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The greatest rivalry in College Football:

Seeing a lot of questions/complaints about streaming sports in bars (and hotels). I talked to broadcasters and business owners. Here's how it actually works...

Guy parachuting into Virginia Tech Spring game is stuck on the scoreboard after rough collision. #oops

Alberta is gonna have a hell of a college football program when they join the United States.

Summer of 1989. Seeing my dad round the bases and give a Kirk Gibson arm pump always puts a smile on my face. He didn’t have to play wiffleball with us after a long day at the office. But he always did.

We deleted a prior post of a viral video making light of a reporter seemingly using AI to come up with a question at press conference. At the time of posting we didn’t realize this reporter was recovering from a stroke. In light of that we decided to delete it.

The “body scanning device”

The Saudi sports money cannon is starting to turn off.

I sell photos on Adobe Stock from my hiking trips. They're gorgeous photos of nature. What do people buy them for? Posters? Screensavers? NO. PEOPLE MISSING OR COMMITTING CRIMES IN THE WOODS.

I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again. Very few people appreciate what America lost when we lost newspapers. Just being able to sit down every morning in silence and peruse news, opinion, sports, advice, recipes, interesting human interest stories all in one place was such a pleasure. The Internet has never produced anything that comes close.

🚨JUST IN: FIFA has banned tailgating before World Cup matches at major U.S. stadiums. Tailgates are normally free to attend.

Learfield, one of the most prominent third-party providers in college sports, is finalizing a sale to PE firm TPG, @SBJ has learned. The sale price is between $1.8-2 billion, sources said, and will see TPG take a controlling stake in Learfield. Details: sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

A good piece explaining why the NCAA is having difficulty defending its current eligibility rules from legal attack. It’s letting some, but not all, pro athletes play. Thats a difficult position to legally defend.

"Football's a better world because of him." My farewell to Coach Mac. Free to read. nytimes.com/athletic/71944…

A little @WaffleHouse action for lunch today…

For a Georgia Bulldog, Russell Henley is a remarkably good driver.

June 24th, 2024: “..I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again, and that hasn’t changed in my mind..”- Jim Schlossnagle June 25, 2024: Jim Schlossnagle was announced as the 6th ever head baseball coach of the Texas Longhorns Tomorrow, Jim Schlossnagle and the Longhorns returns to Aggieland for the first time since then.

NEW: Wisconsin athletics will now receive $14.6M annually from the state. This new law recognizes Wisconsin Athletics' role as an “economic engine for the state.” Should taxpayers fund NIL checks for college athletes? 🤯

Wind himself is a story worth knowing. The man who coined “Amen Corner” led a complicated, often lonely life, but his legacy as one of golf’s greatest writers lives on. Bradley Klein paints the full portrait of Wind in The Golfer’s Journal No. 13: glfrsj.nl/wind

Exclusive: The NFL is under investigation by the Justice Department over its broadcasting deals on.wsj.com/4soyL2e