Welcome back to The Varsity, my twice-weekly private email on all the fights that occur outside of the lines of your favorite sports. I am writing this from a chilly and wet New York City, where the subject dominating the sports conversation is Aaron Judge’s big toe. It was great to see so many of you last night (IYKYK). I’ll let Marchand know you’re excited to see him on the next season of The Real Housewives of New York.

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Okay, let’s get right to it…