Michael DiLorenzo

Tiki Barber one of the best running backs of the 2000s 🔥

@JLazzy23 Do you take a flyer on diminutive w/c Viggo Bjorck? the scouting report suggests he is such a skater

I’m far from a draft expert, I mostly lock in on NCAA/USHL prospects just because of my workload, but I’ve heard a lot of good things about Malhotra. #NYR are in a pretty interesting spot. They need help at wing, center, and defense, so depending on how the board falls, I don’t think they can really miss here when it comes to the position they choose. That said, I'm in favor of going for the young center like a Malhotra/Lawrence as #NYR doesn't have many, but I've also really liked what I have seen of Carson Carels. They desperately need an elite skater.

@JShannonhl @CHLHockey Good share John. Thank you very much. Been a long time since we were in contact.

To commemorate its 50th year, the @CHLHockey , announced the 50 best junior players since 1976… Here are the Top Ten… 1. Mario Lemieux 2. Sidney Crosby 3. Wayne Gretzky 4. Connor McDavid 5. Mike Bossy 6. Joe Sakic 7.  Eric Lindros 8. Steve Yzerman 9. Ray Bourque 10. Dale Hawerchuk

@VinnysCorner1 George Brett.

It’s Game 7 of the World Series, bases loaded, 2 outs, tie game, in the bottom of the 9th. You can choose any batter in baseball in their prime to get you a hit… WHO DO YOU CHOOSE?

Name an underrated lunch meat. I’ll go first: thuringer.

@OneOutOf4 I was obsessed with this song as a kid and I think I might even have it somewhere on a 45

Frida - I Know There's Something Going On (1982)

@JLazzy23 Short sighted

This is so cringe

@OneOutOf4 One of my favorite songs from growing up

I remember going to see these guys at the Strand in Providence, RI decades ago. Do you know who these guys are still performing in 2026?

@TaraSlone Disagree with this take.

I am all for asking the difficult questions when necessary. But there is a way to address hard topics without being so nasty and offensive. You want to spout off like that, save it for your column. Unconscionable behavior IMO.

@AlbertBreer Disgusted

One of my kids was once on a team where the parents yelled at the refs nonstop. Very quickly, it became noticeable how the kids were blaming anything that went wrong on the refs. This is obviously a different level, but same mentality. I don't understand these people.

