Word recently came down that the Buffalo Bills will not be adding a red throwback helmet this season. I was surprised by that news — in part because I get the impression that there’s been a fair amount of fan demand for the red lids, and also for a few other reasons that I’ll get to later in this article. Since the red-lidded chapter in Bills uni history has been the subject of a lot of interest and discussion lately, I decided to do a deep dive on it (just like I’ve done for the teams with new throwbacks this year), even though it’s not being brought back in 2023.

When I started scouting cities for our Italy move a few years ago, my first trip was to Milan. My close friend Marc, who owns a fantastic restaurant in Geneva called Bombar, told me he'd fly down and show me his favorite things in the city. Most importantly, he wanted to take me to a small and storied restaurant that was not only a neighborhood mainstay but a global food lovers "

I’m tired of the continuing nonsense over the cancellation of the Jake Paul-Hasim Rahman Jr. fight that was supposed to have taken place this past Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden, so let’s get a few things straight and let this be the last word on the debacle. First and foremost, the fight being called off is Rahman’s fault and definitely not Paul’s. It’s all on Rahman. Period.

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien met in 1926 at an Oxford University faculty tea. Tolkien taught Anglo-Saxon and Lewis taught English literature. And while Lewis was jolly and brash, and Tolkien more reserved, there was an immediate connection as they both loved many of the same things, particularly mythic literature. They began meeting weekly to talk, conversations which Lewis described as “going beyond the walls of this world.” Far from the image of stuffy Oxford dons, their exchanges were characterized by joy, laughter, and encouragement.

Top notes: This is one of those bonus “80% nonsense” posts, because whenever a viral reactionary country song is dominating the discourse, Gotham’s newsletter commissioner shines theWhite Pages signal and I jump into action. I’ve been a really softie this summer on keeping these nonsense posts (which I sometimes save for paid subscribers) unpaywalled. There’s not a ton of rhyme or reason behind that decision, it’s just my vibe right now.