Category Archives: Sports

Xavier’s next great team

Posted on 20 March 2013 by

[Cincinnati CityBeat] As part of their cover package on the NCAAs, Cincinnati CityBeat asked me to write about Xavier’s lost season. The Musketeers didn’t just whiff on the NCAAs — they whiffed on the NIT, too. But as I argue … Continue reading →

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A profile of Vito Montelli

Posted on 21 February 2013 by

[New York Times] In today’s New York Times, I’ve got a long profile of Vito Montelli, who coached the boys’ basketball team at St. Joseph High School for 50 years — and to 11 Connecticut state championships. Montelli’s a great … Continue reading →

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A profile of Aroldis Chapman (plus an annotated bibliography!)

Posted on 17 February 2013 by

[Cincinnati Magazine] Just in time for spring training, you can read my long profile of Aroldis Chapman in the March issue of Cincinnati Magazine. While the Reds did not cooperate with the story, I still talked to a ton of people. … Continue reading →

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Eric Davis and The Hall of Nearly Great

Posted on 3 October 2012 by

[Gelf Magazine / The Gallery at LPR] I never got around to linking to last month’s new ebook The Hall of Nearly Great, which collects a bunch of chapters on baseball players who don’t quite rate as Hall of Famers. … Continue reading →

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A profile of the Venezuelan catcher Luis Rodriguez

Posted on 19 September 2012 by

[Deadspin] At Deadspin, you can read my second dispatch about the Atlantic League and independent baseball — this time a profile of a catcher who’s in his twentieth season as a minor leaguer. (Here’s a link to the first Atlantic … Continue reading →

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