James Kratch

Reporting on the business of youth sports for @BuyingSandlot. Former NFL and college sports beat writer. Daily Gamecock alumni. Mike Francesa ripped me once.

[James Kratch @JamesKratch]

If you believe enough, you too can return to a team after you undermined two head coaches and crapped on the most beloved player in franchise history with Lil Wayne sitting next to you.

[SNY Giants @SNYGiants]

"The way that I had to walk away, it was unsettling in my soul. I have to do this. This is for myself, this is for my son. I want him to be able to see who I am, not who I was, and know that we never give up in our house. You go after what you believe in."

- Odell Beckham Jr.

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All of these universities have the money to fund Olympic sports. They just do not want to do it after a century of making the football team foot the bill. So Washington either has to write the checks or shame the schools into doing it.

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So why doesn't Congress fund them?

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Sen. Ted Cruz on the threat of defunding/elimination of Olympic sports at universities: "I don’t want to see an Olympic (Games) where every gold medal goes to Russia and China."

[James Kratch @JamesKratch]

This is not really the point, but I still do not understand how the report in question was anything other than very accurate.

[Ryan Glasspiegel @sportsrapport]

Story at @FOS on @ScottAgness getting his Fever credentials revoked includes
- Followup conversation with Agness
- What Stephanie White and Caitlin Clark said in the aftermath of Clark’s late scratch against the Fire

https://t.co/GoNJpKlY2L

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@JoeDeMarzo @BackAftaThis Yes, I was going to say that I think a lot of Mike’s outrage toward Beckham is because of that event. Which wasn’t officially a team thing but also wasn’t an insignificant thing.

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@rydunleavy Imagine how over the top the video would be if he had actually won a playoff game with the team.

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No. 3? No. 13? Or maybe the Giants will try to unretire Frank Gifford's No. 16 for him?

[NJ.com Sports @NJ_Sports]

Giants sign Odell Beckham: 4 things to expect from him in 2026 https://t.co/vJHcy2bAG3

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@GaryMyersNY Can't forget putting the hole in the wall at Lambeau!

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@QOlsen52 Huh? I don't know how anyone can look at this situation and not conclude -- right or wrong -- that it clearly caused a riff inside the Giants.

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The organization leaked the meeting because they're pissed at Dart, he clearly rolled a stinkbomb in their locker room and now they're trying to sweep it away.

[WFAN Sports Radio @WFAN660]

Evan and Tiki wonder who in the Giants room leaked the story of Jaxson Dart addressing his teammates:

@EvanRobertsWFAN

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@Richard37215662 @ARosensteinDPT What has Rutgers not given the men's lacrosse program though? Moreover -- Meredith Civico and field hockey are much closer to winning a national title than men's lax.

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My periodic statements of faith: Army and Rutgers should play an annual home-and-home series and Gameday would have come had Rutgers scheduled Army for the 150th anniversary weekend.

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This bill is obviously never going to pass. But if it did, there would be a federal law (!) mandating that Rutgers play Army again. What a world.

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This bill is obviously never going to pass. But if it did, there would be a federal law (!) mandating that Rutgers play Army again. What a world.

[Zach Barnett @zach_barnett]

This part of the Protect College Sports Act, from @RossDellenger's piece, wouldn't apply to Texas, A&M, OU, USC, UCLA, Oregon or Washington, but *would* apply to Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Cal, Stanford, Rutgers and SMU.

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@Richard37215662 Hey maybe Brian Brecht will figure it out in Year 16.

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Handwave.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

Spike Eskin returns to WFAN by flipping a few birds to the crowd on CBS Sports Network

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@JGoldmanNJ I read somewhere the governor's office did not ask for the tickets.

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Does Tony P know they already play for a majestic bronze pig?

[Bryan Fischer @BryanDFischer]

A talkative Tony Petitti finally stumped for a 24 team Playoff. The case he made was understandable, but landed flat.

“I don’t get why we can’t have a Minnesota-Iowa game have real impact every so often, like every year actually. Why can’t we do that?”

https://t.co/6asIa4Y44R

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I feel like this has to violate antitrust law. And if it doesn't, Congress should get involved. You're screwing the Group of Six champions on the front and back ends.

[Stewart Mandel @slmandel]

Interesting news from @ScottDochterman on the potential next iteration of Bowl Season.

20 teams (5 each) from the P4 conferences paired off into the 10 best non-CFP bowls.

https://t.co/qTIMUWQtyN

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You want to protect the value of the regular season? Give every conference an automatic bid.

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The regular season was already destroyed over a decade ago by your employer, Paul.

[Get Up @GetUpESPN]

"Twenty-four is the worst possibility I think in the history of this game. ... It is going to devalue, dilute and perhaps destroy the greatest football season of them all."

@finebaum believes that the CFP expanding will harm the value of the regular season 👀