PETER FLAX
Lost and Found. CyclingTips, June 8
REID FORGRAVE
The Penance of John Calipari. GQ, March
ROBERTO JOSé ANDRADE FRANCO
Canelo, at Young. Boxing and History, December 27
KARLEIGH FRISBIE
Two Piece. Water-Stone Review, vol. 21
JOHN GIFFORD
Decoy. The Meadow, 2018
ALLISON GLOCK
A New Dawn. ESPN The Magazine, April 2
LATRIA GRAHAM
How an E-Bike Got Me Riding Again After 20 Years. Bicycling, July
VANESSA GRIGORIADIS
Spring Forward. Vanity Fair, Summer
JAKE GRONSKY
Nine Days in Cape Cod. FanSided, July 31 and August 8
BRIAN HAMILTON
“Why Not Us?” The Athletic, May 17
MATT HART
The Man Who Brought Down Lance Armstrong Isn’t Done with Him Yet. The Atlantic, May
ANDREW HELMS AND MATT PENTZ
Own Goal. The Ringer, June 5
MAGGIE HENDRICKS
The Special Olympics Changes Everything for This Family, and Millions of Others. For the Win/USA Today, July 20
DAVID HILL
In the Pit with the Fighting Roosters. The Ringer, July 10
EVA HOLLAND
I Would Walk 100 Miles. Globe and Mail, March 17
TED JACKSON
The Search for Jackie Wallace. New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 2018
SALLY JENKINS
The People in Charge of This Horror Must Be Exposed and Punished. Washington Post, January 25
STEPHON JOHNSON
The Struggles of Being a Black Baseball Fan. The Week, August 30
CHLOé COOPER JONES
Juan Martín del Potro Strikes Back. GQ, September
GARE JOYCE
Doc’s Last Season. SportsNet, November 7
TOM JUNOD
For Auburn Softball, Joy on the Surface Obscured Darker Truths Within. ESPN.com, June 1
SHANNON KEATING
These Basketball Players Sued Their College for Anti-Gay Discrimination—and Lost. BuzzFeed, May 24
ZAK KEEFER
The Inspirational Life of Edwin Jackson. Indianapolis Star, September 30
CHRISTOPHER KEMPF
Lost Mode. Indiana Review, Summer
MIKE KESSLER
Life and Limb. Red Bulletin, April
MINA KIMES
Aly Raisman Takes the Floor. ESPN The Magazine, July
KRISTA LANGLOIS
Change the Culture. Outside, March
JEANNE MARIE LASKAS
Serena Williams Is Champion of the Year. GQ, December 2018/January 2019
ANDREW LAWRENCE
This Boy’s Life. Men’s Health, July/August
JOON LEE
Jimmy Garoppolo Is Superman in Disguise. Bleacher Report, July 23
STEPHANIE M. LEE
Double Crossed. BuzzFeed, June 28
FRANCES LEFKOWITZ
Double Overhead. Catamaran, Winter
JULIET MACUR
Suicides, Drug Addiction, and High School Football. New York Times, March 8
PETE MADDEN, CINDY GALLI, BRIAN EPSTEIN, AND CHO PARK
“A Deliberate Cover-up?” ABC.com, March 12
GEOFF MANAUGH
Parking for Gold. The Atlantic, January 2
STEVE MARSH
The Riders. Victory Journal, May
EMILY MCCULLAR
Flesh and Blood. Texas Monthly, October
BEN MCGRATH
The Men Who Have Taken Wiffle Ball to a Crazy Competitive Place. The New Yorker, August 31.
