Friday morning quote:
"Improvement is being better than your past self. It doesn't have to be more complicated than that.” 
-James Clear

— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) Jun 5, 2026

Thursday throwback to helping this guy, one of my all-time favorites, pick an agent. He may have just had the most impactful 3-point game in NBA Finals history.  #joshhart

— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) Jun 4, 2026

Biggest problem with this is ... who negotiates for the players? Who represents the schools? Is this for all sports? Football only? Are students employees to be part of bargaining unit? More questions than answers to collective bargaining. H/T  @AndrewBrandtAmanda Christovich (@achristovichh)Sen. Chris Coons responding to critics of Protect College Sports Act who say players should collectively bargain instead: "Do you want the opportunity to get these protections right now? Or do you want to wait for a future potential opportunity to collectively bargain over those same protections? I think, get those protections now.”—  https://x.com/achristovichh/status/2062624103509713153

— @d3Playbook Jun 4, 2026

A qualifier in the French Open final.  WoW.The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter)Chwalinska d. Diana Shnaider 7-6(4) 6-4

MAJA CHWALINSKA IS A GRAND SLAM FINALIST.

She is first qualifier in history to reach the Roland Garros final.

A statement that most people would’ve thought was unthinkable at the start of Roland Garros.

The world #114.

9th consecutive win since the start of qualifying.

18sets played, just 1 set dropped.

0 top 50 wins before this tournament.

Now she’s had 4 in a row & will leave Paris ranked AT WORST #21 in the world.

Move over Cinderella, there’s a new fairytale in town.

🇵🇱❤️—  https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/2062584842429325565

— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) Jun 4, 2026

The inevitable problem in Congress with these bills: 
Some slamming it for being too conservative and favorable towards NCAA/schools.
Then there's these slamming it for being not favorable enough towards NCAA/schools.Meredith Lee Hill (@meredithllee)NEW - Scalise slams Ted Cruz's bipartisan college sports bill

"Nobody can credibly say they're going to move a bill to address college athletics and have opposition from the two major college athletic conferences," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise tells  @politico

The Louisiana Republican said he appreciated Cruz's work, but made clear there are still "big problems" in the House as it relates to the Senate legislation - including the employment status of student athletes.

"I'm glad they're doing some work on the Senate side, but for the House to be able to take anything up, you got to prevent employment status of the student athletes," Scalise said.

"You also don't want to open up all the schools to lawsuits from trial lawyers that would make a much more litigious environment. Those are things that have been big problems on the House side."

The topic has roiled House Republicans, who had to pull their version of the bill from the floor several times already. Working in House input will be key, Scalise said, if the legislation has any chance of passing Congress.—  https://x.com/meredithllee/status/2062573058033066222

— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) Jun 4, 2026