Al Toby
@altoby.bsky.social
🇹🇹 🇺🇸 Let's reclaim the "vibes." Managing editor of NFL/MLB at Yahoo Sports. Husband, father and dreamer of roti shops. https://sports.yahoo.com/
Auburn going for 2 on this drive is going to be great theater.
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Auburn going for 2 on this drive is going to be great theater.
The likely interim HC at Ole Miss has a shot at becoming Elvis with a December/January run.
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The likely interim HC at Ole Miss has a shot at becoming Elvis with a December/January run.
Breaking: Michigan St will finally win a Big Ten game this season.
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Breaking: Michigan St will finally win a Big Ten game this season.
Lane drama.
Survivor Series promo.
This is the universe telling me to turn off college football for the day and enjoy the last of the SoCal sunshine Saturday has to offer.
Survivor Series promo.
This is the universe telling me to turn off college football for the day and enjoy the last of the SoCal sunshine Saturday has to offer.
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Lane drama.
Survivor Series promo.
This is the universe telling me to turn off college football for the day and enjoy the last of the SoCal sunshine Saturday has to offer.
Survivor Series promo.
This is the universe telling me to turn off college football for the day and enjoy the last of the SoCal sunshine Saturday has to offer.
“We’re going to win with humility.”
Man, why, Ohio State? Stunt on em all the way home.
Man, why, Ohio State? Stunt on em all the way home.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“We’re going to win with humility.”
Man, why, Ohio State? Stunt on em all the way home.
Man, why, Ohio State? Stunt on em all the way home.
Will Ohio State plant the flag? Only drama left since Tate caught that bomb.
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Will Ohio State plant the flag? Only drama left since Tate caught that bomb.
The scene in Starkville is the chaos we love about this sport. You might not like the figures involved, but the passion is hard to not admire. @rossdellenger.bsky.social:
Will Lane Kiffin commit to Ole Miss on Saturday or risk the university making the decision for him?
It's time for Kiffin to make a decision, and even he doesn't seem to know which way he'll go.
sports.yahoo.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The scene in Starkville is the chaos we love about this sport. You might not like the figures involved, but the passion is hard to not admire. @rossdellenger.bsky.social:
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the mac n cheese and the apple crumble in the fridge getting ready for a back-to-back performance tonight
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
the mac n cheese and the apple crumble in the fridge getting ready for a back-to-back performance tonight
Unintentional trolling of the Midwest
Along the L.A. and Orange County coast, daytime highs will drop to as low as 65 degrees.
Cooler weather is headed into SoCal for the weekend
Temperatures in Southern California will drop to the mid 60s to low 70s.
ow.ly
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Unintentional trolling of the Midwest
Bring back newspapers at the coffeeshop. Especially when you see a great Freep photo from @fingophoto.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Bring back newspapers at the coffeeshop. Especially when you see a great Freep photo from @fingophoto.bsky.social
Why there are yellow and red flags on Toronto’s free-agent landing of Dylan Cease:
As Blue Jays put Dylan Cease in the $100M+ pitcher club, the durable righty comes with risk attached
With Cease joining the select group of arms to get $100 million-plus deals, he does so with the highest ERA in his platform season (4.55) before becoming a free agent.
sports.yahoo.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Why there are yellow and red flags on Toronto’s free-agent landing of Dylan Cease:
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Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
Reminder: UCLA boatraced Michigan State in East Lansing.
UCLA tried a blind pitch fake FG and it worked about as well as you'd expect
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Reminder: UCLA boatraced Michigan State in East Lansing.
If the spitting shenanigans aren’t a factor, we’re in for a treat here. @joriepstein.bsky.social story:
Cowboys-Eagles rematch will look different for Dak Prescott, Jalen Hurts — starting with the defender right in front of them
As always, the quarterbacks will headline one of the NFL's marquee matchups. But two defensive stars will likely force their way onto the billing, too.
sports.yahoo.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
If the spitting shenanigans aren’t a factor, we’re in for a treat here. @joriepstein.bsky.social story:
Episode 2 of Pluribus: Karen mode ON
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Episode 2 of Pluribus: Karen mode ON
Greatest 2-8 vs 2-8 game in NFL history. Thank you, Shedeur Hive. 🐝
@jaybusbee.bsky.social:
@jaybusbee.bsky.social:
Hype Train or Hate Train: Welcome to the Shedeur Sanders 'I Told You So' Bowl
Is he a legit NFL starter or a nepo baby living off his father's name? The verdict will — fairly or unfairly — be in Sunday after Shedeur Sanders' first start.
sports.yahoo.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Greatest 2-8 vs 2-8 game in NFL history. Thank you, Shedeur Hive. 🐝
@jaybusbee.bsky.social:
@jaybusbee.bsky.social:
LA is a town of grinders! “By the time he left the department in 2022, he had developed lucrative side hustles, including a luxury car rental business and an app that allowed actors to audition remotely. He was also flirting with the idea of developing a reality show about his life …”
Ex-LAPD officer staged police raid in $350,000 crypto heist, prosecutor says
A former LAPD officer and an alleged 'Israeli mafia' figure posed as police when they entered a teenager's apartment, handcuffed him and threatened to waterboard him if he didn't surrender $350,000 in...
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
LA is a town of grinders! “By the time he left the department in 2022, he had developed lucrative side hustles, including a luxury car rental business and an app that allowed actors to audition remotely. He was also flirting with the idea of developing a reality show about his life …”
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Can Vikes use another redshirt for JJ McCarthy? @fourverts.bsky.social tried to tell us.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Can Vikes use another redshirt for JJ McCarthy? @fourverts.bsky.social tried to tell us.
Halftime adjustments have been key in this game.
Officer on Texas A&M sidelines 'relieved of his game day assignment' after bumping and scolding South Carolina players
Nyck Harbor jogged up the tunnel at Kyle Field after an 80-yard touchdown, much to the chagrin of an officer on the field.
sports.yahoo.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Halftime adjustments have been key in this game.
Yikes, this South Carolina collapse.
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Yikes, this South Carolina collapse.
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A county in Kansas agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize for a 2023 raid on local newspaper that raised press freedom concerns and turned the small town of Marion, Kansas, into a battleground over the First Amendment.
Kansas County Agrees to Pay $3 Million Over Police Raid of Newspaper
The search of The Marion County Record’s office in 2023 touched off a national conversation about press freedom.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A county in Kansas agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize for a 2023 raid on local newspaper that raised press freedom concerns and turned the small town of Marion, Kansas, into a battleground over the First Amendment.
the over-the-top capitalism and dire need to get chicken wings right were the only gripes on NFL's big splash into the German pool. @jaybusbee.bsky.social:
Soccer chants, kebabs and chicken wings: Inside the NFL's creation of a Berlin fanbase from the bricks up
For all the endeavors the NFL pursues to establish itself as a cultural force around the world, the greatest impact will likely come from hooking entire new continents on its product.
sports.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
the over-the-top capitalism and dire need to get chicken wings right were the only gripes on NFL's big splash into the German pool. @jaybusbee.bsky.social:
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From earlier, at Y! Sports: I wrote about Nico Harrison, downside risk, and the bills coming due: yhoo.it/4p18PZc
Mavericks GM Nico Harrison on the hot seat? Rumblings are growing louder in Dallas — wonder why
Multiple reports suggest Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison’s seat might finally be getting a little toasty.
yhoo.it
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
From earlier, at Y! Sports: I wrote about Nico Harrison, downside risk, and the bills coming due: yhoo.it/4p18PZc