Doc Rivers indicates his NBA coaching career is over after end of Bucks tenure: ‘I’m done’

Doc Rivers has been an NBA head coach for five teams across 27 seasons. It looks like those are no longer running totals.

A few days after stepping down as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks during a season spent entirely on the hot seat, the longtime coach addressed his coaching future during an appearance on “The Bill Simmons Podcast.”

When asked if he was done coaching, Rivers all but confirmed he intends to retire:

“We met about seven weeks ago, me and ownership. We had a great meeting. They asked me what I wanted to do. One of the owners says one plan is, ‘If we do this, you can hang in there for a year or two.’ I literally said, ‘Oh, no, no, no.’

“I told my coaches, I’m done. I loved coaching. Loved it. I had a lot of success at it, had way more ups than downs. But at the end of the day, I’ve given 47 years or whatever, I don’t even know how old I am … with no off time. I just wanted a break. I want to get away. The grandkids and just life in general, man. Right now, I can tell you, Bill, I think it was time, so I’d be surprised if I coached another game, I’ll put it that way.”

Doc Rivers has been an NBA head coach since 1999.
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Rivers has served as head coach for the Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks, winning the NBA championship in 2008 with the Celtics and reaching the playoffs 21 times, including all but two of his seasons since that Celtics title.

He holds a 1,194-866 career record, putting him sixth on the NBA’s all-time wins list.

If it’s indeed the end of his career, it was a bumpy way out. Rivers actually seemed done coaching after getting fired by the Sixers in 2023, taking a color commentary job with ESPN the following season. However, the Bucks fired rookie head coach Adrian Griffin and coaxed Rivers out of the broadcasting booth.

The hope was clearly winning an NBA title with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, but Milwaukee never made it past the first round with that pairing. Lillard tore his Achilles last postseason and is back with the Portland Trail Blazers.

This season was spent in that awkward space where an all-in bet clearly went bust, and that ended up being it for Rivers.

Perfect for the Beach, Pool, or Park, This Skullcandy Portable Speaker on Sale for Just $33 Right Now

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If you’ve ever tried dragging a too-large speaker—or worse, relied on your phone’s tiny audio for sound projection—you should appreciate this sale on the Skullcandy Terrain Mini: It’s palm-sized, no-frills, and currently on sale for $32.99 on StackSocial, with free shipping in the U.S. For under $35, you’re looking at an IPX7-rated waterproof speaker that won’t be damaged if it’s dropped or gets wet.

The Skullcandy Terrain Mini features Bluetooth 5.3, ensuring a stable connection up to 33 feet. The battery is said to offer 14 hours of playtime, which should cover most day-long adventures or at least a solid workday playlist without needing a recharge. When the battery dies, it can be charged via the included USB-C port, so you won’t need to dig through old cords. It also comes with a wrist strap that you can clip to a bag or swing around like a lanyard when you’re on the move.

As for sound quality, it’s decent on its own, but the True Wireless Stereo feature lets you pair it with a second unit for true stereo separation. You can also use Skullcandy’s Multi-Link to chain together up to 99 of these. Realistically, you’ll probably never do that, but the option’s there if you ever want to DJ a flash mob.

That said, this speaker doesn’t punch far above its size. It’s built more for casual, portable listening than booming bass or high-volume precision. The fabric mesh helps with durability and sound clarity, but it won’t replace your home speaker setup. If you’re in the market for a rugged little speaker that’s waterproof, rechargeable, and easy to toss in a bag, the Skullcandy Terrain Mini fits.

If X Isn’t Working, It’s Not Just You

If you’re trying to access X on Friday afternoon (Eastern Time), you might be hitting a roadblock. That’s what happened to me: I went to refresh my feed one last time before stepping away for the weekend, but noticed that nothing was loading. In fact, the site acted as if I had a brand-new account, and invited me to explore users to follow. But whenever I clicked anything, I’d just get errors.

I thought it might have just been on my end, because when I checked Downdetector, the site said: “User reports show no current problems with X (Twitter).” Indeed, the chart was flat, minus a small spike earlier today. But the comments were full of users talking about the site not working, confirming that I wasn’t alone here. (Disclosure: ZiffDavis owns both Lifehacker and Downdetector.)

X has experienced plenty of similar instances of downtime, so, in all likelihood, the site will be back up soon. (It might even be up by the time you read this.) But it comes at the same time that X competitor Bluesky experienced interruptions to service due to a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS). It could be a coincidence, but in Bluesky’s case, the issue didn’t stem from a bug—instead, it was an attacker flooding Bluesky’s servers with too much traffic to function.

