Writing Boots

"Just Like a Woman: My 12 Downs at Quarterback"

Here's my latest on the Huffington Post, which includes the video below. Judging by how much this makes me cringe, my videographic partner in crime Justin Allen caught me pretty accurately. Light blogging next week, as I'm in Ohio, cleaning out my dad's house. But plenty to chew on in a post Monday on Sharing Information with Employees.

Paper Lioness: Going gonzo with the lady footballers

As I mentioned here previously, I am practicing with a women's semi-pro tackle football team for the purpose of profiling the team for ESPN the Magazine. The magazine wants a straight account, so I'm doing some ongoing gonzo stuff on The Huffington Post.

Here are my first impressions of the Chicago Force. (And their's, of me.)

"Sweet Spot," Chicago Magazine, Oct. 2003

The author spent two weeks working and living with the strange family that runs a bucolic but financially strapped nine-hole golf course in Ottawa, Ill. Winner of 2003 Peter Lisagor Award from the American Society of Professional Journalists.

"Game Boy" Chicago Magazine

Tom Chambers is a young graduate of Harvard who recently scrapped his job as an actuary to make a living playing online poker. But a new law threatens his livelihood. Can he and others like him hold—or must they fold?

"In This Ring, I Thee Fight," Chicago Tribune

Togetherness for Carlos and Jovita Castaneda includes going a few rounds—sometimes against each other—in the gym.