Some work highlights. If I don’t have a byline, I either edited or produced it.
Gary Plummer Gets His Mind Right
Gary Plummer felt his mind slipping away once he left football. Fearful and desperate, he turned to alternative therapies to counter the cognitive decline. Is there hope?
From Farm to Field, and Every Point Between: How a Cow Becomes a Football
You've seen it snapped, thrown, kicked and spiked. But chances are you've never considered the origin story of an NFL ball—or how painstaking the process is to get every detail just right
Learning to Be Human Again
Todd Marinovich was "the test-tube QB" the first half of his life, a drug addict since. Closing in on 50, he’s struggling to come to terms with his raging beast of a father—and the big lie
Crushed Davis
Not long ago, Chris Davis was one of the game's most feared power hitters. Now, he just wants to have fun playing again
‘Gotta Feel Pretty Before We Get Ugly’
Most still think of the rebranded Legends Football League as the Lingerie Football League. Chances are you know next to nothing about the players who are still showing all that skin
Why Do So Many Men Have Eating Disorders?
Cultural expectations about manhood are fueling a silent epidemic of eating disorders and body image disturbance in men across the country. Can you recognize the warning signs?
Made in Taiwan: An Injury-Free Baseball Season
We Know Football Is Dangerous. So Why Are We Still Letting Our Sons Play It?
The latest research reveals how dangerous football is for kids, whose brains are being damaged even without concussions. Parents explain why they're letting their sons play anyway.
A Better Man, the Better Way
A member of the Dolphins’ famed Killer B’s and the 1983 NFL defensive player of the year, Doug Betters suffered a catastrophic injury on the ski slopes that left him paralyzed from the torso down. Being in a wheelchair changed him—but not his adventurous way of life in the wilds of Montana