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Return With Us To The Thrilling(?) Days Of Yesteryear…

I always thought it was called Throwback Thursday, a day I was encouraged to participate in by someone once close to me who would typically find the time to post some sort of memory from their past and amplify their social media following,  Frequently, those memories were from provocative modeling shoots.  I kinda liked those

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For The Love Of The Game. And The Money.

If there was any doubt whatsoever of the stranglehold that the National Football League has on America’s emotions and behavior, the events of this holiday weekend should convince even the most skeptical of us that there is scant little else that can get people, organizations–heck, even state leaders–to fall at the sport’s gladitorial feet and

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The Worldwide Liar In Sports?

I’ve never worked for ESPN, but plenty of really talented and decent people I’ve known personally, some from college and some from professional alliances, have.  Some still do, though in recent years that list has diminished significantly.  I especially miss the ones who routinely handed out branded swag like Tic Tacs at various events they

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Scarce As A Peacock?

You wanna see  the defending Super Bowl champions, the stars of the current in-season iteration of HARD KNOCKS and, much like the Golden Globes, a possible glimpse at Taylor Swift?  On a Saturday night in mid-January, on a holiday weekend, when it’s damn cold around most of the country, even the exurbs of Los Angeles?

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When The Fish Stinks From The Top, How Does Gutting It Help?

Happy New Year indeed.  If you are or happen to know any of the approximately 500 employees of the media companies of Amazon who woke up on the tenth day to learn they were no longer employed, you probably are adding a couple of additional NSFW adjectives between the words Happy and New. Look, all

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It’s The New World’s Fair. And A Few Good-Excellent Things, Too.

I actually recall the wonder and awe of the World’s Fair that took place mere blocks from my childhood apartment sixty (gasp) years ago.  If you’re of a certain age and geography, you might as well.  Some of my fondest and earliest memories were of the many exhibits that promised the world of tomorrow.   The

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A Rare Chance To Learn Why Something Went Right

The 2024 Golden Globes are in the books, and to many who consider themselves keepers of the flame, it was a horrific viewing experience.   A good deal of that opinion was driven by the opening monologue of a previously obscure comedian named Jo Koy, who managed to tick off not only almost everyone with a

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For GSN, The Games Are Still Played ON The Screen

There’s a new TV series premiering tonight, and I highly doubt they’ll be too many places that will consider it big news.  It’s a basic cable network premiere, which is a world where in the pecking order of viewing and promotion priorities these days is a very distant third behind streaming and broadcast.  It’s a

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