The American Scholar

Trade Winds

Andre Drummond is in a funk. His coaches see it. Opposing teams see it. Anyone with a pair of eyeballs can see it. The trade chatter in recent weeks has crept into Drummond’s head.

—Sports Illustrated, January 17, 2020

My wife said if I wanted to be the Curt Flood of Academia, I could go for it, but she intended to invoke the equal-but-separate clause of our prenup.

LESS THAN AN HOUR into the week of

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