KELSEY MCKINNEY
Home Field Disadvantage. Longreads, November 30
MAGGIE MERTENS
London Red and Blue. The Howler, Winter/Spring
EVAN F. MOORE
Icing Racism. Chicago Reader, April 12
PAOLA MORETTI
Body Armour. Catapult, February 8
LUKE MULLINS
Nine Minutes of Terror. Washingtonian, June
ALEXANDRIA NEASON
The Woman Coming for Larry Nassar’s Job. Bleacher Report, July 19
HANSON O’HAVER
A Crime and a Pastime. The Baffler, no. 40
ALISON OSIUS
On the Earl. Rock and Ice, January
NICK PACHELLI
Justin Olsen Will Get Lost. Esquire, February
KEITH PARADISE
High Wire Act. Billiards Digest, June 2018
NICK PAUMGARTEN
Weaponized. The New Yorker, May 21
ANNA PEELE
“Fight Club” with Better Jokes. ESPN The Magazine, November 12
ANDREA PETKOVIC
Tennis vs. Tennis. Racquet/Longreads, July
MIKE PIELLUCCI
A Football Family Regroups. New York Times, December 17
BILL PLASCHKE
Hall of Fame Jockey Victor Espinoza, His Body Broken by One Fateful Fall, Is Holding on for Dear Life. Los Angeles Times, August 18
STEVE POLITI
The Boxer Who Became a Bagger. NJ.com, June 19
ROBERT ANDREW POWELL
The Passion of Mike Piazza. The Athletic, December 18
BRIDGET QUINN
Pilots. Narrative Magazine, November 15
BENJAMIN RACHLIN
Sailing Blind. Pacific Standard, December 18
HEATHER RADKE
A Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing with Your Father. Longreads, June 15
CLAUDIA RANKINE
Cam Newton Confounds Both His Fans and His Haters. The Undefeated, January 31
BEN REITER
What Happened to the Houston Astros’ Hacker? Sports Illustrated, October 4
SAM RICHES
West Across the Sea. Longreads, October 19
ALYSSA ROENIGK
Kid Fearless. ESPN The Magazine, February 9
TIM ROHAN
Strip Clubs, CTE Talk, and a CBD Sales Pitch. SI.com, January 29
C. TRENT ROSECRANS
Where Baseball Starts. The Athletic, September 4
TRACY ROSS
Skiing & Booze. 5280 Magazine, December
JEFF RUETER
What Happened? The Howler, Winter/Spring 2018
RICHARD RYS
Inside the Brilliant, Baffling, Beautiful, Bizarre, and Utterly Fascinating Baseball Mind of Gabe Kapler. Philadelphia Magazine, April
SETH SAWYERS
He Was the Best We’d Ever Seen. Literary Hub, June 17
MARGARET SEILER
Tonya’s Turn. Portland Monthly, January
JASHVINA SHAH
Hockey Is for Everyone. Pen Transmissions, October 3
DAVE SHEININ
His Lifelong Dream Was About to Come True. Then It Rained. Washington Post, September 2
ALAN SHIPNUCK
Troubled Off the Tee. Golf Magazine, January
MIKE SIELSKI
The Toughest Call. Philadelphia Daily News/Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1
DANYEL SMITH
Most Dominant Athlete of 2018: Simone Biles. The Undefeated, December 11
RORY SMITH AND ELIAN PELTIER
The Boys from the Banlieues. New York Times, June 10
CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON
When Your Body Says No. Outside Online, December 17
SARAH SPAIN
Runs in the Family. ESPN.com, September 2
DAVID STEELE
An Endless Fight, a Defining Choice. The Sporting News, October 15
KURT STREETER
Talent. A Football Scholarship. Then Crushing Depression. New York Times, November 15
TIM STRUBY
The Glass Sideline. SB Nation, November 27
IRA SUKRUNGRUANG
Maintenance Boy. The Sun, September
ERIC VAN METER
St. Anthony and Buddha Bike Through the Desert. Sport Literate, November 15
TOM VERDUCCI
Freedom from the Press. Sports Illustrated, September 24–October 1
JENNY VRENTAS
Friends with (On-Field) Benefits. Sports Illustrated, January 29–February 5
GRANT WAHL
The Reyna’s Story of Loss and Legacy. SI.com, December 12
SHIRLEY WANG
My Dad’s Friendship with Charles Barkley. WBUR/Only a Game, December 14
MICHAEL WEINREB
The Birth of Steph. The Ringer, March 14
L. JON WERTHEIM AND JESSICA LUTHER
Inside the Corrosive Workplace Culture of the Dallas Mavericks. SI.com, February 20
JOE WHITTLE
Adventures on the Turtle’s Back. Alpinist, May
SETH WICKERSHAM
For Kraft, Brady, and Belichick, Is This the Beginning of the End? ESPN.com, January 4
MICAH WIMMER
In the Shadow of a King. Fansided, May 31
DENNIS YOUNG
Freestyle. Victory Journal, Fall
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