Remember “Tebow Time”?
There was a six week period where the excitement over Tim Tebow grew like a nuclear reaction, with “buzzer beater” wins leading to more and more attention. The Denver Broncos backed into the NFL...
View ArticlePeyton Manning’s Layoff Story
Near the peak of the Great Recession, Peyton Manning got laid off. Like millions of Americans before him, he was an aging, highly paid specialist with medical issues. As is often the case, there...
View ArticleThe NFL Has a Problem
Professional football in America dates back to around 1920. The college game goes back even further. Theodore Roosevelt loved how the game built athleticism, character, teamwork and willpower. In...
View ArticleThe Future of Football
Mention a sudden motion of the head and for a neuroscientist, the word concussion comes to mind. The result is a scrambling of the electrical circuitry in the brain, producing some combination of...
View ArticleThe Tebow Principle
John Elway said Tim’s the kind of guy he’d like his daughter to marry. Panthers head coach Ron Rivera said he’s a play maker, and all he’s ever done is win. Tom Brady said Tim’s a very talented...
View ArticleSplit Brains
Your brain is split in two. You can thank Roger Sperry for pointing that out. Roger is the Caltech Professor who received the 1981 Nobel Prize for his observation that there is “functional...
View ArticleSearching Big Data for a Win
Experts tell us that there are nearly 8 zettabytes of data out there in the world, and the count is growing fast. Much like the stuff in your attic, a lot of it is redundant. There are things you...
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