I'm Brandon Sneed. This is my blog. It's basically an online notebook where I highlight good writing, storytelling, journalism and other acts of creativity, and explore how such things are made.
I'm an author and journalist who writes about people, sports, science, nature, and more. I love learning, adventures, life, and stories. I've covered everything from a guy who played Division I basketball while battling cancer ... to golf courses that eat golfers ... to turkey vultures invading a town. You can read all those and more below.
More about me and the blog: here.
The Prospect: Montaous Walton Just Wanted to Play Ball, So He Made Up a Fake Online Persona, Fooled the Media, Signed With an Agent, and Ended Up in Handcuffs
(SB Nation Longform)
The Good Hurt: How Ray King Lives and Plays Basketball with Cancer
(SB Nation Longform)
Golfer Swallowed By Golf Course
(Outside)
How A Tiny Southern Town Handles A Turkey Vulture Invasion
(Outside)
Blind Ambition
(ESPN The Magazine)
Mad For Carolina
(GQ)
Nobody Walks Alone
(ESPN: The Magazine)
The First Legend
(SLAM magazine)
Excellent tunes in YouTube playlist form. I have zero musical ability, but I the stuff. Updated on the regular, these are some of the songs that I use for rocking out or background noise — whatever helps handle the daily beasts.
Last updated on March 26, 2013.