United? FC? Come on.
Of the 29 teams currently in Major League Soccer (“MLS”), 19 have names which include a pseudo-European component.
The five culprits are the use of “FC”, “CF”, “Sporting”, “City”, and “United.”
Let’s stop kidding ourselves.
I’m writing this post a day before the United States Men’s National (Soccer) Team faces off against The Netherlands at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It’s the most exciting game for the U.S. team in several years.
Tuition can’t grow at 6% forever.
My oldest child is slated to graduate high school in about a dozen years. After that, one would expect her to matriculate at a given university to hopefully pursue a practical…
We need to remove the stigma of college savings gifts from family.
Both my children have 529 college savings accounts. It’s a no-brainer, in my opinion. I regularly put several hundred dollars a month in each account.
I hope they’re thinking of this.
Lots has been written about the magical ChatGPT from OpenAI.
Less has been written about how they plan on monetizing this monster. That tends to be wear magical things go astray.
A small answer to streaming business challenges.
I grew up watching the Boston Bruins on NESN (New England Sports Network). The Bruins own the network in partnership with the Boston Red Sox. I’ve only known a world that involved Bruins games that were broadcast…
We can have fun with this.
Sometimes when exiting a highway, Google Maps reminds me of an old George Carlin bit about airport security. In the bit, Carlin riffs on the various questions the TSA used to ask us before we could fly. One of the questions…
I will miss you. Others should, too.
I’ve lived in the Boston area since spring of 2011, half-way through Governor Deval Patrick’s term in office. When Governor Patrick decided to move on to other things, I happily voted for Charlie Baker because I tend to trust…
What a waste.
A contract instructor at NYU was recently fired after students in his organic chemistry course filed a petition asking for more support. The New York Times article was pretty balanced and touched upon several themes:
Yep, I’m writing a jock tech post.
One of my guilty YouTube pleasures is Sports Dissected. It has gotten better the past couple years as the content has shifted away from the stupid shoe branding rich universities have…
