“The Long Un-Cancellation of Mike Tyson” in UnHerd, April 2024
“O.J. Simpson’s Strange Internet Afterlife” in UnHerd, April 2024
“Everyone Failed Ronda Rousey” in RealClear Books & Culture, April 2024
“The Sun Never Sets on the Sports-Betting Empire” in Washington Examiner, April 2024
“The Work of Unionizing Pro Wrestling” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, April 2024
“The Great American Ideological Swap Meet” in Splice Today, April 2024
“The Work of the Median Voter” in Splice Today, April 2024
“Two Ways to Live, One Way to Die” in Splice Today, March 2024
“The Work of Leadership” in Splice Today, March 2024
“The Only Publication You Never Have to Read” in Splice Today, March 2024
“How the Sports Fan Became an Asset Manager” in Washington Examiner, March 2024
“The Rock Is a Harbinger of American Decline” in UnHerd, March 2024
“Aaron Rodgers Would Be an Electoral Asset for RFK Jr.” in UnHerd, March 2024
“Joe Biden Gets Ready to Fight Ugly” in UnHerd, March 2024
“The Work of Selecting the Books and Movies of the Year” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, March 2024
“The Work of Corporate Worst Practices” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, March 2024
“The Work of a True Poster” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, March 2024
“The U.S. Express to Be Inducted Into the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame” in The Ringer, March 2024 (with Ian Douglass)
“Ole Anderson Was the Ghost of Wrestling’s Past” in The Ringer, February 2024 (with Ian Douglass)
“Wrestling and the Re-creation of Cable” in Washington Examiner, February 2024
“Oprah’s Weight Loss Hypocrisy Is an Insult to Followers” in UnHerd, February 2024
“US Conservatives Attack Netflix for Gay Alexander the Great” in UnHerd, February 2024
“Trump’s Sneaker Con Appearance Is a Challenge to Biden” in UnHerd, February 2024
“Peter Thiel’s Steroid Olympics” in UnHerd, February 2024
“Jon Stewart’s Daily Show Is a Joke That Got Old” in UnHerd, February 2024
“10 Motivational Speeches That Are Verbal Steroids for the Soul” in Cracked, February 2024
“The Work of My Father” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, February 2024
“The Work of John Cena’s 46-Year-Old Body” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, February 2024
“The Work of Gen-X Comedy” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, February 2024
“The Work of Substack” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, February 2024
“Scamming and Being Scammed” in Splice Today, February 2024
“A Solution for the University” in Splice Today, February 2024
“The Vibe Is Always Already Shifting” in Splice Today, January 2024
“The End of Football’s Croatian Dynasty” in Splice Today, January 2024
“Should Old Politicians Continue to Engage in Public Affairs?” in Splice Today, January 2024
“Small Halls for Small Minds” in Splice Today, January 2024
“Jim Harbaugh and the Return of Bully Ball” in Washington Examiner, January 2024
“‘The Iron Claw’ Doesn’t Quite Take Hold” in RealClear Books & Culture, January 2024
“How TED Was Captured” in UnHerd, January 2024
“What Next for Vivek Ramaswamy?” in UnHerd, January 2024
“The Emptiness of Nikki Haley” in UnHerd, January 2024
“The Work of Writing About Taylor Swift” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, January 2024
“The Work of the Truth” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, January 2024
“The Work of Being Mid” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, January 2024
“The Work of Ron DeSantis” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, January 2024
“The Work of Writer’s Block” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, January 2024
“How to Learn a New Sport” in Washington Examiner, December 2023
“The Work of Dalton Castle” in Splice Today, December 2023
“I’m So Tired of All This Fitness Influence” in Splice Today, December 2023
“The Work of Sports Betting” in Splice Today, December 2023
“The Work of Plagiarism” in Splice Today, December 2023
“The Narcissism of the NeverTrumpers” in UnHerd, December 2023
“Will Science or Sunlight Save the Miserable Modern Man?” in UnHerd, December 2023
“The Work of Dead Stories” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, December 2023
“The Work of Free Speech on Social Media” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, December 2023
“For the Love of the Post” in Splice Today, November 2023
“The Heart of a Heavyweight” in Splice Today, November 2023
“The Work of Mackenzie Dern” in Splice Today, November 2023
“The Work of Vaccination” in Splice Today, November 2023
“And the Team Played On: Sports in a Time of Crisis” in Washington Examiner, November 2023
“What Football Taught Henry Kissinger” in UnHerd, November 2023
“Is the Marvel Universe About to Implode?” in UnHerd, November 2023
“Donald Trump Doesn’t Need the Evangelical Vote” in UnHerd, November 2023
“Ben Shapiro and Candice Owens Divide the Right on Israel” in UnHerd, November 2023
“Will the Panama Shooter Become the Next Kyle Rittenhouse?” in UnHerd, November 2023
“The Work of AI Content” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2023
“The Work of George Santos” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2023
“The Work of Hannah Pearl Davis” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2023
“The Work of Government” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2023
“The Work of Rediscovering Public Intellectuals” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2023
“The Work of Parity” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2023
“Family Feud Discourse” in Splice Today, October 2023
“For the Love of the Work” in Splice Today, October 2023
“The Work of Content Production” in Splice Today, October 2023
“Belichick’s Patriots Need a Hard Reboot, Not an Extended Epilogue” in Washington Examiner, October 2023
“Pacified Bernie Sanders Disappoints Progressives on Israel” in UnHerd, October 2023
“The Age of the Comedy Roast Is Over” in UnHerd, October 2023
“The Work of Supporting Israel” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“The Work of MrBeast University” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“The Work of Posting About the Conflict in Israel” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“The Work of Corporate Best Practices” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“The Work of Leaving Sports Behind” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“The Work of Getting Yours Before You Get Got” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“The Work of Debating the Future of Israel” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“The Work of Nepotism” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“The Work of Staying Ahead of the Market” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2023
“MMA Champion Sean Strickland Is the 21st Century ‘Cinderella Man’” in Washington Examiner, September 2023
“Bronze Age Pervert Is on the Verge of Mainstream Acceptance” in UnHerd, September 2023
“Project Veritas Was Never Going to Outlast James O’Keefe” in UnHerd, September 2023
“The Praxis Society Wants to Build a Fun Dystopia for the Rich” in UnHerd, September 2023
“Tucker’s Twitter Tabloid” in UnHerd, September 2023
“The Work of a True Heavyweight” in Splice Today, September 2023
“The Work of Size” in Splice Today, September 2023
“Big Meaty Men Slapping Meat” in Splice Today, September 2023
“The Golden Age of Wrestling Meets the Golden Age of Gaming” in Splice Today, September 2023
