'He was essentially voted off the island.'

Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Jeremy Fowler on Bill Belichick's failed job hunt ✍️ spr.ly/6018b1Abo

Why was Bill Belichick shut out of the hiring cycle? Latest from me, ⁦Don Van Natta Jr.⁩ and ⁦Jeremy Fowler⁩
*No Falcons exec had him in their top three
*Sources say Kraft raised issues to Blank about trustworthiness
Inside a strange few days in January: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…

About last night …

Missed you, Alyeska Resort

A dear friend was t-boned by this car yesterday, with her two kids inside. They survived by luck and technology. April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Don’t leave it to luck and technology.

First item: If players or coaches need someone to talk to, confide in, Raheem Morris raises his hand to be that person or to find a professional for them.

Few writers make the personal feel universal like the great ⁦Tommy Tomlinson⁩. His new book is a story of dogs and humans under the guise of a story about the Westminster Dog Show. Think Eat Pray Love meets Best in Show. Preorder now! simonandschuster.com/books/Dogland/…

My dear friend Wright Thompson has written an incredible book about Emmett Till, Mississippi, and America, and this is the first of many times going to post about it this year because it’s that important. amazon.com/Barn-Secret-Hi…

Shohei Ohtani's reps decline to say which authorities contacted to report theft. espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

FYI, the complete Outside the Lines on the state of sports gambling can be seen here, on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=Oy19i4…

One of Andrew Luck’s best friends …

SedgwickMS ‘s Kids’ Lit. team will be representing the U.S. in the Kids’ Lit. Quiz World Finals in Canberra, Australia this summer and was reading Hoda Kotb ‘s “Hope is a Rainbow” for story time River Bend Bookshop 📚 💗!!! Sedgwick Library Seth Wickersham Eric Feeney KidsLitQuizUS

NEW: Go on the 'zig-zagging, 48-journey' with me as we go behind the scenes on how the #Ohtani & #Ippei story rapidly evolved this week. We have more details on what we asked and what Mizuhara and others said in response in our continuing investigation. espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

A look inside the fire of Angel Reese, the key to LSU’s March Madness run and something I spent nine months trying to understand.

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Wright Thompson at his absolute best: espn.com/womens-college…

The excellent staff at Sports Illustrated deserves the chance to do its best work. I hope this new deal provides that opportunity.

Forgot how much I loved this 30 for 30 … Jalen Rose is so good

We’re proud to be publishing The Barn by NYT bestselling author Wright Thompson.

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