# eyeblack

> A newsletter with reporting and analysis on sports that you won't find anywhere. Keep your eye on the ball.

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## Posts
- [Help us investigate how pro sports responds to victims of abuse](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/investigating-abuse-misconduct-sports-nfl-mlb-nba): We're just getting started.
- [The NBA investigated a team employee's sexual misconduct claim. Did they talk to her?](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/the-nba-investigated-a-team-employee-s-sexual-misconduct-claim-did-they-talk-to-her): For the second time since 2024, the NBA was accused of investigating a player's misconduct without interviewing a woman who came forward. An [eyeblack] exclusive.
- [Q&A: Julie Kliegman found Renée Richards. Then they wrestled.](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/q-a-finding-renee-richards-julie-kliegman-enes-kanter): The author discussed their biography of a pioneering transgender tennis star who regrets breaking her own glass ceiling.
- [Elite Ball Knowledge | There's a big hole in MLB's 'yellow ball' defense.](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/rawlings-defective-juiced-gambling): MLB claims the league screens a factory production error affecting half of its baseballs. A compliance staffer told [eyeblack] their task 'basically impossible'
- [Celebrating [eyeblack] 1,000 with our first reader giveaway!](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/celebrating-eyeblack-1-000-with-our-first-reader-giveaway): Read to the end to learn why your support ensures I never have to twerk for Zuck.
- [Colin Kaepernick's read option](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/colin-kaepernick-lumi-ai-edutech-clayton-county): Records obtained by [eyeblack] show what happens when a school district allowed the QB's AI startup to call plays.
- [Help me keep your eye on the balls](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/mlb-rawlings-baseball-study-2026-call-for-help): If you have or can snag a 2026 MLB baseball you should send it to [eyeblack] now!
- [Killing physical media is awful for everyone—and worse for sports gamers](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/ps5-physical-media-sports-gamers-college-football-27): an [eyeblack] analysis found major sports releases were 56% cheaper at GameStop than the PlayStation Store.  
- [Did you know about MLB's dinger quota?](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/mlb-juiced-ball-dinger-quota-morgan-sword): eyeblack found a league executive's instructions to achieve a 'target leaguewide home run rate.' Here's what it says about 2026's Juiced Ball 2.0
- [The NYPD investigated his brutality complaints six times. Then, MLB hired him.](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/nypd-mlb-police-brutality-department-investigations): When baseball stars face abuse probes, Rick Burnham knows what it’s like on the other side.
- [Can Colin Kaepernick blitz systemic racism with AI comics?](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/kaepernick-lumi-ai-education-inequality): Your kids will soon find out.
- [MLB's domestic violence probes show a system without standards](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/mlb-domestic-violence-jeurys-familia-mike-clevinger): New police records from a former star's investigation reveal a precedent that endangers everyone—especially the women who come forward
- [MLB will do whatever it takes to punish misconduct (but only when it wants to)](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/jose-reyes-mlb-rob-manfred-domestic-violence): The league's zealous José Reyes investigation exposes the inertia around its recent Mike Clevinger probe.
- ['I just can't believe you guys did nothing'](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/mlb-promised-a-comprehensive-domestic-violence-investigation-of-a-baseball-star-his-exes-say-the-lea): Three alleged witnesses—including two of Mike Clevinger' ex-girlfriends—say MLB never interviewed them during its investigation.
- ['Your life is over, bitch'](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/your-life-is-over-bitch): MLB decided against suspending a former baseball star accused of choking his ex-fiancée. She says the league's choice enabled his continued abuse.
- [Reviving the racist history of the Texas Rangers was a team effort](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/reviving-the-racist-history-of-the-texas-rangers-was-a-team-effort): [eyeblack] tracks the last survivor of a groundbreaking integration battle and the baseball franchise who recovered a monument honoring his chief antagonist.
- [eyeblack history: Pat Ellington Jr. reclaims the fullness of Black history through the lens of baseball](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/eyeblack-history-pat-ellington-is-reclaiming-the-fullness-of-black-history-through-the-lens-of-baseb): "If you're gonna disrespect [Afro Latino] history at some point, you're gonna be disrespecting your own."
- [The Birdcage: How an MLB owner could earn from Trump's mass deportation plan](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/the-birdcage-how-an-mlb-owner-could-earn-from-trump-s-mass-deportation-plan): eyeblack identified an LLC, created by Orioles boss David Rubenstein’s private equity firm that sold a warehouse DHS is converting into a migrant jail.
- [An NBA investor in four teams profits from immigrant athletes — and immigrant megajails](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/an-nba-investor-in-four-teams-profits-from-immigrant-athletes-and-immigrant-megajails): eyeblack identifies four NBA teams tied to a stakeholder profiting from a planned ICE detention center. And explains how more ownership groups could do business with DHS. 
- [How do MLB workers protect Latin players from Trump's ICE raids? By themselves.](https://www.readeyeblack.com/p/how-do-mlb-workers-protect-latin-players-from-trump-s-ice-raids-by-themselves): Baseball front office staffers explain how they keep immigrant players safe while league guidance is minimal and "Manfred kisses Trump's ass."