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 writing on a deadline today, unfortunately, and don’t have …
January 29, 2009
Over at the Guardian blog, Scott Murray has a second-by-second …
January 29, 2009
Contrary to some of the reports released yesterday, the Robinho …
January 29, 2009
If that phrase makes no sense to you, then I …
January 28, 2009
Manchester City striker Robinho was arrested yesterday over allegations of …
January 28, 2009
Just so no one misses this who followed the brilliant …
January 27, 2009
If Craig Bellamy ever wrote a book, the title would …
January 27, 2009
“Manhã de Carnaval”
January 27, 2009
We’re 500 days from the start of the 2010 World …
January 26, 2009
The first trailer for The Damned United, Columbia’s film adaptation …
January 26, 2009
And speaking of taking the tabloids seriously, the Mail has …
January 25, 2009
Rafa Benítez on Steven Gerrard’s titanium undistractability in the face …
January 25, 2009
Remember Lefika Emerging Equity, the company allegedly behind the corruption …
January 24, 2009
Portrait of Cristiano Ronaldo “Has the air of a French …
January 23, 2009
And that includes children who exist only on the other …
January 23, 2009
I have a piece on Slate today about the Masal …
January 23, 2009
I confess, a big part of me was hoping Steven …
January 23, 2009
For varied and fascinating reasons, posting is going to be …
January 21, 2009
As the days lengthened, as the talks spilled over and …
January 20, 2009
Well, let’s see. They’re tied on points at the top …
January 20, 2009
This friendly little character, Petrolito, is the mascot for the …
January 20, 2009
I kept picturing this one as a YouTube video that …
January 19, 2009
Hovering beside the last letter of the regret I feel …
January 19, 2009
I have a piece in The Modern Spectator, Austin Kelley’s …
January 19, 2009
Is it significant that they’ve run this on their football …
January 16, 2009
First: I’ve been in contact with someone who claims to …
January 16, 2009
It occurred to me this morning, in the middle of …
January 16, 2009
Ian Dunbavin, the goalkeeper for League Two club Accrington Stanley, …
January 16, 2009
Ramón Calderón has justified my faith in USA Today by …
January 16, 2009
Marca is reporting that Ramón Calderón will resign from his …
January 15, 2009
Commenter DM put forward the theory that the prankster behind …
January 15, 2009
Masal Bugduv, the 16-year-old Moldovan sensation whose name is on …
January 15, 2009
Masal Bugduv is a fake player. He doesn’t exist. The …
January 15, 2009
We’re 11 games into our first Serie C1 season, and …
January 14, 2009
Is a major international tournament like the World Cup simply …
January 14, 2009
I don’t know what Marcus McGee, the part-time DJ who …
January 14, 2009
Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra is out for three weeks …
January 13, 2009
The Virgin Money Football Fans’ Inflation Index, the quarterly survey …
January 13, 2009
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA World Player of the …
January 12, 2009
And the Telegraph covers it in a scant 400 words.
January 12, 2009
Tim Vickery has a terrific post on his BBC Sport …
January 12, 2009
Today’s rumor, courtesy of a fireman who answered the bell …
January 12, 2009
Why, hello! I was starting to think you weren’t coming!
January 11, 2009
As always, it was a little surreal. How can so …
January 11, 2009
By the way, Luciano Moggi—the former managing director of Juventus …
January 9, 2009
The Far Corner On the possibilities of sportswriting, as reflected …
January 9, 2009
Speaking of mind games: look what happened at the Liverpool …
January 9, 2009
Sir Alex Ferguson can’t wait to lock horns with Jose …
January 9, 2009
Most managers would look at an undefeated season as a …
January 9, 2009
After two days spent reading about murder and political retribution, …
January 8, 2009