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Chronos & Kairos: Two Ways to Read the Game

The ancient Greeks had more than one way of thinking about time. Chronos (χρόνος) described time as we most commonly understand it today: chronological, sequential and measurable. Kairos (καιρός) meant something different—the critical or opportune moment, when the quality of time mattered more than its quantity. Chronos asks when? Kairos asks what kind of moment […]

The Game That Started It All

How a Bengals–Steelers upset, an astrology experiment, and one perfectly timed line from the broadcast became the beginning of SportSkopes SportSkopes did not begin with a business plan. It began because my wife didn’t understand why I was watching the Cincinnati Bengals. This was late 2020. Kelsey and I had been together for less than […]