About me

I’m a different person than I was in the summer of 2009.

In 2009, I started the year as a sports writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. I covered the Washington Huskies football team, had just broken a story on the hiring of the defensive coordinator and felt like I was on a professional and personal roll.

Then, with just two months warning, the P-I closed leaving me jobless, depressed and a bit disillusioned.

So, I packed up my stuff, left my home, friends, and partner and moved to Athens, Ohio (which — completely coincidentally — is also my hometown). I figured it’d be a one-year stopgap before some publication would need a slightly-used sports writer with lots of opinions and a blistering keyboard. But something unexpected happened…

I fell in love with teaching, applied to the doctorate program and am now working toward my life’s next career — as a professor.

Still, I can’t completely get away from sports writing. This blog is my outlet for that. The content is mostly football-related, but I hope to add more posts about my classes, classmates, students and experiences in Athens.

But, again, I am a different person than I was when I arrived. I am more critical of the arena I used to cover. I am more skeptical of the culture in which we live. I may seem less ambitious, but in reality, I am just an example of a person who has learned that, sometimes, your best laid plans can change at no fault of your own.

I loved my job. I loved my place in the world. I loved my partner. And, I have been heartbroken, and I know with certainty that the only things you can truly do in this life  is learn, work and be passionate.

That’s what I’m trying to do here.