Every Friday, somehow, the New York Times emails me 'Solve a Friday crossword on Easy Mode.' I hate it. Do I sometimes take a while to solve a Friday? Sure. That's the point of Friday. The idea of 'easy mode'??? disgusting, insulting to the entire weekly puzzle structure, grow up

There's gotta be a German word for this intense a feeling of secondhand cringe

No more Battle of the Sebastians Aho. Society has moved past the need for Sebastians Aho commentary.

Wonder if there's a level of star power Caitlin Clark will eventually unlock that will finally get people to spell her name correctly in press releases

Loved this story on the fascinating work of repairing underwater cables. Also: great layout! I miss websites having special longform feature layouts theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

Awesome to see Kate Martin picked in the second round — great to see her get to share that moment with Iowa’s staff and some of her teammates who all came out to support Caitlin Clark

The classic draft pick activities: Hug family, do a television interview, share a sweet moment with college coach, find Jake from State Farm.

More cities should have specific local holidays involving 11 a.m. baseball games

Sad to mention the possibility of Canes v. Stars without any note on what it would do to the nation of Finland

Ippei Mizuhara surrendered to law enforcement this morning and is in federal custody. He is scheduled to appear in L.A. court at 1 p.m. PT. The expectation, according to what I was told yesterday, is that he will be let out on bond at that point.

Beers joins Talia von Oelhoffen, Timea Gardiner, Donovyn Hunter, Lily Hansford and more in the transfer portal from Oregon State. This group was such a blast to watch this year — what a bummer that realignment had to break it apart like this.

Not now Evonne we're all reading the Ippei Mizuhara complaint

Striking confirmation in the complaint of just how much Ohtani relied on Mizuhara for translation in all kinds of contexts: 'None of Victim A’s agents, accountants, or financial advisors spoke Japanese' ... 'Agent 1’s agency does not employ any individuals who speak Japanese' ...

'I'm terrible at this sport betting thing huh? Lol' is an incredible thing to text a bookie you're already in a hole with

Betting on *college soccer*... ?!?

'MIZUHARA messaged BOOKMAKER 1 stating, “Have you seen the reports?” BOOKMAKER 1 responded, “Yes, but that’s all bullshit. Obviously you didn’t steal from him. I understand it’s a cover job .. MIZUHARA then responded, “Technically I did steal from him. it’s all over for me.” '

Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter and confidant, has been charged with bank fraud after it was discovered he transferred more than $16M from Ohtani's account to an alleged illegal sports book, federal authorities announced in L.A. court.

“Little is known about where Mizuhara has been since the Dodgers fired him. Upon returning to California from South Korea, Mizuhara was stopped by law enforcement officials after getting off the plane” nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

Orioles just DFA’ed Kemp to make room for Holliday. Wow.

(It would be so incredibly funny at this point if the Fever just... traded the pick)