More or less weekly musings about whatever, man. Sometimes dovetailing with my long sports writing career focused on the world of professional fighting. Mostly other stuff, though.
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The sordid appeal of the Scumbag Narrator
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Damn these vampires
The wealthy "biohackers" behind the Enhanced Games admitted they don't even really like sports. That might be why they misunderstood the whole concept so completely.
I know I’ve cultivated a certain kind of social media algorithm for mysel...
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Sports writer for Yahoo and Uncrowned. I talk on the Co-Main Event Podcast and I've covered fight sports for The Athletic, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and others. But on here I'm mostly writing about ... other stuff.
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