December 2011
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My favorite Longreads from 2011! →
Holiday Cheer
A few months ago, while looking through the magazines at McNally Jackson on a Sunday evening, I happened to notice one of the zines on a featured rack. It was about Tyson Chandler, the basketball player, and it was called “Tyson Chandler.” The zine cost $10. The next morning, I tried to track down Ari Marcopoulos, one of the two artists responsible for the publication. That took about...
I visited Gill St. Bernard’s for its basketball scrimmage last week against St. Anthony—yes, that St. Anthony—for a profile of the country’s most unlikely hoops powerhouse. The story’s on The Classical, the lovely and excellent new sports website that I trust you’re already reading. Hope you enjoy!
“He was the subject of a limited edition 100 copy zine titled “Tyson...”
– Career highlight.
My profile of Mike Krzyzewski, called The Art of Winning, was released as a Kindle Single earlier this month. Today he was named Sports Illustrated’s 2011 Co-Sportsperson of the Year with Tennessee’s Pat Summitt. Here’s a lightly edited and condensed transcript of a recent conversation with Coach K.
One early morning in October, I flew down to North Carolina and drove to the...