“The Work of Canceling Brianna Wu” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, September 2023
“The Work of Dating Taylor Swift” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, September 2023
“The Work of the Corporate World” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, September 2023
“Terry Funk Embodied the Spirit of Pro Wrestling” in The Ringer, August 2023 (with Ian Douglass)
“The Making of Bray Wyatt” in The Ringer, August 2023 (with Ian Douglass)
“Why Are We Examining American Gladiators Now?” in Washington Examiner, August 2023
“The Best Unproduced Television Show You’ve Never Seen” in Splice Today, August 2023
“The Ultimate Guide to Saving Money” in Splice Today, August 2023
“Debate Me, Bro” in Splice Today, August 2023
“How to State It Personally” in Splice Today, August 2023
“Pee-wee Herman’s Subversive Legacy” in Splice Today, August 2023
“The Work of a Sumo Prodigy” in Splice Today, August 2023
“Strike Force Five Deserves to Be Boycotted” in UnHerd, August 2023
“Vivek Ramaswamy Is the Macbeth Candidate” in UnHerd, August 2023
“Tucker Asks Trump the Questions You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else” in UnHerd, August 2023
“The Cult of CrossFit” in UnHerd, August 2023
“Sam Harris Has Dumped the Intellectual Dark Web” in UnHerd, August 2023
“When Celebrities Fall Victim to ‘Like’ Vigilantes” in UnHerd, August 2023
“What We Know About Donald Trump’s Latest Charges” in UnHerd, August 2023
“Diet Influencers Are Falling Prey to Their Eating Habits” in UnHerd, August 2023
“Twitter Should Discourage Clickbait Journalism by Hiding Likes” in Polemic, August 2023
“The Work of Betting on Trump’s Weight” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“The Work of Someone Who Did the Work” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“The Work of Chatroom Politics” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“The Work of the Content Game” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“The Work of Net Zero” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“The Work of the Work” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“The Work of Aging” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“The Work of Hitting .170” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“The Work of AI’s Hollywood Takeover” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, August 2023
“In Defense of Twitter Anons” in UnHerd, July 2023
“The Arrogance of Dismissing Aliens” in UnHerd and Yahoo! News, July 2023
“Online Right and Ben Shapiro Battle Over the True Meaning of Barbie” in UnHerd, July 2023
“Manchin’s No Labels Party Could Backfire” in UnHerd, July 2023
“Veebs: Now There’s an App for Partisan Shopping” in UnHerd, July 2023
“Could You Beat Elon Musk in a Fight?” in UnHerd and Yahoo! News, July 2023
“A New Book Tells the Story of UFC, a Business and a Sport” in Washington Examiner, July 2023
“The Ultimate Guide to Writing a Hollywood Blockbuster” in Splice Today, July 2023
“The Ultimate Guide to Finding a Cool Pad” in Splice Today, July 2023
“How to Find True Love” in Splice Today, July 2023
“The Head Coaching FAQ” in Splice Today, July 2023
“The Iron Sheik Broke the Mold” in The Ringer, June 2023
“The Meaning of Arnold Schwarzenegger” in Washington Examiner, June 2023
“Yearning for Collapse” in RealClear Books & Culture, June 2023
“Inside the Mind of a Monkey Torturer” in UnHerd, June 2023
“Why Ron DeSantis Can’t Meme” in UnHerd, June 2023
“Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg: Clash of the Titans” in UnHerd, June 2023
“Andrew Tate’s Downfall May Herald the End of the Manosphere,” UnHerd, June 2023
“The Unabomber Never Grew Up” in UnHerd, June 2023
“Chris Pratt Bucks Hollywood’s Progressive Trend” in UnHerd, June 2023
“How to Write Short Fiction” in Splice Today, June 2023
“The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Employment in 2023” in Splice Today, June 2023
“Live Life Like a Sitcom” in Splice Today, June 2023
“Coping with Old Age While You’re Still Young” in Splice Today, June 2023
“The Ultimate US History Cheat Sheet” in Splice Today, June 2023
“Netflix’s Sumo Epic Sanctuary Offers Relief from the Streaming Network’s Insipid Domestic Fare” in Washington Examiner, June 2023
“Billy Graham Went From Superstardom to Immortality” in The Ringer, May 2023
“Anti-Social Media: A Modest Proposal for Significant Restraint” in American Affairs Journal, May (Summer) 2023 (with David Inman)
“The Death of the Momblogger” in UnHerd, May 2023
“The Political Dynasty America Needs” in UnHerd, May 2023
“Elon Musk’s Plan to Turn Twitter into Fox Remains a Work in Progress” in UnHerd, May 2023
“Is Mark Zuckerberg Secretly Based?” in UnHerd, May 2023
“Andrew Tate Is Not OK” in UnHerd, May 2023
“Why the Republicans Will Stand With George Santos” in UnHerd, May 2023
“Sportsbetting Is Almost As Bad As OxyContin” in UnHerd, May 2023
“What the Left and Right Get Wrong About Jordan Neely’s Death” in UnHerd, May 2023
“The Blueprint for Bateman University” in Splice Today, May 2023
“Buyer’s Remorse” in Splice Today, May 2023
“Resist the AI Overlords at All Costs” in Splice Today, May 2023
“The Rich Aren’t Like You or Me” in Splice Today, May 2023
“Adderall Is Not an Identity” in UnHerd, April 2023
“Where Does Tucker Carlson Go Next?” in UnHerd, April 2023
“America Is Trapped in High School” in UnHerd, April 2023
“Could GPT-4 Resurrect My Father?” in UnHerd, April 2023
“The Myth of Trump and Pro Wrestling” in UnHerd, April 2023
“Donald Trump Needs to Get His Humor Back” in UnHerd, April 2023
“Elon Musk: I Voted for Joe Biden” in UnHerd, April 2023
“Homeschooling Is Having a Moment” in The Spectator, April 2023
“Freshman Fifteen? I’ll Raise You a Sophomore Sixty!” in Splice Today, April 2023
“Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Text” in Splice Today, April 2023
“How to Be Successful” in Splice Today, April 2023
“How to Dump Someone” in Splice Today, April 2023
“The Ozempic Class War Has Begun” in UnHerd, March 2023
“Why I Became a Time Lord” in UnHerd, March 2023
“Can Biden Tame the Left?” in UnHerd, March 2023
“The Nashville Shooting Will Intensify America’s Culture Wars” in UnHerd, March 2023
“Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign Just Got Started” in UnHerd, March 2023
“America Is Fighting the Wrong University Wars” in UnHerd, March 2023
“The Rise of the Race Fraudster” in UnHerd, March 2023
“The Work of Sumo” in RealClear Books & Culture, March 2023
“Is Shohei Ohtani the World’s Greatest Athlete?” In Washington Examiner, March 2023
“The Culture Wars Go in One Direction: Around in a Circle” in Pirate Wires, March 2023
“A Foolproof Guide to First Dates” in Splice Today, March 2023
“The Entrapment of Danny Cater” in Splice Today, March 2023
“Everyman His Own Pro Wrestling Historian” in Splice Today, March 2023
“Our Awkward Conversation” in Splice Today, March 2023
“Lanny Poffo Was a Wrestling Genius” in The Ringer, February 2023
“Jerry Jarrett Created Pro Wrestling as We Know It” in The Ringer, February 2023
“How Pro Wrestling Saved the Action Hero” in Washington Examiner, February 2023
“The New Age of the Con Man” in The Spectator, February 2023
“Will a Trumpian Party Destroy the GOP?” in UnHerd, February 2023
“Google’s Supreme Court Case Could Disrupt the Whole Internet” in UnHerd, February 2023
“Why Hogwarts Legacy Will Prevail” in UnHerd, February 2023
“Dilbert’s Creator and the Worrying Return of Racial Separation” in UnHerd, February 2023
