Amateur Hour
Sarah KellySports, and other reasons to get out of bed
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It takes a lot of gall to write in public, unsolicited, to imply that you think your voice is something people need to hear. I’ve always had plenty of gall but have never been comfortable putting my writing into the world. It feels obscene,...
College football shouldn't happen
Someone’s going to get hurt.
Covid-19 has killed 135,000 Americans and the pandemic isn’t even close to contained. A lot of people have a lot of incentive to keep this football season as normal as possible, and the consequences could be tr...
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Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has never tried to hide who he is. We already knew he was a fan of One America News, the right-wing outlet that describes itself as one of Donald Trump’s greatest supporters.
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Things I wish I wrote
My dispatches have been erratic for a few reasons:
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Time isn't real anymore
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They canceled sports
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I’ve had just the worst writer’s block
Sometimes the best way to escape a writing rut is to read. So I’ve been revisiting...
We need to talk about college coaches
This newsletter was supposed to be about college sports, but there are no college sports. I thought that would be a problem. In some ways, it still is. Fortunately (I guess?), college football coaches continue to do and say fucking wild stu...
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Editor and writer for hire. Previously: @WaPoExpress, @SBNation, @presscitizen, @theeagle. Always: Jayhawks. Forever: Lawrence.
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