Pinned#ThisIsNotBaseball: How Angels in the Outfield Might Unfold in the Social Media EraThirty years later, two social-media savvy sportswriting fans of the film offer their take.Jul 12, 2024Jul 12, 2024
PinnedAn animatophile’s rose-giving missionJulian Hester arranged a classic cartoon’s first core cast reunion, and has achieved several other enriching sit-downs through a podcast…Feb 7, 2022Feb 7, 2022
PinnedNew England Sports Network: 40 years of sticking to a nameBuilt around a dual Red Sox-Bruins nucleus, NESN has constantly kept all of New England on its mind and its air.Mar 29, 2024Mar 29, 2024
PinnedCradle-O-Creators: Rocko’s Modern Life at 30Martin Olson was not so much an eye in a hurricane. He was more like a contented cruise ship coasting among other boats who churned antsy…Sep 14, 2023Sep 14, 2023
PinnedSister cities in the spotlight at the 2020 Summer OlympicsWith a virus and heat afflicting both sides of the Pacific, the need for unity is all the more pointed. The Olympic involvement of six U.S…Jul 20, 2021Jul 20, 2021
Notable Rhode Island references on Saturday Night LiveAuthor’s note: I have already put a Southern New England spin on Saturday Night Live’s golden anniversary by submitting this short piece on…Feb 14Feb 14
’90s Saturday Night Live’s connections to ’90s NickelodeonA quarter-century ago this Tuesday, Snow Day hit theaters as a de facto extension on ’90s Nickelodeon output. That just-concluded decade’s…Feb 11Feb 11
The ’90s were the Decade of the snake in sportsIn 2003, a Sports Logos chat forum hosted a conversation regarding an apparent dearth of snake mascots in sports. The prime focus was…Jan 29Jan 29
2024 in Review: My 10 favorite writing projects of the yearI grew as a writer by virtue of shrinking over the past 12 months.Dec 13, 2024Dec 13, 2024
‘Rocko’s Modern Christmas’: A dreamy portrait of a holiday and humanityUnless “Short Story” — the first segment of Rocko’s Modern Life’s sophomore season finale — was penned before the Christmas special that…Dec 5, 2024Dec 5, 2024
Only Murders Season 4 makes Planes, Trains and Automobiles a more powerful rewatchDoreen Savage (Melissa McCarthy) starts her debut on Only Murders in the Building by sarcastically acknowledging her brother…Nov 22, 2024Nov 22, 2024
Theorizing a Track List for Jock Rock, Volume 3ESPN dropped Jock Rock, Volume 1 30 years ago Friday, October 25, thereby launching a steady series of canned-music compilations that…Oct 25, 2024Oct 25, 2024
Splat Attack Podcast, ’90s Nick Nostalgia Go HollywoodIn a rare fit of brevity, Manny Oramas issued a sweeping eight-syllable take on the top moment in the Splat Attack Podcast’s first three…Oct 18, 2024Oct 18, 2024
The complete history of Maura Tierney on NBCHow many multirole Law & Order actors can say they appeared in the pre-Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) era, again in the post-Waterston days…Sep 30, 2024Sep 30, 2024
The great Red Sox championship comeback — 20 years before ’04Billy Broadbent is going on an aggregate 45 years working for his hometown’s bygone Pawtucket Red Sox and their namesake Boston parent…Sep 13, 2024Sep 13, 2024
The incredibly decorated Moe SzyslakTo think that Hank Azaria was not even a repertory player for the first season of The Simpsons.Sep 3, 2024Sep 3, 2024
Ezra Frech and His Upbringing of VisibilityAs the high jump phenom goes into his second Paralympics and first since reaching the age of majority, he comes off a boyhood rife with…Aug 23, 2024Aug 23, 2024
Rocket Power’s cautionary tales from Mount BaldyMaybe there’s something about a 180-degree change of scenery — or, in this case, about a 60-degree departure from the outdoor air you’re…Aug 9, 2024Aug 9, 2024
Wridols: Katie BakerAuthor’s note: This is the latest installment of a periodic series where I break down the qualities of a selected reporter-writer’s work…Jul 26, 2024Jul 26, 2024
When tornadoes had their hockey heydayThe dusk and dawn of two millennia saw a spike in spinning-storm symbolism, and substantial success for a couple of teams using it.Jul 19, 2024Jul 19, 2024