“The Perils of Independent Media” in UnHerd, February 2023
“The Writing Is on the Wall for George Santos” in UnHerd, Februrary 2023
“Why Left and Right Love to Fight About the Grammys” in UnHerd, February 2023
“Steroid Use in a Time of Despair” in UnHerd, February 2023
“Game Over” in Splice Today, February 2023
“Can Sports Be Saved?” in Splice Today, February 2023
“Concluding Thoughts on Robin Williams” in Splice Today, February 2023
“Stuart Scott, Voice of a Generation” in Splice Today, February 2023
“Jay Briscoe Was Ring of Honor’s Foundation” in The Ringer, January 2023
“Sting and the Great Muta Bring It All Back Home” in The Ringer, January 2023 (with Ian Douglass)
“Dana White’s Power Slap Is a Gruesome Freak Show” in The Spectator, January 2023
“Roll Over, Muhammad: An Appreciation of Tyson Fury” in Washington Examiner, January 2023
“Why Gamers Can’t Play Politics” in UnHerd, January 2023
“Donald Trump Launches Campaign with Realist Line on Russia” in UnHerd, January 2023
“Can Donald Trump regain his Twitter touch?” in UnHerd, January 2023
“Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest Becomes Vaccine Talking Point” in UnHerd, January 2023
“Lynette ‘Diamond’ Hardaway Represented the Best and Worst of Trump” in UnHerd, January 2023
“Why Pick-up Artists Joined the Online Right” in UnHerd, January 2023
“New Year’s Irresolutions” in Splice Today, January 2023
“Stanislaus Zbyszko Did It All” in Splice Today, January 2023
“The Unparalleled George Hackenschmidt” in Splice Today, January 2023
“The Life and Times of Tom Cannon” in Splice Today, January 2023
“The Work of Academic Writing” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, January 2023
“It’s Time to Leave Kanye West Alone” in UnHerd, December 2022
“Why Whoopi Goldberg Won’t Be Cancelled” in UnHerd, December 2022
“Libs of TikTok Enters the Mainstream” in UnHerd, December 2022
“The Men Who Love the Men They Want to Become” in UnHerd, December 2022
“Is Elon Musk Just Another Silicon Valley CEO?” in UnHerd, December 2022
“How to Get Ripped and Alienate People” in UnHerd, December 2022
“Save the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet” in The Spectator, December 2022
“2022: The Year in Fights” in Splice Today, December 2022
“The Week in Fights #32: Heavyweight Reflections” in Splice Today, December 2022
“The Week in Fights #31” in Splice Today, December 2022
“The Week in Fights #30” in Splice Today, December 2022
“The Evangelist Who United America” in UnHerd, November 2022
“Is Glenn Youngkin the Future of the Republican Party?” in UnHerd, November 2022
“The Secret to the Liver King’s Success? Steroids” in UnHerd, November 2022
“Blake Masters Fails to Conquer Arizona” in UnHerd, November 2022
“A Distinctly American Tragedy in Colorado Springs” in UnHerd, November 2022
“How Tyrus Became a Fox News Superstar” in UnHerd, November 2022
“Elon Musk Needn’t Worry About Twitter’s Left-Wing Rivals” in UnHerd, November 2022
“Nancy Pelosi Is a Hard Act to Follow” in UnHerd, November 2022
“The Sensational Jemele Hill Does the Work” in Washington Examiner, November 2022
“The Week in Fights #29” in Splice Today, November 2022
“The Week in Fights #28” in Splice Today, November 2022
“The Week in Fights #27” in Splice Today, November 2022
“The Week in Fights #26” in Splice Today, November 2022
“The Work of the Liver King’s Steroid Stack” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2022
“The Work of Roddy Piper” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2022
“The Work of the Cleveland Browns” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, November 2022
“The Work of John Fetterman’s Big Moment” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2022
“The Work of Congress” in Oliver Bateman Does the Work, October 2022
“Antonio Inoki Changed the World” in The Ringer, October 2022 (with Ian Douglass)
“The Week in Fights #25” in Splice Today, October 2022
“The Week in Fights #24” in Splice Today, October 2022
“The Week in Fights #23: Hasbulla Edition” in Splice Today, October 2022
“The Week in Fights #22” in Splice Today, October 2022
“The Week in Fights #21” in Splice Today, October 2022
“The Incredible Aaron Judge” in Washington Examiner, October 2022
“Left and Right Are Wrong About the Paul Pelosi Attack” in UnHerd, October 2022
“What Will Kanye West Do Next?” in UnHerd, October 2022
“Anime: The New Conservative Battleground” in UnHerd, October 2022
“From the Alt-Right to Kanye West, Fox News Plays a Dangerous Game” in UnHerd, October 2022
“PayPal’s War on Speech” in UnHerd, October 2022
“Peter Thiel’s Dating App Suffers from an Identity Crisis” in UnHerd, October 2022
“Will Donald Trump Rescue Herschel Walker?” in UnHerd, October 2022
“WWE ‘Survivor Series 2022’ Will Feature Two WarGames Matches (interview with Triple H) in The Ringer, September 2022 (with David Shoemaker)
“Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf Is Just More Big-Time Sports as Usual” in Washington Examiner, September 2022
“The Un-Cancellation of Sam Hyde” in UnHerd, September 2022
“Can Mathias Döpfner Make Politico Great Again?” in UnHerd, September 2022
“Donald Trump’s Political Aesthetics” in UnHerd, September 2022
“Jordan Addison’s Big Deal and the End of College Sports” in Washington Examiner, September 2022
“The Week in Fights #20” in Splice Today, September 2022
“The Week in Fights #19” in Splice Today, September 2022
“The Week in Fights #18” in Splice Today, September 2022
“The Week in Fights #17: Sam Hyde Edition” in Splice Today, September 2022
“Remembering Gene LeBell” in The Ringer, August 2022
“Exit Vince McMahon, World Builder” in Washington Examiner, August 2022
“You Can’t Cancel Bill Maher” in UnHerd, August 2022
“How Greg Gutfeld Conquered Late-Night American Comedy” in UnHerd, August 2022
“The Week in Fights #16” in Splice Today, August 2022
“The Week in Fights #15” in Splice Today, August 2022
“The Week in Fights #14” in Splice Today, August 2022
“The Week in Fights #13” in Splice Today, August 2022
“Theory is WWE’s Next Big, Bad Bodybuilder” in The Ringer, July 2022
“Alex’s War and Peace” in Splice Today, July 2022
“How Dangerous Are the MAGA Mavericks?” in UnHerd, July 2022
“Brittney Griner and the Dangerous World of Russian Sports” in Washington Examiner, July 2022
“The Week in Fights #12” in Splice Today, July 2022
“The Week in Fights #11” in Splice Today, July 2022
“The Week in Fights #10” in Splice Today, July 2022
“The Week in Fights #9” in Splice Today, July 2022
“The Week in Fights #8” in Splice Today, July 2022
“Meet Griffin Green, the canceled ‘Bodega Bro’” in UnHerd, July 2022
“Dave Hebner and Tim White Brought Order and Chaos to the Pro Wrestling Ring” in The Ringer, June 2022’
“The Week in Fights #7” in Splice Today, June 2022
“The Week in Fights #6” in Splice Today, June 2022
“Tony Siragusa Made Being Big His Business” in MEL Magazine, June 2022
“Russell Brand, Fox News, and the Marketplace of Ideas” in UnHerd, June 2022
“The Week in Fights #5” in Splice Today, June 2022
“MMA Legend Dan Severn Shared His Best Advice for Staying Fit at 64” in Men’s Health, June 2022
“Cody Rhodes Tore His Pec, Then Stitched Up a Bid for Immortality” in The Ringer, June 2022
“The Week in Fights #4” in Splice Today, June 2022
“The Week in Fights #3” in Splice Today, May 2022
“The Week in Fights #2” in Splice Today, May 2022
“The Week in Fights #1” in Splice Today, May 2022
“Brad Schoenfeld Shared His Advice for Building Muscle” in Men’s Health, May 2022
“History Doesn’t Repeat Itself” in Compact Magazine, April 2022
