Top Ten Moments of the Decade
This could be a Misty and Kerri top ten... When I was first approached with this assignment, my initial response was to list the top 10 Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh moments and call it a day. After all, it was the decade of Misty and Kerri, there’s no reason why I couldn’t come up with 50 insanely...
Hot Stove: Part 1
Nick Lucena and Brad Keenan, calling it quits... Welcome to “The Hot Stove” with your somewhat atypical host, Hans Stolfus. Yes, the hot stove. Genius, right? That’s what I was thinking. Only, I can’t take credit. That goes to Executive Producer Marc Werschkul. And that’s why he gets paid the...
Who Wants to be the Next Golden Girl
When I was 13 years old, I only wanted to be one person: Stefan Edberg. Sure, I played basketball, baseball and soccer, but my affinity for tennis reigned supreme, and my similar style of play led me to emulate only one player. Key word: style. Edberg was the number one player in the world at the time...
Manning vs Timberlake
JT Melissa’s Payment Via Ach best friend from college married the VP of Advertising for Sony. He used to create Lebron ads for Wieden+Kennedy, my dream job, and then Sony brilliantly bought him out. If the latest Manning/Timberlake commercials are any indication of what’s to come, Sony...
Behind the Scenes at the AVP
In between work, it's always the foos... A few things have changed in the past month. My wife has a new man she loves 10 times more than me. (I bought her a new puppy for our anniversary. It’s the size of a rat. I’m embarrassed to carry him despite his ridiculously high rating on the “cute...
Nicole Branagh Celebrity Musical Playlist
This is the pilot episode of what I would like to become a new monthly feature appropriately titled: “Volleyball Celebrity Musical Playlist.” It all depends on “sweeps week” to see if it gets picked up. You know… What classifies a particular volleyball athlete as a “celebrity?” Well,...