Greg Donovan
@gregsdonovan.bsky.social
Passionate about doing good, well. Leadership. Innovation. Compassion. Integrity. Perpetually curious. Native Rhode Islander thriving on the Great Plains
Amidst complaints and confusion, @sethdavishoops.bsky.social answers to the most-pressing questions facing college athletics [ @hhqsports.bsky.social ] www.hoopshq.com/ncaa/ncaa-el...
Special Report: Pros in College? A Players Union? A Fix From Congress? Sorting Out the Eligibility Chaos in College Sports
Baylor’s decision to sign a former NBA Draft pick produced confusion. Here are answers to the most-pressing questions in college athletics.
www.hoopshq.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Amidst complaints and confusion, @sethdavishoops.bsky.social answers to the most-pressing questions facing college athletics [ @hhqsports.bsky.social ] www.hoopshq.com/ncaa/ncaa-el...
A fifth generation musician and classically trained guitarist, Janet Marlow now has made a business of playing soothing tunes for cats & dogs [Mark Dent @thehustle.bsky.social ] thehustle.co/originals/th...
The woman who built a business around music for pets
Janet Marlow traded renown as a guitarist to start playing for dogs and cats.
thehustle.co
January 30, 2026 at 11:14 AM
A fifth generation musician and classically trained guitarist, Janet Marlow now has made a business of playing soothing tunes for cats & dogs [Mark Dent @thehustle.bsky.social ] thehustle.co/originals/th...
Tim Brown seemed like a typical Florida retiree with a doting wife, fishing with friends & flying his plane. But his life was built on a secret [Greg Donahue @atavist.com ] magazine.atavist.com/the-fugitive...
The Fugitive Next Door - The Atavist Magazine
Tim Brown seemed like a typical Florida retiree—he loved doting on his wife, fishing with friends, and flying his plane. But his life was built on a secret.
magazine.atavist.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Tim Brown seemed like a typical Florida retiree with a doting wife, fishing with friends & flying his plane. But his life was built on a secret [Greg Donahue @atavist.com ] magazine.atavist.com/the-fugitive...
For nearly 2 years, The @apnews.com assembled puzzle pieces from across 3 continents to uncover the story of a boat and the people it carried from Mauritania to Tobago - from hope to death [ @renatabritoap.bsky.social Felipe Dana] projects.apnews.com/features/202...
Adrift | An AP Investigation
For nearly two years, AP journalists traced the story of one boat across three continents — and the people it carried from hope to death.
projects.apnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 PM
For nearly 2 years, The @apnews.com assembled puzzle pieces from across 3 continents to uncover the story of a boat and the people it carried from Mauritania to Tobago - from hope to death [ @renatabritoap.bsky.social Felipe Dana] projects.apnews.com/features/202...
Michelle Vanek disappeared on Mt. of the Holy Cross in 2005, setting off the largest search for a missing hiker in state history. The trail went cold for 19 years until an all-women team reopened the case [ @hhansman.bsky.social @5280 Magazine] www.5280.com/she-disappea...
She Vanished on a Colorado Mountain. 19 Years Later, a Mysterious Dream Helped Rescuers Find Her.
Michelle Vanek disappeared on Mt. of the Holy Cross in 2005, setting off the largest search for a missing hiker in state history. The trail went cold—until an all-women team reopened the case.
www.5280.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Michelle Vanek disappeared on Mt. of the Holy Cross in 2005, setting off the largest search for a missing hiker in state history. The trail went cold for 19 years until an all-women team reopened the case [ @hhansman.bsky.social @5280 Magazine] www.5280.com/she-disappea...
