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

Clayton Trutor joins JD from Norwich University in Vermont (where Trutor teaches American History) to discuss Trutor's book "Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta—and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports" Check us out on Substack ! Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle. See his artwork on Instagram here

Jason Vuic joins us from Fort Worth, Texas, to chat about his book "The Yucks: Two Years in Tampa with the Losingest Team in NFL History". The book chronicles the hapless Tampa Bay Buccaneers' first two seasons as an NFL expansion team in the 1970s. Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the show, links to our guests' work and...

JD welcomes freelance writer extraordinaire Noah Perkins. He's from Cambridge, Mass., but joined us from a park bench in San Diego to talk freelance writing, basketball and the state of the sports media world. 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 M...

Ben Guest joins JD from New York City to discuss his book "Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball: Memoir of a Namibian Odyssey". Part travel book, part coaching manual, the book recounts Ben's time as a teacher and basketball coach in Namibia. Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the show, links to our guests' work and other...

JD talks with the most well-known, most successful, and arguably most influential writer in Boston sports history, Dan Shaughnessy. About writing. About covering the Boston Celtics in the 1980s, the topic of Dan's new book, "Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics". Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the show, l...

Author Jessica Luther joins JD to talk social justice in sports, which is the topic of her book "Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back", which she co-authored with friend and fellow journalist Kavitha Davidson. 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...

Author Jon Finkel joins JD from Florida for a conversation about his new book, "1996: A Biography ― Reliving the Legend-Packed, Dynasty-Stacked, Most Iconic Sports Year Ever". 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. https://johndoyle603.substack.com/ Our cover art was designe...

L.A. Dodgers broadcaster Tim Neverett joins us this week to talk about his new book, "COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season". He talks about his career covering baseball, which started as a teenager broadcasting minor league games in his home state of New Hampshire. Please visit our Substack page — there you can subscribe to our newslet...

Season 2 kicks off with legendary Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated writer Leigh Montville, who joined JD to discuss his new book, "Tall Men, Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter" For a link to purchase Leigh's book, and for more information on this podcast, please visit our Substack page and subscribe to our newsletter. ...

Karen Given chats with JD about the late, great NPR sports-magazine show, "Only A Game", on which she was a producer and a host. We also talk about what Karen is up to now Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, visit his Instagram page here

Peter May, longtime Boston Celtics beat writer for the Boston Globe, is out with a new book, "The Open Question: Ben Hogan and Golf's Most Enduring Controversy" about the 1942 Hale America National Open. He joins JD to discuss the book and his many years covering the NBA. Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, visit his Instagram page here

Patrick Dean joins JD to discuss his first book, "A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America's Wildest Peak" Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, visit his Instagram page here

Ben Volin is the senior NFL writer for The Boston Globe. He joined JD to chat about covering the Patriots and the NFL, writing on deadline, his early years as a sports writer and more Our cover art was designed by Michael Doyle, visit his Instagram page here

Dan Barry joins JD to discuss his book, "Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game". This year marks the 40th anniversary of the longest game in professional baseball history between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox. Barry's book explores the game, the lives it affected and how this random assortment of ballplayers found themselves makin...

Just in time for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, John Gasaway of ESPN.com joins JD to discuss his first book, "Miracles on the Hardwood: The Hope-and-a-Prayer Story of a Winning Tradition in Catholic College Basketball"

Eric Nusbaum, formerly of Vice Sports, joins JD to talk about his book "Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between". We also discuss an essay he wrote for Defector.com about the state of minor-league baseball 

Rich Cohen describes his book "Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent" as "'Mighty Ducks' if directed by Martin Scorsese". He joined JD from Connecticut to talk about the book and the sometimes toxic culture of youth sports

Peter Kerasotis joins JD to discuss his book, "Alou: My Baseball Journey", which he wrote with legendary Dominican baseball player and manager Felipe Alou

New York Times national baseball writer Tyler Kepner joins JD to talk about his book "K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches". Tyler also discusses his career and his day-to-day work covering the major leagues for the NYT

Joan Ryan's fascinating book, ""Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry" explores the importance of chemistry on a team's success. She joins JD from California to discuss the book and her job as senior media consultant for the San Francisco Giants 

Jen McCaffrey covers the Boston Red Sox for The Athletic. She joins JD to talk about the beginnings of her career, which included stops in Philadelphia and Cape Cod, where she covered the legendary Cape League. Follow Jen on Twitter @jcmccaffrey

The author of seven books, Michael Holley joins JD to discuss his latest, "The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics". Second of two parts

The author of seven books, Michael Holley joins JD to discuss his latest book, "The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics". Michael can be seen on the new show "Brother from Another", streaming on the Peacock network. First of two parts

Travis Lazarczyk has seen it all covering sports for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, Maine, He and JD chat about covering community sports in good times and bad, the future of high school sports in the northeast, covering the New Hampshire presidential primary and more

"The Dynasty" author Jeff Benedict joins JD to talk about his new bestselling book about the New England Patriots six Super Bowl championships of the 2000s, and everything in between.