The next step in the transfer portal’s takeover of college sports.
Joe’s Notes: 2027 World Series Odds and the 2024 Trade Deadline
If future championships matter, why do we measure trade value in dollars? Also: The latest House v. NCAA development, and college baseball’s rise.
BFN: Has Texas Gotten Too Nerdy?
The Longhorns are the new Stanford. For better and worse.
Good Things Shrewing: Ranking Notre Dame’s 2023–24 Athletic Seasons
From lacrosse to volleyball, how all the Irish did this academic year.
Joe’s Notes: Major League Baseball Needs Healthy Superstars
Baseball’s best didn’t use to miss this much time. Also, Dan Hurley should take the Lakers job.
Joe’s Notes: Arizona Loves Arizona. That Might Matter.
Desireé Reed-Francois left the SEC for an athletic department with a nine-figure landmine in its budget. Also: The Pac-2 has a commissioner, what UConn’s loss doesn’t say, and the new face of good vs. accomplished.
Good Things Shrewing: Is Two Straight Wins a Winning Streak?
Asking for ourselves before looking at the Al Golden extension news and the addition of Army to the 2024 football schedule.
BFN: The Red River Rivalry Has Crested
College softball’s Opening Day brings Oklahoma into the focus, and reminds us: The Red River Rivalry is about to recede.
Good Things Shrewing: The Race for Last Place
Louisville has evened the score at the bottom of the ACC.
Good Things Shrewing: Something to Play For
The stakes, as always, are high. Also: What does Fr. Olinger think about NIL?
Good Things Shrewing: Notre Dame Is in Survival Mode
It continues to only be about wins.
Good Things Shrewing: Working on the Things to Work On
Ten men on the field, a great game and a frustrating loss, and everything else going on for Notre Dame athletics this week.
Good Things Shrewing: Is Notre Dame–Ohio State a Rivalry?
Competing regional powers meet in South Bend. How bad is the blood?
Good Things Shrewing: Notre Dame, Meet the HBCU World
What Notre Dame fans should know about Tennessee State, plus some women’s volleyball lamentations.
Joe’s Notes: Does the NFL Make Other Sports Hate Each Other?
The NFL’s dominance of sports appetite creates an illusion of starvation elsewhere. Also: Wander Franco’s latest, Luis Castillo’s fastballs, the White Sox might move, college baseball’s rising, Drew Smyly’s starting, Jirehl Brock’s leaving, Rutgers gambled on Jeremiah Williams, and some NASCAR game theory.
Joe’s Notes: José Ramírez Keeps Doing It
We revisit a potential ‘greatest player of this generation.’
Joe’s Notes: How Much Jacob deGrom’s Surgery Hurts the Rangers
Plus: Game 3 thoughts, Oklahoma softball, and measuring against an average.
Good Things Shrewing: Notre Dame’s Basketball Ceiling
Notre Dame has won the most NCAA Tournament games all-time of any program with just one Final Four.