Senior writer, ESPN's enterprise team. Husband, father, grandfather and sports fan. Conventional wisdom skeptic.

Joined October 2009
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"People who want to fix games would make it their business to cultivate relationships so these kids would be beholden to them. They make sure they are friendly with these kids, and the next thing you know they are in their world." By @Fletchpost espn.com/nba/story/_/id/4673…
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Privileged to be in conversation with esteemed author Mark Whitaker about his fascinating new book. Monday evening at Baltimore’s Central library.
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Federal regulation seems to be making a difference in horse safety at the track, even as death remains a grisly byproduct of racing. Are the reforms too little, too late for a struggling sport? My latest for ⁦@espn⁩. espn.com/horse-racing/story/…
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ESPN Senior Writer @Fletchpost on sports sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards, who at 82 is battling cancer. "There are no final victories," Edwards says. "There's just struggle. The only 2 things that survive are the struggle & the people & they are perpetual." youtu.be/eP33wtLrV7I?si=Dwu4…
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Maryland wants to put the ‘sexy’ back into Pimlico, home of the Preakness. Can that uplift a struggling sport, as well as a struggling Baltimore neighborhood? My latest for@ESPN. espn.com/horse-racing/story/…
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The idea that the Super Bowl and a growing roster of pro teams would be in Vegas was once unthinkable—as was the thought that Oakland would have zero teams. What changed? My latest: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/3946…
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@DwayneBrayESPN⁩ This was taken before things went awry.
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Privileged to be in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist ⁦@ScottShaneNYT⁩ at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Tuesday at 7 PM. His valuable new book, FLEE NORTH, offers new insight about the Underground Railroad and the domestic slave trade.
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