Adam Waller
@adamdigital
News & sports. non-fiction, music. Occasional oldies singing guitar hack
Bears fans traveled to Rome and gave Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV a shirt that says "Da Pope" (🎥 via Ann Bannapradist Munoz/FB)
Billy Joel surprises a NYC pedicab driver and passengers with an impromptu “New York State of Mind.” nypost.com/2025/07/23/ent…
Michael Jordan's 1987-1988 season with the Bulls 📼
NYC pharmacy staff now spend their days unlocking glass cases meant to deter theft—now guarding even generic shampoo and detergent. How do we reverse this tide? Maybe it’ll take a bipartisan commission to call it what it is, a failure of imagination in brick‑and‑mortar retail.
Be teachable. You don't know everything and you're not always right.
While Apple and Alphabet have lagged, Meta—the company that once bet big on the metaverse—is up 20%, thanks to AI. @WSJ
On the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, I fondly recall this hour of live radio I produced for WBUR, Boston’s NPR affiliate, to mark its 50th anniversary in 2019. wbur.org/onpoint/2019/0…
Any way you square it, this sets up an awkward conversation explaining it to either a child or an adult. And this was on ESPN, not some niche corner of the internet. I’m sure plenty of people (in the know on this) were thinking on their toes, or better yet, deferring any answer…
"We hope it gets a little bit more competitive. Because like a girls' trip to Cancun, right now, there's no D." Elle Duncan sums up the first half of the WNBA All-Star Game.
Today it looks like Scottie Scheffler is running away with the claret jug. Two British Open Sundays I’ll never forget: Tom Watson, at 59, leading into the final round in 2009. And Jean Van de Velde at Carnoustie in 1999, unraveling in the water on the 18th. #golf
Watched part one of the new Billy Joel documentary last night. Hard to fathom what he did from ’77 to ’80 with 3 albums in as many years. The Stranger (1977) • Movin’ Out • Just the Way You Are • Only the Good Die Young • Scenes from an Italian Restaurant • She’s Always a…
I’m used to the meaningful rounds of major golf starting later in the day. Should’ve remembered this is the British Open.🏌️♂️
An ideal era to become a college hoops fan. Certainly different from today.
Chris Webber and Jamal Mashburn