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 and business. One of the biggest downsides of my recent escalating issues with insomnia and stomach pain has been I’ve had to refamilairize myself with the DIRECTV package … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site TheDoubleOvertime.com. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on technology. Media and sports are actually extremely simple businesses to explain. Whomever gets big numbers–be they ratings or victories–gets to keep their job. Whomever doesn’t is out. Period. Dot. … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional articles on technology. Last night, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres closed out a crucial four-game series with a tense, emotion-filled game that got emotional early and escalated … Read more
Tonight in the legacy basketball capital of America (what, you never saw HOOSIERS?), Indianapolis, Indiana, NBA history could be made. The Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from winning their first-ever title at the expense of the Pacers, who themselves have already doubled the number of Finals wins the franchise had prior to this … 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. At least on paper, I self-identify as a research consultant, and I’d contend in certain areas my level of expertise and experience would rival anyone, anywhere. … Read more
It was a most atyipically celebratory day on college campuses nationwide yesterday. Let’s face it, with graduation month all but over on most of them, how crowded with actual students do you suppose they were on a Friday afternoon in June? Let alone the special ones who were actually impacted by the news that THE … 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 coverage of and opinion pieces on technology. When the New York Knicks’ modestly inspiring run at NBA championship glory ended last night for the 52nd consecutive year, they became the latest … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional articles and opinion pieces on technology. Of all of the hoopla and star power that was unleased during the old school Upfronts earlier this month few were as inspiring and … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional articles on technology. On the same day when the rundown of news stories with ethical implications already included the gifting of a $400 million plane from a country that reportedly … Read more
I’ve made a career out of studying and knowing as much as possible about folks from generations other than mine, and I wouldn’t be alive without the connections to folks significantly younger than me. Plus, much like my dad was, I’m blessed with a somewhat youthful-looking face that now that’s it’s unencumbered by greying hair … Read more