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Career Day 2018 Remarks
Show of hands: who here knows what they want to do when they grow up? Who has no idea what they want to be yet? I am/was with you... I sometimes still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. The key is to
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"Just Don't Listen to Lawrence Frank"
Jay Williams appeared on the Bill Simmons Podcast to talk about his career in basketball, which was tragically ended when he crashed his motorcycle in June 2003. The 2002 No. 2 NBA Draft pick of the Chicago Bulls had a banner college career with Duke, including a national championship in
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The Economist - Audio Edition Playback Speed
The Economist Magazine is a bear to read each week. But, for me, it is a necessity. Its thoroughness on worldwide politics and business is not approached by any other publications. The digital magazine also comes with word-for-word narration of every article by professional voice-over talent. As a long-distance car
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Williams Feature: Sean Willing to Learn
Myles Garrett was drafted Number One in the 2017 NFL Draft. Garrett's older brother is Sean Williams, who was drafted in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft. Time has sanded over what was a potentially exciting and unknown quantity. I wrote a feature on Sean in
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Do Not Count Out LeBron James
My nights have been upended in terms of the leisure I once enjoyed. Pre-kid, and pre-marriage, I would get home from work at 6-6:30PM, put on some comfortable clothes, and lock in for a night of media consumption. This consisted of screens showing sports, binge-worthy television shows, and movies,
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A Little Cool Air
My 17 month-old son, Liam, is watched during the workweek by his grandmothers, on a daily rotating basis. My mom was at-bat today and called me this morning shortly after I left the house, telling me that she had already changed a dirty diaper and gave him a little undercarriage
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Golden Age of NBA Podcasts?
I love podcasts, and I love the NBA. And lately it seems the two have intertwined in a joyous symbiosis. For me, it started several years ago with Bill Simmons and his ESPN podcast, "The BS Report." Simmons is often the "gateway" pod for many sports
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Apple Event 9/9/2015 - iPhone 6s, iPad Pro, Apple TV
The yearly September occurrence of Apple announcing its new product line and the media in turn announcing that Apple has lost its innovative verve took place yesterday in San Francisco. When you are Apple (or any of the players in the market), it is very hard to wow the world.
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My Top 10 Influential Music Albums
Last night, on my hour-long commute home, I got to thinking. Could I name 10 albums that influenced me, changed my to-that-point perception of music, and gave me the warm epidermal feeling either right away or over time. Here's my attempt:
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Could Andrew Wiggins Have Been The Cleveland Cavaliers Version of Andre Iguodala?
What Could Have Been? On this the morning of NBA Draft Day 2015, I look back to a year ago. Last year, Andrew Wiggins was taken by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick. It was the second year in a row and third-time-in-four years that the Cavs held
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Streaming Music Trial Puts Apple in a Pickle
On June 30th Apple is set to unveil its streaming music service, Apple Music. The service will initially be available to Apple users. In terms of what the service is, think Spotify: 30 million songs available on-demand for $10/month. There are some ancillary features, like curated playlists and a