The Kentucky Derby isn’t going anywhere. Therefore, neither is horse racing.
Joe’s Notes: The Mets Are Doing This
Things are always trepidatious when the Mets are good.
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.)
Stu’s Notes: How, Exactly, Each Bracket Animal Vibes
Plus: Joe Kelly updates, helping Marquette with branding, Kyle Hendricks sorrow, Marquese Chriss’s impending moment, Burnley bits, and Fargo’s ears.
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.
Stu’s Notes: Something Smelly Surrounds Joe Kelly(‘s Rehab Situation)
Joe Kelly appears Major League-ready, and his team is struggling without him. So why are the White Sox making him stretch out this rehab stint in Charlotte? That, and some etc.
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.
Stu’s Notes: Is The Barking Crow Too Reasonable?
With details on Joe Kelly’s rehab outing, speculation surrounding Mason Ramsey’s future college life, a plea for Burnley to shoot John Lennon (figure of speech), and plenty of etc.
Stu’s Notes: There Isn’t Much Rivalry Between Milwaukee and Chicago
Plus Joe Kelly’s rehab outing begins, a little animal news, and some etc.
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.
Stu’s Notes: What Mark Emmert’s Departure Means for the NIT
Is this good or bad?
Stu’s Notes: Is Shaka Smart Going Hipster in Milwaukee?
Plus: the cult of Herb Jones, Burnley’s revival, the Sens’ good weekend, and a little etc.
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: What’s the NCAA Going to Do With Bill Self and Penny Hardaway?
The sanctioning process winds on despite the incentives for wrongdoing disappearing with NIL. Plus, a weekend baseball preview, who the Cubs will cut, and why Deebo Samuel and the Packers don’t seem to make sense.
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.
Stu’s Notes: Miguel Cabrera and the Thrill of the Chase
The joy of the pursuit of a milestone.