When a team is for real, and whether that matters. (Also, the WAC is wack.)
Joe’s Notes: Where This Week Ends for Conference Realignment
Look to…the ACC?
Stu’s Notes: So William Contreras Is Good Too, Eh?
Big discovery.
Joe’s Notes: How Good Is Baker Mayfield?
We might never really know.
Stu’s Notes: Of Course Kenneth Lofton Bodied Chet Holmgren
Learn your basketball, NBA fans.
Joe’s Notes: Why the White Sox Might Want to Sell at the Deadline
The White Sox have a narrow window, the worst farm system in baseball, and a roster that can’t be expected to compete with the Astros or the AL East.
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?
Joe’s Notes: Freddie Freeman and the Player vs. Agent Incentive Problem
What happens when a player and an agent want something different?
Joe’s Notes: What Wes Johnson’s Move to LSU Says About College Baseball and the Major Leagues
LSU is paying its new pitching coach more than the Twins did. Does this mean anything?
Joe’s Notes: Denver Is a Sports City
Not a good one or a bad one. Just one.
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?
Stu’s Notes: Why Do Different Dairy Products Have Different Amounts of Lactose?
It’s Friday night, and we know what you are craving (knowledge, the answer is knowledge).
The NIT Fan’s Guide to the 2022 NBA Draft
Jalen Williams, Scotty Pippen, and of course…Kenneth Lofton Jr.
Joe’s Notes: Someone Will Be a Bust
We know a lot of high draft picks don’t work out. Yet, their baseline expectations remain outrageously high.
Stu’s Notes: What Does Arch Manning Actually Change for Texas?
Texas just picked up an historic QB prospect. Will that matter?
Joe’s Notes: New York, New York
The Yankees and the Mets have the two best records in baseball. This is about to be a big deal.
Joe’s Notes: Why Isn’t Steph Curry the Face of American Sports?
Plus the Cubs’ losing streak, Yadier Molina’s bat and brain, and our Stanley Cup thoughts.