Bryan Curtis - The Ringer - Sports/Culture

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An Editor-at-Large is not someone who is wanted for arrest by the police for crimes against journalism. Bryan Curtis (@bryancurtis) fills us in on what it means to be an Editor-at-Large for The Ringer, which includes hosting the popular media analysis podcast The Press Box.

Countries featured: USA

Publications featured: Nightline, The New Republic, Slate, The Daily Beast, The New York Times, Grantland, The Ringer

Bryan discusses how he started writing about sports in middle school upon realizing he’d never be a pro athlete (5:40), early internships at Nightline and The New Republic plus a first job at Slate (11:17), a huge opportunity at an ill-fated New York Times sports magazine (18:52), Tina Brown scoops him up for the launch of The Daily Beast (22:28), getting in on the ground level of Grantland and The Ringer (27:17), whether he is a “sports journalist” (35:17), how he started The Press Box podcast (38:00), his story on why the Oklahoma City Thunder players were so combative with reporters (48:30) and the lightning round featuring George Lucas (54:45).

Here are like to some of the things we talked about:

Bryan’s “The Old Guy’s Still Got It” story - https://bit.ly/2Up4aI3

His story on the OKC Thunder vs the media - https://bit.ly/3wMO1t5

BBC’s In Our Time podcast - https://apple.co/3irZt8u

Tom Junod’s “The Hero of Goodall Park” - https://es.pn/3z8zfyf

Bryan’s profile of George Lucas - https://nyti.ms/3etDrkp

Broadcast News on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3z951Lz

Humphrey Bogart’s Deadline U.S.A. on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3xPEt1E

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