Jeremy Ryan

From The Wall Street Journal Skillful writers like Mr. O'Brien know how to find the tributaries where rich, untold material lies waiting to be excavated. Larry Bird playing for the Indiana State Sycamores against the Michigan State Spartans in the NCAA basketball championship on March 26, 1979. Sports Illustrated via Getty Images. More than three decades after his final game—a pain-wracked cameo in the United States’s gold-medal win over Croatia in the 1992 Olympics—Larry Bird retains a...

February 6, 2024 By Keith O'Brien The Atlantic The ranks of sports reporters are thinning — making it easier for athletes, owners, and leagues to conceal hard truths from the public. Gary Gershoff / Getty, included from The Atlantic A single phone call to a magazine tip line in 1989 brought down baseball's biggest star and changed the sport forever ...

Alamy Stock Photo via New York Times January 28, 2025 By Keith O'Brien The New York Times Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American, is to be staged for the first time.