Selected Stories by Publication
I'm a staff writer at VICE Sports and publish stories regularly. Here's a comprehensive list. Below are a few of my favorites.
The Cybathlon: where Paraplegics walk again - October 19, 2016
The Rise and Fall of Gerd Bonk, the World Champion of Doping - August 10, 2016
Remembering Bruno, the Problem Bear that overshadowed the 2006 World Cup - July 8, 2016
Welcome to Visp, Sepp Blatter's Mountain Haven - December 29, 2015
How to Catch a Match Fixer - October 22, 2015
War, Auschwitz, and the Tragic Tale of Germany's Jewish Soccer Hero - April 13, 2015
Chasing Down the World's Greatest Dogsledder - March 10, 2015 (a "notable" selection in Best American Sports Writing, 2016)
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Choosing Sides - February 11, 2014
Fraud, the Olympic Legacy - February 01, 2014
Klinsmann versus his Legacy - January 22, 2014
And The Hammer Comes Out - January 13, 2014
Sport and National Mythmaking - January 06, 2014
The Germans Set up Camp - December 27, 2013
Germany Reacts to the World Cup Draw - December 09, 2013
Soccer Analytics in the Twitter Age - December 03, 2013
Susie Takes Bavaria - November 22, 2013
The Roof Is On Fire - November 07, 2013
Q&A with Robin Ahne, one of two German journalist recently arrested in Qatar - November 01, 2013
Stefan Kießling’s Phantom Goal - October 19, 2013
Q&A: Yves Zenger on Greenpeace’s Football Protest - October 11, 2013
Joachim Löw Takes His Pick - October 10, 2013
Chaperone - October 2013 - The Classical Magazine (E-magazine: Issue #6)
Sports, Stories: Talking to Eric Smetana of Stymie, the Sports Literary Magazine - November 29, 2012
The Disabled List - August 9, 2012
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - February 12, 2012
The Tour De France Is Agony For The Spectators, Too - July 17, 2014
The Quietly Audacious Summer Of The Netherlands - July 5, 2014
The World Cup Teaches Germans How To Be Proud Of Germany - July 4, 2014
Where Jürgen Klinsmann Comes From - May 27, 2014
Joe Gyau Embarks on his Professional Road - August 19, 2013
At Last, Issue of Racism Demands Sport's Attention - June 05, 2013
UN conference on racism in sport has optimist tone - March 21, 2013
How Germany Reacted to the Semifinal Beatdown on Brazil - July 9, 2014
Five Refs Who Will Ruin Your World Cup - May 29, 2014
The Iceman Cometh, a profile of Aron Johannsson - Summer 2014 (Print / Online)
Baden-Baden Black Forest - August 2013 (print)
Want to Make the Olympics? Try Bobsledding - March 06, 2013
Three Naked Hours in the Baths of Baden-Baden - December 10, 2012
Germany's Drunk Bike-Riding Day - October 19, 2012
Migraines, Trains, and Automobiles - August 27, 2012
Why Germany Wants to Look Like Its Soccer Team - June 25, 2014
What Do Expats Think of America? - February 28, 2014
Hoffenheim: The Most Hated Soccer Team in Germany - July 02, 2013
The Saga of Tomsan - February 26, 2013
Qatar's Football Dreams - September 14, 2011
Penalty Kicks Explained - July 1, 2014
The Shame of Gijon - June 23, 2014
Diver Down - June 18, 2014
Falling Down the Ladder - July 26, 2013
The Goal that Wasn't - October 22, 2013
Time To Get To Know The Bundesliga - October 18, 2013
XI Quarterly
Preston's Plan - Fall 2012 (Print)