Dad to two awesome little girls, senior writer @TheAthletic, adjunct professor @IUMediaSchool.
Joined May 2009
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The wildest NFL story you've never heard 👇🏼
An agent on the brink of power
A grisly murder by 2 ex-players — with a crossbow
A bizarre twist kept secret ... until now
Year+ investigation with @KatieJStrang + @nathanfenno
Free to read: nytimes.com/athletic/7489309…
This is a really, really cool project
The story I’ve always wanted to do—taking you on a wild ride inside #NFL headsets on game day. Buckle up!
With @JourdanRodrigue & our amazing graphics team
nytimes.com/athletic/interac…
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It would not surprise me if Carlie Irsay-Gordon and the Colts are looking at non-traditional leadership structures that are similar to a couple successful teams (and successful roster overhauls). Some very early thoughts on the upcoming GM search: nytimes.com/athletic/7707253…
From yesterday, on the end of the Chris Ballard era.
The quotes that aged poorly. The moves that busted. The promise that never delivered 👇🏼
A sorry era for this franchise is over, one that became mind-numbingly stale and sucked the life out of the fanbase.
Chris Ballard's tenure started with promise. In the end, it never delivered.
Column from me, free to read: nytimes.com/athletic/7704955…
"The cool thing about our defense is it morphs from week to week — series to series, really."
Good look at the NFL's biggest disruptor, Brian Flores, who also happens to be, at the moment, the NFL's best coordinator, via @MikeSilver
nytimes.com/athletic/7705340…
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A sorry era for this franchise is over, one that became mind-numbingly stale and sucked the life out of the fanbase.
Chris Ballard's tenure started with promise. In the end, it never delivered.
Column from me, free to read: nytimes.com/athletic/7704955…
I know it's easy to dance on someone's grave after they're fired. Carlie had more than enough justification to make this call.
But it doesn't change the good Chris Ballard and his family did off the field here, and the 100s of foster children they helped
nytimes.com/athletic/1311425…
A sorry era for this franchise is over, one that became mind-numbingly stale and sucked the life out of the fanbase.
Chris Ballard's tenure started with promise. In the end, it never delivered.
Column from me, free to read: nytimes.com/athletic/7704955…
Wiritng on this, and all the mistakes of the past 10 years, for @TheAthleticNFL
Just an utterly inexcusable loss.
At home.
To a winless team.
With a double-digit lead at halftime.
In a season where "the urgency has never been higher."
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New story: 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk has been looking forward to Week 6 vs. the Commanders for months. He hoped to be playing in it — as a Commander.
Instead, two years after signing a $120M deal, Aiyuk is the NFL’s biggest enigma.
What happened? nytimes.com/athletic/7692622…
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My new book, The Game, has been a labor of love, and a tribute to my 40 years covering the NFL. Today, it's available in stores and online. Get your copy here:
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Just a clinical drive by Stafford and the Rams.
Wouldn’t hate watching a rematch of these two in February.
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“I look at tackling as a ‘want to’ thing,” LB Akeem Davis-Gaither said. “Guys gotta want to tackle, want to be physical. …”
But in the same vein, why is it that the #Colts never seem to have enough “want to” overall? nytimes.com/athletic/7682569…
Helluva compliment right there from @JJWatt, saying Tyler Warren reminds him of the great Mike Ditka
"I lived for competition. Every game was a personal affront. Everything in my life was based on beating the other guy."
The life of Mike Ditka as only @danpompei can write it.
nytimes.com/athletic/2947063…
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COLUMN: nytimes.com/athletic/7668803…
