A career journalist and editor, I focus mostly on crime, sports, health & fitness and New York issues. Since 2003, I’ve written for the New York Times, Maxim, Penthouse, Men’s Fitness, SLAM, VIBE and New York Daily News among others.
The New York Times
The regular guys who are the emergency goalies
Big thrills but little ice-time for backup goalies
Still rolling, but not on a roll
Bright future for in-line hockey has dimmed
Penthouse
Pinch Hitters
Meet Steven Steals and his crew. Last year, they made six figures apiece boosting gear from electronics stores from coast to coast.
Men’s Fitness
Running Out of Sight
EJ Scott is racing across America to build awareness and raise funds to beat the disease that is slowly taking away his sight.
SLAM
Tall Tales
Keith Closs’ alcohol-tinged path from college to the NBA to a bevy of minor leagues is often stranger than fiction.
A New York Tradition
You’ve heard plenty about point guards coming up from the Brooklyn streets. But no one’s story is quite like Booger Smith’s.
Maxim
Maxim Catches Bigfoot
We went into the California redwoods with the sasquatch-stalking stars of Finding Bigfoot. Guys, you ain’t seen nothing Yeti…
New York Press
The Life & Death of New York’s Last Great Pool Shooter
The sudden death of George “Ginky” SanSouci Jr. signals the end of an era.
New York Daily News
Ice Work – if you can get it
Reporter dons skates and hits the ice for taste of minor league hockey
The L magazine
Punching the Clock
The Life and Times of Bob Jackson, Boxing Trainer
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