Archive for March 13th, 2026

Firings watch.

Friday, March 13th, 2026

In a little bit of haste:

Dr. Kevin Granger fired as athletic director of Texas Southern University. Also, they took down his jersey. (He was a former basketball player for the school, and they had retired his number.)

“In June 2025, Texas Southern University was formally notified of serious allegations made in a civil lawsuit against Dr. Kevin Granger, who was then serving as Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics and Athletic Director,” TSU said in Thursday’s statement to Chron. “Based on the seriousness of the allegations and the advice of legal counsel, the University immediately placed Dr. Granger on administrative leave status. Associated with this action, two independent administrative inquiries into this matter, fully external to the University, under Title VII and Title IX were directed…

Wes Miller out as basketball coach of Cincinnati, per “sources”. Five seasons:

After going 18-15 in his first season at Cincinnati, Miller received a two-year contract extension just 20 months into his tenure. He went 23-13 in 2022-23 and 22-15 in 2023-24 but fell short of the NCAA tournament in both seasons.

18-15 this season as well.

Kim English out as head basketball coach of Providence.

English compiled an overall record of 48-52 and 23-37 in Big East play.

15-18 this season.

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Random gun crankery.

Friday, March 13th, 2026

I feel like I am unobservant. Especially since I own stock in Ruger.

But I did not know, until today, that Beretta was making a hostile takeover bid for Ruger. I think this might be great for my stock price, but I would very much regret seeing another independent gun maker become part of a larger conglomerate. On the gripping hand, there are probably worse companies that could buy Ruger…

Speaking of stock:

Smith & Wesson posted net sales of $135.7 million for Q3 fiscal 2026, revenue up 17.1% year over year, with margins improving for the third consecutive quarter. The official release dropped on March 5.

And speaking of S&W, I got a press release today: Lena Miculek has returned to Smith and Wesson as their newest “ambassador”. I find this interesting, as she was previously with Sig Sauer, and was the front person for their ROSE program. I did know that she had left Sig a few months ago, so I guess this is the proverbial other shoe dropping.

This came across a mailing list I’m on, and I wanted to bookmark it: I may need this at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Shoot House Rules For Life

I will say that this falls more into the “relationship advice” category than “gun crankery”, but it seems sound to me.

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