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.
Three days ago, Portsmouth officially unveiled Peter Crouch as the …
July 14, 2008
The Song of the Glorious Arsh I’ll sing you the …
July 11, 2008
Quick question, since everyone seems to be comfortable with the …
July 10, 2008
You probably imagine the voice of God as an awesome, …
July 8, 2008
Gareth Barry’s Disgruntled P.R. Rep Tells All “When your name …
July 5, 2008
And for Accounting Purposes, My Name Is Ronaldo “Ronaldinho Gaucho” …
July 3, 2008
Somewhere this morning I saw Fernando Torres’s physique described as …
July 1, 2008
More considered thoughts to come, but for now, a quick …
June 29, 2008
There were nineteen goals in the six quarterfinal and semifinal …
June 28, 2008
The Telegraph is reporting that France Football is reporting that …
June 27, 2008
Kind of a compact car of a match, in the …
June 27, 2008
Now…that’s reality out of the way. Let’s talk about that …
June 26, 2008
This imperative mode is better than a bullet list. Read …
June 26, 2008
Put the outcome to one side. The astonishing thing about …
June 25, 2008
from Chapter 13 (“A Racehorse of Genius Crystallizes the Recognition …
June 25, 2008
from Chapter 7 (“In a Weak Moment Ulrich Acquires a …
June 24, 2008
Andrei Arshavin is already 27. Did you realize that? That’s …
June 22, 2008
Weirdest exchange between Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth during the …
June 22, 2008
First: Zach recently asked why Americans focus so much on …
June 20, 2008
A thrilling group stage has gone the way of the …
June 19, 2008
Southgate Rankings are an attempt to quantify the subjective sense …
June 18, 2008
I’m interested in the bones of Michael Ballack. I don’t …
June 17, 2008
It’s hard to take for Petr Čech’s sake: one of …
June 15, 2008
The second round of the group phase is in the …
June 15, 2008
It’s over between me and Poland. I would like to …
June 13, 2008
What you might as well be reading: Martin Samuel on …
June 12, 2008
Every team has played its first match, so it’s time …
June 11, 2008
Not long ago, a mystery bidder won these two paintings …
June 10, 2008
A few quick hits for the next day or two …
June 10, 2008
Frankly I think the Poles have been asking for it. …
June 8, 2008
Southgate Rankings are an attempt to quantify the subjective sense …
June 7, 2008
I think we can all agree that running a front-page …
June 6, 2008
People keep asking me what happened to him. Read on, …
June 5, 2008
By the way, I did an interview with du Nord …
June 4, 2008
It’s time. I don’t just think it’s time, I know …
June 4, 2008
There’s a-doings a-transpiring in the world of football. Jose Mourinho …
June 2, 2008
«Introductory Link» The modern symphony orchestra is a bizarre historical …
May 30, 2008
Wait…what? Where am I? How long has the match been …
May 28, 2008
You’ve seen it already, I’m sure, but then, that’s part …
May 27, 2008
Probably best not to say too much about the fall …
May 26, 2008
Duke Ellington – “Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)”
May 23, 2008
Slap #1. Light posting for the rest of the week …
May 22, 2008
Samuel Barber, from Excursions Op. 20
May 20, 2008
He is riding on the back of an open-top bus, …
May 19, 2008
The Southgate Parallel is an attempt to quantify the subjective …
May 16, 2008
One of our projects for the off-season—partly as a response …
May 15, 2008
So. One thing led to another, and now here we …
May 15, 2008
There is, however, at the center of the colossus, in …
May 14, 2008
Hey, so I didn’t know what kind of links you …
May 9, 2008
Probably not. You know how these things go. But it …
May 8, 2008