Mirin Fader
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Sports writer. Storyteller. Senior staff writer @Ringer. NYT best-selling author of GIANNIS and DREAM https://t.co/JoaKEFeUBL
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Joined December 2011
Thank you so much for reading my work this year 💜 Here's a list of my features for @ringer as well as my new book, "DREAM: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon," which came out in October. Available wherever you buy books 🙏:
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Today is the day! 💜My first book, Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP, is now out everywhere books are sold! Thank you to the wonderful people @HachetteBooks. So beyond grateful. Reported and wrote this book in one year, through the pandemic, 221 interviews 🙏🏼
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"The Legacy of Mambacita": She wasn't worried about what people thought of her. She knew who she was, who she wanted to be. I profiled the late Gigi Bryant for @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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OMG. I am a New York Times bestselling author. Thank you so, so much to everyone who bought "Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP" and everyone who supported me and helped me achieve a dream! 💜💜💜 I have no words!
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So excited to share the first excerpt of my upcoming book, Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP, up now at .@ringer:
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OMG. My heart is bursting 🥺💜I can’t believe this happened.
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Excited to announce I'm writing my first book! "Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP," about the journey of Giannis Antetokounmpo, will be released August 10, 2021 by @HachetteUS. You can pre-order the book NOW here: And anywhere you buy books:
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"The LaMelo Show": I went to freezing-cold Prienai, Lithuania for three weeks to profile LaMelo Ball. I saw much, much more. My newest story for @BleacherReport/#BRmag:
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“Sometimes before you become who you are, things have to go get worse before it gets better.” I profiled DeMar DeRozan @ringer. A story about joy, grief, resilience, mental health, and the sacred bond between fathers and sons:
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When I was reporting my B/R story on Gigi Bryant, I was really struck by how much Kobe invested in making other girls Gigi's age better. He would know them by name, know their moves. What smoothies they liked. He came up with nicknames for them, talked to their parents often.
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So… I would love it if you’d pre-order my book on Giannis, it’s coming out August 10 @HachetteBooks: 🥺 @ringer.
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"I can’t let her down. I can’t fail." My profile of Davante Adams @Ringer. It’s no coincidence that the Packers’ star WR is shattering records as he finds his footing—and motivation—off the field. A story about fatherhood, masculinity, love, football:
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"The Life of LaMelo Ball": I went to Australia for 2 weeks to profile the youngest Ball brother and potential 2020 top NBA pick for @BleacherReport #BRmag. "People don't know me, know me as a person. They don't know what I've been through":
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Received my first hardback copy. Surreal. Please preorder here or wherever you buy books! Thank you for supporting 💜:
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I’m so excited for my next move: today’s my first day @ringer! I’m going to be writing my long form features and podcasting 👀 Thrilled for this opportunity! 🙏🏼.
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Today is the day! My second book, “Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon” is out today wherever you buy books 💜💜💜 :
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“I can look in the mirror and realize that in this moment, I’m happy." I profiled Greg Oden @ringer, now coaching at Butler. A story about resilience, addiction, shame, identity, and ultimately, the beauty of coming home:
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Ingram has always had the same work ethic, LA or NO. Re-posting my BI feature from November:
BRANDON INGRAM DROPS CAREER-HIGH 49 PTS AND GETS THE WIN IN OT 😤
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“Play hard, smart, and stay true to yourself.” I profiled Lakers spark Austin Reaves @ringer. A story about drive, family, humble beginnings, never forgetting one's roots, & grinding to turn a two-way into an NBA contract playing alongside Hall of Famers:
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"I like it when people are against me. Pretty much whoever I'm going against, I feel like I'm gonna just kill 'em." I profiled @KentuckyMBB scorer Tyler Herro for @BleacherReport #BRmag. Herro has endured a lot over the last year:
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I did it. I turned in my book!🥺😭I kept my proposal (and all my rejected ones before) because it took a lot to get here. I was at this coffee shop in Reno NV in February 2020, reporting a story, when I found out I got the deal. It has been a GRIND. I can’t wait for you to read💜
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Three years ago, 12-year-old James Ransom suffered a concussion playing tackle football. Just over one year later, he took his own life. I spent several months reporting and writing this story for @BleacherReport #BRmag. My newest:
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“The hardest thing in my whole life, was dealing with 11 years in the NBA of trying to be somebody that [NBA coaches] wanted me to be.” Nate Robinson questioned himself, God and the NBA. Can he make it back? My story @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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"My brother Giannis always says: 'You could be a kid but play like you're a man.'" I profiled Alex Antetokounmpo (and Giannis Antetokounmpo) for @BleacherReport #BRmag. A story about brotherhood, manhood, loss, and basketball:
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"I'm not big time. I'm not Hollywood. I'm still the same Ja I was before this happened." I went to Murray, KY, to profile @MSURacers' Ja Morant, the exciting, dynamic, 'basketball genius' flying up draft boards. My newest story for @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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Hi everyone! I have some news. Monday was my last day at Bleacher Report. It’s been an awesome three years. I’m so beyond grateful. I got to make lifelong friends, mentors, and travel the world telling stories I’m passionate about. .
