Sports Writers Inc. with JD: Sports Writers Talk Sports Writing

Mike Sando of The Athletic joins JD to talk about his new book "The Football 100,” a deep dive into the greatest players in NFL history, which Sando co-wrote with Dan Pompei and several writers from The Athletic. Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Doug Haller, Arizona-based reporter for The Athletic, joins JD from Arizona (naturally) to talk about his career and covering pro and college athletics in the Grand Canyon State Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Howard Herman of the Berkshire Eagle chats with J.D. live from Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Mass. Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here  

Longtime sports columnist (Rocky Mountain News, Indianapolis Star) Bob Kravitz joins JD to kick off Season 4 and discuss a new Substack venture, "Musings of an Old Sportswriter"   Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Mike Whaley, the quintessential New England community sports writer, worked with JD for more than a decade at the Dover, N.H., sports desk. He's out with a book, "A Pen For All Seasons: Dispatches From a Rural New England Life in Sports", which is part memoir and part anthology of Whaley’s favorite stories and columns with photos from 35 years in the newspaper business Check us out...

Jeff Benedict makes his second appearance on the podcast, this time to talk about his new book "LeBron" Check us out on Twitter! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Seth Wickersham joins JD to talk about his career writing longform sports journalism for ESPN, and his 2021 book "It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness" Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

JD welcomes fellow University of New Mexico alumnus Iliana Limón Romero to the podcast to talk about her remarkable career, which brought her from El Paso, Texas, to Albuquerque, N.M., to Orlando and to the sports desk of the Los Angeles Times, where she currently serves as sports editor Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Timothy Bella, wide-ranging writer for The Washington Post, joins us to chat about his first book, "Barkley: A Biography" about basketball legend Charles Barkley Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Christopher Price joins JD to talk about his new book about the Hartford Whalers, "Bleeding Green: A History of the Hartford Whalers" Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Gavin Good has done it all in the Chicago area, covering everything from Major League Baseball to the University of Illinois to mosquito abatement. He joined JD to talk about his (so far) short but eventful career. Follow Gavin on Twitter @itsallG_O_O_D Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Jeff Pearlman appears on the 'cast for the second time to chat with JD about his new book, "The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson". Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Greg Madia covers the University of Virginia for The Daily Progress of Charlottesville. He joined JD to talk the ins and outs of big-time college sports reporting. Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Adam Elder joined JD from California to talk about his new book that chronicles the 1990 U.S. men's national soccer team and its journey to the World Cup in Italy Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Jim Connelly of USCHO.com joins JD to talk college hockey, golf, and his remarkable career that took him from the trumpet section at UMass-Lowell to the broadcast booth at NESN Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Kat Cornetta covers the h*ll out of Boston's "Olympic sport" — women's college hockey, men's gymnastics, figure skating, field hockey — for The Boston Globe. She joined JD to talk about how she got her start in writing and how she found her niche covering the sports that don't always get the prime spots on TV.  Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by...

Khari Thompson joins JD to talk about covering prep and college sports in Tennessee and Mississippi and his recent transition to his hometown of Boston to write for Boston.com Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the show, links to our guests' work and other information. Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, find his art on Instagram...

Khari Thompson covers the Patriots for WEEI.com, and joined JD to talk about covering an NFL training camp, dealing with online criticism, plus his career and education Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the show, links to our guests' work and other information. Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, find his art on Instagram here

Eden Laase joins JD to talk covering college and high school sports, and her new venture working for Just Women's Sports Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the show, links to our guests' work and other information. Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, find his art on Instagram here

Andrew Mahoney wears a number of hats at The Boston Globe, where he works as a sports producer and college hockey beat writer. He joined JD to talk about — what else? — college hockey, and a lot more Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the show, links to our guests' work and other information. Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, f...

Howard Bryant joins J.D. to talk about his new book, "Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original" about baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson. Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Luke Epplin joins JD from Queens, N.Y., to talk about his book, "Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball" Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

James Wagner joins J.D. from Florida to talk all things baseball writing. Wanger joined the New York Times in 2016 — before that, he covered the Nationals for the Washington Post. Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

David Davis joins us from L.A. to discuss his book "Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation".  Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Alex joins JD from Philadelphia to discuss covering the Phillies during a labor stoppage, her childhood as the daughter of a sports writer, working for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, covering the WNBA in Seattle and conducting interviews from a closet during a break at her day job. Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here