Jonathan Weiler reviews the recent academic scandal at the University of North Carolina.

Jonathan Weiler commented this weekend on Jameis Winston, Kobe Bryant, and Blake Griffin. The piece from Blake Griffin — as Jonathan notes – is definitely worth reading (and should impact your view of Griffin).

Yesterday I talked football at Advanced Football Analytics. And I posted an article on the competition over shot attempts at Time.com.

Here are a few quick links to two interviews I recently did at MarketPlace and two articles I recently wrote.

After a brief break, the Wages of Wins Journal is back! This first post in our return comes from Joshua Marquez, who explores what might happen if Kobe joined Phil Jackson and Derek Fisher in New York.

Jill Harris discusses the true game LeBron James is playing!

A quick comment on some comments from Box Score Geeks.

Lee Panas — of TIger Tales — uses the numbers to tell us why the Detroit Tigers are disappointing their fans.

Quick look at Team USA so far.

Jonathan Weiler returns to note the many contradictions of Steve Patterson (athletic director at Texas)