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Boston vs. New York: You think this is just about sports?

Here’s a fun article I wrote back in 2012 that may find new meaning for many of baseball fans this week. Again, happy to take any corrections on any particular sports statistics! – Greg When again we see New York Knicks face off against the Boston Celtics this weekend, the beast of an old rivalry… Read More

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The First

The Invention of Benjamin Franklin Part One: Franklin Gothic (1706-1748)

THE FIRST PODCAST   Benjamin Franklin did more in his first forty years than most people do in an entire lifetime. Had he not played a pivotal role in the creation of the United States of America, he still would have been considered an icon in the fields of publishing, science and urban planning. How… Read More

Panic at the Polo Grounds: The first Boston-New York World Series sparks an insane stampede 100 years ago

Above: the crowds at the Polo Ground for Game One. Many of these same people were certainly on hand for the fateful Game Four. One hundred years ago today, in the frantic fall of 1912, even as the nation was in the midst of an intense three-way race to elect a new president, New Yorkers… Read More