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I can’t remember a time I was as frustrated with sports as I am right now, as I have been for the past week or so. I’ve thought a lot about this indust…
Jul 6Share
Friends, it is a TWO NEWSLETTER WEEK, a sight never before seen around here. Enjoy it while it lasts. As a kid, I was awful at the wall-sit. Whenever a…
Jun 24Share
Hi everyone. Extremely unpredictably timed newsletter incoming. Have a great week! In the early 1990s, Lyle Alzado was diagnosed with terminal brain ca…
Jun 22Share
This week’s newsletter has nothing at all to do with sports… but it does mention a baseball game. I’d like to use this space to occasionally write essa…
Jun 9Share
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Here’s a baseball newsletter, which only contains a subtle plug for my podcast. In other podcast-plugging news: My producer…
May 28Share
I come from a long line of people who refuse to retire. My dad, a vascular surgeon, is 66 and shows no signs of slowing down, and my grandpa, also a do…
May 15Share
It's called "Crushed," and it's out now
May 5Share
Today is Mardi Gras, and I happen to be in New Orleans, so I wrote a few words about my favorite day of the year in any year but this one. A million wo…
Feb 17Share
It’s me, and I’m yelling about COVID again. Everything old is new again. Happy reading. Way back at the start of NFL training camp, before the league r…
Jan 26Share
Hi! As promised, though a few weeks late, I’ve finally rebranded this thing with a new name and logo. From here on out, this newsletter will be called …
Jan 15Share
This newsletter is not about sports
Jan 5Share
Hi, friends. It’s a Monday newsletter. I think this is a first, but I figured it made more sense to send something now than on Christmas or over the we…
Dec 28, 2020Share
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