Paul Swydan

Paul Swydan

Outside Boston
Paul Swydan is the owner and operator of The Silver Unicorn Bookstore in Acton, Mass, and the curator of the Boston.com Book Club. In a prior life, he was a sports writer and editor.
Jun
26
Who Can Alter the Balance of the 2024-2025 NBA Season?

Who Can Alter the Balance of the 2024-2025 NBA Season?

I have a few pieces queued up in my mind that I want to work on this summer: * Deeper dive
10 min read
Jun
18
Thank You

Thank You

The journey of this team was so, so, so long. So I want to say some thank you's
5 min read
Jun
13
Didn't It Have to Be This Way?

Didn't It Have to Be This Way?

In that State Farm ad with Ludacris, why doesn't Jake from State Farm tell the homeowners how to
7 min read
Jun
12
Finding 10 Minutes

Finding 10 Minutes

We can't know if Kristaps Porzingis will play in Game 3. He has now twice in this postseason
7 min read
Jun
10
Toughness Is Making The Right Play

Toughness Is Making The Right Play

In Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Dallas shot better than Boston from the field, and pulled down more rebounds
7 min read
Jun
07
The 90-Point Threshold

The 90-Point Threshold

In the 2021-2022 season, there was a lot of talk about keeping opposing teams to 90 points or fewer. There
6 min read
Jun
06
Four Things I've Been Thinking About

Four Things I've Been Thinking About

Let's start at the ending – the series prediction. And to do so, let's actually start at
5 min read
Jun
04
Contrasting Minnesota and Boston

Contrasting Minnesota and Boston

Sometimes, when a team ends a series with a blowout win, it obscures everything that came before it. This has
5 min read
May
27
Four Things Before Game Four

Four Things Before Game Four

Game Three was an incredibly important win for the Celtics. Over the past 36 hours, you've probably read
7 min read
May
25
Jaylen Brown Forced the Pacers to Submit in Game 2

Jaylen Brown Forced the Pacers to Submit in Game 2

NBA voters cemented their hypocrisy when the All-NBA votes dropped earlier this week. The media likes to say that what
7 min read