I know the border is sixty miles away from my home in NH, but I swear I can hear Canadians celebrating from here. Canada is two minutes from the round of 16 in the World Cup. Fantastic.

I am watching something called “SportsCenter Americano” but it’s not in Spanish. Odd. I checked the YouTube TV channel listings and regular SportsCenter comes on in a couple hours. I know what a caffe Americano is but not what a SportsCenter Americano is.

If you love Owl's I'm sure you will give this beautiful Burrowing Owl the retweet it deserves????

I’m about halfway through this great book by @tom_lin__ and by my count Ming has only committed about 20 crimes. Sure hope he makes up for it in the second half.

Sports media is failing fans. Two months ago, the NBA and MLB had players and coaches indicted by the federal government for placing bets on games. In previous eras, this would be a crisis. Now? Crickets. The last time the NBA faced a true gambling scandal with referee Tim Donaghy, the media hammered the NBA day after day. Sports media put regular pressure on the leagues for answers on how they would address concerns about the integrity of games. Too many sports media outlets are compromised today. Sports gambling funds too much of the industry for media outlets to put too much heat and pressure on the leagues for gambling scandals. Betting odds are on TV broadcasts. 79 percent of sports fans say that recent scandals have shaken their trust in the NBA. 90 percent are worried about corruption across sports. 75 percent believe corruption is more widespread than the NBA. If fans can't trust that games are clean and the media doesn't ask hard questions, what are we even watching? The urgency to cover sports gambling scandals doesn't exist in the same way that it used to. If this happened in 2008, it would've led SportsCenter and every sports publication for months. Now, it barely makes a ticker.

Rhamondre Stevenson: “We have a 3 TD lead. Can I touch the ball again?”

Patriots To Stop Serving Alcohol To Players After 3rd Quarter theonion.com/patriots-to-sto…

Sad to see the news about Ken Dryden this morning. He was an extraordinary man.

Tell me you’re excited for the English football season without telling me you’re excited for the English football season.

Things we will never see happen in American sport: espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/4…

At least this afternoon, Declan Rice is the best footballer on the planet.

I moved to New Hampshire four months ago. At six AM today, I saw a moose standing outside my front door. My dog barked and the moose, likely a juvenile, ran away. Next time I hope to have my camera.

Years ago I was working construction in a gated community on the Cape. A man, a famous hockey player, would bring his little boy to our job site; the boy loved the trucks and crane and noise. He was adorable. Here is that boy last night two seconds into beating team Canada.

I heard owls outside my home last night, which reminds me of a quote from Ed Abbey’s Fire on the Mountain: “I too want to be a long-winged, evil-minded predatory bird.”

I just finished the best @StephenKing novel I’ve read in years. An entertaining thriller but with unexpected insights into the craft of writing and overcoming trauma.

I’m moving and going through some boxes….fitting to find a cartoon sticker of @GlennDOrdway in a bin full of sporting goods. The 2009 Whineys were one of my favorites cuz I knew I wasn’t winning that night—just drinking and laughing. Always a great party.

My friend Liz got us tickets to a taping of Late Night with David Letterman in October of 1991. Dave’s guest (one of his favorites): the lovely and talented Teri Garr.

Sad to wake up to the news of Fernando Valenzuela’s passing. Fernandomania was one of my earliest sports memories.

In a post iPod world, I miss album rock. Just listened to the entire album Aqualung. First time in a long time. I forgot that Jethro Tull sounds like Black Sabbath played a Renaissance Faire.

Osprey, Sandra Pond, Westborough, Massachusetts