Erik Malinowski
As a reporter and features writer based in the Bay Area, Erik has been published by Wired, Rolling Stone, Slate, Atlas Obscura, Sports on Earth, Uproxx, Esquire, Vocativ, Sporting News, The New Republic, Baseball Prospectus, and more. Previously, he was a staff writer at Fox Sports and BuzzFeed and a longtime fact-checker for Wired. Erik is also a frequent guest on NPR’s “Only a Game" and has been in Best American Sports Writing three years running (featured in 2013; cited as Notable in 2014 and 2015).
Selected features:
Wild Stallions: How a Team From Baltimore Rocked Canadian Football (2015)
The Funky Little Football Phone That Sold a Million Magazines (2015)
‘Space Jam’ Forever: The Website That Wouldn’t Die (2015)
The Curse of the Bambino’s Statue (2015)
Angry Deer or Satanic Goat? The Milwaukee Bucks Get a Makeover (2015)
Motley Crew: The incredible story of the Dirty Dozen Rowing Club (2015)
Fay Vincent Gets the Last Word (2014)
Pitchman: How Tom Emanski changed the sport of baseball — and then disappeared (2014)
Swing away: The untold story of the first Home Run Derby (2014)
The Short Flight of El Pájaro (2013)
The Shining: The Inside Story Behind the National Anthem of College Basketball (2013)
Better Know An Umpire (2012)
The Making of “Homer at the Bat,” The Episode That Conquered Prime Time 20 Years Ago (2012)