Haiti, Senegal, Ivory Coast & Iran are in the World Cup, but fans won’t be able to travel to the U.S. The White House shows no sign of easing travel ban. FIFA says it won’t press the issue. Their long-shot? If NYC Mayor Mamdani can get Trump to relent. My story: www.espn.com/soccer/story...

The battle between the United States and the World Anti-Doping Agency just reached another level. With my colleague Michael Rothstein: www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

🚨 Big news 🚨 We're launching a women's sports newsletter! Sports Business Journal subscribers can find it in their inboxes every other Tuesday, starting May 13. I am beyond excited to spearhead this effort, but it's going to leverage the expertise across our newsroom. 🧵

“Members of Congress are pushing for a showdown with the World Anti-Doping Agency… (they) say WADA must choose: commit to greater transparency or say goodbye to U.S. dues payments.” @tjquinn.bsky.social @mikerothstein.bsky.social @espntr.bsky.social www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

This might be the one issue where the U.S. Congress is united: a demand that the World Anti-Doping Agency show greater transparency if it ever wants to see another penny from the United States. With my colleague Mike Rothstein: www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

🎶 “Mr. Herbert Hoover says that now’s the time to buy, so let’s have another cup of coffee, and let’s have another piece of pie…” music.apple.com/us/album/let...

For the crowd that followed Brittney Griner’s saga, here’s an exceptional piece by @danigilbert.bsky.social about what Marc Fogel’s recent release means for hostage diplomacy. It’s a significant shift. No one knows this topic better than Dani. goodauthority.org/news/politic...

The Democratic Republic of Congo making a moral appeal to the NBA to cut off its relationship with Rwanda. Really interesting from Mark Fainaru-Wada: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

How do you stop court storming in college hoops? Vandy has a solution, sort of. My colleagues with a great piece on an unorthodox solution to a persistent problem: www.espn.com/mens-college...

Excellent primer on Trump’s transgender sports ban from colleague Paula Lavigne: www.espn.com/college-spor...

Beautiful work by my colleagues to give voice to the members of the skating community lost in last week’s crash. www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

Had training on a good AI tool yesterday and heard again how it can save brain energy and spare us from tasks like thinking about what to write in an email or a thank-you note or any other mundane bit of writing. What struck me is that, for a writer, that’s like saying take the elevator and…

If their name is on it, I’m reading it. From @sethwickersham.bsky.social and @dvnjr.bsky.social about Dan Snyder’s life in football exile.

I found a kazoo next to a wah pedal in the basement and I think my son might be a genius

Thinking about the time someone asked Bobby Valentine about Ichiro, who was still in Japan. He said, “he’s one of the five best outfielders in the world.” I said, “as in Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr…” “Yes.”

My god it was fun to be around Uecker. When you went to Milwaukee (preferably in the old park), getting a brat and sitting with or near him meant listening to the greatest storyteller/comedian you ever heard. He was part of what made the game great.

My colleague Katie Barnes is in Indy, writing about the man charged with stalking Caitlin Clark. What should have been a routine hearing wasn’t: Alleged Caitlin Clark stalker held on $50K bail at hearing www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

“Gannett & Reuters’ play here is for Wall Street to move in on & capture the less savory element of AP’s business — helping local news outlets paper over the loss of local reporters w/ filler journalism, ironically in many of the communities that armies of laid-off Gannett journalists used to serve”

I wrote about Gannett’s plan to kill off one of the last pieces of American legacy media to resist financialization: The Associated Press. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/wall-stree...

I’ve argued for years that a Rock & Roll HOF is antithetical to rock & roll and serves only the money behind a lousy business. Here’s an excellent treatise:

Great read from my colleague @danhajducky.bsky.social

Covering Rickey Henderson was one of the great joys of my job. He was a genius. An alien. And somehow, despite holding the all-time records for stolen bases and RUNS SCORED, WHICH IS THE WHOLD DAMNED POINT OF THE GAME, I swear he’s under-appreciated.

M-I-FREAKIN-Z

Holy shit, Mizzou. This is feeling real.

Freakin’ Melville, man. Nailed it.

Over the years I have built up a small collection of worksheets/guides for navigating life in graduate school. I'm happy to share them, and I would love to see other people's. Anyone want to do a swap with me? Maybe we could create some kind of repository to share these resources more widely?

What’s amazing is people clearly told threads what they wanted to see and they still went with algorithmic engagement. This audience was there for the taking.

When your kid makes his debut on the college radio station and goes with Thunder Road as his inaugural spin… At least I did one thing right in this world.

Auction items are up for the FINAL Pedro Gomez Foundation gala/fundraiser. Want a round at Winged Foot? Signed Bobby Witt Jr. bat? Tix to see the Red Sox, Padres, Yankees? Signed Chris Sale jersey? Signed Koufax/Mantle/Williams pics? Please, browse, share, support... e.givesmart.com/events/FFt/

A year ago today Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout shook hands as they passed on an Abu Dhabi tarmac, completing the highest profile prisoner exchange since the Cold War. We looked into the machinations that led to the deal, as well as the experiences of Griner and Bout. www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

My first BlueSky post, might as well make it count: spoke to Viktor Bout, the so-called “Merchant of Death,” about his swap for Brittney Griner: www.espn.com/espn/story/_...