With the addition of Osun Osunniyi, Iowa State has successfully dodged transfer portal disaster. That and a lot more as we begin the weekend.
Stu’s Notes: The Graphics Guy War That Could Define a College Sports Generation
Those guys who release recruiting-announcement graphics are in a blood feud, and we’re here for it.
Joe’s Notes: We Don’t Talk That Much About the Yankees
What that says about baseball.
Stu’s Notes: Maybe Major League Baseball Should Train Its Umps
A humble suggestion (also, Marquese Chriss did the NIT proud [also, etc.]).
Joe’s Notes: Learning to Live With Transfer Portal Tampering
The NCAA can’t enforce tampering rules. Which is why it shouldn’t try. Also: Reid Detmers’s statistically improbable no-hitter, and a little etc.
Stu’s Notes: Joe Kelly’s Sensational Debut
Chicago, at long last, knows joy once more.
Joe’s Notes: Can Shohei Ohtani Overcome Baseball’s Aging Problem?
Also, Frank Schwindel and GlowBalls (not related).
Stu’s Notes: Joe Kelly Returns (*wild cheering*)
It’s here.
Stu’s Notes: They’re Goin’ Racin’
A few last chirps, as the races begin.
Joe’s Notes: The Mets Are Doing This
Things are always trepidatious when the Mets are good.
Stu’s Notes: We Need to Make Fun of the Miami F1 Race
Boats on land, the Joe Kelly plot thickens, Burnley’s new mascot, and even more.
Joe’s Notes: How to Make Me Care About the NBA
The first rounds of the NBA Playoffs stink, and they stink so bad they make the regular season stink too. (Also, we’re mad at David Ross.)
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: Should Sports Teams Employ Meteorologists?
Plus: The Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks problem, and Iowa State does not land Grant Basile.
Stu’s Notes: Doug Edert and the 2023 NIT
Also: Figuring out who we want to win Lord Stanley’s Cup.
Joe’s Notes: Does the NIL Transfer Portal Help or Hurt Fred Hoiberg?
Plus Gelo’s successful season debut and what xwRC+ can tell us about the Cubs.
Stu’s Notes: Something Smelly Surrounds Joe Kelly(‘s Rehab Situation)
Joe Kelly appears Major League-ready, and his team is struggling without him. So why are the White Sox making him stretch out this rehab stint in Charlotte? That, and some etc.
Joe’s Notes: The Quantification of Hockey
Plus draft bits, the transfer and portal tampering, and plenty of baseball.