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01/11/2017

Our latest article for FloVolleyball ...

John Dunning made the tough decision to retire from his position as the head coach of the Stanford women's volleyball team after winning the national championship in December.

01/07/2017

A federal judges sentences a man to read--and complete a book report--on MY book, On American Soil. What do you suppose he'll write?

Police say the man wanted former Rep Jim McDermott to support Bernie Sanders instead of Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

01/02/2017

Our lastest feature for FloVolleyball ...

Carl McGown, who died December 30 at the age of 79, made a big impact on many of the biggest names in volleyball.

07/31/2016

ICYMI: The full text and sidebars of our extensive Seattle Times feature about two-time Olympian Courtney Lynn Thompson.

07/31/2016

Our Seattle Times feature about two-time Olympian Courtney Thompson ...

The fact that the U.S. volleyball roster includes three who play setter is a source of pride for some — and controversy for others. And the 31-year-old Courtney Thompson will undoubtedly be a big part of the story, whether the U.S. finally wins its first women’s volleyball Olympic gold, or if it doe...

07/12/2016

Our initial Seattle Times report on Courtney Thompson's second Olympic selection ...

Courtney Thompson, a former All-American at Washington, was named to the U.S. Olympic women’s volleyball team on Tuesday. Thompson is one of four two-time Olympian on the team. Former UW star Krista Vansant is one of eight alternates on the team.

05/18/2016

When Texas leads the way on an issue like wrongful conviction reparations, lawmakers in other states should probably do a little soul searching ...

Twenty states have no laws to compensate people who were wrongfully convicted and spent years in prison.

05/13/2016

Honored to spend the evening as a guest lecturer for the Life-Without-Parole writing students behind the thick walls of the Monroe Penitentiary. My friend Joe Brotherton does amazing work with these men, all of whom have much to learn and much to tell. Thanks, Joe, for another great opportunity.

03/16/2016

"Karch's Big Dilemma," our latest feature for Volleyball Magazine ...

It was just before noon. Murphy was in Anaheim, where she and other volleyball athletes had just completed the first morning of the first training session of the four-year period known as the Rio de Janeiro Olympic quad. Although Murphy had been a three-time AVCA All-American at Florida and the form…

02/13/2016

"Official misconduct — including perjury, withholding of exculpatory evidence and coercive interrogation practices — occurred in three of every four exonerations involving homicide, and it was an important factor in many other cases as well."

More people were exonerated of crimes in 2015 than ever before, revealing a criminal justice system rife with error, incompetence and misconduct.

02/09/2016

"Polar Art," our latest article in Art Business News, in the Winter 2016 issue ... http://artbusinessnews.com/2015/12/polar-art/
See also: "A Space for Art," http://artbusinessnews.com/2015/10/a-space-for-art/
"The Homeland of her Youth," http://artbusinessnews.com/2015/07/the-homeland-of-her-youth/

02/09/2016

"VBM 2015 Women's Volleyball All-Americans," eight video interviews we produced with Volleyball Magazine, featuring Samantha Bricio, Mick Haley, Haley Hodson, Haleigh Washington, Lianna Sybeldon, Lauren Carlini, Daly Santana and Caitlin Nolan.