Journalism
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.
Growing Up Penn State(Grantland, November 2011)
The end of everything at State College.
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.
Coming Home (The New York Times City Section, May 2007)
Profile of several veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the challenges they faced upon returning to college.
Playing for Fun, and Little Else, on Football’s Edge (The New York Times, July 2006)
An examination of the ongoing struggles of women’s professional football.
In America, the Beautiful (Newsday, August 2004)
Profile of women’s tennis star Maria Sharapova, shortlisted for The Best American Sports Writing 2005
One-Wall Wonders (Newsday, August 2003)
A look at New York City handball players, shortlisted for The Best American Sports Writing 2004
A Chess Queen (Newsday, March 2006)
Profile of Susan Polgar, a chess grandmaster and an outspoken advocate for the game.
The Unorthodox Path (Newsday, February 2006)
Profile of Orthodox Jewish boxer and Brooklyn native Dmitriy Salita.
