Oh, sweet merciful Friday. We've made it. And we even survived our first day in nearly a month without ANY World Cup soccer on. It was a trying time; we endured. I'm proud of us.
Anyways, much like a squirrel in advance of the fall, I have scrounged several pretty good articles for your viewing pleasure today (to momentarily distract you until the Spain-Belgium match at 3:00 ET/2:00 CT).
Let's get at it, yeah?
The university regent getting paid to lobby against his own school
He’s trying to pass the PCSA. A campus he oversees opposes it.
David Covucci
The Bears Wouldn’t Be The First NFL Team In Hammond, Indiana | Defector
The Chicago Bears are one of the most storied franchises in the NFL. One of just two charter members of the league still playing today (the other being the Cardinals, a somewhat less-storied franchise), the Bears have had a lengthy and stalwart kinship with the City of Big Shoulders. That could change. Bears ownership announced…
Vince Guerrieri
^ AO: this is very, very good. It's one of those articles that I wish I had written, if I still wrote long-form history and didn't instead have to fight with website DNS domain issues that I don't fully understand or whatever bullshit continues to pop up around here.
Is Big 12’s $20M Monster Jersey Patch Deal Too Cheap?
The deal, heralded as the first of its kind, drew criticism based on its value and potential impact on school-specific jersey sponsor deals.
Amanda Christovich
Water on Pavement
To be clear, this week’s newsletter is about the idea of coercive corruption in sports and not the influential indie rock band from the early 90s getting wet for some unknown reason.
Nicholas Bond and Brad Hill
Let’s Drive This Friend Group Right Into the Abyss
“Did someone say group trip? Yes, please, Abilene paradox! We should absolutely go to an undisclosed location for an undisclosed price to sleep in various un…
Nina Semczuk
