First, the roster of the silver medal-winning US Men’s Olympic Hockey Team includes MVP goalie Ryan Miller, defensemen Ryan Suter and Ryan Whitney, and forwards Ryan Kessler, Ryan Malone, Ryan Callahan, Ryan Kesler and Bobby Ryan; I don’t know if Coach Peter Laviolette was ever whistled for too many Ryans on the ice, but he could have been. Then George Colloney was nominated for an Oscar for playing a character in Up in the Air named Ryan Bingham, and then a guy actually named Ryan Bingham actually won an Oscar for writing the Best Song for Crazy Heart. Capping this frenzy of Ryanism, my friend Ryan D’Agostino, the distinguished editor from Esquire magazine and the accomplished author of the book Rich Like Them, visited my class at Marymount Manhattan College on Monday, and simply dazzled the students. Thanks, Ryan!
