Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Listen, I will never let anything sully the legacy of the original Happy Gilmore, which is a masterpiece (I don’t care what anyone else thinks) But by god Happy Gilmore 2 was an objectively terrible film, I clocked approximately 2.5 laughs through the entire movie 0171
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Once again, great reporting from @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/e...thecity.nycNew Eric Adams ‘Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection CampaignThe campaign sought public matching funds from donors who insist they didn’t donate, just weeks after a judge dropped his corruption case. 351066251
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 24/07/20252025 #FantasyFootball Sleepers! + a goodbye letter from me to New York City thesportingmind.substack.com/p/2025-fanta...thesportingmind.substack.com2025 Fantasy Football SleepersBut first...Goodbye, New York. 010
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekMike Golic Jr @mikegolicjr.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Scottie telling the whole world that none of this brings him true joy before he demolishes the rest of the field has to really sting for everyone else. 1735431
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 15/07/2025I’m very happy that Cal Raleigh is a Seattle Mariner 000
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 15/07/2025media.tenor.coma man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater . 010
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025For 6 months, Dem leaders have downplayed or refused to frontally address many of Trump's worst abuses by saying those are "distractions" from the Dems focusing on economic issues. But as Trump's tax bill is being voted on, Jeffries is attacking a Dem ...over a phrase that Dem doesn't even use. 16262011358
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Definite RB2 potential here, but with that burst and breakaway speed there’s obvious RB1 upside 020
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2025*Biden tries to forgive student loans* SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it. *Trump revokes part of the constitution* SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one. 8076682736
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025From Sotomayor's dissent, which she's now reading from the bench: "The President has made a 'solemn mockery' of our Constitution. Rather than stand firm, the Court gives way. Because such complicity should know no place in our system of law, I dissent." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... 332507688
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 26/06/2025This interview is one of the most thoughtful, thorough and engaging I’ve ever heard not just on trans rights, but political persuasion, emphatic communication and the importance of shared humanity @ezraklein.bsky.social @mcbride.house.gov 000
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekKendall Verhovek @kendallverhovek.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Voters have challenged racial discrimination in voting in hundreds of cases under the Voting Rights Act. That was always intended. Yet in 2021, Justice Gorsuch called this right an "open question." So I went back to the beginning to one of these first cases...brennancenter.orgThe Importance of Letting Voters Defend Their Rights in CourtCourts have recognized a "private right of action" in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. 141
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekMiles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today. 437378316746
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Again, more and more we see stories rooted in a basic lack of human empathy and understanding It’s quote tweeting IRL and it needs to stop Sports are, at their core, about our shared humanity and connection 010
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 24/06/2025The 12 Players I’m Wrong About in #FantasyFootball But first…please, put down the phone thesportingmind.substack.com/p/the-12-pla...thesportingmind.substack.comThe 12 Players I'm Wrong About in Fantasy FootballBut first...please, put down the phone. 010
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 22/06/2025A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news. 622341708751
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Cal Raleigh is having the greatest offensive first half of a season for a catcher in MLB history Please don’t squander this Mariners 2331
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 04/06/2025The Top 200 players heading into the 2025 #FantasyFootball season But first…on my love of food, and its importance to all of us beyond just basic sustenance thesportingmind.substack.com/p/the-top-20...thesportingmind.substack.comThe Top 200 Players in Fantasy Football for 2025But first...food! Yes, it's yummy, but it's so much more. 000
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekSeattle Sports @seattlesports710.bsky.social · 03/06/2025There are no deep ties between Seattle and Indianapolis. But with Sonics fans still scorned while the OKC Thunder are favored in the NBA Finals, the Emerald City may as well be an Indy suburb. “The Sonics fanbase is rooting for the Indiana Pacers.” sports.mynorthwest.com/seattle-spor...sports.mynorthwest.comNo love lost for Seattle Sonics fans with OKC in NBA FinalsSeattle may as well be an Indianapolis suburb right now with Sonics fans rooting for the Pacers against the OKC Thunder in the NBA Finals. 252
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 12553960213765
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Also was disappointed to see @warren.senate.gov skirt this debate, would have thought this would be right in her wheelhouse 000
