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Trust, trash-talk and 'out of control' egos: Inside Toronto's 'Puzzlepalooza'
HOUSTON — An issue of trust threatens to tear a small portion of the Toronto Raptors asunder. Accusations are flying. A neutral tribunal might be necessary.
“I know I would be the first person that she would screw over,” Raptors centre Jakob Poeltl said late last week.
“All my trust went out the window,” he added. “I’m fully calling this tournament rigged — officially in the media.”
“The losers of the group, I think, is who it’s coming from,” said Raptors physiotherapist Amanda Joaquim.
“The egos are out of control. The complaining — holy. The rules are the rules. What am I supposed to do? I just have to enforce the rules. There’s no leeway to these rules. But now people want to change the rules. They want to add rules. I told them, if they want to do that, they have got to run their own Puzzlepalooza.”
The Puzzlepalooza has become a topic of contention for the Raptors, or at least the seven staffers and one player, the 7-foot Austrian, Poeltl, who went public with his match-fixing allegations.
Joaquim is the commissioner of the Raptors’ New York Times puzzle tournament, which is poised to wrap up later this week. The group has competed in three separate mini-tournaments so far — one for Wordle, one for Connections and one for the Mini Crossword. (All three games are owned by the Times, which also owns The Athletic.)
The tournaments are single-elimination, with matchups determined by random draw. Winners and losers brackets follow to determine placement. The winner of each tournament gets eight points, the last-place finisher gets one, with corresponding rewards for results in between. Each tournament takes three days, with a few days of “load management” in between. (When Joaquim was told the term is now frowned upon by the league, she called them “mind rest days.”)
Raptors puzzle tournament tiebreakers
| Game | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|
|
Wordle |
Most correct squares in earlier guesses |
|
Connections |
Completed in most difficult order |
|
Mini Crossword |
Time |
|
Ultimate tiebreaker |
Rock, paper, scissors — obviously |
There are also some, errr, personal touches in the scoring system.
“There are random bonus awards that are given out based mainly on how I feel,” Joaquim said. “There are some that have (actual merit).”
One of the current bonuses is for whoever can beat the crossword score of Jennifer Quinn, the team’s director of communications.
“Even if they’re not competing against her — bonus two points,” Joaquim said. “She’s the queen of crosswords.”
Yes, perhaps some codification of the rules is in order.
The idea took shape at the start of this season, when a “group of nerds,” as Joaquim put it, began sharing their scores in various games in a WhatsApp group. Poeltl’s and Quinn’s competitors come from a wide range of departments within the Raptors: Social impact manager Katherine Allen, Wayne and Theresa Embry fellow Gregory Ho, nutritionist Jennifer Sygo, massage therapist Melissa Doldron, technology lead Brandon Moita and player service and advancement specialist Rae-Marie Rostant. Garrett Temple has entered the chat, sharing his scores, but joined too late for tournament play.
Sygo won both the Wordle and Connections tournaments, with Quinn winning the Mini Crossword competition. They were tied for first, heading into what Joaquim has coined “the grand championship.”
“The rules haven’t been released yet,” Joaquim said last week.
It’s hard to see why there are trust issues here.
Joaquim eventually decided on having a final eight-person tournament as the grand championship, with single-elimination games in which the contestants compete in all three games on the same day. The matchups were determined by seeding from the first three rounds, with an awards banquet to come next week. Poeltl drew Quinn in the first round again. Quinn won the Mini Crossword, but Poeltl won Wordle, getting to “repel” quicker than his competitor. Neither got a line correct in a particularly tough edition of Connections, leading to a rock, paper, scissors tiebreaker. The match was live-streamed to the group, with Poeltl winning and advancing to the semifinals of the championship round.
Reports indicate Poeltl was “a gracious winner,” perhaps a bit of a surprise. Poeltl has been completely above reproach during the tournament. One source said that Poeltl manipulated his time during the Mini Crossword tournament — presumably for his own amusement — before coming clean.
“As far as trash talk goes, I think there are a couple of dark horses. I count myself up there with the trash-talking crew,” Poeltl said. “I know Amanda’s also high in the trash-talking crew.”
Poeltl has been interested in various puzzles all of his life. (Coincidentally, the NBA player guessing game launched after Wordle gained popularity in late 2021 is named “Poeltl,” for rhyming reasons. Poeltl said he has become involved in that game on an official level, with an announcement to come about further developments.)
