noah davis

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20+ years across journalism, brand content, and content strategy. Bylines in the New York Times, The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, GQ, and ESPN, among others. Co-founder of Three Point Four Media, an editorial studio. Emmy winner for TV writing on NBC's Olympics coverage.

features

I Was Paid $12.50 An Hour To Write This Story (The Awl)
Parade's End (Grantland)
NYC Bound: A Triathlon in My Apartment (Outside)
Living the Dream (Business Insider)
Can the New York Cosmos and Soccer's Minor League Exist? (The New Yorker)
Last Champions of the Third Reich (SB Nation Longform)
Money Matters: Why Women Founders Struggle in Silicon Valley (The Verge)
Life Among the Fruitarians (Grub Street)
Can Gawker's New Commenting System Improve Quality Without Creating Chaos (Fast Company)
American Hustle (Men's Journal)
Not Just Another Game (SB Nation Longform)
Neal Stephenson Interview: Kickstarter, Swordfighting, and the Big Novel's Staying Power (The Verge)
Curbed Cravings (Sherwood)
NCAA Athletes Can (Finally) Start a Business (Shopify)
Ex-Barcelona wonderkid Bojan hopes he can find happiness, 'freedom' with Montreal Impact (ESPNFC)
On Bob Bradley (ESPNFC)
Galaxy Creator and Partner to a Pop Star: Sebastian Lletget Is the Most Interesting Man in American Soccer (ESPNFC)
College or FIFA Pro Gaming? For Cormac 'Doolsta' Dooley, 2019 eMLS Cup Champion, It's a Difficult Decision (ESPNFC)
DaMarcus Beasley Can't Stop, Won't Stop as U.S. Legend Reaches 20 Years as a Pro (ESPNFC)
If You Believe in God, You Believe in Zlatan (ESPNFC)
The Forgotten Story of How a U.S. Men's Team Tore up the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship (The Athletic)
Ahead of Its Time (Traffic)
Why Do Didier Drogba, Diplo, Pete Wentz, and Brandon McCarthy Own a Second-Tier American Soccer Team Together? (The Ringer)
China vs. the West: Who Will Lead the Way in Embryo Editing Research? (Leaps)
Who Gives a Puck About Sports Merch? (Racked)
Economics Professor Sunil Gulati Is the Most Powerful American in Soccer (Howler/ESPNFC)
After Brush with Greatness in US Open Cup, Christos FC Just Wants to Have Fun (ESPNFC)
How Spain Great David Villa Broke the Illusion That MLS Is a Retirement Home (Bleacher Report)
Andrew Carleton May Be the Homegrown Star U.S. Men's Soccer Has Been Waiting for (Bleacher Report)
From Last Chance to the American Messi: The Rise of Rose Lavelle (Bleacher Report)
A Soccer Factory in Football's Heartland: 'It's Like It's Europe or Something' (Bleacher Report)
Geoff Cameron's Rise from Unheralded Youngster to USMNT Star (Bleacher Report)
FIFA Ultimate Team Tournaments Have One Goal in Mind: to Make You Believe You Can Be a Video Game Champion (ESPNFC)
The Mayor of the Minor League (Worth)
What Happens When Soccer Bans Heading? (The Ringer)
Tottenham's Cameron Carter-Vickers Is Looking Like a Future Captain America (Bleacher Report)
Meet the Woman Who Dresses Your Favorite Superheroes (Racked)
Team USA's World Cup Hopes Hang on Bruce Arena United a Divided Squad (Bleacher Report)
Do You Need a $115 Apron? (Racked)
Progress Report: 3-D Printing Taking Shape: Today, Tomorrow & Beyond (Consumer Digest)
The Patriots Are Even Sneakier Than You Think (FiveThirtyEight)
The Making of an Official NFL Fan Jersey (Racked)
NFL Coaches Yell At Refs Because It Freakin' Works (FiveThirtyEight)
How a Hunting Gear Brand Gets Huge (Racked)
The Next Next Big Thing (The Ringer)
Bill Foley's Big Bet (Worth)
Who's LOLing Now? (Traffic Magazine)
The State of the Menswear Union (Racked)
How Lesser-Known Models Navigate Instagram and Snapchat (Racked)
Yoga Pants That Correct Your Form and the Future of Haptic Fashion (Racked)
In the Secondary Sneaker Market, It's No Longer Just about Nike (Racked)
Some NHL Stars Get More Assists at Home Than They Deserve (FiveThirtyEight)
How to Make it as an Artist in New York (Crain's)
The Future of Daily Fantasy Sports (Consumers Digest)
The 60 Most Powerful People in Sports (Worth)
A Plan to Subsidize Rents May Not Be Enough to Keep Artists in Bushwick (Crain's)
On Any Given Sunday, NFL Favorites Win And Underdogs Lose (FiveThirtyEight)
NHL Coaches Are Pulling Their Goalies Earlier Than Ever (FiveThirtyEight)
Will This Robot Take Your Job? (Boston Globe Magazine)
If You Don't Click on this Story, I Don't Get Paid (The Awl)
Mix and the City (Howler)
Umpires Are Less Blind Than They Used to Be (FiveThirtyEight)
Royal Rumble (Improper Bostonian)
Norman Reedus Wrangles Alligators in New Orleans (The Red Bulletin)
Don't Be Fooled by Baseball's Small-Budget Success Stories (FiveThirtyEight)
How Your Favorite Team Blows its Money (FiveThirtyEight)
Hockey Refs Are Out To Get You (If They Already Got The Other Guy) (FiveThirtyEight)
The Growing Pains of U.S. Soccer's Dominant Supporter's Group (Fusion)
