Take a gander at some of the more interesting writing we’ve seen lately. These pieces are more or less narrative, and come at storytelling from different angles, but are all are worth checking out.
An Indian narrative journalism magazine called The Caravan launched this month. Or perhaps re-launched might be the better term, as publisher Delhi Press traces the [...]
Tag Archives: ESPN.com
Sherman Alexie, Garry Kasparov, The Caravan and more! It’s grab bag Friday…
January 29, 2010 – 3:36 pm
Playing the right way: Tom Friend on his Chauncey Billups piece for ESPN.com
July 24, 2009 – 2:55 pm
Excerpts from a July 2009 interview with Tom Friend on his story “The Disposable Superstar”:
How long did you take on the Chauncey Billups story?
I spent a week in Denver and I interviewed Chauncey and his parents. I also talked with his brother, his wife, his head coach, and some people in the Denver Nuggets’ front office. [...]
The Disposable Superstar
July 24, 2009 – 12:00 am
After playing for six teams in five years, NBA star Chauncey Billups had a reputation as a prodigy who didn’t pan out. “The Disposable Superstar,” our latest Notable Narrative, is the story of how a gifted player set out to reinvent himself.
ESPN writer Tom Friend launches his profile of Billups with a tried-and-true approach: starting deep in [...]
