Dorkapalooza 2010: Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Recap #ssac
It’s over. One of the great sports gatherings of the year has come to an end. The winter baseball meetings? No, that happened months ago. The NCAA tournament selection committee? That’s next week. The NFL Draft? Next month. The giant inflatable beavers of Vancouver? Excellent guess, but no. I’m talking about the 2010 MIT Sloan [...]
Read more »Old School Meets New School: Knicks Tweetup 2010 #NYKTweetup
What on earth was I doing at a Knicks game on a Saturday night? I’m not a Knicks fan. And I was getting over the worst cold I’ve ever had. So why would I drag myself out of my nice warm, cozy apartment to see a team that’s lost nine of its last ten games? [...]
Read more »“Tremendously Tremendous”: USA-Canada Hockey Tale of the Tweets
What a night in the Olympics. Could you believe the Russian ice dancers? What a performance! Oh wait, you mean you weren’t watching ice dancing? But it was on NBC, the network home of the Olympics! *sigh*
I’ll be doing a separate blog post on the whole NBC/MSNBC issue, but for now, I wanted to do [...]
Tale of the Tweets: Westminster Doggie Show Style
I have a confession to make. I really wanted to have my blog post from Westminster done by now. I mean, I was there all day on Tuesday and it’s Friday morning and yet, still nothing. Not that I haven’t thought about it. Not that I haven’t wanted to write it. (I’ve written the headline. [...]
Read more »Who Dat Gonna Do a Super Bowl Tale of the Tweets?
This was a tough Super Bowl for me. Consider all the factors in play: I was rooting with all my heart for the Saints. I’m a Twitter addict. And I had friends over for my 9th annual Super Bowl Soiree. So, to tweet or not to tweet: that was the question.
At first I decided that [...]




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