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Sacred Rights: Gay and transgender Native Americans find acceptance in tradition
Utne Reader, January/February 2009
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Minnesota Monthly
, June 2010
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Harvey Haddix's Heartbreak: Fifty years ago, one Pirates pitcher suffered the worst tough-luck loss of all time.
MLB Insiders Club Magazine, Summer 2009
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The Lakers vs. The Globetrotters
Mpls. St. Paul, March 2008
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Honorable mention as Outstanding Article from the American Society of Journalists & Authors, 2009

   
An Unlikely Ending: For two old rivals, violence and anger did not remain the final chapter
108 Magazine, Summer 2007
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Crossing the White Line:
As baseball’s first African-American manager, Frank Robinson furthered Jackie Robinson’s legacy but failed to fully integrate the game
  History Channel Magazine, May/June 2007
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Runaway Bride:
She walked and walked to escape her fate: circumcision and marriage to a man with five wives

She was Masai--and seven years old
Mpls. St. Paul, January 2007
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Dr. Feelgood:
Dr. Stephen Zuckerman wanted to ease the suffering of his patients. He ended up putting his career in danger

Minnesota Law & Politics, April/May 2006
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To Hell and Back
Imagine the torture of Idi Amin. The torment of losing your soul. A place where you can find it again

Mpls. St. Paul, January 2005
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Honorable Mention for Reporting on a Significant Topic
from the American Society of Journalists & Authors, 2006

   

Fists of Freedom: When American Joe Louis squared off against German Max Schmeling, he fought for more than personal vindication. He fought to free his people and preserve democracy
The History Channel Magazine, January/February 2005.
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Let Us Play
The Spiritual Side of Sports

U.S. Catholic, January 2004
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Shark Attack
Reader's Digest, October 2003
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Opening Day, 1946:  Before it could heal the nation, baseball at the close of World War II had some healing of its own to do
The History Channel Magazine, May/June 2003
When President Bush pitched a strike at Yankee Stadium shortly after the September 11 attacks, I was intrigued by the president’s use of baseball to rally the nation during troubled times and set out to find the precedent.
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Court Reservations:  A California pro brings tennis to the West’s Native Americans
USTA Magazine, November/December 2001
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