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In Basketball Wednesday, our @howardmegdal.bsky.social breaks down the huge, unanswered questions about Project B, along with why they matter so much. #WNBA #NCAAW www.theixsports.com/features/the...

For more on why Caitlin Clark playing in the ANNIKA matters — specifically, how it is covered — check out the whole section on it in Becoming Caitlin Clark. www.amazon.com/Becoming-Cai...

I wrote about the most exciting rookie in the NBA. Daryl Morey says VJ Edgecombe has “already shown he’s materially better than what we could have hoped.” www.cbssports.com/nba/news/vj-...

Always read @mikevacc.bsky.social nypost.com/2025/11/10/s...

The latest on the Clase/Ortiz gambling scandal: what we know, what we desperately wish we knew, and how the combination of probabilistic sports fan brain and true crime culture is going to make it torture waiting this story out.

Great look at what makes Caitlin Clark, well, Caitlin Clark from @howardmegdal.bsky.social Check it out: www.amazon.com/Becoming-Cai...

"In a division with opponents who struggle to roster a functioning kicker for three years or remember to take its franchise quarterback out of a blowout, it feels almost unfair that the Philadelphia Eagles can call on... Howie Roseman to improve the team in-season." www.forbes.com/sites/howard...

TPM's @allegrak.bsky.social worked at Teen Vogue for several years before returning to TPM earlier this year. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

Our @howardmegdal.bsky.social wonders: will this be the last, best women's college basketball season? #NCAAW www.theixsports.com/features/is-...

Awfully excited about this one. Josh is fantastic.

Opening Day is finally here! Bookmark this link to The IX Basketball for #NCAAW conference previews, Missy's Top 25, V1.0 of the #WNBA Draft Board and more:

This piece is a testament to the importance of local news. The RoundTable was tipped off about the incident and got there first because of local sources. We got the interviews we did because we have built trust with sources. Proud to work for a paper that's invested in the community it serves.

So proud to have tag-teamed this piece with @alexhairysun.bsky.social and Margo Milanowski. What exactly happened when Customs and Border Patrol agents were met by community members at an Evanston intersection on Friday afternoon? evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/01/e...

For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series 2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers 2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves 2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros 2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers 2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers 2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers

Will Smith with the first extra-inning home run in a winner-take-all game in World Series history

Will Smith: best catcher by WAR 2020-2025 and now signature HR. Might have just made his HOF case.

Such a crazy period for baseball drama, 1985-87. This list rightly doesn’t include the 1986 Mets, who played only one Game 7, but also a Game 6 NLCS clincher which went 16 innings!!!!

There’s a reason outfield walls are padded, this guy’s career chief among them. sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

So weird: Roberto Valenzuela just hit a ball to almost the identical spot as Barger, getting it stuck under the wall, just now in a Mexican Winter League game.

During the WS, Dave Hollins texted Gary Varsho. "Varshy, I love it when I hear Daulton’s name. It makes my heart feel good." "Daulton" in this case is Daulton Varsho, CF for Toronto. He's named after Darren Daulton. Now, he's honoring him on the biggest stage: www.inquirer.com/phillies/dau...

As I wrote Wednesday @theixsports.bsky.social: “I’ll make it simple for you: the only thing that actually matters out of this week is whether or not the two sides agree to an extension to keep bargaining, and almost everyone around the league believes they will.” www.theixsports.com/features/how...

Skye Belker's dream to play for the German national team almost got stuck in someone's junk email folder. But luckily, that email got rescued, and the Princeton guard put on a Germany uniform for the first time this summer. Read more @pawprinceton.bsky.social:

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In Basketball Wednesday, our @howardmegdal.bsky.social explores what Philly's #WNBA team can learn from how the Sixers exist in town. Plus a conversation with Providence head coach Erin Batth www.theixsports.com/features/how...

Lia Smith, transgender student athlete at Middlebury College, died to suicide last week after being banned from participating in competition. A somber piece by @alyssaur.bsky.social describes how she's being remembered by her friends and family. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Wrote this about Shohei Ohtani in February 2021 for @baseballprospectus.com. Holds up pretty well! www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/arti...

