brian mcardle

“Won’t someone think of the people buying a $5.9 million second home in Midtown!”

Tennis players live 9.7 years longer than sedentary people. Not 9.7 months. 9.7 years. Nearly a decade. The Copenhagen City Heart Study tracked 8,577 people for 25 years and ranked every sport by how much life it adds. Badminton: 6.2 years. Soccer: 4.7. Cycling: 3.7. Swimming: 3.4. Jogging: 3.2. Tennis almost triples jogging. A separate study of 80,000 adults found racket sports cut all-cause mortality by 47% and cardiovascular death by 56%. Swimming hit 41%. Aerobics hit 36%. The question is why racket sports destroy everything else. Three mechanisms stack on top of each other. First, the physical demands. A tennis rally requires explosive sprints, lateral cuts, and sustained aerobic output. You're training fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibers simultaneously. Most cardio only trains one system. Second, the cognitive load. You're reading spin, predicting angles, adjusting position, and executing motor patterns in real-time. Your brain is solving spatial puzzles at 80+ mph. That hand-eye coordination and strategic processing builds neural connections that protect against cognitive decline. Third, and this is the one researchers keep coming back to: you literally cannot play alone. Every racket sport requires another person on the other side of the net. That forced social interaction triggers neurochemical benefits that solitary exercise cannot replicate. Strong social connection alone increases your chance of longevity by 50%. Jogging is you and your thoughts. Tennis is you, a strategic opponent, and a community. Dr. Daniel Amen is right. The data is overwhelming. If you want the single highest-ROI activity for a longer life, pick up a racket.

Q: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? TRUMP: I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross. Only the fake news could come up with that one.

@RpsAgainstTrump Removed sanctions

So what did we actually achieve from this war? Iran still has enriched uranium, most of its ballistic missiles, the regime is still in power, and now it’s shown it can control the Strait of Hormuz, which it didn’t have before. And it still supports terrorism across the Middle East. What am I missing?

Nikola Jokic literally did the meme on Wemby lmao “Nikola Jokic after a team plays 23.9 seconds of perfect defense” 😭😭

If I told you this was the worst throw home you’ve ever seen, it still wouldn’t prepare you for the throw

BREAKING: Trump has told aides he is willing to 'end the U.S. military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed', according to Wall Street Journal report.

@BRICSinfo Iran’s response

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio demands Iran stop manufacturing drones and missiles used in recent attacks.

I’ve seen this video thousands times and it still blows my mind every single time I see it.

@BasedMikeLee Maybe just fund TSA. You can keep negotiating on the things you disagree with to your heart’s content

Every Senate Democrat just voted against a simple Voter ID requirement—a scaled-down version of SAVE America without the citizenship-verification measures Why? What do they have against requiring voters to prove who they are with a government-issued, photo ID on Election Day?

Bob Costas: “What is your favorite American expression?” to Ichiro Suzuki Ichiro:"Kansas City in August is hotter than two rats fucking in a wool sock." Protect Ichiro at all costs

@BasedMikeLee Voter suppression as your only strategy is impressive. You’re probably right

If we don’t pass SAVE America, Democrats win in November If we pass SAVE America, we have a chance Failure is not an option

@MarkMeadows Republican control has led to: 1). A war 2). No healthcare 3). Tariffs costing me an extra $1500 4). Epstein file suppression 5). Leveraging TSA agents paychecks to expand ICE 6). All while alienating us from our allies and aligning us with Russia We need someone else in control

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If republicans in the senate fail to pass the SAVE America Act, Democrats will take control.

@AndrewDBailey @Shapalicious Turnovers (and subsequent team record) since the return from injury may have done him in

It's starting to look like this will be the first time since 2019-20 that Nikola Jokić will finish outside the top two in MVP voting. I'm not even sure that's the wrong outcome, but... * Jokić is on track to be the first player in NBA history to lead the league in both assists per game and rebounds per game in the same season. * He's on track to break his own record for single-season box plus/minus. * He trails only Jalen Duren in TS%. * He's seventh in points per game, making him the only player in the NBA who's top seven in points per game, rebounds per game and assists per game. * He's tied for ninth in steals per game. * He's 7th in the league in total raw plus-minus and leads all MVP candidates in net rating swing at +16.8. * He's 1st in Basketball Reference's BPM, 2nd in Dunks and Threes' EPM (behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander), 2nd in BBall Index's LEBRON (behind Victor Wembanyama), 3rd in ESPN's net points per 100 possessions (behind SGA and Kawhi Leonard), 1st in PER and 2nd in WS/48.

GOP Senator Kennedy admits Trump is the reason for TSA shutdown: "He said said 'No deals with the Democrats.' We could have had TSA paid by the end of the week. But the President said 'No deal.'"

@WhiteHouse @SenSchumer x.com/nbcnews/status…

Stuck in a TSA line? 👋 @SenSchumer is the problem.

@JDVance With 0 days training? Great idea

⁨We’ve all seen the chaos unleashed by Democrats at airports across the country. It’s preposterous that Chuck Schumer continues to hold TSA funding hostage. Thankfully, ICE will bring sanity to our airports starting tomorrow, but it’s far past time for Democrats to fund DHS.

Please don't call us about UNC and your bracket.

JUST IN: Location of French aircraft carrier reportedly given away by a sailor using Strava GPS running app while going for a jog on deck.

@atrupar Wha

Duffy: "What Democrats really want is they want TSA agents to take their masks off. TSA agents don't want to wear masks. And by the way, Democrats spent a couple years during covid mandating that we all wear masks, now they want TSA agents to take them off." (He means ICE.)