How to overcome shiny object syndrome - the tendency to chase something new, be it a new idea, trend, or goal, rather than stay focused on what you’re doing [Personal Excellence, Celes]
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Shiny Object Syndrome: How To Stay Focused and Not Get Distracted - Personal Excellence
Have you heard of the Shiny Object Syndrome? It is the tendency for someone to chase something new, be it a new idea, trend, or goal, rather than to stay
personalexcellence.co
January 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
How to overcome shiny object syndrome - the tendency to chase something new, be it a new idea, trend, or goal, rather than stay focused on what you’re doing [Personal Excellence, Celes]
personalexcellence.co/blog/shiny-o...
personalexcellence.co/blog/shiny-o...
Sports-betting charges are becoming a regular occurrence. But so far, even if fans are losing trust in the product, they’re still watching and the leagues keep making money. [ @taniaganguli.bsky.social @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/b...
Sports-Betting Scandals Are Ubiquitous. Whether Fans Will Care Is an Open Question.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Sports-betting charges are becoming a regular occurrence. But so far, even if fans are losing trust in the product, they’re still watching and the leagues keep making money. [ @taniaganguli.bsky.social @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/b...
That the Hoosiers would reach the mountaintop would have seemed unthinkable even dating back to their inauspicious origins in the late 19th century [ @joelanderson.bsky.social @the-ringer.bsky.social ] www.theringer.com/2026/01/20/c...
Indiana Football Did the Impossible
The Hoosiers were long the losingest program in college football history. Now, they’re national champions. After winning the most unlikely title in the sport’s history, Curt Cignetti may just be getti...
www.theringer.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:12 PM
That the Hoosiers would reach the mountaintop would have seemed unthinkable even dating back to their inauspicious origins in the late 19th century [ @joelanderson.bsky.social @the-ringer.bsky.social ] www.theringer.com/2026/01/20/c...
The Irish Pub Company, a Dublin-based design group, has created upwards of 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries on every continent except Antarctica [Liza Weisstuch @smithsonianmag.bsky.social ] www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/h...
How the Irish Pub Became One of the Emerald Isle's Greatest Exports
The Dublin-based Irish Pub Company has designed upwards of 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries around the globe
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The Irish Pub Company, a Dublin-based design group, has created upwards of 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries on every continent except Antarctica [Liza Weisstuch @smithsonianmag.bsky.social ] www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/h...
For years, Robert Hunt convinced everyone he could that he was a NASA astronaut. The truth was anything but [Jeff Maysh @spacedotcom.bsky.social ] www.space.com/astronaut-im...
How a fake astronaut fooled the world, broke women's hearts, and landed in jail
For years, Robert Hunt convinced everyone he could that he was a NASA astronaut. The truth was anything but.
www.space.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
For years, Robert Hunt convinced everyone he could that he was a NASA astronaut. The truth was anything but [Jeff Maysh @spacedotcom.bsky.social ] www.space.com/astronaut-im...
Personally owned or chartered jets are potent signifiers of over-the-top wealth, redolent of exclusivity and power, yet they evoke all of the darker aspects of that privilege and are a rather dangerous luxury [ @jeffwise.bsky.social @vanityfair.com ] www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
A Private Jet Full of Vegas Revelers Never Made It Home. Would They Have Been Safer Flying Commercial?
Fancy fliers are creating a huge boom in private-jet travel, no longer the exclusive province of Fortune 500 companies, Donald Trump, or Taylor Swift. Yet for all the allure of flying private, it’s a ...
