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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 14h

This is great sports writing. Thank you @bfquinn.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...

The hickory experiment: What century-old clubs taught me about modern golf

In an era of $600 drivers and 'optimized' swings, a band of tinkerers and hobbyists find purity in the 'sweet spot' of a 100-year-old game.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 1d

Like handing a skill saw to a toddler.

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...

Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...

Once Wall Street’s High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster

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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 2d

MLB's tech regulation plans give itself full control over who can do business with baseball.
And I learned an AI scouting firm — founded by the uncle of an exec in Rob Manfred’s inner circle — may win a bid.
Team sources and antitrust experts told me it creates a conflict of interest.

NEW from me:

MLB Teams Fear League Will Pick Winners and Losers in Tech

The league is taking control of the choosing of tech partners, rather than leaving it up to teams; one firm under consideration was founded by a top MLB exec’s uncle.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sure the US nutcracker industry will take up the slack.🙄

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Steinbach Nutcrackers are one of the most recognizable German exports of the holiday season.

This year, however, tariffs imposed by President Trump have become a bureaucratic headache for niche businesses that rely on direct-to-consumer shipments.

U.S. tariffs take a bite out of Germany’s iconic nutcracker industry

For family-founded Steinbach Volkskunst, the company’s most reliable market has become its biggest bureaucratic headache.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Steinbach Nutcrackers are one of the most recognizable German exports of the holiday season.

This year, however, tariffs imposed by President Trump have become a bureaucratic headache for niche businesses that rely on direct-to-consumer shipments.

U.S. tariffs take a bite out of Germany’s iconic nutcracker industry

For family-founded Steinbach Volkskunst, the company’s most reliable market has become its biggest bureaucratic headache.

www.washingtonpost.com

Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 5d

🏐💵 Nebraska isn’t in today’s NCAA vball title match but remains the hottest ticket:

10% of seas-ticket holders resold their tix this yr: $600K of tickets went for $3.2M. 😳

But reselling the whole season pack is forbidden. So those holders’ tix will be revoked for 2026.
www.on3.com/teams/nebras...

Tunnel Talk: Former Husker brutally honest about season's end, Reilly's chances at National Player of the Year

Former Husker Sarah Pavan was brutally honest about Nebraska's season ending. Could Bergen Reilly still win NPOTY?

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Stefan Szymanski @sszy.bsky.social · 8d

Very pleased to see this paper published

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 8d

😂The Merrillville Bears😆

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 9d

Gee. Hardly any bias here.🙄
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Column | College athletes deserve to be paid. They don’t deserve tenure.

When you have to go to court to keep playing, it’s probably time to move on and find an actual job.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 9d

💰 FIFA released 2026 World Cup prize money amounts, which is relevant to the USWNT.

Why? Because it and the USMNT agreed in their current CBA to share all their World Cup prize money:

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 9d

This thread. Such a tireless effort by Mr. Brown. And yes, he should sue. No brainer.

Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 10d

cool idea ESPN! I wonder if anything might have inspired you?

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 10d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...

The BookKeeper: Real Madrid, the world's richest football club, analysed like never before

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 10d

cool idea ESPN! I wonder if anything might have inspired you?

Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 13d

Pretty weird -- I was told College Sports was on the verge of bankruptcy, but turns out "Revenues are up, attendance is up, viewership is up." I was also told paying athletes would kill interest in the sport. Who's watching this paid college product, a bunch of aliens?

College leaders adapting to era of change and unapparelled popularity

College sports, everyone agrees, is experiencing an era of transformation. From the stage at this week’s Intercollegiate Athletics Forum presented by Learfield, Ohio State AD Ross Bjork namechecked a few — COVID, social unrest, NIL, the Alston case, the House settlement, a presidential executive order, sports betting, attempts to pass the SCORE Act — but then added an important top-line summary:

“All the things then, but it’s never been more popular,” Bjork said. “Revenues are up, attendance is up, viewership is up. But structurally, we are messy right now.”

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 14d

Looks like it goes just fine to me.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14d

It’s that time of year when millions fly for the holidays and overhead bins turn into hallway closets. Flight attendants remind passengers that carry-on bags go up and personal items stay down, but many people are not hearing their pleas.

Small bags don’t go in overhead bins. Why do passengers keep trying?

Flight attendants are cracking down on passengers who store coats and small bags in overhead bins.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14d

It’s that time of year when millions fly for the holidays and overhead bins turn into hallway closets. Flight attendants remind passengers that carry-on bags go up and personal items stay down, but many people are not hearing their pleas.

Small bags don’t go in overhead bins. Why do passengers keep trying?

Flight attendants are cracking down on passengers who store coats and small bags in overhead bins.

wapo.st

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 16d

A year older than George Blanda in his 1970 “King of the World” season.

Brian Mills @bmmillsy.bsky.social · 16d

New paper up with Steve Salaga and Katie Brown at JSE:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Relevance of Betting Market Outcome Uncertainty: Decided Wagers and Television Viewership Loss - Steven Salaga, Brian M Mills, Katie M Brown, 2025

We investigate the strength of the relationship between betting market outcome uncertainty and live television viewership through the mechanism of a decided wag...

journals.sagepub.com

David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 16d

It's reported the WNBA players now just asking for 30% of league revenue.

wagesofwins.substack.com/p/because-th...

So I wrote:

if we look at the entire NBA history we can’t find one instance where the men only got 7% of revenue.
... or only got 15% of revenue
... or only got 30% of the revenue.

Because the "Men Like It" This Way

Why the NBA Is Offering the Women of the WNBA a Worse Deal than the Men of the NBA Ever Received

wagesofwins.substack.com

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 16d

Apropos my last. The same goes for airline rule favoring seat recliners. Privatizes space enforcement. Conflict inevitable.

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 16d

My wife and I carry on light. Airline rule favors carry on rollers. Enforcement creates a perverse incentive. We should start using a roller so we can store our light carry on overhead? And take up even more overhead space? OK. We will. Sheesh.
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...

Small bags don’t go in overhead bins. Why do passengers keep trying?

Flight attendants are cracking down on passengers who store coats and small bags in overhead bins.

www.washingtonpost.com

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 17d

Yep.
www.sportico.com/law/analysis...

Congress’ SCORE Act Punt Shows Why Judges Call the Shots on NCAA

Congress declining to vote on the SCORE Act highlights that if college sports wants legal help, it should come up with laws that judges find lawful.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 17d

Maybe it’s more like ND would rather not face BYU?

J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 17d

Pretty cool article by economist Woody Eckard examining parity between the NL and AA in the Fall 2025 edition of the SABR Baseball Research Journal.

Subscribe to the Fall 2025 print edition of the SABR Baseball Research Journal – Society for American Baseball Research

Register now to join us Feb. 27-Mar. 1, in Phoenix, AZ.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 17d

I could die from not surprise.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 17d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...

College football bowl games can survive player opt-outs. They can’t survive multiple team ones

Notre Dame's opt-out of its bowl game is a gut punch to an increasingly brittle bowl system.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 18d

Of the push to expand the College Football Playoff, a former Ohio State athletic director said:

“We’re putting (players) into harm’s way for one more game, one more television appearance, one more grand day of revenue. And it’s never enough.”
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

How the Big Ten Transformed Into College Football’s Money Machine

The conference that is older than the NCAA itself once envisioned itself as a paragon of academic and athletic balance. It’s now known for unbridled expansion.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 18d

Segregation was not just a Southern phenomenon, it was a national issue. Explore the spatial history of racial segregation and discover how it connects to our communities today: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

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