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Solid defense of the Abundance agenda from @jonathanbchait.bsky.social The kneejerk reaction from the progressive left to attack it as pro-Big Business and antithetical to left-wing politics is treacherous www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 000
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 28/05/20252025 Fantasy Football Quarterback rankings have arrived! But first…a love letter to the first love of my sporting life: Baseball thesportingmind.substack.com/p/2025-fanta...thesportingmind.substack.com2025 Fantasy Football Quarterback RankingsBut first...a love letter to baseball 010
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025a worrying number of people in the replies whose brains have been utterly cooked 2551739
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekThe Athletic @theathletic.com · 21/05/2025The last seven NBA MVP winners have all been international players. 🇨🇦 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2025) 🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic (2024) 🇨🇲 Joel Embiid (2023) 🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic (2022) 🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic (2021) 🇬🇷 Giannis Antetokounmpo (2020) 🇬🇷 Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019) 1926137
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 19/05/20252025 #FantasyFootball Tight End Rankings, hot off the press But first…what are your fantasy rules? Trade vetoes? League size? Collusion? Tanking? Best draft day? What’s your take? thesportingmind.substack.com/p/2025-fanta...thesportingmind.substack.com2025 Fantasy Football Tight End RankingsBut first...the rules of the Fantasy Football road 000
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 15/05/2025"Will Levis memes overloaded your bandwidth" (via Chargers) 1637
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Every Tatum bucket looks like the purest, most natural talent in the history of basketball and every Brunson bucket feels like a biker climbing the Alps in the Tour de France 824018
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 12/05/20252025 #FantasyFootball Wide Receiver rankings are here! But first…I wrote about my favorite WR of all time: Doug Baldwin open.substack.com/pub/thesport...open.substack.com2025 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver RankingsBut first...an ode to Doug Baldwin 000
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 05/05/2025First, a note on self-doubt and the pitfalls of selling yourself short… Then, 2025 fantasy football running back rankings! thesportingmind.substack.com/p/2025-fanta...thesportingmind.substack.com2025 Fantasy Football Running Back RankingsBut first...a brief note on selling yourself short. 000
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Fantasy football is silly. Fantasy football is also awesome. It connects so many of us in a time when our social glue feels like it’s coming apart. I wrote about something I genuinely enjoy. Hope you’ll subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/thesport...open.substack.com2025 NFL Draft: A Fantasy Football RecapAlso...what is this thing...? 000
Reposted by Johnny Verhovek60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes. 1311307568684
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 10/04/2025BREAKING: The House will vote on the SAVE Act today. If this bill becomes law, millions of American citizens could be blocked from voting. 1/ 421288867
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 02/04/2025“This is not right or left, it is right or wrong,” Mr. Booker said on Tuesday afternoon, his voice still strong. “This is not a partisan moment, it is a moral moment. Where do you stand?” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...nytimes.comCory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on RecordThe New Jersey senator, who had spent much of his last 24 hours on the Senate floor assailing the Trump administration, surpassed Senator Strom Thurmond’s speech in 1957. 010
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 30/03/2025media.tenor.comelmo the sesame street character is sitting on a shelfALT: elmo the sesame street character is sitting on a shelf 010
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/03/2025Today on Volts: I talk with a developer & an architect about Blatchford, a sustainable community being planned & built by the city of Edmonton. Two light-rail stops, walk & bike paths, narrow streets, dense housing, a district energy system ... all minutes from downtown, in the heart of oil country!volts.wtfCanada's largest sustainable community takes shapeHow a former municipal airport in oil-rich Alberta is becoming a carbon-neutral neighborhood for 30,000 people. 614934
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 19/03/2025The ideal 2028 Dem presidential candidate needs: -Stephen A Smith’s ability to dominate and manipulate the attention economy -A coherent policy and political philosophy that mirrors the Abundance agenda outlined by @ezraklein and @DKThomp -A non-toxic political brand/minimal political baggage 000
Reposted by Johnny VerhovekNBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/03/2025The Democratic Party has reached a new low, the latest national NBC News poll finds. It's searching for a path forward after a loss to President Trump, and the party’s voters want their leaders in Washington to put up a fight.nbcnews.toDemocratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harderUnlike in Trump’s first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at the risk of not getting things done, per the NBC News poll. 4714437
Johnny Verhovek @jverhovek.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Just have to admit I downloaded BlueSky solely to see @dannybkelly.bsky.social’s reaction to the MVS signingdannybkelly.bsky.socialDanny Kelly (@dannybkelly.bsky.social)Senior Staff Writer @Ringer Co-Host Ringer Fantasy Football Show || Ringer NFL Draft Show 3151
