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Money for Nothing (ESPN.com, June 2007)
Profile of Yankee pitcher Carl Pavano, who has failed in colossal and innovative ways after signing a $40 million contract in 2004.
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.
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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) MS Word DocumentAn examination of the ongoing struggles of women's professional football. In America, the Beautiful (Newsday, August 2004) MS Word DocumentProfile of women's tennis star Maria Sharapova, shortlisted for The Best American Sports Writing 2005One-Wall Wonders (Newsday, August 2003) MS Word DocumentA look at New York City handball players, shortlisted for The Best American Sports Writing 2004A 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) MS Word DocumentProfile of Orthodox Jewish boxer and Brooklyn native Dmitriy Salita. |
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