December 2009
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"Triplet" by Susan Breen →
I’m making my way through The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, and this short story — linked here to its original publication in Anderbo — struck me as worth passing on. It’s not too long, but in ten printed pages, Breen creates some great characters and moments; if you compare its length to its substance, you get a lot of bang for your buck (or, more specifically,...
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“It’s emotionally as well as physically demoralizing. Under the best of...”
– J. R. Moehringer, from his Los Angeles Magazine feature entitled ”Twenty-three Reasons Why a Profile of Pete Carroll Does Not Appear in This Space” (collected in The Best American Sports Writing 2008). I covered my first NBA game last night, locker room press pass in hand, and I know...
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New in ESPN the Magazine (Volume 12, Issue 25)...
My long-time-comin’ interview with a cheerleader from Northwestern University — on the subject of cheering for a losing team — appears in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine. (It’s a double-sided issue, and my piece is on page 26 of the Kevin Durant side, not the Michael Vick side. If you take a look at the magazine you’ll see what I mean.)