Can Katie Nolan Help Save Fox Sports 1? (Vice)
Meet the Venus and Serena of Squash (Boston Globe Magazine)
Welcome to Cyclocross (The Red Bulletin)
The 10 Types of NFL Quarterbacks (FiveThirtyEight)
An NBA Player's Draft Day Grudge Doesn't Help Him Play Better (FiveThirtyEight)
Can Former Mayor and Two-Time Felon Buddy Cianci Comeback? Again. (Vice)
The Daily Fantasy Sports Takeover (Vice)
American Rises to Rare Heights in Squash World, All While Hitting the Books (The New York Times)
How Florida State Football Hacked Football's Fitness Code (Men's Fitness)
Major League Soccer's Money Problem (The New Yorker)
The Craft Beer Market Has Exploded, and Now Brewers Are Worried about a Collapse (Business Insider)
The End of Seniority (AskMen)
The International Olympic Committee Says These Athletes Can Go to Sochi. Israel Says No. (Tablet)
I Failed a Mensa Test, Twice (Pacific Standard)
Playbook: Paul Rabil (ESPN The Magazine)
You Can't Stop Brian Scalabrine (Boston Globe Magazine)
Why Pele's Cosmos Were the Best and Worst Thing to Happen to American Soccer (The New Republic)
Everybody Loves Shep Messing (SB Nation Longform)
Electric Funeral: Living through the Death of Virtual Worlds (The Verge)
Type Positive: The Rise of Helvetica (Open Skies)
The Unlikely Friendship Behind MLS's Fiercest Rivalry (The Wall Street Journal)
Exit Time: The Future of Women's Soccer in the U.S. (Grantland)
Tetris; Can a Cold War Classic Evolve for the Touchscreen? (The Verge)
Staying in the Game: A Profile of Squash Player Greg Gaultier (Lexus Magazine)
The 2006 World Cup with No Game Plan (The Awl)
Oh Bituminous Blast! At Midtown's 'Magic' Gathering (The Awl)
Real-Life Quidditch Wants to Be Taken Seriously (Buzzfeed)
The Family That Runs, and Runs, Together (The Classical)

soccer

USMNT's core is moving away from MLS and that's fine for now (ESPNFC)
Why is the USMNT suddenly facing a goalkeeper crisis? (ESPNFC)
How MLS playoff teams keep momentum over international break (ESPNFC)
Why is winning away from home so difficult in MLS? (ESPNFC)
How does U.S. Soccer keep winning over dual nationals? (ESPNFC)
The Messi Tour: Miami roadshow is a celebration of soccer (ESPNFC)
A new EPL season begins for Tim Ream, an American 'grandpa' in London (Washington Post)
MLS needs investment in depth to manage fixture congestion (ESPNFC)
From Beckham to Messi: How much has MLS grown in a decade? (ESPNFC)
John Tolkin's hair, impressive play are impossible to ignore (ESPNFC)
What is a DP? It's no longer just MLS's magic wand to sign superstars like Beckham or Messi (ESPNFC)
These days, it's always sunny in Wrexham (Washington Post)
What's the vision in New York? (ESPNFC)
How big of an impact do MLS coaches have? It depends, but it's less than you think (ESPNFC)
Despite adding Insigne and Bernardeschi, Toronto failed in 2022, but what can they achieve in 2023? (ESPNFC)
Two teams have dominated the EPL for years. Where does that leave the rest? (Washington Post)
Why MLS clubs are rebranding, how some got it wrong, and why that's an opportunity to build fan trust (ESPNFC)
Away from the games, MLS players' lives are defined by monotony: 'I wish I was more interesting' (ESPNFC)
American coaches (not Ted Lasso) trying to make it in Europe: 'It's almost impossible for us to get you hired' (ESPNFC)
Stock Up, Stock Down column (B/R)
MLS is Back… eventually (ESPNFC)
The oral history of the most famous moment in USMNT history (ESPNFC)
Battle of the Soccer Leagues (ESPNFC)
On Inter Miami's home opener (ESPNFC)
MLS feats of strength (ESPNFC)
MLS players are just like us (ESPNFC)
Major League Soccer proposes 20 percent pay cut to players' association (ESPNFC)
MLS discussing drastic wage cuts with players´ union (ESPNFC)
MLS after coronavirus: What will the league look like when it returns? (ESPNFC)
MLS Year One, 25 seasons ago: The 'Wild West' of training, travel, hockey shootouts and American soccer (ESPNFC)
MLS training amid coronavirus: Clubs send players balls, rollers and dumbbells to keep fit in quarantine (ESPNFC)
FIFA 20, esports helping MLS clubs navigate coronavirus shutdown (ESPNFC)
USMNT Big Board: The 23 who will represent the U.S. at Qatar 2022 (ESPNFC)
MLS Players Deal with Coronavirus-induced Break by Social Distancing, Home Workouts, Laundry (ESPNFC)
2020 MLS Predictions (ESPNFC)
Alonso in Miami, Deila in NYCFC, Ramos in Houston and Wicky in Chicago (ESPNFC)
2020 Eastern Conference Preview (ESPNFC)
Misery Index: New England Revolution (ESPNFC)
State of the USMNT (ESPNFC)
Inter Miami, Beckham Picked Robbie Robinson No.1 in MLS SuperDraft. Then Things Got Weird (ESPNFC)
Jay Ajayi Joins Philadelphia Union's eMLS Team to Become the Prototype of a New Kind of Dual-sport Athlete (ESPNFC)
Beckham's Miami, Nashville and MLS: the Pros and Cons of Expansion (ESPNFC)
Does the U.S. Men's National Team Have a Leadership Problem? (ESPNFC)
