“If you are not buying what I’m selling, it’s my fault, not yours.” — the ultimate salesman, baseball’s Bill Veeck

I am a journalist with more than 40 years of experience. That’s a big number – 40.

So is this: I am one of 11 children, which helps explain how I have made it as a freelance writer for 29 years. You have to fend for yourself, be your own boss, hold board meetings in the mirror. You also have to hustle. I hustled so much one week I had the cover story in both The New York Times and the USA TODAY sports sections ... on the same day.

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Storyteller

I write compelling stories. While most of my work has been with news organizations, I am a vivid storyteller for businesses and individuals. It’s my job to help them sell themselves, to bring their unique stories into the light for the audience of customers, which builds trust.

And now I have Geezer Jock, the inelegantly named newsletter that covers the older people who exercise and tells their stories.

I write and ghostwrite case studies, web articles, blog posts and newsletters highlighting innovation, originality, and exciting, successful methods. I have written thousands of articles on athletes and coaches, which means I can deliver sophisticated, effective and illuminating executive biographies.

I contribute to The New York Times, USA TODAY, USA TODAY Sports Weekly, The Boston Globe, and The Miami Herald, among others. I am co-author of Fourth and Goal Every Day, which is a look at the culture of the Alabama football program under Nick Saban. Player development people at Division I schools have called it their bible. My own book by Howard/Simon & Schuster, How The SEC Became Goliath, is a look at the seven straight national championships (2006- 2012) won by the Southeastern Conference in college football and how the SEC became so dominant.

I write for the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business magazine and Georgia State University's award-winning magazine. I also have Geezer Jock, which is storytelling on the triumphs and joys of older athletes.

samples of my work

Left to right (front row): Charles Odom, Amy Jinkner-Lloyd, Hall of Famer Chipper Jones, Carroll Rogers, Guy Curtright; (back row): Ray Glier, Mark Bowman, Jeff Schultz, Kevin Barnes, Jon Cooper

[Image credit: Curtis Compton]

More on Me

My wife and I have two sons and live in Decatur, Ga. My mother was a nurse, and my father was a foreign service officer and “The Voice of Little League Baseball.” He was the public address announcer at the Little League World Series for 25 years.

My favorite work: My Geezer Jock newsletter and providing story content for the $66 million College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.

Specialties: Trends in sports; Xs and Os; inside baseball; as well as college sports, the NBA and Major League Baseball.

I am a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, the Football Writers Association of America, and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. In June 2018, I was honored by the Georgia Sportswriters Association with first place and second place awards in the College/Professional category for stories in The New York Times and USA Today.