www.vanityfair.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Personally owned or chartered jets are potent signifiers of over-the-top wealth, redolent of exclusivity and power, yet they evoke all of the darker aspects of that privilege and are a rather dangerous luxury [ @jeffwise.bsky.social @vanityfair.com ] www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
In a Southeast Asian war zone, cloaked in dense rainforest, the Chinese settlement dedicated to scamming people from Kentucky to Kazakhstan grew fast on fertile ground [ @hkbeech.bsky.social Jes Azner, Min Let Pan @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
In a Southeast Asian war zone, cloaked in dense rainforest, the Chinese settlement dedicated to scamming people from Kentucky to Kazakhstan grew fast on fertile ground [ @hkbeech.bsky.social Jes Azner, Min Let Pan @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
“People are wrong to say that we have no heroes left. Just as they have always been, they are all around us, choosing to do the right thing, no matter what” ~ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
#MLKDay #MLKDay2026
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#MLKDay #MLKDay2026
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January 18, 2026
You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
“People are wrong to say that we have no heroes left. Just as they have always been, they are all around us, choosing to do the right thing, no matter what” ~ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
#MLKDay #MLKDay2026
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#MLKDay #MLKDay2026
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Nonviolence is a love-centered way of thinking, speaking, acting, and engaging that leads to personal, cultural and societal transformation [The King Center] #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay
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The King Philosophy - Nonviolence365®
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January 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Nonviolence is a love-centered way of thinking, speaking, acting, and engaging that leads to personal, cultural and societal transformation [The King Center] #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay
thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/th...
thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/th...
Experts believe that tennis’s unique blend of physical, cognitive and social challenges contribute to healthy aging [Simar Bajaj @nytimes.com ]
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...
The Best Sports for Longevity
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Experts believe that tennis’s unique blend of physical, cognitive and social challenges contribute to healthy aging [Simar Bajaj @nytimes.com ]
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...
The rebuild was not slow, & it was not theoretical. The philosophy was simple & unwavering: proven production over theoretical upside. How Curt Cignetti turned @indianafootball.bsky.social into a national powerhouse [ @brandonmarcello.com @cbssports.bsky.social ] www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Curt Cignetti's unique blueprint behind Indiana's rapid rise has everyone taking notes
Indiana's rise isn't about stars or spending sprees. It's about experience, evaluation and a transfer portal blueprint that has turned the Hoosiers into the national title favorite
www.cbssports.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The rebuild was not slow, & it was not theoretical. The philosophy was simple & unwavering: proven production over theoretical upside. How Curt Cignetti turned @indianafootball.bsky.social into a national powerhouse [ @brandonmarcello.com @cbssports.bsky.social ] www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
A deep look at a small mammal. Squirrels are tiny agents of chaos and they know it [Nancy F. Castaldo @thewalrus.ca ] thewalrus.ca/why-squirrel...
Why Squirrels Drive Us Absolutely Nuts | The Walrus
They’re tiny agents of chaos and they know it
thewalrus.ca
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM
A deep look at a small mammal. Squirrels are tiny agents of chaos and they know it [Nancy F. Castaldo @thewalrus.ca ] thewalrus.ca/why-squirrel...
Chef Sean Sherman discusses reclaiming Native foodways, dismantling colonial borders, and why his latest cookbook looks forward rather than back [Sam O’Brien @atlasobscura.com ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sea...
On 'Turtle Island,' Indigenous Food Is Not the Past—It’s the Future
Chef Sean Sherman discusses reclaiming Native foodways, dismantling colonial borders, and why his latest cookbook looks forward rather than back.
www.atlasobscura.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Chef Sean Sherman discusses reclaiming Native foodways, dismantling colonial borders, and why his latest cookbook looks forward rather than back [Sam O’Brien @atlasobscura.com ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sea...
Meth has been devastating to Indian Country with Native Americans facing the highest rates of addiction. Buildings in disrepair are symbols of that struggle. But signs of renewal are emerging [Katheryn Houghton @kffhealthnews.org @npr.org ] www.npr.org/sections/sho...
In Lodge Grass, Montana, a Crow community works to rebuild from meth's destruction
Meth is a problem most everywhere, but particularly in Indian Country. In one small town on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, new buildings serve as symbols of a town trying to rebuild after bei...
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Meth has been devastating to Indian Country with Native Americans facing the highest rates of addiction. Buildings in disrepair are symbols of that struggle. But signs of renewal are emerging [Katheryn Houghton @kffhealthnews.org @npr.org ] www.npr.org/sections/sho...
What making – and breaking – bread in jail taught Jamie Valentino about work and friendship [Alizeh Kohari @psyche.co ] psyche.co/turning-poin...
