EP 06: Tyler Dunne, Bleacher Report NFL Features Writer

March 26, 2018

On this episode of the Moran-Alytics Podcast, Patrick Moran interviews Bleacher Report NFL features writer and Western New York native, Tyler Dunne.   Tyler discusses his recent deeply personal profile on new Houston Texans and former Arizona Cardinals cornerback Tyrann Mathieu AKA the Honey Badger after Tyler flew out to Arizona to spend time with him.  … Read More

Favorite 100 Songs of the 80s: (#1) Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

August 18, 2017

(Editor’s Note: This is the 100th and final post in my countdown, thus concluding a 100-day journey that honestly has been the most fun series I’ve written about. In a way I’m sad. I’m sure I’ll do future countdowns on MoranAlytics, but for me nothing will be more fun than reliving 80’s music) When I … Read More

Favorite 100 Songs of the 80s: (#6) Michael Jackson – Beat It

August 11, 2017

I don’t know about you guys, but for me nothing facilitates homicide-thirsty adversarial gangs coming together to form a bond more than the art of dancing to Eddie Van Halen guitar riffs and the King of Pop vocals on a momentous record. Like every wannabe Michael Jackson fanatic out there in the 80s, I owned … Read More

Favorite 100 Songs of the 80s: (#12) Rockwell – Somebody’s Watching Me

August 3, 2017

If you ever needed evidence Michael Jackson had the ability to make everything better, look no further than Rockwell’s Somebody Watching Me, which except for Jackson slaying the chorus is otherwise at best a novelty song—and that’s a generous assessment. I really don’t care about Rockwell when it comes to music, although the story behind … Read More

Favorite 100 Songs of the 80s: (#50) Michael Jackson – Thriller

June 9, 2017

Let me provide some clarification before proceeding.  Even if a video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller’ was never made, I’d still be a fan of the title track off the greatest album I’ve heard in my lifetime.   But I gotta keep things real.  “Thriller” is at the halfway point of my Top 100 countdown because … Read More