Archive for October 31st, 2025

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Friday, October 31st, 2025

Chris Grier out as general manager of the Miami Dolphins.

The spin on this is that it was by “mutual agreement”. But the Dolphins are 2-7, and lost last night to Baltimore. So…yeah.

ESPN.

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Noted.

Friday, October 31st, 2025

“50 Years Ago, My Father Wrote the Headline That Refuses to Die” in the NYT.

Is it “Headless Body in Topless Bar”? No, but that does get a shout-out in the article. In this case, it is the other one.

(A tip to headline writers: Avoid commas, semicolons and the word “castigate,” if you want to have impact. The Times’s corresponding headline that day — “Ford, Castigating City, Asserts He’d Veto Federal Bailout; Offers Bankruptcy Bill” — stands as a verbose counterpoint to “Drop Dead.”)

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Your Friday loser update: week 4, 2025.

Friday, October 31st, 2025

NBA teams that still have a chance to go 0-82:

Indiana Pacers
Brooklyn Nets
New Orleans Pelicans

And today’s bonus firing for you: Scott Woodward fired as athletic director at Louisiana State University.

As you may recall, LSU fired Brian Kelly and owes him $54 million. This has attracted the ire of many, including Louisiana governor Jeff Landry. Gov. Landry went as far as to state that Mr. Woodward wouldn’t be picking the next football coach.

Additional coverage from ESPN.

On the “Pat McAfee Show” on Thursday, Landry added: “There’s a number of bad contracts that seem to have followed Scott Woodward.”

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