“The Story of a Pec Tear” in MEL Magazine, April 2022
“Scott Hall: Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy” in The Ringer, March 2022
“The Steiner Brothers Are Entering the WWE Hall of Fame” in The Ringer, March 2022 (with David Shoemaker)
“Get a Grip” in Return, March 2022
“Everything Sucks” in Splice Today, March 2022
“Why the Olympics Are Failing as Entertainment” in Washington Examiner, February 2022
Chapter “Here’s Why I’m Walking Away” in Leaving the Grove: A Quit Lit Reader, February 2022
“Powerlifter John Haack Can Show You How to Keep Breaking Records” in Men’s Health and Yahoo! Sport, January 2022
“The Shadow Hanging Over the Olympics” in Washington Examiner, January 2022
“Kabuki Strength’s Chris Duffin Wants to Help You Build the Future of Fitness” in Men’s Health, January 2022
“Vaccination Is the New Dividing Line in Republican Politics” in UnHerd, January 2022
“Omicron Upends Pro Sports’ Morality Play” in Washington Examiner, January 2022
“All the News That’s Fit to Print” in Splice Today, January 2022
“Who Cares About the End of the World?” in UnHerd, December 2021
“Extinction-level Events'“ in Washington Examiner, December 2021
“The Tomahawk Chopping Block” in Washington Examiner, November 2021
“The Tennis Player and the Politburo” in Washington Examiner, November 2021
“The ‘Rocky IV’ Director’s Cut Is Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Citizen Kane’” in MEL Magazine, November 2021
“3-Time Mr. Olympia Frank Zane Shared How He’s Still Going Strong at 79” in Men’s Health, October 2021
“The Art of the Cold Take” in Splice Today, October 2021
“The End of the Student-Athlete” in Washington Examiner, October 2021
“How Numbers Crunched Sports” in Washington Examiner, October 2021
“What Has Bernie Sanders Actually Accomplished?” in UnHerd, September 2021
“Squat World Record Holder Ray Williams Shared His Secret to Squatting Heavy” in Men’s Health, September 2021
“C.T. Fletcher Shared His Secrets to Maintaining Muscle at 62” in Men’s Health, September 2021
“Bobby Eaton Outworked Everyone” in The Ringer, August 2021
“An Interview with Mark Rippetoe” in Men’s Health, August 2021
“What’s Left at Current Affairs?” in UnHerd, August 2021
“The Lucrative Business of Celebrity Self-Care” in Washington Examiner, August 2021
“Oliver Bateman’s 12 Rules for Life: The Second Half” in Splice Today, August 2021
“Oliver Bateman’s 12 Rules for Life: The First Half” in Splice Today, August 2021
“What Wrestling Taught Donald Rumsfeld About Power and Pain” in UnHerd, July 2021
“The Only Way to Survive the Vaccine Wars” in UnHerd, July 2021
“Paul Orndorff was Simply Wonderful” in The Ringer, July 2021
“The Critique of Strength in Everyday Life” in Splice Today, July 2021
“The Rise of the YouTube Pay-Per-View Star” in Washington Examiner and Yahoo! News, July 2021
“Home Is Where the Gym Is” in American Greatness, July 2021
“When It Comes to Wrestling, Everything’s in a Name” in The American Conservative, June 2021
“There’s a Name I Know,” in Splice Today, June 2021
“New Jack Bled for His Fame” in The Ringer, May 2021
“The Work of Squatting” in American Greatness, May 2021
“The Inescapable Challenge of the Bench Press” in American Greatness, April 2021
“Reflections on Homeschooling #2” in Splice Today, April 2021
“How the Work Gets Done” in Splice Today, April 2021
“How the Deadlift Will Save Your Life” in The American Conservative, March 2021
“Kipping as Ethos” in Splice Today, March 2021
“Reading, Writing, and the Work of Your Brand” in Splice Today, March 2021
“Reflections on Four Years of Homeschooing” in Splice Today, March 2021
“A Monopoly on Muscle” in The American Conservative, February 2021
“Meet the Buff Boys of the Peanut Butter Platoon” in MEL Magazine, January 2021
“Celebs and Politicians Can’t Stop Stealing Athletic Valor” in MEL Magazine, January 2021
“How Conspiracy Theories Took Over Pro Wrestling” in MEL Magazine, January 2021
“Fight Big-Tech Censorship with Low-Tech Retail Politics” in The American Conservative, January 2021 (with Malcom Kyeyune)
“Tommy Lister Played a Wrestler, for Real” in Splice Today, January 2021
“The Year That Wasn’t” in Splice Today, January 2021
“Pat Patterson, 1941-2020” in The Ringer, December 2020
“Danny Hodge was the Last of the ‘Natural’ Strongmen” in MEL Magazine, December 2020
“The Side-splitting History of the ‘Coregasm’” in MEL Magazine, December 2020
“Our Coddled Elites and All the Pain They Can’t Feel” in American Greatness, December 2020 (with Malcom Kyeyune)
“Meet the New Consensus Coalition That Wants to Rule Your Life” in American Greatness, November 2020
“The Radical Left is Now Extinct” in UnHerd, November 2020 (with Malcom Kyeyune)
“The ‘Cooties Theory’ of Criticism” in Splice Today, November 2020
“The Last Gasp of Tracy Smothers’ Rebel Yell” in Splice Today, November 2020
“‘Beef Bros’ Gives Us the Leftist Himbo Superheroes We Need” in MEL Magazine, November 2020
“John Fetterman’s Big Moment” in MEL Magazine, November 2020
“It’s Heating Up Out There, Kids” in Splice Today, October 2020
“The Grifters” in Splice Today, October 2020
“How to Leave the Left” in American Greatness, October 2020
“To Fap and Fap Not” in Splice Today, October 2020
“They Called Him Bathroom Bill” in Splice Today, October 2020
“Road Warrior Animal Was the Future of Wrestling” in The Ringer, September 2020
“Debate 2020: Yesterday’s Men Fighting Yesterday’s Battle“ in UnHerd, September 2020
“Bob Armstrong: Elegy for a Tough Dad” in The Ringer, September 2020
“The UFC Fights On” in American Greatness, September 2020
“Kamala, 1950-2020” in The Ringer, August 2020
“Think Supplements Are Bad for You? The Regulators Are Worse” in The American Conservative, August 2020
“Do Any Lives Matter?” in Splice Today, August 2020
“Lifting Weights and Going on Dates” in American Greatness, August 2020
“The Strength of Strength and the Strength of Weakness” in American Greatness, August 2020
“The Snoo Smart Sleeper Bassinet Rocks” in Fatherly, August 2020
“Otis Is WWE’s (Next) Really Big Thing” in The Ringer, May 2020
“Doing the Work” in The Bellows, May 2020
“Theses on the Hot Takes” in Splice Today, May 2020
“Howard Finkel Was the Voice of a Generation” in The Ringer, April 2020
“Try As You Might, There Is No Redemption for Chris Benoit” in MEL Magazine, April 2020
“The ‘Firefly Fun House’ Is the Future of Wrestling’” in The Ringer, April 2020
“How to Write the Hot Takes” in Splice Today, April 2020
“The Enduring Invincibility of Bill Goldberg” in The Ringer, March 2020
“What You Need to Get a Decent At-Home Workout Under Quarantine” in MEL Magazine, March 2020
“These Fans Created Fantasy Leagues That Don’t Need Actual Sports” in MEL Magazine, March 2020
“Coronavirus Could Be Kryptonite for the World’s Most Muscled Men” in MEL Magazine, March 2020
“There’s Nothing Stopping Athletes from Doping Like Crazy Right Now” in MEL Magazine, March 2020
“Nothing More Than Feelings” in Splice Today, March 2020
“Hot Takes Were a Big Mistake” in Splice Today, March 2020
“Working Remotely Turned Me into the Ultimate Quarantine Prepper” in MEL Magazine, March 2020
“Solidarity, Just for Me” in Splice Today, March 2020
“You Love to See It” in Splice Today, March 2020
“Every Baby Deserves a Tank” in Fatherly, March 2020
“Video Games and Fatherhood” in Fatherly, February 2020
“We Write for the Nerds” in Splice Today, February 2020
“Hall Monitors Doing the Work” in Splice Today, Februrary 2020
“Rocky Johnson: 1944-2020” in The Ringer, January 2020
