Welcome back to The Varsity, my twice-weekly private email about everyone who sits in the owner’s box, and everyone else who wishes that they did. Happy End of NBA Exclusive Negotiating Window Day to all who celebrate.

My Puck colleagues are descending on D.C. to host a party on Thursday evening in celebration of White House Correspondents’ Dinner week. One highlight: My partners Matt Belloni and Peter Hamby will interview Aaron Sorkin about what’s going on in Hollywood and politics. I’ll be there to plant some Norby Williamson questions; after all, Sorkin is best known in my house for his late ’90s series Sports Night, which is partly based on the Olbermann and Patrick version of SportsCenter, where Norby cut his teeth. I told Marchand I’d slip Sorkin his spec script on the final days of the Byzantine Empire.

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Let’s get to it…

1. Another Disney defection: Disney’s well-regarded C.T.O. Aaron LaBerge is leaving, following a nearly quarter-century run with the company. In a note to colleagues, LaBerge called it “a personal decision, driven by the needs of my family.” He’ll remain at Disney through June, then move over to become