Also: Is the Big Ten a charity? Breaking down a very dumb report.
Stu’s Notes: Is Justin Verlander a Villain?
It’s time to have that talk.
Joe’s Notes: MLB’s Expanded Playoffs Are Doing What Was Promised
Bubble teams chose to buy today.
Stu’s Notes: Jim Irsay Contemplates His Death
Indianapolis Colts owner and philosophizer Jim Irsay understands his place in the universe. By which I mean the NFL.
Joe’s Notes: Are the Cubs Going to Do This?
Wrigley Field is feeling magical again.
Stu’s Notes: Ranking the Possible Joe Kelly Trade Destinations
Also: Does the Fleck Bank accept Schrute Bucks?
Joe’s Notes: Colorado Rejoins the Big 12
What happened, what happens next, when what happens next happens.
Joe’s Notes: Pat Hughes Goes to Cooperstown
Sunday is the day.
Joe’s Notes: Should Congress Run College Sports?
An NIL proposal arrives in the Senate.
Joe’s Notes: The NFL Is a Lineman’s League
Reflections on running backs’ recent plight.
Stu’s Notes: The Newest NIT
Plus what this means for one of the old ones.
Joe’s Notes: The Trade Deadline Decision to Buy or Sell
There is a number. But we don’t know what it is.
Stu’s Notes: Condoleezza Rice to Northwestern. Please.
If ever there were a situation in which Condoleezza Rice might coach football…
Joe’s Notes: Yes, Cricket Is Popular
The world’s second-biggest sport is trying again in the U.S.A.
Joe’s Notes: Happy Birthday, Justin Steele
Also: Northwestern is about to be very bad for a very long time.
Joe’s Notes: Pat Fitzgerald Coached at an Unusual School
Maybe the situation’s so bad that Pat Fitzgerald would have been fired anywhere. We don’t know that yet, though.
Joe’s Notes: Who Doesn’t Want to Play for the Heat?
Damian Lillard’s demand makes a whole lot of sense.
Who Doesn’t Want to Watch Baseball on the Fourth of July?
(Twins fans, it would seem.)