“Why are the Bad Guys Always ‘Bodybuilders?’” in MEL Magazine, January 2020
“Abolish the Police” in Splice Today, January 2020
“How the Strength Myth Crumbles” (with Ben Court) in Men’s Health, December 2019
“About Social Media, Mostly” in Splice Today, November 2019
“O Holy Night” in Splice Today, November 2019
“Will ‘Real’ Fighters Mean Real Ratings for WWE?” in The Ringer, October 2019
“Time to Get Extremely Offline” in Splice Today, October 2019
“How the World’s Strongest Amputee Lifts All That Record-Setting Weight” in MEL Magazine, October 2019
“The Kids Do the Work” in Splice Today, October 2019
“The Secrets of a Sports Supplement Mogul” in MEL Magazine, September 2019
“Pro Wrestling’s Blood Money” in The Ringer, September 2019
“What It’s Like to Be Jacked in 2019” in The Atlantic, September 2019
“All the Words I Didn’t Write” in Splice Today, September 2019
“Competitive Whistlers Put Their Lips to the Test” in MEL Magazine, September 2019
“Harley Race Was Harder Than Hell” in The Ringer, August 2019
“Jujimufu Answers the Call for Fitness Influence” in MEL Magazine, August 2019
“MMA’s Favorite Chiropractor Wants to Put a Giant Chisel in Your Back” in MEL Magazine, August 2019
“Hot Takes on the Rocks” in Splice Today, August 2019
“Every Fight Scene Should Be More Like Ultraviolent Anime” in MEL Magazine, August 2019
“Hollywood Has a New Way of Getting Huge: Steroids” in MEL Magazine, August 2019
“Promotional War and Peace” in The Ringer, July 2019
“In a 17th Century Castle, the World’s Grandest War Game Comes to Life” in MEL Magazine, July 2019
“The Day I Was Mickey Mouse” in Splice Today, July 2019
“The Bang Finish” in Splice Today, July 2019
“Can Rob Kearney Become the World’s Strongest Man?” in Men’s Health, June 2019
“I Started an Online Support Group for Men Who Can’t Get Rid of Their T-Shirts” in MEL Magazine, June 2019
“Inside Synthol Nation, Where Fake Swole is the Goal” in MEL Magazine, June 2019
“The Millennial Media Hustle” in Splice Today, June 2019
“A Letter About Being Big, Feeling Small, and Facing the World” in Fatherly and Yahoo! News (also an animated video), June 2019
“The Long Three: Death in the Wrestling Ring” in The Ringer, May 2019
“All Fitness Influencers Are Full of Shit” in MEL Magazine, May 2019
“The Very Ballsy Way Pro Wrestlers Decide What Kind of Trunks to Wear” in MEL Magazine, May 2019
“The Life of a Female Fast Car Hustler” in MEL Magazine, May 2019
“Two Pittsburgh Tough Guys Made MMA Safe for Everyone But Themselves” in MEL Magazine, May 2019
“First the Tears, Then the Rest” in Splice Today, May 2019
“The World of Fitness Influence” in Splice Today, May 2019
“I Can’t Do This Much Longer” in Splice Today, May 2019
“Wrestling Needs More Monsters, and Lars Sullivan Has Answered the Call” in The Ringer, April 2019
“The Flaming Table Is Wrestling’s Most Poignant Metaphor” in MEL Magazine, April 2019
“The NFL’s Shocking Income Inequality” in MEL Magazine, April 2019
“My Three Months on Kratom” in MEL Magazine, April 2019
“The Unheard History of Bodybuilding Forums” in MEL Magazine, April 2019
“A Fitness Influencer’s New Calves” in Splice Today, April 2019
“Nothing But Love Stories” in Splice Today, April 2019
“King Kong Bundy Was Larger than Life” in The Ringer, March 2019
“The Dystopian Future of Extremely Expensive Exercise Equipment” in MEL Magazine, March 2019
“Stone Lifting Has Always Been the Ultimate Test of Strength” in MEL Magazine, March 2019
“The Ineffable Bro-Ness of Rob Gronkowski” in MEL Magazine, March 2019
Essay on The Wrestler in “Let These Cinematic Coaches Fire You Up” in MEL Magazine, March 2019
“A God for Nincompoops” in Splice Today, March 2019
“You Think You Own Our Sexy” in Splice Today, March 2019
“How Much You Can Bench Press Has Nothing to Do With Strength” in MEL Magazine, February 2019
“The Lonely Life of a Yacht Influencer” in MEL Magazine, February 2019
“A Brief History of the Pro Wrestling Posedown” in MEL Magazine, February 2019
“Enormous, Blood-Hungry Muscle Monsters Take Top Billing in Poland’s MMA” in MEL Magazine, February 2019
“Daniel Bryan Became WWE’s Bad Guy By Being a Good Dude” in Fatherly, February 2019
“Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Hottest Take” in Splice Today, February 2019
“Working Man’s Blues” in Splice Today, February 2019
“A Bold Choice” in Splice Today, February 2019
“The Littlest Showgirl” in Splice Today, February 2019
“Pay Your Bills” in Splice Today, February 2019
“Remembering ‘Mean Gene’ Okerlund, the Everyman Who Lived at the Center of Wrestling” in The Ringer, January 2019
“This Controversial USADA Theory Could Change Drug Testing for All Sports” in MEL Magazine, January 2019
“The Fine Art of Choking Out Another Human Being” in MEL Magazine, January 2019
“No Matter How Hard I Tried, I Could Never Get Big Enough to Protect Myself from My Father” in MEL Magazine, January 2019
“Eating Myself to Death at the Golden Corral” in MEL Magazine, January 2019
“The Fake Strongmen of Instagram Have Only Gotten Bigger” in MEL Magazine, January 2019
“Americans Give Kids Crappy Role Models” in Fatherly, January 2019
“Kill Your Darlings, Especially If They’re Pundits” in Washington Babylon, January 2019
“The Many Loves of ‘Herc’ Broadsides” in Splice Today, January 2019
“The Tiniest Glass Slipper” in Splice Today, January 2019
“Selling Out and Moving Up” in Splice Today, January 2019
“The Slammed and the Unslammed” in Splice Today, January 2019
“The End of an Era” in Splice Today, January 2019
“Santa Claus Solutions” in Splice Today, January 2019
“Swing Voter” in Splice Today, January 2019
“The Pro Wrestling Bodies of Our Dreams” in Splice Today, January 2019
“The Mysteries of Life” in Splice Today, January 2019
“The Unbearable Hardness of the Dynamite Kid” in The Ringer, December 2018
“Coming Out As Gay Was Nothing Like Coming Out As On Steroids” in MEL Magazine, December 2018
“Is Fancy Weightlifting Gear Cheating? Not if Your Bros Don’t Care” in MEL Magazine, December 2018
“The Pro Wrestling Bodies of Our Dreams” in Splice Today, December 2018
“Cold Takes and Heartbreaks” in Splice Today, December 2018
“I’m Doing Just Fine at Christmastime” in Splice Today, December 2018
“Drink Responsibly During the Holiday Season” in Splice Today, December 2018
“Butterbean Hasn’t Gone Anywhere. You Just Haven’t Been Looking Hard Enough” in MEL Magazine, November 2018
“At the Gym with a Couple of ‘Ninja Warriors’” in MEL Magazine, November 2018
“The Robot that Won Her Heart” in Splice Today, November 2018
“Thomas Kinkade’s Big Secret” in Splice Today, November 2018
“Classic Sports” in Splice Today, November 2018
“The Lives of Others” in Splice Today, November 2018
“Shatttered Dreams” in Splice Today, November 2018
“How Calls for Civility Led to the Civil War” in Pacific Standard, October 2018
“Dick Slater and the Death of the Old School” in The Ringer, October 2018
“The Wrestler Who Has Gone Full Frankenstein to Bring His Career Back from the Dead” in MEL Magazine, October 2018
“Talking to the Men Who Photoshop Female Bodybuilders” in MEL Magazine, October 2018
“Inside the Guts of the World’s Strongest Men” in MEL Magazine, October 2018
“Brian Powell Lives!” in Splice Today, October 2018
“Brian Powell Wins the Lottery” in Splice Today, October 2018
“Personal Best” in Splice Today, October 2018
“The Cool Dad” in Splice Today, October 2018
“Wrestling with the Past” in Splice Today, October 2018
“The Making of the Brian Powell Story” in Splice Today, October 2018
“Origen Story” in Splice Today, October 2018