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Omg. Seeing my book for the first time in an actual store. Looks like BN has them out now in LA as well. This is at The Grove. I’m going to cry! 🥺
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I'm excited to share what I've been working on! Second book:
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"Tough times make tough people.” I profiled Packers corner Rasul Douglas @ringer. A story about staying ready, having faith, grandmothers, love, and trusting in one's journey:
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🤯🤯🤯🤯😱😱😱😱.
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"You need to believe that you belong here." I profiled Celtics X factor Derrick White @ringer. A story about persistence, work ethic, family, and confidence:
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"A call for me to finding myself": I went to New Orleans to profile Brandon Ingram, to understand the journey he's been on since his health scare, his trade to the Pelicans. My newest feature for @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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"I’m still proving myself": I profiled Immanuel Quickley @ringer. A story about self-belief, not giving up, earning one's keep, and the comforting words of a mother.
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Seems like a good time to re-post my @BleacherReport #BRmag profile on Ja Morant from February:
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“If I had never been hurt, I don’t know who I would be as a person." Michael Porter Jr. had three back surgeries in five years. His NBA career was in jeopardy. Now he's shining for the Nuggets, headed to the NBA Finals. My story @ringer about resilience:
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"It's crazy. He's not in the NBA. He's not in college. He's not Zion. But they know who Jalen is.": My @BleacherReport #BRmag story on Jalen Green, 2020's top recruit and projected future No. 1 NBA draft pick:
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Hi friends, I’m excited to share that my second book “Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon” is now available for pre-order wherever you buy books. Comes out Oct. 15. Would really appreciate it if you pre-ordered! Thank you! 💜Link to preorder:
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“The moment I was OK with who I am, was when the game became a lot more peaceful for me.” My newest feature @ringer on Andre Drummond. A story about belonging, struggle, identity, a fresh start with the Lakers, and a changing NBA game.
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Just interviewed an 84 year old man who still plays hoops, once a week. On concrete. “I need to. I’ve got to.” I really felt that and loved that.
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"Basketball? What's basketball?" Growing up in a small Indian village, Princepal Singh had never heard of hoops. Now, he’s trying to become the first Indian-born player ever to make an NBA roster. A story on dreaming, access, joy, family: My story @ringer:
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"It's 10 million kids just like me. In New York, Chicago, L.A., Oakland, Atlanta, who go through the same thing and don't make it out; they don't have a voice. I speak for them. I hoop for them." I profiled Patrick Beverley for @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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"I was so consumed with winning, then you realize life is much more than that. It's not even about basketball. Basketball is so small." I profiled Sabrina Ionescu @BleacherReport #BRmag. A story about loss, finding gratitude in grief, searching for peace:
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I am very excited to share that I have officially joined @BleacherReport's staff as a writer-at-large for B/R Mag! So excited for this opportunity and chance to work with an amazing team!.
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Five years. I wrote this because I wanted people to know and cherish Gigi’s story, too:
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My heart is so full 💜thank you so much for ordering, for spreading the word, for supporting my work! This is insane and I’m so beyond grateful.
