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Paper Lioness: Going gonzo with the lady footballers

02.25.2009 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

As I mentioned here previously, I am practicing with a women's semi-pro tackle football team for the purpose of profiling the team for ESPN the Magazine. The magazine wants a straight account, so I'm doing some ongoing gonzo stuff on The Huffington Post.

Here are my first impressions of the Chicago Force. (And their's, of me.)

Categories // Sports Stories

“Sweet Spot,” Chicago Magazine, Oct. 2003

05.01.2008 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

The
author spent two weeks working and living with the strange family that
runs a bucolic but financially strapped nine-hole golf course in
Ottawa, Ill. Winner of 2003 Peter Lisagor Award from the American Society of Professional Journalists.

[Read more…]

Categories // Sports Stories

“Game Boy” Chicago Magazine

01.01.2007 by David Murray // 2 Comments

Tom Chambers is a young graduate of Harvard who recently scrapped
his job as an actuary to make a living playing online poker. But a new
law threatens his livelihood. Can he and others like him hold—or must
they fold?

[Read more…]

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