Coming Sept. 15, from Hyperion Avenue and Penguin Random House: A collection of the @espn.com work I’m proudest of, with an introduction from me and a foreword from Wright Thompson.
Preorder now, but don’t worry—I’ll remind you.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826777...
My third offering will be out in September. It’s called Be on That Hill, a collection of the ESPN work I’m proudest of over 25 years. Thanks to Wright Thompson for the gift of book titles as decorative ski runs — and for writing a forward. Please preorder www.amazon.com/Be-That-Hill...
Masters week reminds me of this fun story:
My third offering will be out in September. It’s called Be on That Hill, a collection of the ESPN work I’m proudest of over 25 years. Thanks to Wright Thompson for the gift of book titles as decorative ski runs — and for writing a forward. Please preorder www.amazon.com/Be-That-Hill...
Coming Sept. 15, from Hyperion Avenue and Penguin Random House: A collection of the @espn.com work I’m proudest of, with an introduction from me and a foreword from Wright Thompson.
Preorder now, but don’t worry—I’ll remind you.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826777...
When I first decided to write about sports, the first name my dad mentioned was Frank Deford. It was an honor to deliver this year’s Deford Lecture at @ut-cscm.bsky.social
Thursday afternoon. Thanks to all who helped make it so special for me.
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Wickersham is a five-time finalist for the Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting (2x with a co-author), the most for any sportswriter. In 2018, he was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Reporting. He's been on a team, winning the NMA for General Excellence 3x.
Very interesting development, filed to ESPN from me and @dvnjr.bsky.social : NFL owners are scheduled to vote on a Raiders succession plan that gives billionaire Egon Durban the option to purchase a controlling stake in the team from Mark Davis.
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NEW EVENT: We're delighted to announce that Seth Wickersham will deliver the Frank Deford Lecture in Sports Journalism on March 25. Wickersham has been at ESPN for over two decades. His primary focus is long form enterprise and investigative work on the NFL.
Join us on campus!
Austin folks:
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NYC: this will be a fun night!
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Jesse Jackson’s 1988 DNC speech was the first I watched, and the first I remembered. My dad teared up during it. RIP.
Bruce and I battled a few times on Twitter, and I always respected his passion for his team and convictions. I'm so sorry to hear about his passing.
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Watch CBS News Sunday, for a piece on the QB position, its role in culture, and its unique fame and pressures. Featured: Joe Willie, Luck, Young — and yours truly! We talked, and of course, threw. I told reporter Jim Axelrod that see — I *knew* one day I’d be throwing passes on Sundays on CBS. ;)
Watch CBS News Sunday, for a piece on the QB position, its role in culture, and its unique fame and pressures. Featured: Joe Willie, Luck, Young — and yours truly! We talked, and of course, threw. I told reporter Jim Axelrod that see — I *knew* one day I’d be throwing passes on Sundays on CBS. ;)
… Povich, Solomon, Shapiro, Denlinger, Remnick, Wilbon, Kornheiser, Clarke, Reid, Goff, Rosenberg, Hamilton, Berko, Nichols, Friend, Bos, Sally, Babb, Brew, Maese, Frey, Maske, Buckner, Culpepper, Wise, Les, Sheinin, Feinstein and so many others that made it so unique and essential.
As someone who has subscribed, consumed, competed against, admired, and interned at the Washington Post sports section, I’m still in shock that the powers that be are *walking away* from a known, rabid, paying audience. Thinking foremost of all those affected today, even those who survived. But also
If the Seahawks are put up for sale, it will be the first time in the Super Bowl era that an entire team that played in the championship game gets put on the market shortly afterward. In February 1991, Preston Robert Tisch purchased 50% of the champion New York Giants.
NEWS from @bradyhenderson and me: The Seattle Seahawks will go up for sale after Super Bowl LX. They could set a record for an NFL team price: $7-$8 billion, per a rival team exec.
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Bill Polian to @dvnjr.bsky.social in our piece:
A stunner from @dvnjr.bsky.social and me: Bill Belichick is not a first ballot Hall of Famer. He didn't get elected this year. The 8-time champion failed to 40 out of the 50 votes required for induction.
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America, get ready to watch Malcolm Butler’s interception for two weeks straight.