Mets’ losing streak hits 9 games with loss to Cubs

The New York Mets’ struggles are starting to be concerning, as the team lost its ninth straight Friday, falling 12-4 to the Chicago Cubs. The loss drops New York to 7-13 on the season.

It’s the Mets’ longest losing streak since 2004, when they dropped 11 straight on the way to a 71-91 finish. The Mets have the most expensive roster in baseball, with a $352 million payroll.

Chicago pulled ahead early on Friday, going up 4-0 in the first inning when designated hitter Moisés Ballesteros sent a three-run homer into the netting.

Although the Mets pulled back to within 4-3 in the second inning, the Cubs kept tacking on. Chicago then iced the win with an Ian Happ two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth for the final outcome.

As a cherry on top, the Cubs closed out the game with a double play in the top of the ninth.

The nine-game losing streak surpasses the team’s most recent skids: The Mets went on an eight-game losing streak in 2018 and another in September 2025. New York’s longest losing streak ever is 17 games, set in 1961.

The Mets came into this season with high expectations because of their expensive roster. After a series of trades and free-agency losses, New York picked up multiple high-level acquisitions to build a new-look roster.

The Mets’ season started relatively well but took a turn last week. Their streak began with two losses to the Arizona Diamondbacks before they were swept by the Athletics and Dodgers and lost the series opener to the Cubs.

Part of the team’s struggles stem from the absence of Juan Soto, who has missed 11 games due to a calf injury. Soto’s league-leading $61.9 million salary this season is a big contributor to the Mets’ hefty payroll.

In response, Mets owner Steve Cohen has taken to social media to try to reassure fans.

“Nobody likes to lose but I saw some ‘green shoots tonight,’” Cohen wrote in a post on X on Tuesday. “Hang in there fans, we will turn this around!”

New York will have two more games against the Cubs before returning home for a series against the Minnesota Twins.

Netflix Is About to Launch Its Vertical Video Feed

The funny thing about smartphone addiction is that it makes low-effort tasks feel totally productive. When I finally quit doomscrolling through Instagram and TikTok to watch an actual movie or TV show, I feel like I’ve just spent the afternoon studying physics. Platforms like Netflix, which could once be seen as time-wasting entertainment, now seem like antidotes to endless, useless scrolling.

But Netflix doesn’t seem to appreciate its new role. Instead, the company apparently sees short-form video apps—and smartphones themselves—as a direct threat to its business, and is jumping on the bandwagon. It’s not only that Netflix is reportedly now making content with phone scrollers in mind, encouraging creators to craft dialogue that makes their shows and movies easy to understand even if you’re not actually paying attention; Netflix also wants to position its mobile app as an actual competitor to TikTok and Instagram by introducing a short-form video feed directly within the app.

Netflix’s take on TikTok

The company officially introduced its plans for short-form video during its fourth-quarter earnings call back in January. Then, on Thursday, the company confirmed its plans to introduce the vertical video feed in its redesigned mobile apps by the end of this month. This isn’t totally new, as the company has been experimenting with vertical video feeds since May, but we’re about to see Netflix’s official take on this type of video for the first time.

Unlike TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube, you won’t hop on the Netflix app to find short-form videos from independent creators. Instead, Netflix will serve users clips from Netflix-distributed shows and movies in a scrollable TikTok-style feed. You might swipe through this feed and see clips from Stranger Things, Emily in Paris, or Bridgerton. Many of us already waste our time watching clips from shows and movies on other platforms—often cropped, slowed down or sped up, in low-quality, and besieged by artifacts meant to throw off copyright claims. Netflix obviously won’t need to do this, so I expect the experience will be filled with high-quality videos (depending on how you define “quality” of course).

It won’t just be TV shows and movies on the feed. Netflix also has big plans for its video podcasts, which are growing, following deals with Spotify and iHeartMedia to bring existing podcasts to its platform. Expect Netflix to sprinkle clips from these video podcasts into the short-form feed to create an experience that sounds not too far off from scrolling through other apps.

The thing is, we were really close to potentially seeing a lot of content on this vertical feed, and Netflix’s platform in general. Had Netflix acquired Warner Bros., I wouldn’t have been surprised to see clips from HBO shows like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The White Lotus, and Euphoria. Now that the company has backed off on its acquisition plans, the list of potential properties that could be turned into vertical videos has shrunk.

Catering to the short attention span

I get the move from a business perspective: Netflix is likely losing subscribers’ attention due to the addictive nature of vertical video apps. But do any of us really need another app to scroll through, especially when we’re already paying for access to the full content to begin with? Maybe could be a helpful avenue to find new shows and movies to watch, but in all likelihood, it will just be be another addictive time-waster. I have too many of those in my life as it is.