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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Feb 12, 2023

It doesn’t get much better than this, at least in terms of conversation starters. The Super Bowl had a little something for everyone, whether it was t...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Feb 06, 2023

According to a recent study done at the University of Kansas quality conversation makes our days better. Interestingly enough, the definition of “qual...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jan 29, 2023

The Super Bowl matchup is set. There’s a huge NBA milestone on the horizon and there are a handful of topics you can use in small talk this week. Spor...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jan 22, 2023

Our work relationships are far more important than we give them credit for.

That’s one of the key findings in a recently published book on the scient...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jan 15, 2023

All it takes is a Sunday of watching football to realize how judgy I am. I’m not proud of it, but I did find myself making unfair judgements about tea...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jan 08, 2023

Football is too violent for some people. Baseball is slow for others. Hockey doesn’t make sense to one group of fans while basketball and soccer has n...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Jan 01, 2023

Happy New Year!

It’s the time of year we typically start new habits and routines. You’re already used to glancing through this weekly list of sports ...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Dec 25, 2022

During this holiday season I hope there are more conversations with family and friends than colleagues this week, but regardless of who you encounter ...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Dec 18, 2022

I call them conversation starters, but sometimes you don’t feel like talking. Or maybe you can’t get word in edgewise with your family. Or maybe none ...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Dec 11, 2022

You don't have to stick to sports. You can use sports small talk as a jumping off point for other conversations.

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll did...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Dec 04, 2022

For as much as sports brings people together, sports fans don’t always agree. There’s a lot of fun, light-hearted, healthy debates around sports that ...

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Sports Conversation Starters for Your Workweek Nov 27, 2022

Talking sports is my job. I love looking at the matchups, stats and storylines. I also love how often sports intersects and corresponds to business si...

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