“Buff v. Swole v. Brolic: Where Do We Get All of Our Goofy Muscle Terms From?” in MEL Magazine, September 2018
“This Pro Wrestler’s Signature Move is Being One of Your Girlfriend’s Favorite ‘Bachelorette’ Contestants” in MEL Magazine, September 2018
“Micah the Grad Student’s First Day” in Splice Today, September 2018
“Jocks vs. Nerds” in Splice Today, September 2018
“The Grad School Blues” in Splice Today, September 2018
“Thirty Years of Marriage” in Splice Today, September 2018
“A Fantasy Divorce” in Splice Today, September 2018
"The Fights: Dan Bobish vs. Igor Vovchanchyn" in Splice Today, September 2018
"The Man with the Gold Car" in Splice Today, September 2018
"A Real Mama Bear" in Splice Today, September 2018
“I Met Roger Mudd at the Package Store” in Splice Today, September 2018
"Brian Christopher and the Complicated Generational Legacies of Pro Wrestling" in The Outline, August 2018
"The Perilous, Secret World of Steroids for Female Bodybuilders" in MEL Magazine, August 2018
"The Best Thing About the WWE Right Now Is the Guy You Hated on 'The Real World'" in MEL Magazine, August 2018
"Pearls Before Swine" in Splice Today, August 2018
"The Most Important Hot Take You'll Never Read" in Splice Today, August 2018
"Pandas, Bro" in Splice Today, August 2018
"The End of the World As We Know It" in Splice Today, August 2018
"A Sad End for the Nicest Guy in Town" in Splice Today, August 2018
"Deep Thoughts in the Woods" in Splice Today, August 2018
"The End of the Affair" in Splice Today, August 2018
"The Toughest Men Who Ever Lived" in Splice Today, August 2018
"Where it All Happens" in Splice Today, August 2018
"From Russia With Lumps: Nikolai Volkoff, 1947-2018" in The Ringer, July 2018
"The Untold Story of the Burpee" in MEL Magazine, July 2018
"When a Hot Take Goes Cold" in Splice Today, July 2018
"Dodging the Fantasy Draft" in Splice Today, July 2018
"A Degree in Being Correct from the University of Knowledge" in Splice Today, July 2018
"Talking About Practice" in Splice Today, July 2018
"The Early Years of MMA Were a ‘No-Holds-Barred Freakshow’ That Couldn’t Be More Different From Today" in MEL Magazine, July 2018
"How Wrestler Eddy 'Flap' Jacks Met His Match" in Splice Today, July 2018
"How We Write Our Hot College Comedies" in Splice Today, July 2018
"The Only Rights You Got is Lefts" in Splice Today, July 2018
"Vader Time" in The Ringer, June 2018
"If the Ability to Arm Wrestle Is the Ultimate Test of Toughness, Why Doesn’t Anyone Care About Pro Arm Wrestling?" in MEL Magazine, June 2018
"The End of History and the End of Football: An Interview with Michael Oriard" in Splice Today, June 2018
"We’ve Exhausted America’s Supply of Retro-Fitness Fads. Maybe It’s Time to Try Communism" in MEL Magazine, June 2018
"The Life and Times of 'Herc' Broadsides" in Splice Today, June 2018
"What's in a Name?" in Splice Today, June 2018
"When Hot Takes Go Bad" in Splice Today, June 2018
"Hard Fantasy" in Splice Today, June 2018
"How Wrestler Eddy 'Flap' Jacks Lost the Canadian World's Championship" in Splice Today, June 2018
"Jack Chaser and the Santa Stakeout" in Splice Today, June 2018
"Time Man Goes on a Date" in Splice Today, June 2018
"Jack Chaser Takes Down the Mob" in Splice Today, June 2018
"A Cultural History of Sylvester Stallone's Rock-Hard Abs and Shredded Everything Else" in MEL Magazine, May 2018
"Essential Reads for the Man Who Wants to Put on a Little Muscle" in MEL Magazine, May 2018
"The Hottest Take Ever" in Splice Today, May 2018
"Joe Weider and the Perfect Male Body" in Splice Today, May 2018
"Pillowface Jones Goes to School" in Splice Today, May 2018
"The Robot That Ate Her Dreams" in Splice Today, May 2018
"Why It May Not Suck: Michael Bay's Pain & Gain" in Splice Today, May 2018
"The Robot That Won the Spelling Bee" in Splice Today, May 2018
"The Greatest Hits Compilation of My Life" in Splice Today, May 2018
"How the Deadlift Reclaimed its Rightful Spot at the Gym" in MEL Magazine, April 2018
"Dead Stories and the Small Fees for Killing Them" in Columbia Journalism Review, April 2018
"Hair Gel Kid" in Splice Today, April 2018
"The Pro Wrestling Physique As We Know It Is Because of Bruno Sammartino" in MEL Magazine, April 2018
"Down with the SAT" in Pacific Standard, April 2018
"The Eternal Recurrence of the McRib" in Splice Today, April 2018
"All the Things You Can Leave Behind" in Splice Today, April 2018
"A Pizza With Everything" in Splice Today, April 2018
"The Biscuit Belt" in Splice Today, April 2018
"Princess Superstar: Almost Very Famous" in Splice Today, April 2018
"All of the Time in the World" in Splice Today, April 2018
"Tired of Changing the Subject?" in Splice Today, April 2018
"Publish these Facebook Statuses" in Splice Today, April 2018
"Montana and the End of the World" in Splice Today, April 2018
"One Last Chance at Superstardom: The Failures of 'Superstar' Billy Graham" in Splice Today, March 2018
"Chuck Klosterman Isn't Any Good" in Splice Today, March 2018
"On Memory" in Splice Today, March 2018
"Fathers and Sons of the Squared Circle" in Splice Today, March 2018
"Wrestling, British-Style" in Splice Today, March 2018
"Is Barack Obama Gay?" in Splice Today, March 2018
"The NFL Draft is a Meat Market" in Splice Today, March 2018
"Your Social Media Brand Doesn't Matter (And Neither Does Mine)" in Splice Today, March 2018
"Joe Biden, Performance-Enhanced Alpha Male" in Splice Today, March 2018
"The Making and Faking of Pro Wrestling" in Splice Today, March 2018
"'I Feel Like We're Replaying World World War I': A Conversation with Ben Katchor" in Pacific Standard, February 2018
"The Fake Strongmen of Instagram" in MEL Magazine, February 2018
"Muscle Men Pushing and Pulling Rope" in Splice Today, February 2018
"Mask versus Mask in Mid-South Wrestling" in Splice Today, February 2018
"Vince McMahon, Man Among Men" in Splice Today, February 2018
"Putting Hard Times on Dusty Rhodes" in Splice Today, February 2018
"Abdullah the Butcher Bled For His Fame" in Splice Today, February 2018
"The Legend of Dr. Z" in Splice Today, February 2018
"Big Van Vader Was Yuge" in Splice Today, February 2018
"Change the Grade" in Splice Today, February 2018
"From Investigative Journalism to the Twitter Sandbox, and Other Tales of the Media's Demise" in Washington Babylon, February 2018
"The Ironic Masculinity of Adrian Adonis" in Splice Today, February 2018
"Transphobia in the WWE" in Splice Today, February 2018
"Extreme Championship Wrestling, Where Everyone Took it Like a Man" in Splice Today, Februrary 2018
"The Virtual University of Tomorrow...Today!" in Splice Today, January 2018
"Ted Arcidi and the Enduring Quest for Mass" in Splice Today, January 2018
"'Playboy' Buddy Rose, the 217-Pound Man" in Splice Today, January 2018
"Rick Rude, the Imperfectly Perfect Man" in Splice Today, January 2018
"Behind the Mask" in Splice Today, January 2018
"Crusher Blackwell, Blessed with Bigness" in Splice Today, January 2018
"Starrcade 1983 and the End of it All" in Splice Today, January 2018
"The Year I Wrote Nothing But Opening Paragraphs" in Splice Today, January 2018
"Memories of the War: Slaughter vs. Patterson" in Splice Today, January 2018
"The Inner Lives of My Office Supplies" in Splice Today, January 2018
"No More Personal Essays" in Splice Today, January 2018
"Mike Mamula, the Almost-Perfect Man" in Splice Today, January 2018
"Hot Take Me Out" in Splice Today, January 2018
"The National Enquirer Did it First" in Washington Babylon, December 2017
