Jordan Blum

Energy Editor for Fortune. Former Houston Chronicle, S&P Global, The Advocate, Hart Energy. New Orleans native, Horned Frog. Roots for purple, black and gold.

[Jordan Blum @JDBlum23]

Teenage boys better got my money

[Shannon Terry @ShannonTerry]

Rivals Recruits “On the Radar” is built primarily for the millions of athletes who go unnoticed in the recruiting process and are generally confused about how it works. For three decades, our business has scouted elite/blue-chip athletes. Now, we can build a platform and community for the masses.

We have been building Rivals Recruits behind the scenes for 2+ years and officially rolled it out in November of last year. It is a product and service we are incredibly excited about, and it serves a market that desperately needs information and transparency.

Since everyone else is telling one piece of the story, let me share more details.

Rivals Recruits is building a public-facing database and platform, “On the Radar,” to report on the recruits that our industry has never listed or ranked. We didn't have a platform to database up-and-coming athletes or those who aren’t on the P4’s radar. This is a fundamental addition to the Rivals business, and we believe parents, athletes, and coaches need it. We intend to disrupt the entire space by making it available and transparent.

Rivals Recruits has three layers, not just the one making the headlines.

1) Rivals On the Radar Grade (free). Rivals now issues scouting grades on non-star on-the-radar recruits. Historically, we didn't have a platform to grade these players. Instead of hiding away in a scout’s notebook and never being mentioned, these players will receive a non-star On the Radar grade and be listed in the database. This is a significant revelation for the recruiting and scouting space. In fact, most ranked kids in the On the Radar DB will come from this category. This is 100% free to everyone.

2) Claim your profile. We are building a database for all athletes in the U.S. With their parents' consent, athletes can “claim their profile” and manage their message, highlights, stats, accolades, etc. This service costs $29.99 and renews at $59.99. It also includes a free On3 | Rivals National subscription. It is a robust product with numerous features being added each week to help athletes and parents through the recruiting process.

3) Player Evaluation. Athletes, through parental consent, have the opportunity to purchase a detailed scouting evaluation. The evaluation is to help guide the athlete/parent in the recruiting process, see how they stack up against the blue-chips, and includes strengths and areas of improvement. Once the athlete receives the report, they can elect to keep it private and out of public view. This service costs $399 and requires significant time from our scouts to produce. We have been 100% transparent and extremely proud of the work being done behind the scenes to produce these evaluations. Payment guarantees the evaluation. It does not guarantee stars, a ranking, a rating increase, or recruiting interest.

For thirty years, our teams have worked overtime to build great products and services. We are incredibly motivated to build Rivals Recruits and give athletes, parents, and coaches a platform to share their story, control their message, and learn about the recruiting process.

Nothing changes for the roughly 6,000 star-rated prospects Rivals already scouts and ranks every year. We will continue to identify, evaluate, and rank those players exactly as we always have, for free. Rivals Recruits simply expands our coverage beyond that group.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s former bodyguard and romantic partner is arrested after allegedly breaking into her home and throwing 22 paintings into her pool. https://t.co/3JYKHP5oDn

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

different way of looking at gasoline and diesel prices...

[MLB @MLB]

THREE HOMERS FOR LUCAS SPENCE ‼️

His first 3 career home runs all come in the same game 🤯

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

In his forthcoming memoir ("From Tehran to the Permian"), US shale tycoon Scott Sheffield compares (via his wife) Exxon CEO Darren Woods with Satan.

Sheffield sold the company he founded, Pioneer Natural Resources, to Exxon in 2023 in a deal worth $60 billion.

[Piper Hutchinson @ByPiperHutch]

Wowza! Former #LSU Provost Roy Haggerty unloaded about what prompted him to leave the university: @LAGovJeffLandry’s bid to revive LSU’s tradition of bringing a live tiger to football games. Haggerty said Landry started yelling during a meeting about it #lalege #lagov

[MLB @MLB]

Lucas Spence’s first big league homer is a 3-run shot 💥

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

* Brussels concerned by US diesel export ban talk
* EU in "ongoing" high-level contact with US admin
* EU to assess diesel situation at meeting on Sept. 29

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

The whole U.S. energy industry plus two key businesses associations (the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers) have sent a joint letter to President Trump urging him against limits of diesels exports.

Unprecedented for a Republican White House.

[Jordan Blum @JDBlum23]

Why Trump banning diesel exports would upset the U.S. oil sector and upend global fuel markets — ‘the cure would be far worse than the disease’ https://t.co/MiPDnOrN1f

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

Speaking at the UN in New York, Iranian President Pezeshkian says Tehran can not allow a free Strait of Hormuz while the country is under sanctions.

[Laura Weiss @LauraEWeiss16]

Sen. CORNYN joins call for an investigation & issuing subpoena to Donald Trump Jr.:

“I would support Senator Curtis’ request”

Cornyn sits on Judiciary & President Trump helped oust him in his primary

[Thomas Sullivan @Yfz84]

Norm Macdonald was Conan’s favorite guest. So here is the greatest joke in late night

[Dallas Morning News @dallasnews]

Exclusive: Ken Paxton donations tied to company that facilitates Chinese real estate investments in Texas
https://t.co/qkRXz7dC4u

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I’m looking at Jaxon… I'm looking at the legs there. He's this beautiful guy. He's got legs like tree trunks. This is not a good thing for women.

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

BREAKING NEWS: Utah GOP Sen. JOHN CURTIS is asking the Senate Judiciary to investigate Donald Trump Jr over a report that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for his wedding celebration.

https://t.co/f07pOpEmCe

[Military Summary @MilitarySummary]

🇺🇸🛢 The U.S. Department of Energy is preparing to release a further 30 million bbls from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)

Crude from the Bryan Mound and Big Hill SPR facilities could soon be offered for loading in November and December, with earlier loading dates awarded to those making higher bids. It is not clear what the higher bids would entail, and DOE could choose not to make any awards.

Source: argusmedia

[Mike Sommers @mj_sommers]

Americans are hurting from rising diesel costs driven by an unprecedented disruption to global refining capacity. We understand the administration is looking at every option to deliver relief, but restricting U.S. energy exports would only compound the problem — exacerbating refining challenges and ultimately hurting consumers.

The answer is more supply and more flexibility — not new restrictions that risk making a difficult situation worse.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Stanford literally did The Onion article

[Evan @evan7257]

welp