Some anticlimactic news: This is my final blog post on this website for a while (maybe ever).
My first post was published the day I launched my redesigned site on Aug. 1, 2014. I said in that post that I didn’t anticipate blogging frequently.
At that time, I had recently finished grad school and was looking for full-time work. So the site was mostly a portfolio site and partly a way to show I was keeping busy. Read the whole post
2020 is coming to a close. You don’t need me to write a short summary explaining what 2020 has been like, you have already read enough of those. Welcome back to “My best work of [Insert Year Here]” an ongoing series in which I compile my favorite work from … most years.
Some years I’m a little more proud of the work I’ve done than others, which is a weird thing to write or say out loud because the hope is that each year is better than the last, but it doesn’t always work out that way. Read the whole post
I’m about a week late to the “Best of 2018” season, which is typically tired and played out by the time we reach Christmas. But on the final work days before Christmas, I was wrapping up my three-week honeymoon in New Zealand. So, yeah, you can probably tell 2018 was a great year for me.
But I also have a lot of work that I’m proud of from the past year. Read the whole post
I don’t compile a “Best of” list every December, but I felt compelled to for 2017. That’s probably a good sign for how I feel about the work I did this year. Some years I try to tackle a couple big projects, some years I take on a lot of little things. This year I tried to do a little of both. Read the whole post
Yesterday I unveiled my map. At least I finally put it online. In my apartment I have the real map, a giant one on a corkboard where I have pins in all the places I’ve been. As a geography nerd who has spent the last 20 years pretty obsessed with sports travel, it’s become one of my favorite possessions. I’ve wanted to move it online for a while now and I finally did yesterday. Read the whole post
At some point during the Olympics— the days very much blur together at this point— I was sitting at my desk yammering about judo or handball or whitewater slalom kayak racing or something. A coworker asked me if I was always into the Olympics this much, or if it was only because this year I was hosting a podcast. I told him that the podcast existed because I love the Olympics, and not the other way around. Read the whole post
Prediction accountability is important. I’m borrowing a phrase here from Eric Single, my coworker at SI. For him it’s sort of like a catchphrase, as a quick Twitter search shows. Although I think he’s half-kidding.
Predictions are a staple in sports media. They’re in newspapers, magazines, websites, pre-game shows, podcasts and everywhere else. Whether you’re a reporter, analyst, writer, commentator, studio host or fan on Twitter, you make predictions. Read the whole post
It’s a big day for my little passion project—the PHLNYPR finally has a home.
The PHLNYPR, many of you probably don’t know, is a… thing… I’ve been doing on Twitter since September 2012. It stands for Philly/New York Power Rankings.
On the first day of every month, I rank all 12 pro sports teams from Philly and New York in the four major sports leagues. Read the whole post
My Phillies wall calendar arrived in the mail on Thursday. This is an annual tradition, one of the perks of renewing my Sunday season ticket plan.
I’m sure this used to be an easier exercise for the Phillies’ marketing staff. Utley! Rollins! Howard [when he was popular]! Several really good pitchers!
Now… it’s a little harder to string together 12 solid months of players who fans will be excited to see as they flip through the year. Read the whole post
To start with the lede: I’m launching a podcast. You probably already figured that out from the headline.
Technically I’ve been launching a podcast for the past few months, today is just the day I can finally switch things into past tense and say that I’ve launched a podcast. You can already listen to Episode 1 on my site, or search for it and subscribe in the iTunes store. Read the whole post