Way-too-early Look at MLS in 2020 (ESPNFC)
Alejandro Pozuelo Couldn't Ask for More from his Debut Season in Toronto… Except an MLS Cup Win (ESPNFC)
Toronto FC's Eastern Conference Triumph Proves Playoffs Are about Winning Any Way You Can (ESPNFC)
Vela vs. Ibrahimovic Is Exactly What Fans Want (ESPNFC)
NYCFC Finds Life After David Villa (ESPNFC)
Josh Sargent Calls Next on United States Striker of the Future Role (ESPNFC)
United States to Start Josh Sargent in CONCACAF Nations League vs. Cuba (ESPNFC)
U.S. Must Use Nations League to Show it Has Turned the Corner Under Berhalter (ESPNFC)
Wayne Rooney and D.C. United Are Fizzling Out. Have They Given Up? (ESPNFC)
U.S. Youngsters Adjusting to 'Berhalter-ball,' but Road to Redemption Remains Long (ESPNFC)
USMNT Depth Chart: Where They're Strong and Where They Should Worry Ahead of World Cup 2022 (ESPNFC)
Berhalter Pleased with U.S. Despite Mexico Rout (ESPNFC)
This USMNT Squad Is a Long Way off—and it Showed vs. Mexico (ESPNFC)
Berhalter to Hand Ajax's Dest Start vs. Mexico (ESPNFC)
Inside the VAR process (ESPNFC)
Atlanta Title Defense Back on Track After Offseason of Change Threatened to Derail Campaign (ESPNFC)
Fire Extinguished (ESPNFC)
'I feel like I owe them' (ESPNFC)
Keaton Parks' Move from Benfica to NYCFC Can Further His Career, Not End it (ESPNFC)
ESPN Roundtable (ESPNFC)
Don Garber: MLS Ready to Embrace Legalized Sports Gambling (ESPNFC)
D.C. United's Revolution on Course After Victory Over Reigning MLS Cup Champs Atlanta United (ESPNFC)
What to Expect from Ibrahimovic, Rooney and MLS' Superstar DPs in 2019 (ESPNFC)
How Siad Haji Immigrated from Kenya, Fell through U.S. Soccer's Cracks and Still Rose to No. 2 in MLS SuperDraft (ESPNFC)
USMNT Player of the Year Zack Steffen Reflects on Superb 2018, Is Ready for Man City (ESPNFC)
Amid U.S. Soccer's Future Focus, Gregg Berhalter Just Wants to Get to Work (ESPNFC)
One Log, 2,600 Miles: Portland Sends Slice of Home to Atlanta for MLS Cup (ESPNFC)
New York Red Bulls Fail to Deliver in the Playoffs Again After Another Promising Regular Season (ESPNFC)
Tata Martino Proud of Atlanta United's Transformation from Expansion Team to MLS Cup Finalist (ESPNFC)
Atlanta Expected the Red Bulls to Abandon the Press (ESPNFC)
Aaron Long's Long Road to MLS Pays off with International Appearances, Individual Awards (ESPNFC)
Wayne Rooney, a New Home and Renewed Belief: Inside D.C. United's Remarkable Turnaround (ESPNFC)
Belgium's Winner Evoked Memories of Landon Donovan vs. Algeria (ESPNFC)
Four Years After Howard's Saves and Wondo's Miss, U.S. Has Regret about the Past, Hope for the Future (ESPNFC)
The U.S. men missed the World Cup. What does the future hold from here? (ESPNFC)
Is Soccer Cool? (Racked)
Russell Canouse, Brooks Lennon Left Europe for MLS' Promise of Playing Time (ESPNFC)
Retooled Galaxy Face a Battle for Los Angeles from Upstart LAFC (ESPNFC)
Jonathan Gonzalez Chose Mexico but Life Goes on for Young U.S. squad (ESPNFC)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of MLS Expansion: What LAFC Can Expect (ESPNFC)
U.S. squad's New Guys: What You Need to Know About Ramirez, Glad, Canouse (ESPNFC)
Gulati Absence Means it Doesn't Matter Who Wins USSF Presidential Election (ESPNFC)
Despite Missing World Cup, U.S. Soccer Fans Have Plenty to Watch in 2017 (ESPNFC)
Royer Key to Red Bulls' Comeback Hopes at Toronto and MLS Cup Run (ESPNFC)
MLS' Striking Home-field Advantage All but Dooms Knockout-round Visitors (ESPNFC)
Weston McKennie: Potential Future USMNT Star Making His Way in Germany (Bleacher Report)
Excitement on the Pitch and in the Stands in Crew's Return to Columbus (ESPNFC)
Columbus Crew SC Take Their Chances Against Misfiring New York City FC (ESPNFC)
What's Next for American Soccer? (The Ringer)
Five Failures for the U.S.: Center-back Woe, Ineffective Attack, More (ESPNFC)
'No Choice but to Stand and Face the Music': What Went Wrong for USMNT (Bleacher Report)
Tyler Adams Is Enjoying His Long Drive to Major League Soccer Success (ESPNFC)
What Happens if the U.S. Misses World Cup Qualification? (ESPNFC)
Christian Pulisic Doesn't Play for the Best American Soccer Team (The Ringer)
Christian Pulisic Says Things Happened 'A Little Bit Too Fast' for Him Last Season (ESPNFC)
U.S. Game vs. Costa Rica Was Always Most Important in Hexagonal (ESPNFC)
Michael Bradley Shows He Is Still the U.S.'s Most Important Player in 2017 (ESPNFC)
U.S. Team More Unlucky Than Poor in Surprising Costa Rica Defeat (ESPNFC)
MLS' Best Goal Celebrators Reveal the Secrets to a Great Celebratio (ESPNFC)
Christian Pulisic vs. the World (The Ringer)
Arena Must Learn From Setbacks, but Reaching Russia Will Define His Reign (ESPNFC)
Given Time to Mature, Rivalry Week Has Become Appointment Viewing in MLS (ESPNFC)
With MLS Maturing, It's Time to Return the All-Star Game to East vs. West (ESPNFC)
David Villa's Supernatural Ability and Unmatched Effort Have Him Atop MLS (ESPNFC)
