Did Bill Belichick learn anything from his year as a member of the media? His trainwreck interview with CBS News Sunday Morning is making me wonder about that.

What should have been a feel-good chat about his first book, The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football, went off the rails when girlfriend Jordon Hudson shut down questions about how the couple met—even though she wasn’t part of the interview.

“Not talking about this,” she sternly told CBS reporter Tony Dokoupil. When the newsman turned to Hudson to clarify, she shut him down again. Meanwhile, the formerly fearsome coach remained meekly silent.

Belichick is 73 years old, while the former cheerleader is 24. Hudson was a “constant presence” during the conversation, according to Dokoupil, hovering just out of the camera frame.

The six-time Super Bowl–winning coach became an unexpected media star after his firing by Patriots owner Bob Kraft in January 2024. The famously tight-lipped Belichick suddenly became gregarious, providing an entertaining mix of football insight and score-settling zingers against the Jets on ESPN’s Manningcast and Pat McAfee Show and the CW Network’s Inside the NFL as well as occasional podcasts.

But Belichick’s newly acquired media skills seemed to disappear during his awkward CBS interview. Unfortunately, the piece only raises questions about the North Carolina coach’s ability to handle the media duties of a modern college program. Much less returning to the NFL, where his 333 all-time wins rank second to the late Don Shula’s 347. 

The old saying “any publicity is good publicity” is a myth. A disheveled Belichick did himself few favors on Sunday. At times, he reverted to the blank, dissembling Hoodie of his Patriots days. Especially when asked why he refused to mention Kraft in his book. Or his insistence that their messy split amounted to a “mutual decision,” rather than Kraft firing him.  

But Belichick’s most embarrassing moment came when Dokoupil asked about his romance with a woman 49 years his junior. Hudson immediately jumped in, while Belichick passively looked on. That wasn’t the only time Hudson butted in, according to Pro Football Talk. “While we don’t know the total number of interruptions, it’s our understanding that CBS decided to include that one specific instance because it wasn’t a one-time thing,” wrote Mike Florio. All in all, it was not a good look for the coaching legend.

For more on Belichick’s CBS interview and how it reflects on his next chapter, read Michael McCarthy’s full column here.

It’s after midnight, and Adam Amin has just pulled off a wild day-night doubleheader.

A few hours after he called play-by-play for Saturday’s Cubs-Phillies game on Fox, Amin DJ’ed a set at 115 Bourbon Street, a club in south-suburban Chicago. 

Following his set, Amin told Front Office Sports that he’s been DJ’ing since he was 13, when his brother bought him turntables, a mixer, and a “mixmaster throwdown” CD from the radio station B96 for his birthday. 

“I spent 10 years of my life doing this professionally,” Amin said. “I did every homecoming weekend in high school. They gave me four periods off [class] and paid me to play music in the cafeteria for my friends. I worked as a wedding DJ and a mobile DJ at corporate events. One of my brothers did this professionally, so that’s how I learned music when I was younger. I made a good amount of money—I helped pay for my first year of college by DJ’ing.” 

Dressed in a red and black flannel shirt with rolled-up sleeves, Amin came on at 11 p.m. and played remixes of popular songs through his Pioneer XDJ-XZ machine. He opened with a mix of Hustlin by Rick Ross, and other songs in the set included The Way I Are by Timbaland, I Had Some Help by Post Malone and Morgan Wallen, No Hands by Waka Flocka Flame, and Titanium by David Guetta. 

He’s active, both dancing and working the machine throughout the set, as opposed to some of the DJs you see working off a MacBook on autopilot. 

Amin said that he doesn’t “plan” his set in advance, per se, but that he “curates” it based on his general understanding of the venue as well as observations on how the crowds are reacting.

“On my laptop, I have something like 2,000 songs, and I’ll pick somewhere between 50-70 songs that I think will work in the room,” Amin said.

You can read Ryan Glasspiegel’s full story on Adam Amin’s wide-spanning sports and music ambitions here.

• Shots fired: Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo of The Ringer took a shot at Clay Travis and Outkick’s reporting on the NBA’s early-season TV ratings struggles. “This is one of the best 24-hour stretches the league has had in a while,” said The Sports Guy on his podcast. “Yeah, Clay Travis, how about tweeting about the ratings?” Russillo taunted. Travis countered on X/Twitter: “In all seriousness, I like both guys. But the NBA did light itself on fire and lose 75% of its audience since the Jordan era based on ratings data. Happy to discuss any time.”
• The NFL is undefeated when it comes to making something out of nothing. The league made a big deal out of announcing May 14 as the date of its schedule release for the 2025 season. This year’s release will get the full-coverage treatment from ESPN2 and NFL Network. Last year’s shows averaged 378,000 viewers, up 6% from the year before. As Front Office Sports reporter David Rumsey notes, the annual schedule release has become another annual holiday for the nation’s most powerful, popular sports league.
• For the first time, every WNBA preseason game will be broadcast, including four on national TV. The first national game will show star rookie Paige Bueckers’s debut with the Dallas Wings, and two more will feature Clark’s Indiana Fever.

“Mel Kiper got this right when he said later this was personal. This is not about football. This was personal.”

—Michael Wilbon on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, defending colleague Mel Kiper Jr. for going ballistic over Shedeur Sanders falling into the fifth round of the NFL Draft.

Many readers responded to our column on Mel Kiper Jr. banging the drum for Shedeur Sanders during NFL Draft coverage. RealisticAFan said the legendary draft guru’s track record doesn’t match the hype. “Go back and look at some of his other predictions. @MelKiperESPN is no draft expert. Hopefully @espn will replace this [clown face] with a more competent, thoughtful analyst,” he wrote on X/Twitter.

JimmyUTurn didn’t like how an overbearing Kiper talked over ESPN’s other analysts. “It’s time for Mel to step aside,” he tweeted. “He made that entire show about ‘his’ board and sanders. First draft I’ve ever changed the channel.” 

But ClutchDagger11 noted Kiper’s passion helped drive this year’s strong ratings. “Viewership was up by ALOT this year,” he tweeted with a fire emoji. “Great work Mel.”

Bill.G tweeted that watching Kiper fulminate about Sanders was great TV. “They should offer him a rollover contract,” he tweeted.