What I learned from baking and breaking bread in jail | Psyche Turning Points
What making – and breaking – bread in jail taught me about work and friendship
psyche.co
January 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
What making – and breaking – bread in jail taught Jamie Valentino about work and friendship [Alizeh Kohari @psyche.co ] psyche.co/turning-poin...
As the new year moves forward, relationship resolutions for leaders:
1. Give full attention
2. Assume positive intent
3. Cool hot conversations
4. Invite constructive dissent
~ Dan Rockwell - Leadershipfreak
leadershipfreak.blog/2026/01/01/r...
1. Give full attention
2. Assume positive intent
3. Cool hot conversations
4. Invite constructive dissent
~ Dan Rockwell - Leadershipfreak
leadershipfreak.blog/2026/01/01/r...
Relationship Resolutions for Leaders - Leadership Freak
Poor relationship skills limit leaders. Human ties strengthen us to face challenges. Confidence requires connection. Detached leaders have friction-filled teams. Efficiency without humanity weakens p...
leadershipfreak.blog
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
As the new year moves forward, relationship resolutions for leaders:
1. Give full attention
2. Assume positive intent
3. Cool hot conversations
4. Invite constructive dissent
~ Dan Rockwell - Leadershipfreak
leadershipfreak.blog/2026/01/01/r...
1. Give full attention
2. Assume positive intent
3. Cool hot conversations
4. Invite constructive dissent
~ Dan Rockwell - Leadershipfreak
leadershipfreak.blog/2026/01/01/r...
“My ability to dream was an asset. That’s what got me to LSU, and later, all the way to the NFL. But as a gambling addict, my dreaming was my biggest liability” ~ Keyshon Boutte [ @playerstribune.bsky.social ] www.theplayerstribune.com/kayshon-bout...
How The Hell Did I Get Here??? | By Kayshon Boutte
I’d wake up early in the morning, and the first thing I’d do was bet.
www.theplayerstribune.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
“My ability to dream was an asset. That’s what got me to LSU, and later, all the way to the NFL. But as a gambling addict, my dreaming was my biggest liability” ~ Keyshon Boutte [ @playerstribune.bsky.social ] www.theplayerstribune.com/kayshon-bout...
The four semifinalist head coaches in the @cfbplayoff.bsky.social - Curt Cignetti, Dan Lanning, Mario Cristobal & Pete Golding - all coached under & learned from Nick Saban [ @danwolken.bsky.social @yahoosports.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
Nick Saban's fingerprints are all over this CFP field
Curt Cignetti, Dan Lanning, Mario Cristobal and Pete Golding all coached under Nick Saban at some point in their careers. Is it a coincidence their teams are still alive in the CFP? What did they lear...
sports.yahoo.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The four semifinalist head coaches in the @cfbplayoff.bsky.social - Curt Cignetti, Dan Lanning, Mario Cristobal & Pete Golding - all coached under & learned from Nick Saban [ @danwolken.bsky.social @yahoosports.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
There was a time when the McIntosh was the apple of every grower’s eye. That has changed as breeders use complex methods to develop sweet, crisp apples with long shelf lives available all year [Mark Dent @thehustle.bsky.social ] media.hubspot.com/how-the-king...
How the king of apples lost its crown
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January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
There was a time when the McIntosh was the apple of every grower’s eye. That has changed as breeders use complex methods to develop sweet, crisp apples with long shelf lives available all year [Mark Dent @thehustle.bsky.social ] media.hubspot.com/how-the-king...
GPS collars on cattle are letting ranchers remove fences in Wyoming. That’s good for wildlife and for the land.l [Rebecca Dzombak @nytimes.com Will Warasila] www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
Wyoming Cowboys Are Breaking Down Barriers, Literally
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
GPS collars on cattle are letting ranchers remove fences in Wyoming. That’s good for wildlife and for the land.l [Rebecca Dzombak @nytimes.com Will Warasila] www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...