A Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America talks technology and the record book, basketball and barbecue, fast cars and fierce rivalries — with a bonus rant to boot! — in this week’s edition…

I am a Non-Traditional Sports Fan by instinct, a writer by trade… and a cook to pay the bills. Unfortunately, working a job in catering has a tendency to throw off my cadence. The summer doldrums — you know, the ones that fans who remain attuned solely to the rhythms of American sport often decry [...]