I’ve written books on the historical and cultural forces that will keep the U.S. men’s soccer team from winning the World Cup, histories of Major League Soccer and women’s soccer, tips for improving your soccer club’s website, and personal takes on MMA and youth soccer.
My latest writing
- The US men’s and women’s teams claimed titles at the Winter Games this past week. The warm fuzzy feelings didn’t last long
- Other nations are catching up with the US in its traditional strengths such as snowboarding. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing for Americans
- The Canadians began the Milano Cortina Games with a cheating scandal and a gold drought. In the second week of action, it’s woe Canada no more
My posts
New posts are at Mostly Modern Media, now at Substack.
- A day-by-day look at what's worth losing sleep or skipping work to see
- A lot of ignorant-ass sports media-adjacent people are saying she shouldn't have started today. That's objectively ridiculous.
- An open letter to the star of the alternative Super Bowl show.
- A day-by-day look at what's worth losing sleep or skipping work to see
- Or, how a guy from Georgia fell in love with the Winter Olympics and always loves covering them
- You can ignore this
- We're not kidding. Enough.
My most popular stories and posts
Bradenton residency, Class of 1999: Where are they now?December 5, 2012
Things you didn't know about Alex MorganJune 26, 2013
The (sex!) marketing of (catfights!) women's MMADecember 11, 2014
Curling at the crossroadsJanuary 7, 2016
Coaching education through the yearsJanuary 8, 2019
Simulating a 48-team World Cup (nerd alert!)December 20, 2022
My music
Who says music majors are useless? After reviving my musical life at School of Rock, I’m now a frequent participant at Flashband and a member of The Randos, an eclectic group playing eclectic music in the DMV. (That’s the DC metro area. We don’t randomly appear while you’re renewing your license.) Check out some highlights.
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