Growing Up Penn State (Grantland, November 2011) (shortlisted for The Best American Sports Writing 2012)
The end of everything at State College.
Cursed: Yinz and Losses in Pittsburgh (Grantland, July 2012)
Is this the end of 20 years of ignominy for the Pirates?
The Billion-Dollar Coach (Grantland, August 2012)
Former Fortune 500 CEO Joe Moglia has never led a major football program — so why is Coastal Carolina finally giving him a chance?
West Virginia’s Magical Realism (Grantland, October 2012)
Bearing witness to Dana Holgorsen’s maniacal Mountaineer offense
Returning to State College (Grantland, October 2012)
In the aftermath of incomprehensible tragedy, Penn State is slowly relearning the meaning of football
Steve Spurrier’s Golden Years (Grantland, August 2012)
The Ball Coach has never been more relaxed — and South Carolina may be better than ever
Crime, Punishment and Penn State (Grantland, July 2012)
A Failed Experiment (Grantland, July 2012)
The scandal at State College infects an entire system in the aftermath of the Freeh Report
Please Don’t Call It Ping-Pong (Grantland, May 2012)
Among the paddle-fetishizing, bar-hustling American Olympic table tennis hopefuls
The Aging Tiger Woods (Grantland, April 2012)
The uncertain future of a onetime savior
A Visit With the Worst College Basketball Team in America (Grantland, January 2012)
Tough times at Towson University
Robert Griffin III: Heisman Winner? (Grantland, December 2011)
A visit to Waco with the future first-round pick.
Living In State College (Grantland, November 2011)
Sadness and simple horror — returning home to the aftermath of scandal.
The Culture of Unrest at Penn State (Grantland, November 2011)
Trying to understand what happened in Beaver Canyon on Wednesday night.
The Best Passing Quarterback Ever (Grantland, October 2011)
It’s just too bad Anthony Calvillo plays in the CFL.
The Real Rocky (Grantland, October 2011)
A visit with the Bayonne Bleeder, Chuck Wepner.
Who Invented the Seven-Game Series? (Grantland, October 2011)
The story behind our strange modern standard.
Statis-Pro Baseball: An Instruction Manual (Grantland, July 2011)
The exhausting work of adolescent obsession.
Renée Richards Wants to be Left Alone (Grantland, June 2011)
Sitting down with the transgender icon and onetime most controversial woman in sports.
Where is Micheal Ray Richardson? (Grantland, August 2011)
Michael Ray Richardson is Oklahoma. Coaching basketball. But has he come any closer to conquering his demons?
A Dirty Shame (ESPN.com, July 2007)
Once known as the dirtiest player in the NFL, former offensive lineman Conrad Dobler is now fighting for the guys he tried to dismember.
Bo Knows Best (ESPN.com, November, 2007)
Twenty years after his most memorable run, the two-sport star can still kick your butt, if necessary.
Anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing 2008
The Day Innocence Died (ESPN.com, June 2008)
Len Bias has been dead for as long as he was alive. So, how did that shocking day in 1986 affect the world he left behind?
The Lost Kids of Willows (ESPN.com, October 2008)
A small California town struggles to cope with an unbearable string of tragedies.
Shortlisted for The Best American Sports Writing 2009
Hollywood Act (ESPN.com, January 2009)
Thirty years ago, he offered Terry Bradshaw a spelling lesson and snorted cocaine during the Super Bowl. Since then, he has been to prison, won $28 million in the state lottery and gone on a hunger strike. Hollywood Henderson comes clean about his flamboyant life.
The Tragic Story of Charlie Mohr (SI.com, The Bonus, April 2010)
Profile of troubled Wisconsin boxer Charlie Mohr, whose death in the ring in 1960 spelled the end for sanctioned college boxing.
The Night College Football Went to Hell (ESPN.com, January 2007)
A look back at the 1987 Fiesta Bowl game between Penn State and Miami, and its lasting implications on the college football landscape.
