Brian Phillips is a former staff writer at Grantland and senior writer at MTV News. He grew up in Oklahoma and now lives in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in Slate, Deadspin, The New York Times, The Awl, The New Republic, The Hudson Review, and Poetry, among other publications. His first book, Impossible Owls, an essay collection, will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in October 2018. He founded The Run of Play in 2007 and edited it until 2011. You can follow him on Twitter.
The gods won’t save you.
November 19, 2009
Posts pleasant and unpleasant.
November 19, 2009
Old Joe’s hittin’ the Jug.
November 17, 2009
The true story of a man who was brushing his teeth at Stamford Bridge.
November 9, 2009
Chelsea 1 – 0 Manchester United.
November 8, 2009
Shevchenko scores a brilliant goal against Inter.
November 5, 2009
Cesc Fabregas scores against AZ Alkmaar.
October 31, 2009
All good things.
October 30, 2009
A new reason to play FM2010, in case you needed one.
October 28, 2009
A birthday message from, and to, The Run of Play.
October 24, 2009
The Run of Play buys its own luxury cruise line.
October 24, 2009
The Run of Play buys its own blimp.
October 23, 2009
We sponsor the White House Beer Summit.
October 22, 2009
The Run of Play persuades Katie Couric to wear our neck tattoo.
October 21, 2009
The Run of Play transforms Wayne Rooney into an Ent.
October 19, 2009
The Run of Play convinces Kaká to switch religions.
October 16, 2009
The Run of Play sponsors a NASCAR team.
October 15, 2009
And a lot of what we will.
October 14, 2009
He’s hiding out and having bad ideas.
October 12, 2009
A new study suggests that matches don’t always tell us which is the better team.
October 8, 2009
The last confrontation with Roma.
October 6, 2009
Adriano and Shevchenko win their local derbies.
October 5, 2009
Absolute fiery throbbing red-hearted romance.
October 4, 2009
Exploring the origins of the most distressing game.
October 2, 2009
Battered by Roma, Pro Vercelli hobble toward the end of the season.
October 1, 2009
Thrilling news about an outstanding football film.
September 30, 2009
Drama gets routine.
September 30, 2009
Looking back upon the advent of the young Mr Wayne Rooney.
September 28, 2009
Barney Ronay on English football’s outrage epidemic.
September 25, 2009
Roma bring the brickbats.
September 25, 2009
I’m tempted to say it was dark. But that isn’t it.
September 24, 2009
They’re converging.
September 23, 2009
The headlines then and now.
September 23, 2009
Support a good cause. Get yours from Soccerpro.
September 22, 2009
A six-year-old girl at Candyland.
September 21, 2009
Remember how we never win a match at the San Siro? Well…
September 18, 2009
The Champions League tie against Barcelona produced…a bit of offense.
September 17, 2009
We didn’t plan it or anything.
September 10, 2009
Bringing the terseness of the Lost Generation to bear on the World Cup qualifiers.
September 10, 2009
When the legend stops being fact.
September 7, 2009
John Terry thinks so.
September 5, 2009
Why shouldn’t young players be free to choose their own clubs?
September 4, 2009
Which acclaimed TV series is like which highly successful football club?
September 1, 2009
I spent €125,000,000 on one player during the January transfer window.
August 26, 2009
The Guardian knocks Liverpool out of the title race, three weeks into the season.
August 25, 2009
A piggish little game at Anfield.
August 24, 2009
And I know who it is. It is Sofie.
August 24, 2009
The 3-4-3 has been good to us.
August 20, 2009
Seriously, meet Bertie Bee.
August 19, 2009
After a disappointing season, a new resolve.
August 19, 2009