What happens when a player and an agent want something different?
Joe’s Notes: Coach K’s Final Title
Coach K might not have won the national championship, but he did win the draft. Also: An insider betting scandal?
Joe’s Notes: Baseball’s Most Impactful Player (So Far)
Checking the WPA leaderboard.
Joe’s Notes: The Brewers Are in Trouble
Plus a little more Jason Heyward talk.
Joe’s Notes: Iowa State’s Next-Year Basketball Outlook Is Pretty Well in Focus
If the Cyclones are done in the portal, they’ve done just fine.
Joe’s Notes: Hockey and Basketball’s Best of Seven Format Creates Urgency Baseball’s Lacks
The Lightning, down 2-1, have more pressure on them than a baseball team in the same position.
Joe’s Notes: Iowa State Extends T.J. Otzelberger
Thoughts on Iowa State’s possible long-term men’s basketball coach (and other things).
Joe’s Notes: Tyrese Hunter Owed Iowa State Nothing (But This Still Hurts)
The Cyclones’ best player is transferring to Texas.
Joe’s Notes: Nick Saban Didn’t Say Anything (and Neither Did Jimbo Fisher)
A very entertaining bunch of nothing.
Joe’s Notes: Don’t Rule Out the Cubs Extending Willson Contreras
The longer the Cubs don’t trade him, the likelier it becomes.
Joe’s Notes: Iowa State Got a Guy
With the addition of Osun Osunniyi, Iowa State has successfully dodged transfer portal disaster. That and a lot more as we begin the weekend.
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.)
Joe’s Notes: Should Sports Teams Employ Meteorologists?
Plus: The Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks problem, and Iowa State does not land Grant Basile.
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.
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.
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.
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).