The Milan-Cortina Olympics have been wildly dramatic for U.S. stars. Liu, Shiffrin, Malinin, Vonn. Jordan Stolz does not do drama, but leaves Italy as the most decorated American. Column for NBC Sports.
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Of all the forces that slowed Mikaela Shiffrin and then empowered her to win another Olympic gold medal, one stands out: Grief. On Wednesday, she freed herself. Column for NBC Sports.
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Olympic pressure is real and athletes face it personally. On Jordan Stolz, Ilia Malinin, Mikaela Shiffrin and the scoreboard that always gets the last word. Column for NBC Sports.
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Given one more chance, of course Lindsey Vonn pushed it. And crashed. That doesn’t negate a remarkable 2-year comeback at age 41. Story for NBC Sports.
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Wrote this about Lindsey Vonn 360 days ago, as her comeback was just picking up steam. Would not change a word today, even with -- or because of? -- the ACL rupture.
Hate the tone of this, but I'll bite: USA gets 4 spots in the downhill. Vonn was leading the World Cup standings on one *jacked* knee, and the gold medal favorite. Training runs will show where she is now. There are 6 speed skiers on the team.
Thank you Mitch. Always hang onto that credential.
Lindsey Vonn was headed for a miracle Olympics on a partial knee replacement at 41; now she's got a torn ACL in her *other* knee, broken again, swimming upstream against her body. "Where I always seem to be." Story for NBCSports.
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U.S. speed skater Jordan Stolz, 21, will be a star at next month's Olympics in Milan-Cortina. Story for NBC Sports on his unique journey: Giant fish in his boat, tame deer in his basement, and a family lesson: "Don't Fear Anything."
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Aaron Rodgers throwing a football is one of those things in sports.
Back to my alma mater: Honored to write in @SINow about @MichaelPhelps receiving SI's Muhammad Ali Legacy Award for his tireless and passionate mental health advocacy. A great Olympian, giving back by sharing his own pain.
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Hard to get out of bed some mornings, truly.
Bill Belichick could have been fishing off Nantucket today but no
Monster paragraph from NYT editorial writer German Lopez. Simple, obvious, powerful, haunting. I could read it 1,000 times, and just might. Perfect. Bravo, man.
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Ron Turcotte was strong and dignified. He lived at the very top of his game and then was dealt a terrible blow. And he suffered. Two years he said this to me: “[Secretariat] pops up in my head sometimes. But then I really want to be going back to riding .... and that’s impossible.” Godspeed RT.
Godspeed DWL
D. Wayne Lukas retired this week at age 89, and entered hospice care. He was unlike anything racing had ever seen: Audacious, obsessive, unparalleled... determined to find and train fast horses at the expense of nearly everything else in life. One of a kind.
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Tomorrow (May 30) is the 50th anniversary of Steve Prefontaine's death. During the 2012 Olympic T&F Trials in Eugene, I went to the site of the crash that killed him and wrote this story. The larger themes are unchanged.
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A little above my pay grade on the TV work, and she's a friend, so I'm probably going to judge less harshly. She was terrific as a writer/journalist and a kind human.
Former SI/MMQB wunderkind. Total pro there, too. And a star.
Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby and put its beleaguered sport in a time machine. Winning trainer Bill Mott back in the mud, like 2019, but "This one was better." Game story from a cold, sloppy Derby 151.
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Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby and put its beleaguered sport in a time machine. Winning trainer Bill Mott back in the mud, like 2019, but "This one was better." Game story from a cold, sloppy Derby 151.
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Thanks, Kenny.
Derby Day repost on this one.
Journalism is not only the Kentucky Derby favorite, he is a modern symbol of resilience, chased from his home by wildfires, only to return, undeterred and unbothered. The name ain't bad, either. My story from Southern California.
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The best horse racing writing of his generation.
Journalism is not only the Kentucky Derby favorite, he is a modern symbol of resilience, chased from his home by wildfires, only to return, undeterred and unbothered. The name ain't bad, either. My story from Southern California.
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Figure skater Max Naumov lost his parents/coaches in the Jan. plane crash. Now he holds onto the memory of their last minutes together, and remembers his father’s favorite motto: “We Must Fight.”
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I like @washingtonpost.com . I have good friends who work there and do excellent, impassioned journalism. I don't know if I should keep subscribing or reading. And that is a bummer and a measure of Things Going On.
SNL 50 is the best of us
