The Milt Wagner hiring marks a convenient moment to talk Louisville hoops.
Joe’s Notes: Don’t Rule Out the Cubs Extending Willson Contreras
The longer the Cubs don’t trade him, the likelier it becomes.
Joe’s Notes: The Cubs Rebuild Has a Long, Long Way to Go
Very few of these guys will still be around in two or three years.
Joe’s Notes: The Mets Are Doing This
Things are always trepidatious when the Mets are good.
Stu’s Notes: How, Exactly, Each Bracket Animal Vibes
Plus: Joe Kelly updates, helping Marquette with branding, Kyle Hendricks sorrow, Marquese Chriss’s impending moment, Burnley bits, and Fargo’s ears.
Joe’s Notes: The Quantification of Hockey
Plus draft bits, the transfer and portal tampering, and plenty of baseball.
Joe’s Notes: Brian Gutekunst Played It Right
Plus a wild day in the transfer portal, Trevor Bauer’s suspension, and a whole lot more.
Stu’s Notes: What Mark Emmert’s Departure Means for the NIT
Is this good or bad?
Joe’s Notes: What Mark Emmert’s Tenure Did and Does for College Sports
Why the outgoing NCAA president’s tenure was a disaster for the NCAA, but possibly the best thing that could happen to college sports (also, Cubs and ISU and transfer portal bits).
Joe’s Notes: The Transfer Portal’s Atlantic King
There’s an ACC program setting itself up for future dominance, and it’s not necessarily North Carolina. (Also: Cubs notes, college baseball notes)
Joe’s Notes: What’s the NCAA Going to Do With Bill Self and Penny Hardaway?
The sanctioning process winds on despite the incentives for wrongdoing disappearing with NIL. Plus, a weekend baseball preview, who the Cubs will cut, and why Deebo Samuel and the Packers don’t seem to make sense.
Bevo’s Fake Nuts: Please. More McConaughey.
We mean it.
Joe’s Notes: Jay Wright Does It Right
The meaning of the Villanova coach’s startling retirement, plus notes on Shaedon Sharpe’s NBA decision and Marcus Stroman’s struggles.
Stu’s Notes: R.I.P. Carrier Dome, Jake Arrieta Retires, Solving NASCAR’s Rain Problem, Etc.
“Etc.” does a lot of work. Respect to “Etc.”
Joe’s Notes: Tyrese Hunter Is Transferring
A major blow to Iowa State, we go around baseball, and other miscellany.
Joe’s Notes: Kershaw and an Imperfect Game, College Baseball Weekend Preview
Is there anything Major League Baseball can do to incentivize making history?
Joe’s Notes: Bacot’s Back at UNC, and Iowa State’s 2022-23 Roster Is Getting Clearer
Transfer portal news, the Giants’ approach to series, and the end of Tennessee’s win streak.
Stu’s Notes: The Joe Kelly Blogger’s Take on Craig Counsell
Not letting this rest. Not yet.