name of the year

There was 1:09 left on the clock when Eli Manning, under pressure from the New England Patriots defense, hurled the…

Well, we can’t say we’re surprised.

In 1985, Belgian psychologist Jozef Nuttin published a landmark study in which he revealed that people have a…

Each March, we present the Name of the Year bracket to you in the neatest fashion we can muster. The seeding choices…

With plenty of real estate remaining in 2019, it’s masochistic to imagine what next year could look like. Emperor…

My move from Brooklyn to Denver this past fall came with a number of advantages: better bike trails, more snowboard…

New Yorkers wishing to visit, or travel through, New Jersey have plenty of options. Among them are bridges: the…

Stipulate first that, when it comes to the annual Name of the Year Bracket, there are no winners, no losers, and no…

Today we’re talking about that famous heavy-duty generic paper-based product we all know and love. That’s right,…

Dragonwagon Regional namesake Crescent Dragonwagon is up front about her name: She changed it from Ellen Zolotow…

You could probably think of a famous Johnny with Google-like quickness. Johnny Appleseed. Johnny Cash. Johnny Bench.…

Vinay Pimplé doesn’t need your sympathy.

Last August, the NCAA unveiled the NET ranking, a comprehensive synthesis of numbers designed to supplant the…

Here at NOTY, it’s axiomatic that a truly great name has it going both ways. Just look at the Hall of Name: Assumptio…

For one of the two men who have made it to this year’s Name of the Year final, destiny awaits.

Every year we make a point of reading the Name of the Year bracket out loud, and every year the bracket succeeds in…

To all of you who have shouted at us on Twitter, through our email address, and in my Gchat windows: Yes, we know,…