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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February 25, 2008
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February 22, 2008
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February 22, 2008
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February 21, 2008
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February 20, 2008
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February 19, 2008
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February 18, 2008
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February 16, 2008
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February 16, 2008
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February 15, 2008
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February 13, 2008
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February 12, 2008
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February 11, 2008
Yesterday, because I am a man who takes action whenever …
February 11, 2008
Man Utd 1 – 2 Man City — The Man …
February 10, 2008
It’s Friday, which means it’s time to look out across …
February 8, 2008
In keeping with the theme of this week’s Tuesday Portrait, …
February 8, 2008
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February 7, 2008
But I’m struggling to have one about the news that …
February 7, 2008
I don’t know much about rifle terminology. Can a bore …
February 6, 2008
I’m a bit late posting about this, because I couldn’t …
February 6, 2008
After three months of letting you figure things out for …
February 5, 2008
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February 5, 2008
Man City 1 – 3 Arsenal — If you can …
February 4, 2008
It’s Friday, which means it’s time to open the mysterious …
February 1, 2008
Now that the January transfer window has closed, and the …
February 1, 2008
Everything I like and everything I don’t like about Cristiano …
February 1, 2008
This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature asks …
February 1, 2008
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled in favor …
January 31, 2008
There must be times when Damien Comolli, sitting on the …
January 30, 2008
What do you look like, Dimitar Berbatov? A pumpkin, a …
January 29, 2008
I mentioned this passage from The Pickwick Papers not long …
January 29, 2008
OVERTURE A television commercial in which the burden of meaning …
January 27, 2008
It’s Friday (still, barely, in some parts of the world) …
January 25, 2008
This isn’t a “bicycle kick” or a “scissor kick.” This …
January 25, 2008
This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature takes …
January 24, 2008
I’m in the middle of a long post about the …
January 24, 2008
Here are two beliefs which seem to be widespread among …
January 23, 2008
Brilliant stepovers etc., more goals as a winger etc., unstoppable …
January 22, 2008
Kevin Keegan and I have talked about this, though, and …
January 22, 2008
Portsmouth 3 – 1 Derby — Portsmouth’s Benjani Mwaruwari now …
January 21, 2008
Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Garrincha, …
January 20, 2008
Is Kevin Keegan’s return to Newcastle the second coming? We …
January 19, 2008
One of the smaller pieces of news in the football …
January 19, 2008
It’s Friday, which means it’s almost time to get out …
January 18, 2008
The magic of Kevin Keegan, as Tom pointed out in …
January 18, 2008
One takes something so difficult that a practiced adult can’t …
January 17, 2008
This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature finds …
January 17, 2008
On a day when Newcastle fans are celebrating the return …
January 16, 2008
Kevin Keegan will be the next manager of Newcastle after …
January 16, 2008