Stopping a killer of young athletes.

SBnation || November 29, 2012

Fierce, cocky, and built for stardom, Marlen Esparza prepares to fight for the gold at this summer’s Olympic debut of women’s boxing.

The Atlantic || June 2012

After the hit that left Jack Jablonski paralyzed, the state of Minnesota rewrote its high school rules, but one hockey mom still agonizes over the choices she—and every parent in her position—has to make.

Sports Illustrated || February 27, 2012

For Tyonna Williams and young women on the Crusaders high school basketball team, it isn’t just about the game. It’s about getting a shot at college and a better life—just as their coach once did.

Washingtonian || June 2011

The darkest man in baseball and the city that still loves him.

Grantland || July 22, 2011

Sabermetrics, the Sunday Times, and the So-Called Women’s Sports Section.

Grantland || July 14, 2011

Thirty-Five Runners Face Hollers and Hells, a Flooded Prison, Rats the Size of Possums, and Flesh-Flaying Briars to Test the Limits of Self-Sufficiency.

The Believer || May 2011

In 1999, the author was a thoroughly self-possessed, hockey-loving 18-year-old headed for Harvard. Or so the older men she met online — and offline — believed.

Deadspin || January 27, 2011

Would you run in the Olympics for the country that occupied your birth country and refused to acknowledge its right to independence? The subject of a forthcoming documentary on his contested homeland, the Western Sahara.

Guernica ||March 2011

As cheerleading transforms itself into sport, its youngest upstarts are pulling off moves as startling as their looks

ESPN The Magazine || February 21, 2011