U.S.' Gold Cup Expectations: Win it All, Get Contributions from Acosta, Morris (ESPNFC)
CONCACAF Refereeing Determined to Be at Highest Level at 2017 Gold Cup (ESPNFC)
Did the U.S. 'B Team' Fail its Gold Cup Test? It Depends on Your Perspective (ESPNFC)
North American Sports Culture Helping MLS Clubs Buy into Analytics (ESPNFC)
Clint Dempsey Is as Vital as Ever to U.S. Despite Apparent "Auper Sub" Role (ESPNFC)
Vieira Surprised By His Fondness for Coaching (ESPNFC)
Can Eric Lichaj finally become a USMNT regular with strong Gold Cup? (ESPNFC)
NYCFC, Red Bulls' Fight for Supremacy Produces Rapid Rise in Fan Intensity (ESPNFC)
Scouting overlooked markets growing increasingly important in booming MLS (ESPNFC)
Arena Must Get U.S. Balance Right for Crucial WC Qualifiers vs. T&T, Mexico (ESPNFC)
Conflict Management (The Blizzard)
The U.S. Is Officially Christian Pulisic's Team — but He Can't Do It All (The Ringer)
Arena Has Exceeded Expectations Since Replacing Klinsmann as U.S. Manager (ESPNFC)
As MLS Grows, U.S.-Born Players Face Greater Competition for Roster Spots (ESPNFC)
MLS' Amalgamation of Roster Rules Gives the League Spending Flexibility (ESPNFC)
Arena and U.S. Need Attack-minded Approach to Cover Defensive Frailties (ESPNFC)
The Best American Soccer Player Is an 18-Year-Old From Hershey, Pennsylvani (The Ringer)
First MLS memories: David Beckham, Freddy Adu's Debut and Pure Passion (ESPNFC)
Could President Trump's Policies Derail a U.S. World Cup Bid? (Bleacher Report)
Who Will Be the Breakout U.S. National Team Stars in 2017? (ESPNFC)
The Dark Days Are Over: Bruce Arena Is Making the USMNT Fun Again (Bleacher Report)
Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup First and Foremost for Arena, the USMNT (ESPNFC)
MLS Players Shunned by Klinsmann Are Set to Get New Chances Under Arena (ESPNFC)
Tab Ramos a Winner, Analytics a Loser as Bruce Arena Returns to U.S. Fold? (ESPNFC)
Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan: The Hottest Bromance in Sports Right Now (Bleacher Report)
In Arena We Trust? (The Ringer)
Jurgen Klinsmann's Obsessed with Pace in His U.S. teams. Is that Enough? (ESPNFC)
The Result of U.S. vs. Mexico Doesn't Really Matter for Qualification Hopes (ESPNFC)
U.S. vs. Mexico: Keys to Friday's World Cup Qualifier in Columbus, Ohi (ESPNFC)
Building Blocks in Place, but Can Klinsmann Lead USMNT out of Its Dark Place? (Bleacher Report)
Jurgen Klinsmann's U.S. Tenure Has Been so Frustrating. Can He Fix It? (ESPNFC)
Landon Donovan Hasn't Been Worth the Cost for LA Galaxy, but He Might Still Be (ESPNFC)
Are Aging Designated Players a Smart Investment for MLS Clubs? (ESPNFC)
MLS Talking Points: Should David Villa Have Been Suspended? (ESPNFC)
Barcelona Continue to Lead the Way in Medicine and Innovation (ESPNFC)
Christian Pulisic, Fabian Johnson Must Play Together on the Left for U.S. (ESPNFC)
Landon Donovan's Sudden MLS Comeback Is a Shocker, but It's Not a Stunt (Bleacher Report)
Donovan's Return Welcome but Also Reveals Lack of Breakout Stars in MLS (ESPNFC)
Fabian Castillo Catastrophe Highlights MLS's Flawed Calendar, Transfer Setup (ESPNFC)
How Can Major League Soccer Become One of the Best Leagues by 2020? (ESPNFC)
MLS All-Star Fan Vote Shows that the League Is Moving Forward (ESPNFC)
The Next Great American Soccer Star? (The New Yorker)
USMNT 'Golden Generation' with Donovan, Dempsey Has Already Passed (ESPNFC)
Jurgen Klinsmann Hasn't Delivered on His Promises for the U.S. National Team (ESPNFC)
Jurgen Klinsmann Would Be the Wrong Manager to Take Charge of England (ESPNFC)
There's Still Hope for the U.S. Despite Their Copa Opening Defeat vs. Colombia (ESPNFC)
MLS Has a 2022 Problem (Vice)
The Will Leitch Experience (Sports on Earth)
U.S. National Team Roundtable (ESPNFC)
Michael Bradley, Jozy Altidore Pairing Blossoming with Toronto FC, U.S. Team (ESPNFC)
United States' Olympic Games Qualification on the Line vs. Colombia (ESPNFC)
U.S. U-23s Not Good Enough Again as They Fall to Colombia, Miss Olympic (ESPNFC)
U.S. U-23s Olympic Qualifying Loss a Failure Seen Too Many Times Befor (ESPNFC)
2016 MLS predictions: Who will win MLS Cup, Supporters' Shield, MVP? (ESPNFC)
The 10 MLS Storylines U.S. National Team Fans Should Be Following in 2016 (ESPNFC)
The Time Has Come for Jermaine Jones to Be Phased Out of the U.S. Team (ESPNFC)
Should Jurgen Klinsmann Worry about U.S. Goalies Tim Howard, Brad Guzan? (ESPNFC)
On David Villa and Soccer in NYC (Associated)
Play Johnson in midfield, qualify for the Olympics: U.S. goals in 2016 (ESPNFC)
U.S. Team Year in Review—it Wasn't Really that Bad, Was it? (ESPNFC)
MVP winner Sebastian Giovinco sets new standard in Major League Soccer (ESPNFC)
Jozy Altidore's Time Should Be Over with USMNT, So Bring on Bobby Wood (ESPNFC)
If U.S. Soccer and Jurgen Klinsmann Are to Cut Ties, Now Is the Time to Do it (ESPNFC)
