A graduate of the Mel Kiper school of lockdown hair.

Make no mistake, there is a race by tech companies to normalize use of gen AI as fast as possible across creative fields, before sensibility within law can coalesce. So fight back: reject using it in your workplace; inform friends sharing funny AI image memes; and mock its use to ardent backers.

OK. Thanks for that.

Any sense at all of what Sunday's temps might do to road conditions from Chicago north? We have a non-optional one-day trip to Milwaukee to make this weekend and I'm weighing doing it Saturday vs Sunday. I know you're not IDOT, but any thoughts here appreciated.

Here's the thing: None of this is speculative. Trump is openly threatening to abuses his powers in a second term in ways that would almost certainly strain the boundaries of the law. Now imagine him going into this with a grant of immunity. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/1779...

Thanks. I'd thought he might be among the handful of Miles Robinson-type vets on this roster. I've wondered if his drop in form in MLS (and mixed-at-best results for the national team) might have pushed him to the outer edge of the player pool.

Any idea whether Jesus F. is injured/unavailable, or is he on the outside looking in now?

I should have added that I'm a former journalist and spent part of that time as a sports writer (mostly college football and basketball).

Do you travel for every Bucks road game? As great a job as NBA beat writer must be, that travel sked would wear me out (even if I were 20 years younger).

"Mr. Sulu, prepare to punt."