Bryan Curtis - The Ringer - Sports/Culture

<p>An Editor-at-Large is not someone who is wanted for arrest by the police for crimes against journalism. Bryan Curtis (@bryancurtis) fills us in on what it means to be an Editor-at-Large for The Ringer, which includes hosting the popular media analysis podcast The Press Box.</p> <p>Countries featured: USA</p> <p>Publications featured: Nightline, The New Republic, Slate, The Daily Beast, The New York Times, Grantland, The Ringer</p> <p>Bryan discusses how he started writing about sports in middle school upon realizing he’d never be a pro athlete (5:40), early internships at Nightline and The New Republic plus a first job at Slate (11:17), a huge opportunity at an ill-fated New York Times sports magazine (18:52), Tina Brown scoops him up for the launch of The Daily Beast (22:28), getting in on the ground level of Grantland and The Ringer (27:17), whether he is a “sports journalist” (35:17), how he started The Press Box podcast (38:00), his story on why the Oklahoma City Thunder players were so combative with reporters (48:30) and the lightning round featuring George Lucas (54:45).</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are like to some of the things we talked about:</p> <p>Bryan’s “The Old Guy’s Still Got It” story - <a href='https://bit.ly/2Up4aI3'>https://bit.ly/2Up4aI3</a></p> <p>His story on the OKC Thunder vs the media - <a href='https://bit.ly/3wMO1t5'>https://bit.ly/3wMO1t5</a></p> <p>BBC’s In Our Time podcast - <a href='https://apple.co/3irZt8u'>https://apple.co/3irZt8u</a></p> <p>Tom Junod’s “The Hero of Goodall Park” - <a href='https://es.pn/3z8zfyf'>https://es.pn/3z8zfyf</a></p> <p>Bryan’s profile of George Lucas - <a href='https://nyti.ms/3etDrkp'>https://nyti.ms/3etDrkp</a></p> <p>Broadcast News on IMDb - <a href='https://imdb.to/3z951Lz'>https://imdb.to/3z951Lz</a></p> <p>Humphrey Bogart’s Deadline U.S.A. on IMDb - <a href='https://imdb.to/3xPEt1E'>https://imdb.to/3xPEt1E</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Follow us on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/foreignpod'>@foreignpod</a> or on Facebook at <a