As a child, Tom Junod was his dad’s tout. He studied the gambling tip sheets for the only acceptable offering he could give his father: a line on a win.
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Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Laurie Penny, Mina Kimes, Skip Hollandsworth, and David Marchese.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Powerful On the Beam or Off
Aly Raisman is a six-time Olympic medalist. She’s a survivor of abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar. And now, she’s an activist.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
How to Ruin the Scripps Spelling Bee in Four Letters: E-S-P-N
At the Scripps Spelling Bee, no one asks for whom the bell tolls. It’s glaringly, if painfully obvious.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Sports
Jemele Hill Was Doing Her Job
ESPN Sportscenter host Jemele Hill has been suspended for two weeks for simply doing what she was hired to do: provide commentary on the news.
Posted inBlog Post, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Jemele Hill Knows What You Really Want to Call Her
The host was brought on to help redefine the floundering ESPN brand. Now she’s under attack, and the channel is nowhere to be seen.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Deep Six: Jamele Hill and the Fight for the Future of ESPN
Bryan Curtis profiles Jamele Hill, the ESPN Sportscenter host under fire on Twitter, and from the White House, for calling President Donald Trump a white supremacist.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Sports
The Fallacy of the Olympics
Hosting the Olympics too often spells doom for the host country.
Posted inReading List
Longreads Goes to the Movies: A Reading List
Five stories about movies, for your reading pleasure.
Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Sports
Inside ESPN’s ’30 for 30 Podcasts’ Launch
Producer Jody Avirgan transforms the visual medium of sports into compelling audio stories.