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11 Things You Missed On The Internet This Week | 12.29.23
The Anti-Year-in-Review
Brandon Wenerd
December 29, 2023
Well, guys, we made it to the end of the year. This is the last BroBible newsletter of 2023 - not much of an accomplishment considering how I only took this thing over a couple weeks ago and started giving it an honest go. But still! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. I plan on throwing my all at it in 2024, so tell your friends, coworkers, golf buddies, car wash attendants, baristas, etc.
I’m writing this on a plane flying back to Los Angeles from my parents’ house in Pennsylvania. It was a great holiday, filled with quality family time with people I love dearly. I’m excited to start 2024 with the tank full and emotional batteries fully recharged, focused on BroBible upping the content ante in 2024.
Before we say goodbye to 2023, let’s talk about end-of-the-year lists. Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of the typical 'year-in-review' content. It often feels like a flood of recaps that don't necessarily contribute meaningfully to our understanding or enjoyment of culture. I don’t like them because (A. the pressure to do them because “everyone else is doing one” and (B. the juice is rarely worth the squeeze. As a piece of written content, the shelf life is short when weighed against the work that goes into making a good one.
While introspection and jogging the memory bank is valuable, 'Best of 2023' lists for movies, music, and games tend to be subjective and impersonal. They feel like they’re part of the clickbait industrial complex. They're not entirely without merit, as they sometimes highlight hidden treasures, but too often, they feel like a holdover from an era when media outlets dictated cultural tastes. At BroBible, we consciously choose a different path: Find information that steers into the wind and powers forward rather than obsessing over what’s already happened. I hope some of you guys recognize that because we think about it all the time. Plus, we know that you think Oppenheimer and John Wick 4 rocked - it feels like a chore making a list telling you that all over again. We value your intelligence and impeccable tastes too much.
Now that I got that rant out of my system, I want to share some of my favorite moments from BroBible in 2023. This is the stuff you might have missed if you weren’t paying close enough attention as a daily reader of our site.
We publish a wide range of stories daily, but the ones that resonate most are those where we've had real conversations, crafting small narratives in their own way that contribute something special to the cultural dialogue. Are we going to win a Pultizer for it? Hell no. But these stories, the ones that break away from mere aggregation, are what we at BroBible take the most pride in. These are the times where we picked up the phone and actually talked to someone cool or notable, without getting all starfucky about it. These are the stories that help distinguish us from other sites that rely solely on second-hand information, though, admittedly, we certainly do plenty of that too.
So, without further ado, here are 20 of my top picks from BroBible in 2023. This list includes memorable interviews with big personalities: Jason Alexander from 'Seinfeld', boxing legend Mike Tyson, Dana White, and wrestling icon Stone Cold Steve Austin, to name a few. Heck, we even interviewed Scarlett Johansson this year. The ScarJo. How crazy is that?
The Best Conversations We Had In 2023
Lil Dicky And Travis Bennett Draft Their Pick-Up Basketball Dream Team
The Skids From ‘Letterkenny’ Answer The Most Asked Questions About The Show
Brock Purdy Tells Us About The Brutal ‘Welcome To The NFL’ Moment
Gerard Butler Explains When He Realized ‘300’ Would Be A Massive Hit
Jeremy Schaap Shares Some of His Most Memorable ESPN E60 Episodes
Stone Cold Steve Austin Handed Out Beers And Gave An Epic Toast At WWE 2K23’s 3:16 Day Launch Party
Joel McHale On His College GameDay Body Paint: ‘I Felt Like Martin Sheen In Apocalypse Now’
Mike Perry on beating Eddie Alvarez, becoming "King of Violence" at BKFC 56
McGregor Forever director reveals Conor McGregor's reaction to losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov
Holly Sonders talks new sports league featuring Instagram models playing sports.
Mike Tyson talks training Francis Ngannou for fight vs Tyson Fury
Brian Westbrook: What does ‘It’s A Philly Thing?’ mean to you?
What a year. Thanks for reading. Can’t wait to see what 2024 brings.
