Husband. Father. Lover of reason and unreasonableness. I love the Yankees - the epitome of corporate sports - and The U - which is not. I'm quite the dichotomy.
@ralphDrussoATH This and the last 2 games show that the book on Miami is that they’re prone to misdirection and tricks due to a lack of discipline and back end speed.
@TheStateOfTheU This and the last 2 games show that the book on us is that we’re prone to misdirection and tricks due to a lack of discipline and back end speed.
There is a chorus of grief today from those of us who work, or worked, at ESPN
Howie Schwab was an unlikely on-air cult figure but long before then he was one of those who truly built the place: diligent, professional, and more importantly endlessly friendly and supportive to everybody (including the new, lost, anchor in from LA, or the prodigal anchor returning 20 years later)
Simply, ESPN never rises to the heights it did, nor exists today, without him. He died this morning and the memorials and "#RIPs" are insufficient - but they'll have to do.
And as the creator of the research department he'd have been satisfied: the description of his impact, and of the uniform grief at his loss, were both succinct and accurate.
Thank you, Howie.