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 technology. I’ve always had a complicated relationship with the New York Yankees. My heart–at least the ventricle holding my baseball fandom– will always and often inexplicably belong … Read more
For all the hype and hyperbole that surrounded last night’s Monday Night Football showdown between the Green Bay Packers and the green-clad World Champion Philadelphia Iggles, the game was sadly a stinker. No frozen tundra. Scoreless at the half, only a modest Jake Elliott field goal giving Philly a precarious 3-0 lead going into the … Read more
It’s been a busy week for us and our Venn diagram of interests, which often separates sports into a separate bucket. More often than not, that often provides us a welcome distraction from more troubling issues or a celebration of how much sports matters to media these days. Yesterday, neither was the case by a … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, DoubleOvertime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. The World Series opens tomorrow night outside the United States for only the second time in history when the Los Angeles Dodgers cross the border to … Read more
NOTE: This also appears today on our sister site, DoubleOvertime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts, plus occasional essays on business and technology. My love of NBA basketball began when I first became a fan–around the very same time the unsuccessful New York Knicks traded slow-footed veteran Walt Bellamy to … Read more
It’s the end of an era in the podcast-verse today, and odds are if you pump iron you’re likely to be more aware of it than most. In fact, bros and gym rats have likely been keenly aware of today’s RINGER swan song for Ryen Russillo for weeks. Way back at the end of August … Read more
I’ve come to accept –albeit grudgingly–that no matter how much positive change I am capable of making I am simply never going to have even close to the life of a gifted athlete. Their G-d-given talent gives them a head start in every aspect of life–where they can go to school, who will employ them … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sports plus occasional essays on technology. Her name is Cathy Engelbert, and if she happens to be your boss, boy, am I sorry. She isn’t mine but I’ve had ones with similar traits … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site TheDoubleOvertime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on technology . Sure, anyone can ask “do you remember the 21st night of September?” But do you remember the 21st day? If you happen to be referencing the one … Read more
Yeah, sure, CBS, you can call the second week of October a premiere week if you want to. Those of you with actual experience with ratings who are still around (well, at least until November) know darn well your bell is going off this weekend when you devote Sunday to the NFL and, in perhaps … Read more