This is the most important $SPX chart. 👇Read why below.

So umpires are getting scrutinized and lambasted for missing pitches an 1/8” of an inch to an inch off the plate that really isn’t the plate as MLB only counts the back half of home plate. Imagine being told you are wrong by a computer that the pitch you called a strike because it caught the front half of the plate is actually a ball. Then getting crap from all the younger, nerdy generation because it’s so EZ to tell if a pitch is a strike at 100 mph or a ball from your fucking couch. Get a grip people. They won’t call the real zone because hitters would struggle more than they do now. Imagine that.

Yes. In most US jurisdictions, falsely suggesting or implying someone committed rape is defamation per se. It imputes a serious crime of moral turpitude and/or serious sexual misconduct—two traditional categories where harm to reputation is presumed without needing proof of specific damages. Truth is a complete defense; context, privileges, and actual malice standards may also apply.

There’s joy among anti-CC WNBA fans but no joy among TV execs and sponsors. Sad reality hits the W with Fever now out: based on three seasons of viewership data, when Caitlin Clark leaves, half of W’s TV audience leaves as well. Maybe this month is different? From On Her Game:

#FlashbackFriday: During Iowa's 2013 home opener against Northern Illinois, student Samantha Goudie — a.k.a. "Vodka Samm" was arrested for public intoxication and tweeted that she registered a 0.341% blood alcohol concentration (BAC). This was a Top 10 College Football Twitter moment... 😂

A'ja Wilson's mom holding a Love Beats Hate sign while pointing at and verbally assaulting a Fever fan last night. This comes 3 days after A'ja herself went into the stands and verbally assaulted a man for pointing at her. It seems Hate may be beating Love in the Wilson family.

🚨 **ADAM SILVER, ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?** THIS RIGHT HERE SHOULD SEND SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE ENTIRE WNBA. FORTY YEARS OF BASKETBALL. Played the game. Coached the game. Raised a son involved with an NBA organization. A lifelong Knicks fan who came to the WNBA because of Caitlin Clark. **AND NOW HE'S WALKING AWAY.** Read that again. The WNBA spent nearly THREE DECADES trying to attract passionate, knowledgeable basketball fans like this gentleman. Caitlin Clark finally brought them through the doors. And now they're leaving, disgusted with the very organization that should be doing everything in its power to keep them. **HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU SQUANDER AN OPPORTUNITY THIS EXTRAORDINARY?** These are people who understand basketball. People who recognize good coaching, appreciate extraordinary talent, and know what professional competition is supposed to look like. They're tired of the excuses, double standards, organizational dysfunction, and endless controversies surrounding a game they genuinely love. And apparently, the people running this league still haven't grasped the magnitude of the damage. **YOU SHOULD BE TERRIFIED OF LOSING FANS LIKE THIS.** Because when lifelong basketball people start walking away from your product, you're watching something far more consequential than ordinary fan frustration. You're watching the erosion of trust. To @levelupsporting, I completely understand your frustration. I hate seeing passionate basketball people reach this point, but I respect your decision. I'm hoping the offseason brings the sweeping changes necessary to bring you and countless others back. **THE WNBA NEEDS PEOPLE LIKE YOU FAR MORE THAN YOU NEED THE WNBA.** And to Adam Silver, the Indiana Fever, and everyone entrusted with the future of this league... **FOR THE LOVE OF BASKETBALL, WAKE THE HELL UP BEFORE YOU LOSE AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF FANS YOU SPENT 30 YEARS TRYING TO ATTRACT.** 🇺🇸🏀

Nike went woke and is now broke. Sad.

A bank just informed me that they couldn’t continue my application because they couldn’t confirm my address. They told me this via a mailed letter. They sent. To my address.

When does the @WNBA announce A’ja’s suspension? Game 3 is tomorrow.

🚨 THE SILENCE FROM THE WNBA IS BECOMING DEAFENING. We are well into the next day after one of the most serious player-fan incidents of the WNBA season. The video is everywhere. National media has picked it up. A’ja Wilson left the court and entered the spectator area to confront a fan. Las Vegas Aces players rushed toward the confrontation, including bench players who left the bench area. Arena security investigated the fan and found no violation of the Fan Code of Conduct. Meanwhile, the WNBA rulebook is sitting there in black and white. Deliberately entering the stands requires an automatic ejection. Players leaving the immediate vicinity of the bench during an altercation face a minimum one-game suspension. The NBA has enforced these boundaries repeatedly and swiftly, including during the playoffs. Yet here we sit. Silence. No explanation. No announcement of a review. No clarification of how the rules apply. No statement about fan safety. No indication that one of the biggest stars in the league will face any meaningful accountability. This is exactly how a professional sports league destroys its own credibility. Cathy Engelbert is nearing the end of a commissionership already defined by controversy over officiating, discipline, consistency and trust. This incident now lands directly on her desk. Handle it correctly and the WNBA can finally demonstrate that the rulebook applies to everyone. Ignore it, minimize it or invent some technicality to avoid consequences, and it becomes one more stain on a tenure desperately in need of accountability. And Adam Silver does not get to stand outside this one either. The NBA and WNBA are institutionally connected. Silver has enormous influence over the direction of this league and will play a central role in what comes next after Engelbert. The NBA has spent decades establishing one of the clearest boundaries in professional basketball: PLAYERS DO NOT GO INTO THE STANDS. The reason is obvious. Once that boundary disappears, player safety, fan safety and control of the arena can disappear with it. Silver knows that history better than almost anyone. So where is he? Where is the urgency? Where is the leadership? Where is the same institutional commitment to order, accountability and the integrity of competition that the NBA invokes when its own players cross these lines? This is bigger than A’ja Wilson. This is bigger than Game 3. This is a test of whether the WNBA is finally prepared to operate like the major professional sports league it wants the public to believe it has become. The league has spent two years asking millions of new fans to take it seriously. Today would be an excellent day to return the favor. Enforce the rules. Address the public. Protect the fans. Hold the players accountable. Set the standard for the next commissioner. Because silence at this point is becoming an answer of its own.

Colleges need to get rid of sororities and fraternities permanently.