* “I’d like to see more women supporting women. I think we don’t do a good job of helping each other. … Guys have that down. They help each other. They know how the system works. We don’t.” That was Notre Dame women’s basketball coach, Muffet McGraw, contributing to a conversation that has to do with so much more than basketball.
* The New York Mets are off to a good start so far, and one reason is the play of power-hitting rookie Pete Alonso, a graduate of Plant High School.