Morning Hot Reads: Nothing To See Here?

The N.Y. TIMES writes under the header, "The Home Run Explosion Is Not Exactly Beyond Suspicion." With all the talk of "launch angles and physics and miraculous epiphanies about the virtue of pulling the baseball ... haven’t we seen this show before?" Back in the '98 MLB season, baseballs "never came down." But that ended up only being a "steroidal farce."

THE RINGER goes with, "The Future Of NBA Player Development Is Soccer’s Youth Academy Model." FC Dallas’ "enormous effort to build better U.S. soccer players from the ground up" has NBA owners "gearing up to bring it to American basketball."

On College Sports:

• How has AD Todd Stansbury impacted Georgia Tech?
• Brad Nessler on being the "new voice of college football."
• Which college football programs are the most valuable?
• Former Aggies AD reflects on issues at Texas A&M.

• NHL players still lukewarm on analytics.
• Memorabilia significant part of World Golf HOF induction.
• Bucks Assistant GM Milt Newton giving back to Virgin Islands.
• New Knicks GM Scott Perry faces the "ultimate test."
• Cavs, Indians and Browns talk tech strategies.