A Collection of Links to My Best Work (updating…)

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Hello and welcome to my personal blog…

I rarely use this to publish my thoughts any more, but I’ve hung onto it just in case there’s ever something I feel the need to say for which there is no other outlet, and also in case someone ever names a movie Uppercutting and there’s a chance for me to cash out by selling it. A guy needs a retirement plan, right?

In the meantime, here are links to some of my favorite things I’ve written about elsewhere. I hope you enjoy.

Floyd Mayweather:

The Trouble With Floyd Mayweather (Deadspin, 2014) – this is my best known article, and was largely responsible for the wave of media coverage of Floyd Mayweather’s history of domestic abuse, most notably this Rachel Nichols interview
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And Conor McGregor Will Never Fight And Thank God (Deadspin, 2016)
Why Is Katie Couric Letting Floyd Mayweather Smear His Victims? (Deadspin, 2015)
Floyd Mayweather Bans Michelle Beadle, Rachel Nichols From Covering Bout (Deadspin, 2015)
Mayweather-Pacquiao Won’t Be The Fight of The Century (The New Republic, 2015) – a pretty prophetic prediction of why the biggest fight in boxing history would disappoint
A Conversation With Will Leitch on Mayweather-Pacquiao (GQ, 2015)
Mayweather’s Joke of a Fight (Sports On Earth, 2015)
Surgeon Versus Slugger (Sports on Earth, 2014)

Boxing, Generally:

Manny Pacquiao Fights On ESPN Tonight, and No One Cares (Deadspin, 2017)
Pay-Per-View Is Ruining Boxing, But Tonight’s Crawford-Postol Fight Is Still Worth Your Money (Deadspin, 2016) – a fan’s anguished rant on why pay-per-view is a Ponzi scheme that will suffocate boxing’s future
What We’ve Lost With Muhammad Ali (Deadspin, 2016) – a look back on what made The Greatest of All Time so amazing
Bud Crawford is an Anomaly (Deadspin, 2015) – my paean to the finest young fighter in the sport.
Too High A Price (Sports on Earth, 2014) – a look at the challenging career of Victor Ortiz
Still King (Sports on Earth, 2014) – a celebration — celebration? — yes, celebration of Don King
A Scorched Legend (Sports on Earth, 2014) – a look back on the seemingly endless career of the great Evander Holyfield DEAD LINK. reproduced here.
Boxing is a Goddamned Tragedy (Kinja blog, 2013) – a fan tries to cope with death in the ring
Boxing is Still a Goddamned Tragedy (Kinja blog, 2013) – a follow up to the above