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.
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: Is The Barking Crow Too Reasonable?
With details on Joe Kelly’s rehab outing, speculation surrounding Mason Ramsey’s future college life, a plea for Burnley to shoot John Lennon (figure of speech), and plenty of etc.
Stu’s Notes: There Isn’t Much Rivalry Between Milwaukee and Chicago
Plus Joe Kelly’s rehab outing begins, a little animal news, and some etc.
Joe’s Notes: The Draft, College Sports’ Graduation Day
Plus Iowa State draft notes, Packers draft notes, a Tyrese Hunter detail, transfer portal news, Big 12 transition timing, and the Cubs’ big win/avoided loss.
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).
Stu’s Notes: Is Shaka Smart Going Hipster in Milwaukee?
Plus: the cult of Herb Jones, Burnley’s revival, the Sens’ good weekend, and a little etc.
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)
NIT Final Four Location Wishlist
Where we would like next year’s NIT Final Four to be held.
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.