Caleb Hannan's back!

OK, the it began as this but ended up as that story's 15 minutes are up.

 

The next time someone links to a 120-plus-inch story actually worth reading will be the first time.

 

Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? - The New Yorker

 

Seriously? These are just off the top of my head.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html?pagewanted=all

23 Reasons Why a Profile of Pete Carroll Does Not Appear in This Space - Los Angeles Magazine

How A Black High School Basketball Coach Transformed A White, Mennonite Town: A Longreads Guest Pick By Chris Mahr : Longreads Blog

Chasing Jose, By Pat Jordan

This Old Man - The New Yorker

 

Malika Willoughby and Rosalind Ross had a tragic love story - ESPN The Magazine

Did Football Kill Austin Trenum? | People & Politics | Washingtonian

The many crimes of Mel Hall: He was a flamboyant player, a charismatic coach, and a sexual predator - SBNation.com

 

Come on. That's cheating.

 

Just a personal preference.

I've written 40-50 inches enough times to know that's plenty of room to say what needs to be said. If I want "narrative structure," I'll read books and literary magazines, not journalism.

 

And, I'd rather slam my testicles in a car door than read Caleb Hannan whining about a magazine assignment he didn't get.

 

An exercise in futility, a fools mission, All of the above apply to anyone trying to understand that
disjointed story.

 

You Will Weep and Know Why: A Football Game in Mississippi - SBNation.com








Just kidding.

 

There's also this Creosote.

The Big Ragu | SportsJournalists.com

 

There is a much, much longer potentially uncomfortable discussion to have about SB Nation's love of first person odysseys, and how EVERY story seems to be about the writer's personal discovery.