Neil Freiman

bowl at least once a year.

That's according to the Bowling Proprietors Association of America.

That is way more than pickleball, of course.

That's 24 million.

Basketball, 36 million.

Tennis, 27 million.

Golf, 48 million.

So all of these other sports that we think are really popular, actually bowling crushes them.

What's your top score?

I would like to have you on my team.

Okay, welcome to Winners of the Weekend, the segment where Toby and I pick two things that opened up the beach house for the season.

I won the pre-show bowling league, so I get to go first.

My winner is anyone who shouts Go Blue at the top of their lungs on Saturdays in the fall.

The University of Michigan has hit the jackpot by being revealed as one of the earliest investors into OpenAI.

And we only know this because of the Elon Musk for Sam Altman trial underway in the Bay Area.

As part of that trial, documents were released showing that investors running Michigan's endowments invested $20 million into a very early fundraising round in OpenAI, well before most people have heard of the small AI lab and Microsoft plowing billions into it beginning this year.

in 2019.

Speaking of billions, that's how much the University of Michigan stands to benefit from its prescient bet on OpenAI.

With the company now valued at over $850 billion, the endowment expects to earn $2 billion on its investment, which would be a tidy 9,900% return.

There are implications beyond a stronger balance sheet and bragging rights over Ohio State.