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"The metamorphosis of Brandon Ingram": I wanted to find out who the real Ingram is and can be for the @Lakers. My profile on the 21-year-old perfectionist for @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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I spent a week embedded w/ the miraculously talented Las Vegas Aces to find how a Super Team becomes a Super Team. “Shit’s not gonna happen overnight,” Cambage says. “If it was easy everyone would have a championship.” My story @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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The Oreos were one of my favorite anecdotes from reporting my Giannis book 🍪
Giannis is currently filling jars with oreos the night before game 5
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“I want to prove that I’m a winner at every level." The Evolution of Paige Bueckers: She returned to UConn to chase an elusive national title. To win it, she’ll have to become someone new on the court. My story @ringer about change, growth, resilience:
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"If you don't really know Zo, you don't really know the real him." Who is @ZO2_? My story @BleacherReport #BRMag:
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"A lot of people don’t know that part of my life because I’m always smiling. but it took a lot for me to get that way." My newest @ringer on Jae'Sean Tate. A story about resilience, mothers, childhood, and taking a winding path:
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Paperback edition with new championship chapter coming mid April 💜👀
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"Everything's become real cute. Everybody's scared to go to the rim. Everybody's scared to get hit. Everybody's scared to touch. I thrive on the contact. Contact is in my nature." I profiled @Celtics difference-maker Marcus Smart @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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May we all be as kind, as talented, as hardworking, as in love with the game and the craft as much as Sekou Smith.
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"The players in the league aren't going to allow things like this to just occur and us to sit back and be happy for what we're given so far. We truly believe we deserve more." Inside the @WNBA's fight for higher pay: My story @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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Finished the first 20,000 words of my book 🙏🏼. I can’t wait to share details later this year 👀🤗.
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I can’t wait to share my book on Dream next year 🙏🏼.
"I really admire his game and his journey as a man and as a basketball player. it's always amazing to be amongst the greats". -KD on moving past Hakeem Olajuwon into 12th on the NBA's scoring list
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Coach Pop is, by far, my dream profile/interview. I try every season to reach out to PR and haven’t had luck yet but maybe someday. Dream book subject, too. Manifesting here! 🤞🏼.
Join us in wishing a Happy 76th Birthday to 5x NBA champion and the all-time winningest coach in NBA history, Gregg Popovich! #NBABDAY
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It was really important to dig into difficult issues of citizenship and immigration in my book on Giannis. I hope it gives context to this moment:.
Milwaukee Bucks star @Giannis_An34 Antetokounmpo was in Greece for a meeting with the country’s prime minister and a special ceremony to bestow Greek citizenship on his mother Veronica and younger brother Alex. #NBA.
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Brian Bowen was a future lottery pick. Tony Bland was a star recruiter on the head coaching fast track. Then the FBI came knocking. A few years later, they're still picking up the pieces. My newest story @BleacherReport #BRmag. Spent months reporting this:
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“He always talked about some day the ball is going to stop bouncing, and you want to leave your mark on the world in other ways, too, so people will remember you." On Kobe Bryant, Gigi Bryant, Mambas, and memory. My newest story @ringer:
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“A program of grinders”: Texas Tech’s relentless defense, work ethic and hustle leads to first Final Four bid. My @BleacherReport story from tonight’s win over Gonzaga in Anaheim:
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“As a female journalist who has covered women’s sports for years, I have long dreamed of the day that female athletes would demand the level of media attention traditionally reserved for men. Now that day is finally here—and it’s a lot less satisfying than I imagined.” 🎯.
I couldn’t have planned it better. My column for @TheAtlantic just posted about how having male analysts and commentators discussing the WNBA more hasn’t gone like I imagined
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“You’re different. You’re unique. You’re one of a kind. Nobody’s like you." Sylvia Fowles’s Final Ride: my newest @ringer. A story about selflessness, self-love, resilience, finding one's own voice, and of course, sheer dominance:
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My heart is so full! Thank you everyone for the love and support. Truly a day I will never forget 💜.
