
Eric Adelson
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Eric Adelson
@eric_adelson
Viola Dad. Hockey Dad. @UCF professor. Freelance journalist @nytimes. Co-Founder, @floridaneeds. LinkedIn in bio.


Poor weather when touring a college campus reduces students' likelihood of applying, from Olivia Feldman, Joshua M. Hyman, and @MattMcGann nber.org/papers/w34944

Tarik Skubal drove through a rainstorm yesterday to get to Miami. "I just can't miss an opportunity to share a dugout with these guys."


NEWS: The New York Sirens and Montreal Victoire will play in the PWHL’s first-ever nationally televised game in the U.S. March 28 on ION More details here: nytimes.com/athletic/71097… via @NYTimes

USA Hockey announces that it has eclipsed 100,000 girls & women’s hockey players for the first time in its history. Joanna Gilligan, 13, from Millcreek, Utah, was officially the 100,000th registrant. Gilligan plays in the Utah Mammoth’s new all-girls league.




Thousands of pages of newly released public records show state officials burned through more than $1 million a day on "Alligator Alcatraz" -- and substantially more in the facility's early days, when the "daily burn" rate rose to more than $3 million. floridatrib.org/2026/03/01/new…


@usahockey As a Michigander I love this post but how do I get you to give these young ladies from Florida the recognition they deserve?






Jack Hughes grabbed the mic, then grabbed Tage Thompson before addressing the #NJDevils fans at center ice. “I’m so proud and I’m so happy that the Men’s and Women’s USA hockey teams brought Gold Medals back to the United States of America.” 🇺🇸🥇

Many Olympic champions report the same experience: A gold medal doesn't feel as good as they think it will. I wrote about decades of social psychology research, the "arrival fallacy," and why we’re all so bad about predicting what will make us happy: nytimes.com/athletic/70657…


My family and I are thrilled to introduce the Rich Passan Sports Writing Scholarship, which will offer $5,000 annually to a college junior or senior. My father was a journalist for 41 years. He passed along that gift to me. Now it's our turn to share it. pressclubinstitute.org/2025/10/24/int…





