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I'm Brandon Sneed. I wrote the book The Edge of Legend, I'm a journalist for GQ, ESPN The Magazine, and ESPN.com, and I edit HeyGoodCall.com. 

I live for great stories—finding them, telling them, living them. This is a running log of all that. It's a great life. (Read this, my short take on why stories are all that matter.) 

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I've contributed profiles, features, opinion and interviews to GQ, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, FastCompany, SLAM, The Red Bulletin, Yahoo Sports!'s The PostGame, and more. Here are a few of those. 

Longform

  • Nobody Walks Alone | After a bullet put former hoops all-star Mike Williams in a wheelchair, an old ally helped him rise again. (Bonus story in ESPN The Magazine's infamous 2011 "Body Issue")
  • Mad For Carolina | Think you're wild about March Madness? You've got nothing on this guy. Meet Greg Cauley, the most dedicated—or, depending on who you ask, the craziest—college sports fan in America. (GQ) 
  • James Stewart: Back on Track | A profile of motocross legend James Stewart as he tries to recover from bad injuries and a worse year in order to prove that despite what everyone thinks, he's not in the twilight of his career—to prove it to his fans and opponents, yeah, but most of all, to himself. (The Red Bulletin)
  • The First Legend | Long before it was common for basketball players to be known worldwide or Michael Jordan had made his mark in Wilmington, NC, Meadowlark Lemon used his platform as the Harlem Globetrotters' "Clown Prince of Basketball" to reach fans of all ages and races. (SLAM)
  • Beginnings | An excerpt from my book The Edge of Legend. 

Interviews

  • Scotty McCreery | The American Idol winner and Brad Paisley opening act on just trying to play varsity baseball as a super famous high school senior (ESPN The Magazine) | Extras
  • Danny McBride | How he learned to pitch for filming Eastbound & Down (ESPN The Magazine) | Extras
  • Randy Couture | The UFC legend talks about his charity motorcycle ride (ESPN.com)
  • Jorge Posada | The Yankees' former catcher talks about his charity bowling tournament (ESPN.com) 

Essays/Opinion