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Honored to win first place for best online sports feature @LAPressClub awards for my B/R Mag story on LaMelo Ball. Thank you Christina Tapper for editing & unwavering support ❤️ Thank you Ben Osborne and Matt Sullivan for sending me to Lithuania. Forever grateful 🙏
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Paperback with new championship epilogue chapter comes out tomorrow, Tuesday! 👀💜💜💜 Available wherever you buy books 🥳
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"Unapologetically Liz:" The journey of @DallasWings star and @WNBA MVP candidate Liz Cambage @ecambage. My story for @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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"Sometimes I forget my age. Sometimes I forget that I'm still learning. In life, in tennis." Coco Gauff, 16, is discovering who she is, what she values. Where she's been, where she aspires to go. Who she can empower. My newest profile @BleacherReport:
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Ahead of Bucks/Nets, here’s the link to preorder my Giannis book!: It would mean the world to me if you preordered 💜 I spent the year grinding away w/ these binders, separating my reporting by year. Preorders really matter. Thank you for supporting! 🙏🏼
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Re-posting my Onyeka Okongwu @BleacherReport story that I wrote earlier this year. He is one of the most humble, most hard working athletes I've ever covered. Doesn't take a moment for granted. Eager to see what happens at tonight's NBA Draft:
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"I still feel there’s another level I can get to": Breanna Stewart Finds New Perspective Atop the World. My newest story @ringer. A story about dominance, injury, joy, falling in love, and, some breaking sneaker news 👀 that could change women's sports:
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A federal grand jury in Texas has indicted former Angels employee Eric Kay on two counts in the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. ICYMI, I spoke with Debbie & Carli Skaggs to profile Tyler last month for @BleacherReport:
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Honored to receive first place for Best Sports story by the Orange County Press Club for my B/R story on the late James Ransom. Thank you to the Ransoms for sharing their story w/ me, Ian Blair for editing & Christina Tapper for green lighting. Grateful 🙏
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“I feel like trying to be someone else is harder than being yourself.” I profiled Iowa's Keegan Murray @ringer ahead of the NBA draft. A story about work ethic, family, late bloomers, perfectionism, and trusting in one's journey:
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"A part of you leaves." What Tyler Skaggs Left Behind: A year after he died, the Angels pitcher's widow and mother open up on his death and how they're coming to terms with what happened and why. My newest profile @BleacherReport:
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"I’ve always felt like I’ve belonged": My newest feature @ringer on Austin Reaves and a life-changing summer. A story about confidence, change, fame, and the never-ending quest to prove people wrong:
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"I'm not gonna feel sorry for myself. I'm not gonna tell myself, 'I can't do it anymore.' I'm coming back." Roberto Aguayo was the most touted kicker in a decade. Then in a blink, he was out of the league. What happened? My story @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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“It’s not solely about me. It’s ultimately about winning. If we really want to be good, and we want to win, then we do what needs to be done.” I profiled Jrue Holiday @ringer @ringernba. A story about change, family, selflessness and sacrifice:
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“Proving to them that I can make it and be Andrej,” he says, “not Peja’s son.” I profiled 17-year-old Andrej Stojakovic @ringer. A story about drive, family, the love between fathers and sons, and finding one's own path:
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My newest story:.
Gigi didn’t back down to anybody. Not even the WNBA Rookie of the Year. ✍️
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Honored to have two of my @BleacherReport stories featured in the 2020 Best American Sports Writing. Thank you to Jake Leonard, @ElliottPohnl_BR @bosborne17 I’m grateful for you🙏🏼
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Today was a heartbreaking day for BR Mag. Please hire my incredible colleagues and friends. Without them I couldn’t have written a word. They mean the world to me and they made me better in every way. As far as myself, I am still writing for BR. .
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A dream come true to have an excerpt from my book on Giannis in the @nytimes today! Both in print and online 💜. This is from a chapter called "Lonely":
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Honored to be named Sports Book Author of the Year! Thank you so much, @TheBigLead 🙏🏼.
Presenting The Big Lead's 2021 Sports Media Awards.
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This, per Wright Thompson: "When you’re a kid you think writing has to do with words and then you figure out that it doesn’t and that it has to do with structure. It’s architecture. It has nothing to do with words, really. It’s outlining, structure, it’s conflict and resolution.".
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RIP to my favorite writer Toni Morrison. Heartbroken. Words cannot explain how much she inspired me to write. She taught me how powerful language, words, can be. Studying just ONE Toni paragraph can make you a better person, writer, reader. Greatest American storyteller forever.
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"I can't believe we're even talking about basketball right now in this moment. This is so much bigger than basketball." What goes into the decision to opt out of playing this season? My story @BleacherReport #BRmag:
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I just wanted to thank you for reading my stories this year 💜 Here's a thread of my stories I wrote in 2023 @ringer, starting with this profile of Greg Oden. A story about resilience, addiction, shame, identity, and the beauty of coming home:
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So grateful that my B/R Mag feature “The LaMelo Show” from Lithuania was named a notable selection in Best American Sports Writing 2019. Huge thank you @Tapperific for editing & unwavering support, @bosborne17 & @sullduggery for this incredible opportunity
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About to go on TV for the first time!! Say a prayer or five 🙏🏼💜.
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“Being different, it made me find myself. It made me embrace who I am because I can’t be like everyone else.” I profiled Purdue big man Zach Edey @ringer. A story about drive, work ethic, being 'the outsider,' and the gift of embracing who you are:
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