Wayne Shorter, the 12-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer and the creator of one of the singular sounds in contemporary jazz over more than half a century, died on Thursday, March 2 in Los Angeles. He was 89 years old. n.pr/3Ziigau

For decades, the Indiana women’s basketball team lagged behind the celebrated men’s team. The women's climb to a No. 1 NCAA tournament seed followed another notable surge: millions of dollars in donations made by and for women. wsj.com/articles/india…

Evan Gershkovich covered Russia’s detention of Brittney Griner for The Wall Street Journal: from news of her arrest, through her trial and the grueling negotiations for her release, right up to her return to the U.S. Now, he is the face of the new era of state hostage-taking wsj.com/articles/wsj-r…

Talked to the relevant experts—God Shammgod, (the guy who calls games with) Clyde Frazier, CP "The Fanchise"—about the New York point guards who got away and the one who came to town. wsj.com/articles/the-k…

Nikola Jo-kick wsj.com/articles/nikol…

Dear Joyce, Though it would be difficult to capture the nuance and depth of the novel in a feature film, the Coen’s definitely established the action as a metaphor for a much deeper look at humanity, as Cormac did. It’s a great movie. - Your fan, Flea

To understand how hard it is to chase Steph Curry around, I talked to a) De'Aaron Fox and b) a Standford squid professor named Gilly 🦑💨 wsj.com/articles/steph…

Tired: Gravity 🍎⬇️ Wired: Squid propulsion 🦑➡️

Nikola Jokic is the 1st player with 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks in ANY quarter over the last 25 years, including both reg. season and playoffs.

Entirely unfair that, on top of anything else, Jokic gets to be one of the best bad-shot makers in the game

😏 Marine Johannès

Jokic and Murray have thrown 111 assists to one another this postseason. No other duo had ever put up more than 96. I wrote about the pick and roll achieving its ultimate form. wsj.com/sports/basketb…

Carlos Alcaraz doing opening-scene Sundance Kid stuff in the French Open semifinal

South Sudan won its first World Cup game today. Last week I talked with Luol Deng and Nuni Omot about what that means. wsj.com/sports/basketb…

"There are times when maybe your teammates don’t have the best hands....The players around me can make those types of reads and catch those types of passes." Wrote about Chelsea Gray, who makes the Las Vegas Aces all-world roster tick wsj.com/sports/basketb…

How do I get backyard baseball on PC?

Story about a tall and fast and bendy guy. wsj.com/sports/basketb…

Anybody who plays pickup basketball knows the feeling of a game where one player is so clearly superior they make the other nine irrelevant. Anyway here's my writeup of Victor Wembanyama last night wsj.com/sports/basketb…