XFL/USFL merger official announcement is today. They are renaming to the United Football League and will push out the start of the season to March 30.

Here are the teams:

From the XFL
Arlington Renegades
DC Defenders
San Antonio Brahmas
St Louis BattleHawks

From the USFL:
Birmingham Stallions
Houston Gamblers
Memphis Showboats
Michigan Panthers

Seems like a terrible idea to abandon the XFL name.

ESPN reporting that Von Miller is being arrested for assaulting a pregnant woman in Dallas.

He wasn't bad for sure, just not elite. Prospects bust so often I'd feel pretty wary of offering someone a contract like that with such little experience unless they were putting up Holliday numbers. I wasn't aware of the Venezuela Winter League numbers, those are certainly much more promising.

Edit: For reference, Wood put up an .826 OPS in AA last year and people thought that was a bit disappointing.

he's the #2 prospect in all of baseball (https://www.mlb.com/prospects/top100/) ahead of Skenes and Crews. 

.803 OPS in 510 ABs at AA, .851 in 21 ABs at AAA, he'll be 20 in March so he's way ahead of his peers.

He's playing in the Venezuela winter league and has posted a .984 OPS in 66 ABs. He has struck out as many times as he has walked.

He wasn't bad for sure, just not elite. Prospects bust so often I'd feel pretty wary of offering someone a contract like that with such little experience unless they were putting up Holliday numbers. I wasn't aware of the Venezuela Winter League numbers, those are certainly much more promising.

Edit: For reference, Wood put up an .826 OPS in AA last year and people thought that was a bit disappointing.

We've lost some good people these past few days - Geordie from Killing Joke, Shane MacGowan from the Pogues, and now John Nichols 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/30/john-nichols-novelist-dead/