I wrote a new book. It’s called American Men. It’s about men, in America. You can preorder it here.

This is an incredibly good book. If you can get a copy for free, that would be a great thing for you. (But even if you can't, you should just buy it because it's really good!)

Goodreads is giving away 20 advance copies of my upcoming book, AMERICAN MEN, four deeply intimate portraits of vastly different real men, each navigating their relationship to masculinity. You can enter here:

Went to Carolina, wrote about a man who's been having a rough go of it.

Preorders open for "American Men" by @jordanconn. I did some third-party editing work with Jordan on the manuscript, and I felt fortunate to be that close to such a powerful book. I still feel lucky — it's that good.

Four stories. Five years of reporting. One question: What does it mean to be a man? Coming 4/21/26 from @GrandCentralPub and Ringer Books, AMERICAN MEN by @jordanconn is a searingly intimate exploration of masculinity in America. Preorder now:  https://t.co/JixvuNUq9j

The age of Alabama football exceptionalism under Nick Saban is over. The age of Crimson Tide fan soul-searching is underway. What does it look like when Kalen DeBoer’s reinvention of a storied program clashes with parts of its past? @jordanconn:

(Forgot to tag Miloš, who was indispensable throughout this reporting process, including saving me from a potentially fatal burek-related error in the piece. He’s @Mairosu.)

I highly recommend listening to it for the full effect, but we also adapted the script into a written piece for anyone who prefers to read instead.

Huge thanks to the many, many people who helped me out on the ground in the region, especially @Skip2myLouSR, Milos Jovanovic, and @harismrkonjan1. Also to Vikram Patel, @bwags, and @JustinVerrier, who produced, sound designed, and edited the pod.

The answers involve tennis ball ball-handling drills, war and occupation, an untranslatable concept called "inat," and, simply, the fact that people there are really, really tall.

I have a special episode of The Ringer NBA Show up today. I spent two weeks traveling through Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia to try to figure out how and why the Balkans have produced so many amazing basketball players.

Here’s my story on World Series champion Tyler Matzek, whose life feels like a sports movie.

THE ROAD FROM RAQQA by @jordanconn is a fascinating story incredibly well told. It enthralled, enlightened, & moved me. It's a story of place, family, war, & human spirit that will stay with me for a long time. Now I want to read the books that informed the author's writing.

Really enjoyed getting to talk with @ryenarussillo about the Bias pod.

Here's the finale of 'What If?' On how Bias's memory has changed over the decades, and how he's grieved by those who loved him and by those who barely got to know him at all. "It Just Feels Like Loss" https://t.co/Y4M8tN2t5g

Here's the blurb from this week's @nytimesbooks Paperback Row column, quoting from @jessicagoudeau's incredibly kind and thoughtful review. https://t.co/ntXgrkFXla

The Road From Raqqa is out in paperback today. I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who has read this book. If you haven't, and you'd like to, you can get your copy here.

Here's Episode 6 of 'What If?' On the devastating legacy of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Told through the eyes of Derrick Curry, who spent a decade in prison under the law passed in the wake of his childhood friend's death. https://t.co/yZtYekbrtf

Here's Episode 5 of What If? On the reckoning at Maryland, and the ouster of a legend, Lefty Driesell. "Someone Had to Pay." https://t.co/0i5FlY0DU2