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.
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November 29, 2008
Is it just me, or is the genre of “how …
November 28, 2008
Quick hits this week. Let’s get right to them: Saturday …
November 28, 2008
With 69% of the vote, Pro Vercelli. Otherwise known as …
November 28, 2008
Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary of the first appearance by …
November 28, 2008
Matt Barlow of the Mail has written an entertaining piece …
November 28, 2008
Apparently the dog is the “official footballing dog of Liverpool …
November 27, 2008
The teleology of sport is imprecise, which means that any …
November 27, 2008
Is Peter Wood-Hogg or whatever his name is actually giving …
November 27, 2008
I don’t think they show matches like tonight’s game between …
November 26, 2008
Two numbers in the news today: (1) South Africa has …
November 26, 2008
I missed this while I was traveling over the weekend, …
November 26, 2008
Thanks to some great suggestions from all of you, I’ve …
November 25, 2008
Well, this is just fantastic. You, too, can apply to …
November 25, 2008
Let’s consider the skeletal narrative implied by Adidas’s new viral …
November 25, 2008
Today’s most jarring paragraph transition, from the BBC report on …
November 25, 2008
The Damned – “Neat Neat Neat”
November 25, 2008
The Argentine press is reporting that an Englishman named Ian …
November 24, 2008
Football Manager 2009 was released last week to the annual …
November 24, 2008
Yesterday we joined Dave in asking when the big four …
November 24, 2008
You must read Sam Wallace’s interview with Harry Redknapp. Why? …
November 22, 2008
One of my good friends decided to get married this …
November 21, 2008
F=O=O=T=B=A=L=L, or, How a Gang of Lousy Thieves Made Journalism …
November 21, 2008
Based on William Gallas’s latest intemperate, teammate-under-bus-throwing outburst in the …
November 20, 2008
Some days, I think of football as an arena in …
November 20, 2008
I’m secured in my special match-viewing chamber (it’s more like …
November 19, 2008
Tonight’s friendlies present an intriguing crisis of choice to anyone …
November 19, 2008
On his feeling about his new job: “I have always …
November 19, 2008
The Liver bird—the ineffably pompous cormorant famous for carrying a …
November 19, 2008
The New York Times has a piece this morning on …
November 19, 2008
They’ve suspended the league indefinitely. Apparently what prompted the brawl …
November 18, 2008
I know it seems like he’s sent this signal to …
November 18, 2008
I linked to this in the Meanwhile section yesterday, but …
November 18, 2008
Modena have now won one and lost one since they …
November 17, 2008
Following the wave of dire and not at all made-up …
November 17, 2008
What killed it? The Anelka signing, the loss of José …
November 17, 2008
There are a lot of reasons to read Daniel Taylor’s …
November 17, 2008
I’ve seen more intense derbies in my life, and so, …
November 16, 2008
Not a good day for the Huub. Sadly, as I …
November 16, 2008
The addition of a tiny talismanic braided rat-tail to the …
November 15, 2008
There are weekends full of matches that, like damned souls …
November 14, 2008
UEFA v. The G-14: The Short History of a Pointless …
November 14, 2008
Really? This is how you want to sell your league? …
November 14, 2008
I’m not all that interested in the ongoing controversy about …
November 13, 2008
I got caught up in Tottenham’s move into supermarket development …
November 13, 2008
I’m not sure this totally clears up the confusion over …
November 13, 2008
Ahem. Events have proved you wrong, Ray Wilkins. Events have …
November 12, 2008
Tottenham’s 4-2 win over Liverpool was impressive, and more on …
November 12, 2008
I don’t usually cover the Copa del Rey, to put …
November 12, 2008
An auction is being held in London to sell a …
November 12, 2008