We only knew about the permissible sports wagering! Honest!

Tigers' Justin Verlander to retire after 2026 season​

"I never wanted to retire because of a milestone, a number, or a date on the calendar. I wanted the game to tell me when it was time. Over the last several months, I've realized that time has come."...Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers

Just sayin': Similar to pussy, "father time" is also undefeated.

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Sources: NCAA opens inquiry into Cincinnati regarding Sorsby​

The NCAA has sent a letter of inquiry to Cincinnati centered on former quarterback Brendan Sorsby's time with the program, sources told ESPN Wednesday.

Sorsby, who was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA this spring after he admitted to placing thousands of impermissible sports bets over the past four years, spent two seasons with the Bearcats before transferring to Texas Tech this offseason. The NCAA's probe into his time at Cincinnati follows the high-profile legal saga over Sorsby's eligibility last month, which concluded with the school parting ways with the transfer quarterback on June 15.

Bearcats coach Scott Satterfield declined to comment on the matter at Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday. A Cincinnati spokesperson also declined to comment, but provided a general statement on the months-long situation involving the program's former quarterback. News of the letter of inquiry was first reported by Yahoo Sports on Wednesday.

"We have had continuous conversations with the NCAA since the initial reports related to impermissible sports wagering began," the statement read. "As we have stated before, we do not believe any athletics official or staff member was aware of any impermissible sports wagering."
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Amare Bynum Knew “All Along” He’d Remain at Ohio State Despite Transfer Portal Interest from Other Teams​

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In the modern age of college sports – especially in college basketball – it can never be fully assumed that an athlete will remain at one school from one year to the next.

That’s certainly been true for Ohio State basketball, as the Buckeyes have experienced significant roster turnover on an annual basis since the dawn of the transfer portal era. Ohio State’s 2026-27 roster includes only six of the 15 players who were on the team last season.

For sophomore forward Amare Bynum, however, staying at Ohio State for his second year of college basketball was never in question.
“All along I knew I was coming back. This is the school that believed in me at first, so I believe in them,” Bynum said last week.

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Bynum’s easy decision to return to Ohio State wasn’t due to a lack of options. In his first press conference of the summer, Ohio State coach Jake Diebler said other teams tried to convince Bynum to enter the portal, but Bynum and Ohio State’s other returning star, John Mobley Jr., rebuffed those efforts. As such, Bynum remains with Ohio State as one of the Buckeyes’ foundational players for the 2026-27 season.

“If John Mobley or Amare Bynum would have been in the transfer portal, like maybe some of the best players in the country, right? And there were plenty of teams that tried to push them into the transfer portal,” Diebler said on June 1. “And so them really right away saying, ‘Hey, this is where I want to be and we're building something and we want to take it to the next level,’ was awesome for us as a staff. That allowed us early on to go out and say, OK, how do we build around these two guys?”

The first player from last year’s roster to publicly announce he would remain at Ohio State for the 2026-27 season, Bynum said he had brief conversations with people close to him about “seeing what the best is out there for me,” but quickly determined after talking with Diebler that “the best for me is right here.”

“Just because of the development here, and I have such a close relationship with everybody on the team,” Bynum said of why he felt Ohio State was the best place for him.
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$3.69

calibuck said:

So, does the above gold lock indicate that he's going to Notre Dame? Have they promised him a stairway to heaven?

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It's actually a scissor lift, not a stairway

No way do I see Wright and Harrison in the same class. And regardless what his father says, NIL will be a big factor. At this point, unless I know a parent was a former pro, or is a C suite exec, NIL will always be a big deal with any high 4 or 5star recruit

buxfan4life said:

Station by my house is $3.89 currently. The cheap station on my way to the office this morning was showing $3.59.

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Down to $3.73 and $3.53. Only a 20 cent difference rather than the normal 30 cents.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

I don’t follow soccer enough to have an informed opinion, but I’ll blurt out my 2 cents regardless since I’ve probably had shittier takes before, but this current batch of us soccer players reminds me of Texas longhorns football, just hyped, sheltered and whiny.

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I see Landon Donovan taking shots at Pulisic basically proclaiming himself super tough and Pulisic is soft, and that makes me laugh. But not to litigate Donovans outcomes vs Pulisics in the world cup because they're surprisingly similar but not apples to apples.

I think the real problem is that to paint them all as sheltered and whiny probably smooths over the real problem which is a lack of leadership and to some degree identity. Does Pulisic need to take a long look in the mirror and ask himself if he needs to be the face and on field leader of the group? Yeah. Obviously. Did Pulisic step up? No. Richards and Ream were awful, McKennie was invisible, Adams didn't set the tempo... I could go on... but all of the sudden they can't complete passes in the middle 3rd of the field that anyone on an MLS roster can complete... and the obvious first reason was Belgium was better, it was obvious and they panicked but, why not a basic level of poise? I don't know either and I don't think any organizational deep dive is going to help, you gotta figure out how to play better every time you go out. Consistency matters, players embracing roles in the group matters, the players continuing to evolve and improve when they aren't with the national team matters, so to me, as lame as it sounds, its time for a coach that's there to mentor them in those ways, how to help them navigate their whole careers etc... Poc might be that guy too, idk, but if he wants to go forward, he needs to kind of have a framework for that.

Jack Johnson. Solid show. I wish he played smaller venues, but he packs them in at larger ones so I can't fault the guy.