A recent The New York Times piece peeled back the cover on the e sport you didn't know you were missing: the Microsoft Excel World Championship. Last month in Las Vegas, 12 men ran through a pro sports style entrance tunnel at an e sports arena, took the stage in front of a cheering crowd, sat at desktop computers, perused a seven page instruction book, and began furiously pecking away at Excel spreadsheets. Their goal? To win $5,000, an actual championship belt, and the title of...