The USMNT Should Beat Mexico, But What Will Jurgen Klinsmann Say If It Doesn't? (Grantland)
Growth of MLS Not Only Making U.S. Stronger, but its CONCACAF Rivals Too (ESPNFC)
America's Best Midfielder: Why Can't Benny Feilhaber Get a USMNT Call-Up (Grantland)
Today's Soccer Gear: Shorts, Cleats, Shinguards and a GPS Unit (The New York Times)
Reggae Boy Blues: A Guide to Worrying About the USMNT's Disappointing Gold Cup Exit (Grantland)
United States Crushes Cuba 6-0 in Gold Cup Quarterfinal (American Soccer Now)
Gold Cup Questions: The Tournament Has Lost Some Importance, But the USMNT Is Still Worth Watching (Grantland)
Chris Wondolowski: Bau Daigh Warrior, Part 1 (YouTube)
The Women's World Cup for Grantland: Julie Johnston (Grantland)
At the Heart of Soccer City, Historic Providence Park Shines as a Home for Soccer (Timbers.com)
The Rebirth of Juan Agudelo: How the 22-Year-Old Made His Way Back to the USMNT (Grantland)
The Education of Jordan Morris: How Did a Stanford Sophomore Become a Starter for the USMNT? (Grantland)
Toronto Tandem: How the USMNT Will Benefit From Having Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore on the Same Club Team (Grantland)
Seriously, What the Heck Happened to Freddy Adu (Grantland)
New TV Deal Brings Appointment Viewing (Sports Business Journal)
Major Labor Strife: Can Soccer Players Buck the Trend of Owners Winning Collective Bargaining Agreement Negotiations? (Grantland)
Haji Wright and the Next Big Thing (Grantland)
Is Alejandro Bedoya the Future of the USMNT? (Grantland)
The Battle for New York City: Cash, Corporations, and Soccer (Vice)
15 Wishes for the USMNT in 2015 (Grantland)
Jurgen Klinsmann vs. The Future of U.S. Soccer (Grantland)
We Went There: Landon Donovan's Curtain Call (Grantland)
Is the USMNT Getting Any Better? (Grantland)
Meet the Future of the USMNT (Grantland)
How the United States Can Win the World Cup (Grantland)
The Problem with Summer Friendlies in the U.S. (Grantland)
At the 2014 World Cup: U.S.-Ghana (Grantland)
Stadiums Like White Elephants (Belt)
How the National Team Coaches Went from Patriotic Symbol to Globe-Trotting Mercenary (Howler)
The Best U.S. World Cup Teams (Sports on Earth)
We Went There: USMNT Beats Turkey as the World Cup Looms (Grantland)
The 23 Most Important Members of the USMNT (Grantland)
2014 World Cup Package: A Trip to the Pacific Northwest (GQ)
Can the New York Cosmos and Soccer's Minor League Coexist (The New Yorker)
What a Non-Competitive Soccer Game Can Tell Us about America (Pacific Standard)
We Went There: USMNT-Mexico in Arizona (Grantland)
Don't Take Julian Green to the World Cup (Grantland)
Can Super-Sub Sydney Leroux Become a Super Star? (Sports on Earth)
Michael Bradley Returns to MLS and Everyone Screams (Grantland)
We Went There: Argentina, Minus Messi, Takes on Ecuador (Grantland)
For Some USMNT Players, the Work to Reach the World Cup Has Just Begun (Grantland)
We Went There: Wales-Belgium World Cup Qualifier (Grantland)
There Are 23 Plane Tickets to the 2014 World Cup (Grantland)
We Went There: USMNT Beats Mexico, Qualifies for the World Cup (Grantland)
A Conversation with Myself (Grantland)
Does the USMNT Have an Injury Problem (Grantland)
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of the Young American Striker (Grantland)
We Know What the USMNT Did this Summer (Grantland)
Does FIFA's Corruption Hurt the Beautiful Game? Yes (Americas Quarterly)
Poncho Villa's Army: The Mexican Supporters Group in the U.S. (Sports on Earth)
Jurgen Klinsmann, Fashion Icon (Grantland)
USMNT Gets a Brek, Advances in Gold Cup (Grantland)
USMNT 'B' Team Looks to Impress Klinsmann at Gold Cup (Grantland)
Jozy's Got It: Altidore's Goal Helps USMNT Beat Honduras, Near World Cup Qualification (Grantland)
A Good Day at the Office: The USMNT Makes Amends in Kingston (Grantland)
We Went There: The New York Cosmos Reboot (Grantland)
Belgium Has Cake, Eats it Too, While Easily Defeating USMNT (Grantland)
Can Sunil Gulati Reform FIFA (Grantland)
Building the Next Landon Donovan (Grantland)
Jurgen Klinsmann, the Coach vs. Jurgen Klinsmann, the Visionary (Grantland)
Are More People Watching MLS in Person or on Television (Grantland)
Where Does the USMNT Stand Now? (Grantland)
Snow Blind; The United States Overcomes the Elements (and Costa Rica) (Grantland)
Creating Community on a Diverse USMNT (Grantland)
In Defense of Landon Donovan (Grantland)
We Went There: USMNT's World Cup Qualifying Hits a Snag in Honduras (Grantland)
Solving the Centerback Conundrum: Does the USMNT Need a Leader? (Grantland)
Scoring with Soccer: Analytics Comes to MLS (Grantland)
America the Ugly: The USMNT Draws With Canada, 0-0 (Grantland)
20 Wishes for the USMNT in 2013 (Grantland)
Winning Over the World: American Coaches Coaching Abroad (The Classical)
The Grass Isn't Always Greener: The USMNT and the Problem with Away Stadiums (Grantland)
