Right now, there’s a very expensive baseball somewhere in this world–most likely in a bank vault in New York City–that is sitting in the dark, waiting to be branded with a hot iron. Like a calf, the ball doesn’t know what’s coming. Unlike a calf, it won’t feel any pain. The ball, of course, is Barry […]

Do you take a running back with each of your first two picks? Or do you make sure to mix in an elite quarterback or wide receiver before they all go off the board? And when is it too early to take a defense? Or a kicker? Thoughts like these keep you up at night? If […]

When Apple debuted its iconic iPhone on June 29, months of geek-fueled hype culminated in a mad rush to Apple’s snobby stores for the honor of paying $499 for a phone that not only does a little bit of everything, but looks pretty cool doing it. Initial reaction to the iPhone was largely positive, with many […]

Websites crashing. Bodies piling up. Bets flying. TVs blacking out. Well, sort of …HBO’s long-running mob drama “The Sopranos” came to an inglorious end a few weekends ago, and the reaction across America was, well, a little whacked. Just under 12 million viewers tuned in to see how series creator David Chase would send conflicted mob […]