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NCAA president Mark Emmert listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “NCAA Athlete NIL (name, image, and likeness) Rights” on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress hopes to pass legislation on NIL compensation at the federal level before it takes effect in several states across the country on July 1.

Death To The NCAA

NCAA Decides That Someone Else Can Pay Its Unpaid Athletes

Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This British Guy Woggle-Hopping

Tennis

Novak Djokovic’s Breakaway Tennis Players Association Is Taking Shape

Two groups of men push on opposite sides of a large ball, on top of which sits a man who is losing his balance in a still from the silent film, 'Going Great'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Media Meltdowns

Here Is A List Of Weenies Who Work At The New York Times

Naomi Osaka Has Work To Do

Journalismism

The AP Reaches New Level Of Sleaziness With FanDuel Deal

It’s Never About Fairness

Wizards Complete U-Turn

Soccer

Spotify Guy Really Wants People To Know He’s Serious About Buying Arsenal

The Reckoning At The Appeal Was A Long Time Coming

A Senate Judiciary Committee ready to discuss prohibition enforcement, Washington, circa 1925.

Senators Week

Senate Committees, Ranked

Crabfector

You Can Crab

Chelsea Football Club fans celebrate outside the team's Stamford Bridge stadium on April 20, 2021 in London, England, after it was announced that Chelsea Football Club would seek to withdraw from the new European Super League. Six English premier league teams have announced they are part of plans for a breakaway European Super League. Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur will join 12 other European teams in a closed league similar to that of the NFL American Football League. In a statement released last night, the new competition "is intended to commence as soon as practicable" potentially in August.

The Sublime Joy Of Bringing Billionaires To Heel

Chill Out About Masks

College Basketball

At Long Last, The Real Gonzaga Showed Up

Life Lessons

Food-Scented Candles Are An Abomination

Incoming TNR Editor Lays Out Boring Vision For Magazine In “Depressing” Meeting With Staff

Capital

How A “Deeply Progressive” Coffee Chain Is Trying To Crush Its Workers’ Union

Signage for the New York Daily News is displayed on the facade of their Broad Street office, September 5, 2017 in New York City. Tronc, the publisher of the Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times newspapers, announced on Monday that is had purchased The New York Daily News. Previously owned by Mort Zuckerman, Tronc paid one dollar in cash plus the assumption of liabilities to purchase the nearly 100-year old tabloid newspaper.

Daily News EIC Accidentally Makes Strong Case For Union

Jonah Peretti, CEO, Buzzfeed speaks at NewsCred's Content Marketing Summit at Metropolitan Pavilion on September 18, 2014 in New York City.

HuffPost Staffers Grill Jonah Peretti Over Layoffs, Diversity

ESPN Details How Billionaire’s Son Overcame Family’s Wealth And Connections To Become NFL Head Coach