In his final preparations for his penalty kick, Abdi H. bent over and touched the ball one last time, looking at it resting before his...

I know, I know -- it's cliche, right? A pandemic puppy? Not only that, we waited until we were vaccinated, all ready to get out and...

As I started my adventure writing ONE GOAL, I did what might be considered a rather unorthodox thing. In the midst of researching and...

Silver white winters that melt into springs…These are a few of my favorite things Throughout 2020, a sameness has permeated most days…if...

"In the wake of a year of devastating loss, loss that has permeated every inch of our being, sticking to sports will tell us what we need...

When writer Justin Pelletier, one of the best voices in New England sports, shared his beautiful piece on the passing of Travis Roy with...

The passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg felt like a punch to the gut, a moment in which all oxygen left our air, all sense left our world. ...

In one of the many pieces I've written about Tommie Smith -- and I'm currently working on another one -- I thought long and hard about...

The following is a longer version of my oped for The Hechinger Report, entitled "As the coronavirus drives students apart, one college...

Living near the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, migrating all of my classes into online curriculum for remote learning, and trying to...

I love Election Day. I always have. To be able to vote, understanding what so many people have done before me to make sure I can and to...

Abdikadir Negeye’s story does a lot of work in ONE GOAL. Unlike so many of the players on the soccer team at the center of the book, he...

When I found myself in Bermuda during the island's Cup Match holiday -- a national holiday in which the entire country shuts down for...

I haven't written in verse in a long time -- I am mad crazy in love with poetry, but I left it behind long ago for non-fiction. I read...

Three years ago, I had split loyalties at my college reunion. I was in the middle of researching and writing ONE GOAL, so I was spending...

I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah,...

The last days of February saw the paperback publication of ONE GOAL and with it, a fun social media giveaway (Congrats, Bri!) and a...

Just about a year ago, I had the thrill of doing a "Quaz" with New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman (whose Football for a Buck...

I saved Michelle Obama's Becoming for my trip to Maine to take part in Lewiston's "InspirED" professional development day for educators. ...

I kind of dig year end lists – best books, best films, best sports moments (love those highlight reels!), best photographs, and so on. So...