The Pop Tarts Bowl Pulled A Bait And Switch On Its Edible Mascot And Should Be Ashamed
The Pop Tarts Bowl mascot reveal was cool! But that’s where they lost us. Pop Tarts didn't hold up its end of the deal after promising it would have an edible mascot at its first ever namesake bowl game. Tisk, tisk. Disappointing, much like accidentally buying unfrosted Pop Tarts. Who even eats those?
UPDATE: Pop-Tarts sent us a cryptic tweet to wait until the end and that we might eat our words. OK, whatever you say, toaster pastry company.
Allen Iverson Puts Michael Jordan And Kobe Bryant Ahead Of LeBron James On His All-Time List
Forever bummed out that Allen Iverson doesn’t have an NBA Championship ring. If he did, there’s no doubt he’d be on this Mt. Rushmore as well.
Prominent Fox Host Says Aaron Rodgers Is Most Disingenuous Athlete Of Last 40 Years
Fox Sports 1 personality Nick Wright is sick of Aaron Rodgers. Frankly, I’m a little sick of people talking about Aaron Rodgers. Time to let that media supernova fizzle into obscurity for a long, long time.
Didn’t Get What You Wanted For X-Mas? These Watches Are Under $1,000 Right Now At Huckberry [sponsored]
Speaking of Aaron Rodgers… Our commerce writer Tom is a big Jets fan and got an Aaron Rodgers t-shirt for Christmas. Hey, it’s the thought that counts! Needless to say, he’s scouring Huckberry to find something a little less cringe, like some of the watches on sale in Huckberry’s end of the year See You Out There sale.
15 Of The Best Things We Drank This Year
My business partner Cass really likes bourbon. Here’s some of the rare and top shelf hooch that wetted his whistle this year. Hint: They’re all whiskeys.
The Strange Tale Of The Soccer Player Who Fled Romania After Being Traded For Sausage
In 2006, Cioara was playing for UT Arad, a Romanian club that was a member of the country’s second division. He found himself at the receiving end of a downgrade when he was informed he was being shipped off to Regal Hornia of the fourth division, a move that was facilitated with the help of a unique transfer fee that led to the agreement being finalized: 15 kilograms of sausage.
Spirit Airlines ‘Home Alone’d A 6-Year-Old Flying Solo And Put Him On The Wrong Plane To The Wrong City
Another ridiculous Spirit Airlines cautionary tale.
An 11-Foot Alligator Was Filmed Trying To Swallow A Massive Burmese Python In The Florida Everglades (Again)
How much time until Florida let’s people take bets on reptile Thunderdome incidents like this? Feels like it will happen in our lifetime. Personally, I wouldn’t count out the snake on this one…
Philadelphia Eagles Players Blame Fans For Part Of Recent Struggles
Ah, yes. Blame the fans. In Philadelphia. That piss poor excuse ought to go over well. There’s been so much innovation in football at all levels that I have a hard time believing “crowd noise” from your own fans is the factor things fell apart for three games. If college teams can effectively hear (or read the signal) on their play calls and audibles in even louder enviroments, a professional team should as well. No excuses.
Major Conspiracy Theory Surrounding 16-Year-Old Luke Littler Hits World Darts Championship
People are questioning whether this darts-throwing virtuoso really is the age he says he is. I love a good scandal in the high stakes world of professional darts.
Texas HS Soccer Coach Arrested After Spending $5K At A Gentleman’s Club On The School’s Credit Card
A high school soccer coach in Texas was arrested following an investigation into fraudulent credit card activity that led to the revelation he’d charged thousands on a school credit card while at a gentleman’s club in Houston, Texas.
BONUS: Mikal Bridges Has Eaten Chipotle For Almost 4,000 Straight Days And Spent A Fortune On It Along The Way
I have a friend who did this years ago when he was in college. He told me he regrets it now and really can’t stomach eating Chipotle, which he once loved, anymore.
Thanks for reading BroBible. If you have any feedback or complaints about the newsletter or something else, email me at [email protected]. My dad lodged a complaint after my last newsletter, that I complained about the Internet at their house. Personally, I was just happy that someone was paying attention. Thanks for reading, Dad.
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