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5 days ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
Every now and again I’d read about some survey that revealed younger people are drinking less. The 2023 US Gallup survey on the decline of youth drinking might have been the most prominent example. I didn’t necessarily disbelieve the findings, but also didn’t internalize them either. I figured this was one of those societal shifts that was perhaps happening, but not in a way that marked a palpably visual shift in how society functions.
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1 week ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -29:59Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. After angering Stratechery’s Daman Rangoola in private about his JOY over Wednesday’s Lakers team sale, I decided to allow his grievances to be aired in public. Or at least behind this paywall. Beyond being highly informed about the tech world, Daman is a Laker obsessive, with ties to people in the know.
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1 week ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
The NBA Finals must be over, at least spiritually, because other basketball news is suddenly pumping. We’ll discuss Lakers ownership change on Thursday. For now, though, we get back to the league I cannot leave alone. Barstool’s Dave Portnoy:You can say whatever you want about the WNBA is but it’s never boring. It’s undeniable right now. I said I was avoiding the league for a few weeks. I wanted to take a break. There’s NBA news.
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1 week ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
This is a bit of a clickbait headline. I don’t believe that former ESPNer Joon Lee actually stole my “fracking the pie” idea in this New York Times Op Ed. I don’t believe it because the dynamic, whatever we’re calling it, is everywhere and observable. Joon’s been on a sports industry soul search since getting laid off by ESPN, and is focused on how something is amiss in this current era.
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2 weeks ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
Recently, gymnastics star Simone Biles engaged in the sort of Twitter dunk that, a few years ago, would have seemingly only boosted her status. Instead, on Tuesday, she felt compelled to walk back her words. Last week on Twitter/X, Biles inveighed in defense of the trans sports cause, specifically going after conservative activist Riley Gaines.
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2 weeks ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -30:30Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Our old friend and Yahoo!/Substack NBA writer Tom Haberstoh is here for some analytical diving. Great talk in my humble opinion. Topics include but aren’t limited to…Tom and I made Tim MacMahon famous and he owes us big timeIs a Thunder-Pacers Finals good for the NBA? Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the new Tim DuncanDoes SGA not have a signature move? Which stars have what signature moves?
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3 weeks ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
I realize Game 1 of the NBA Finals was a classic, but we’ve got some important business to settle…For those who do not follow the Minnesota Timberwolves, Jon Krawczynski of the Athletic is the best NBA beat writer of the last decade. He knows a lot about Karl-Anthony Towns, for obvious reasons, and wrote a rebuttal to my assertion that peak Gilbert Arenas was better. Shockingly, I still think I’m correct, but let’s hear Jon out.
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3 weeks ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
Gilbert Arenas incurred a lot of scorn for a podcast clip where he says that Karl Anthony Towns is “built like a whole fucking bitch.”Some of the articles emphasize the “bitch,” others focus in on how Arenas said that the Knicks big man is “built like a WNBA player.” I’ll admit that I laughed but please don’t tell anybody. I’ve got a media reputation to uphold. I might just discuss this topic, along with KAT’s NBA “zesty” reputation, with Big Wos on Friday’s Random Offense (4 pm EST).
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3 weeks ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
Is Bill Simmons right that ESPN will fuck up Inside the NBA? Ryen Russillo draws ire of Mina Kimes over a harmless jokeTowel snapping maleness of InsideBill Simmons vs. Pablo Torre (A B.S. report with Pablo was released right after we recorded, so perhaps not history’s most contentious feud)LeBron James vs. Brian WindhorstHow successful is LeBron’s Mind the Game podcast? Is there are a big audience for basketball strategy in a podcast?
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1 month ago | 
houseofstrauss.com | Ethan Sherwood Strauss
This will be my last WNBA/Clark article for at least a few weeks. I think. With Caitlin Clark getting injured, costing the WNBA vast sums of money, I was prepared to leave this league alone for awhile. I’m very interested in the Nike angle, but that league is in such a repetitive cycle of Earth 2 insanity leading to conservative backlash that it all feels tired after awhile.
