Ron
@ron.bsky.social
Sports Business Professor, vinyl record collector, occasional music writer/critic and 90s alternative music fan.
Contributing author of the books “The 501 Essential Albums of the 90s” and The 501 Essential Albums of the 80s”
Contributing author of the books “The 501 Essential Albums of the 90s” and The 501 Essential Albums of the 80s”
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Ron
@ron.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Started a Sports Business Starter Pack — Please let me know who else needs to be added! (Surprised Sports Business Journal isnt here!) #SportsBizSky go.bsky.app/BToBiw4
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The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today. The next year, the singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot chronicled the tragedy in an unlikely hit single.
Read about how ↓
Read about how ↓
Gordon Lightfoot Read About a Shipwreck. Then He Wrote One of Music's Most Unusual Hit Singles
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today. The next year, the singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot chronicled the tragedy in an unlikely hit single.
Read about how ↓
Read about how ↓
Hmmm. I wonder why there seem to be so many gambling scandals involving athletes. Here’s an article from a media outlet with a relationship with MGM Bet
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hmmm. I wonder why there seem to be so many gambling scandals involving athletes. Here’s an article from a media outlet with a relationship with MGM Bet
David Letterman bringing out Warren Zevon’s guitar from his final Late Show performance to be played at his induction. I’m not crying. 😭 #rockhall
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
David Letterman bringing out Warren Zevon’s guitar from his final Late Show performance to be played at his induction. I’m not crying. 😭 #rockhall
Taking a college football break to watch the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and the are starting strong with a Sly Stone tribute featuring Stevie Wonder, Flea and more! #RRHOF25
November 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Taking a college football break to watch the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and the are starting strong with a Sly Stone tribute featuring Stevie Wonder, Flea and more! #RRHOF25
Wow. Neither team deserved to lose. Congrats to the Dodgers.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Wow. Neither team deserved to lose. Congrats to the Dodgers.
Fitting that we get a Stanley Cup Game 7 OT atmosphere in a Canadian World Series.
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Fitting that we get a Stanley Cup Game 7 OT atmosphere in a Canadian World Series.
The DEFENSE in this World Series has been next level.
#WorldSeries
#WorldSeries
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The DEFENSE in this World Series has been next level.
#WorldSeries
#WorldSeries
It would be so fitting for all the drama…
What if the World Series ends with a walk or hit by pitch.
November 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It would be so fitting for all the drama…
What if we have #WorldSeries shrimp? Has a walkoff walk ever happened in the World Series?? @jaysonst.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
What if we have #WorldSeries shrimp? Has a walkoff walk ever happened in the World Series?? @jaysonst.bsky.social
Gambling Is Killing Sports and Consuming America www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
Opinion | Gambling Is Killing Sports and Consuming America
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November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Gambling Is Killing Sports and Consuming America www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Friendly reminder that Republicans are garbage, entirely devoid of empathy, compassion, or honor. They are terrified little babies who are filled with hate, scared to death of anything they don't understand. And they don't understand most things, because they are also deeply incurious.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Friendly reminder that Republicans are garbage, entirely devoid of empathy, compassion, or honor. They are terrified little babies who are filled with hate, scared to death of anything they don't understand. And they don't understand most things, because they are also deeply incurious.
Google just made sure that Gen-X will be completely unproductive today. #PacMan #GoogleDoodle
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Google just made sure that Gen-X will be completely unproductive today. #PacMan #GoogleDoodle
Random #WorldSeries thing that only I (and maybe @jaysonst.bsky.social) may find interesting:
Graig Nettles made his MLB debut in 1967. In his final season, he was a teammate of Randy Johnson on the Expos, who was a teammate of Max Scherzer at the Diamondbacks, who is active with Toronto tonight.
Graig Nettles made his MLB debut in 1967. In his final season, he was a teammate of Randy Johnson on the Expos, who was a teammate of Max Scherzer at the Diamondbacks, who is active with Toronto tonight.
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Random #WorldSeries thing that only I (and maybe @jaysonst.bsky.social) may find interesting:
Graig Nettles made his MLB debut in 1967. In his final season, he was a teammate of Randy Johnson on the Expos, who was a teammate of Max Scherzer at the Diamondbacks, who is active with Toronto tonight.
Graig Nettles made his MLB debut in 1967. In his final season, he was a teammate of Randy Johnson on the Expos, who was a teammate of Max Scherzer at the Diamondbacks, who is active with Toronto tonight.
Having flashbacks to the Inge HBP that wasn’t called in Game 163 in 2009…..
October 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Having flashbacks to the Inge HBP that wasn’t called in Game 163 in 2009…..
Ok, Seattle. There is only one Señor Smoke and it’s this guy:
October 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Ok, Seattle. There is only one Señor Smoke and it’s this guy:
How’s this for an omen: Hal Newhouser and Mickey Lolich are the only two Tigers leftys to win a "winner-take-all" postseason game. BOTH did it on October 10th. Skubal would become the third if the Tigers win. #mlbpostseason @jaysonst.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
How’s this for an omen: Hal Newhouser and Mickey Lolich are the only two Tigers leftys to win a "winner-take-all" postseason game. BOTH did it on October 10th. Skubal would become the third if the Tigers win. #mlbpostseason @jaysonst.bsky.social
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An unintended consequence of the death of cursive writing is the fact that there are dedicated people on the internet that have to decode signatures because people can’t read them. If I were a celebrity I’d make sure to sign every letter of my name legibly so future generations would know.
July 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
An unintended consequence of the death of cursive writing is the fact that there are dedicated people on the internet that have to decode signatures because people can’t read them. If I were a celebrity I’d make sure to sign every letter of my name legibly so future generations would know.
Wonder if Progressive or GEICO is pleased with this setup. #mlb #SportsBiz
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wonder if Progressive or GEICO is pleased with this setup. #mlb #SportsBiz
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I had a whole story ready to publish about this convention center vote, but Yaroslavsky's speech — one of the most powerful I’ve ever seen on the council floor — said it better than I ever could. It's a must-read, and I also included a link to the video
"This expansion is unrealistic, unaffordable, and fiscally irresponsible"
Katy Yaroslavsky's words are about the city's convention center — but they are really about the city
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September 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I had a whole story ready to publish about this convention center vote, but Yaroslavsky's speech — one of the most powerful I’ve ever seen on the council floor — said it better than I ever could. It's a must-read, and I also included a link to the video
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At this point it's not that he doesn't get the fact that we're in an existential battle for the survival of American democracy. It's that he doesn't give a shit. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Schumer: "What we are asking, very simply, is what has always been done in these kinds of budget negotiations -- a bipartisan negotiation."
September 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
At this point it's not that he doesn't get the fact that we're in an existential battle for the survival of American democracy. It's that he doesn't give a shit. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Did anyone else catch the “flag” thrown on the field in the Cincy game?
We are living in the stupidest timeline.
We are living in the stupidest timeline.
September 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Did anyone else catch the “flag” thrown on the field in the Cincy game?
We are living in the stupidest timeline.
We are living in the stupidest timeline.