The amount of joy I felt was odd but noticeable.

I was out for a run yesterday and nearly every person I passed waved or said “Hi.”  A tiny gesture. ...

I listened to a training session in which the trainer recommended using the weather as the best small talk topic. He even went so far as to say, “Ever...

I took a few pages of notes while covering the NFL Draft this weekend. Most of the notes were on players drafted by the Seattle Seahawks. Some of the ...

My grandma accused me of cheating. 

We were playing Skip-Bo and she (jokingly, I think) accused me of stacking the deck in order to win. For the r...

In sports, the smallest adjustments can lead to the best results. It's rare that you see high-performing athletes completely overhaul their technique....

During baseball season I spend more time talking to people I don't know or people I don't see often than any other time of the year. It's because I'm ...

I’ve spent the last few days talking to newcomers in the Mariners clubhouse and it’s surprising the number of times the word “communication” has co...

There's plenty of room to think outside the box scores this week and use sports small talk to springboard into different conversations. 

The start...

The NCAA Tournament always provides sports fans with the buzzer-beaters, game-winners, upsets and Cinderella stories they crave all year. The games al...