Ramblings of a Privateer – Volume One

Three stories. One about a privateer racer I met at a Formula Atlantic paddock when Vancouver still had the Molson Indy. One about referees, and the kind of coach I’ve been trying not to be. One about professional wrestlers, and what they figured out that...
The Bazaar

The Bazaar

The conversations floated through the waiting area like they were nothing. Like they were weather. We were in a conference center, waiting to take the FIFA Agent licensing exam. The kind of generic space with corporate carpet and fluorescent lighting that could be...
The Ballad of Leon Smith

The Ballad of Leon Smith

When I was a kid, I used to play NBA Live 2003 on my old computer.I had this ritual — I’d scroll through the list of free agents, find the names nobody knew, and give them another shot. I’d bump their stats a bit, build teams out of the forgotten ones, and see what...

The Bigger Chair Theory

This morning I was sweating it out in my basement sauna—a little lo-fi contraption: a tent, a pop-up chair, and a boiler feeding steam through a tube. It’s not fancy, but it does the job. Finland knows what’s up when it comes to sauna benefits, and I’ve been chasing...

Abuse Isn’t Part of the Job — And It Never Should Be

Reading the latest story about WTA players facing abuse from online trolls — again — made my stomach turn. Katie Boulter’s recent experience is just another reminder of a reality that should’ve been dealt with long ago: athletes should not be expected to endure abuse...

What Happens When No One Has Your Back?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4gmm2zv8no I read the recent BBC piece about Olympic champion Rūta Meilutytė and her experience at Plymouth Leander under coach Jon Rudd. It stuck with me—not because the story was shocking (unfortunately, it wasn’t), but because...