Covering college sports for the New York Times national desk. @nytsports diaspora. Email: billy.witz@nytimes.com
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Billy Witz retweeted
4 Nov 2024
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 ✊
4 Nov 2024
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 ✊
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Billy Witz retweeted
23 Sep 2024
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.
23 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
ALT Text: Overwhelmingly yes. 94% of SCNG Guild members vote to authorize union leaders to call for a strike.
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Billy Witz retweeted
23 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
ALT Text: Overwhelmingly yes. 94% of SCNG Guild members vote to authorize union leaders to call for a strike.
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21 Sep 2024
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
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6 Sep 2024
Glad you haven't forgotten about the frost-bite conditions on that Friday or the 6-hour, 18-inning Sunday night game.
6 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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29 Aug 2024
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…
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Billy Witz retweeted
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Billy Witz retweeted
31 May 2024
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…
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24 May 2024
“It’s both a historic and deeply flawed agreement.” nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/nc…
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22 Apr 2024
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…
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Billy Witz retweeted
18 Apr 2024
You don’t often see jail buses outside Ivy League universities
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10 Apr 2024
He was sitting with Oregon players families during the Ducks’ NCAA tournament games.
10 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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2 Apr 2024
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…
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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…
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Billy Witz retweeted
30 Mar 2024
Arguably @kentbabb has stronger grounds to file a defamation lawsuit against Mulkey, based on the comments she made about him in her press conference.
30 Mar 2024
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….
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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/…
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29 Mar 2024
This A-Rod quote reminded me of this story. nytimes.com/2016/03/13/sport…
29 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 👇
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28 Mar 2024
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…
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Billy Witz retweeted
26 Mar 2024
For a year, USC Salkehatchie had no men's basketball. Then it hired Matt Lynch via Post and Courier postandcourier.com/sports/co…
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Billy Witz retweeted
24 Mar 2024
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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