Adam McFarland

Tips for Success in the World's First Sports Stock Market

The AllSportsMarket is a financial exchange using a professional trading platform to buy and sell issues of sports teams. It is just like the stock market, but with sports teams! You compete with other players for real money. Money is earned from the u... Read >

Is Al Michaels Still the Best NFL Play-by-Play Announcer?

When ABC "traded" Al Michaels to NBC this off-season to be their number one play-by-play announcer for their new Sunday night NFL football package, it became clear that he is still perceived to be the best play-by-play announcer in the business. However,... Read >

Is Mike Breen the Best NBA Play-by-Play Announcer?

When ABC "traded" Al Michaels to NBC this off-season, ABC replaced Michaels with Mike Breen as their lead NBA play-by-play announcer. Breen will now be calling the NBA Finals with Hubie Brown, Michaels former partner. Breen is an established play-by-pla... Read >

Older Announcers Need to Know When to Call it Quits

Deciding when to retire from something you love has to be a difficult decision. Whether you are an athlete, business owner, architect, writer, or sports announcer, the decision to walk away from a life that has defined you for nearly half a decade is cer... Read >

Why is Billy Packer Considered a Better College Basketball Analyst than Bill Raftery?

Every year around this time I ask myself the same question – why is Billy Packer the lead analyst for CBS's coverage of March Madness? While Packer is working the game for the TV audience, Bill Raftery is calling the game for the much smaller radio audie... Read >

Book Review: Start Your Own Business

If you want to start a business, but don't know where to start, then the place to start is with Start Your Own Business: The Only Start-Up Book You'll Ever Need by Rieva Lesonsky. The book is put out by Entrepreneur Press and is essentially a compilation... Read >

Do you have a sacred cow holding you back?

According to Wikipedia, the term sacred cow is used for a person, institution, idea (often a theory) or ideology that is immune (usually unreasonably so) from criticism or opposition. A frustrated co-worker once came to me to vent about a problem that ... Read >

Life is Short - Love What You Do, Do What You Love

Life is short. Are you doing what you love? Are you living your passion? If not, why? I am guessing most people will answer that question with "I have a mortgage, a spouse and three kids to support, and $20,000 in college loans to pay back. In the real wo... Read >

Why It's Best to Start a Business Before Your 25th Birthday

Being a 23 year old entrepreneur, I am slightly biased when I make the statement that the best time in life to start a business is before your 25th birthday. That said, I still think I make a great case for starting a business sooner than later (please no... Read >