Playing for Your Country Is an Honor, But Also a Royal Pain (Grantland)
We Went There: The USMNT End Is the Beginning Is the End (Grantland)
We Went There: The USMNT's Eastern Promises (Grantland)
Landon Donovan's Legacy Will Be Just Fine (Grantland)
USMNT Advances but Plenty of Questions Remain (Grantland)
Route One in the Rain: USMNT Gets Needed Three Points in Antigua (Grantland)
Is MLS Making CONCACF Better at the Expense of the USMNT? (Grantland)
The Portland Timbers Reserve League Is Sort of Insane (Grantland)
The USMNT Beat Jamaica in World Cup Qualifier Rematch (Grantland)
A Bad Night in Kingston Leaves USMNT Needing a Win in Columbus (Grantland)
Al Jazeera's New Sports Network Changes the Soccer-Watching Landscape (Grantland)
The United States Soccer Team Is Going to Dominate the 2024 Olympics (Buzzfeed)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Clint Dempsey (The Classical)
Random Fandom: A Man Without a Country at Euro 2012 (The Classical)
At Euro 2012, No Place For English Optimism Or Swedish Sobriety (Deadspin)
From Ukraine With Love: 24 Racism-Free Hours At Euro 2012 (Deadspin)
Before Qualifiers Begin, U.S. Already Looks Beat (The Wall Street Journal)
Cold-Blooded Old Timers (The Classical)
Slide Tackle: The U-23 Mess, and U.S. Soccer at the Crossroads (The Classical)
US Olympic Dream Dies Against El Salvador (MLSSoccer.com)
The 25 Ugliest Haircuts in Soccer History (Complex.com)
What Ever Happened to… Youri Djorkaeff (MLSSoccer.com)
Made in Colombia (The Classical)
How Germany Found Itself, Lost Itself, and Found Itself Again (Good Men Project)
Clint Dempsey and the Fate of America (Run of Play)
On Building an American Identity (Run of Play)
Now The Hard Part Begins for US Starlet Agudelo (MLSsoccer.com)
Can Women's Soccer Survive in America? (The Awl)
Bafana Bafana Goes Out, But South Africa Soldiers On (Goal.com)
Why The Jabulani Is The Perfect Ball For South Africa's World Cup (Goal.com)
United South Africa (Goal.com)
In Which The World Cup Has Arrived (This Recording)
The Big Event: Our World Cup Preview (Cigar Aficionado)
The Making of Honduras United (NYMag.com)
SI.com World Cup Preview: France (SI.com)

interviews + profiles

Interview with Cindy Parlow Cone (Kit)
Interview with Andy Byford (Kit)
Interview with Franklin Leonard (Kit)
Interview with Julie Uhrman (Kit)
Interview with Tim Brown (Kit)
Interview with Richard Brown (Kit)
Interview with Damian Lewis (Kit)
Spider-Man Comes to Marvel TV? Runaways Star Annie Wersching Says Maybe (Best Life)
Actor Andy Favreau on His Way-Famous Brother and New Show with Mindy Kaling (Best Life)
Vincent Kartheiser on Hollywood’s “Evil” Mad Men Momen (Best Life)
Jay Pharoah on “White Famous,” Hanging with Jamie Foxx, and Why Alec Baldwin Nails It As Donald Trump (Best Life)
Interview with Jonathan Emmett (Kit Magazine)
Narcos’ Michael Stahl-David Talks Colombia, Woody Harrelson, and Why He Left Graffiti Art Behind (Best Life)
Bayern Munich's Rafinha on Succeeding Lahm, His Ink and World Cup Ambitions (Bleacher Report)
Q&A with Uzodinma Iweala (Kit)
Meet the 29-Year-Old Owner Taking Katz's Deli Global (Crain's New York)
D’Wayne Edwards Is Teaching the Next Generation of Sneaker Designers (Racked)
We Talked to a Guy Who Breaks Toilet Seats With His Head (New York)
How a Former Financial Consultant Built a Company to Cure Rare Diseases (Pacific Standard)
How a Tragedy Inspired This CEO to Build a Better Addiction Recovery Cente (Inc.)
Head of NYCFC Wants to Find his Team a Permanent Home in the Five Boroughs (Crain's New York)
Crain's New York Power Couples: Carmelo and La La Anthony (Crain's New York)
Crain's New York Power Couples: Mark Lee and Ed Filipowski (Crain's New York)
Director Stephen Frears on New Lance Armstrong Movie (The Red Bulletin)
Kimi Werner: Life on Her Own Terms (The Red Bulletin)
33 Minutes with Nature's Naked Muse (The Red Bulletin)
The Model Who Jumps Out of Planes (The Red Bulletin)
What Makes You So Smart, CEO? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Mid-Career Artist? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Surfboard Maker? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Professional 'Magic: The Gathering' Player? (Pacific Standard)
Why Rachel Moore Is Quitting a Successful Modeling Career to Sail Around the World (The Red Bulletin)
What Makes You So Smart, MIT Professor? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Entrepreneur? (Pacific Standard)
32 Minutes with Skiing's Stunning Superwoman (The Red Bulletin)
The Iron Man: James Lawrence (Esquire)
How This Entrepreneur Helped Put Portland's Music Scene on the Map (Inc.)
How Do You Make a Living, Visiting Professor? (Pacific Standard)
This Genius Tool Turns Website Owners into Millionaires (Inc.)
How This Entrepreneur Makes Millions by Snooping Through Your Digital Files (Inc.)
