
(Matt)
(Matt)
In sky-is-blue news, world soccer is under suspicion of funny business, this time thanks to revelations in the PANAMA PAPERS leak. FIFA president GIANNI INFANTINO, whose signature is on two TV rights contracts that his old organization, UEFA, may have awarded for way less than their market value, says he welcomes the investigation that is now under way. Which is all he needs to, or should, say at this point. What isn't needed is the "defensive, belligerent and aggressive" response of UEFA itself, as the GUARDIAN's OWEN GIBSON puts it, which suggests UEFA does not in fact welcome any kind of investigation. I'm not entirely sure how "UEFA" is able to talk at all -- even if you accept that corporations and similar organizations are people, it's still strange to think of them having working mouths -- but the GUARDIAN quotes it at length in a way that suggests it wishes the world would just take its word for how completely and irreversibly innocent it is. Good luck with that… SAM HINKIE steps down in PHILLY via 13-page letter that will be dominating your TWITTER feed today... The NBA, at least for now, wants to keep electronics on scoreboards and off its players' wrists… JORDAN SPIETH tees off at 9:48 am ET today, ADAM SCOTT at 11:05, BUBBA WATSON at 12:44, JASON DAY at 1:06, RORY MCILROY at 2:01, and a bunch of people who aren't TIGER WOODS at 11-minute intervals in between… Nine great Jewish baseball books for kids... REDEF is looking for freelance sports curators. CVs to jobs@redefgroup.com.