As with many people worldwide, Poeltl started playing Wordle soon after its release and began playing some of its copy-cats, including Pokedle, based on Pokemon characters, soon after. Game fatigue hit, but he resumed playing once talk of scores took over the training room. He said he plays six or seven of the games regularly, although he is coming at this with a disadvantage — German is his first language.
“It’s just different kinds of problem-solving,” Poeltl said. “You need a specific type of knowledge to be good at them as well. But at the end of the day, what I really enjoy and what I think I’m good at is trying to find the best way to solve whatever problem’s ahead of me. I might not know all the words because (English is my) second language. For Connections, sometimes if there’s a word in there that I just don’t know, then I’m pretty much just done for. At least I can try to make sense of it the best I can, try to work with process of elimination, for example. I think that kind of stuff is really helping me also, just working with the brain.”
Poeltl said Connections is currently his favourite game because it encourages the most creative thinking and reasoning.
“Jak doesn’t just participate, but he was able to reverse engineer what everybody’s Wordle word guesses,” Joaquim said. “He spends a lot of time. He was able to work out our whole four guesses. He was able to figure it out. He is a master at planning and he was able to get two back-to-back perfect Connections games by spending hours upon hours upon hours working out these puzzles.”
Heading into the season, head coach Darko Rajaković said Poeltl was well-suited to running the offence from the elbows, picking out cutters and shooters based on how opposing defences react. Since then, the Raptors roster has changed dramatically, with his assist numbers right around where they were in his final San Antonio years.
Still, the Raptors will continue to use him at times in that role, and Poeltl sees a connection — sorry — between his hobby and profession.
“I think they are very similar concepts,” Poeltl said. “It’s a completely different field, but it’s similar concepts. It’s understanding what’s in front of you and trying to attack it the most effective way.”
Another overlap: Complaining to, and about, the officials.
“I don’t want to put myself out there and open myself up to a lawsuit or something like that (by being specific about complaints about Joaquim),” Poeltl said. “But something’s going on, I can tell you that much.”
These allegations are why Joaquim has stayed out of competing in the tournament. She did not want a conflict of interest to emerge.
“That would be grossly unfair,” Joaquim said. “I would be awarding myself (points). I do send my scores for bragging rights and to show that I would be the supreme champion (if I were) participating.”
(Illustration: Eamonn Dalton for The Athletic; Photos: Mitchell Leff / Getty Images)
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The New Yorker did a piece 11 years ago on why our brains love lists, and it holds up today. Among other reasons: It spatially organizes information and promises a story that’s finite.
The NFL story will, of course, continue in 2025 and beyond, but in the space below, we offer eight NFL media stories that captured our interest in 2024.
1. Tom Brady begins his NFL broadcasting journey
Fox has the broadcast rights to the Super Bowl this year, which means Brady will call the league’s most important game in his rookie season as a TV analyst. He is 15 games into a 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox, a journey that has prompted plenty of commentary on his performance, including multiple pieces from this author.
Brady’s broadcasting work has improved during the season — not to the point of being an elite TV analyst, but the progress is noticeable. Still, the long-term prediction here is that Brady’s juggling act as Las Vegas Raiders owner and TV analyst, and the restrictions that come with that, feels unsustainable for Fox and Brady.
Tom Brady has improved as a game broadcaster, but February’s Super Bowl looms as the ultimate test of his progress. (Mitchell Leff / Getty Images)
2. Netflix lands an NFL package of games
Netflix and the NFL announced in May a three-season deal for Christmas Day games through 2026. That deal becomes even more magnified given Netflix securing the exclusive broadcast rights in the United States for the 2027 and 2031 editions of the Women’s World Cup. These are significant signals to the marketplace (along with its WWE rights deal, given its live element) that Netflix has shifted from being interested in sports-adjacent properties to being a legitimate sports rights holder.
The streaming giant aired the Kansas City Chiefs–Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens–Houston Texans games on Christmas Day and largely succeeded in avoiding a glitch-filled rerun of its Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight event.
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3. Peacock airs a regular-season game from São Paulo
The Philadelphia Eagles–Green Bay Packers game on Sept. 6 was the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in South America and aired exclusively on Peacock, the streaming network’s third exclusive NFL game following the Buffalo Bills–Los Angeles Chargers regular-season game in December 2023 and the Miami Dolphins-Chiefs AFC wild-card playoff game last January.
The result was a significant viewership win for the league and the streamer. Peacock delivered 14.2 million viewers for Eagles-Packers, well above the 7.3 million for Bills-Chargers and Peacock’s second-best NFL streaming audience ever only behind the Chiefs-Dolphins game (23 million viewers). The numbers include figures from the over-the-air markets in which the games ran.
