Ranked #1
The John Rocker Experience: The 100th Episode of Two Writers Slinging Yang travels 20 years back in time, when I was young and dumb and driving around Georgia with John Rocker.
The John Rocker Experience: The 100th Episode of Two Writers Slinging Yang travels 20 years back in time, when I was young and dumb and driving around Georgia with John Rocker.
The absolute craziest journalistic experience of my lifetime. On Dec. 27, 1999, Sports Illustrated published "At Full Bl... Read more
30 Apr 2019
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46mins
Ranked #2
Wright Thompson: ESPN senior writer
Wright Thompson: ESPN senior writer
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19 Sep 2017
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48mins
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Ranked #3
Brittany Ghiroli: Nationals beat writer, The Athletic
Brittany Ghiroli: Nationals beat writer, The Athletic
On having a player invite you to his hotel room to seduce you with candles and Drake songs; on the (non) excitement of b... Read more
17 Dec 2019
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44mins
Ranked #4
Joel Sherman: New York Post Major League Baseball columnist
Joel Sherman: New York Post Major League Baseball columnist
On the tricks and keys to working a clubhouse like a veteran reporter; on the yin and yang of Albert Belle; on Spring Tr... Read more
27 Feb 2018
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53mins
Ranked #5
Gary Smith: Legendary Sports Illustrated writer
Gary Smith: Legendary Sports Illustrated writer
On the art and craft of the lengthy feature; on why he doesn't think of himself as a "sports journalist"; on Richie Park... Read more
24 Jul 2018
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59mins
Ranked #6
Steve Rushin: Sports Illustrated writer, author
Steve Rushin: Sports Illustrated writer, author
On having a Major League manager launch his pants your way; on making every word in an article count; on seven minutes w... Read more
1 May 2018
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #7
Susan Orlean: New York Times best-selling author of "The Library Book" and staff writer, The New Yorker
Susan Orlean: New York Times best-selling author of "The Library Book" and staff writer, The New Yorker
On writing a book (and having it sell) on a relatively obscure library fire; on choosing just the right words to describ... Read more
12 Feb 2019
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49mins
Ranked #8
Peter King: NBC Sports football scribe and former Sports Illustrated senior writer.
Peter King: NBC Sports football scribe and former Sports Illustrated senior writer.
On his closeness with Brett Favre and riding across America with John Madden; on no longer being treated quite as unique... Read more
29 Oct 2019
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48mins
Ranked #9
J.A. Adande: Northwestern’s director of sports journalism
J.A. Adande: Northwestern’s director of sports journalism
1 Nov 2017
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50mins
Ranked #10
Tim Layden: Sports Illustrated senior writer
Tim Layden: Sports Illustrated senior writer
On leaving the magazine after 25 years; on interviewing people as they face death; on the gun store hostilities of a lat... Read more
9 Jul 2019
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #11
Ken Rosenthal: Major League Baseball writer for The Athletic
Ken Rosenthal: Major League Baseball writer for The Athletic
On making every story count; on covering Cal Ripken, Jr. and writing beautifully on the night he broke Lou Gehrig's Iron... Read more
29 May 2018
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43mins
Ranked #12
Ian O'Connor: ESPN senior writer, New York Times best-selling author of "Belichick."
Ian O'Connor: ESPN senior writer, New York Times best-selling author of "Belichick."
On the highs and lows and glory and humiliation of promoting a book; on writing about a man (Bill Belichick) who tells h... Read more
30 Oct 2018
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #13
Steve Buckley: Writer for The Athletic and author of the greatest magazine piece of all time
Steve Buckley: Writer for The Athletic and author of the greatest magazine piece of all time
On Stanley Teeven and writing about the legacy of a World War II victim he never knew; on whether an author should place... Read more
4 Dec 2018
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49mins
Ranked #14
Chris Jones: Former Esquire writer, two-time National Magazine Award winner
Chris Jones: Former Esquire writer, two-time National Magazine Award winner
On the aging scribe; on writing 22,000 words and having it cut down; on adjusting to a Netflix writers' room and looking... Read more
25 Jun 2019
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #15
Tommy Tomlinson: Pulitzer finalist sports writer and author of "The Elephant in the Room"
Tommy Tomlinson: Pulitzer finalist sports writer and author of "The Elephant in the Room"
On staring into the mirror and describing exactly what one sees; on the painful beauty of a memoir about a lifetime of w... Read more
19 Feb 2019
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52mins
Ranked #16
Lee Jenkins: Sports Illustrated senior writer and my Sam Darnold profile rival
Lee Jenkins: Sports Illustrated senior writer and my Sam Darnold profile rival
9 Aug 2017
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42mins
Ranked #17
Rick Reilly: Former SI writer
Rick Reilly: Former SI writer
On golf with Donald Trump, social media wisdom from Mark Cuban, finding tragic beauty in the story of a racist Major Lea... Read more
19 Dec 2017
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49mins
Ranked #18
Mirin Fader: Bleacher Report writer-at-large
Mirin Fader: Bleacher Report writer-at-large
On traveling to Lithuania to track the Ball Family—minus their cooperation; on finding a voice; on watching hair being b... Read more
28 Aug 2018
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51mins
Ranked #19
Nora Princiotti: New England Patriots writer for the Boston Globe
Nora Princiotti: New England Patriots writer for the Boston Globe
On covering the (zzzzzz) sleep inducer that was Super Bowl LIII; On finding new turf with a team that's been covered ad ... Read more
5 Feb 2019
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45mins
Ranked #20
Will Leitch: Deadspin founder, New York Magazine contributing editor, MLB national correspondent
Will Leitch: Deadspin founder, New York Magazine contributing editor, MLB national correspondent
On talking golf with Eddie Van Halen; on why Deadspin exists alongside Slam Magazine and Bill Simmons in innovative spor... Read more
16 Apr 2019
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1hr 5mins