Rachel Bachman

Alan Page is 1 of 1. Every year, the Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice plays his middle-school sousaphone to cheer on runners in the Twin Cities Marathon and honor his wife, who died of cancer in 2018.

@MurrayHillGuy1 The courts at Brooklyn Bridge Park were empty at the start of last night's game. They're never empty during daylight hours, outside of a snowstorm.

During the last 11 NY Knicks playoff games crime in NYC has gone down 78% during those hours of the game per NYPD data Brunson is really Batman

@slmandel 👀

@Bachscore Or any match at Levi's Stadium

World Cup tickets are pricey but the U.S. friendlies some top teams are playing just ahead of it are cost-hacks: For instance, England plays New Zealand on June 6 in Tampa ($74 and up), & Costa Rica, June 10, in Orlando ($98 and up).

British Invasion vibes. Hard to top.

@H3KLA_ @Fullcourtpass @ramonashelburne I need the kids understand that this was not AI. This was a real thing that happened with the NBA's biggest star at the time: youtube.com/watch?v=QT-RfY…

@Fullcourtpass @ramonashelburne Average Wemby side quest

Victor Wembanyama dribbled a basketball up a dangerous mountain route in 4.5 hours (takes a normal person 7-8 hours to walk up it) while training with the monks, per @ramonashelburne “One day he told Wembanyama to dribble a basketball up another dangerous mountain route to Sanhuangzhai, a monastery deep in the Song Mountains. The hike traversed cliffside plank paths, suspension bridges and ancient forests, and was five times as long as the one to Bodhidharma Cave. The trail forces you to climb roughly 2,500 feet in elevation across uneven ridges and stone.” (espn.com/nba/story/_/id…)

⚽️This is a big deal, something many soccer people have pushed for. It would let men's college soccer teams play through most of the school year, rather than just in the fall.

Cc: @bykevinclark

Another banger from @msharrietryan on high school football recruiting. A must-read: wsj.com/sports/footbal…

MEGAN GRANT IS THE NEW NCAA SINGLE-SEASON HOME RUN RECORD HOLDER!! 👩‍🍳 📺: @BigTenNetwork 📲: foxsports.com/live/btn #GoBruins | @ChefMeganCookin

Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd are in the house for the season opener 🤩 Watch Dallas-Indiana at 1 PM ET on ABC, Disney+, and the ESPN App 🍿

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🏀💰 A highly anticipated WNBA season tips off today. In the offseason, players secured a nearly 400% raise. They were advised behind the scenes by a Nobel Laureate who insisted on working for free: wsj.com/economy/wnba-p…

🥎 THREE college softball players are on the brink of breaking the NCAA record of 37 home runs in a season: Oklahoma's Kendall Wells (36) UCLA's Megan Grant (36) UCLA's Jordan Woolery (33). The data story behind the story, via @WSJ: wsj.com/sports/softbal…

Colombia-Portugal is only a group-stage match, but the combination of ardent fan support for these teams—and the game’s location—have driven resale prices past the Super Bowl. on.wsj.com/4ddyrhc

The NCAA just announced it's expanding the men's and women's basketball tournaments. Their TV deals *don't* automatically pay more for more games. So the NCAA changed their policy to let networks advertise booze, as I wrote last year:

🏀 💰 🍺 🍸 🍷 With NCAA tournament expansion imminent, here's what I wrote last year: The NCAA is paying for it by allowing the sale of official sponsorships for beer, wine and hard alcohol. It previously banned those categories. wsj.com/sports/basketb…

For all the Club Chalamet members out there: Adidas's World Cup ad casts young and old soccer players in supporting roles to Timmy's leading man—an intense, amateur three-on-three manager. The convergence of sports and entertainment reaches its zenith wsj.com/business/media…

The freshman who’s leading college softball’s home-run explosion: wsj.com/sports/softbal…

🥎 There’s a stunning home-run race in NCAA softball just as the top teams head into conference tournaments. After this weekend’s games, *three* players are within striking distance of a 31-year-old record. Here’s what’s going on ⬇️