The pressure new sports fans put on themselves is immense. From thinking they need an answer to every question or believing they should know more fact...

Fans in stadiums have led to the highest NFL ratings in six years. That’s based on numbers through the first four weeks of the regular season. Games h...

Leadership is process of discovery. Discovering how to be more effective, authentic, vulnerable. How to be more of your whole self and find your voice...

Sports headlines are great for building your sports knowledge base and starting conversation, but what happens when you get asked to dive deeper or ge...

There’s a thought among some long-time fans that bandwagon fans aren’t “real” fans. Wrong. They’re just showing a different level and interest in spor...

Everything changes, including your decisions. The “right“ decision might change based on new circumstances. That’s why it’s far more important to focu...

Not all conversation starters are useful or even appropriate for small talk. 

I follow a few news outlets and newsletters that offer conversation sta...

There are a lot of things you could talk about when you become a sports fan, and that’s part of the problem - there are too many things to talk about....

Fandom isn’t accidental. There’s always a story behind a favorite team or player. If you don’t want to talk about the outcome of a game with a colleag...

In the last 18 months I’ve gotten pretty good at both hearing and saying, “I don’t know.” Sometimes it is the best answer, and sometimes it’s the only...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but there’s no such thing as sports talk “for women.” I’m a woman who’s worked in sports broadcasting for 20 year...

This is the silly family update I posted last week. My niece and nephew live in Houston, but there’s never been any doubt (at least in my mind) they...