In this edition of Golf Thursday, take a look at which teams have the best chance to win the 2025 Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown.

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Did Tyrese Maxey forcing VJ Edgecombe to wear a Goofy hat at Disneyland this summer ignite the rookie’s historic NBA debut MY COLUMN

BREAKING: Per @howardmegdal.bsky.social and @theixbasketball.bsky.social, Sandy Brondello will be the first coach of the expansion Toronto Tempo.

With the news out via @howardmegdal.bsky.social and @theixbasketball.bsky.social that Sandy Brondello is officially going to be the inaugural head coach of the Toronto Tempo, I wanted to re-share a story I wrote in September about why Brondello is the way she is and who she is.

Of course, @classicjpow.bsky.social and I are here to break this all down for you @theixbasketball.bsky.social #WNBA

For the first time in a while I have free time before getting ready for and immediately going to bed, and I'm really thankful for the things I managed to write despite the crunch. There's a lot of Phillies stuff, some on purpose and some by coincidence. But here it is:

Our @howardmegdal.bsky.social considers exactly what's at stake for the #WNBA around the question of Cathy Engelbert's future www.theixsports.com/features/how...

Best thing you will read this week. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Alex Klein was an All-NEC basketball player at Bryant. But after an autoimmune condition ended her pro career, she reinvented herself as a bobsledder — all for the privilege of feeling like "you’re put into a trash can and ... thrown down the stairs." Our @jennhatfield.bsky.social has the story:

The NES is 40 years old today, and so is the North American release of Super Mario Bros. I wrote about its various forms over the decades for @endlessmode.bsky.social: each a little different, but always vital, and always Super Mario Bros.

My latest @forbes.com breaks down why Dave Dombrowski's decision to stay the course with the Phillies is the right one, and supported by Phillies history itself www.forbes.com/sites/howard...

Absolutely astonishing story from @maren-angus.bsky.social, who finds a way to explain it all clearly. www.si.com/onsi/softbal...

The @b1gwbb.bsky.social is a behemoth, with many of the collegiate powers set to do battle once more. Our @thomascostello.bsky.social and David Mendez-Yapkowitz take you inside each of the 18 teams as our conference previews roll on! #NCAAW www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/big-te...

Mark Davis did impromptu pressers tonight. One on the podium and another with a group of reporters. I asked him the status of the latest investigation that league opened on the Aces for salary cap circumvention. "I don’t know. If you could find out, would you please tell me."

The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.

On @baseballprospectus.com I wrote about the Phillies' last two baseball games and how they've wriggled free of every narrative opportunity this year. Also? Hit the ball. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Our @classicjpow.bsky.social checks in live from the #WNBA Finals with a breakdown of exactly how hiring of WNBA coaches is changing, and what it all means. Plus: hear from DeWanna Bonner and Satou Sabally ahead of Game 3! www.theixsports.com/basketball/w...

Our 2025-26 college previews kick off today, as Missy Heidrick ranks the top 25 teams in women's college basketball! Did your favorite team make the cut? Follow us all month long for more content that'll get you ready for the season! #NCAAWBB

After coming close to beating the Las Vegas Aces in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, the Phoenix Mercury lost Game 2 by a much bigger margin. @dylankanesports.bsky.social outlines what went wrong for Phoenix and how the Mercury are feeling about Game 3 at home. www.thenexthoops.com/features/pho...

New column: For 6 months, the Phillies' formula to win was simple They had a better starting pitcher than you Their stars were better than your stars Their home-field advantage was better than your home-field advantage Then the Dodgers came to town www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

Back in April, @baseballprospectus.com, I wrote that it didn’t just matter whether Bryson Stott hit LHP, it mattered whether or not Rob Thomson believed in his ability to hit lefties. Stott finished 2025 .225/.287/.288 vs. LHP. And the dynamic cost the Phillies Game 2.

Everyone's favorite Art Guy www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...