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Award-winning sportswriter with degrees from UCLA and CSUN. Member of BWAA and a contributor to many websites.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined October 2018
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I tried to tell you.
"I think there's a very real chance that Steve Ballmer emerges relatively unscathed." - @PabloTorre on the possible fallout from the Kawhi Leonard situation.
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From my story for @TheAthletic (free link)... nytimes.com/athletic/7487643…
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August 1st means it’s almost football season! 🙏
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Sophie Cunningham didn't just wear the yellow dress... she owned it 💛🔥
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Legend!!
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4 square miles. 10,000 residents. One big heart. East Rutherford, site of the World Cup final, becomes the center of the universe Sunday in the New Jersey Meadowlands. It is a small town worthy of everyone's respect. nytimes.com/athletic/7449475…
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No person embodies this book's scope better than UVa coach Lars Tiffany. We'll chat about his walk -- dad, buffalo, Onondaga, wood stick, all things lacrosse -- in a rare, post-pub, post-game, writer/subject collision this Saturday, 4 p.m. @VAHumanities @UVAMensLax
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Ryan Shazier returns to the field where he was nearly paralyzed the year before (via @steelers)
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