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HausCast 23: MDS on Kornheiser, Gladwell and MMA

The FanHouse Podcast: Because bloggers are much sexier on the phone. In Episode 23, FanHouse's Michael David Smith joins Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson to talk about Tony Kornheiser's departure from Monday Night Football. Jon Gruden now has the gig, but is it a one-year deal? And is there a chance that should Gruden return...

Rebuild Without the Draft? Impossible in The NBA

Disclaimer: I enjoy Malcolm Gladwell a great deal. I read his books, columns and blog. There's a substantial backlash against him, especially in the sports world, but I'm not a part of it. He has great gifts in distillation and (in my opinion) telling stories. I'm a fan. (I also generally like Bill Simmons, for the...

Malcolm Gladwell: Lions Should Have Run the No-Huddle

One of the maddening things about the Detroit Lions over the eight-year Matt Millen era -- and especially during their winless season in 2008 -- was that no matter how awful the team was, the coaches and front office seemed to feel certain that they were doing things the right way, and that they didn't need to change.Every...

The 'Moral Hazard' of NBA Strategy

In his lengthy dispatch exchange with ESPN's Bill Simmons, New Yorker writer and bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell endorses wholesale changes to the NBA draft. Specifically, he wants to erase the incentive for bad teams -- he wants all teams, elite and awful, to have a shot at the best players in the draft.Gladwell has...

Malcolm Gladwell on the Full-Court Press in 12-Year-Old Girls' Basketball

Malcolm Gladwell's article in the current issue of The New Yorker focuses on Vivek Ranadivé, a man with limited basketball knowledge who took his 12-year-old daughter's basketball team to the national championships (yes, they have national champions for 12-year-old girls) by employing the full-court press. As you'd expect...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

'Creating Innovators'

Research shows that human beings are born with an innate desire to explore, experiment, and imagine new possibilities -- in a word, to innovate.

COMEDY 23/6 - HUFFINGTON POST

WATCH: Hilarious Book Trailer Features Dick Cavett And Malcolm Gladwell

Comedian and musician Dave Hill has written a memoir.

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05/29/12 You mean people have more then 150 facebook friends? I... Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia Next time a person swears at you in traffic, why not wave giddily at them so they'll spend the rest of the day wondering which acquaintance they had just insulted.
05/20/12 Vinod Kumaar Ramakrishnan: As a team memberâ¦ Source: ThoughtBlogs Malcolm Gladwell mentions an example in his book "The Tipping Point" that when the number of people who can act in the scene increases then the number of people who will act will decrease considerably.
05/19/12 Author to speak at city event Source: Winnipeg Free Press - Manitoba - Canada MALCOLM Gladwell has a knack for interpreting new ideas exactly at the time our society is most susceptible to thinking about them.
05/19/12 If there's one thing at which I excel, it's being... Source: Guelph Mercury This is not intended as a complaint or even as a sneaky bit of humble brag, just a passing observation on the chaotic juggling act that is my everyday life.
05/18/12 Saturday's Child: Why We Should Ban College... Source: Bleacher Report Most of us relish the spectacle of college football on crisp Saturday afternoons, sitting in the stands at a mammoth football stadium in the heart of the Big Ten or the SEC.