The NFL will play eight international games in 2025, including in Madrid, as Spain will be the sixth country to host an NFL regular-season game. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Chiefs owner Clark Hunt have talked openly about playing 16 games overseas annually in the near term, per this report from SBJ’s Ben Fischer. It’s clear we will soon see a Sunday morning window with a new international media-rights package.
4. Super Bowl LVIII sets TV ratings record
We live in an apples-to-pomegranates world when it comes to comparing the sports viewership of today versus yesteryear, due to factors including new out-of-home viewership data and cord-cutters and cord-nevers. Using today’s metrics, via Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, the Chiefs’ 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers in February’s Super Bowl averaged 123.7 million viewers across television and streaming platforms. That makes it the most-viewed program in history, shattering the previous mark of 115.1 million for Kansas City’s last-minute win over Philadelphia in the previous Super Bowl.
Fans watch Super Bowl LVIII outside Chase Center in San Francisco. The game was the highest-rated program in television history. (Loren Elliott / Getty Images)
5. The rise of alt-broadcasts
The alternate broadcasts of NFL games launched into a new stratosphere in 2024 with a “Simpsons” animated alt-cast of “Monday Night Football” airing on ESPN+ and Disney+, and NBC Sports making its NFL alternate broadcast debut on Peacock with last week’s Texans-Chiefs game. It follows alt-broadcasts on Nickelodeon and ESPN’s now long-standing Manning Brothers broadcasts and one using “Toy Story.”
6. The ‘New Heights’ podcast blows up
The popular podcast — hosted by brothers Jason Kelce, the Eagles’ center from 2011-2023, and Travis Kelce, the current Chiefs tight end — inked a deal with Amazon’s podcast network, Wondery, in 2024 to be the program’s new home.
The show has found itself on measurement lists of the biggest podcasts in the United States and has nearly 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube. One of the interesting notes in the deal is Wondery’s plans to translate the podcast to different languages to increase its global audience, including in NFL-strong markets such as the United Kingdom and Mexico. That’s a blank space for NFL fans.
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7. New broadcast rules for increased access
It was not an accident that you saw more in-game interviews during NFL games this season. Last May, the NFL broadcasting department outlined access changes for the NFL’s television partners after a review between the league and its media rights holders. The shared goal? To enhance the game content that we see as NFL viewers. The new rules included in-game coach interviews for all games, pregame player interviews for all games, network pregame locker room coverage, preseason player interviews, and coaches’ booth network cameras. Look for it to continue.
8. NFL ordered to pay $4.7 billion in “Sunday Ticket” antitrust trial … only to see it overturned
In August, the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles overturned a $4.7 billion verdict against the NFL for colluding to raise prices for its “NFL Sunday Ticket” television package. The judge disqualified expert testimony used by the jury to determine damages. (The jury’s verdict had threatened to upend the league’s strategy of selling exclusive television packages to broadcasters.) Next up: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Per Sportico’s legal writer and sports law professor, Michael McMann, a decision is likely many months, if not longer, away.
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Athletics president Dave Kaval is resigning after being the public face of the organization’s move from Oakland to Las Vegas.
Kaval, 49, served as the seventh president of the A’s in their 123-year history, and held the role for the past eight years.
“We are grateful for Dave’s contributions and leadership over the past eight years. He guided our organization through a period of significant transition, and we sincerely thank him for his unwavering commitment to the team,” A’s owner John Fisher said in a statement.
Oakland Athletics president Dave Kaval on the field after the game against the Seattle Mariners at RingCentral Coliseum. (Kelley L Cox-USA Today Sports)
“As we look ahead to the next chapter of our franchise, the team will continue to grow under new leadership, driving the organization toward success during our interim years in West Sacramento and at our new home in Las Vegas.”
Kaval will step down from the role on Dec. 31 to pursue new business opportunities in California. Sandy Dean will serve as the interim president, and a search to fill the full-time role will begin in 2025.
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Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval before a baseball game between the Athletics and the New York Mets in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, April 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Dean is a long-time business partner of the Fisher family.
Kaval’s resignation comes after the team cleared its last major hurdles to get a stadium built in Las Vegas, despite the overwhelming opposition of the fanbase.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved lease, non-relocation and development documents earlier in December for the A’s to build a $1.75 billion stadium on the strip.