"Surf Planet USA" in Splice Today, December 2017
"Veganism and CrossFit Have Redefined Pro Wrestling's Perfect Body Type" in MEL Magazine, December 2017
"The Big Grift: A Christmas Story" in Washington Babylon, December 2017
"The End of My Career on the Internet" in Splice Today, December 2017
"One of the Best Games I've Never Played" in Splice Today, December 2017
"More Advertisements for Myself" in Splice Today, December 2017
"Heavy Criticisms" in Splice Today, November 2017
"Sex Scenes in Literary Fiction Are the Worst" in Splice Today, November 2017
"The YouTube Generation Is Here, and It's Awful" in Splice Today, November 2017
"The Biggest Baseball Player Who Never Was" in Splice Today, November 2017
"The Ghost of Meow the Obese Cat" in Splice Today, November 2017
"How to Argue and Win Every Time" in Splice Today, November 2017
"How to Give Good Text" in Splice Today, November 2017
"Big Thoughts About Small Talk" in Splice Today, November 2017
"The Tubcat" in Splice Today, October 2017
"The Mostly Forgettable Orestes Destrade" in Splice Today, October 2017
"Three Failed Prospects" in Splice Today, October 2017
"Pedro Guerrero: The Donruss Cardinals MVP" in Splice Today, October 2017
"Steve Olin and Tim Crews: It Was Supposed to Be a Good Time" in Splice Today, October 2017
"Tim Tebow: Not Enough of the Right Stuff" in Splice Today, October 2017
"Observing the Cat" in Splice Today, October 2017
"Bob Horner: Remembering Another MLB Hero" in Splice Today, October 2017
"The Legendary Kevin Mitchell" in Splice Today, October 2017
"What My Mother Taught Me About Teaching" in Splice Today, October 2017
"Death by Muscle" in MEL Magazine, September 2017
"Raking Worthwhile Art from the Rubbish" in Splice Today, September 2017
"For Competitive Grippers, The Grip Is the Goal" in MEL Magazine, August 2017
"A Lost World of Final Fantasy Fanfiction" in Splice Today, August 2017
"A Historian of Forgotten Resistance" in Pacific Standard, August 2017
"The Secret Lives of Competitive Grippers" in Narratively, August 2017
"The End of the University System" in Splice Today, August 2017
"The Future of a Once-Doomed Law School" in The Atlantic, August 2017
"How Tom Green Let the Trolls Out, Then Vanished" in The Awl, August 2017
"Lots and Lots of Waiting: Game of Thrones as Endless Filler" in Splice Today, July 2017
"Steroid Solidarity" in Virginia Quarterly Review 93/3, July 2017
"Hall of Shame" in Victory Journal 13, 2017
"Fake Weights are Helping Instagram Stars Go Viral" in VICE, June 2017
"When Video Games Were Playable Stories" in The Paris Review, June 2017
"Twitter as Desperate Void" in Splice Today, June 2017
"Goddamned Sputnik: The White Pro Wrestler Who Integrated Memphis Wrestling" in The Outline, June 2017
"Someone We Could Trust: The Legacy of Dennis Hastert" in Splice Today, May 2017
"The Young Academic's Twitter Conundrum" in The Atlantic, May 2017
"Shows of Prey" in The Awl, May 2017
"Why Sexism, Racism, and Homophobia in Old TV Shows is Such a Problem Today" in Teen Vogue, May 2017
"I Laugh Because I Cannot Cry: The Borowitz Report" in Splice Today, May 2017
"Why the Science Behind Athletic Performance Enhancement Remains So Controversial" in VICE, May 2017
"The Master's Finest Work: Revisiting Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" in Splice Today, May 2017
"DaddyOFive's Five Minutes" in Splice Today, May 2017
"When it Comes to Weightlifting, Genetics Can Do a Lot of the Heavy Lifting" in VICE, April 2017
"Free Swinging Could-Have-Beens" in Splice Today, April 2017
"The Future of Fitness Is Always Around the Corner" in VICE, April 2017
"Reboots and Adaptations" in Splice Today, April 2017
"Paronnaud's Pinocchio" in Splice Today, April 2017
"The Broader-Based Lunatic Fringe: An 'Alternative' That Wasn't" in Splice Today, April 2017
"Muscle, Smoke, Mirrors" in The Paris Review, March 2017
"My Father's Cinematic Obsession" in Splice Today, March 2017
"YouTube's Gun Reviewers Are 'Guns & Ammo' Magazine for the Internet Age" in VICE, March 2017
"Strength Records Continue to Fall, But How Much Stronger Can Humans Get?" in VICE, March 2017
"You Can Destroy the World in 'Hearts of Iron IV'" in Waypoint, March 2017
"You Can Never Prove a Thing: Fantasy Baseball and a Robert Coover Classic" in Splice Today, March 2017
"Superman for a New Generation: The Genius of One-Punch Man" in Splice Today, March 2017
"Exploring Human Nature in Isayama's Attack on Titan" in Splice Today, March 2017
"Iconic Transgender Bodybuilder Janae Kroc Isn't Finished Dreaming" in The Establishment, March 2017
"Stop Grading and Testing" in Splice Today, March 2017
"Sports Nutrition Companies Are Going For Bodybuilders' Weak Spot: Their Sweet Tooth" in VICE, March 2017
"Bodybuilders Sell Supplements, and Themselves, Through Social Media" in VICE, March 2017
"Radical Acts of Gratitude" in Hazlitt, February 2017
"The Nazis Were on Meth, But That's Not the Whole Story" in The Outline, February 2017
"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Athleisure" in Made Man Magazine, February 2017
"Redditors Made 'Meme Insider,' A Completely Insane Magazine About Memes" in VICE, February 2017
"Want to Smash Nazis with Handbags? There's a Game for That," in VICE, February 2017
"Here's Why Wrestling Video Games Are So Bad" in Waypoint, February 2017
"The Alt-Right's Favorite Diet" in VICE, February 2017
"How 'Dangerous' is Milo Yiannopolous?' in Pacific Standard, February 2017
"Wikipedia is Being Ripped Apart by a Witch Hunt for Undisclosed Paid Editors" in VICE, February 2017
"The For-Profit Law School that Crumbled" in The Atlantic, January 2017
"John Cena May No Longer Be the King of Wrestling, But He Rules Instagram" in VICE, January 2017
"Hydrodipping: The 'Redneck' Artform Taking YouTube by Storm" in VICE, January 2017
"Should Millennials Ever Grow Up?" in The Awl, January 2017
"Google Users Can't Stop Searching for the Ketogenic Diet" in VICE, January 2017
"Chasing the (Literal) Dragon: Rethinking My Teenage Obsession with Fantasy Novels" in The Paris Review, January 2017
"Have Reddit Users Discovered the Perfect Exercise Regimen?" in VICE, January 2017
"How Coinbase Traders Are Fighting Back IRS Attempts to Reveal Their Identities" in VICE, January 2017
"Detecting Good Public Policy Rationales for the American Rule: A Response to the Ill-Conceived Calls for 'Loser Pays' Rules" (with Peter Karsten) in 66 Duke Law Journal 729-761 (2016)
"Wrestling, Politics, and the Violent Realities of 2016" in Pacific Standard, December 2016
"Melanotan II Gives Us What We Always Wanted: Dark Tans and Powerful Erections" in VICE, December 2016
"Why Personal Trainers May Not Be Immune from Automation" in VICE, December 2016
"Why Trump Tagged Linda McMahon to Lead the Small Business Administration" in VICE, December 2016
"The Day The Laughter Died" in The Awl, December 2016
"The Year in Lifting Weights" in Hazlitt, December 2016
"Trump Supporters Were Hiding in Plain Sight in Online Comment Sections" in VICE, November 2016
"My Father, Donald Trump" in Matter, November 2016
"Being a Bumpkin" in The Paris Review, October 2016
"Ghosts and the American Conscience" in Pacific Standard, October 2016
"A Power Struggle Inside Safe Spaces" in The Atlantic, October 2016
"What Does Alt-Right Patron Palmer Luckey Believe?" (with Emanuel Maiberg) in VICE, September 2016
"At the 2016 Mr. Olympia, Hints of Bro Food Science to Come" in VICE, September 2016
"The Big I: Chasing Amy and the Toxic Nerd Culture of the Nineties" in The Paris Review, August 2016
