Wright Thompson

And then some terrible fucking cliche.

Dude, if I worked in the NFL and I saw him come in, I would turn and run. Yeah. But, like, no, I mean, I think, you know, I'm incredibly biased, but I think he's the best sports writer in America. But, yeah, we've known each other a really long time, and...

Dude, if I worked in the NFL and I saw him come in, I would turn and run. Yeah. But, like, no, I mean, I think, you know, I'm incredibly biased, but I think he's the best sports writer in America. But, yeah, we've known each other a really long time, and...

Dude, if I worked in the NFL and I saw him come in, I would turn and run. Yeah. But, like, no, I mean, I think, you know, I'm incredibly biased, but I think he's the best sports writer in America. But, yeah, we've known each other a really long time, and...

Uh, I mean, as you guys know, it's a lot easier to do this job with a tribe, you know, with people who sort of understand, you know, I'm, I'm in New York chasing Aaron judge right now. And I could call Seth and he completely understands, uh, you know, it's just, it's just helpful. Cause I mean, this is otherwise a soulless, lonely place. So I'm, I'm super grateful.

Uh, I mean, as you guys know, it's a lot easier to do this job with a tribe, you know, with people who sort of understand, you know, I'm, I'm in New York chasing Aaron judge right now. And I could call Seth and he completely understands, uh, you know, it's just, it's just helpful. Cause I mean, this is otherwise a soulless, lonely place. So I'm, I'm super grateful.

Uh, I mean, as you guys know, it's a lot easier to do this job with a tribe, you know, with people who sort of understand, you know, I'm, I'm in New York chasing Aaron judge right now. And I could call Seth and he completely understands, uh, you know, it's just, it's just helpful. Cause I mean, this is otherwise a soulless, lonely place. So I'm, I'm super grateful.

Michael Jordan. Okay, so he's the GOAT. And, you know, it's interesting because, you know, I mean, one of the books you talked about called The Cost of These Dreams, which is a collection of my ESPN stories, you know, two of the sort of tentpole stories in that book are a profile of Michael Jordan and a profile of Tiger Woods. And I always thought it was, I mean...

Michael Jordan. Okay, so he's the GOAT. And, you know, it's interesting because, you know, I mean, one of the books you talked about called The Cost of These Dreams, which is a collection of my ESPN stories, you know, two of the sort of tentpole stories in that book are a profile of Michael Jordan and a profile of Tiger Woods. And I always thought it was, I mean...

Michael Jordan. Okay, so he's the GOAT. And, you know, it's interesting because, you know, I mean, one of the books you talked about called The Cost of These Dreams, which is a collection of my ESPN stories, you know, two of the sort of tentpole stories in that book are a profile of Michael Jordan and a profile of Tiger Woods. And I always thought it was, I mean...

I feel really bad for Tiger Woods because he comes along. They have a model for what to do with a star. It's the Michael Jordan playbook. It's Nike and Phil Knight and Tiger's parents. And they did what they thought was best. And it's always astonishing that no one in that room at Nike, not...

I feel really bad for Tiger Woods because he comes along. They have a model for what to do with a star. It's the Michael Jordan playbook. It's Nike and Phil Knight and Tiger's parents. And they did what they thought was best. And it's always astonishing that no one in that room at Nike, not...

I feel really bad for Tiger Woods because he comes along. They have a model for what to do with a star. It's the Michael Jordan playbook. It's Nike and Phil Knight and Tiger's parents. And they did what they thought was best. And it's always astonishing that no one in that room at Nike, not...

tinker hatfield not phil knight nobody it occurred to no one that the playbook had been built around michael jordan who is an extreme extrovert and they applaud it to tiger woods who is an extreme introvert and like honestly it feels like they broken yeah you know but there's that great john updike quote i love the mask eats the face and uh that happens to so many people in public life

tinker hatfield not phil knight nobody it occurred to no one that the playbook had been built around michael jordan who is an extreme extrovert and they applaud it to tiger woods who is an extreme introvert and like honestly it feels like they broken yeah you know but there's that great john updike quote i love the mask eats the face and uh that happens to so many people in public life

tinker hatfield not phil knight nobody it occurred to no one that the playbook had been built around michael jordan who is an extreme extrovert and they applaud it to tiger woods who is an extreme introvert and like honestly it feels like they broken yeah you know but there's that great john updike quote i love the mask eats the face and uh that happens to so many people in public life

I mean, you know, it was happening to Jordan. I mean, one of the interesting things about Jordan in the last 10 or 15 years is that he's been doing real work on how to deal with the existential problem of you created yourself to be the perfect basketball killing machine. And every one of those traits that you elevated at the expense of some other trait or some other person you might've been, uh,

I mean, you know, it was happening to Jordan. I mean, one of the interesting things about Jordan in the last 10 or 15 years is that he's been doing real work on how to deal with the existential problem of you created yourself to be the perfect basketball killing machine. And every one of those traits that you elevated at the expense of some other trait or some other person you might've been, uh,

I mean, you know, it was happening to Jordan. I mean, one of the interesting things about Jordan in the last 10 or 15 years is that he's been doing real work on how to deal with the existential problem of you created yourself to be the perfect basketball killing machine. And every one of those traits that you elevated at the expense of some other trait or some other person you might've been, uh,

You basically prune the ability to enjoy having been Michael Jordan. Right. So I think these are doing like real, real work on the, you know, on how to be happy.