From Sports Illustrated:
FOR THE LOVE OF THE GLOVE
On the craft of a baseball glove technician
(April 2024 issue; online.)
HOME STATE HERO
On Caitlin Clark and Iowa women’s basketball
(November 2023 issue; online.)
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE AVENGER
On how Becky Sauerbrunn revamped the USWNT’s culture—and fortified the team to succeed without her
(July 2023 issue; online.)
What does Joey Chestnut want? (June 30, 2023)
Rhys Hoskins’ place in the 2022 Phillies’ run (Oct. 31, 2022)
LA STORY
On JuJu Watkins bringing glory back to USC
(March 2024 issue; online.)
RISE OF THE MACHINES
On pitch framing’s rise and (likely) fall
(April 2023 issue; online.)
ODE TO JOY
The art of the MLB home run celebration
(July 2023 issue; online.)
On the trend-beating, hyper-efficient offense of Florida Gulf Coast women’s basketball (Jan. 4, 2023)
Oklahoma softball cementing a dynasty (June 9th, 2023)
SWING AND BLISS
On a Texas sandlot field designed by artists
(October 2021 issue; online.)
WEIGHTIER GOALS
The NWSL at 10
(May 2022 issue; online.)
On the minor leagues’ union drive (September 22, 2022)
On Brett Phillips (May 26, 2022)
On how the WNBA became the first major American league to reach 99% vaccination (September 20th, 2021)
On competitive lifesaving (August 15, 2022)
On a very silly baseball / tv mystery (February 21, 2022)
Katie Hamilton Will Speak for Herself, Thank You (Where Are They Now? series: July 8th, 2021)
On the legacy of A League of Their Own (July 15, 2022)
On the Players’ League of 1890 (January 5, 2022)
On the evolution of MLB’s authentication program (September 6th, 2021)
On what 1968’s pitching environment can teach MLB about 2021 (June 1st, 2021)
On the WNBA’s example for maternity leave in Athletes Unlimited and the NWSL (May 27th, 2021)
On sports cards as pandemic entertainment (May 4th, 2020)
On Athletes Unlimited’s vision for the future of sports (Feb. 26th, 2021)
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
On the unbridled joy of Fernando Tatis, Jr.
(October 2020 issue; online.)
VIRAL TECH
On Covid-19, sports, and wearable tech
(September 2020 issue; online.)
online only:
The last spring training game before the COVID-19 shutdown
What buttons to press for fake crowd noise for an empty stadium
How to wait for free agency
A perfect baseball ending
The superhero origin story of Olympic climber Kyra Condie
How Rose Lavelle found her joy
Reflecting on how many times baseball has died
Inside the wacky world of minor league mascots
The Milwaukee Brewers’ move to positionless baseball
PAIGE BUECKERS
On the record-breaking Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year
(September 2020 issue; online.)
THE CHAMPS’ CLOSER LOVES INDIE BOOKSTORES
On the Nationals’ Sean Doolittle.
(2020 MLB Preview issue; online.)
PROVING GROUND
On what it’s like to play in MLB’s experiments in the Atlantic League.
(July 29th, 2019 issue; online.)
STUCK IN THE MUD
Baseball’s longtime Mud Man—and his uncertain future
(July 29th, 2019 issue; online.)
THE AMAZING RAYS
On the 2019 Tampa Bay Rays’ radical strategy
(May 6th, 2019 issue; online.)
RISE AND FALL OF THE SAVE
On the origin story of the save, and why it matters.
(June 3rd, 2019 issue; online.)
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN
On 1960s pioneering chess star Lisa Lane and women’s chess today.
(Jan. 14th, 2019 issue; online.)
HOME STRETCH
On Christian Yelich’s MVP offseason, forged by wildfire
(Jan. 28th, 2019 issue; online.)
THE JOYS OF SUMMER
Figuring out the surprising success of the Oakland A’s.
(Aug. 27, 2018 issue; online.)
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINES
On robo-umpires and baseball’s aesthetics of efficiency
(Nov. 18th, 2019, online.)
BEYOND WORDS
On the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and other broken games
(June 17, 2019, more online).
CRASH COURSE
Driving the Nationals’ bullpen cart
(Mar. 11, 2019; more online.)
BALL FOR ALL
The Women’s Baseball World Cup
(Sept. 10, 2018; more online.)
HEAD OF THE PAC
A teen’s New York Mets PAC
(Oct. 22, 2018; more online.)
From Deadspin:
Figuring out how baseball's rulebook and scorecards might accommodate a new extra-innings system
Initiating a stupid and dorky investigation into MLB's collective bargaining agreement
On how MLB's Statcast can break the traditional format of sabermetrics
awarded the Society of American Baseball Research's 2018 award for contemporary commentary
Looking at the small business behind football's giant flags
Sitting in the audience of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Being the first reporter to dig through the FBI's final record dump on Muhammed Ali
Anagramming Quad-A utility infielder Engelb Vielma's name over and over
Elsewhere: essays + player comments in Baseball Prospectus’ Annual for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021