For as long as I’ve been involved with Socially Responsible Investing, its practitioners have declined to invest in gaming stocks, particularly those associated with an online…
On December 5, 2012 Ohio State’s President, Gordon ‘Gaffer’ Gee decided to amuse the University’s Athletics Council[1] with war stories while the tape rolled. Six months later, thanks…
How differently we experience of professional sports than our grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ did. A delightful exhibit at the Boston Public Library on Boston Sports Temples (BPL Main Branch in…
Let’s talk about breaking up institutions, maybe even Evil Empires. ‘Break up the Yankees!’ How many times I heard that in my first 14 years. Two years…
When I take visitors to Cambridge around Harvard Yard, I pause outside Memorial Church, point to the imposing building opposite it and ask if they know what they’re…
‘I’m excited about being a Zip.’ So said disgraced former Ohio State football coach, Jim Tressel when, last February, he became an administrator at the University of Akron. …
American Airlines’ maintenance fiascos and PR embarrassments have provoked a lot of comment – little of it more than whinging. But now comes a very wise post on…