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Bryan Curtis
@bryancurtis.bsky.social
Editor-at-large of The Ringer

Host of the Press Box podcast

Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/Yxm9H
Touchdown.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Checked my mom’s fridge and found that the Ken Griffey bars I put there 36 years ago.

Not a joke, folks, as Biden used to say.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our Thanksgiving barbecue tour continues apace…
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Bryan Curtis
The last time Bob Costas came on the pod, we talked about the NBA on NBC.

Today, we dove into the Great NFL Pregame Wars of the '80s and '90s.

Brent (CBS) and Bob (NBC). OJ. Larry King. Ahmad Rashad's on-air proposal to Phylicia. And Bill Murray.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZFY...
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The last time Bob Costas came on the pod, we talked about the NBA on NBC.

Today, we dove into the Great NFL Pregame Wars of the '80s and '90s.

Brent (CBS) and Bob (NBC). OJ. Larry King. Ahmad Rashad's on-air proposal to Phylicia. And Bill Murray.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZFY...
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The last time Bob Costas came on the pod, we talked about the NBA on NBC.

Today, we dove into the Great NFL Pregame Wars of the '80s and '90s.

Brent (CBS) and Bob (NBC). OJ. Larry King. Ahmad Rashad's on-air proposal to Phylicia. And Bill Murray.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZFY...
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The viewership for Chiefs-Cowboys will have no effect on your life.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
When Susan Orlean started writing for the New Yorker, in 1987, she felt like an interloper among the John Updikes and Calvin Trillins.

I asked her when she stopped feeling that way.

Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/5pGy...
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reposted by Bryan Curtis
Wednesday on the Press Box:

Bob Costas on the Great NFL Pregame Wars of the 1980s and '90s.

Join us.
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I asked Susan Orlean how Tina Brown motivated writers at the New Yorker.

"Terror," she explained.

Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/5pGy...
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
New PRESS BOX:

New Nuzzi
Mamdani Goes to Washington...
...While MTG Goes Home
Only in (Podcast) Journalism

PLUS: @susanorlean.bsky.social on breaking into the New Yorker, Maui surfer girls, Florida orchid thieves, Tina Brown, and much more.
open.spotify.com/episode/5pGy...
New News About Nuzzi, and Mamdani Goes to Washington. Plus: Susan Orlean on Breaking Into The New Yorker, Working for Tina Brown, and More.
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The SI cover of 2025.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The Texas barbecue line had some amazing t-shirt action.
November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
9:45am CT.

We are in the barbecue line.

@joelanderson.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Bryan Curtis
SUSAN ORLEAN is on the podcast tomorrow.

After asking Orlean about how she broke into the New Yorker and Resting Reporter Face and Tina Brown's motivational techniques, Bryan asked about three favorite Orlean stories.

They are...
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by Bryan Curtis
Why did Zohran Mamdani agree to nearly every interview during his mayoral campaign?

"It was simple," senior adviser @zararahim.bsky.social tells us. "We just were not snobs."

Full interview with me and @joelanderson.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/2Hh5...
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Why did Zohran Mamdani agree to nearly every interview during his mayoral campaign?

"It was simple," senior adviser @zararahim.bsky.social tells us. "We just were not snobs."

Full interview with me and @joelanderson.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/2Hh5...
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If we're talking about Olivia Nuzzi, and we are, it's important to specify exactly what she did wrong.

New episode of the Press Box here: open.spotify.com/episode/1VUY...
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Reposted by Bryan Curtis
New PRESS BOX:

Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and the Rollout of "American Canto."

Plus: other stuff. open.spotify.com/episode/1VUY...
Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and the Frenzied Rollout of 'American Canto'
open.spotify.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
New PRESS BOX:

Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and the Rollout of "American Canto."

Plus: other stuff. open.spotify.com/episode/1VUY...
Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and the Frenzied Rollout of 'American Canto'
open.spotify.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Reposted by Bryan Curtis
Cris Collinsworth and the late Bob Trumpy had parallel careers.

They played for the Bengals, hosted the same Cincinnati radio show, and called Super Bowls for NBC.

Collinsworth remembers Trumpy here: open.spotify.com/episode/1JAd...
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Peloton Statement Saturday comes earlier every year.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Cris Collinsworth and the late Bob Trumpy had parallel careers.

They played for the Bengals, hosted the same Cincinnati radio show, and called Super Bowls for NBC.

Collinsworth remembers Trumpy here: open.spotify.com/episode/1JAd...
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“When Gunner’s at the helm [Helm]…”

Excellent, sly work by Rece Davis while previewing Texas-Georgia.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM