By Sports Capital Journalism Program Staff | @SportsCapJour

Ahead of Tuesday’s exhibition in Cuba, The NYT’s examines the first time Major League Baseball broke the ice with Cuba during the 1999 season.

This Kawhi Leonard feature from Sports Illustrated’s Lee Jenkins will only make you respect the Spurs’ 24-year-old star even more.

Nicole Auerbach, of USA Today, writes on why success on the court doesn’t equate to bigger, better job opportunities for HBCU men’s basketball coaches.

The Wall Street Journal explains how Chick-Fil-A might impact the NBA playoff race this season.

The MMQB’s Emily Kaplan examines the fall of Johnny Manziel and looks into his past in an attempt to discover where it all went so wrong.

Mina Kimes, of ESPN The Magazine, takes a deep dive into AdvoCare, a nutrition products company (and potential pyramid scheme) using sports (such as national spokesman Drew Brees) to gain credibility among the public.

From Alex Wong, of Complex: The Oral History of the 1996 Chicago Bulls, the 72-win team.

The Washington Post’s Dan Steinberg reflects on his time as George Mason’s beat writer during the team’s Final Four run 10 years ago.

The New York Times’ Scott Cacciola writes on former NBA star Baron Davis seeking to rewrite the sad ending to his professional career in the NBA Development League.

When the season ends, Navy linemen must race to drop weight for life after football. Story from The Washington Post’s Rick Maese.

From ESPN’s Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada: On March 14, a senior NFL official acknowledged for the first time ever a link between football-related head trauma and CTE. Recent research has found signs of CTE in nearly one-third of people who played contact sports, and found zero signs of CTE in those who played only non-contact sports.