The Master of Cheap Travel (The Red Bulletin)
How Do You Make a Living, Book Podcaster? (Pacific Standard)
Don Cherry Says the Best Locker Room Speeches Are Unrehearsed (Esquire)
Buck Showalter Thinks That Moneyball Blows (Esquire)
"That's Good Drama, But It's Not Good Coaching" (Esquire)
The Real Coach Carter: What It's Like to Have Your Life Made into a Movie (Esquire)
What College Football's Winningest Coach Thinks of Hollywood Sports Movies (Esquire)
How Do You Coach a Movie Coach? (Esquire)
How Do You Make a Living, Travel Journalist? (Pacific Standard)
Tough Jobs: Battlefield Pararescue Airman (Popular Mechanics)
What It's Like to Be a Wildland Firefighter (Esquire)
What Makes You So Smart, Chuck Klosterman? (Pacific Standard)
"Fitness Makes Me a Better Gamer" (The Red Bulletin)
How Do You Make a Living, Comic Book Illustrator? (Pacific Standard)
Meet the Company that Mastered Podcasting Long Before 'Serial' (Inc.)
What Makes You So Smart, Computational Neuroscientist? (Pacific Standard)
The Grueling Life of a Long-Haul Trucker (Popular Mechanics)
How Do You Make a Living, Documentary Filmmaker? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a LIving, Freddie deBoer? (Pacific Standard)
What It's Like to Be a Lion Tamer (Esquire)
What Makes You So Smart, Judit Polgar? (Pacific Standard)
Coffee with Aasif Mandvi (The Red Bulletin)
What Makes You So Smart, Stephen Wolfram? (Pacific Standard)
How Do you Make a Living, Freelance Food Stylist? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Bestselling Ghostwriter? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Session Guitarist? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Ski Gear Lender? (Pacific Standard)
What Makes You So Smart, Creativity Cultivator? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Producer of Experiential Weirdness? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Freelance Investigative Reporter? (Pacific Standard)
Why a Former Gawker Editor Is Pushing Local News to a National Audience (Street Fight)
How Do You Make a Living, Art Curator? (Pacific Standard)
Walk Softly and Carry a Big Email List: Meet Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton's Secret Weapon (Vice)
Model Turned DJ Eva Shaw (Nylon)
One AIDS Patient's Journey to the World's Toughest Mudder (Women's Health)
How Do You Make a Living, Molly Crabapple? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Fine-Art Photographer? (Pacific Standard)
How Do You Make a Living, Board-Game Rulebook Editor? (Pacific Standard)
Magnus Carlsen, the Best Chess Player Ever, on Confidence (Esquire)
Inside Balochistan with Willem Marx (The Awl)
Don Garber Keeps on Truckin’ (8x8)
What Makes You So Smart, Brent Beshore? (Pacific Standard)
Why Are You So Smart, Jeremy Johnson? (Pacific Standard)
Why Are You So Smart, Kathryn Minshew? (Pacific Standard)
Why Are You So Smart, Lord Browne? (Pacific Standard)
So What Do You Do, Jim Bankoff, CEO of Vox Media? (mediabistro.com)
Why Are You So Smart, Stan Greenberg? (Pacific Standard)
Why Are You So Smart, Aaron Shapiro? (Pacific Standard)
"Moby Dick": The Game (The Awl)
Running Barefoot in the City (Outside)
Avalo York: Cycling’s Mayor of Central Park (Outside)
The Slowest Man to Run Up The Empire State Building (Outside)
Hanging with the Frutarians (Outside)
The Yes Men Kickstart a Revolution (The Verge)
Maximum City: A Q&A with Author Suketu Mehta (Open Skies)
Why Is He Still Running?: Former Soccer Star Wade Barrett’s Ultramarathoning Career (Outside)
Steven Heller’s Apartment (Open Skies)
How They Got Their Archive (The Awl)
Artists and Designers Q&A Series (Complex.com)
Q&A ‘Beer Runner’ Combines Fitness With Drinking (Wired.com)
We’re Pretty Sure Adam Rapoport Is The Coolest Editor In NYC (Business Insider)
ELIZABETH SPIERS: ‘New York Observer Was Sluggish When I Got Here And Now It’s Back On Track’ (Business Insider)
Saint or Sinner:Mad Men's Vincent Kartheiser (DRAFT cover story, Sept/Oct ‘09)
So What Do You Do, Arianna Huffington? (mediabistro.com)
What Makes You So Smart, CEO? (Pacific Standard)

other sports

Why NBA Jerseys Are Slightly Different Every Year (Racked)
Ads on NBA Jerseys Are About to Become Extremely Common (Racked)
The Bandit Who Ran The Boston Marathon While Pushing a Canoe, Twice. (Deadspin)
How to Hit a Squash Ball Harder Than Anyone Else on Earth (New York)
These Three Guys Are Bringing Squash to New York’s Public Spaces (Bloomberg)
A Veteran Sailor’s Crazy Plan to Cross the Atlantic Without GPS (Bloomberg)
Rising Squash Star Has Triumphant Week Despite Loss in Tournament Final (The New York Times)
Kevin Jorgeson Reflects on the Dawn Wall Ascent (Visit California)
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Boston Sports One-Hit Wonders (Boston Globe Magazine)
What It Feels Like to Hook a 400-Pound Tuna on a Kayak (Esquire)
Marathon Training: Three Ways to Never Bonk Again (Men's Fitness)
Need a Winter Workout? Squash the Competition (GQ)
Final Fantasy; Fantasy Sports vs. Gambling Laws (Playboy)
Six Days in the Dome (Sports on Earth)
The Best (and Worst) Comebacks of All Time (Men's Journal)
The Greatest/Worst Sports Deal of All Time (Edgar)
March Madness: A Reminder that Stats Can't Tell Us Everything (Pacific Standard)
