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On Duncan, the NFL and A La Carte Cable

First, to Duncan Listen, the Sportsburglar absolutely loves Tim Duncan. Besides Jordan, he is the best basketball player in my lifetime, or will be by the time he is done. The Spurs are about to ink him to a $40 million extension. The thing that I love about this...

The Unknown Citizen by W.H. Auden

(To JS/07/M/378 This Marble Monument Is Erected by the State) He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be One against whom there was no official complaint, And all the reports on his conduct agree That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint,...

On the Yankees World Series Success

The SportsBurglar just watched the Yankees get bounced in the first round of the playoffs yet again and couldn’t be happier about it. I don’t subscribe to the Evil Empire theory. I don’t think that the Yankees are bad for baseball. But as with many...

Cable Television: Monthly Cost per Channel

Do you know how much you pay a month for ESPN? USA Network? Animal Planet? Most people don’t, whether as a result of indifference or just because the information is not that readily available. According to HowCableShouldBe, cable companies pay Big Media the...