The only teams in MLB history to be shut out 6 times in the first 16 games of a regular season:

1907 Brooklyn Superbas
2024 Chicago White Sox

First thing that stands out: 36 of 40 Indiana Fever games on national broadcast or streaming partners. They have the No. 1 overall pick.
The Caitlin Clark effect already.

NEW from me: The inside story of how the prominent media-fighting law firm Clare Locke was torn apart. nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

BREAKING: Norby Williamson is out at ESPN after nearly 40 years, The Post has learned. Story momentarily.

At the start of Texas-N.C. State, an NCAA official told another that a fan had alerted game officials to the discrepancy between the three-point lines.

Enter lawyer Michael McGrath, who spotted it from the 300 level: washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03…

There's a fire rising in women's college basketball. And while America has been soaking in this storybook moment, Kim Mulkey *is* the fire -- burning for 40 years, laying waste to everything (and everyone) in her path. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03…

Ian Eagle's dad was a comedian. His mom was a singer and a Judy Garland impersonator.

How a showbiz kid became the voice of the Final Four. theringer.com/college-basket…

🧵One year ago today, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job.

He remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

Minute Media—the company that acquired the license to publish Sports Illustrated last week—has sent new contracts to multiple SI staffers, sources tells Front Office Sports. MM is expected to hire the majority of SI writers/editors who worked for Arena.
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.Brian Rolapp on Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery sports bundle: “I don’t think it affects anything we do. There positioning it as the ultimate sports bundle but it’s missing more than half of NFL football…. I’m a bit confused personally by the value proposition.”

NEW: Deadspin is becoming a gambling referral site. Its new owner, Max Noremo, has a decade of experience in the online gambling affiliate marketing world

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Bryce Harris represented Howard University with class in his viral post-game presser.

But press conferences aren’t the only places where Bryce expresses himself brilliantly.

Bryce produces his own music, creating over 300 musical beats in his dorm studio.

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Here’s our write up of my exclusive from this morning on the allegation that Five Hour Energy billionaire Manoj Bhargava kept hundreds of millions of dollars in an undisclosed Swiss bank account:

cnbc.com/2024/03/21/fiv…

Rolapp re: Spulu: 'I'm a bit confused by the value proposition'

since NFL games are the most-watched telecasts and Spulu is missing CBS & NBC, he wonders why someone wouldn't just pay $20/mo more for YouTube TV.

I'm talking to the NFL's Brian Rolapp about the NFL and the future at the Washington Post Live tech summit today. You can stream it here at 11:20 —> washingtonpost.com/washington-pos…

'If you have issues with the union and you want to be involved with the union, you take your ideas to them. You do not take them publicly, you do not create this coup d’etat and create really a disruption... It should never be done this way”—  Scott Boras
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Figure skating wants ice princesses. Amber Glenn said, ‘Screw it.’ wapo.st/4cppYXk

From managing talent like Pat McAfee to brokering sports rights deals worth billions, ESPN’s chairman Jimmy Pitaro is charged with shepherding the company into its next era. W/Robbie Whelan
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A spokesperson for Minute Media said the company would meet with SI leadership in the coming weeks to determine which staffers will be offered employment with Minute Media.
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NEW: Peyton Manning/Omaha's latest docuseries followed Caitlin Clark this year (and Kamilla Cardoso and Kiki Rice). It premieres on ABC this spring, just the latest datapoint that women's basketball is big business. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03…