Jul 12, 2023 3 min read

Wednesday Notes

Kyrie Irving signs with ANTA

Mavericks’ Kyrie Irving has signed a five-year endorsement deal with Chinese sportswear brand ANTA, plus the unique position of Chief Creative Officer at the company, industry sources told @TheAthletic @Stadium. Irving’s management company, A11Even, negotiated the deal. pic.twitter.com/HpJej7HU5X
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 12, 2023

How the Negro Leagues Shaped Modern Baseball

The League grounds the formation of Negro-league baseball in this fragile historical moment. The film, directed by Sam Pollard and executive-produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, charts the rise of several baseball leagues in the early 20th century, when Black players were barred from participating in Major League Baseball.

Sources: Kane eyes Bayern, declines Spurs offer

Tottenham striker Harry Kane is keen to join Bayern Munich this summer as they consider making a third bid for the player, sources have told ESPN.

Jon Gruden intends "to burn the [NFL's] house down"

Gruden has insisted all along that the league office leaked the emails. If/when Gruden's lawsuit against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell proceeds beyond the question of whether Gruden must submit to the league's secret, rigged, kangaroo court of arbitration ultimately controlled by Goodell, Gruden will have a chance to conduct discovery and track down the truth.

And, frankly, the discovery process surely will track down the truth. Unless the emails were sent to the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times through burner phones and/or other entirely secret, untraceable mechanisms, an expert in digital forensics working for Gruden's lawyers eventually will find the trail of electronic breadcrumbs that resulted in the emails being sent to the media.