Scottie Scheffler raised questions about happiness and fulfillment. This Harvard professor has some answers.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

I’m halfway through @alansiegella.bsky.social’s Simpsons book. it’s enjoyable as a look at artistic collaboration *and* as a nostalgic look at a show that introduced me to so many references/ideas that it basically taught me how to see and understand the world.

I voted.

“One of the strategies that Federer uses that good leaders use is to crack the door. I always tell people, ‘Don’t feel like you have to swing the door wide open and share your deepest, darkest secrets.

"Your goal is to crack the door. To share a little piece."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...

Michael Kosta is a rotating host on The Daily Show and ... the former 864th-ranked tennis player in the world.

I talked to him about learning how to lose, the lessons we can learn from failure, and where self-belief comes from. (Our parents?)

www.nytimes.com/athletic/639...

“I like people with big, bold personalities. I think I have a big, bold personality and I love it when people match that energy or have their own wild energy.

“If you’ve got weird ideas, I want to hear them.“

Interesting interview with Mark Canha about creativity:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

The Dan Campbell coffee order: Two 20-ounce coffees from Starbucks with two espresso shots in each one.

The assignment: Drink coffee like Campbell for a day and examine the relationship between caffeine and performance:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...

Josh Allen’s talent is undeniable, but it’s only part of the reason he’s successful.

To understand how he became one of the NFL’s most authentic leaders, we called his childhood friends, college teammates and coaches.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/606...

It’s such a privilege to cast a ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame. I never want to forget that. My ballot this year.

I thought a lot about Felix Hernandez. I’ve come around on really valuing peak, stardom and what a player means to his generation. Hope he stays on the ballot.

I loved “A Complete Unknown.”

Me, when Al Kooper showed up to play the organ on “Like a Rolling Stone.”

I read this book in November after a friend recommended it a year or two ago. And wow, what a deeply profound meditation on life, death, parenthood, family. Can’t recommend enough.

Honored to have essays on Pete Maravich and Joel Embiid in The Athletic’s “Basketball 100” book. More than 700 pages of basketball history. Perfect gift for the holidays.

www.amazon.com/Basketball-1...