NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site TheDoubleOvertime.com. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus insightful coverage of technology. I came into the world of media buying and seling in an era when the movie WALL STREET was a cultural touchstone. As Michael Douglas’ unapologetic lead character … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts and thoughtful reports on technology. I get it, timing is everything, and that’s especially true in the case of the city of New Orleans. It’s been a pretty arduous start to 2025 for … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.TheDoubleOvertime.com. Please visit it regularly for extended coverage of sports of all sorts plus articles on technology. The Good Lord timed Bob Uecker’s demise as ideally as possible if one has to accept its inevitability–in the dead of winter and after one last title celebration, with … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus articles on technology. As you’ve likely discovered if you’re even a casual visitor to this space, I tend to be a stickler for detail, at times almost obsessively. I don’t always deliver … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus articles on technology. There was a pretty darn good college football game played yesterday. THE ATHLETIC’s Matt Baker enthusiastically provided details late yesterday: Notre Dame used a swarming defense and 54-second scoring … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus essays on tech and related topics. I’m seasoned enough (I refuse to use the word “old” despite how conventionally accurate it might be to apply it to moi) that I remember when the NBA was … Read more
In slightly more normal times a Group of Five conference tournament for a secondary women’s sport would be wholly unworthy of any sort of spotlight. The Mountain West Conference women’s volleyball tournament final that was held yesterday wasn’t even worthy of a tile on ESPN+, and the report from a local beat writer, Kevin Lytle … Read more
It was less than a month ago that an embattled amalgamation of regional sports networks received its third nomenclature in five years when FanDuel inexplicably aligned itself with the former Bally’s and FOX Sports channels that have stubbornly tried to survive with a lineup of mostly mediocre mid-size market teams. But the events of yesterday … Read more
So the Los Angeles Dodgers are champions of baseball once again, and this time without the asterisk of a COVID season as was the case four years ago. There will actually be a parade through downtown Los Angeles tomorrow and given what I know of the many rabid fans who are bleeding blue all over … Read more
My roommate is a particularly giddy mood these days, as he continues to become more convinced that his choice is all but assured his second presidential term. Much as that fact may be daunting to many of you, I can’t say he’s wrong. Thanks to his virtually nonstop blaring of FOX News and FOX Business … Read more