"How Playing WWII Sim 'Hearts of Iron IV' Makes the Modern World Look Like It's On the Brink" in VICE, August 2016
"The Last Days of the Boy Masterminds" in The Awl, July 2016
"Here's Why Pitt Running Back James Conner is Our Preseason Heisman Pick" in Made Man Magazine, July 2016
"How Traded Players Reconfigure Their Lives at a Moment's Notice" in VICE, June 2016
"Among the Alt-Racists" in Belt Magazine, June 2016
"When Steroids Are Just a Fact of Life" in Pacific Standard, June 2016
"How a High-Profile Tragedy Helped WWE Think Differently About Brain Injuries" in VICE, June 2016
"How Women's Wrestling Became the Greatest Show on Earth" in Made Man Magazine, June 2016
"Butter Coffee: Nutritional Panacea or Just Another Food Science Fad?" in VICE, June 2016
"The Ten Best Female Wrestlers in the World" in Made Man Magazine, June 2016
"Bitcoin Might Make Tax Havens Obsolete" in VICE, June 2016
"Actor JK Simmons Builds His Biceps and His Brand on Instagram" in VICE, June 2016
"Kimbo Slice Used YouTube to Jump From Street Fighting to An Actual MMA Career" in VICE, June 2016
"Revisiting Chyna's Autobiography, and the State of Tell-Alls in Wrestling" in VICE, May 2016
"Thunders Arena: An Underground Wrestling Website Where the Hunks Trade Blows" in VICE, May 2016
"From Bowflex to Barbells: A Gentleman's Guide to Fitness Equipment" in Made Man Magazine, May 2016
"Bodybuilders Find a New Way to Get Big: Reading" in VICE, May 2016
"The History of the Horse" for Ride TV (television documentary), May 2016
"Why are Self-Identified Straight Men Hooking Up With Each Other?" in Pacific Standard, May 2016
"The New Day Is the Future of Professional Wrestling" in The New Republic, April 2016
"Did Competitive Video Games Create the Berniebros?" in VICE, April 2016
"How a Baseball-Obsessed Programmer Is Helping Us Live Our Hardball Fantasies" in VICE, April 2016
"Understanding Trump's Troll Army" in VICE, March 2016
"What John Kasich Says Is Bullshit, But How He Says it Hits Home" in Belt Magazine, March 2016
"Is the Future of the Family Polyamorous?" in Mic.com/Connections.Mic, March 2016
"An Open Letter to John Kasich's Yinzer Accent" in Medium, March 2016
"An Open Letter to the Person Who Destroyed the Person Who Ripped the Person Who Smashed the Person Who Crushed the Person Who Kicked the Crap Out of the Person Who Attacked the Yelp Employee Who Got Fired" in Medium Open Betters, February 2016
"A Conversation with Todd Corley" in Abernathy: The Magazine for Black Men, January 2016
"Writing Online Fiction Saved My Life" in The Development Set (Medium/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), January 2016
"Directive Amidst Digression" in Hobart Pulp, December 2015
Moderated the panel discussion "Ringside: Memories of World Class Championship Wrestling" with "Cowboy" Johnny Mantell, Grey Pierson, Cirrus Bonneau, and "Lady K" Downs (full video here), November 2015
"Why is Mavis Beacon Still the Best Known Black Woman in Video Gaming?" in VICE, October 2015
"A Professor Surveyed His Students to Find Out Why They're Obsessed with Yik Yak" in VICE, October 2015
"Remembering the Mutant League Games and Their Bizarro Sports Sim Brethren" in VICE, September 2015
"I Have One of the Best Jobs in Academia. Here's Why I'm Leaving." in Vox, September 2015
"Only a Game: The Stories of Allen Iverson" in Abernathy: The Magazine for Black Men, September 2015
Curated "Ringside: Memories of World Class Championship Wrestling" photo exhibition for UT-Arlington Library Special Collections (exhibit opened August 24, 2015 and is discussed in this press release)
"A History of Fad Diets" in Made Man Magazine, August 2015
"The Beginner's Guide to Bodybuilding" in Made Man Magazine, July 2015
"On the Irrationality of 'Freedom Force,' Gaming's Forgotten Superhero Series" in VICE, June 2015
"My Uncle, My Mentor" in Made Man Magazine, June 2015
"The Internet Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry" in VICE, May 2015
"Violent Video Games Are Better for Us Than Bloodless Blockbuster Movies" in VICE, May 2015
"Mon passé de collecteur de dettes m’a fait perdre foi en l’humanité" in Ulyces and Medium France, May 2015
"My Time as a Professional Debt Collector Made Me Lose Faith in Humanity" in VICE, April 2015
"Why Do Developers Keep Getting Wrestling Video Games Wrong?" in VICE, April 2015
"I Worked at the Golden Corral, and It Was Disgusting" in VICE, April 2015
"The 'Space Jam' Website is Proof the Internet is a Big Crap Machine Full of Crap" in VICE, April 2015
“Beyond Simulacra, Beyond Spectacle: Justin Bieber and the Battle of the Bulge” in Made Man Magazine, January 2015
“Who We Were and Who We Are: The Legacy of Stuart Scott” in Made Man Magazine, January 2015
“This Is Not A Year in Review: Why We Don’t Need Them” in Made Man Magazine, January 2015
“The Resolution as Illusion: Why We Never Get Fit, and Why It Doesn’t Matter” in Made Man Magazine, January 2015
“History, Forgiveness, and the End of Bill Cosby” in Made Man Magazine, December 2014
“Kim Kardashian is Never Naked Enough: The Celebrity as Spectacle” in Made Man Magazine, November 2014
“Masculinity’s Very Bad Year” in Made Man Magazine, November 2014
“American Men in Academic Decline” in Made Man Magazine, November 2014
“How Political Comedy Culture Breeds Social Apathy” in The Daily Dot and Stir Journal Fall 2014
“Obama, ISIS, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Macho Trap” in Made Man Magazine, September 2014
“Ray Rice and the NFL’s Violence Problem: A Historical Perspective” in Made Man Magazine, September 2014
“Robin Williams: Humor, Apathy, and Suicide” in Made Man Magazine, September 2014
“Drugs and the Evolution of Bodybuilding” in The Atlantic, August 2014
“Debt Collection: A Human History” in Stir Journal, Summer 2014
“Why Supreme Court Justices Should Have to Run for Office,” in Mic.com/Policy Mic, August 2014
“The Slow Death of the No-Logo Movement” in Al-Jazeera America, August 2014
"Stop Freaking Out About Grade Inflation" in Quartz, June 2014
“Why I’m Not Afraid of Grade Inflation” in The Atlantic, June 2014
“Could I Have Triggered Elliot Rodger?” in Made Man Magazine, May 2014
“Muscle Culture: Into the Realm of the Unreal” in Made Man Magazine, May 2014
“Everyman His Own Pro Wrestling Historian” in U.S. Intellectual History Blog, May 2014
“Don’t Regulate Professors’ Tweets” in Al-Jazeera America, May 2014 (Atlantic Wire Column of the Day)
“How Pro Wrestling Gives Its Talent A Raw Deal” in Al-Jazeera America, May 2014
"Confessioni Di Un Corpo Pericoloso: La Storia Di Un Ex-Commesso Di Abercrombie & Fitch" in Dagospia, May 2014
“I Sold My Body to Abercrombie” in Salon Magazine, May 2014
“The Big Money from Foul Ball” in Al-Jazeera America, April 2014
“The Myth of the Student-Athlete Will Prevail” in Al-Jazeera America, April 2014
“On Style in History (Blogging)” in U.S. Intellectual History Blog, March 2014
“Can You Do The Intellectual History of Sports?” in U.S. Intellectual History Blog, March 2014
Review of James Mellon’s The Judge: The Life of Thomas Mellon, Founder of a Fortune in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 136, no. 3: 314-315, Spring 2012
Review of Working Knowledge: Employee Innovation and the Rise of Corporate Intellectual Property, 1800-1930 in Essays in History 45, no. 1: 1-5, December 2011
Review of The Supreme Court: An Essential History by Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer, N. E. H. Hull in Law and History Review 28, no. 3: 885-886, August 2010