Sports Writing
Born in London and raised on the terraces at Fulham FC before moving to North America, I’ve written about sports for well over a decade, focusing on the stories behind the box scores.
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Ukraine made football more important than the least important things
Ukraine failed to make Euro 2024 after a controversial loss to Wales in a one-game playoff, but at a blue and yellow-draped bar in Toronto, their players were lauded as heroes.
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MLS MVP Hany Mukhtar is ready to go again
To celebrate the launch of Nashville SC’s new kit launch with the Johnny Cash estate, Mukhtar called in to my show on Amp to talk about the new MLS season and the relationship between music and soccer.
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How One Rich Man's Weird Dream Transformed A British Pro Soccer Team
When Glenn Tamplin, a controversial businessman with alleged ties to organized crime, took over a seventh-tier English soccer team, things got weird in a hurry. I travelled to Essex to meet the man behind the tabloid headlines.
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Damian Lillard’s quiet buzzer-beater was louder than Thunder
In 2019, long before the Damian Lillard era died its slow death in Portland, I wrote about his mind-bending buzzer-beater against the gadfly Oklahoma City.
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The harrowing story of the UK’s first openly gay footballer
A look back at the tragic story of Justin Fashanu and an interview with the directors of Forbidden Games, a documentary on his life.
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Neville Southall: Twitter’s unlikely poet laureate
The legendary former Wales and Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall became an unlikely Twitter hero in 2017, when his unique short-form poetry championing LGBTQ+ rights and anti-fascist causes went viral. In this exclusive interview, he reflected on the oddness of the situation and opened up about his politics.