Who’s at Fault in the Spirit Liquidation Over the past few days on X, many have engaged in the game of assigning blame for who’s responsible in the Chapter 7 liquidation of Spirit Airlines. The people who lean Republican point to Senator Elizabeth Warren bragging that she had been warning that an acquisition of Spirit by Jet Blue would lead to “fewer flights and higher fares”. When the DoJ succeeded in blocking the merger, Warren claimed that “This is a Biden win for flyers”. (x.com/SenWarren/stat…) The people who lean Democrat claim that President Trump is at fault because the war in Iran has led to higher oil prices. They claim that the increase in the price of crude led to losses at Spirit that caused the bankruptcy. For a detailed response to that, @RobertMSterling has two excellent posts. In one, he explains the history of the Jet Blue deal and why he blames Warren and the Biden Administration (x.com/RobertMSterlin…) and in another, he gives a helpful description of the difference between Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcies (x.com/RobertMSterlin…). The reason that matters is Spirit filed Chapter 11 in both 2024 and in 2025, and just filed for Chapter 7. That’s three bankruptcies in three years. Higher oil prices are never a positive for airlines, but I think the people claiming that’s the reason for the bankruptcies are missing something. Let’s look at the data first. (Afterwards, we can point fingers at politicians.) Take a look at the first graph below. Spirit’s profitability (the blue bars) generally rose from 2005 through 2017. That trend was present even though oil rose from around $60/barrel to $100, then declined to the low $40s before rising again. In this early period, Spirit was able to generate consistently more net income regardless of whether the price of oil rose or fell. Net income turned negative in 2020 even as the price of oil plummeted. Of course it did. The world shut down and most people were afraid to travel, or limited from doing so by government restrictions. By 2022 and 2023, we heard the term “revenge travel”. People who had been isolated at home raced to airports and cruise ships to reengage with the world and start traveling again. Demand for flights skyrocketed at the same time that inflation caused a massive spike in oil prices. In this period, we can claim that Spirit net income was negative in 2020 and 2021 due to travel restrictions and negative in 2022 due to high oil prices. Oil prices fell hard in 2023, 2024, and 2025, yet Spirit’s negative net income fell further to record lows. We now have one early period when profitability rose regardless of fluctuating oil prices, and another later period when profitability plummeted despite falling oil prices. Clearly, there has to be something else happening. There is. Now, check out the second chart labeled CASM ex-fuel. CASM stands for Cost per Available Seat Mile. It’s the measure of how much it costs an airline to fly one seat one mile. Think of it as the efficiency of airline operations excluding the cost of fuel. That’s where Spirit used to excel. One big reason the airline was able to offer such low fares was they kept costs low. (I flew a Spirit flight once. It was such a miserable experience that I swore I never would again. You got low fares and terrible service.) Spirit’s CASM spiked in 2020. That makes sense. Airlines have high fixed costs and people weren’t flying. But take a look at the skyrocketing costs in 2023, 2024, and 2025. This has nothing to do with fuel. It’s the cost of airplanes, pilots, ground crew, baggage handlers, and gate agents. The real story here isn’t the Iran-related increase in oil prices during the past few months. It’s the fact that Spirit’s operating costs (excluding fuel) rose more than the cost of fuel fell in those years. This airline declared bankruptcy in 2024 and in 2025 and the real issue wasn’t oil or Iran. It was the cost of everything but oil. Senator Warren claimed responsibility for herself and the Biden Administration for killing the deal that would have kept Spirit’s assets running under the Jet Blue flag. I believe her. As for the people claiming that Spirit’s bankruptcies are due to oil prices, the evidence says otherwise. If you’ve read this far, thank you. I’d like to recognize DKI Intern, Kunal Arora who spent his Sunday doing the research behind the graphs here.

Like him or not, Steve Simmons asked the hard question, the question everyone wanted answered. Respect. Chayka will be better in Toronto than he was in Arizona. How many 26-year-olds in business do you know that are ready to orgs of that size end of those resources?

@19consecutive I once had the privilege of picking him up at the airport in Las Vegas and driving him to the NHL award ceremony. The first year we held it out there. That was a memorable car ride.

39 years ago today, #Isles Legend Mike Bossy played the final game of his NHL career. It feels almost impossible to process how short his career was compared to the legacy he left behind. 752 games. 573 goals. 1,126 points. 4 Stanley Cups The greatest pure goal scorer the game has ever seen.

Incredible race, and incredible achievement. Congratulations!

@MoosesFelix Every time I hear the tremendous machine line I get chills

If you like $107 products that go bad before the expiration date and customer service that never responds, may I suggest several jars of @JerseyPickles? (I’m actually more annoyed by the customer service than the wasted money —> shameful).

@Super70sSports A tremendous machine!

On this Kentucky Derby day, here’s your reminder that Secretariat was faster than any horse who has ever lived. The year is 1973 and this is his track record run. Untouched for 53 years. The GOAT.

@Hoang_HQ Isn’t that the Will Ferrell Cheryl Oteri cheerleader move

1984, Heather Elizabeth Parisi covering ‘Maniac’ on Italian TV. What do people remember? Not the vocals, not the outfit… but the male dancer with his absolutely CHAOTIC, HYPERFAST moves — like he’s being electrocuted the entire time! 🔥 Legit one of the most unhinged yet iconic male dance performances ever. The 80s had no filter, just pure raw energy! 💥🕺

@JLazzy23 I love Kreids. I especially loved him his final year at Boston College when he pulled a no-show at UMass and we beat them.

Just screamed EWWWW so loud I startled my girlfriend. What a play and finish. Congrats to me on the girlfriend

“An absolute bludgeoning.” — Mike Breen. #knicks #hawks #nba