Nick Janning

The Cincinnati Reds. The first ever franchise. The home of some of the greatest players of all time. The pride of Cincinnati. Most notably, the source of sadness and heartache. What was once considered a feared franchise throughout the 20th century is now a glorified farm team developing all-stars to later be bought out. To no one's surprise, the Reds' most recent superstar has refused a record setting contract hinting towards the inevitable departure to New York or LA. Per @UnderdogMLB The...

Stop the count! Put down those pencils and turn in your papers. The transfer portal has officially closed (minus Indiana and Miami). It's about damn time. However, we still have over 10,000 players in the transfer portal in all of college football (3,825 FBS)... um what. The FBS has 1/4 of all of their players stuck in the transfer portal without a team. I don't need to explain to you how insane that is. That sums up the state of college football and what the transfer portal and NIL has done....

The transfer portal. It's all anyone and everyone is talking about. On one hand, you have your grandpa in your ear at the dinner table explaining how the transfer portal is the worst thing since communism. On the other hand, your younger cousin is regurgitating a half-watched TikTok he saw on why the transfer portal is making teenagers millionaires. You ask yourself, "What has this great nation come to. Has money and greed infiltrated this great pastime? Is this a late stage effect of...