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).
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)
Joe’s Notes: Jay Wright Does It Right
The meaning of the Villanova coach’s startling retirement, plus notes on Shaedon Sharpe’s NBA decision and Marcus Stroman’s struggles.
Joe’s Notes: Cubs on Statcast, Tshiebwe’s Staying, AJ Green to Ames?
Justin Steele’s xERA’s still good, Frank Schwindel’s been sneakily struggling, and Iowa State’s next point guard may have just entered the portal.
Joe’s Notes: Keegan Thompson, J.J. Kohl, and NIL Is Good
There are no convincing arguments against the current state of NIL and the transfer portal.
Joe’s Notes: Tyrese Hunter Is Transferring
A major blow to Iowa State, we go around baseball, and other miscellany.
Joe’s Notes: The Tom Brady/Dolphins Story Is Nuts
Plus the FPI release, the Cubs did a good-team thing, the Packers signed Sammy Watkins, and more.
Joe’s Notes: Kershaw and an Imperfect Game, College Baseball Weekend Preview
Is there anything Major League Baseball can do to incentivize making history?
Joe’s Notes: Bacot’s Back at UNC, and Iowa State’s 2022-23 Roster Is Getting Clearer
Transfer portal news, the Giants’ approach to series, and the end of Tennessee’s win streak.
Joe’s Notes: Could Texas Tech Rule Future Big 12 Football?
Could the Big 12 race soon run through Lubbock?