Plus: More World Cup rigging, Spain’s legal system, Geoffrey Butler, David Stearns, Joe Kelly, and Christopher Morel.
Stu’s Notes: What Does Deion Sanders’s Success Mean for the Dallas Cowboys?
All of Coach Prime’s teams are winning right now. Also: Harbaugh, Northwestern, Uiagalelei, the Bloomin’ Onion, US Open fans, and even more.
Stu’s Notes: It’s September. Do You Know Where Your Joe Kelly Is?
The playoffs approach, and the Dodgers keep waiting on their physical and emotional leader.
Stu’s Notes: The White Sox Are So Bad That Fans Are Bringing Guns to Games
And! Hunger strikes, Trey Lance, Auston Matthews, cricket drama, NASCAR survival, The Hawk, and that bastard Sean Payton.
Stu’s Notes: Jim Harbaugh Is Suspending Himself
Also: A new hawk at Saint Joe’s, a new court at Alden-Hebron, a new haircut for our dog, and plenty to talk about with Gunnar Henderson, Joe Kelly, Javy Báez, and Little League Baseball.
Joe’s Notes: The Astros Are in Two Places at Once
Contending is hard to do while rebuilding. Also: The Cubs, the Packers, Djokovic v. Alcaraz, Spain’s soccer coach, and a little Little League.
Joe’s Notes: The Yankees’ Brian Cashman Question
The Yankees’ future looks unusually dim. That’s a bigger problem than their present.
Stu’s Notes: England and Australia’s Cricket Beef
What preceded the soccer.
Stu’s Notes: Michael Oher Got the Britney Spears Treatment
In the conservatory, with the deception.
Stu’s Notes: James Harden Was Playing to the Crowd
Criticizing Daryl Morey in China? Always plays.
NIT Stu’s 2023–24 Premier League Preview
A new season dawns, and Burnley is back with the big boys.
Stu’s Notes: What NIT Fans Can Learn from Pac-12 Nostalgia
The power of short memories, and the power of the 2024 NIT.
Stu’s Notes: Stanford’s Football Coach Likes Airplanes
Especially when they give him snacks.
Stu’s Notes: The Orioles Did Not Dream Small
The most ambitious content moderation policy broadcast television has ever seen.
The Solution to Our National Soccer Problem? Bring Back Inequality.
We might be able to get good men’s soccer out of this too.
Stu’s Notes: Is Justin Verlander a Villain?
It’s time to have that talk.
Joe’s Notes: MLB’s Expanded Playoffs Are Doing What Was Promised
Bubble teams chose to buy today.
Stu’s Notes: Jim Irsay Contemplates His Death
Indianapolis Colts owner and philosophizer Jim Irsay understands his place in the universe. By which I mean the NFL.