NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional coverage of business and technology. When the world literally beats a path to one’s doorstep it’s hard not to possess an outsized amount of pride in one’s home, no … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regualrly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional coverage of business and technology. Whenever I’d cast focus groups for the coveted demographic sliver of 15-29 year olds that advertisers feverishly believe is where lifelong consumer behaviors are … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. It’s appropriate that Howie Rose’s final season as a full-time announcer for the New York Mets has essentially been a microcosm and exemplary of … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. It was not a bad weekend at all for females who am comfortable with bats and balls. And no, smartass, I don’t mean either … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. Joe Buck, like myself, was once a young turk rising through FOX. When the network acquired the rights to broadcast major league baseball in … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. Until yesterday, I had no idea who Josh Pate, Will Compton and Taylor Lewan are. But I guarantee you than in less than 60 … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. It’s not that easy to be a fan of the Texas Rangers. I’ve spent enough time in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to know that … Read more
Whenever anyone gets a glimpse at my phone the first reaction tends to be “Holy crap, how many freaking apps do you have??!”. Truth be told, for as much as I have learned how not to hoard physical possessions any more I still tend to hoard digital ones I’ve amassed over time. I could arguably … Read more
No, not the one so many of you are still mourning. But beggars can’t always be choosers. It’s James Corden, you wankers, and unless you’re a true World Cup afficiando you might have overlooked the fact that earlier this month he made a triumphant return to the daypart. At the time FOX Sports did send … Read more
I was probably less blindsided than many others when this news that among other PEOPLE’s Angelique Brenes broke yesterday afternoon: Linda Cohn is saying goodbye to ESPN after more than three decades at the network…The longtime SportsCenter anchor, 66, announced that she will retire on June 30, bringing to a close a groundbreaking 34-year run … Read more