Technique: Throw Quadruple Salchow (ESPN The Magazine)
A Sneaker-based Economy (Sports on Earth)
Opening Night in Brooklyn, Year 2 (Grantland)
Confessions of Hollywood’s Leading Stunt Double (Details)
The Datafication of the NFL (Sports on Earth)
Gridiron Editor Matthew Sherry on the NFL in the U.K. (Grantland)
Moneyball of the Mind (Pacific Standard)
How Australian Sports Science Is Changing America (Grantland)
We Went There: Grand Central Station’s Rumble on the Rails (Grantland)
Team Sapsucker Will See More Birds Than You (Grantland)
A Mostly Straight Run Down Broadway (Outside)
NASCAR Goes Biking (Grantland)
This Won’t End Well: How NYU-Poly Guard a 7’1” NBA Prospect (The Wall Street Journal)
How Running Explains the World (Outside)
New York Is a Marathon (Outside)
The New York City (Ultra) Marathon (Outside)
Why We Watch: Kobe Bryant, Himself (The Classical)
Do You Believe in Magic… the Gathering (The Verge)
Lacrosse Doesn’t Pay the Rent (The Wall Street Journal)
Johnny, Being Johnny (The Classical)
The NBA Out of Timeouts (The Classical)
On Thin Ice: The Uncertain Future of Alabama Hockey (Buzzfeed)
An Athlete and His Money Are Soon to Part 1 (GQ.com)
Fun With Google Alerts: The Talented, Time-Traveling Noah Davis Winter (The Classical)
Two Guards (The Classical)
Fairway of Dreams (The Classical)
Hog Wild (Penthouse)
Synthetic Supernatural (The Classical)
Champions and Commuters (The Classical)
Bombs Over Baghdatis (The Classical)
A Game Worthy of a Wizard (Wall Street Journal)
Where the Hell Is Pixelated Colt McCoy? (Good Men Project)
How Birdwatching Explains The World (Good Men Project)
Co-Owners (Good Men Project)

just other

Who's Responsible for Curbing the Teen Vaping Epidemic? (Leaps Mag)
The Long Haul (Skift)
Your Digital Avatar May One Day Get Sick Before You Do (Leaps Mag)
The Race to Find a Streetwear Unicorn (GQ)
The Brave New World of Using DNA to Store Data (Leaps Mag)
The Future of Running Gear Looks a Lot like Streetwear (GQ)
Why Are Running Shoes So Ugly? (Racked)
Battle of the Button-Downs (Racked)
What the World's Best Chefs Really Think about Michelin Star (Best Life)
Meet the Man Mapping the Lands of Game of Thrones (Crain's New York Business)
The Absolute Best Soccer Bar in New York (Grub Street)
2016: Year in Review (Medium)
Get Uncomfortably Close to the World's Fastest Knife-Thrower (New York)
How a Karate Master Became the World's Fastest Window Cleaner (New York)
Fast 50: Tal Depot #7 + FanDuel #13 (Crain's New York)
Do You Need an App for That? (Traffic Magazine)
Miss the Old Kanye? We'll Drink to That (Men's Journal)
Who Has the Better German Pilsner: Munich or California? (Men's Journal)
Craft Beer Goes Highbrow (DuJour)
Young, Digital, and Hungry: The 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in Europe (Inc.)
Boston's Frequent Flyers Share Secrets for Smart Travel (Boston Globe Magazine)
From Swearing Off Service Businesses to Cleaning Up in One (Inc.)
This Startup Aims to Step in Where the Nation's Banks Fall Short (Inc.)
2015 Year in Review (Medium)
What It's Like to Get Stung by the World's Most Painful Insect (Esquire)
How This Media Executive Finally Got Her Chance to Change the World (Inc.)
What Brazilian Martial Arts Taught These Inc 500 Founders (Inc.)
7 Unexpected Cuts of Meat You Should Grill This Summer (Esquire)
A Guide to Haptics (Inc.)
Cuba, By Bicycle! (Radius)
The Best Time to Move a Growing Company (Inc.)
The New Rules of Grilling (Esquire)
How Does Internet Speed Affect the Rate of Innovation (Inc.)
12 Scenic Trail Runs Worth The Airfare (Men's Fitness)
What the Hell Would the Democrats Want to Host the 2016 Convention in Brooklyn (Vice)
The Masterful Marketing of the Heimlich Maneuver (Pacific Standard)
How to Be Brutally Efficient (Inc.)
Why I'm Not Voting (Vice)
How to Make a Megastar (Inc.)
(2 of the) 12 New Rules of Eating (GQ)
How Erno Rubik Created the Rubik's Cube (MentalFloss)
How I Turned Big Data into Viral Marketing (Inc.)
Want to Visit All 3,143 Counties? There's a Club for that. (Yahoo Travel)
What a Call Center Company Learned from Big Data (Inc.)
High-Octane Getaways for Two (Men's Fitness)
The King Is Dead, Forever (Pacific Standard)
Creative Life After 30 (AskMen.com)
In Which the Protagonist Never Was Very Good (This Recording)
In Which Calvin and or Hobbes Are Transmogrified (This Recording)
Are Video Games the Next Great Art Form? (Pacific Standard)
Can a Video Game Ever Be a True Comedy? (Splitsider)
The Bitcoin Effect (Open Skies)
The Weird, Lucrative World of Celebrity Endorsements Overseas (Guyism.com)
Optimo Hats (Open Skies)
Telecos Unite on Next-Gen SMS (Fast Company)
Our Man in New York: Delancey Underground (Open Skies)
Ask A Dude (The Hairpin)
In Which The Speed Of Light Is Merely Suggested (This Recording)
I Quit My Job Because I Got Fat (Good Men Project)
In My Office (Design Bureau)
Glass in Four Ways (Design Bureau)
Magazine Editors Are 100% Sure Tumblrs Are Driving Subscriptions, But They Can't Prove It (Business Insider)
Love Is Defying (Tune The Proletariat)
These Streets Will Make You Feel Brand New (Tune The Proletariat)
I'll End Up Winning (Tune The Proletariat)
The Way We Get By (Tune The Proletariat)
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