@billywitz

Covering college sports for the New York Times national desk. @nytsports diaspora. Email: [email protected]

 New York, NY
Joined May 2009
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We know from personal experience that this decision was not taken lightly. @NYTGuildTech believes deeply in the mission of The Times and we believe in them. They have our backs everyday to help produce world class journalism. Today, and every day, we stand with @NYTGuildTech ✊
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After our Bargaining Committee continued to push for a fair contract over the weekend, management still refused to get serious and make a deal. Therefore, we are going on a ULP strike. See you on the picket line ✊ nytimes.com/2024/11/04/busin…

New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike (Gift Article)

The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times’s digital operation.

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I work for the Southern California News Group. I’m not expecting Anthony Rendon money although I’ve had a better year than Rendon has had.
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In the first authorization for an open-ended strike ever taken by journalists at a newsroom owned by the secretive Alden Global Capital, the Southern California News Group union today announced its members have voted overwhelmingly in favor of striking. #SaveSoCalNews
Text: Overwhelmingly yes. 94% of SCNG Guild members vote to authorize union leaders to call for a strike.

ALT Text: Overwhelmingly yes. 94% of SCNG Guild members vote to authorize union leaders to call for a strike.

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SCNGguild@SCNGguild23 Sep 2024
In the first authorization for an open-ended strike ever taken by journalists at a newsroom owned by the secretive Alden Global Capital, the Southern California News Group union today announced its members have voted overwhelmingly in favor of striking. #SaveSoCalNews
Text: Overwhelmingly yes. 94% of SCNG Guild members vote to authorize union leaders to call for a strike.

ALT Text: Overwhelmingly yes. 94% of SCNG Guild members vote to authorize union leaders to call for a strike.

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Spent last weekend in Oregon at the Civil War, another college football rivalry endangered or diminished by conference consolidation. nytimes.com/2024/09/21/sport… via @NYTimes

Rivalries Are the Heart of College Football. But Many Are Going Away. (Published 2024)

Upheaval within the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conferences has threatened some cherished rivalries, while rekindling others. In Oregon, the Civil War may soon be over.

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Glad you haven't forgotten about the frost-bite conditions on that Friday or the 6-hour, 18-inning Sunday night game.
Erik Boland@eboland116 Sep 2024
Yankees haven’t been here since 2017. Always good to be back at one of the great venues in all of sports…
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Sedona Prince is a plaintiff in House v. NCAA case, but she admits unease about its effect on women. "That’s the scary part, right? We’re leaving it up to the schools to make these choices, and who says they’re not going to give 100 percent to football?" nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/se…

Sedona Prince’s Work Off the Court Is Far From Over (Published 2024)

The basketball player is fighting in a landmark case for college athletes to get paid. She worries a settlement in the suit may not do enough for female and Olympic athletes.

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She Danced Naked at Woodstock. She Dated Serpico. At 93, She’s Not Done. (Published 2024)

Betty Gordon came to New York to become an actress (and have a good time). But her greatest talent may have been helping others.

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Women climbers are increasingly talking about sexual harassment and abuse in the sport. We spoke to two women, Lotta Hintsa and April Leonardo, who recounted unwanted experiences with renowned climber and guide Nirmal Purja: nytimes.com/2024/05/31/sport…

For Female Climbers, Dangers Go Beyond Avalanches and Storms (Published 2024)

Women are increasingly reporting sexual harassment and abuse in the sport, including accusations against the renowned climber Nirmal Purja.

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“It’s both a historic and deeply flawed agreement.” nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/nc…

Decades in the Making, a New Era Dawns for the N.C.A.A.: Paying Athletes Directly (Published 2024)

If approved by a judge, the $2.8 billion settlement of an antitrust lawsuit would allow for the first revenue-sharing plan for college athletes. The question now: How will it work?

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3,040 pages of transcripts, 21 days of testimony, more than 150 exhibits. The long NLRB hearing to determine whether USC football and basketball should be classified as employees is done but the case is far from resolved. nytimes.com/2024/04/22/us/co…

Paychecks, Drafts and Firings: The Possible Future of College Sports (Published 2024)

National Labor Relations Board testimony, now in the hands of a judge, could have wide-ranging consequences — positive and negative — for athletes and their institutions.