Oakland Athletics president Dave Kaval sits in the dugout before the game against the New York Mets at RingCentral Coliseum. (Darren Yamashita-USA Today Sports)
Groundbreaking will likely take place in the spring with the new stadium in Las Vegas being ready for the beginning of the 2028 season.
Kaval was unsuccessful in getting a stadium built in downtown Oakland. He then came to a deal to move the franchise out of the city, ending a run of 57 years with the team.
The A’s will play at least the next three seasons at a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento, California.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Flintridge Sacred Heart 48, Royal 35
Fountain Valley 50, Orange County Pacifica Christian 34
Gahr 83, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 23
Galena (Nev.) 31, Murrieta Mesa 25
Garden Grove 45, Bolsa Grande 34
Glendale 63, Heritage Christian 58
Glendora 59, Bell Gardens 25
Godinez 48, Millikan 36
Grand Terrace 51, Rowland 39
Grant 50, L.A. University 13
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Harvard-Westlake 54, Oakwood 23
Hoover 41, Pilibos 37
Imperial 48, Xavier Prep 20
Jurupa Valley 40, Mission Viejo 30
Laguna Beach 56, Banning 17
Laguna Hills 48, Long Beach Cabrillo 32
LA Hamilton 51, Mira Costa 38
Lakewood 62, El Dorado 59
Lakewood St. Joseph 68, Lincoln (Wash.) 42
La Mirada 57, Inglewood 39
La Palma Kennedy 57, Winslow (Ariz.) 43
La Salle 50, Summit 25
La Serna 34, Northview 30
Leuzinger 66, Fillmore 21
Loma Linda Academy 52, Glendale Adventist 6
Long Beach Jordan 64, Edison 22
Los Alamitos 81, Desert Christian Academy 35
Los Osos 59, Rio Hondo Prep 34
Marlborough 84, Granada Hills 39
Medfield (Mass.) 62, Garfield 31
Midland Christian (Texas) 44, Garfield 23
Moreau Catholic 52, Brea Olinda 47
Mountainside (Ore.) 75, Huntington Beach 32
Newbury Park 55, Shalhevet 49
Notre Dame Academy 53, West Ranch 34
Oak Hills 52, Bonita 35
Oceanside 66, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 32
Ontario 52, La Habra 25
Ontario Christian 110, Orange Vista 11
Orange 36, Norco 13
Oxnard 37, Thousand Oaks 36
Palm Desert 40, Yucca Valley 34
Palm Springs 47, Liberty 21
Paloma Valley 37, San Leandro 30
Paramount 55, Victory Christian Academy 52
Parkway (La.) 62, Brentwood 47
Patriot 40, Mission Viejo 30
Peninsula 49, Eastlake 19
Pleasant Valley 49, Santa Margarita 44
Portola 41, Virgin Valley (Nev.) 38
Ramona 43, Fontana 37
Ramona Convent 41, Alhambra 34
Rancho Buena Vista 60, Gardena Serra 36
Rancho Cucamonga 58, Vista Murrieta 35
Riverside Poly 54, Tahquitz 45
Rolling Hills Prep 84, Scripps Ranch 44
San Clemente 61, King/Drew 40
San Diego Cathedral 46, Sonora 42
San Dieguito Academy 45, Northwood 34
Santa Ana Mater Dei 91, Oakland Tech 25
Santa Fe 57, Upland 41
Saugus 53, Granada Hills Kennedy 27
Savanna 45, Santa Ana Foothill 29
Segerstrom 57, Edgewood 10
Shadow Hills 49, Mount Si (WA) 46
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 54, Murrieta Valley 47
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Sierra Pacific 58, Mark Keppel 45
Simi Valley 60, Nordhoff 46
South Pasadena 70, Academy of Our Lady of Peace 21
St. Margaret’s 57, Campbell Hall 51
Stevenson 41, Lakeside 21
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Trabuco Hills 44, Holy Martyrs 24
Troy 65, Anderson 49
Tesoro 79, Ocean View 54
Union (Wash.) 83, St. Mary’s Academy 50
United Christian Academy 54, Tustin 53
Valley View 57, Aquinas 29
Ventura 64, Louisville 49
Verdugo Hills 64, Santa Paula 54
Village Christian 55, Santa Monica 47
Villa Park 70, Irvine 38
Walnut 43, Whittier Christian 35
Warren 37, Garden Grove Pacifica 19
Westlake 45, Legacy (Nev.) 40
Westminster La Quinta 28, Irvine University 26
Whitney 80, Everett (Wash.) 41
Whittier 54, Rosemead 46
Whittier California 42, Placentia Valencia 40
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