Ted Keith

Managing Editor at SportsTravel. Past: AME at SBJ; senior editor/writer/reporter at Sports Illustrated/SI.com/SI Kids. Father of 2, husband of 1. Tar Heel

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

Sports Business Journal is hiring multiple writer/reporter positions. If interested, please DM me.

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

The Bill Belichick Era has finally arrived. For North Carolina, this is a grand experiment that goes far beyond the football field. I spoke to leaders @UNC for the inside story of how this move is reshaping the landscape in Chapel Hill:

https://t.co/e7Q6M0UlZZ

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

North Carolina's Q1 record was awful. But of the eight metrics the committee uses, UNC was first in five of them. Using an 8-7-6-etc scoring system, the Tar Heels' 51 points easily topped the Last Four In/First Four Out (WVa 42; Texas 41; OSU 36; X 33; SDSU 31; IU 28; Boise 27)

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

North Carolina's last four full-time hires for this job include a guy who built maybe the most talented team in CFB history (Butch Davis at Miami), a CFB Hall of Famer (Mack Brown) and now the NFL GOAT in Bill Belichick. Speaks to the power and potential of Tar Heel football

[UNC Tar Heels @GoHeels]

Welcome to Chapel Hill, Bill Belichick!

The eight-time Super Bowl Champion has officially been named our next @UNCFootball Head Coach.

#GoHeels x #ChapelBill

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

If the rest of the World Series is as great as Game 1 was, Rob Manfred will be a very happy man.

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

It’s official:

Yankees vs. Dodgers.

Judge/Soto/Stanton vs Ohtani/Betts/Freeman.

Broadway vs. Hollywood.

The best franchises in baseball history. The best teams in baseball this year.

MLB got the World Series matchup it’s been dreaming of for years. Ratings Watch is on…

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

Key for the Yankees tonight: situational hitting.

In 7 postseason games:

15 situations with at least two runners on base and fewer than two outs. Total Run Expectancy in those situations: 22.6

Actual Results: 12 runs in those situations and a .111 batting average (4-for-36)

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

A very smart man with a very smart take on this story.

[David M. Rubenstein @DM_Rubenstein]

Thanks @SBJ @LemireJoe for this interesting story about @Orioles.

https://t.co/LJt7GX39GS

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge in the same sport at the same time doing unheard of things is so far and away the best thing happening in American sports right now it isn’t even close. The time and attention paid to middling quarterback performances by comparison is laughable.

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

@QC_Charlottean @carolina_pod Indeed it is. I want to say Erick Rasco shot that, but not certain. Glad you enjoyed it!

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

@TWiseNC @carolina_pod Thanks Tim. That was fun to do.

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

Fun to be a part of this podcast that is a regular part of my rotation anyway. @jadamlucas and @JonesAngell are the best in the biz. Come for the time Roy Williams got in my face over Neil Fingleton! Stay to find out which league is ahead of the game.

[Carolina Insider Pod @carolina_pod]

Ep600:

•NCCU recap

•@TedKeith02 formerly of SI & now w/ @SBJ joins

•ACC Week Three, Power of the Pod for @UNCmenssoccer, Emmy winning Pod guests, Game of Thrones & private equity in college sports

Apple: https://t.co/LR0WoNvJ67

Spotify: https://t.co/WZOt7chOJk

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

With a mother who has dealt with lupus (fortunately not as severe as detailed in this piece), this story was especially memorable. Congrats to my friend @SamBorden and his colleagues for shining an important light on this subject.

https://t.co/Makf7AhkHi

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

The Pete Rose/HBO doc debuts tonight and the reviews of my performance are in: @THR says I'm "strident" and "trustworthy." The @WSJ says I give a "very logical, ethical and commercial argument." I did the interview 18 months ago, so I hope they're right

https://t.co/iQeDZJ3S6b

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

I flew to Birmingham on Wednesday for the Rickwood Field event and on the way there learned of an unexpected connection between my baseball-loving grandfather, who died in 1986, and Willie Mays, who had died the day before. So I wrote a short essay about it.

[Sports Business Journal @SBJ]

"You would have loved this... An actual Major League Baseball regular-season game in your home state!"

MLB's game at Rickwood Field created a unique connection for SBJ's @TedKeith02, whose grandfather, Larry Keith Sr., was a PA announcer there.

https://t.co/WEQfs91CZZ

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

@richarddeitsch @JimmyTraina Great reporter. Fantastic writer. Lucky to have him on our team.

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

@adamduerson @SInow Used to love confusing the copy desk with that one.

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

@adamduerson @SInow This former SI Vault editor is shocked — shocked — to hear of this development.

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

Longest story I ever wrote for Sports Illustrated was in this issue. Working there was the sports journalism equivalent of reaching the majors, and having a feature story published was like a three-HR game. You'd always have one day where you felt like you were as good as anyone

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

Hope the folks from The Big Chill and How I Got Into College are very excited tonight.

[Ted Keith @TedKeith02]

Lowest Immaculate Grid score yet (from yesterday): a 6.