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.
I read in a newspaper that his first touch is …
January 15, 2008
The G-14 has agreed to disband in a deal with …
January 15, 2008
No one is talking about the fact that what made …
January 14, 2008
Middlesbrough 1 – 1 Liverpool — Liverpool are the Big …
January 14, 2008
It’s Friday, which is a day of hope in football, …
January 11, 2008
Chelsea have just completed a £15 million move for Nicolas …
January 11, 2008
This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature is—you …
January 10, 2008
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January 10, 2008
Sam Allardyce is out at Newcastle, which is a good …
January 9, 2008
Words are feeble instruments for expressing my gratitude to Who …
January 9, 2008
He sits calmly. His elfin face peeks sadly over the …
January 8, 2008
The relation of writing to sports, most of the time, …
January 8, 2008
I missed a lot of Barclays Premier League action during …
January 7, 2008
A more-hectic-than-expected bit of holiday travel has put a dent …
January 4, 2008
This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature looks …
December 28, 2007
Staring out a hotel window this morning onto a still-dark …
December 27, 2007
The Run of Play Holiday Poem, 2007.
December 24, 2007
The Run of Play will be operating on a reduced …
December 22, 2007
This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature looks …
December 20, 2007
Had this shot passed through a wheat field, the wheat …
December 19, 2007
The Structure of His Face Is in three layers, with …
December 18, 2007
Arsenal 1 – 0 Chelsea — What a match! It …
December 17, 2007
We’re going to plan ahead, take it slow, and above …
December 15, 2007
What with the big news about Fabio Capello agreeing to …
December 14, 2007
This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature looks …
December 14, 2007
If dead-eyed, scrap-cheeked, hairless, sharp-toothed, chalk-skinned, thieving, bilious, idiot boys …
December 13, 2007
I’m going to leave out everything I thought I might …
December 12, 2007
It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more …
December 11, 2007
For the 67th time since the Croatia match, it’s being …
December 10, 2007
Well, that was fun! The first-ever Run of Play contest …
December 10, 2007
Middlesbrough 2 – 1 Arsenal — It’s hard to say …
December 9, 2007
It’s never with a feeling of great moral comfort that …
December 8, 2007
This week’s Run of Play at Pitch Invasion feature looks …
December 6, 2007
After the reckless assault of one-liners that resulted in Tuesday’s …
December 6, 2007
Athletes, most of them, aren’t moral paragons, just people who …
December 5, 2007
Roswitha at Treasons, Stratagems & Spoils has written a really …
December 5, 2007
As you may have noticed over the last couple of …
December 4, 2007
The trouble with Peter Crouch isn’t how to describe him, …
December 4, 2007
Chelsea 1 – 0 West Ham — Had you told …
December 3, 2007
In addition to being one of the best football bloggers …
November 29, 2007
Harry Redknapp has been released on bail—as if a jail …
November 28, 2007
Harry Redknapp has been arrested “on suspicion of conspiracy to …
November 28, 2007
I’m not sure if anyone will be able to see …
November 28, 2007
I’ve never seen a highlight video about Andrea Pirlo that …
November 27, 2007
We follow sports because we want someone to win. This …
November 26, 2007
Fulham 2 – 2 Blackburn — The hot stat of …
November 26, 2007
Two feet: that’s what finished England. Had Scott Carson been …
November 25, 2007
Of all the football players who inexplicably moonlight as newspaper …
November 24, 2007
I think it’s officially time to give Steve McClaren a …
November 24, 2007
From Micah Richards’ BBC column on Steve McClaren today: He …
November 23, 2007