom as a gay black man, and the story of E. Lynn Harris (which I certainly didn't know about) arktimes.com/food-and-cul...

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Can a Black gay man still call the hogs? - Arkansas Times

White heteronormativity has long dominated the University of Arkansas. What does that mean for Black gay Arkansans?

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

people are gonna be so mad when they find out Matt Brown is ghostwriting my account

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today on Phantom Island: I chat with Brian Shearer at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator about the intentional inefficiency of ticket markets, what we can do to fix them, and why sports leagues don't stand up to ticket companies the way musicians do. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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How can we fix the broken market for sports and music tickets?

Podcast Episode · Phantom Island · October 7 · 51m

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I need way more information about dude’s fantasy league if I’m gonna care about his AI usage

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Basketball Fan, of the Sixers and LeBron James lmao! @drewhamm5.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Fun Lane Johnson Fact that I don’t know if everyone knows: - he started his career at Oklahoma as a QB - then he was a TE - then he was a DE - THEN after numerous injuries decimated OU’s OT depth he was switched there and the rest is history

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Two pieces of background material for tomorrow’s Phantom Island 1. This link cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-co... 2. That picture

A commemorative ticket from Vanderbilt’s 40-35 win over Alabama

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

at a certain subscriber level i will make Godfrey take the FSU job

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it is time to evolve old and tired conspiracy theories like "we never landed on the moon" to new, refreshing conspiracy theories like "we never LEFT the moon"

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Matt Stahl @mattstahl97.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW: The early weeks of the college football season have gotten dangerously hot, and the heat is lasting longer. Shortened games, a band member dead, hundreds of medical calls. With the season moving up, it's a huge problem. And there's not an easy fix www.al.com/sec/2026/10/...

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College football has a heat problem. There’s no easy solution

The early weeks of college football season are hotter than ever. Can anything be done to help players and fans?

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you would like to hear Steven Godfrey: - discuss the FSU job - place a moratorium on HOT COACHING CANDIDATES - talk extensively about his horrifying former coffee habits you should sign up at phantomisland.show and then listen to The Single Wing podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Subscribe to Phantom Island

Members get access to every show on the Phantom Island feed, and at Supporter Plus and Producer, are also able to submit questions to Godfrey for The…

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

place a hot tub inside, perched at the top

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

if you haven't had the chance to catch any of the history of charging the mound: The Big One streams live on youtube tomorrow night, free to watch for everybody ROBIN VENTURA VS. NOLAN RYAN 9 pm eastern 83 minutes, color, closed captioning available www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gX...

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ROBIN VENTURA vs. NOLAN RYAN

YouTube video by Secret Base

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Matt Stahl @mattstahl97.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

reporting project I have been working on for quite some time dropping tomorrow, here's a hint

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

recently I thought I was a moron because I didn’t really know where “mind your Ps and Qs” comes from but it turns out nobody seems to be certain en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_yo...

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Mind your Ps and Qs - Wikipedia

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Kids say hurtful things and you kind of shrug it off as a parent but it did sting today when my daughter told me she “is not really a Mariah Carey person”

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

that's labor solidarity, you should hate your boss no matter what

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

increasingly convinced that Nick Sirianni is at the center of a very winding cosmic morality play

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

i think the Eagles might have the worst second-half offense of all time, which is honestly impressive in its own way

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

nick sirianni has to grow a rattail now

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

maybe the Eagles should "let" the Rams score

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Steven Godfrey @stevengodfrey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I RT this every time I see it

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Dan Quinn had offseason clandestine meetings with the CIA and FBI” sure of course

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

somehow a third team will convince themselves, in a couple seasons, that Daniel Jones Is The Answer

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think it’s fine if you’re watching Colts-Commanders this morning but I recommend doing a chore while you do so you don’t feel completely empty like at least fold some laundry

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

every Saturday I wind up irrationally mad at one college football team I don’t even root for and then I purge it from my brain by the next week

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

(watching your own house burn down and fall into a river of radioactive waste) I’m actually glad this happened and I think it will be a good learning experience

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Woke up this morning Got yourself a jug

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Homefield @homefield.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ope! Let me squeeze that jug right past ya www.homefieldapparel.com/products/min...

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

jug jug jug JUG JUG JUG JUG JUG JUUUUUUUUUUUG

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I would simply kick the field goal so irrefutably down the middle that the officials could not conceive of calling it a miss

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Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Valkyries overcame a 16-point deficit to beat the Wings, tying the fifth-largest comeback in a winner-take-all game in WNBA playoff history. Golden State has now won its first-ever playoff series. It'll be Las Vegas-Golden State for a spot in the Finals

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

sorry yes it’s ESPN2, I can’t read and shouldn’t be asked to

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

get your TV over to ESPN for this final 100 seconds

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

the narrative potential for USC-Penn State next week is PHENOMENAL

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

god don’t tell James Franklin about the laser idea

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

find a college football friend tomorrow who didn’t watch Penn State-Northwestern and ask them to guess how many rushing yards the Wildcats finished with

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

i promise I’m not doing a bit: was there ever a point where Narduzzi got floated for the Penn State job

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Would it technically be a pick six on a backwards pass

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

today @stevengodfrey.bsky.social reminded me of the 1998 Minnesota Vikings and I got bummed

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Nature is healing (in the bad way where Earth rejects mankind)

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TODAY! IN! SPORTS! is about the #1 sports story that I have witnessed since I started writing this newsletter The saga of Wharfie Time, the moment an Australian football team played their team's in-stadium hype video at the exact worst possible time

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Today in Sports! The Wharfie Time Saga

The tale of Wharfie Time is both beautiful and stupid, and it's why I write this newsletter. PLUS, an American cycling miracle, a *near* marathon world record on a "destroyed" Achilles, and more!

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