Morning Hot Reads: Communication Breakdown

The N.Y. TIMES goes with, "Who Needs Trade Talks? These Days, General Managers Just Use Emojis." Technology has "altered how the sport’s decision-makers communicate with one another -- in humorous, contemporary ways." The "haggling over the phone, or even in person, still goes on, of course, but is now being supplanted in part by more and more text messages, emojis and GIFs." 

The NATIONAL POST writes under the header, "How TSN Transformed World Juniors Into Must-See TV." In the 25 years since TSN acquired the broadcast rights, the World Juniors has "evolved from a low-key curiosity to one of the biggest tentpole events in Canadian sports programming." Now they "have created a monster."

Also: 

• Why UCF's run should "end rigged path to playoffs."
• Should minority coach "play along with Raiders' charade?"
• Why ACC should reduce travel for athletes in non-revenue sports.
• How Tom Coughlin has turned around the Jaguars.
• Bengals keeping Marvin Lewis "reflected NFL trend."
• Bowl game struggles make Pac-12 "irrelevant on national football scene."
• The latest race between Under Armour, Nike and Adidas.
• S.F.-based radio host Tom Tolbert on life after heart surgery.