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’m so excited, I wrote my preview six weeks ago.
February 24, 2009
Of tiny plastic football men.
February 24, 2009
Why I’m scared for Arshavin in England.
February 24, 2009
They were made with Microsoft Paint. And they are wonderful.
February 22, 2009
Portrait of Iker Casillas, &c.
February 20, 2009
Fredorrarci’s long-awaited audience.
February 18, 2009
At last, a full translation.
February 18, 2009
You mean to say he isn’t 12 now?
February 18, 2009
The huffing Uzbek billionaire devours another tenth of one percent of Arsenal.
February 16, 2009
Light posting for the next couple of days. Don’t be alarmed.
February 16, 2009
Adriano’s mojo hand.
February 15, 2009
Clueless people make bad decisions.
February 13, 2009
The epic drama of the promotion playoff.
February 13, 2009
Everton’s goal recreated by giant mint-men with weird falsetto voices.
February 13, 2009
It’s not what you’d expect.
February 13, 2009
The manager brings some sound advice to the Beckham transfer saga.
February 13, 2009
The man at the bar clinked the ice in his …
February 13, 2009
Pandemonium reigned in the well-lit offices of the Vercelli Soccer …
February 12, 2009
You know you’ve had a good day as a striker …
February 12, 2009
Every movement is so simple. A little feint in one …
February 11, 2009
1.) Learning that David Beckham is actually the fourth player …
February 11, 2009
This hasn’t been well publicized, but ITV is apparently streaming …
February 11, 2009
Via my bosom friends at the Daily Mail: In a …
February 11, 2009
Here’s a question for everyone else who plays this game: …
February 11, 2009
It was a beautiful goal. And I always like watching …
February 10, 2009
The day after a club fires its manager is a …
February 10, 2009
Am I alone in not having seen this coming? I …
February 9, 2009
Reader Jakob sent this video of the Burmese sport chinlone …
February 9, 2009
30 years ago today, Brian Clough made Trevor Francis the …
February 9, 2009
The text of today’s lesson is two styles of game-management, …
February 9, 2009
Just because it’s obviously bad commercials week for Spanish internationals: …
February 8, 2009
Eboué’s decision to kick out at Luka Modrić from a …
February 8, 2009
It has to be the haircut, right? Gessbra, you can …
February 7, 2009
Still waiting for the first “are Chelsea out of the …
February 7, 2009
There’s no body-in-the-pantry mystery to the mutual love between basketball …
February 6, 2009
Remember when Manchester City tried to buy Kaká for £130 …
February 6, 2009
Fernando Torres’s recent slew of low-budget ad spots for Spanish …
February 6, 2009
The board offered me a new contract at the end …
February 5, 2009
Micah Richards has been arrested for assault following an incident …
February 5, 2009
There’s some muttering out there that this was a mistake, …
February 4, 2009
Four games left in our first season in Serie C1, …
February 3, 2009
Arsenal have signed Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St. Petersburg in …
February 3, 2009
From the Daily Mail: I’m not lazy, I just don’t …
February 3, 2009
Alain Messi, that is, the 20-year-old Cameroonian striker formerly of …
February 2, 2009
Tottenham have just re-signed Robbie Keane from Liverpool. The fee …
February 2, 2009
Why does bad weather make a game feel more dramatic? …
February 2, 2009
The first half was, I am going to say, deliberative, …
February 1, 2009
I have a theory about why things have gone in …
February 1, 2009
The Clericus Cup: Trouble in Paradise Why would a football …
January 31, 2009
The top football leagues’ fear of the political has now …
January 30, 2009