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You don’t often see jail buses outside Ivy League universities
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He was sitting with Oregon players families during the Ducks’ NCAA tournament games.
Adam Zagoria@AdamZagoria10 Apr 2024
Tony Stubblefield is returning to Oregon as an assistant to Dana Altman, per the school He was let go as the DePaul head coach in January after a long run as a successful assistant
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There was off-the-court drama wherever you turned over the weekend. Trash talk, call outs, nose rings and a tape-measure moment. Then on Monday night in Albany, they just played basketball. And it wasn't bad. nytimes.com/2024/04/02/us/ma…

The Caitlin Clark Show Rolls On (Published 2024)

While off-the-court drama has raged in the women’s tournament, Clark and Iowa dispatched with their foils from last season en route to the Final Four.

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Joe Drape@joedrape30 Mar 2024
There may be no better example of the shifting views on the role of money — and whether student-athletes should get any — than my alma mater ⁦@SMU⁩ ⁦@SMUMustangs⁩ nytimes.com/2024/03/30/busin…

How S.M.U., Once the Rogue of College Sports, Got Back to the Big Time (Gift Article)

For those wanting to trace the evolution of money and college sports over the past half-century, Southern Methodist offers a perfect example.

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Arguably @kentbabb has stronger grounds to file a defamation lawsuit against Mulkey, based on the comments she made about him in her press conference.
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As LSU advances past UCLA, the fallout of the Washington Post article on Kim Mulkey remains to be seen. But I don't see likely grounds for a defamation lawsuit & I think it would be risky for Mulkey (given anti-SLAPP statute + pretrial discovery) to sue: sportico.com/law/analysis/20….

Washington Post Story on Mulkey Unlikely to Spark Defamation Suit

A week after Kim Mulkey threatened the Washington Post with a defamation suit, the story about her was published Saturday. It doesn't seem defamatory.

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Bill Oram@billoram30 Mar 2024
For everyone getting to know Raegan Beers, the bruising anchor of Oregon State’s Final Four chase, here’s @nickdaschel’s feature from last season on Beers über-athletic family — including football player brothers Rowdy and Rocky. oregonlive.com/beavers/2023/…

Oregon State’s Raegan Beers, toughened by football brothers, brings thunder to Pac-12 women’s...

The 6-foot-4 Beers, whose brothers Rocky and Rowdy are college tight ends, leads the country for freshmen with 10 double-doubles.

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This A-Rod quote reminded me of this story. nytimes.com/2016/03/13/sport…

There Will Never Be Another Yogi Berra, and Alex Rodriguez Is It (Published 2016)

Whether it’s talking about swimming in the “Miami Ocean” or playing well “on both sides of the baseball,” Rodriguez has proved a worthy heir to king of the malapropism.

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Daniel Libit
@DanielLibit29 Mar 2024
.@AROD fires back at Glen Taylor in a @Sportico exclusive: “It’s so fucking childish. But you only do that when you don’t have any ground to sit on.” More 🎇 from @novy_williams and @epjackson 👇 sportico.com/business/team-s…

A-Rod, Lore Say They’re ‘Going to Be’ the Next Timberwolves Owners

Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore said they have an "ironclad" deal to buy the Timberwolves, and say Glen Taylor fabricated details to try and kill it.

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Dollars for deflections, a buzzer-beater quesadilla and immigration law workarounds. A graphic breakdown of the Sweet 16 men's bracket - and how teams were built through N.I.L., with @Fahrenthold. nytimes.com/interactive/2024…

The Many Ways Men’s Sweet 16 Players Are Being Paid (Published 2024)

Every team in the Sweet 16 round has been touched by “name, image and likeness” rules, which allow student athletes to be paid for endorsements, appearances and other work.

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For a year, USC Salkehatchie had no men's basketball. Then it hired Matt Lynch via Post and Courier postandcourier.com/sports/co…

For a year, USC Salkehatchie had no men's basketball. Then it hired Matt Lynch.

Matt Lynch took over a dormant program at USC Salkehatchie and this season led the Indians to 20 wins and the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.

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At the same time tonight, Creighton was playing in an NCAA regional hosted by Duquesne, and Duquesne was playing in an NCAA regional hosted by Creighton.
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