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<a href="https://twitter.com/kylebeachy">Kyle Beachy</a> is still in Chicago.

Kyle Beachy

US skateboarder Jagger Eaton in the 2021 Street World Championships

Good Old Street League

Charles Farrell has spent his professional life moving between music and boxing, with occasional detours. He has managed five world champions, and has played and recorded with many of the musicians he most admires&#8211;Evan Parker and Ornette Coleman among them. Farrell currently resides in the Boston, Massachusetts area.



His new book, <a href="https://hamilcarpubs.com/books/lowlife-a-memoir-of-jazz-fight-fixing-and-the-mob/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">(Low)life: A Memoir of Jazz, Fight-Fixing, and The Mob</a>, will be published June 29.

Charles Farrell

on October 14, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“My Friend Is Here To See The Girls”

Kelsey McKinney

Who Could Want This Rose?

Jon Wertheim

It Took One Summer For Michael Jordan To Become The Future Of The NBA

<a href="https://twitter.com/lukeoneil47">Luke O&#8217;Neil</a> is a journalist from Massachusetts who writes the first and only newsletter <a href="https://luke.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://luke.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616543416428000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE5IKQmDrJuhrlJblb9S3AHVWTxRg">Welcome to Hell World</a>. He is the author of the acclaimed <a href="https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/welcome-to-hell-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/welcome-to-hell-world/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616543416428000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKr39gB76WY0VbfRhr_QVTfWmSCg">book of the same name</a> and the new, lesser-acclaimed book <a href="https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/lockdown-in-hell-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/lockdown-in-hell-world/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616543416428000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG72XE6k8YQIvhQiiAE2N3a0Gmdlg">Lockdown in Hell World</a>. He doesn&#8217;t think Tatum and Brown will ever be enough unless they get a Garnett type in there to sort everyone out.

Luke O’Neil

A house in South Carolina seen during historic flooding in 2018. Also Luke's book cover is on there.

I’ve Been Sleeping With A Shovel Under The Bed

Nick Greene

A Couples Therapist Explains Wilt Chamberlain’s Most Impressive Record (No, Not That One)

Kelly Conaboy

A Day At The “Largest Festival For Dogs In North America” Where My Dog Was, Quite Frankly, Robbed Of His Accolades

<a href="https://twitter.com/PeteCroatto" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/PeteCroatto&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664986664225000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1IOCSnf8b8k47CXUQY8Wml">Pete Croatto </a>is the author of <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/From-Hang-Time-to-Prime-Time/Pete-Croatto/9781982103958" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/From-Hang-Time-to-Prime-Time/Pete-Croatto/9781982103958&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664986664225000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0qtPVCYdWjoWnj-HRERk_r">From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-day NBA</a>. His sportswriting has appeared in many outlets, including The New York Times, The Athletic, The Toronto Star, Andscape, Shondaland, and SLAM.

Pete Croatto

Walt Clyde Frazier the man, left, holds Walt Clyde Frazier the sneaker, right.

Walt “Clyde” Frazier, The Clydes, And The Invention Of NBA Cool

<a href="https://twitter.com/sundownmotel">Bill Hanstock</a> is an Emmy-winning producer, screenwriter, editor and journalist. He has covered and interviewed countless WWE and independent wrestling personalities and events for SB Nation and UPROXX, and been a part of several popular pro wrestling podcasts. He has contributed to Polygon, The Athletic, and Inked magazine. He has also penned nearly a dozen stories for the official WWE comic book published by BOOM! Studios. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, son, and two cats.

Bill Hanstock

Donald Trump and Vince McMahon at some WWE thing or other in 2009. I'm sure it was great.

Inside Vince McMahon’s Aspirational, Transactional, Utterly All-American Friendship With Donald Trump

Corey Sobel

The Running Back Who Reads Emily Dickinson

Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson

On the right is a photo of Toni Smith-Thompson. On the left is an image of the book Loving Sports When They Dont Love You Back

Before There Was Colin Kaepernick, There Was Toni Smith-Thompson

<a href="http://www.ddavisla.com">David Davis </a>is the author of Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans From World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation and Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku. He lives in Los Angeles.
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