My feature, One Dad, Two Sons, and the Night the Driveway Basketball Legend was Born, earned a Notable Mention in the 2015 Best American Sports Writing Anthology (originally featured on ThePostGame.com) The foul line we sprayed on the driveway had faded long ago. The white box on our clear backboard had likewise vanished, but amazingly, […]
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The Inside Story of Why I Put Gatorade’s ‘Be Like Mike’ on a Mix Tape Back in ’92
I’m fourteen-years-old and I’m making my fifteenth and final mix tape of the year on my JVC dual-cassette, ‘Super-Bass Horn’ boom box with metallic gray trim, mustard lettering and the ultimate early 90s flex move, a CD player on top with a tiny digital screen that could only display three things: play, pause and skip. […]
Exclusive Gregg Popovich Conversation: What He Looks for in Players and More
I had the pleasure of writing a book about character with 3x Super Bowl Champion and Fighter Pilot, Chad Hennings. The book is called, Forces of Character: Conversations About Building a Life of Impact. Chad and I got to speak with Coach Popovich for over an hour about character, integrity, teamwork, team building, failure and several […]