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Justin Tinsley
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Author. Reporter. Podcast Host. Voice on TV.
This was from yesterday’s ABC News Live. Last night was an full sweep for Democrats, full stop. But they can't let up if they want to try and dig themselves out of this hole. Momentum has no owners, only renters.

We’re about to see the wildest midterm election build-up in American history.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
There’s never been someone this great for this long.

After you watch this trailer, be sure to check out the full essay on LeBron’s Exit Strategy (and how an all-time great player and all-time great franchise see eye-to-eye … and don’t): andscape.com/features/leb...
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A judge had to tell the White House and federal government they couldn't weaponize food against their own citizens. Let that marinate the next time we hear “America First.”
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Joe Flacco was right. Sitting at a bar by yourself really is a little slice of heaven.

DAD QUOTE OF THE YEAR!
October 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Went on ABC News to talk about this impending government shutdown. We’ve seen these before — and I hope I'm wrong — but this shutdown feels particularly dark given all the factors at play.
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A little something to set the stage even more before Micah Parsons and Jerry Jones see their exes (each other) in public for the first time with the world watching.
September 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Just some food for thought on Derrick Henry’s running reign — and Baltimore’s obsession with the only thing King Henry’s yet to do in what could be a first-ballot Hall of Fame career.
September 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
What we’re not gonna do is whitewash slavery in America just to make a select few feel better about the game they’re rigging in real time.
August 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Happy 40th birthday, Nipsey Hussle 🏁🙏🏽

The world has changed so much over the last several years. Nip’s death is one of the moments for me when I felt it viscerally change. Nip, Kobe, then Covid was such a wicked trifecta 😞.
August 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
IYKYK. The 1995 Source Awards turns 30 today.

An essay on the most consequential awards show ever, and the outrageous domino effect felt to this very day.
August 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
August 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Diversifying the topic portfolio, if you will, I've now a weekly panelist on “ABC News Live Reports.” Come for the ugly, but necessary convo around Trump’s “stolen” comments regarding the late Virginia Giuffre and Epstein. Stay for the “Friday” reference, Sen. Josh Hawley learned firsthand.
August 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My latest video essay for ESPN/ABC and the NFL’s “Welcome Back Weekend” — on the landmark Black history we could see come Week 1 with a first in the league’s century-plus history.
July 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Covering Diddy’s trial, I’ve found myself taking a step back and looking at things from a broader perspective. Like how, almost 30 years following the East Coast/West Coast beef, no one survived that. In particular, Suge and Diddy.
June 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Excuse me, ma’am.
June 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Storytelling ain't dead! Folk just scared!

New essay work on the 2025 Finals aka The Finals Paul George Built.
June 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Some thoughts on Wemby that have nothing to do with basketball, the scary reality of blood clots and the reminder that life can and does happen to any of us at any time. Talent, like life, is fragile as hell.

From today’s “Around The Horn.”
February 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Why the Buffalo Bills finding themselves in ELITE company (and their secondary) has concerned
December 17, 2024 at 1:22 AM
To the one and only Randy Moss, we’re praying for you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
December 6, 2024 at 10:59 PM