• Culture,  Sports,  Stuff You Didn't Know

    Kabaddi

    In addition to discovering an amazing sport, there are a whole mess of other things that you're going to come across when you fall down the cricket rabbit hole. If you thought you were a worldly and informed person, you're…

  • Culture,  Travel

    Summer Vacation

    Here in Boston, it's finally looking like spring. Temperatures have hit the 60s a couple of times, the Red Sox have started their season, and I finally put the snow shovel back in the basement -- hopefully -- until next…

  • Celebrity,  Numbers

    “What’s a Virat Kohli?”

    ESPN's annual World Fame 100 list -- a ranking of the 100 most famous athletes in the world -- was released this week and that officially starts the now-traditional, week-long barrage of "Who the heck is Virat Kohli?" calls to…

  • Binge Watching,  Culture

    Netflix’s Cricket Fever

    Netflix has always been your go-to for watching 40 consecutive episodes of your favorite TV show from the 90s and now it's a great way to learn about cricket and its global impact. Cricket Fever, an eight-part Netflix original documentary…

  • Culture

    Welcome!

    When I first discovered cricket in 2016, I had one singular use in mind for it. It needed to be something baseball-like that I could watch all winter until spring training started up again. Now that baseball is back on…

  • Creative,  Rules,  Wow

    Fun from Bangladesh

    Here's a three-minute video that any cricket fan would find cool -- but for someone new to the sport, there's a ton of interesting stuff to be learned from it. This is from a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match from…