I want to play a game. Some of the sections of this newsletter are written by Alex, some by Ciara. If you can be the first person to correctly guess who wrote what, we will give you one million doll hairs. Your time starts now. Good luck.
CHICAGOOOOO
Join Ciara at Babe’s Sports Bar on Sunday, Feb. 1st @ 4:30pm for collage night! We bring the mags/scissors/glue, you bring something to collage and a canned good to donate. See you absolute sweeties and freaks there!
Things
Just now I decided I would list some stuff rather than talk about it. I might add a thought to the items but nothing serious. Wdyt? I don’t care, it’s my newsletter. Here we go:
Caitlin Clark is joining the NBA broadcast on NBC for their Sunday Night Basketball debut to do some pre-game commentary. That’s cool to me.
Chris Dudley, former NBA player, announced his bid to run for Governor of the state of Oregon. As a republican. Ok man, do whatever you want I guess lol.
Basketballs are now being filled with synthetic feathers in case they pop during a game because that would be really funny to see. This was a lie - don’t believe everything you read.
Woke Wemby
It’s Wemby, but woke.
New Episode of Pickup: Mommies and Daddies
Ciara, Alex, and Ashtyn once again dedicate a lot of the pod to music and singing. We also cover Paige giving away her FT money, AU anticipation, NBA fans being homophobic, Joe Mazzulla, and more!
Leave us a review and we just might read it on the pod…
Paige’s Pockets Update
…we couldn’t help but notice she took her $50k from Unrivaled and put it right back into her community, via the #HopkinsStrong Relief Fund. The money will help families in Bueckers’ childhood school district by providing help with food, rent, and utilities.
In a world of hoarded wealth and celebrities who are all too comfortable doing the least, we are continually pleased to see Paige doing the most. It feels good when a player is awesome on AND off the court. On that note……
Worst Guy You Know Makes Great Point (About Another Guy Sucking)
Allen Iverson reportedly snubbed a bunch of sick children who were scheduled to meet with the NBA legend in a recent event in Australia. The fallout down under was swift (and backwards, like their toilets), with Andrew Bogut calling A.I. a “shit human”. It’s never a good sign if I’m agreeing with an Andrew Bogut. I guess there’s more than one AI out there wasting everyone’s time.
Iverson (again, reportedly, I’m not getting sued for this considering I’m not even getting paid for this) was hours late to the promised meetup, refused to let parents into the room he was in, did not sign any merch, and took photos with the children with his hands in his pockets and a completely straight face. He also did not speak to the children, some who traveled hours for the meet and greet. Zoinks! Talk about smoking a wide-open PR layup (and then taking the ball and dunking it into your own hoop. It’s a metaphor, you get it.)
For the record, we would never stand up a group of children with cancer. Granted, there is no child in this world ill enough to want to meet any of us.
It Was Real To Us
Yeah. That’s Sue Bird and Nick Carter at the DKNY Jeans Presents Nick Carter “Now Or Never” Album Release Party at Q Lounge in New York in 2002.
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i think Ciara wrote the sections at the top, and Ashtyn wrote the sections at the bottom. Ciara won’t have known what 2002 is, and is more likely to vocal stim on “woke wemby.” doll hairs pls