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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January 8, 2009
Cristiano Ronaldo crashed his Ferrari into a roadside barrier on …
January 8, 2009
Derby just beat Manchester United in the first leg of …
January 7, 2009
The Guardian‘s David Conn has an interesting interview today with …
January 7, 2009
Via the Telegraph: His endorsement income may be shrinking, but …
January 7, 2009
The police are expecting to make arrests soon. They’re also …
January 6, 2009
For a whole year he was my favorite player in …
January 6, 2009
I know their circumstances have changed. And I’d be the …
January 6, 2009
He’s 12 or 13 here, and portraying the role of …
January 6, 2009
Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have been granted …
January 6, 2009
Jimmy Mohlala, the speaker of the Mbombela municipality in South …
January 5, 2009
Fresh off their slender triumph over non-league Forest Green Rovers, …
January 5, 2009
Here’s Arjen Robben scoring against Villarreal earlier today. Madrid looked …
January 4, 2009
Modena have now won two, drawn two, and lost three …
January 4, 2009
Everton just drew Liverpool in the fourth round of the …
January 4, 2009
So I didn’t watch Nottingham Forest wreck Manchester City. I …
January 3, 2009
It’s time for the third round of the FA Cup, …
January 2, 2009
Last week an English court heard the case of 20-year-old …
January 2, 2009
If you don’t know who Eric Cantona is or why …
January 1, 2009
I was searching for a way to celebrate our unbeaten …
December 30, 2008
Just when it looked as if Steven Gerrard might be …
December 30, 2008
Steven Gerrard has been arrested after a bar fight in …
December 29, 2008
The Boxing Day tradition in my wife’s family is that …
December 28, 2008
From the list of fixes incorporated into the new 9.2.0 …
December 28, 2008
We won the league with five games to spare, and …
December 24, 2008
I regret to announce that the Run of Play Holiday …
December 23, 2008
He’s not making a move for the Bracewell-Smith shares, he …
December 22, 2008
We were playing Varese at their stadium. I was worried …
December 22, 2008
Okay, here’s a question. Why is Worldsoccer.com stalking me? Every …
December 21, 2008
We’ll be on a holiday schedule for the next few …
December 20, 2008
No need for italics this week. I’ll watch Arsenal-Liverpool on …
December 19, 2008
Arsène Wenger has finally broken his silence on the chaos …
December 19, 2008
I Had Some Problems with Among the Thugs Post-Truman Capote, …
December 19, 2008
December 19, 2008
It must have been difficult to keep her silence for …
December 19, 2008
It was resentment of Danny Fiszman’s influence that drove her …
December 18, 2008
Seven straight league wins to start the season. A goals-scored-to-goals-allowed …
December 18, 2008
Alex Ferguson on the rumor that Manchester United have a …
December 18, 2008
The Telegraph has a handy guide. What do we know …
December 18, 2008
There’s not much more plain information this morning, but interpretations …
December 18, 2008
Mad happenings at Arsenal: Nina Bracewell-Smith, the club’s third-largest stakeholder …
December 17, 2008
Goal scorers: Marco Antonelli (11) Jorge Ibáñez (26) Pieter Oosting …
December 17, 2008
I was wondering if they were. I looked out the …
December 17, 2008
The Mirror is calling it for Sam Allardyce. UPDATE: The …
December 17, 2008
Ever since I took the job at Pro Vercelli, I’ve …
December 16, 2008
This just got serious. I’m not talking about our quest …
December 16, 2008
I like thinking about all the ways Napoli president Aurelio …
December 16, 2008
Paul Ince is out at Blackburn. “I like the cut …
December 16, 2008
Is it just me, or are the conclusions of the …
December 15, 2008
Sepp Blatter in Tokyo today on the possibility of moving …
December 15, 2008