Ten days ago, I wrote a piece for The Wall Street Journal lamenting how companies I patronize have turned increasingly political and woke. Many are speciously echoing Democratic Party claims that Georgia’s new voting law is racist without specifying how so. Others have been woke...
I’ve been scammed by many companies in my lifetime, but never as audaciously and for as much money as we have just been scammed with Spectrum. This company is criminal! Back in January, my wife noticed that we had two charges from Spectrum on our...
Here are some Footsteps of Federer updates: So far, we already have great reviews and/or mentions from Federer biographer Rene Stauffer in Tages Anzeiger (syndicated to 11 Swiss newspapers, Swiss Info, Tennis, the Daily Telegraph, Newly Swissed, Tennis Now, Thrive Global, and Perfect Tennis. I...
I had high expectations for Chris Clarey’s new Federer biography because I’m a huge Federer fan and because Chris has done a fine job of covering tennis for NYT for many years. But sadly this book misses the mark on many fronts and I’m shocked...
I have subscriptions to Direct TV’s highest tier of programming with hundreds of packages. I have a subscription to Tennis TV. And I get Tennis Channel and have a subscription to Tennis Channel Plus. Please don’t tell my wife, but I spend a mother fricking fortune each...
** Read the first chapter of Mad Travelers via Literary Hub ** Listen to this podcast interview I did on Footsteps of Federer and Mad Travelers with Joe Hamilton of the St. Pete X podcast. ** Here's a podcast interview I did with the great Rolf Potts,...
My recent interview with Roger Federer is now out on The New York Times website! Big thanks to Switzerland Tourism and The New York Times for giving me the opportunity to interview my favorite athlete of all time, a man who is not only a...
You may have heard that my hero, Roger Federer, became an unpaid spokesperson for Switzerland Tourism on March 29. That's right folks, the man is selling Switzerland for nothing more than love of country. Can you imagine Lebron James or Tom Brady doing this for...
WARNING: There may be some spoilers below depending on how much or little you’ve already read about William Baekeland and my book, Mad Travelers. When I first heard that HBO was making a film about William Baekeland—a wanderlust-stricken Brit accused of being a con man by...
On April 22, HBO/MAX debuts a new 10-episode series about con artists and hustlers produced by Jigsaw Productions and CNN Original Studios called Generation Hustle. Episode 6 is about William Baekeland, the primary character in my forthcoming book, Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed...