Morgan Null, a 26-year-old attorney in Pittsburgh, said her cousin had struggled to get her teaching license because of their shared last name. So Morgan wasn’t surprised when Null presented ...

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Null’s prove-it mindset plays right into his team’s “us against the world” mantra. “Every one of them is hungry to win games. They all have this chip on their shoulder,” Null said.

No, not Edson, Edsert, or Edsner. E-D-S-E-R. Still, spare a thought for those with the last name "Null", as apparently it still breaks web forms, databases, and commerce systems the world over.