Posts by Michael Kruse

September 11, 2012
The Ballad of the Fabulous Sports Babe

The rise and fall (and rise) of a sports-talk radio pioneer.
August 2, 2012
July in Sports: By the Numbers

Here’s a look at the numbers behind some of the biggest sports stories this past month. Send us suggestions for next month’s edition by tweeting at @michaelkruse with the hashtag #GrantlandStats. What the 1948 London Olympics cost: $1.2 million. Cost of the 2012 London Olympics as estimated by the British government in 2003: $3.7 billion. […]
July 6, 2012
The Big Show

Behind the scenes with The Franchise‘s dysfunctional Miami Marlins.
July 2, 2012
June in Sports: By the Numbers

Here’s a look at the numbers behind some of the biggest sports stories this past month. Send us suggestions for next month’s edition by tweeting at @michaelkruse with the hashtag #GrantlandStats. Number of Seattle Mariners who combined to pitch a no-hitter June 8 against the Los Angeles Dodgers: 6. Number of no-hitters pitched this year […]
June 4, 2012
May in Sports: By the Numbers

Here’s a look at the numbers behind some of the biggest sports stories this past month. Send us suggestions for next month’s edition by tweeting at @michaelkruse with the hashtag #GrantlandStats. Amount of money Peyton Manning made last year: $42 million. Amount of money David Beckham made last year: $46 million. Number of soccer teams […]
May 16, 2012
The Coming of the Goldman Sachs Yankees

When will we see ads on American jerseys?
May 1, 2012
April in Sports: By the Numbers

Here’s a look at the numbers behind some of the biggest sports stories this past month. Send us suggestions for next month’s edition by tweeting at @michaelkruse with the hashtag #GrantlandStats. Average number of viewers for NBA games on TNT this year, its highest-rated, most-viewed NBA season ever: 2,498,000. Corresponding percentage jump from last year: […]
March 30, 2012
March in Sports: By the Numbers

Here’s a look at the numbers behind some of the biggest sports stories this past month. Send us suggestions for next month’s edition by tweeting at @michaelkruse with the hashtag #GrantlandStats. Estimated number of workers in America who filled out March Madness NCAA tournament brackets in an office pool: 30 million. Number of people who participated in […]
February 29, 2012
February in Sports: By the Numbers

Here’s a look at the numbers behind some of the biggest sports stories this past month. Send us suggestions for next month’s edition by tweeting at @michaelkruse with the hashtag #GrantlandStats. Estimated number of chicken wings eaten in America on Super Bowl Sunday: 1.25 billion. Average current weight of an NFL player: 248 pounds. Percentage by which […]
February 21, 2012
Davidson’s Chase Continues

The NCAA tournament in March 2008 was so thrilling for us Davidson people, so consuming, so galvanizing, that it was next to impossible to not think grandiose thoughts. So now this is how it’s going to be. Davidson hasn’t been back since. The team the next year lost in the semifinals of the Southern Conference […]

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