How this Texas-neutral Austinite feels about the Bama game. Plus: Joe Kelly’s rehab outing, the Tez Walker reaction, and the USA’s sports failings.
Stu’s Notes: What Does Deion Sanders’s Success Mean for the Dallas Cowboys?
All of Coach Prime’s teams are winning right now. Also: Harbaugh, Northwestern, Uiagalelei, the Bloomin’ Onion, US Open fans, and even more.
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.
Stu’s Notes: Ranking the Possible Joe Kelly Trade Destinations
Also: Does the Fleck Bank accept Schrute Bucks?
Stu’s Notes: The Colonial Athletic Association Is No More
What’s in a name?
Stu’s Notes: The Problem With Ryan Reynolds
Does the celebrity have a soul?
Stu’s Notes: Why the NBA Chose the Spurs for Victor Wembanyama
San Antonio may be a small market, but it’s a pretty darn convenient place for a rising star.
Stu’s Notes: A New Low in NIT Persecution
The NCAA has gone too far.
Stu’s Notes: Happy Birthday, Joe Kelly!
The best 35 years this world has ever seen.
Stu’s Notes: The Thing About Willson Contreras
Adam Wainwright is wacky, and Adam Wainwright is wrong.
Stu’s Notes: There Is One Great Race This Weekend
More Kentucky Derby coverage, please.
Stu’s Notes: The Barking Crow’s New Business Partner
A breakthrough in transatlantic relations.
Stu’s Notes: I Dream of Racecars
A vivid evening asleep at the wheel.
Joe’s Notes: Can Saint Mary’s Get National?
The Gaels are the best they’ve ever been. Can they make that an annual thing?
Stu’s Notes: Aaron Rodgers’s Decision Day
We could find out at any minute whether the man some call the greatest quarterback of all time shit his pants in a dark, private room.
Stu’s Notes: What Is Frankie Muniz Doing in That Race Car?
Agent Cody Banks is competing at Daytona.
Joe’s Notes: Is Baseball Too Predictable?
FanGraphs’s Playoff Odds are out, and they’re probably right.
Joe Stunardi’s 2023 Hopes and Dreams
Our numbers man sets his sights on the year ahead.