Editor at The New York Times. Junior Parent in Connecticut. Oldest looking (but chronologically youngest) sibling from California.
Benjamin Hoffman
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Respect the classics
In case you wondered, no, it never got old yelling "KNICKS IN 4!!!!" at every runner in the Fairfield Half Marathon wearing Knicks gear. If anything, me and the scouts running a water station got more into it with every runner that passed.
The Hot Topic I worked at would play “Fernando” at least once a shift and I can still picture all the employees singing and dancing while the teenage customers froze trying to decide if it’s ok to be joyful
In my years of covering sports I saw ten lifetimes of amazing events in person. Maybe twenty. But I find myself insanely jealous of anyone who will be inside MSG for Games 3 and 4. That atmosphere is going to be unreal.
This does not apply to Anderson Varejao who I still believe was a double agent who was sent in to tank Golden State. I respect what he did for Cleveland on some level, and also his ability to mind control Kerr into playing him, but he still has Official Villain status.
Not saying there isn’t some entertainment value to scrolling Threads, but I’ve seen multiple posts over the last two days marveling at the AP having a list of standalone dateline cities and assuming it’s a new concept.
Maybe a “did you google this?” warning should be included over there?
No one wins in LA without building coalitions.
The early precinct data shows where each mayoral candidate pulled their support from and we mapped it out in a collab between Election Analytics, NYT graphics and our LA expert, @shawnhubler.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In proof that people can grow and change I realized last night the thought of Harry Barnes getting another ring sounded kinda nice.
It appears ~10 years is when you stop wishing bad things upon the people you blame for a devastating loss. (Festus Ezeli also in the clear now.)
If you were drafting the most awkward possible pairings of celebrities to own a bar together in 2026, it would be hard to top this duo
It was not a particularly suspenseful election night in Texas, but that just gave Christine Zhang and Zach Levitt time to cook this up for @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social's takeaways file: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
