Monday Notes

One day after the resignations of the university president and chairman, students and professors reflected on the continuing division at the school.

Under the plan, the universities, which do not pay property taxes, would have to make payments to the City University of New York.

West African cuisine deserves greater recognition for its influence on food around the world, says Chef Pierre Thiam.

Ohtani is a singular talent. Now he’s set to be paid unlike any baseball player of all time. By signing a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ohtani will change the landscape of MLB—and rewrite the sport’s salary structure as we know it.

The in-season tournament championship was a reminder that LeBron James plus Anthony Davis plus an elite defense is scary. And the players’ treatment of the NBA Cup as something worth winning was the tacit stamp of approval the league needed.

The NBA couldn’t have asked for a better debut to the in-season tournament, but here’s what league insiders are saying about the event’s next evolution.

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