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#HBCU students, want a jolt for your newsoom? Want to start or rejuvenate a campus news org? Reach out my way: renewsproject.com #collegemedia

The Atlanta Hawks' ex-VP of Finance has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling $3.7M with the team's credit cards. Purchases include: $160K for concerts and events $115K on a diamond ring $100K at Saks Fifth Avenue $80K on trips to the Bahamas and Thailand

WaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

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NEW (gift article): Money, power and women: Jeffrey Epstein's African ties by @ShirshoD @MiamiHerald miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

We recently got the first batch of legal bills for Nebraska's arbitration case with the CSC: $32,100. That and a lot more important, interesting stuff from our @mitchsherman: nytimes.com/athletic/72363…

Update: The @CityofMiami apparently did not respond to the first demand letter. Now, there's a follow-up letter from @FSUCollegeofLaw First Amendment Clinic. Upshot: A complaint is being drafted. Read the latest letter here: documentcloud.org/documents/2808…

A former Nebraska women's basketball player's Title IX lawsuit against the university continues with a scandalous recent admission, court records show. usatoday.com/story/sports/n…

A substantial issue uncovered in this @TheFloridaTrib/@propublica investigation is that Florida officials have stonewalled records requests (and requests for comment) about their purported investigation into this company’s ability to do business with public agencies here.

This is crazy. And I'm surprised its not a bigger story, although I assume if this news came out during basketball season, it would be.

Just noting I obtained these emails, and others, from ODNI last week via #FOIA. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Wild situation in West Baton Rouge, where the local government sued a reporter who filed a public records request about the local fire district's response to a recent warehouse fire. rcfp.org/wbr-independen…

EXCLUSIVE: @IowaStateU’s move to suspend—then cut—women’s gymnastics sparked a flood of emails to AD Jamie Pollard and other @CycloneATH officials, with suggestions on how to save, replace, or simply “adjust” the program. @Sportico reviewed hundreds of FOIA-obtained messages revealing the behind-the-keyboard machinations of a D-I program's elimination.

The Arkansas men's and women's tennis programs spent a combined $2.5 million and brought in $3,284 in revenue for the 2024-25 reporting year, according to the school's NCAA Membership Financial Reporting Survey.

NEWS: Arkansas is discontinuing its men's and women's tennis programs — the first programs cut by the Razorbacks since men's swimming and diving in the early 1990s. This will leave Arkansas with 17 sports. More coming later today at WholeHogSports.com.

Frostburg State University to offer in-state tuition to out-of-state students buff.ly/0xScwSg

Elite NFL prospects have left the Baltimore-D.C. region for years. Can the next generation stay home? I dug into the data, interviewed prospects and followed the money. Full story for @BaltimoreBanner 🔗⬇️

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This post comes on the same day that many AP reporters across the US must decide whether to take a buyout.

The high cost of homeowner's insurance makes it impossible for anyone to live in Florida except for the super wealthy, or those whose houses are paid off and they no longer carry it. Anyone who runs for office must address this.

Important piece by @ben_c_rowen on the dangers of replacing -- not supplementing -- journalists with influencers. This is just as important in sports journalism, where the very nature of our subject matter lends itself toward entertainment vs. facts and critical analysis. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…