Week 1’s main characters, and what it means for each.
Joe’s Notes: Are Ohio State and Clemson Still Good?
College football’s power structure isn’t static.
Joe’s Notes: Florida A&M’s Big Problems
This did not turn out to be a funny story.
Joe’s Notes: Chet Holmgren’s Injury Is Why the NBA Needs More Offseason Basketball
There’s an opportunity here for the NBA to meet a market demand.
Joe’s Notes: College Football Leaving Could Save the NCAA
Without college football, the NCAA makes sense.
Joe’s Notes: Is Brent Venables a Players’ Coach?
Venables’ response to the Cale Gundy situation, and what college football players want in 2022.
Joe’s Notes: Did Major League Baseball Ruin Home Runs?
Aaron Judge is chasing history, but the reaction is muted.
Joe’s Notes: What 2022 Means for Iowa State Football
This fall, like every fall, is a large on in the course of Iowa State football history.
Joe’s Notes: Hate the Cubs Trading Willson Contreras? Blame the CBA.
How making free agency come earlier could make more kids love the game of baseball.
Joe’s Notes: Recategorizing the MLB Teams Post-All-Star Break
And away we go.
Joe’s Notes: Baseball Wants Stars. It Needs Less Parity to Get Them.
Why was Derek Jeter so recognizable? The answer doesn’t have that much to do with Derek Jeter. (Also: conference realignment talk.)
Joe’s Notes: Iowa State Has the Best Athletic Department in Iowa
We did it, folks.
Joe’s Notes: Where Conference Realignment Stands
We appear to have reached a brief detente.
Joe’s Notes: Checking In on the Cubs’ Farm System (and Everyone Else’s)
Also, Brett Yormark’s comments today and why Charlie Montoyo’s firing makes sense.
Joe’s Notes: Where This Week Ends for Conference Realignment
Look to…the ACC?
Joe’s Notes: A 20-Team Big 12?
Why the likeliest (temporary) realignment solution leaves Oregon State and Washington State behind.
Joe’s Notes: Please Keep Doubting Nate Silver
Contrary to popular belief, FiveThirtyEight’s model got the 2020 election right. We’re going to use that to our advantage.
Joe’s Notes: Mutually Assured Expansion
Are the Big Ten and SEC entering a Cold War?