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Seems Like Puck’s Got The Balls Once Again
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus essays on business and technology. It’s not easy for me to acknowledge when PUCK gets something first and right. I can’t say I’m a fan of its founder and champion to
A Shell Of What He Once Was
We knew the headlines that dominated both the trades and general press yesterday were imminent. Anyone who has been following the saga of Jeff Shell over recent weeks saw it coming. Anyone who’s been regularly reading these musings know I’ve been following it a lot longer than most. I’ve written quite a bit about the
Well, It WAS TACO Tuesday
There was once a time when I was actively in enough demand for my skill sets where companies I was interested in working for would gleefully describe their perks during our negotiations. During my pas-de-deux with Game Show Network the effusive HR consultant who championed my candidacy piad particular homage to the fact that they
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
If you’re seasoned enough, or merely a fan of Broadway musicals, you might know that the inspiration for the clickbait to today’s musing is a wonderful work that originally debuted in 1961 and was subsequently revived for later generations to enjoy. Depending upon which one you fall into, you’ll identify with either Robert Morse, Matthew
A Book That Makes You Go Hmmm….
No, I haven’t actually met Arsenio Hall–not even professionally. It’s kind of a shame considering we’ve essentially had parallel lives–though he’s undoubtedly been a lot smarter about what he’s done with his success than I’ve been with mine. We both arguably peaked in the late ’80s and early ’90s; me rising to head up programming
Nearly Half A Century Later, MLB Fans Again Hit A Jackpot
It was all the more serendipitous that during a week where the world celebrates resurrection baseball fans were able to celebrate one of their own. We got our first whiff of it on Wednesday courtesy of AWFUL ANNOUNCING’s Sam Neumann: This Week in Baseball is coming back. MLB announced Wednesday that it’s reviving the iconic TWIB franchise as
The Chalk Finally Breaks! And ESPN Takes Us To School.
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site TheDoubleOvertime. Please visit regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. For as much progress as women’s basketball has made in finding its way into the zeitgeist and recorded viewing behaviors of sports fans they had sort of
Bravo! A Job Well Done For A Change!!
I frequently get accused of rarely paying compliments, and I suspect of late that’s true. When you muse as much as I do about political news items that immediately cuts drastically into the potential of positivity at one’s disposal. And since media is still ostensibly my true area of focus and expertise what has transpired
Please, Gang, Do Better Than Bull Eckert Did
I’m doing my best to try and avoid most of the news cycle of late, especially on days when the leader of the free world is omnipresent enough to the point where he’s literally getting in the way of escapist reality television. Honestly, I can’t stand the man as far I can’t throw him, and